## **Trustees’ Annual Report for the period**
## **From 1 July 2024 To 30 June 2025**
## **Charity name: BOXES OF SUNSHINE**
## **Charity registration number: 1199287**
## **Objectives and Activities**
||SORP reference||
|---|---|---|
|Summary of the purposes of
the charity as set out in its
governing document|Para 1.17|The relief of need of chronically ill young
people in the United Kingdom by providing a
‘Box of Sunshine’, which is a postal box
containing items that are specially selected
for a young person with a chronic illness.
Items will include (but are not limited to)
bubble bath, lip balm, fluffy socks, sunflower
seeds (for planting), sweets and a card
game.|
|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|Purchase of items to be included in our
postal gift boxes, assembly of boxes and
postage of said boxes. Additionally, raising
awareness through social media posts and
campaigns, our Sunflower Club, other
promotions and competitions, plus events
and press releases. Raising funds through
the same – specifically inviting box
sponsorship, plus fundraising events and
activities.|
|Statement confirming
whether the trustees have
had regard to the guidance
issued by the Charity
Commission on public
benefit|Para 1.18|**Yes.**|
## **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|Sending out of 233 Boxes of Sunshine to
chronically ill young people across the UK.
Raising funds for those boxes by means
stated above.
Our feedback shows how well received our
boxes have been. It is often parents who
nominate their children, and here are just a
couple of comments we have received from
parents:
“Huge thank you for my daughter’s wonderful
box! She was thrilled. Actually she said she
felt ‘super important’ with tears in her eyes.
She’s had a tough time lately and this really
perked her up. Thank you.”
“Just a message to say a massive thank you
for our daughter’s Box of Sunshine. It made
her smile from ear to ear and really cheered
her up. We can’t thank you and the box
sponsor enough. x”|
## **Financial Review**
|**Financial Review**|||
|---|---|---|
|Review of the charity’s
financial position at the end
of the period|Para 1.21|**Unrestricted reserves held £11,694 held in**
**a bank account in the charity’s name.**|
|
Statement explaining the
policy for holding reserves
stating why they are held|Para 1.22|**Reserves are held to put towards the**
**costs of putting gift boxes together (plus**
**associated costs, ie. printing, postage**
**etc), fundraising activities and the**
**general operational costs.**|
|Amount of reserves held|Para 1.22|**£11,694**|
|Reasons for holding zero
reserves|Para 1.22|**n/a**|
|Details of fund materially in
deficit|Para 1.24|**n/a**|
|Explanation of any
uncertainties about the
charity continuing as a going
concern|Para 1.23|**n/a**|
## **Structure, Governance and Management**
|Description of charity’s
trusts:|||
|---|---|---|
|Type of governing document
(trust deed, royal charter)|Para 1.25|**Constitution**|
|How is the charity
constituted?
(e.g unincorporated
association, CIO)|Para 1.25|**Charitable Incorporated Organisation**
**(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|**We continued with the same four**
**Trustees throughout the financial year**
**2024-25. All Trustees have been, and will**
**continue to be appointed by means of a**
**resolution passed at a Trustees meeting.**
**All Trustees to date have been appointed**
**based on friendship and the interest they**
**showed in the charity.**|
## **Reference and Administrative details**
|Charity name|BOXES OF SUNSHINE|
|---|---|
|Other name the charity uses||
|
Registered charity number|1199287|
|Charity’s principal address|3 Beechley Road, Wrexham, LL13 7AU.|
|||
Names of the charity trustees who manage the charity
Name of person
lor body) entitled
to appoint trustee
ifan
Office lif any)
Dates acted if not
for whole year
Trustee name
Kevin Hill
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Joanne Dunbar
Rebekah 8ristowe
io
Declarations
The trustees declarn that they have approved the trustees, report abov
Signed on behalf of the charitys trustees
Signature(s)
Full Name(s)
Position (eg
Secretsry. Chair,
etc)
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**Charity Name No (if any) Boxes of Sunshine 1199287 Receipts and payments accounts CC16a For the period** Period start date Period end date **To from** 01/07/2024 30/06/2025
