REGISTERED CHARITY NUMBER: 1206261
REPORT OF THE TRUSTEES AND UNAUDITED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2025
FOR
FOOTPRINTS BABY LOSS TWIN & TRIPLET SUPPORT
Bronsens Chartered Certified Accountants Hillside Albion Street Chipping Norton Oxfordshire OX7 5BH
FOOTPRINTS BABY LOSS TWIN & TRIPLET SUPPORT
CONTENTS OF THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2025
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| Reference and Administrative Details | 1 |
| Chief Executive's Report | 2 to 3 |
| Report of the Trustees | 4 to 5 |
| Independent Examiner's Report | 6 |
| Statement of Financial Activities | 7 |
| Balance Sheet | 8 |
| Notes to the Financial Statements | 9 to 12 |
| Detailed Statement of Financial Activities | 13 to 14 |
FOOTPRINTS BABY LOSS TWIN & TRIPLET SUPPORT
REFERENCE AND ADMINISTRATIVE DETAILS FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2025
TRUSTEES
PRINCIPAL ADDRESS
D Darke - Chair of Trustees T Scofield C Balkham S Chowdhury V Leonidaki J Royce 8 Millers Way Middleton Cheney Banbury Oxfordshire OX17 2GA
REGISTERED CHARITY NUMBER
1206261
INDEPENDENT EXAMINER
Bronsens Chartered Certified Accountants Hillside Albion Street Chipping Norton Oxfordshire OX7 5BH
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FOOTPRINTS BABY LOSS TWIN & TRIPLET SUPPORT
CHIEF EXECUTIVE'S REPORT FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2025
2025 has been a year of meaningful growth and reflection for Footprints Baby Loss Twin & Triplet Support. As we have continued to develop our services and reach, we have also learned from the families we support, ensuring that our work remains compassionate, responsive, and centred on their experiences.
As we pass our second anniversary, we are proud of how the charity has continued to develop while remaining firmly rooted in its founding purpose: ensuring that families affected by the loss of a twin, triplet or multiples feel seen, understood and supported.
Demand for our services has continued to grow throughout the year, both within the UK and internationally. Families continue to reach out to Footprints for support, guidance, and connection, reflecting both increased awareness of our work and the ongoing gap in specialist support for twin and triplet loss. In response, we have expanded our services carefully and compassionately, ensuring that care, sensitivity and lived experience remain at the heart of everything we do.
Supporting families
In 2025, Footprints directly supported over 450 families through a range of peer-led services. Our one-to-one befriending service remained central to our offer, with 55 new befriending matches created during the year and more than 100 families receiving ongoing befriending support. These relationships, built on shared lived experience, continue to provide reassurance, understanding and connection during some of the most isolating moments of grief.
Alongside befriending, our online support groups brought families together regularly in spaces designed to reflect the different experiences of twin and triplet loss. These included groups for loss of both twins or all triplets, groups for surviving twins or triplets, dads, termination for medical reasons and pregnancy after loss. Our private online community and WhatsApp groups further strengthened this network of support, offering immediate connection and a safe and moderated place for families to talk openly about their babies.
We also continued to develop practical resources to support families within healthcare settings. Our personalised stickers for red books (Children's Health Record) and maternity notes reached over 130 families this year, with additional sets shared with hospital trusts. These resources help ensure that parents' experiences are recognised and that care is delivered with sensitivity and awareness.
Volunteers and staff
Footprints remains a volunteer-orientated organisation, and our work would not be possible without the dedication of our volunteers. 40 volunteers contributed over 300 hours of support in 2025, offering befriending, facilitating groups, moderating online spaces, fundraising and representing the charity at events. Volunteer wellbeing and supervision remain a priority, supported by structured training, reflective practice and ongoing guidance.
A key milestone this year was the appointment of our first two part-time staff members. This has strengthened our capacity, improved continuity of support for families and volunteers, and enabled the charity to respond more effectively to increasing demand while maintaining strong governance and safeguarding.
Partnerships, research and influence
Raising awareness and improving understanding of twin and triplet bereavement remains a core aim of Footprints. In 2025, we expanded our partnerships with healthcare professionals, researchers, charities and national organisations. We contributed to a wide range of training sessions, conferences and events, helping to improve standards of care and ensure that the voices of bereaved multiple-loss families are represented.
