Charity reglstrallon number NIC101345 Company reglstration number N1616925 (Northèrn lrnland) FRIENDS OF THE CANCER CENTRE ANNUAL REPORT AND FINANCIAL STATEMENTS FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 MARCH 2024 FRIENDS OF THE CANCER CENTRE LEGALAND ADMINISTRATIVE INFORMATION Patrons Mr John Daly Mr Eamonn Holmes Mr lain Henderson Mr Denis Moloney Directors Mr B Cavè Ms C Aiken Dr D Flnnegan Prof S Jain Mr R Donnan Ms C Keenan Dr S McAleer ProfAAdair Mr P Mcmaw Mr J Rlce Prof M Durkln Mr Brlan Fee Mr D Cubbitt Dr Caroline Ford8 (Appolnted 9 June 2023) (Appointed 9 June 2023) (Appointed 15 September 2023) (Appolnted 23 F8bruary 20241 Secratary Ms C Keenan Charity number NIC101345 Company number N1616925 Reglstered office N.1. Cancer Centre Belfast Cily Hospiial Lisbum Road Belfast Co. Anlrim BT9 7AB Auditor Harblnson Mulholland C8ntrepoint 24 Omieau Avenue Belfast Co. Antrim Northern Ireland BT2 8HS Bankers Ulster Bank Llmited 11-16 Donegall Square East Belfast BT15UB FRIENDS OF THE CANCER CENTRE CONTENTS Page Dlr8Ctors' report Stat8ment of Dlrectors, rasponsibilltles Independent auditorfs report ststement of financlal actlvlties 10 Statement of flnanclal position Statement of cash flows 13 Notes to the financlal statements 14-24 FRIENDS OF THE CANCER CENTRE DIRECTORS. REPORT (INCLUDING DIRECTORS. REPORT) FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 MARCH 2024 The Directors present their annual report and financial staternents for the year ended 31 March 2024. The financial statements have been prepared in accordance with the accounting policies sel out in note 1 to the rinancial slaternents and comply with the Companies Act 2006 and "Accounting and Reporting by Charities: Statement of Recommended Practice appllcable to charities preparing their accounts in accordance with the Financial Reporting Standard applicable in the UK and Republic of Ireland IFRS 1021" las amended for accountlng periods commencing from 1 January 20161 Objectlves and actlvitles The Charity operates in Northern Ireland and Its objectives are to support patients and their familiès by enhancing the quality of care they rèceive and contribute to can￿r care. treatment and research throughout Northern Ireland. Achlevament8 and performance During the year funds amounting to £1,165,205 were used to contrlbute to research, patient comfort, Clinical care and ¢ampaigns throughout Northern Ireland. These break down as follows.. Research Radiotherapy Physics Support Position 76% Radiotherapy, Research & Development Radiographer Patrick G. Johnston Centre for Cancer Research, N.1. Cancer Centre Trials Grant 17,233 64,180 342,058 423,471 Patlent Comfort Teenaga & Young Adults Group Programme North West Cancer Cent￿, Coffee Dock Supplies Social Work Granls, Nl Cancer Centre Drinks Machines, Nl Cancer Centre Support for Breast Health & W811 Belng Events Physiotherapy, Physical Activity Cancer Referral Coach Radiotherapy, Clothing for Patlents Social Work Grants, North West Cancer Centre Bridgewater Suite, Refreshments for Patients Macmillan Support & Informatlon Centre, Support & Wellbeing Programffle Radiotherapy, Refreshments for Patient Coffee Dock Radiotherapy, Children's Activity Gifts Garden Materials, Nl Can￿r Centre and Macmillan Support & Infomation Centre Ward 10 North Refurbishment of Dayroom AOHU Dayroom Refurbishment of Chairs Christmas Presents for Patients and Hampers for Staff Teenage & Young Adults, Christmas Vouchers Regional Support for Prostate Cancer Health & Wellbeing TV for Ward 2A Dayroorn 3,524 1,081 115,950 3,252 479 35,567 131 11,300 12,000 113,093 2,465 495 774 4,206 1,810 1,334 1,225 728 485 309,899 FRIENDS OF THE CANCER CENTRE DIRECTORS. REPORT (INCLUDING DIRECTORS. REPORT) (CONTINUED) FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 MARCH 2024 Patlent Care North West Cancer Centre. Upper Gl Support Worker North West Cancer Centre, Upper Gl. Clinical Nurse Specialist North West Cancer Centre, Research & Development Radiographer Clinical Nurse Specialist, Secondary Breast Cancer Nurse Speech & Language Therapy Assistant Manager Library Books, Nl Cancer Centre Radiotherapy, Physics Support Posltlon 25D Occupatlonal