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## **Trustees’ Annual Report for the period**
**From Period end date**
## **Charity name: Chameleon Buddies**
## **Charity registration number: 1199430**
## **Objectives and Activities**
||SORP reference||
|---|---|---|
|Summary of the purposes of
the charity as set out in its
governing document|Para 1.17|**To promote the social inclusion and**
**relief of need of women and girls in the**
**UK and Kenya who are living with**
**incontinence, stoma or childbirth injury.**|
|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|**Provision of ostomy supplies to women**
**in Kenya**
**Peer Support groups in the UK and**
**Kenya**
**Washable sanitary towel workshop**|
|Statement confirming
whether the trustees have
had regard to the guidance
issued by the Charity
Commission on public
benefit|Para 1.18|**We confirm that we have had regard to**
**the guidance issued by the Charity**
**Commission on public benefit**|
## **Achievements and Performance**
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|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|**The charity has increased the number of**
**women it regularly supports in Kenya**
**from 60 to 100. In November 2024 we ran**
**a highly successful peer support and**
**clinic week at the Gynocare & Fistula**
**Hospital in Eldoret, Kenya, with a team**
**of 6, which included 2 stomas nurses**
**and a bladder & bowel nurse specialist.**
**The previous month our first satellite**
**peer support group took place in Kenya,**
**led by Kenyan ostomates. This is one of**
**3 peer support groups created, with**
**another 2-4 anticipated to be**
**established in coming months.**
**The stoma nurses ran one-to-one clinics**
**with 50 patients, and led nurse training.**
**The charity ran a successful washable**
**sanitary towel workshop, purchasing**
**materials and running practical**
**demonstrations on how patients could**
**make and then sell their own reusable**
**pads. The session was led by one of the**
**stoma patients, who had previously**
**attended their workshops, was provided**
**with a sewing machine by the charity**
**and subsequently employed by the**
**hospitals as a seamstress.**
**We have provided sufficient ostomy**
**supplies for all 100 patients throughout**
**the year. The nurses who were trained**
**on our previous two clinic weeks are**
**now better able to support the patients**
**pre and post-surgery. The rate of**
**infections due to inadequate stoma**
**bags has decreased, with a resulting**
**decrease in hospital re-admission for**
**infection.**
**Moving forward, in consultation with the**
**Hospital Directors, patients and peer**
**support attendees, the Trustees have**
**identified two key initiatives which are**
**required in order to sustain the work of**
**the charity. Firstly, an employee on the**
**ground in Kenya, ideally an ostomate**
**with personal experience of living with**
**an ostomy, is required to maintain the**
**growing stores for our supplies. The**
**role would also include liaising with the**
**outreach peer support groups, and**
**maintaining communication links**
**between the Hospital social workers,**
**nurses and the groups, together with**
**reporting back to the CEO on any issues**
**raised. Secondly, a 40ft container is**
**required in order to store the increased**
**number of ostomy supplies the charity**|
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**are sending, while the Hospital Wing programme is finalised. The container can be re-sold once the Wing is built and is therefore an investment in addition to a fundamental piece of equipment. Our founder, Gill Castle, was a key member of the Special Advisory Group to the first Birth Trauma APPG, which led to the Birth Trauma Report on 13[th] May 2024. This included recommendations to the UK government on maternity care improvements to be made. Gill was selected to represent mothers injured in childbirth at the launch of the Report in Parliament and gave an impactful speech to an audience which included the then Health Secretary, Victoria Atkin. Gill has appeared several times on the BBC Breakfast sofa as a representative of injured mothers, with an audience of over 8 million people for appearance, most recently in January 2025. The Trustees are very satisfied with the current financial status of the charity, which has increased much more rapidly than was anticipated for such a new organisation. It is now taking time to implement the correct background research to co-ordinate the increase in support for peer support and clinics in Kenya. Income has dropped compared to last year, but this was to