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2025-03-31-accounts

Registered Charity no. 519429 Registered Company no. 02179048

Cancer Support Yorkshire (Company Limited by Guarantee)

Trustees Annual Report and Accounts

Year Ended 31st March 2025

Cancer Support Yorkshire

Year Ended 31st March 2025

Contents Page

Page
Legal and Administrative Information 1
Trustee's Annual Report 2
Independent Examiners Report 9
Statement of Financial Activities and Income 10
and Expenditure Account
Statement of Financial Position 11
Statement of Cash Flows 12
Notes to the Financial Statements 13

Cancer Support Yorkshire

Year Ended 31st March 2025

Legal and Administrative Information

Reference

The Charity is called “Cancer Support Yorkshire” and is registered with the Charity Commission for England and Wales as an incorporated company limited by guarantee.

Registered Charity Number 519429
Registered Company Number 02179048
Registered Office 125 Main Street
Garforth
Leeds
LS25 1AF
The Trustees and Directors P Webley (Chair) (Resigned 9 October 2024)
S Spence (Resigned 1 October 2024)
R Ryan (Resigned 24 March 2025)
S Kauser (Resigned 19 April 2025)
S Khan (Appointed 4 October 2024, resigned 2 June 2025)
R Berry (Appointed 21 July 2025)
A Choudhury (Appointed 28 March 2025, resigned 1
December 2025)
G Guest (Chair) (Appointed 2 May 2025)
J McLean (Appointed 21 July 2025)
L Miah (Appointed 28 March 2025)
A Vinnicombe (Appointed 20 September 2025, resigned 3
November 2025)
Primary Bankers HSBC Bank Plc
PO Box 45
47 Market Street
Bradford, BD1 1LW
Independent Examiner Nigel Wyatt BSC FCA
Wyatt & Co Chartered Accountants
125 Main Street
Garforth, Leeds, LS25 1AF

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Trustee's Annual Report

The Trustees, who are also Directors for the purposes of company law, are pleased to present their annual report together with the financial statements of the Charity for the year ending 31 March 2025.

The financial statements comply with the Charities Act 2011, the Companies Act 2006, the Articles of Association, and 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 the Republic of Ireland (FRS 102) (effective 1 January 2019).

Structure, Governance and Management

Company status

The Charity is constituted as a company limited by guarantee, registration number 02179048, and is therefore governed by its Memorandum and Articles of Association. The liability of the members in the event of the company being wound up is limited to £1. The company is a registered charity, registration number 519429, and acts entirely as a non-profit making organisation.

Recruitment and Appointment of Management Committee

The Trustees under the company’s Articles are known as members of the Management Committee. Under the requirements of the Memorandum and Articles of Association the members of the Management Committee are elected to serve for a period of three years after which they can offer themselves for re-election at the next Annual General Meeting.

The members of the Management Committee who held office during the year were:

Paul Webley (Chair) (Resigned 9 October 2024) Sean Spence (Resigned 1 October 2024) Richard Ryan (Resigned 24 March 2025) Sadia Kauser (resigned 19 April 2025) Sadaf Khan (Appointed 4 October 2024, resigned 2 June 2025) Ralph Berry (Appointed 21 July 2025) Abdul Choudhury (appointed 28 March 2025, resigned 1 December 2025) Gordon Guest (Chair) (appointed 2 May 2025) James McLean (appointed 21 July 2025) Lukman Miah (appointed 28 March 2025) Angela Vinnicombe (appointed 20 September 2025, resigned 3 November 2025)

The Management Committee recruits members with a range of skills and attributes. New Trustees will continue to be introduced to further diversify the membership and balance the skills of the Committee. Members of the Management Committee are requested annually to provide a list of their skills and identify any potential gaps.

Trustee Induction and Training

New Trustees normally receive an induction from the Chair of Trustees and the Director, with the opportunity to meet staff and volunteers and understand the operation of the organisation with relevant training given.

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Trustee's Annual Report

Risk Management

The Management Committee maintains a regular review of the major risks to the Charity with a risk register which is updated at least quarterly and monitoring of actions to manage these risks. Internal control risks are minimised by the implementation of procedures for authorisation of all transactions and projects. A variety of sources and projects are used to seek to minimise risks to funding streams. Procedures are in place to ensure compliance with the health and safety of staff, volunteers, clients and visitors. The Charity holds the Advice Quality Mark standard which was successfully retained in May 2024 for a further two years.

Organisational Structure

Cancer Support Yorkshire has a Management Committee, led by the chair, currently of 4 members, with a quorum of 3, who meet at least quarterly and are responsible for the strategic direction, overall performance and policy of the Charity.

The chair and all board members have responsibility for Governance and Risk.

A scheme of delegation is in place and day to day responsibility for the provision of the services and operation of the organisation is the responsibility of the Chief Executive Officer.

Public Benefit

The Trustee Board has referred to the guidance contained in the Charity Commission’s general guidance on public welfare when reviewing the Charity’s aims and objectives and in planning future activities.

Principal Funding Sources

Cancer Support Yorkshire received statutory funding through contracts with the NHS Integrated Care Board, Bradford & Craven and Bradford MDC via a consortium for welfare advice which equated to 38% of expenditure. We also secured funding from Annette Fox Leukaemia Research Fund for welfare rights advice for two days per week from January 2025. The Charity raises funds through public fundraising, our Preloved Charity Shop in Skipton and applications for grants to underpin the remaining expenditure and to support new projects. The Charity is also grateful for the income received in the form of donations and legacies from people affected by cancer.

