Charity Number : 1212296 Company Number : 16009194
The Rumba Animal Cancer Foundation
(A Company Limited by Guarantee)
Trustees’ Report and Financial Statements For the Year ended 8[th] October 2025
The Rumba Animal Cancer Foundation
(A Company Limited by Guarantee)
CONTENTS
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| Reference and Administrative Information | 3 |
| Trustees’ Responsibilities Statement | 4 |
| Risk Management Report | 5 |
| Statement of Financial Activities | 6-7 |
| Trustees’ Report – Activities and Achievements |
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| Future Plans | 9 |
| Declaration | 10 |
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The Rumba Animal Cancer Foundation
(A Company Limited by Guarantee)
Reference and Administrative Details of the Charity , it’s Trustees and Advisors
For the Year Ended 8[th] October 2025
| Trustees | F Hindle J Hindle |
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| Company Registered Number | 16009194 |
| Charity Registered Number | 1212296 |
| Registered Office | 16 Latham Road Twickenham TW1 1BN |
| Bank | Barclays Bank PLC 1 Churchill Place London E14 5HP |
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The Rumba Animal Cancer Foundation
(A Company Limited by Guarantee)
Structure, Governance and Management
Governing Document:
The Rumba Animal Cancer Foundation is a charitable company limited by guarantee, incorporated on and registered as a charity on 9[th] October 2024 and was registered as a charity on 26[th] February 2025 so has a shortened first financial year to 8[th] October 2025.
Organisational structure and decision making
The charity is currently operated through the voluntary efforts of its trustees. It has no paid staff. The trustee board retains responsibility for setting the strategy of the charity, agreeing policy and managing implementation through appropriate means.
Risk Management and Internal Control
The trustees have overall responsibility for ensuring that the charity has an appropriate system of controls, financial and otherwise, to provide reasonable assurance that:
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The charity is operating efficiently and effectively.
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Its assets are safeguarded against unauthorized use or disposition.
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for publication is reliable.
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The charity complies with relevant laws and regulations.
The trustees have implemented a risk management framework that involves:
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reputational, and compliance).
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Assessing the likelihood of those risks occurring and the potential impact if they do.
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Implementing systems and procedures to mitigate, transfer, or manage those risks.
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Reviewing relevant risks regularly at trustee meetings to ensure controls are operating effectively.
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systems and procedures are in place to manage these risks effectively.
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Legal and administrative information
statutory requirements, the Memorandum and Articles of Association and the Charities SORP (FRS 102 2019).
Responsibilities of trustees
As explained more fully in the Trustees' Responsibilities Statement, the Trustees (who are also the directors of the charitable company for the purposes of company law) are responsible for the preparation of the financial statements and for being satisfied that they give a true and fair view, and for such internal control as the Trustees determine is necessary to enable the preparation of financial statements that are free from material misstatement, whether due to fraud or error. In preparing the financial statements, the Trustees are responsible for assessing the charitable company's ability to continue as a going concern, disclosing, as applicable, matters related to going concern and using the going concern basis of accounting unless the Trustees either intend to liquidate the charitable company or to cease operations, or have no realistic alternative but to do so.
Activities and Achievements
Charity’s Mission and Purpose
To help fund technological advances which will treat animals suffering from cancer and other potentially life-threatening illnesses and to support pioneering research, fund the purchase of technically advanced medical equipment and the application of procedures which could also benefit human patients.
The Rumba Animal Cancer Foundation charity was formed in 2025 to support pioneering clinical veterinary care and provide equipment to treat animals with cancer.
Through a unique partnership with AURA Veterinary, a world leading centre for excellence in animal oncology and soft tissue surgery based in Surrey UK, the Rumba Animal Cancer Foundation will deliver groundbreaking clinical research and treatment to ensure that more pets survive cancer. In time, the aspiration of the Rumba Foundation is to prevent animals from developing cancer altogether.
The Rumba Animal Cancer Foundation is believed to be the only dedicated animal cancer charity in the UK. All donations go directly to support the most advanced treatments to save or prolong the lives of animals. As there are no operational costs, 100% of monies raised are used to fund the purchase of equipment and methodologies of treating animals with cancer.
Achievements in the Year
The Trustees of the Rumba Animal Cancer Foundation have established a relationship with staff at Google UK which who have special interest groups within the offices worldwide who are animal lovers. They support a range of approved and vetted charities which are accessed on
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The Rumba Animal Cancer Foundation
(A Company Limited by Guarantee)
their charity portal which is called Benevity. Google enable their staff to contribute to the registered charities in the form of an annual gift of €400 during Google Giving Week held every November. In November 2024 Google staff donated £21,200 and this will occur again in November 2025.
The Trustees of the Rumba Animal Cancer Foundation have also established a relationship with Hill's Pet Nutrition. The company has sales of over $4 billion in 2023 and employs between 1,000 and 5,000 people, with more around 2,600 employees. Hill's sells more than 300 products through veterinarians and authorized retailers in over 80 countries worldwide. The company supports the Rumba Animal Cancer Foundation and has donated £2,000 in the period.