We were honoured to welcome Donna Ockenden as our first ambassador, reflecting growing recognition of the importance of specialist support for multiple pregnancy loss. Our peer support work was also strengthened through the publication and dissemination of our position paper, shared nationally and internationally.
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FOOTPRINTS BABY LOSS TWIN & TRIPLET SUPPORT
CHIEF EXECUTIVE'S REPORT FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2025
Fundraising and financial support
We are deeply grateful to everyone who has supported Footprints financially throughout the year. Our charity-led and community-led fundraising events have been held in memory of much-loved babies and reflect the generosity, commitment and compassion of our community. We also thank our grant funders for enabling us to deliver support events, develop resources and invest in the foundations needed for sustainable growth. Ben Nevis was such a great accomplishment for the charity and everyone involved, raising £37,000.
Looking ahead
Looking to 2026, our focus is to continue raising awareness of the unique needs of families affected by twin and triplet loss. Our priorities include expanding the distribution of resources to hospitals, developing new materials for surviving twins, triplets and siblings, furthering research, and continuing to deliver high-quality training for healthcare professionals and volunteers. Throughout this, our commitment remains unchanged: to provide compassionate, specialist, peer-led support for families experiencing the loss of a twin, triplet or higher order multiples.
We would like to thank every family who has trusted Footprints during the hardest moments of their lives, every volunteer who has given their time and care, and every supporter and partner who has helped make this work possible.
Sharon Darke - Chief Executive Officer
Suzie Scofield - Chief Operations Officer
Footprints Baby Loss Twin & Triplet Support
Date: 20 April 2026
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FOOTPRINTS BABY LOSS TWIN & TRIPLET SUPPORT
REPORT OF THE TRUSTEES FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2025
The trustees present their report with the financial statements of the charity for the year ended 31 December 2025. The trustees have adopted the provisions of 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).
OBJECTIVES AND ACTIVITIES
Objectives and activities
The objective of the charity is to relieve the needs of families who have experienced the death of a baby from a twin, triplet or higher order multiple pregnancy, by:
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providing support to bereaved parents and families of twins, triplets and higher order multiples through befriending, online support groups, social media, literature and education;
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facilitating networks of peer-to-peer baby loss community support;
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providing education and support, specific to twins, triplets and higher order multiples, to healthcare professionals, employers and carers of bereaved parents and families;
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promoting best practice in high quality care during and after pregnancy for twins, triplets and higher order multiples;
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collaborating with other charities to raise awareness and promotion of high-quality bereavement support.
Activities and performance
During 2025, Footprints Baby Loss has continued to focus on sustainably extending its services in line with its objectives. Footprints was awarded a grant from The National Lottery to assist with core running costs in 2025 & 2026. The largest fundraising event for 2025 was the charity's climb of Ben Nevis, with around 40 participants raising money for Footprints exceeding expectations. Together with the other fundraising events, grants and donations during 2025, Footprints has built a stable foundation to facilitate embarking on part-time employment to enhance its service offering now and into future years.
Key performance indicators
The trustees monitor the following indicators to establish the reach and impact of its services in achieving its charitable objectives:
| 2025 | 2024 | |
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| Cumulative number of people directly | ||
| supported | 453 | 253 |
| Cumulative online private Facebook group | 353 | 204 |
| Cumulative befriender matches | 102 | 47 |
| Number of online group meetings | 35 | 25 |
| Online group meeting attendees | 309 | 129 |
FINANCIAL REVIEW
Financial position
The attached financial statements are for the year ended 31 December 2025 (2024 - period 19 December 2023 to 31 December 2024). The financial statements show a surplus for the year of £39,993 (2024 - £37,099) and the charity has net assets of £77,092 at 31 December 2025 (2024 - £37,099).
Reserves policy
The trustees consider that an ideal level of unrestricted reserves should be kept at a level of six to twelve months of projected running costs. Footprints' purpose is to sustainably provide bereavement support services and this reserves policy allows the charity to react to unforeseen circumstances and fluctuations in donations and maintain sufficient flexibility to operate on a day-to-day basis in providing continued ongoing support to bereaved families.
As a relatively new charity, our trustee board took the decision to maintain a prudent level of reserves to ensure organisational stability while our income patterns are still emerging and not yet fully predictable. This approach reflects responsible financial management and supports the long-term sustainability of the charity, by ensuring the charity commences with services and employment contracts when there is reasonable certainty the charity can continue to meet its responsibilities and support our bereaved community.