Objectives and Activities

The Charity objectives and principal activities are:

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Trustee's Annual Report

The strategy employed to assist the Charity meet these objectives continues to be:

Who Uses and Benefits from our Services

Our services are available to anyone affected by cancer in our area including those with a cancer diagnosis, carers and the bereaved. Bradford and Craven districts currently form our core area of delivery. Our work also supports family members, carers, friends and family, communities and the wider general public.

Cancer Support Yorkshire will develop support in the wider area if opportunities present themselves.

Partnership working The Charity is influenced by local and national policy, as far as it is complementary to the Charity’s objectives. Commissioning services were with NHS Integrated Care Board (ICB) during the year. In addition, the Charity is part of a consortium commissioned by Bradford District Metropolitan Council to provide specialist welfare rights information and advice for complex needs Lot One. We are grateful for their continued support. We are also proud to work within the local Hospital Teaching Trusts, BTHFT and ANHSFT, West Yorkshire & Harrogate Cancer Alliance, Macmillan Cancer Support and Annette Fox Leukaemia Research Fund allowing partners to work together for the good of people affected by cancer.

Operational Activities

We deliver support groups, complementary therapies, counselling, welfare advice and personalised support with our Next Steps service for people at the end of their treatment in our Bradford Centre. The decision was taken to end the lease of our Skipton centre in May 2024, after a ten year period. We continue to deliver our services across the Skipton district with complementary therapies, counselling, support group and welfare rights support in various locations across Skipton. Our charity shop in Skipton continues to do well with increasing donations which we are always grateful for.

Information

We continue to provide information and one to one supportive listening. Increasingly our holistic support services are being integrated into NHS Cancer pathways and our leaflet is given to every diagnosed cancer patient in the district at the time of diagnosis

Welfare Advice

The Welfare Advice Service has operated by phone, online and in person activity throughout the year. Finances are a key priority for people affected by cancer and the Welfare Advice team are often the first support people need following a cancer diagnosis. Our advisers have a wealth of experience in providing a service which guides and helps individuals through the Welfare Benefits system seeking to ensure that they get the benefits they are entitled to and need as well as grants which are available to them.

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Trustee's Annual Report

In the year we have:

Reaching Inequalities in City Welfare Advice

We continued to deliver specialist advice service for benefits and grants available for seven hours per week. This service is funded through Bradford City and Bradford District Clinical Commissioning via Bradford VCS Alliance

Wellbeing Service

The service delivers a professional, timely and mutually agreed support programme to those people whose lives are affected by a cancer diagnosis. The client is involved at every stage of their support plan taking into account their uniqueness, the stage of their disease and the fundamental issues as identified by them.

The service provides the widest possible help from Image Solutions providing headwear and beauty treatments for people affected by cancer treatments, group and individual counselling, exercise and relaxation classes, activity groups, complementary therapies, mindfulness.

In the year we had:

Next Steps

Our Next Steps Service delivers personalised care support for cancer patients at the end of their treatment by offering a range of community and non-clinical support available to help to live as full a life as possible after treatment.

In the year we supported 912 clients

Transport

We continue to deliver our transport Service to help people get to their hospital appointments at Eccleshill Hospital, Bradford Royal and St Luke’s hospitals and to our Centre appointments for counselling, group support and complementary therapy sessions. We are grateful for our volunteer driver and continue to use a local taxi service for this with 560 (2024-410) journeys carried out.

Review of 2024-25 and Priorities for 2025-26

As a result of continuing deficits incurred by the Charity, and unsuccessful applications for grants to assist towards the increasing core costs, the Charity was at risk of not meeting its immediate liabilities. This was reported to the Charities Commission in October 2024.

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Trustee's Annual Report

The trustees took the decision to reduce costs through a staff restructure and reducing the opening hours of the centre from five to four days per week, as well as releasing cash funds through the sale of the property in order that the Charity could continue to operate. The sale of the property completed in March 2025 generating net funds of £680,500.

Financial Viability

As with many charities, even with savings being made in staff and other expenditure, we have needed to put financial recovery plans in place. The cash funds released from the sale of the building will ensure our viability for the next 12 months and beyond. The Charity was also fortunate to receive a legacy in the amount of £110,350 in December 2024 which covered the salaries and overhead costs for January and February 2025 before the funds from the sale of the building were received in March 2025.

Unfortunately, between 19 March 2025 and 4 April 2025 payments totalling £170,000 were made to two employees of the Charity without approval from the trustee board. On discovery, this incident was reported to the Charities Commission and the police. This incident is currently subject to ongoing investigations by the police. No conclusions have yet been reached at the date these financial statements were approved.

The Board of Trustees are working with relevant agencies to pursue recovery of these funds. The trustees are also reviewing internal financial controls to mitigate the risk of anything similar happening again in the future.

To achieve the objectives of the charity and to ensure future financial stability, the Board of Trustees appointed Eastside People, a specialist charity consultancy and recruitment organisation to undertake an independent options appraisal to assess the current situation and outline options for the board to consider. This review provided insight of short, medium and long-term options and priorities for the Board in the following areas:

As a result of the report the charity have now appointed a new interim CEO to take leadership on the day-to-day operational decisions and to assist the Board in ensuring good governance is in place and up to date.

Plans for the future

In the coming year we intend to:

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Trustee's Annual Report

Results for the year

Income for the year ended 31 March 2025 was £580,515 (2024: £545,244).

