## **Trustees’ Annual Report for the period** ## **From 01 January 2025 Period start date To 31 December 2025 Period end date** ## **Charity name: Cure4DM** ## **Charity registration number: 1206120** ## **Objectives and Activities** ||SORP reference|| |---|---|---| |Summary of the purposes of
the charity as set out in its
governing document|Para 1.17|**To raise funds for research into Canine**
**Degenerative Myelopathy (DM) and create**
**a wider DM awareness**| |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|**By raising awareness of this**
**degenerative condition amongst owners**
**of affected breeds. Assisting in the**
**provision of mobility aids to improve the**
**quality of life for affected dogs. Provide**
**advice, support & information on caring**
**for dogs with DM and provision of**
**funding to support research with the aim**
**of providing a better understanding of the**
**disease and eventually finding a cure**| |Statement confirming
whether the trustees have
had regard to the guidance
issued by the Charity
Commission on public
benefit|Para 1.18|**The Trustee’s are aware of the guidance**
**of the Charity Commission on public**
**benefit and respond accordingly.**| ## **Additional information (optional)** You may choose to include further statements where relevant about: ||
SORP reference|| |---|---|---| |Policy on grant making|Para 1.38|**A Grant making policy is in process of**
**production**| |Policy on social investment
including program related
investment|Para 1.38|| |Contribution made by
volunteers|Para 1.38|| 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|**Investigated new areas where funding**
**may be of use to advance research into**
**the disease. Established an on line**
**presence bringing up to date information**
**on DM for the benefit of owners and**
**veterinary professionals. Established**
**contacts enabling the provision of**
**mobility aids to provide ongoing quality**
**of life.**| ## **Additional information (optional)** ## You may choose to include further statements where relevant about: |
Achievements against
objectives set|
Para 1.41|
**Now have 2 different forms of Social**
**Media up and running and increasing in**
**followers**| |---|---|---| |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|**The charity finds itself in a positive**
**position.**| |Statement explaining the
policy for holding reserves
stating why they are held|Para 1.22|**No minimum figure is set for reserves**
**held but they are essential to enable**
**research grants to be made in future.**| |Amount of reserves held|Para 1.22|**£23,217**| |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**| |**Additional information (optional)**
You may choose to include further statements where relevant about:|**Additional information (optional)**
You may choose to include further statements where relevant about:|**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|**CIO – Foundation Model**
**Constitution document**| |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|**By Trustee nomination or advertising**
**giving regard to required**
**skills/experience for effective**
**administration of the CIO. Selection will**
**be made by review of applicant during**
**board meeting and subsequent vote of**
**Trustees for approval**| ## **Additional information (optional)** You may choose to include further statements where relevant about: |
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|Cure4DM| |---|---| |Other name the charity uses|Finding the Cure for Degenerative Myelopathy| |Registered charity number|1206120| |Charity’s principal address|Watts Cottage
Guildford Road
Shamley Green
Guildford
GU5 0RS| ||| ## **Names of the charity trustees who manage the charity** |1
