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Trustees' Annual Report for the period

Period start date Period end date From 06 October 2023 To 31 December 2024

Section A Reference and administration details

Charity name Other names charity is known by Registered charity number (if any) Charity's principal address	SurrogacyUK Foundation	SurrogacyUK Foundation
	n/a
	1205088
	c/o Price Bailey, Floor 3
	24 Old Bond Street
	London
	Postcode	W1S 4AP

Names of the charity trustees who manage the charity

Trustee name	Office (if any)	Dates acted if not for whole **year **	Name of person (or body) entitled to appoint trustee (ifany)
Anne-Marie Hamer
Sarah Jones
Zaina Mahmoud
Alan McLellan
Chris Page
Linder Pott	Chair
Adelaide Ribaud
Alan White

Names of the trustees for the charity, if any, (for example, any custodian trustees)

Name	Dates acted if not for whole year
None

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Names and addresses of advisers (Optional information) Type of adviser Name Address	Names and addresses of advisers (Optional information) Type of adviser Name Address	Names and addresses of advisers (Optional information) Type of adviser Name Address
None

Name of chief executive or names of senior staff members (Optional information)

None

Section B Structure, governance and management

Description of the charity’s trusts

Constitution

Type of governing document (eg. trust deed, constitution) Charitable Incorporated Organisation How the charity is constituted

• (eg. trust, association, company)

Founding Trustees were self-appointed; future Trustees will be appointed Trustee selection methods by the existing Board of Trustees (eg. appointed by, elected by)

Additional governance issues (Optional information)

You may choose to include additional information, where relevant, about:

The SurrogacyUK Foundation has a Memorandum of Understanding with our ‘sister’ organisation, Surrogacy UK Ltd, which governs the relationship and managements of prospective conflicts of interest between the two entities, as published on our website here.

• policies and procedures adopted for the induction and training of trustees;

• the charity’s organisational structure and any wider network with which the charity works;

• relationship with any related parties;

• trustees’ consideration of major risks and the system and procedures to manage them.

Section C Objectives and activities

Summary of the objects of the charity set out in its governing document

The object of the SurrogacyUK Foundation is to advance the education of the public in the field of surrogacy and, in particular, approaches to surrogacy that are legal, ethical and safeguard the rights of all parties.

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Our Trustees have given due regard to the Charity Commission’s guidance and public benefit framework in establishing activities for the public benefit and reporting on them.

In this, our first (extended) year of operation our primary activities have included:

1. Operations and administration: undertaking ‘start up’ activities for our charity such as opening a bank account and setting up our IT

2. Fundraising: establishing channels for fundraising for our charity

Summary of the main activities undertaken for the public benefit in relation to these objects (include within this section the statutory declaration that trustees have had regard to the guidance issued by the Charity Commission on public benefit)

1. Strategy: developing a strategy through which the SurrogacyUK Foundation will pursue its objects and achieve public benefit

2. Soft launch: announcing our new charity through social media channels and through our website (surrogacyukfoundation.org).

3. Resources website: we have begun to develop materials for ‘resources’ pages on our website (see below).

Further details are provided in Section D below.

Additional details of objectives and activities (Optional information)

None.

You may choose to include further statements, where relevant, about:

• policy on grantmaking;

• policy programme related investment;

• contribution made by volunteers.

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Section D Achievements and performance

Summary of the main achievements of the charity during the year

We made a small but positive start to our charitable activities from our incorporation in October 2023 to the completion of our first full year of operations in December 2025. Our activities include:

Operations and administration

• opening a bank account

• establishing our IT infrastructure

• registering with the Information Commissioners Office (ICO)

• registering with the Fundraising Regulator

• registering with the Premium Rate Service to support charitable donations by SMS/phone

• registering with the Charities Aid Foundation, JustGiving and DONATE as our primary fundraising platforms.

Fundraising

We established the above channels for fundraising for our charity and raised funds to support our start-up and initial development of our Resources Website (see below).

Strategy

Trustees worked together to develop a strategy to support the charity’s achievement of its objectives, establishing its values and ways of working. Our strategy includes a set of goals across the first three years of the charity’s operations and will be reviewed in 2025.

Soft launch

In April 2024 we undertook a ‘soft launch’ of our charity through social media channels and at SurrogacyUK’s annual conference. Since that soft launch we have been building a mailing list of individuals interested to receive updates about the charity.