Expenditure for the year totalled £946,830 (2024 - £604,155). However, this included exceptional costs of £211,804 being the loss on disposal of the property, and £170,000 of misappropriation of funds.

The deficit for the year was therefore £366,315 (2024 –£58,916 deficit). Without the exceptional costs the Charity would have made a surplus of £15,489 in the year to 31 March 2025.

The total value of funds at 31 March 2025 was £591,948 (2024: £958,263) of which £570,753 (2024: £31,409) were unrestricted in nature and not tied up in fixed assets. Of these general funds at 31 March 2025 £17,843 (2024 - £930,206) is held in fixed assets.

Our principal restricted funding sources during the year was NHS West Yorkshire Integrated Care Board (ICB) and Bradford Metropolitan District Council. We also received funding from The Lyndall Tree Foundation towards our counselling service and from Annette Fox Leukaemia Research for Welfare Advice Support.

Unfortunately, the funding from NHS West Yorkshire Integrated Care Board (ICB) came to an end in September 2025, and we have been informed that they will not be recommissioning the Bradford District and Craven Cancer Community Health and Wellbeing Support Service.

Reserves Policy

Directors have considered the main risks to the organisation and in view of anticipated reduction of statutory funding levels prudent financial management has been implemented and is ongoing throughout the year. This will ensure that core activity can continue and increasing demand for support can be managed.

The Directors have an established a policy whereby unrestricted funds neither committed nor invested in tangible fixed assets (free reserves) held by the Charity should be between four and nine months budgeted expenditure, which amounts to £153,333 to £345,000. At present the free reserves are in excess of this amount, standing at £570,753.

The trustees have set up a number of designated funds totalling £125,000 to cover both planned and unplanned future expenditure outside of the normal budgeted expenditure. This leaves a balance of undesignated free reserves of £442,962. The detail of the designated funds can be found in the notes to the accounts.

As we have lost our major funding source from NHS West Yorkshire Integrated Care Board (ICB), the current budget shows an expected deficit of £200,000 over the next 18 months if no replacement funding is secured. The trustees will monitor the income and expenditure closely to ensure steps are taken to mitigate this deficit. A deficit of this value would leave undesignated free reserves of around £223,000, which will equate to just under six months of current expenditure.

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Trustee's Annual Report

Trustees’ responsibilities in relation to the financial statements

The Charity Trustees are responsible for preparing a Trustees’ annual report and financial statements in accordance with applicable law and UK Accounting Standards (UK Generally Accepted Accounting Practice).

Company law requires the Charity Trustees to prepare financial statements for each year which give a true and fair view of the state of affairs of the charitable company and of the income and expenditure of the charitable company for that period. In preparing the financial statements, the Trustees are required to:

The Trustees are responsible for keeping proper accounting records that disclose with reasonable accuracy at any time the financial position of the Charity and 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 the group and hence taking reasonable steps for prevention and detection of fraud and other irregularities.

The Trustees are responsible for the maintenance and integrity of the corporate and financial information included on the charitable company’s website. Legislation in the United Kingdom governing the preparation and dissemination of financial statements may differ from legislation in other jurisdictions.

Statement of Disclosure of Information to Auditors

The Trustees of the company who held office at the date of approval of this annual report confirm that:

Small Company Rules

This report has been prepared in accordance with the special provisions of Part 15 of the Companies Act 2006 relating to small companies. It was approved by the Board and signed on its behalf.

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............................. G Guest Chair of Trustees Date 29/01/2026

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Independent Examiners Report

I report to the trustees on my examination of the financial statements of Cancer Support Yorkshire ('the charity') for the year ended 31 March 2025.

Responsibilities and Basis of Report

As the trustees of the charity you are responsible for the preparation of the financial statements in accordance with the requirements of the Charities Act 2011 (‘the Act’).

I report in respect of my examination of the charity's financial statements carried out under section 145 of the 2011 Act and in carrying out my examination I have followed all the applicable Directions given by the Charity Commission under section 145(5)(b) of the Act.

Independent Examiner's Statement

Since the charity’s gross income exceeded £250,000 your examiner must be a member of a body listed in section 145 of the 2011 Act. I confirm that I am qualified to undertake the examination because I am a member of the Institute of Chartered Accountants in England and Wales (ICAEW), which is one of the listed bodies.

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:

  1. accounting records were not kept in respect of the charity as required by section 130 of the Act; or

  2. the financial statements do not accord with those records; or

  3. the financial statements 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.

Nigel Wyatt BSC FCA Date: 29/01/2026 Independent Examiner 125 Main Street Garforth Leeds LS25 1AF

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Statement of Financial Activities and Income and Expenditure Account

2025 2024
Unrestricted Restricted Total Total
Funds Funds Funds Funds
Note £ £ £ £
Income
Donations and legacies 156,601 - 156,601 94,123
Charitable activities 28,416 296,931 325,347 338,186
Other trading activities 97,957 - 97,957 111,918
Investment income 610 - 610 1,017
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Total Income 2 283,584 296,931 580,515 545,244
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Expenditure
Raising funds 4 49,534 - 49,534 40,640
Expenditure on charitable activities 5 600,365 296,931 897,296 563,515
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Total Expenditure 649,899 296,931 946,830 604,155
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Net Income / (Expenditure) (366,315) - (366,315) (58,911)
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Net Income and Net Movement in Funds
Total funds brought forward 14 958,263 - 958,263 1,017,174
Transfers 14 - - - -
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Total Funds Carried Forward 14 591,948 - 591,948 958,263
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All income and expenditure derive from continuing activities.