|**Section A Receipts and payments**|**Section A Receipts and payments**||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
||**Unrestricted**
**funds**||**Restricted**
**funds**||||**Endowment**
**funds**||||**Total funds**||**Last year**||
||**to the nearest**
**£**||**to the nearest**|**£**|||**to the nearest**|**£**|||**to the nearest £**||**to the nearest**|**£**|
|**A1 Receipts**|||||||||||||||
|Donations|**11,125**|||**-**||||**-**|||**11,125**||**8,480**||
|Gift Aid|**569**|||**-**||||**-**|||**569**|||**-**|
||**-**|||**-**||||**-**|||**-**|||**-**|
||**-**|||**-**||||**-**|||**-**|||**-**|
||**-**|||**-**||||**-**|||**-**|||**-**|
||**-**|||**-**||||**-**|||**-**|||**-**|
||**-**|||**-**||||**-**|||**-**|||**-**|
||**-**|||**-**||||**-**|||**-**|||**-**|
|**_Sub total_**_(Gross income for_
_AR)_|**11,694**|||**-**||||**-**|||**11,694**||**8,480**||
||||||||||||||||
|**A2 Asset and investment sales,**|||||||||||||||
|**(see table).**|||||||||||||||
||**-**||||**-**||||**-**||**-**||||
||**-**||||**-**||||**-**||**-**|||**-**|
|**_Sub total_**|**-**||||**-**||||**-**||**-**|||**-**|
||||||||||||||||
|**_Total receipts_**|**11,694**||||**-**||||**-**||**11,694**||**8,480**||
|**A3 Payments**|||||||||||||||
|**Section A Receipts and payments**|**Section A Receipts and payments**||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|**A1 Receipts**|**Unrestricted**
**funds**
**to the nearest**
**£**
**11,125**
**569**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**11,694**|**Restricted**
**funds**
**to the nearest £**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**|**Endowment**
**funds**
**to the nearest £**|**Total funds**
**to the nearest £**
**11,125**
**569**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**11,694**||**Last year**
**to the nearest £**|
|Donations|**11,125**||**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**|**11,125**||**8,480**|
|Gift Aid|**569**|||**569**||**-**|
||**-**|||**-**||**-**|
||**-**|||**-**||**-**|
||**-**|||**-**||**-**|
||**-**|||**-**||**-**|
||**-**|||**-**||**-**|
||**-**|||**-**||**-**|
|**_Sub total_**_(Gross income for_
_AR)_|**11,694**|||**11,694**||**8,480**|
||||||||
|**A2 Asset and investment sales,**
**(see table).**|||||||
||**-**|**-**|**-**
**-**
**-**|**-**|||
||**-**|**-**||**-**||**-**|
|**_Sub total_**|**-**|**-**||**-**||**-**|
|**_Total receipts_**
**A3 Payments**|||||||
||||**-**|**11,694**||**8,480**|
||||||||
|Gift box supplies|**3,648**||**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**|**3,648**||**1,125**|
|Postage, packaging&printing|**1,876**|||**1,876**||**736**|
|Internet & website|**472**|||**472**||**596**|
|Other expenses|**192**|||**192**||**244**|
||**-**|||**-**||**-**|
||**-**|||**-**||**-**|
||**-**|||**-**||**-**|
||**-**|||**-**||**-**|
||**-**|||**-**||**-**|
|**_Sub total_ **|**6,188**|||**6,188**||**2,701**|
||||||||
|**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_**|||||||
||||**-**|**6,188**||**2,701**|
||||||||
||**5,506**||**-**|
**5,506**||**5,779**|
||**-**||**-**
**-**|**-**||**-**|
||**7,181**|||**7,181**||**1,402**|
||**12,687**||**-**|**12,687**||**7,181**|
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## **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**
**Details**
**_Total cash funds_**
(agree balances with receipts and payments
account(s))
Natwest account
**Details**
**Details**
**Details**
Signature
K Hill|**Unrestricted**
**funds**
**Restricted**
**funds**
**to nearest £**
**to nearest £**
**12,687**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**12,687**
**-**
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
Kevin Hill|**Endowment**
**funds**
**to nearest £**|
|---|---|---|---|
||||**-**|
||||**-**|
||||**-**|
||||**-**|
||||OK|
||||**Endowment**
**funds**
**to nearest £**|
||||**-**|
||||**-**|
||||**-**|
||||**-**|
||||**-**|
||||**-**|
||||**Current value**
**(optional)**|
||||**-**|
||||**-**|
||||**-**|
||||**-**|
||||**-**|
||||**Current value**
**(optional)**|
||||**-**|
||||**-**|
||||**-**|
||||**-**|
||||**-**|
||||**-**|
||||**-**|
||||**-**|
||||**-**|
||||**When due**
**(optional)**|
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||||Date of
approval|
||K Hill|Kevin Hill|02/04/2026|
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