be expected when so much came on the back of a BBC documentary and Channel swim. The Trustees are confident that income will be generated from grant applications, the trek of Mount Kilimanjaro in October 2025 for which they have commissioned a film to be made for entry into film festivals. The Charity have also been invited to apply for the World Ostomy Award by the European Ostomy Association, an indication of the reputation of the charity in the ostomy community. In last year’s report, the Trustees stated a desire to employ a CEO in order to advance the charitable aims of the Charity. Following an open recruitment process, interviews and in consultation with the Charity Commission, Gill Castle stepped down as Chair of the Board and became the CEO on a part-time basis. Gill began her role in January 2025. The**
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**Trustees would like to thank Jenny Gow MBE for her dedication and professionalism during her tenure as Interim Chair following Gill’s departure, while a replacement Chair is sought. Rebecca Evans, international charity specialist, has joined the Board, in addition to Sophie Excell and Liz Hinds, creating a resilient Board of 6 members. The Trustees would like to thank all volunteers for their help, in particular to the volunteer clinical team of Claire Ryan, Sarah Duke and Karen Noades, who helped to run our biggest, most impactful Clinic Week to date.**
## **Financial Review**
|**Financial Review**|||
|---|---|---|
|Review of the charity’s
financial position at the end
of the period|Para 1.21|**Strong with a current account of more**
**than £90,000.**|
|Statement explaining the
policy for holding reserves
stating why they are held|Para 1.22|**We are still in discussion with the**
**Hospital board and an architect about**
**building a new hospital wing which will**
**be designated as a continence and**
**ostomy wing. This will cost in the region**
**of £90,000.**
**The Trustees are aware of the**
**responsibility to spend charity funds for**
**the correct purposes, and work is**
**continuing on gathering the appropriate**
**quotes, opening a tender process for**
**interested building companies, and**
**completing the requisite checks in order**
**to build the proposed Hospital wing**
**within legal frameworks. They recognise**
**that it is not possible to simply build a**
**new wing in a short space of time and**
**are satisfied that the current large sum**
**in the bank account will be spent wisely**
**once correct research has been carried**
**out. Although there is a keen desire to**
**spend the funds in the bank account, it**
**is recognised that there is a**
**responsibility to ensure that it is spent**
**correctly.**|
|Amount of reserves held|Para 1.22|**£45,000 in designated funds for the**
**Hospital wing development**|
|Reasons for holding zero
reserves|Para 1.22|**None**|
|Details of fund materially in
deficit|Para 1.24|**None**|
|Explanation of any
uncertainties about the|Para 1.23|**None**|
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charity continuing as a going
concern
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## **Structure, Governance and Management**
|Description of charity’s
trusts:||**None**|
|---|---|---|
|Type of governing document
(trust deed, royal charter)|Para 1.25|**Deed of Trust**|
|How is the charity
constituted?
(e.g unincorporated
association, CIO)|Para 1.25|**CIO**|
## **Reference and Administrative details**
|Charity name|Chameleon Buddies|
|---|---|
|Other name the charity uses||
|Registered charity number|1199430|
|Charity’s principal address|16 Royal Oak Gardens, Alnwick, Northumberland, NE66 2DA|
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## **Names of the charity trustees who manage the charity**
|1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
13
14
15
16
17
18
19
20|**Trustee name**|**Office (if any)**|**Dates acted if not**
**for whole year**|**Name of**
**person (or**
**body) entitled**
**to appoint**
**trustee(if any)**|
|---|---|---|---|---|
||JennyGow|Chair|||
||Rachael
Goodfellow|Treasurer|20/12/2024 left||
||GarryArmstrong|Secretary|09/09/2024-||
||Charlotte Watson||||
||Gill Castle||01/01/2025 left||
||Sophie Excell||23/01/2025-||
||Liz Hinds||23/01/2025-||
||Rebecca Evans|Chair(current)|23/01/2025-||
||Emma Louise
Phelan||12/12/2024 left||
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## **Declarations**
**The trustees declare that they have approved the trustees’ report above.**
**Signed on behalf of the charity’s trustees**
|**e charity’s trustees**||
|---|---|
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|
Rebecca Evans||