The statement is a combined Statement of Financial Activities and Income and Expenditure Account for the purposes of meeting both companies act and charity SORP reporting requirements.

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Statement of Financial Position

Statement of Financial Position
2025 2024
Note £ £
Fixed Assets
Tangible fixed assets 10 21,195 930,206
Current Assets
Debtors 11 25,991 54,921
Cash at bank and in hand 675,920 65,245
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701,911 120,166
Creditors: Amounts Falling Due Within One Year 12 117,151 67,168
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Net Current Assets 584,760 52,998
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Total Assets Less Current Liabilities 605,955 983,204
Creditors: Amounts Falling due After More Than One Year 13 14,007 24,941
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Net Assets 15 591,948 958,263
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Funds of The Charity
Restricted funds - -
Unrestricted funds
General funds 445,754 31,409
Designated funds 146,194 926,854
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Total Charity Funds 14 591,948 958,263
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Directors Responsibilities

The company is entitled to the exemption from the audit requirement contained in section 477 of the Companies Act 2006, for the year ended 31 March 2025, although an audit has been carried out under section 144 of the Charities Act 2011.

The directors acknowledge their responsibilities for complying with the requirements of the Companies Act 2006 with respect to accounting records and the preparation of financial statements. The members have not required the company to obtain an audit of its financial statements under the requirements of the Companies Act 2006, for the year in question in accordance with section 476.

These financial statements have been prepared in accordance with the provisions applicable to companies subject to the small companies regime.

Name of director: Signed on behalf of the directors: Date of approval:

Gordon Guest

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Registered Company no. 02179048

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Statement of Cash Flows

2025 2024
£ £
Cash Flows from Operating Activities
Net cash provided by (used in) operating activities (60,454) (38,388)
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(60,454) (38,388)
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Cash Flows from Investing Activities
Dividends and interest 610 1,017
Purchase of tangible fixed assets (888) (17,611)
Net proceeds from sale of tangible asset 678,761 -
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Net cash provided by (used in) investing activities 678,483 (16,594)
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Cash flows from financing activities:
Repayments on borrowing (7,354) (9,216)
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Net cash provided by (used in) financing activities (7,354) (9,216)
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Change in cash and cash equivalents in the reporting period 610,675 (64,198)
Cash and cash equivalents at the beginning of the reporting period 65,245 129,443
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Cash and Cash Equivalents at the end of the Reporting Period 675,920 65,245
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Reconciliation of Net Movement in Funds to Net Cash Flow from Operating Activities
2025 2024
£ £
Net movement in funds for the reporting period (as per the
statement of financial activities)
(366,315) (58,911)
Adjustments for:
Depreciation charges 20,283 20,372
Accounting loss on disposal of asset 211,862 -
Dividends and interest from investments (610) (1,017)
(Increase) / decrease in debtors 28,930 (9,534)
Increase / (decrease) in creditors 45,396 10,702
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Net cash provided by (used in) operating activities (60,454) (38,388)
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Analysis of Cash and Cash Equivalents
2025 2024
£ £
Cash at bank 675,920 65,245
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Total cash and cash equivalents 675,920 65,245
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Notes to the Financial Statements

1 Accounting policies

Charity Information

Cancer Support Yorkshire is a private company limited by guarantee, the liability of the Trustees is limited to £1, and a charity incorporated in England and Wales. The registered office is 125 Main Street, Garforth, Leeds, LS25 1AF.

Each member of the company has undertaken to contribute such amount as may be required not exceeding £1 to the assets of the charitable company in the event of its being wound up while he or she is a member, or within one year after he or she ceases to be a member.

Accounting Convention

The financial statements have been prepared in accordance with the charity's memorandum and articles of association, the Companies Act 2006, FRS 102 "The Financial Reporting Standard applicable in the UK and Republic of Ireland" ("FRS 102") and the Charities SORP "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). The charity is a Public Benefit Entity as defined by FRS 102.

The financial statements are prepared in sterling, which is the functional currency of the charity. Monetary amounts in these financial statements are rounded to the nearest £.

Going Concern

At the time of approving the financial statements, the trustees have a reasonable expectation that the charity has adequate resources to continue in operational existence for the foreseeable future. Thus the trustees continue to adopt the going concern basis of accounting in preparing the financial statements.

Charitable Funds

Unrestricted funds are available for use at the discretion of the trustees in furtherance of their charitable objectives.

Designated funds comprise funds which have been set aside at the discretion of the Trustees for specific purposes.

Restricted funds are subject to specific conditions by donors as to how they may be used. The purposes and uses of the restricted funds are set out in the notes to the financial statements.

Endowment funds are subject to specific conditions by donors that the capital must be maintained by the charity.

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Notes to the Financial Statements

Income

Income is recognised when the charity is legally entitled to it after any performance conditions have been met, the amounts can be measured reliably, and it is probable that income will be received.

Cash donations are recognised on receipt. Other donations are recognised once the charity has been notified of the donation, unless performance conditions require deferral of the amount. Income tax recoverable in relation to donations received under Gift Aid or deeds of covenant is recognised at the time of the donation.

Legacies are recognised on receipt or otherwise if the charity has been notified of an impending distribution, the amount is known, and receipt is expected. If the amount is not known, the legacy is treated as a contingent asset.

Income from goods donated for sale by the charity is recognised at point of sale. As a result of the high volume of donated goods received by the charity, the cost of recognising these items at fair value on receipt would outweigh the benefit of recognising them in the accounts.