Resources website

Our core goal is to support the public’s understanding of surrogacy. We want to provide accurate, trustworthy resources and make information about surrogacy easily accessible to:

• the general public, including people with a personal interest in surrogacy

• professionals including lawyers, educators, midwives and people involved in the children’s and families court services (CAFCAS)

• stakeholders in surrogacy including legislators and policy makers.

In late 2024 we hosted a filming day and invited people to share their lived experience of surrogacy with us, on film, for the public benefit.

We are editing those videos for publication in Spring 2025: they will be the first elements of a resources website which we hope will be amplify voices in the surrogacy community and educate people and society about surrogacy.

Looking ahead

Now that the foundations of our charity have been established, we intend, through 2025, to:

• continue to develop our resources website, building content relevant to all audiences and finding ways to reach those audiences, including through social media

• refine our strategy, ensuring that we can focus our available resources on activities that most directly further our charitable objects

• increase our fundraising activities

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Section D Achievements and performance

• establish ways of working effectively with volunteers

• • finalise and publish core policies for the charity including o ethical fundraising policy o reserves policy o complaints policy o Trustee Code of Conduct.

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Section E Financial review

Brief statement of the charity’s policy on reserves

Pending development of a formal reserves policy, Trustees have resolved to maintain a cash balance of at least £500 to support an orderly wind-down of the charity in the unlikely event that becomes necessary.

Details of any funds materially in deficit

None

Further financial review details (Optional information)

You may choose to include additional information, where relevant about:

• the charity’s principal sources of funds (including any fundraising);

• how expenditure has supported the key objectives of the charity;

All of our revenue to date is from donations from private individuals.

Our most significant expenditure has been on activities relating to development of our ‘Resources Website’ which will be launch in 2025. As noted above, that website will directly support our objects by providing free, accessible, reliable information directly to the public.

We have also incurred expenses relating to:

• website hosting

• ICO, Fundraising Regulator and other registrations.

• investment policy and objectives including any ethical investment policy adopted.

Section F Other optional information

None

Section G Declaration

The trustees declare that they have approved the trustees’ report above.

Signed on behalf of the charity’s trustees

Signature(s) Linder Pott (Mar 31, 2025 08:26 GMT+1) Full name(s) Linder Pott Alan White Position (eg Secretary, Chair, Trustee etc) Date 03/31/2025

03/31/2025

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Section A Receipts and payments

A1 Receipts	Unrestricted funds to the nearest £ 5,244 - - - - - - - 5,244 - - - 5,244 52 1,822 - - - - - - - 1,874 - - - 1,874	Unrestricted funds to the nearest £ 5,244 - - - - - - - 5,244 - - - 5,244 52 1,822 - - - - - - - 1,874 - - - 1,874	Restricted funds to the nearest £ - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -	Restricted funds to the nearest £ - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -	Endowment funds to the nearest £ - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -	Endowment funds to the nearest £ - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -	Total funds to the nearest £ 5,244 - - - - - - -	Total funds to the nearest £ 5,244 - - - - - - -	Last year to the nearest £
Donations	5,244						5,244		-
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Sub total(Gross income for AR)	5,244						5,244		-
							- - - 5,244 52 1,822 - - - - - - - 1,874 - -
A2 Asset and investment sales, (see table).
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Total receipts A3 Payments
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Bank charges	52								-
Charitable activities	1,822								-
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**Sub total **	1,874								-
A4 Asset and investment purchases, (see table)
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**Sub total **	-						-		-
Total payments Net of receipts/(payments) A5 Transfers between funds A6 Cash funds last year end Cash funds this year end							1,874 3,370
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	3,370		-		-		3,370		-
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	3,370		-		-		3,370		-

CCXX R1 accounts (SS)

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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
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 None Details Total cash funds (agree balances with receipts and payments account(s)) None Cash at bank Details Details None Details None Signature Linder Pott(Mar 31,2025 08:25 GMT+1)	Unrestricted funds Restricted funds to nearest £ to nearest £ 3,370 - - - - - 3,370 - 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 Linder Pott Alan White	Endowment funds to nearest £
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			OK
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	Linder Pott(Mar 31,2025 08:25 GMT+1)	Linder Pott	03/31/2025
		Alan White	03/31/2025

CCXX R2 accounts (SS)

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Final Audit Report 2025-03-31

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