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FOOTPRINTS BABY LOSS TWIN & TRIPLET SUPPORT
REPORT OF THE TRUSTEES FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2025
PLANS FOR FUTURE PERIODS
The charity intends to extend its employed staffing structure during 2026 in line with the growth of the charity and its service offering, dependent on available funding and its sustainable service offering focus.
Footprints continues to develop its offering of literature and seeking out opportunities to collaborate with relevant health care professionals, related charities and organisations to sustainably aid its charitable objectives.
The Co-Founders of the charity have been invited to contribute their expertise at a number of external events, podcasts and webinars, reflecting the growing recognition of the charity's specialist knowledge in multiple birth loss. They have also been asked to review and provide input into a range of multiple birth-specific resources and training materials planned for 2026.
These opportunities not only raise awareness of the unique experiences of families affected by twin and higher order loss, but also support the development of informed, compassionate practice across the sector.
Volunteer recruitment and training, together with fundraising efforts and enhancement of the charity's profile remain at the forefront of Footprints plans and integral to achieving the aims of the charity.
Risk management
The trustees consider the significant risks which the charity is exposed to and establish processes to address these, in particular those related to the operations and finances of the charity and are satisfied that systems, procedures and insurances are in place to mitigate exposures to major risks.
Funding income remains a significant risk for Footprints, as it is reliant solely on generous donations, grants and gifts, the future receipt of which is not guaranteed. Accordingly, the trustees have maintained the above reserves policy to mitigate this risk.
STRUCTURE, GOVERNANCE AND MANAGEMENT Governing document
Footprints Baby Loss Twin & Triplet Support is a Charitable Incorporated Organisation registered in England and Wales with the Charity Commission on 19 December 2023 (Registration number 1206261). Its governing document is its constitution.
The charity is administered by the Board of Trustees in accordance with its constitution. Footprints currently has six trustees, who meet on a quarterly basis to discuss the performance, risks, budgeting, future events and any other business of the charity to forward the objects of the charity.
Details of the trustee's holding office in the period are given on page 1.
The trustees have had regard to the guidance published by the Charity Commission on public benefit when preparing the report and consider that the public benefit criteria are satisfied by the charitable aims and objectives of Footprints Baby Loss Twin & Triplet Support.
Approved by order of the board of trustees on 20 April 2026 and signed on its behalf by:
D Darke - Trustee
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INDEPENDENT EXAMINER'S REPORT TO THE TRUSTEES OF FOOTPRINTS BABY LOSS TWIN & TRIPLET SUPPORT
Independent examiner's report to the trustees of Footprints Baby Loss Twin & Triplet Support
I report to the charity trustees on my examination of the accounts of Footprints Baby Loss Twin & Triplet Support (the Trust) for the year ended 31 December 2025.
Responsibilities and basis of report
As the charity trustees of the Trust 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 Act and in carrying out my examination I have followed all 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 giving me cause to believe that in any material respect:
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accounting records were not kept in respect of the Trust as required by Section 130 of the Act; or
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the accounts do not accord with those records; or
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the accounts do 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 in this report in order to enable a proper understanding of the accounts to be reached.