Future Plans
The Rumba Animal Cancer Foundation is collating funds with the intention of purchasing a new C-Arm to replace an aging piece of equipment. The C-Arm is a live x-ray machine which enables vets to administer chemotherapy treatment to animals with cancerous tumours. It is expected that the purchase will happen in 2026 at a cost of approximately £80,000.
bred or kept for the purpose of research.
The use of the equipment purchased by the Rumba Animal Cancer Foundation and donated to AURA Veterinary in Guildford is provide free of charge (subject to a minor equipment maintenance fee) to the patient owners and the deduction is shown in the invoice. A statement about how the charity meets the public benefit requirement (as outlined by the Charity Commission).
Reserves Policy
The board has set a reserves policy which is reviewed annually. The board recognises the importance of monitoring the level of reserves relative to committed expenditure and also of enhancing reserves where possible.
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Statement of trustee director’s responsibilities
and fair view of the state of affairs of the charity and the incoming resources and application of resources, including the next income or expenditure, for the year. In preparing these financial statements, the trustee directors are required to:
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select suitable accounting policies;
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make judgments and estimates that are reasonable and prudent;
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state whether applicable accounting standards have been followed, subject to any material departures disclosed and explained in the financial statements; and
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presume that the charity will continue to operate.
The trustee directors are responsible for keeping accounting records which disclose with reasonable accuracy the financial position of the charity and which enable them to ensure that the financial statements comply with the Companies Act 2006. They are also responsible for safeguarding the assets of the charity and hence for taking reasonable steps for the prevention and detection of fraud and other irregularities.
The above report has been prepared in accordance with the provisions of the relevant legislation applicable to companies subject to the small companies regime.
This report was approved by the Board on 28[th] July 2026.
Fiona Hindle
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Fiona Hindle
(Trustee Director and Chair of the board of Trustees)
Date: 30[th] July 2026
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The Rumba Animal Cancer Foundation
(A Company Limited by Guarantee)
Financial Information - Income & Expenditure for the Year to 8[th] October 2025
Rumba Animal Cancer Foundation
Statement of Financial Affairs
For the year to 8 October 2025
| Incoming Funds | Unrestricted Funds |
Restricted Funds |
Endowment Funds |
Total Funds 2024-5 |
Total Funds 2023-4 |
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| £'000 | £'000 | £'000 | £'000 | £'000 | |
| Google GivingWeek Nov 2024 | 21,200 | 0 | 0 | 21,200 | 0 |
| Hills Science | 2,000 | 0 | 0 | 2,000 | 0 |
| Amelia Bath Marathon 2025 | 5,000 | 0 | 0 | 5,000 | 0 |
| London to Rome Cycle 2025 | 6,000 | 0 | 0 | 6,000 | 0 |
| Rebecca Furbear | 994 | 0 | 0 | 994 | 0 |
| Monthlyand Incidental Donations | 9,243 | 0 | 0 | 9,243 | 0 |
| Total Incoming | 44,437 | 44,437 | 0 | ||
| Research | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Equipment | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Innovation | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Net Outgoing Funds | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Current Assets | |||||
| Debtors | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Cash in Bank | 44,437 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Total Charity Funds | 44,437 | 0 | 0 |
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The Rumba Animal Cancer Foundation
(A Company Limited by Guarantee)
Balance sheet as at 8 October 2025
| Note | 2025 | ||
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| £ | £ | ||
| FIXED ASSETS | |||
| Tangible fixed assets: Monument |
0 | 0 | |
| CURRENT ASSETS | |||
| Debtors | 0 | 0 | |
| Cash at bank and in hand | 44,437 | 0 | |
| CREDITORS | |||
| Amounts falling due within oneyear |
0 | 0 | |
| NET CURRENT ASSETS | 0 | 0 | |
| NET ASSETS | 0 | 0 | |
| INCOME FUNDS | |||
| Restricted funds | 0 | 0 | |
| Unrestricted funds | 44,437 | 0 |
For the year ended 8 October 2025, the charity was entitled to exemption from audit in accordance with section 477 of the Companies Act 2006 relating to small companies. The members have not required the company to obtain an audit in accordance with section 476 of the Companies Act 2006. The directors acknowledge their responsibility for complying with the requirements of the Act with respect to accounting records and for the preparation of accounts. These accounts have been prepared in accordance with the provisions applicable to companies subject to the small companies regime. These financial statements were approved by the board of trustee directors on 28[th] July 2026 and signed on their behalf by:
Signature and Date:
Fiona Hindle
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Fiona Hindle
(Trustee Director and Chair of the board of Trustees)
Date: 30[th] July 2026
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The Rumba Animal Cancer Foundation
(A Company Limited by Guarantee)
1. Accounting Policies
convention and in accordance with the Financial Reporting Standard 105 applicable at the relevant date and with the Statement of Recommended Practice (SORP) “Accounting and reporting by charities” FRS102 effective from January 2019.
1.2 Depreciation
Depreciation is provided so as to write off the cost of fixed assets over their useful economic life to the company.
1.3 Incoming resources
1.4 Resources expended
These are recognised on accruals basis and allocated to the relevant project headings as appropriate, the majority of costs being directly attributed to specific activities.
designated in readiness for particular charitable purchases.
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