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|
Chair||
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10/3/2025||
|
10/3/2025||
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## **Chameleon Buddies Charity**
## **INDEPENDENT EXAMINER'S REPORT**
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31/03/2025
## **Independent Examiner's Report**
## **for the year ending 31/03/2025**
Independent Examiner’s Report to the Trustees of Chameleon Buddies Charity
I report to the Charity Trustees on my examination of the accounts of the charity for the year ended 31/03/2025 which consists of the statement of financial activities, balance sheet and the related notes
## **Responsibilities and basis of report**
As the charity's trustees, you are responsible for the preparation of the 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 examiner's statement**
I have completed my examination. I confirm that no material matters have come to my attention in connection with the examination 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
Mr M.H Tuffaha AFA Sterling Gate Accountants
10/5/2025
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## **CHAMELEON BUDDIES**
## **STATEMENT OF FINANCIAL ACTIVITIES**
## FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 MARCH 2025
|**Notes**
**Income and endowments**
**from:**|**Unrestricted**
**funds**
**£**|
**Total Funds**
**2025**
**£**|
**Total Funds**
**2024**
**£**
105,658.89|
|---|---|---|---|
|Donations and legacies
2|57,038.78|57,038.78||
|||||
|**Total**|**57,038.78**|**57,038.78**|**105,658.89**|
||||
6,722.68
5,305.58
16,294.32|
|**Expenditure on:**||||
|||||
|Raising funds
3|4,665.60|4,665.60||
|||||
|Charitable activities
4|49,311.62|49,311.62||
|||||
|Other
6|-|-||
|||||
|**Total**|**53,977.22**|**53,977.22**|**28,322.57**|
||||**77,336.32**|
|**Net income/(expenditure)**|**3,061.56**|**3,061.56**||
|||||
|**Net movement in funds**|**3,061.56**|**3,061.56**|**77,336.32**
13,534.00|
|||||
|||||
|||||
|**Reconciliation of funds:**||||
|||||
|Total funds brought forward|90,870.32|90,870.32||
|||||
|**Total funds carried forward**|**93,931.88**|**93,931.88**|**90,870.32**|
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## **CHAMELEON BUDDIES**
## **BALANCE SHEET**
## FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 MARCH 2025
|**Notes**
Current assets
Debtors
7
Cash at bank and in hand
8
**Total current assets**
**Net current assets/(liabilities)**
**Total net assets or liabilities**
**Funds of the Charity**
Unrestricted funds
9
Restricted income funds
9
Endowment funds
9
**Total funds**|
**Unrestricted**
**funds**
**£**
**619.70**
**93,312.18**
**93,931.88**
**93,931.88**|**Total**
**Funds 2025**
**£**
**619.70**
**93,312.18**
**93,931.88**
**93,931.88**|
**Total**
**Funds 2024**
**£**
**-**
**90,870.32**
**90,870.32**
**90,870.32**|
|---|---|---|---|
||**93,931.88**|**93,931.88**|**90,870.32**|
||**93,931.88**|**93,931.88**
**-**
**-**|**90,870.32**
**-**
**-**|
||**93,931.88**|**93,931.88**|**90,870.32**|
The financial statements were approved by the trustees and signed on its behalf by:
Rebecca Evans Chair
10/3/2025
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## **CHAMELEON BUDDIES**
## **NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS**
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 MARCH 2025
## **1. Accounting Policies**
The principal accounting policies adopted by the Charity, which is a public benefit entity, in the preparation of the accounts are as follows.
## **1.1 Basis of preparation**
These accounts have been prepared under the historical cost convention, as modified by the inclusion of charitable properties and fixed asset investments and investment properties at valuation.
These accounts have been prepared in accordance with “Accounting and Reporting by Charities: Statement of Recommended Practice applicable to charities preparing their accounts in accordance with the Financial Reporting Standard applicable in the UK and Republic of Ireland (FRS 102)” (effective 1 January 2019) - (Charities SORP (FRS 102)), the Financial Reporting Standard applicable in the UK and Republic of Ireland (FRS 102) and the Charities Act 2011.
These accounts are presented in pounds sterling and rounded to the nearest pound.
## **1.2 Going concern**
The Trustees have prepared financial projections, taking into consideration the current economic conditions and have, at the time of approving these accounts, a reasonable expectation that the charity has adequate resources to continue in operational existence for the foreseeable future. Thus they continue to adopt the going concern basis of accounting in preparing the accounts.