Grants, where entitlement is not conditional on the delivery of a specific performance by the charity, are recognised when the charity becomes unconditionally entitled to the grant.

The charity benefits greatly from the involvement and enthusiastic support of its many volunteers, details of which are given in our annual report. In accordance Charites SORP (FRS102), the economic contribution of general volunteers is not recognised in the accounts.

Expenditure

Expenditure, which includes attributable VAT which cannot be recovered, is recognised once there is a legal or constructive obligation to make a payment to a third party, it is probable that settlement will be required and the amount of the obligation can be measured reliably.

Charitable expenditure comprises those costs incurred by the charity in the deliverance of its activities and services for its beneficiaries. It includes both costs that can be directly allocated to such activities and those costs of an indirect nature necessary to support them.

Governance costs, included in support costs, include those costs incurred in the governance of the charity and its assets and are primarily associated with constitutional and statutory requirements and are allocated to charitable activities.

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Notes to the Financial Statements

Tangible Fixed Assets

Tangible fixed assets are initially measured at cost and subsequently measured at cost or valuation, net of depreciation and any impairment losses.

Depreciation is recognised so as to write off the cost or valuation of assets less their residual values over their useful lives on the following bases:

Freehold buildings: 2% straight line

Furniture and equipment: 20% Reducing balance

The gain or loss arising on the disposal of an asset is determined as the difference between the sale proceeds and the carrying value of the asset, and is recognised in the statement of financial activities.

Impairment of Fixed Assets

At each reporting end date, the charity reviews the carrying amounts of its tangible assets to determine whether there is any indication that those assets have suffered an impairment loss. If any such indication exists, the recoverable amount of the asset is estimated in order to determine the extent of the impairment loss (if any).

Cash and Cash Equivalents

Cash and cash equivalents include cash in hand, deposits held at call with banks, other short-term liquid investments with original maturities of three months or less, and bank overdrafts. Bank overdrafts are shown within borrowings in current liabilities.

Financial Instruments

The charity has elected to apply the provisions of Section 11 'Basic Financial Instruments' and Section 12 'Other Financial Instruments Issues' of FRS 102 to all of its financial instruments.

Financial instruments are recognised in the charity's balance sheet when the charity becomes party to the contractual provisions of the instrument.

Financial assets and liabilities are offset, with the net amounts presented in the financial statements, when there is a legally enforceable right to set off the recognised amounts and there is an intention to settle on a net basis or to realise the asset and settle the liability simultaneously.

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Notes to the Financial Statements

Basic Financial Liabilities

Basic financial liabilities, including creditors and bank loans are initially recognised at transaction price unless the arrangement constitutes a financing transaction, where the debt instrument is measured at the present value of the future payments discounted at a market rate of interest. Financial liabilities classified as payable within one year are not amortised.

Debt instruments are subsequently carried at amortised cost, using the effective interest rate method.

Trade creditors are obligations to pay for goods or services that have been acquired in the ordinary course of operations from suppliers. Amounts payable are classified as current liabilities if payment is due within one year or less. If not, they are presented as non-current liabilities. Trade creditors are recognised initially at transaction price and subsequently measured at amortised cost using the effective interest method.

Derecognition of Financial Liabilities

Financial liabilities are derecognised when the charity's contractual obligations expire or are discharged or cancelled.

Taxation

Cancer Support Yorkshire is a registered charity and as such is a charity within the meaning of schedule 6 of the Finance Act 2010. Accordingly, it is potentially entitled to tax exemption under part 11 of the Corporation Tax Act 2010 or section 256 of the Taxation of Chargeable Gains Act 1992 in respect of income and gains arising.

Employee Benefits

The cost of any unused holiday entitlement is recognised in the period in which the employee’s services are received.

Termination benefits are recognised immediately as an expense when the charity is demonstrably committed to terminate the employment of an employee or to provide termination benefits.

Retirement Benefits

Payments to defined contribution retirement benefit schemes are charged as an expense as they fall due.

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Notes to the Financial Statements

Critical Accounting Estimates and Judgements

In the application of the charity’s accounting policies, the trustees are required to make judgements, estimates and assumptions about the carrying amount of assets and liabilities that are not readily apparent from other sources. The estimates and associated assumptions are based on historical experience and other factors that are considered to be relevant. Actual results may differ from these estimates.

The estimates and underlying assumptions are reviewed on an ongoing basis. Revisions to accounting estimates are recognised in the period in which the estimate is revised where the revision affects only that period, or in the period of the revision and future periods where the revision affects both current and future periods.

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Notes to the Financial Statements

**2 ** Analysis of Income
Unrestricted Restricted Total Funds
Funds Funds 2025
£ £ £
Donations and Legacies
Donations and gifts 145,632 - 145,632
Non-performance grants 10,969 - 10,969
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156,601 - 156,601
Charitable Activities
Performance related grants 4,000 296,931 300,931
Charitable rental income 24,416 - 24,416
Charitable fee income - - -
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28,416 296,931 325,347
Other Trading Activities
Fundraising events 24,658 - 24,658
Charity shop and other trading activities 73,299 - 73,299
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97,957 - 97,957
Investment Income
Bank interest 610 - 610
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610 - 610
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Total Income 283,584 296,931 580,515
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Cancer Support Yorkshire

