## **Trustees’ Annual Report for the period**
## **From 01/07/2024 Period start date To 30/06/2025 Period end date**
## **Charity name: Siblings United**
## **Charity registration number: 1198992**
## **Objectives and Activities**
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|Summary of the purposes of
the charity as set out in its
governing document|Para 1.17|**To help the siblings of children in**
**treatment for cancer / age related gifts for**
**older children in hospital at Christmas**|
|Summary of the main
activities in relation to those
purposes for the public
benefit, in particular, the
activities, projects or services
identified in the accounts.|Para 1.17 and
1.19|**The provision of gifts or experiences to**
**children via a referral process from their**
**social worker. They choose a gift to a**
**target value and we purchase the gift and**
**send it directly to them.**
**At Christmas we will give to the hospital**
**a range of gifts suitable for older**
**children.**|
|Statement confirming
whether the trustees have
had regard to the guidance
issued by the Charity
Commission on public
benefit|Para 1.18|**The trustees have always referred to the**
**guidance supplied by the Charity**
**Commission.**|
## **Additional information (optional)** You may choose to include further statements where relevant about:
SORP reference Para 1.38 Policy on grant making Para 1.38 Policy on social investment including program related investment Para 1.38 Contribution made by volunteers Other
## **Achievements and Performance**
||SORP reference||
|---|---|---|
|Summary of the main
achievements of the charity,
identifying the difference the
charity’s work has made to
the circumstances of its
beneficiaries and any wider
benefits to society as a
whole.|Para 1.20|**We continue to work with the social**
**workers to identify and provide the gifts**
**and experiences for the children. We**
**always receive positive feedback from**
**both the families and social workers**
**regarding the impact of our primary work**
**of supporting the siblings of children**
**with cancer. We have also expanded our**
**offering this year to support not just**
**Bristol Children’s Hospital but Bath RUH**
**as well. We have supported a siblings**
**wellbeing day there and will be providing**
**our older Children’s gifts to them as well**
**this coming year. We will also provide**
**days out and look for other opportunities**
**on what we can do.**|
|**Additional information (optional)**
You may choose to include further statements||where relevant about:|
|Achievements against
objectives set|Para 1.41||
|Performance of fundraising
activities against objectives
set|Para 1.41||
|Investment performance
against objectives|Para 1.41||
|Other|||
## **Financial Review**
|**Financial Review**|||
|---|---|---|
|Review of the charity’s
financial position at the end
of the period|Para 1.21|**Closing balance at 30/06/2025:**
**£50,688.38**|
|Statement explaining the
policy for holding reserves
stating why they are held|Para 1.22|**We have always raised funds at a higher**
**rate than we expend but are aware that**
**this may not always be the case. Income**
**is a little lower this year albeit still**
**healthy for our level. The reserves hold**
**us in good stead for the future if**
**fundraising becomes more difficult.**|
|Amount of reserves held|Para 1.22||
|Reasons for holding zero
reserves|Para 1.22||
|Details of fund materially in
deficit|Para 1.24||
|Explanation of any
uncertainties about the
charity continuing as a going
concern|Para 1.23|**none**|
|**Additional information (optional)**
You may choose to include further statements||where relevant about:|
|The charity’s principal
sources of funds (including
any fundraising)|Para 1.47||
|Investment policy and
objectives including any
social investment policy
adopted|Para 1.46||
|A description of the principal
risks facing the charity|Para 1.46||
|Other|||
## **Structure, Governance and Management**
|Description of charity’s
trusts:|||
|---|---|---|
|Type of governing document
(trust deed, royal charter)|Para 1.25|**Trust Deed**|
|How is the charity
constituted?
(e.g unincorporated
association, CIO)|Para 1.25|**CIO**|
|Trustee selection methods
including details of any
constitutional provisions e.g.
