2025-03-04-accounts - Buddy_cups North East

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Trustees’ Annual Report for the period

From Period start date March 2024 To Period end date April 2025

Charity name: Buddy_Cups North East

Charity registration number: 1208178

Objectives and Activities – Please Note – this past year has been a transition year for Buddy Cups North East which despite becoming registered in May 2024 has not been able to trade till start of financial year 2025/26 and therefore we have no accounts for financial year 2024/25. Our account is now active, and we will submit accordingly at end of the current financial year .

	SORP reference
Summary of the purposes of the charity as set out in its governing document	Para 1.17	To provide support to all those affected by Breast Cancer and their carers in the North East of England.
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 a safe environment, support and friendship to group by way of monthly meetings, talks, crafts and other activities. Specific additional events for Carers, Fund raising etc.
Statement confirming whether the trustees have had regard to the guidance issued by the Charity Commission on public benefit	Para 1.18	Trustees have all read Charity Commission documents prior to becoming a registered charity.

Additional information (optional)

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	SORP reference
Policy on grant making	Para 1.38	Not applicable
Policy on social investment including program related investment	Para 1.38	Not applicable
Contribution made by volunteers	Para 1.38	Charity is totally run by volunteers, no paid members.

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	Due to difficulties in setting up our Buddy Cups North East account with National Westminster Bank, we have not been able to trade in this last financial year as new account was not activated till start of this current financial year 2025 – 2026. Buddy Cups North East will therefore submit their first accounts next year.

Additional information (optional) You may choose to include further statements where relevant about:

Achievements against objectives set	Para 1.41	Group continues to grow and in the year 2024 to 2025 we have had 25 enquiries and welcomed 15 of those enquiries to group as regular members.
Performance of fundraising activities against objectives set	Para 1.41	We have held Craft Fairs, Afternoon Teas, Art evening to raise our own funds with raffles and tombola prizes.
Investment performance against objectives	Para 1.41	Not applicable
Other

Financial Review

Financial Review
Review of the charity’s financial position at the end of the period	Para 1.21	Not applicable at present time
Statement explaining the policy for holding reserves stating why they are held	Para 1.22	Not applicable at present time
Amount of reserves held	Para 1.22	Not applicable at present time
Reasons for holding zero reserves	Para 1.22	Have not traded as Buddy Cups North East till 2025/2026 Financial Year started.
Details of fund materially in deficit	Para 1.24	Not applicable
Explanation of any uncertainties about the charity continuing as a going concern	Para 1.23	Not applicable

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The charity’s principal sources of funds (including any fundraising)	Para 1.47	Donations, Craft items for sale, Fayres, Raffles, Summer Garden Party with various stalls etc.
Investment policy and objectives including any social investment policy adopted	Para 1.46	Not applicable
A description of the principal risks facing the charity	Para 1.46	Not applicable
Other

Structure, Governance and Management

Description of charity’s trusts:		Not applicable.
Type of governing document (trust deed, royal charter)	Para 1.25	Constitution.
How is the charity constituted? (e.g unincorporated association, CIO)	Para 1.25	We are an Unincorporated Association with our own Constitution document.
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	Any new appointment is decided by the current serving Trustees together.

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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	Buddy Cups North East (Trading from 2025 to 2026)
Other name the charity uses	Buddy_Cups (Previous name before registering as Charity)
Registered charity number	1208178
Charity’s principal address	8 St Oswalds Drive Durham DH1 3TE

Names of the charity trustees who manage the charity

Trustee name	Office (if any)	Name of person (or body) entitled to appoint trustee (ifany)
Sue Goulding	Founder	Trustees discuss any changes to appointments.
Michelle Luke	Treasurer
Margaret Harrop	Administrator
Donna Feaney
Gill Curgenven
Liz Beaumont

– Corporate trustees names of the directors at the date the report was approved

Director name Not applicable

Name of trustees holding title to property belonging to the charity

Trustee name	Dates acted if not for whole year


Not applicable

Funds held as custodian trustees on behalf of others

Description of the assets held in this capacity Not applicable

Name and objects of the charity on whose behalf the assets are held and how this Not applicable falls within the custodian charity’s objects Details of arrangements for safe custody and segregation of such assets Not applicable from the charity’s own assets

Additional information (optional)

Names and addresses of advisers (Optional information)

Type of adviser	Name Address	Name Address

	Not applicable

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

Not applicable

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) Full name(s) Position (eg Secretary, Treasurer Administrator Chair, etc)

Date

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	Charity Name Buddy_Cups North East	Charity Name Buddy_Cups North East	Charity Name Buddy_Cups North East	No (if any) 1208178	CC16a
	For the period from	Period start date Mar-24	To	Period end date Apr-25

Section A Receipts and	payments
A1 Receipts	Unrestricted funds to the nearest £	Restricted funds to the nearest £	Endowment funds to the nearest £	Total funds to the nearest £	Last year to the nearest £
Buddy Cups North East has not traded in financial year 2024/25 due to issues in getting account set up with National Westminster Bank. Our Buddy Cups North East account was not opened till after start of this current financial year 2025/26 so we will submit our first accounts since becoming a registered charity at end ofthat period.	-	-	-	-	-
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CCXX R1 accounts (SS)

21/09/2025

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CCXX R2 accounts (SS)

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