Year Ended 31st March 2025

Notes to the Financial Statements

**2 ** Analysis of Income(Continued)
Unrestricted Restricted Total Funds
Funds Funds 2024
£ £ £
Donations and Legacies
Donations and gifts 94,123 - 94,123
Non-performance grants - - -
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94,123 - 94,123
Charitable Activities
Performance related grants 7,999 305,478 313,477
Charitable rental income 24,709 - 24,709
Charitable fee income - - -
────────── ────────── ──────────
32,708 305,478 338,186
Other Trading Activities
Fundraising events 20,902 - 20,902
Charity shop and other trading activities 91,016 - 91,016
────────── ────────── ──────────
111,918 - 111,918
Investment Income
Bank interest 1,017 - 1,017
────────── ────────── ──────────
1,017 - 1,017
────────── ────────── ──────────
Total Income 239,766 305,478 545,244
────────── ────────── ──────────

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Cancer Support Yorkshire

Year Ended 31st March 2025

Notes to the Financial Statements

3 Performance Related Grants

2025 2024
£ £
NHS West Yorkshire Integrated Care Board (ICB) 239,939 239,939
Bradford MDC/ Equality Together 44,000 50,500
Macmillan Cancer Support - 2,311
Lyndal Tree Foundation 4,000 7,999
Bradford VCS Alliance 12,992 12,728
────────── ──────────
300,931 313,477
────────── ──────────

4 Raising funds

Unrestricted Restricted Total Funds
Funds Funds 2025
£ £ £
Fundraising costs 5,917 - 5,917
Staff costs 43,617 - 43,617
────────── ────────── ──────────
49,534 - 49,534
────────── ────────── ──────────
Unrestricted Restricted Total Funds
Funds Funds 2024
£ £ £
Fundraising costs 6,241 - 6,241
Staff costs 34,399 - 34,399
────────── ────────── ──────────
40,640 - 40,640
────────── ────────── ──────────

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Cancer Support Yorkshire

Year Ended 31st March 2025

Notes to the Financial Statements

**5 ** Expenditure on Charitable Activities by Fund Type
Unrestricted Restricted Total Funds
Funds Funds 2025
£ £ £
Staff costs 2,980 238,465 241,445
Depreciation and impairment 20,283 - 20,283
Accounting loss on disposal of asset 211,862 - 211,862
Service provision 1,606 25,632 27,238
Staff travel and training 380 561 941
Telephone and internet 5,501 438 5,939
IT costs 17,042 6,609 23,651
Print, postage and stationery 3,123 223 3,346
Insurance 8,638 252 8,890
Marketing and publicity 97 720 817
Office costs and equipment 8,610 1,871 10,481
Recruitment, publications and subscriptions 1,778 - 1,778
Bank charges 2,203 - 2,203
Misappropriation of funds 170,000 - 170,000
────────── ────────── ──────────
454,103 274,771 728,874
Share of support costs (note 7) 143,862 22,160 166,022
Share of governance costs (note 8) 2,400 - 2,400
────────── ────────── ──────────
146,262 22,160 168,422
────────── ────────── ──────────
600,365 296,931 897,296
────────── ────────── ──────────

Between 19 March 2025 and 4 April 2025 payments totalling £170,000 were made to two employees of the charity without approval from the Trustee board. On discovery, this incident was reported to the Charities Commission and the police. This incident is currently subject to ongoing investigations by the police. No conclusions have yet been reached at the date these financial statements were approved.

The board of Trustees are working with relevant agencies to pursue recovery of these funds. The Trustees are also reviewing internal financial controls to mitigate the risk of anything similar happening again in the future. The total value has been accured within the financial year ending 31st March 2025.

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Cancer Support Yorkshire

Year Ended 31st March 2025

Notes to the Financial Statements

5 Expenditure on Charitable Activities by Fund Type (Continued)

Unrestricted Restricted Total Funds
Funds Funds 2024
£ £ £
Staff costs 39,987 244,701 284,688
Depreciation and impairment 20,372 - 20,372
Accounting loss on disposal of asset - - -
Service provision 1,213 27,167 28,380
Staff travel and training 1,316 561 1,877
Telephone and internet 5,382 438 5,820
IT costs 19,006 6,609 25,615
Print, postage and stationery 5,886 223 6,109
Insurance 8,106 252 8,358
Marketing and publicity 550 720 1,270
Office costs and equipment 9,738 1,871 11,609
Recruitment, publications and subscriptions 643 - 643
Bank charges 3,095 - 3,095
Misappropriation of funds - - -
────────── ────────── ──────────
115,294 282,542 397,836
Share of support costs (note 7) 140,463 22,936 163,399
Share of governance costs (note 8) 2,280 - 2,280
────────── ────────── ──────────
142,743 22,936 165,679
────────── ────────── ──────────
258,037
──────────
305,478
──────────
563,515
──────────

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Cancer Support Yorkshire

Year Ended 31st March 2025

Notes to the Financial Statements

**6 ** Support Costs
Unrestricted Restricted Total Funds
Funds Funds 2025
£ £ £
Staff costs 56,784 - 56,784
Utilities 15,945 1,456 17,401
Rent and rates 12,902 11,568 24,470
Repairs and maintenance 17,660 9,136 26,796
Bookkeeping and payroll 7,755 - 7,755
Legal and professional 32,816 - 32,816
────────── ────────── ──────────
143,862 22,160 166,022
────────── ────────── ──────────
Unrestricted Restricted Total Funds
Funds Funds 2024
£ £ £
Staff costs 44,784 - 44,784
Utilities 27,874 1,456 29,330
Rent and rates 16,391 12,344 28,735
Repairs and maintenance 26,049 9,136 35,185
Bookkeeping and payroll 8,188 - 8,188
Legal and professional 17,177 - 17,177
────────── ────────── ──────────
140,463 22,936 163,399
────────── ────────── ──────────

All support and governance costs are allocated to the sole activity of the charity.

