## **TRUSTEES’ ANNUAL REPORT**
**For the year ended 2[nd] June 25**
**Gift of a Wedding CIO**
**Registered Charity Number: 1197188**
**Registered Address: Oakdale Lodge, Mottram Road, Stalybridge, Cheshire, SK15 2QP**
## **1. STRUCTURE, GOVERNANCE AND MANAGEMENT**
## **Governing Document**
Gift of a Wedding is a registered charity governed by its Constitution dated 21/12/2021. The charity is managed by a Board of Trustees who serve voluntarily.
## **Recruitment and Appointment of Trustees**
New trustees are identified and appointed by the existing Board based on the skills required to support the charity’s objectives. All trustees receive an induction that includes Charity Commission guidance on governance and responsibilities.
## **Management and Decision‑Making**
The trustees meet regularly to oversee strategy, financial stewardship, safeguarding
responsibilities, and operational planning, including partnership management with wedding suppliers and volunteers.
## **2. OBJECTIVES AND ACTIVITIES**
The charitable purpose of Gift of a Wedding is to **gift free weddings to adults with**
**life‑limiting conditions** , ensuring they can experience a meaningful celebration with loved ones. This objective is carried out by:
- Assessing eligibility and supporting individuals who have a life‑limiting diagnosis.
- Coordinating a network of volunteer wedding suppliers.
- Providing planning, coordination, and support services.
- Delivering wedding days at short notice when required due to individual circumstances.
In preparing this report, the trustees confirm they have **had regard to the Charity**
## **Commission’s guidance on public benefit** , as required for all charities
## **3. ACHIEVEMENTS AND PERFORMANCE**
During the year, Gift of a Wedding:
- Delivered 22 weddings for individuals with life‑limiting conditions.
- Approximately 550 wedding suppliers and venues donated goods and services in kind of £550,000.
- Increased its network of volunteer suppliers by 4, expanding capacity for short‑notice weddings.
- Responded to urgent end‑of‑life requests, often planning weddings within days.
- Raised awareness through communities, local partners, and media.
- Provided emotional and practical support to families during extremely challenging times.
The trustees consider these achievements a strong demonstration of public benefit, providing comfort, dignity, and lasting memories to beneficiaries and their families.
## **4. VOLUNTEERS**
Gift of a Wedding relies heavily on volunteers, including photographers, florists, make‑up artists, venues, celebrants, and planners. Their contribution is central to delivering weddings swiftly and compassionately.
Trustees record their appreciation for the hundreds of hours contributed by volunteers during the year.
## **5. FINANCIAL REVIEW**
## **Income**
Total income for the year was **£5637** , derived primarily from donations, fundraising events, corporate partnerships, and in‑kind contributions.
## **Expenditure**
Total expenditure was **£11378** , with the majority spent directly on delivering weddings, including venue costs, travel, materials, and essential coordination.
## **Reserves Policy**
The trustees aim to maintain free reserves at a level sufficient to cover at least 12 months of core
operational expenditure, to ensure continuity of service. As at year‑end, the charity held **£29646** in free reserves.
## **Going Concern**
The trustees consider the charity financially stable with a clear plan to sustain operations during the coming year.
## **6. FUNDRAISING STATEMENT**
(Required for charities that actively fundraise; optional but advisable if donors are significant.)
Gift of a Wedding complies with the Fundraising Regulator’s Code of Fundraising Practice. The charity does not engage third‑party professional fundraisers. Complaints relating to fundraising activities were none.
## **7. RISK MANAGEMENT**
Key risks identified and monitored this year include:
- Ability to respond quickly to urgent beneficiary needs.
- Reliance on volunteer suppliers for event delivery.
- Funding and donation unpredictability.
- Safeguarding risks during direct beneficiary engagement.
Mitigation measures include strengthened safeguarding procedures, diversified fundraising, and engagement strategies to maintain a broad volunteer base.
## **8. FUTURE PLANS**
In the forthcoming year, the charity aims to:
- Increase capacity to deliver more weddings, particularly urgent requests.
- Strengthen regional volunteer networks.
- Implement improved case‑management and volunteer‑coordination systems.
- Develop sustainable income streams to support long‑term planning.
## **9. STATEMENT OF TRUSTEES’ RESPONSIBILITIES**
The trustees are responsible for preparing the Trustees’ Annual Report and financial statements in accordance with applicable UK law and SORP requirements. They ensure the accounts provide a true and fair view of the charity’s financial position.