Philip Burton BSc FCA The Institute of Chartered Accountants in England and Wales
Bronsens Chartered Certified Accountants Hillside Albion Street Chipping Norton Oxfordshire OX7 5BH
20 April 2026
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FOOTPRINTS BABY LOSS TWIN & TRIPLET SUPPORT
STATEMENT OF FINANCIAL ACTIVITIES FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2025
| Period | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| 19.12.23 | |||
| Year Ended | to | ||
| 31.12.25 | 31.12.24 | ||
| Unrestricted | Total | ||
| fund | funds | ||
| Notes | £ | £ | |
| INCOME AND ENDOWMENTS FROM | |||
| Donations and legacies | 76,143 | 43,886 | |
| Other trading activities | 2 | 2,822 | 1,008 |
| Investment income | 3 | 942 | 159 |
| Total | 79,907 | 45,053 | |
| EXPENDITURE ON | |||
| Raising funds | 1,789 | 3,202 | |
| Charitable activities | |||
| Charitable activities | 27,685 | 2,065 | |
| Other | 10,440 | 2,687 | |
| Total | 39,914 | 7,954 | |
| NET INCOME | 39,993 | 37,099 | |
| RECONCILIATION OF FUNDS | |||
| Total funds brought forward | 37,099 | - | |
| TOTAL FUNDS CARRIED FORWARD | 77,092 | 37,099 |
The notes form part of these financial statements
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FOOTPRINTS BABY LOSS TWIN & TRIPLET SUPPORT
BALANCE SHEET 31 DECEMBER 2025
| 31.12.25 Unrestricted fund Notes £ CURRENT ASSETS Debtors 6 3,050 Cash at bank 117,158 120,208 CREDITORS Amounts falling due within one year 7 (43,116) NET CURRENT ASSETS 77,092 TOTAL ASSETS LESS CURRENT LIABILITIES 77,092 NET ASSETS 77,092 FUNDS 8 Unrestricted funds 77,092 TOTAL FUNDS 77,092 |
31.12.24 Total funds £ 715 37,754 38,469 (1,370) 37,099 37,099 37,099 37,099 37,099 |
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The financial statements were approved by the Board of Trustees and authorised for issue on 20 April 2026 and were signed on its behalf by:
D Darke - Trustee
The notes form part of these financial statements
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FOOTPRINTS BABY LOSS TWIN & TRIPLET SUPPORT
NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2025
1. ACCOUNTING POLICIES
Basis of preparing the financial statements
The financial statements of the charity, which is a public benefit entity under FRS 102, have been prepared in accordance with the Charities SORP (FRS 102) '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)', Financial Reporting Standard 102 'The Financial Reporting Standard applicable in the UK and Republic of Ireland' and the Charities Act 2011. The financial statements have been prepared under the historical cost convention.
Income
All income is recognised in the Statement of Financial Activities once the charity has entitlement to the funds, it is probable that the income will be received and the amount can be measured reliably.
Expenditure
Liabilities are recognised as expenditure as soon as there is a legal or constructive obligation committing the charity to that expenditure, it is probable that a transfer of economic benefits will be required in settlement and the amount of the obligation can be measured reliably. Expenditure is accounted for on an accruals basis and has been classified under headings that aggregate all cost related to the category. Where costs cannot be directly attributed to particular headings they have been allocated to activities on a basis consistent with the use of resources.
Taxation
The charity is exempt from tax on its charitable activities.
Fund accounting
Unrestricted funds can be used in accordance with the charitable objectives at the discretion of the trustees.
Restricted funds can only be used for particular restricted purposes within the objects of the charity. Restrictions arise when specified by the donor or when funds are raised for particular restricted purposes.
Further explanation of the nature and purpose of each fund is included in the notes to the financial statements.
Pension costs and other post-retirement benefits
The charity operates a defined contribution pension scheme. Contributions payable to the charity's pension scheme are charged to the Statement of Financial Activities in the period to which they relate.
2. OTHER TRADING ACTIVITIES
| Period | ||
|---|---|---|
| 19.12.23 | ||
| Year Ended | to | |
| 31.12.25 | 31.12.24 | |
| £ | £ | |
| Event entry fees | 2,470 | 200 |
| Merchandise sales | 352 | 808 |
| 2,822 | 1,008 |
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NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS - continued FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2025
3. INVESTMENT INCOME
| INVESTMENT INCOME | ||
|---|---|---|
| Period | ||
| 19.12.23 | ||
| Year Ended | to | |
| 31.12.25 | 31.12.24 | |
| £ | £ | |
| Deposit account interest | 942 | 159 |
4. TRUSTEES' REMUNERATION AND BENEFITS
There were no trustees' remuneration or other benefits for the year ended 31 December 2025 nor for the period ended 31 December 2024.
Trustees' expenses
There were no trustees' expenses paid for the year ended 31 December 2025 nor for the period ended 31 December 2024.