7 Governance Costs

Governance Costs
Unrestricted Restricted Total Funds
Funds Funds 2025
£ £ £
Intendent examinations fees 2,400 - 2,400
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2,400 - 2,400
────────── ────────── ──────────
Unrestricted Restricted Total Funds
Funds Funds 2024
£ £ £
Intendent examinations fees 5,804 - 5,804
────────── ────────── ──────────
2,280
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2,280
──────────
2,280
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Cancer Support Yorkshire

Year Ended 31st March 2025

Notes to the Financial Statements

8 Staff Costs

The total staff costs and employee benefits for the reporting period are analysed as follows:

2025 2024
£ £
Gross wages and salaries 306,642 325,802
Employer's national insurance 18,246 20,534
Pension contributions 15,671 17,535
────────── ──────────
340,559
──────────
363,871
──────────

The average headcount of employees during the year was as follows:

2025 2024
Average headcount 15 17

The charity confirms that no employees received total employee benefits (excluding employer pension contributions) of more than £60,000 during the year (2024: 0).

Redundancy

During the year, the charity made two members of staff redundant as part of an organisational restructure. Redundancy payments totalling £1,287 were made to these employees. These costs have been fully recognised within the Statement of Financial Activities for the year under staff costs.

Key Management Personnel

The charity considers its key management personnel to be the trustees and principal staff. Total remuneration paid during the year including employers national insurance and employers pension contributions £127,121 (2024: £157,207).

Pension Scheme

The pension costs of £15,671 (2024: £17,535) represent payments to defined contribution pension schemes operated in the names of individual employees of the charity. At the balance sheet date, there were no contributions outstanding.

9 Trustee Remuneration and Expenses

No Trustees claimed expense reimbursements during the year. No other remuneration or benefits were paid (2024: none).

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Cancer Support Yorkshire

Year Ended 31st March 2025

Notes to the Financial Statements

10 Tangible Fixed Assets

Tangible Fixed Assets
Furniture
Freehold and
buildings equipment Total
£ £ £
Cost
At 1 April 2024 1,159,120 128,990 1,288,110
Additions - 888 888
Disposal (1,159,120) (87,549) (1,246,669)
────────── ────────── ──────────
- 42,329 42,329
────────── ────────── ──────────
Depreciation
At 1 April 2024 261,012 96,892 357,904
Charge for this year 14,977 5,362 20,339
Disposal (275,989) (81,120) (357,109)
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- 21,134 21,134
────────── ────────── ──────────
Carrying amount
At 31 March 2025 - 21,195 21,195
────────── ────────── ──────────
At 31 March 2024 898,108 32,098 930,206
────────── ────────── ──────────

In March 2025 the land and buildings held by the Charity were sold for a total price of £690,000.

11 Debtors

2025 2024
£ £
Trade debtors 9,069 34,194
Other debtors - 700
Prepayments and accrued income 16,922 20,027
────────── ──────────
25,991 54,921
────────── ──────────
Creditors: Amounts Falling Due Within One Year
2025 2024
£ £
Bank loans 9,109 5,529
Other taxation and social security 6,335 8,922
Deferred income - 23,696
Trade creditors 4,473 15,547
Other creditors 1,499 -
Accruals 95,735 13,474
────────── ──────────
117,151
──────────
67,168
──────────

12 Creditors: Amounts Falling Due Within One Year

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Cancer Support Yorkshire

Year Ended 31st March 2025

Notes to the Financial Statements

13 Creditors: Amounts Falling Due After More Than One Year

2025 2024
£ £
Bank Loans 14,007 24,941
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14,007 24,941
────────── ──────────
**13 ** Deferred Income
2025 2024
£ £
Balance at the beginning of the reporting period 23,696 -
Amount released to income (23,696) -
Amount deferred in year - 23,696
────────── ──────────
Balance at the end of the reporting period -
──────────
23,696
──────────

At the close of the year, rental income totalling £23,696 was recognised in the Statement of Financial Activities, relating to income received in advance in the previous financial year.

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Cancer Support Yorkshire

Year Ended 31st March 2025

Notes to the Financial Statements

14 Analysis of Charitable Funds

1 Apr 2024 Income Expenditure Transfers 31 Mar 2025
£ £ £ £ £
Unrestricted Funds
Unrestricted
General funds 31,409 283,584 (417,754) 548,515 445,754
────────── ────────── ────────── ────────── ──────────
31,409 283,584 (417,754) 548,515 445,754
────────── ────────── ────────── ────────── ──────────
Designated
Fixed asset fund 926,854 - (232,145) (673,515) 21,194
Reserves - - - 125,000 125,000
────────── ────────── ────────── ────────── ──────────
926,854 - (232,145) (548,515) 146,194
────────── ────────── ────────── ────────── ──────────
────────── ────────── ────────── ────────── ──────────
Total Unrestricted Funds 958,263 283,584 (649,899) - 591,948
────────── ────────── ────────── ────────── ──────────
Restricted Funds
Bradford MDC/Equality Together
Benefits Advice Service
- 44,000 (44,000) - -
Welfare Benefits Advice Project - 6,555 (6,555) - -
Wellbeing Network Programme - 6,437 (6,437) - -
NHS West Yorkshire ICB Core
Grant
- 239,939 (239,939) - -
────────── ────────── ────────── ────────── ──────────
- 296,931 (296,931) - -
────────── ────────── ────────── ────────── ──────────
────────── ────────── ────────── ────────── ──────────
Total Funds 958,263
──────────
580,515
──────────
(946,830)
──────────
-
──────────
591,948
──────────

Fund transfers

Transfer of £673,515 from the fixed assets fund to the general fund to match the net book value of total fixed assets carried forward following the sale of land and building during the year.