## **10. TRUSTEES**
The trustees serving during the year were:
- Patricia Harrison
- Dr Victoria Galvis
- Anthony Spurling
- Therese Charlton
- Ailsa Forrester
- Jane Halstead
- Christine Makinson
## **APPROVAL**
This report was approved by the Board of Trustees on 25/03/2026
and signed on its behalf by:
## _Patricia Harrison_
Chair of Trustees
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**Charity Name**|
**Charity Name**|
**Charity Name**|
**Charity Name**|
**Charity Name**|**No (if any)**|**No (if any)**|**CC16a**|
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||**For the period**
**from**||Period start date
02/06/2024||**To**|Period end date
01/06/2025|||
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|**Section A Receipts and payments**|||||||||
|**A1 Receipts**|**Unrestricted**
**funds**
**to the nearest**
**£**||**Restricted**
**funds**
**to the nearest £**||**Endowment**
**funds**
**to the nearest £**|**Total funds**
**to the nearest £**||**Last year**
**to the nearest £**|
|Donations|**5,637**||**-**||**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**|**5,637**||**-**|
|Transfer over from company|**35,387**||**-**|||**35,387**||**-**|
||**-**||**-**|||**-**||**-**|
||**-**||**-**|||**-**||**-**|
||**-**||**-**|||**-**||**-**|
||**-**||**-**|||**-**||**-**|
||**-**||**-**|||**-**||**-**|
||**-**||**-**|||**-**||**-**|
|**_Sub total_**_(Gross income for_
_AR)_|**41,024**||**-**||**-**|**41,024**||**-**|
||||||||||
|**A2 Asset and investment sales,**
**(see table).**|||||||||
||**-**||||**-**
**-**
**-**|**-**|||
||**-**|||||**-**||**-**|
|**_Sub total_**|**-**|||||**-**||**-**|
|**_Total receipts_**
**A3 Payments**|||||||||
||||||**-**|**41,024**||**-**|
||||||||||
|Expenditure|**11,378**||||**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**|**11,378**||**-**|
||**-**|||||**-**||**-**|
||**-**|||||**-**||**-**|
||**-**|||||**-**||**-**|
||**-**|||||**-**||**-**|
||**-**|||||**-**||**-**|
||**-**|||||**-**||**-**|
||**-**|||||**-**||**-**|
||**-**|||||**-**||**-**|
|**_Sub total_ **|**11,378**|||||**11,378**||**-**|
||||||||||
|**A4 Asset and investment**
**purchases, (see table)**|||||||||
|**n/a**|**-**||||**-**
**-**
**-**|**-**|||
||**-**|||||**-**|||
|**_Sub total_ **|**-**|||||**-**||**-**|
|**_Total payments_**
**_Net of receipts/(payments)_**
**A5 Transfers between funds**
**A6 Cash funds last year end**
**_Cash funds this year end_**|||||||||
||||||**-**|**11,378**||**-**|
||||||||||
||**29,646**||||**-**|
**29,646**||**-**|
||**-**||||**-**
**-**|**-**||**-**|
||**-**|||||**-**||**-**|
||**29,646**||||**-**|**29,646**||**-**|
CCXX R1 accounts (SS)
20/03/2026
1
## **Section B Statement of assets and liabilities at the end of the period**
|**Categories**
Signed by one or two trustees on
behalf of all the trustees
**B5 Liabilities**
**B3 Investment assets**
**B2 Other monetary assets**
**B4 Assets retained for the**
**charity’s own use**
**B1 Cash funds**|**Details**
n/a
**Details**
**_Total cash funds_**
(agree balances with receipts and payments
account(s))
n/a
Cash at bank @2nd June 25
**Details**
**Details**
n/a
**Details**
n/a
Signature|**Unrestricted**
**funds**
**Restricted**
**funds**
**to nearest £**
**to nearest £**
**29,646**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**29,646**
**-**
OK
OK
**Unrestricted**
**funds**
**Restricted**
**funds**
**to nearest £**
**to nearest £**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**Fund to which**
**asset belongs**
**Cost (optional)**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**Fund to which**
**asset belongs**
**Cost (optional)**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**Fund to which**
**liability relates**
**Amount due**
**(optional)**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
Print Name
ALEX STURGE|**Endowment**
**funds**
**to nearest £**|
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**funds**
**to nearest £**|
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||||**Current value**
**(optional)**|
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**(optional)**|
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CCXX R2 accounts (SS)
20/03/2026
2
## **Independent examiner's report on the accounts**
## **Section A Independent Examiner’s Report**
**Report to the trustees** Charity Name **Gift of a Wedding On accounts for the year 2[nd] June 25 Charity no 1197188 ended (if any) Set out on pages** 1-2 (remember to include the page numbers of additional sheets) I report to the trustees on my examination of the accounts of the above charity (“the Trust”) for the year ended **02 / 06 / 2025** . **Responsibilities and** As the charity's trustees, you are responsible for the preparation of the **basis of report** accounts in accordance with the requirements of the Charities Act 2011 (“the Act”).
I report in respect of my examination of the Trust’s accounts carried out under section 145 of the 2011 Act and in carrying out my examination, I have followed all the applicable Directions given by the Charity Commission under section 145(5)(b) of the Act.
- **Independent** I have completed my examination. I confirm that no material matters have
- **examiner's statement** come to my attention in connection with the examination (other than that disclosed below *) which gives me cause to believe that in, any material respect:
- the accounting records were not kept in accordance with section 130 of the Charities Act; or
- the accounts did not accord with the accounting records; or
- the accounts did not comply with the applicable requirements concerning the form and content of accounts set out in the Charities (Accounts and Reports) Regulations 2008 other than any requirement that the accounts give a ‘true and fair’ view which is not a matter considered as part of an independent examination.
I have no concerns and have come across no other matters in connection with the examination to which attention should be drawn in this report in order to enable a proper understanding of the accounts to be reached.
- _Please delete the words in the brackets if they do not apply._
|**Signed:**
**Name:**
**Relevant professional**
**qualification(s) or body**
**(if any):**
**Address:**|G Jones
**Date:**|26/03/26|
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||Gareth Jones||
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||Qualified accountant (ACMA, CGMA)||
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**Oct 2018**
**IER**
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## **Section B Disclosure**
Only complete if the examiner needs to highlight material matters of concern (see CC32, Independent examination of charity accounts: directions and guidance for examiners).
**Give here brief details of any items that the examiner wishes to disclose** .
2
**Oct 2018**
**IER**