5. STAFF COSTS
The average monthly number of employees during the year was as follows:
| Period | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| 19.12.23 | |||
| Year Ended | to | ||
| 31.12.25 | 31.12.24 | ||
| Administration | 2 | - | |
| No employees received emoluments in excess of £60,000. | |||
| 6. | DEBTORS: AMOUNTS FALLING DUE WITHIN ONE YEAR | ||
| 31.12.25 | 31.12.24 | ||
| £ | £ | ||
| Prepayments | 3,050 | 715 | |
| 7. | CREDITORS: AMOUNTS FALLING DUE WITHIN ONE YEAR | ||
| 31.12.25 | 31.12.24 | ||
| £ | £ | ||
| Deferred income | 17,810 | - | |
| Accrued expenses | 25,306 | 1,370 | |
| 43,116 | 1,370 |
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NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS - continued FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2025
8. MOVEMENT IN FUNDS
| MOVEMENT IN FUNDS | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Net | ||||
| movement | At | |||
| At 1.1.25 | in funds | 31.12.25 | ||
| £ | £ | £ | ||
| Unrestricted funds | ||||
| General fund | 37,099 | 39,993 | 77,092 | |
| TOTAL FUNDS | 37,099 | 39,993 | 77,092 | |
| Net movement in funds, included in the above are as follows: | ||||
| Incoming | Resources | Movement | ||
| resources | expended | in funds | ||
| £ | £ | £ | ||
| Unrestricted funds | ||||
| General fund | 79,907 | (39,914) | 39,993 | |
| TOTAL FUNDS | 79,907 | (39,914) | 39,993 | |
| Comparatives for movement in funds | ||||
| Net | ||||
| movement | At | |||
| in funds | 31.12.24 | |||
| £ | £ | |||
| Unrestricted funds | ||||
| General fund | 37,099 | 37,099 | ||
| TOTAL FUNDS | 37,099 | 37,099 |
Comparative net movement in funds, included in the above are as follows:
| Incoming | Resources | Movement | |
|---|---|---|---|
| resources | expended | in funds | |
| £ | £ | £ | |
| Unrestricted funds | |||
| General fund | 45,053 | (7,954) | 37,099 |
| TOTAL FUNDS | 45,053 | (7,954) | 37,099 |
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NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS - continued FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2025
9. RELATED PARTY DISCLOSURES
There were no related party transactions for the year ended 31 December 2025.
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FOOTPRINTS BABY LOSS TWIN & TRIPLET SUPPORT
DETAILED STATEMENT OF FINANCIAL ACTIVITIES FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2025
| DETAILED STATEMENT OF FOR THE YEAR ENDED |
FINANCIAL ACTIVITIES 31 DECEMBER 2025 |
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| Period | ||
| 19.12.23 | ||
| Year Ended | to | |
| 31.12.25 | 31.12.24 | |
| £ | £ | |
| INCOME AND ENDOWMENTS | ||
| Donations and legacies | ||
| Donations | 62,741 | 41,886 |
| Grants | 13,402 | 2,000 |
| 76,143 | 43,886 | |
| Other trading activities | ||
| Event entry fees | 2,470 | 200 |
| Merchandise sales | 352 | 808 |
| 2,822 | 1,008 | |
| Investment income | ||
| Deposit account interest | 942 | 159 |
| Total incoming resources | 79,907 | 45,053 |
| EXPENDITURE | ||
| Other trading activities | ||
| Merchandise purchases | 1,789 | 3,202 |
| Charitable activities | ||
| Wages | 17,824 | - |
| Social security | 2,028 | - |
| Pensions | 468 | - |
| Printing and postage | 1,172 | 650 |
| Event entry fees | 2,665 | 930 |
| Event costs | 2,369 | 269 |
| Volunteer training | 1,159 | 216 |
| 27,685 | 2,065 | |
| Support costs | ||
| Governance costs | ||
| Wages | 5,941 | - |
| Social security | 676 | - |
| Pensions | 156 | - |
| Insurance | 251 | 96 |
| Telephone | 119 | 76 |
| Stationery | 46 | 67 |
| Independent examiner's fee | 720 | 720 |
| Website costs | 240 | 1,728 |
| Carried forward | 8,149 | 2,687 |
This page does not form part of the statutory financial statements
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FOOTPRINTS BABY LOSS TWIN & TRIPLET SUPPORT
DETAILED STATEMENT OF FINANCIAL ACTIVITIES FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2025
| Period | ||
|---|---|---|
| 19.12.23 | ||
| Year Ended | to | |
| 31.12.25 | 31.12.24 | |
| £ | £ | |
| Governance costs | ||
| Brought forward | 8,149 | 2,687 |
| Conferences | 1,437 | - |
| Travel | 854 | - |
| 10,440 | 2,687 | |
| Total resources expended | 39,914 | 7,954 |
| Net income | 39,993 | 37,099 |
This page does not form part of the statutory financial statements
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