Transfer of £120,000 from the general fund to establish a new reserve fund for future planned and unplanned expenditure which falls outside of normal budget areas.

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Cancer Support Yorkshire

Year Ended 31st March 2025

Notes to the Financial Statements

Analysis of charitable funds (Continued)

1 Apr 2023 Income Expenditure Transfers 31 Mar 2024
£ £ £ £ £
Unrestricted Funds
Unrestricted
General funds 88,104 239,766 (278,305) (18,156) 31,409
────────── ────────── ────────── ────────── ──────────
88,104 239,766 (278,305) (18,156) 31,409
────────── ────────── ────────── ────────── ──────────
Designated
Fixed asset fund 929,070 - (20,372) 18,156 926,854
Reserves - - - - -
────────── ────────── ────────── ────────── ──────────
929,070 - (20,372) 18,156 926,854
────────── ────────── ────────── ────────── ──────────
────────── ────────── ────────── ────────── ──────────
Total Unrestricted Funds 1,017,174 239,766 (298,677) - 958,263
────────── ────────── ────────── ────────── ──────────
Restricted Funds
Bradford MDC/Equality Together
Benefits Advice Service
- 50,500 (50,500) - -
The Bradford VCS Alliance RIC28
Welfare Benefits Advice Project - 12,728 (12,728) - -
NHS West Yorkshire ICB Core
Grant
- 239,939 (239,939) - -
South Asian Women’s Support
Group
- 2,311 (2,311) - -
────────── ────────── ────────── ────────── ──────────
- 305,478 (305,478) - -
────────── ────────── ────────── ────────── ──────────
────────── ────────── ────────── ────────── ──────────
Total Funds 1,017,174
──────────
545,244
──────────
(604,155)
──────────
-
──────────
958,263
──────────

Fund transfers

Transfer of £18,156 from the general fund to the fixed asset fund to match the net book value of total fixed assets carried forward. This represents in the main the transfer of newly purchased fixed assets during the year from the general fund to the designated fixe asset fund.

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Cancer Support Yorkshire

Year Ended 31st March 2025

Notes to the Financial Statements

Fund Descriptions

Bradford MDC/Equality Together funding is for the BMDC Lot One Complex Needs Welfare Advice Contract to deliver a district wide Welfare Advice Service. This is used to fund our specialist Welfare Advice Service.

NHS West Yorkshire ICB Core Grant is to provide a range of holistic, emotional and practical support outside of the clinical needs of the patients to complete a whole wrap around package to people on receiving a cancer diagnosis, during and post treatment to help them live a full a life as possible. Services are provided to patients, carers and those who are bereaved.

Other funding: Has been received for the purpose for which the funds are named.

South Asian Women’s Support Group: Funded by Sovereign Healthcare.

The fixed asset fund represents the net book value of tangible fixed assets held by the charity. It is designated by the trustees to reflect the non-liquid nature of these assets, which are not readily available for general expenditure.

The reserves fund has been designated by the trustees to provide for both planned and unplanned future expenditure that falls outside of the charity’s normal operational budget. It is intended to strengthen financial resilience and support the charity in meeting strategic, one-off, or emergency costs as they arise.

15 Analysis of Net Assets Between Funds

Unrestricted Restricted Total Funds
Funds Funds 2025
£ £ £
Tangible fixed assets 21,195 - 21,195
Current assets 701,911 - 701,911
Creditors less than 1 year (117,151) - (117,151)
Creditors due after more than 1 year (14,007) - (14,007)
────────── ────────── ──────────
591,948 - 591,948
────────── ────────── ──────────
Unrestricted Restricted Total Funds
Funds Funds 2024
£ £ £
Tangible fixed assets 930,206 - 930,206
Current assets 120,166 - 120,166
Creditors less than 1 year (67,168) - (67,168)
Creditors due after more than 1 year (24,941) - (24,941)
────────── ────────── ──────────
958,263 - 958,263
────────── ────────── ──────────

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Cancer Support Yorkshire

Year Ended 31st March 2025

Notes to the Financial Statements

16 Related Party Transactions

No related party transactions took place during the year (2024: nil).

16 Prior Year Statement of Financial Activities and Income and Expenditure Account

Unrestricted Restricted
Funds Funds Total Funds
Note £ £ £
Income
Donations and legacies 94,123 - 94,123
Charitable activities 32,708 305,478 338,186
Other trading activities 111,918 - 111,918
Investment income 1,017 - 1,017
────────── ────────── ──────────
Total Income 2 239,766 305,478 545,244
────────── ────────── ──────────
Expenditure
Raising funds 5 40,640 - 40,640
Expenditure on charitable activities 6 258,037 305,478 563,515
────────── ────────── ──────────
Total Expenditure 298,677 305,478 604,155
────────── ────────── ──────────
────────── ────────── ──────────
Net Income / (Expenditure) (58,911) - (58,911)
────────── ────────── ──────────
Net Income and Net Movement in Funds
Total funds brought forward 15 1,017,174 - 1,017,174
Transfers 15 - - -
────────── ────────── ──────────
Total Funds Carried Forward 15 958,263 - 958,263
────────── ────────── ──────────

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