## **2. Income from Donations and Legacies**
|**Analysis**
Donation
and gifts|**Unrestricted funds**
**£**
57,038.78
**57,038.78**|**Total funds 2025**
**£**
57,038.78
**57,038.78**|**Total funds 2024**
**£**
105,658.89|
|---|---|---|---|
||||**105,658.89**|
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## **3. Expenditure on Raising Funds**
|**Analysis**|**Total funds 2025**|**Total funds 2024**|
|---|---|---|
||**£**|**£**|
|Direct Wages|2,919.91|-|
|Stationery and Printing|86.42|-|
|Pension costs|76.54|-|
|Telephone and Internet|82.00|-|
|Travel expenses|314.58|-|
|Advertising, marketing, direct mail and
publicity|
1,186.15|-|
|Direct expenses|-|1,585.87|
|Support Costs|-|5,136.80|
||**4,665.60**|**6,722.68**|
|**4. Expenditure on Charitable**|**Activities**||
||**Total funds 2025**|**Total funds 2024**|
||**£**|**£**|
|**Analysis**|||
|Direct Expenses|5,405.10|-|
|IT Software and Consumables|1,741.82|-|
|Postage, Freight & Courier|1,590.58|-|
|General expenses|26,655.17|-|
|Travel - International|8,933.55|-|
|Office and IT Tools|2,433.99|-|
|Support Costs|2,551.41|5,305.58|
||**49,311.62**|**5,305.58**|
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## **5. Support Costs**
|**Analysis**
Advertising and marketing
Printing and stationery
Staff costs
Telephone and Internet
Travel expenses
**Governance Costs**
Consulting
Bank charges
Insurance
Accountancy fees
**6. Other Expenditure**
**Analysis**
General expenses
Insurance
IT Cost
**7. Debtors: Amounts falling**
Accounts Receivable||**Total funds 2025**
**Total funds 2024**
**£**
**£**
-
304.99
-
2,303.14
-
53.80
-
82.00
-
7,529.68
1,462.80
-
7.95
-
363.78
-
716.88
168.77|**Total funds 2025**
**Total funds 2024**
**£**
**£**
-
304.99
-
2,303.14
-
53.80
-
82.00
-
7,529.68
1,462.80
-
7.95
-
363.78
-
716.88
168.77|
|---|---|---|---|
|||**2,551.41**
**10,442.38**||
||||
**Total funds 2024**
**£**
10,777.65
326.40
5,190.27|
||||**16,294.32**|
||||
**Total funds 2024**
**£**
-|
||||**-**|
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## **8. Cash at bank and in hand**
||||**Total funds 2025**|**Total funds 2025**|**Total**|**funds 2024**|
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|||||**£**||**£**|
|Bank||||93,312.18||90,870.32|
|||||**93,312.18**||**90,870.32**|
|**9. Charity funds**|||||||
|**9.1 Details**|**of material funds**||**held and movements during**|||**the**|
|**CURRENT**|**reporting**|**period**|||||
||**Fund**|||||**Fund**|
|**Fund names**|**balances**
**brought**|**Income**|**Expenditure**|
**TransfersGains and**
**losses**||**balances**
**carried**|
||**forward**|||||**forward**|
||**£**|**£**|
**£**|
**£**|**£**|**£**|
|**Unrestricted**|||||||
|**funds**|||||||
||**90,870.32**|**57,038.78**|
**53,977.22**|
**-**|**-**|**93,931.88**|
|**Total**|**90,870.32**|**57,038.78**|
**53,977.22**|
**-**|**-**|**93,931.88**|
|**9.2 Details**|**of material funds**||**held and movements during**|||**the**|
|**PREVIOUS reporting period**|||||||
||**Fund**|||||**Fund**|
|**Fund names**|**balances**
**brought**|**Income**|**Expenditure**|**TransfersGains and**
**losses**||**balances**
**carried**|
||**forward**|||||**forward**|
||**£**|**£**|
**£**|
**£**|**£**|**£**|
|**Unrestricted**|||||||
|**funds**|||||||
||**13,534.00 105,658.89**||
**28,322.57**|
**-**|**-**|**90,870.32**|
|**Total**|**13,534.00 105,658.89**||
**28,322.57**|
**-**|**-**|**90,870.32**|
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## **9.3 Transfers between funds**
|**This Year**||
|---|---|
||**Amount**|
||**£**|
|Between unrestricted and restricted funds|-|
|Between endowment and restricted funds|-|
|Between endowment and unrestricted funds|-|
|**Last Year**||
||**Amount**|
||**£**|
|Between unrestricted and restricted funds|-|
|Between endowment and restricted funds|-|
|Between endowment and unrestricted funds|-|
## **Related Party Transactions**
No related party transactions had taken place during the year
## **Trustees Remunerations and benefits**
No payments made to trustees during the year