election to post or name of
any person or body entitled
to appoint one or more
trustees|Para 1.25|**voluntary**|
**Additional information (optional)** You may choose to include further statements where relevant about:
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|---|---|---|
|Policies and procedures
adopted for the induction and
training of trustees|Para 1.51||
|The charity’s organisational
structure and any wider
network with which the
charity works|Para 1.51||
|Relationship with any related
parties|Para 1.51||
|Other|||
## **Reference and Administrative details**
|Charity name|Siblings United|
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|Other name the charity uses|n/a|
|Registered charity number|1198992|
|Charity’s principal address|5 Martins Close
Hanham
Bristol
BS15 3EH|
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|**Trustee name**|**Office (if any)**|**Office (if any)**|**Dates acted if not for whole**
**year**|**Dates acted if not for whole**
**year**|**Name of person (or body) entitled**
**to appoint trustee(if any)**|
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|||PhilipBolt||||||
|||Jane Bolt||||||
|||Helen Westlake||||||
|||Julie Williams||||||
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Name of trustees holding title to property belonging to the charity
**Trustee name Dates acted if not for whole year**
## **Funds held as custodian trustees on behalf of others**
Description of the assets none held in this capacity Name and objects of the none charity on whose behalf the assets are held and how this falls within the custodian charity’s objects Details of arrangements for none safe custody and segregation of such assets from the charity’s own assets
## **Additional information (optional)**
## **Names and addresses of advisers (Optional information)**
**Type of Name Address adviser**
**Name of chief executive or names of senior staff members (Optional information)**
## **Exemptions from disclosure**
Reason for non-disclosure of key personnel details
## **Other optional information**
## **Declarations**
**The trustees declare that they have approved the trustees’ report above.**
**Signed on behalf of the charity’s trustees**
**Signature(s) Full name(s) Position (eg Secretary, Chair, etc) Date** 19/10/2025
||**Siblings United**|**Siblings United**|**Siblings United**|**1198992**|**1198992**|**1198992**|**CC16a**|
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
||**For the period**
**from**|01/07/2025|**To**||30/06/2025|||
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|**Section A Receipts and payments**||||||||
|**A1 Receipts**|**Unrestricted**
**funds**
**to the nearest £**
**18,637**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**18,637**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**18,637**
**10,595**
**250**
**518**
**1,518**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**12,881**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**12,881**
**5,757**
**-**
**44,932**
**50,688**|**Restricted**
**funds**
**to the nearest £**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**|**Endowment**
**funds**
**to the nearest £**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**||**Total funds**
**to the nearest £**
**18,637**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**18,637**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**18,637**
**10,595**
**250**
**518**
**1,518**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**12,881**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**12,881**
**5,757**||**Last year**
**to the nearest £**|
|charitable activies - Donations|**18,637**||||||**26,378**|
|Refund|**-**||||||**-**|
||**-**||||||**-**|
||**-**||||||**-**|
||**-**||||||**-**|
||**-**||||||**-**|
||**-**||||||**-**|
||**-**||||||**-**|
|**_Sub total_**_(Gross income for_
_AR)_|**18,637**||||||**26,378**|
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|**A2 Asset and investment sales,**
**(see table).**||||||||
||**-**|||||||
||**-**||||||**-**|
|**_Sub total_**|**-**||||||**-**|
|**_Total receipts_**
**A3 Payments**||||||||
||||||||**26,378**|
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|
Charitable activities|**10,595**||||||**6,958**|
|Tradingactivities - Raisingfunds|**250**||||||**-**|
|Support costs - computer expenses|**518**||||||**172.80**|
|support accountancycosts|**1,518**||||||**1,380**|
|Tradingactivities - cost of shirts|**-**||||||**175**|
||**-**||||||**-**|
||**-**||||||**-**|
||**-**||||||**-**|
||**-**||||||**-**|
|**_Sub total_ **|**12,881**||||||**8,686**|
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|**A4 Asset and investment**
**purchases (see table)**||||||||
|**,**|**-**|||||||
||**-**|||||||
|**_Sub total_ **|**-**||||||**-**|
|**_Total payments_**
**_Net of receipts/(payments)_**
**A5 Transfers between funds**
**A6 Cash funds last year end**
**_Cash funds this year end_**||||||||
||||||||**8,686**|
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||**5,757**|**-**|**-**||
**5,757**||**17,692**|
||**-**|**-**|**-**||**-**||**-**|
||**44,932**|**-**|**-**||**44,932**||**27,240**|
||**50,688**|**-**|**-**||**50,688**||**44,932**|
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|**Section B Statement of assets and liabilities at the end of the period**|**Section B Statement of assets and liabilities at the end of the period**|**Section B Statement of assets and liabilities at the end of the period**||
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|**Categories**
Signed by one or two trustees on
behalf of all the trustees
**B1 Cash funds**
**B2 Other monetary assets**
**B4 Assets retained for the**
**charity’s own use**
**B5 Liabilities**
**B3 Investment assets**|Signature
**Details**
**Details**
Bank
**Details**
**Details**
**_Total cash funds_**
(agree balances with receipts and payments
account(s))
**Details**|**Unrestricted**
**funds**
**Restricted**
**funds**
**to nearest £**
**to nearest £**
**50,688**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**50,688**
**-**
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|**Endowment**
**funds**
**to nearest £**|
||||**-**|
||||**-**|
||||**-**|
||||**-**|
||||OK|
||||**Endowment**
**funds**
**to nearest £**|
||||**-**|
||||**-**|
||||**-**|
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||||**Current value**
**(optional)**|
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**(optional)**|
||||**-**|
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approval|
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