Trustees' Annual Report for the period
Period start date Period end date From 01 January 2025 To 31 December 2025
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 |
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n/a |
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| 1205088 | ||
c/o Price Bailey, Floor 3 |
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| 24 Old Bond Street | ||
| London | ||
| Postcode | W1S 4AP |
Names of the charity trustees who manage the charity
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Trustee name | Office (if any) | Dates acted if not for whole **year ** |
Name of person (or body) entitled to appoint trustee (ifany) |
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| Anne-Marie Hamer | ||||
| Sarah Jones | ||||
| Zaina Mahmoud | ||||
| Alan McLellan | 01 January 2025 - 22 September 2025 |
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| Chris Page | 01 January 2025 - 21 August 2025 |
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| 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 | |
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| None | ||
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Names and addresses of advisers (Optional information)
| Names and addresses of advisers (Optional information) | Names and addresses of advisers (Optional information) | Names and addresses of advisers (Optional information) |
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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)
- (eg. trust, association, company)
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 management of prospective conflicts of interest between the two entities, as published on our website here.
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policies and procedures adopted for the induction and training of trustees;
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the charity’s organisational structure and any wider network with which the charity works;
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relationship with any related parties;
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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 our second year of operation we have focused on fundraising and further establishing the policy and process foundations of our charity.
We have also commissioned a piece of research into how young people access information about surrogacy, and the impact of artificial intelligence in that process. The resulting article was published in BioNews in March 2026 and will be covered in our next annual report.
Summary of the main activities undertaken for the Over the year, our trustees have delivered 13 public engagement events public benefit in relation to relating to surrogacy. these objects (include within this section the statutory Further details are provided in Section D below. declaration that trustees have had regard to the guidance Further detail from SJ / ZM R4 May25 issued by the Charity Commission on public benefit)
Additional details of objectives and activities (Optional information)
None.
You may choose to include further statements, where relevant, about:
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policy on grantmaking;
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policy programme related investment;
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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 have continued to work on the foundations of our charity and have established the following policies:
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Privacy notice
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Trustee privacy notice
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Conflict of interest policy (and associated Register of Interests) 4. Fundraising policy
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Finance & reserves policy
In April we ran our first significant fundraising event, raising £2280 through a cake sale and raffle at the SurrogacyUK Conference.
Fundraising continued through the year – through individual giving, a significant individual donation via the Charities Aid Foundation, and the efforts of Trustees – raised a total of £5301 for the charity, well in excess of its expenditure and establishing a solid financial basis for future activity (see ‘Looking ahead’, below). Launch of our ‘resources website’, planned for April 2025, was pushed back to April 2026 due to capacity constraints and a recognition that the board needed to recruit trustees – and engage volunteers – with an extended skillset (see below).
From September 2025, and extending into February 2026, we provided a work experience placement and ‘micro-grant’ to a surrogacy-connected person (an undergraduate student) to undertake research into:
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how young people access information about surrogacy (in part to inform our development of the resources website) and
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the role that generative artificial intelligence is increasingly playing in that access, and
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the practical and ethical implications of its role.
The research was published in BioNews in 2026 and will be reported more fully in our next Annual Report. The placement also demonstrated the importance of our board being informed by – and exposed to – the interests and concerns of young people who might be connected to surrogacy.
Through the year, our trustees participated in 13 public engagement, training or educational activities including:
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lived experience sessions about surrogacy with undergraduate midwives
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a debate on Surrogacy at the Cambridge University Union
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training sessions with the Royal College of Nurses
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a surrogacy-related segment live on Radio 4.
Towards the end of the year, and following the departure of two of our founding trustees, the board undertook an evaluation of its skills and capacity. As a result, we made a decision to strengthen the board through a round of external recruitment, which began in January and will be covered in our next Annual Report.
Looking ahead
With a healthy level of reserves and new trustees in place, the Foundation’s priorities for 2026 will be:
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to revisit the charity’s strategy, with a view to growing the charity’s reach and impact in an achievable and sustainable way
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- to launch our resources website as the primary channel for achievement of our charitable objectives
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Section D Achievements and performance
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to consider strategic partnerships with similar charities and organisations
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to build a systematic approach to fundraising.
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Section E Financial review
Our Finance & Reserves Policy requires that the charity should maintain Brief statement of the a cash balance of at least £500 to support its orderly wind-down in the charity’s policy on reserves unlikely event that becomes necessary. That figure will be reviewed as the charity, and its financial commitments, grow.
Details of any funds materially in deficit
None
Further financial review details (Optional information)
You may choose to include additional information, where relevant about:
All of our revenue to date is from donations from private individuals.
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the charity’s principal sources of funds (including any fundraising);
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how expenditure has supported the key objectives of the charity;
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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 Linder Pott (Jun 28, 2026 21:21:46 GMT+1) Full name(s) Alan White Linder Pott Position (eg Secretary, Chair, Treasurer Chair etc)
Date 28 June 2026
28/06/2026
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SurrogacyUK Foundation
SurrogacyUK Foundation 1205088 Receipts and payments accounts CC16a For the period 06-Oct-23 31-Dec-24 To from
Section A Receipts and payments
| A1 Receipts | Unrestricted funds to the nearest £ 5301.38 - - - - - - - 5,301 - - - 5,301 72 1,045 - - - - - - - 1,117 - - - 1,117 4,184 - - 4,184 |
Restricted funds to the nearest £ - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - |
Endowment funds to the nearest £ - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - |
Total funds to the nearest £ 5,301 - - - - - - - 5,301 - - - 5,301 72 1,045 - - - - - - - 1,117 - - - 1,117 4,184 |
Total funds to the nearest £ 5,301 - - - - - - - 5,301 - - - 5,301 72 1,045 - - - - - - - 1,117 - - - 1,117 4,184 |
Last year to the nearest £ |
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| Donations | 5301.38 | - | ||||
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| Bank charges | 72 | - | ||||
| Charitable activities | 1,045 | - | ||||
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| **Sub total ** | 1,117 | - | ||||
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| Total payments Net of receipts/(payments) A5 Transfers between funds A6 Cash funds last year end Cash funds this year end |
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| Section B Statement of assets and liabilities at the end of the | Section B Statement of assets and liabilities at the end of the | 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 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 |
Unrestricted funds Restricted funds to nearest £ to nearest £ 7,554 - - - - - 7,554 - Agreement Error 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 |
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Alan White | 28-Jun-26 | |
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