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**year**|**Dates acted if not for whole**
**year**|**Name of person (or body) entitled**
**to appoint trustee (ifany)**| |---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---| |||Kathryn Everson|Chair||||| |||Theresa Brenda
Sullivan|Secretary||||| |||TonyWiltshire|Treasurer||||| |||Jason Hickling|||23 April 2025||| |||Samantha
Puleston Fearnley|||||| ||||||||| ||||||||| ||||||||| ||||||||| ||||||||| ||||||||| ||||||||| ||||||||| ||||||||| ||||||||| ||||||||| ||||||||| ||||||||| ||||||||| ||||||||| |||Corporate trustees–names of the directors at the date the report was approved
**Director name**
**N/A**
Name of trustees holding title to property belonging to the charity
**Trustee name**
**Dates acted if not for whole year**
**N/A**|||||| |||**Director name**|||||| |||**N/A**|||||| ||||||||| ||||||||| ||||||||| ||||||||| ||||||||| ||||||||| |||**Trustee name**||**Dates acted if not for whole year**|||| |||**N/A**|||||| ||||||||| ||||||||| ||||||||| ||||||||| ||||||||| ## **Funds held as custodian trustees on behalf of others** Description of the assets N/A held in this capacity Name and objects of the N/A charity on whose behalf the assets are held and how this falls within the custodian charity’s objects Details of arrangements for N/A 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)** A. Wiltshire **Full name(s)** Anthony Wiltshire **Position (eg Secretary,** Treasurer **Chair, etc)** **Date** Cash Account ## **2025 Monthly Operating Statement – CASH ACCOUNT** |**INCOME/DONATIONS**|**Jan**|**Feb**|**Mar**|**Apr**|**May**|**Jun**|**July**|**Aug**|**Sept**|**Oct**|**Nov**|**Dec**|| |---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---| |CAF Donate|5,480.82
£|67.02
£|116.64
£|84.23
£|161.53
£|154.77
£||90.16
£|77.85
£||||| |CAF Bank – direct|15.01
£|510.00
£|10.00
£||||418.69
£|10.00
£|10.00
£|91.59
£|359.38
£||| |PayPal||||397.56
£|1,451.87
£|||||||2,500.00
£|| |Interest|||0.15
£||||||0.10
£|||0.11
£|| ||||||||||||||| |Transfer from GOLD A/C||||||200.00
£|||||||| ||||||||||||||| |**Total**|**5,495.83**
**£**|**577.02**
**£**|**126.79**
**£**|**481.79**
**£**|**1,613.40**
**£**|354.77
£|**418.69**
**£**|**100.16**
**£**|**87.95**
**£**|**91.59**
**£**|**359.38**
**£**|2500.11|**12,207.48**
**£**| |**OUTGOINGS/EXPENSES**|**Jan**|**Feb**|**Mar**|**Apr**|**May**|**Jun**|**July**|**Aug**|**Sept**|**Oct**|**Nov**|**Dec**|| |---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---| |Bank Charges|5.00
£|5.00
£|5.00
£|5.00
£|5.00
£|5.00
£|5.00
£|5.00
£|5.00
£|5.00
£|5.00
£|5.00
£|| |Domain / Email fee - Go
Daddy||80.35
£|||||86.30
£||||||| |Website Fee –
Vistaprint/Wix|||||||234.15
£||||||| |Postage/Shipping/Statio
nary|||||||||||||| |PayPal Fees|||||||||||||| |Sponsored Research|||||||||||||| |Marketing|||||||||||||| ||||||||||||||| |Transfer to Gold A/C|4,400.00
£|1,550.00
£|150.00
£|495.00
£|1,652.75
£||230.00
£|250.00
£|100.00
£|60.00
£|150.00
£|2,775.00
£|| ||||||||||||||| |**Total**|**4,405.00**
**£**|**1,635.35**
**£**|**155.00**
**£**|**500.00**
**£**|**1,657.75**
**£**|**5.00**
**£**|**555.45**
**£**|**255.00**
**£**|**105.00**
**£**|**65.00**
**£**|**155.00**
**£**|2780|**12,273.55**
**£**| |**YEAR T0 DATE**|**Jan**|**Feb**|**Mar**|**Apr**|**May**|**Jun**|**July**|**Aug**|**Sept**|**Oct**|**Nov**|**Dec**|| |---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---| |**Beginning Balance**|5,569.01
£|1,741.03
£|232.47
£|77.47
£|117.31
£|72.96
£|354.77
£|218.01
£|63.17
£|46.12
£|72.71
£|277.38
£|| ||||||||||||||| |**Minus Outgoings**|4,405.00
£|1,635.35
£|155.00
£|495.00
£||||255.00
£|105.00
£|65.00
£|155.00
£|2780|| ||||||||||||||| |**Ending Balance**|1164.01|105.68|77.47|117.31|72.96|354.77|218.01|63.17|46.12|72.71|277.09|78.99|**78.99**
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