Therapy, Pressure Reduclng Cushions Dletitian Clinical Specialist, Nl Cancer Centre Radiotherapy, Thumbs Up Antrim Area Hospital, Clinical Nurse Specialist, Head and Neck Nl Cancer Centre, Leukaemia Clinical Nurse Specialist, Haematology Gynae Oncology Clinical Nurse Speclallsl, Gynaecology Surgery, Belfast City Hospital O¢cupational Therapy, Pressure Reducing Cushions Gynae & Rectal Patients Teenage & Young Aduh Social Worker, Nl Can¢8r Centre Clinical Nurse Speclallst Programme Clinical Nurse Specialist, Teenage & Young Adults Cllnlcal Nurse Specl811sl. Teenage & Young Adults Scholarship, Pamela Lutton Scholarshlp, Pearl Ewing Scholarship, Dr Gary McGowan Tralning x 2, QA Praclilioner & Cllnical Nurse Specialist, Head & Néck 3.549 20,852 22.245 40,724 22,487 996 5,144 1,693 32,325 150 32,562 37,259 22,457 1,362 26,196 66,828 31,898 31,935 2,000 1,989 2,000 1,000 407,651 Cam al Campalgns 24,184 24,184 1,165,205 FRIENDS OF THE CANCER CENTRE DIRECTORS. REPORT (INCLUDING DIRECTORS. REPORT) (CONTINUED) FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 MARCH 2024 Financial rovlew The net movement of funds amounted to incoming of £153,364, of which £172,608 incoming related to unrestricted actlvltles and £19,244 outgoing related to restrldéd funds. The Charity is involved in various fund- raising activities to provide adequate resources to meet ils objectives. The Directors are very pleased with the total income generated of £1,677,544 in the year in relation to the £127.384 expended on fundralsing and £66,374 on admlnlstratÉon. At 31 March 2024 the Charity had unrestricted reseNes of £3,524,246 of which £3,470,503 has b66n committed to support continuing activltles within thè Cancer Centre. The free uncommitted balan￿ of funds is £53,743. Re8ervès poll¢y The Directors. Informed by the risk reglster. op8ratlng budget and known commitm8nts and Ilabllllles, have established a pollcy for the general reserves held by the Charoly. The organisatlon is entirely dependent upon Iluctualing donor funding from year to year, and it requires protection against and th8 ability to continue despite, a d¢)wntum in income. General ReseNe: the directors bellevè that the mlnlmum level of general r8seNes should be the equivalent of six months, operating costs and six months. commitments calculated and reviewed annually and believe that the réserves should be built up to the desired lev81 in stages conslslent with the Charity's overall financlal position and its need lo maintain and develop its charitabl8 actlvlll8S. Designated Reserves.. To enabl8 the Charity lo support projects and research posts whlch cover more than on8 year the directors designate those funds for which grants have been commltted or approved for a period of up to 2 years from the period end. The dlrectors are of the oplnion that approximately £950.000 of deslgnated funds would fall due for payment In the 6 months from the balance sheet date. FRIENDS OF THE CANCER CENTRE DIRECTORS. REPORT (INCLUDING DIRECTORS. REPORT) (CONTINUED) FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 MARCH 2024 structure, governanco and management The Charity Is a company limited by guarantee and does not have a shara capital. It is governed by a Mèmorandum and Articles of Association and the liability of each member is limited to an amount not exceeding £1. The directors must offer their resignation after hvo years bul can make themselves available for re-election In accordance with the Articlés of Associalion. There werè 15 directors serving during the period up 10 31 March 2024. New Dlrectors are appolnted by the Board. The aim of the recruitment proc8ss Is to appolnt th8 most suitable person for the position of Director. Recruitment of new Directors will take into account the Charity's need for new ideas and fresh 8pproa¢hes. Th& last skills audit was Carrled out in 2024 and Is periodically revlewed by the Board. The Dlr8Ctors who served durlng the year and up to the date of slgnature of the flnancial statements w8r8: Mr B Cave Dr P Scullin Ms C Aiken Dr D Finnegan Prof S Jain Mr R Donnan Ms C Keenan Dr S McAleer ProfAAdalr Mr P Mcmaw Mr J Rice Prof M Durkin Mr Brian Fee Mr D Cubbitt Dr Caroline Forde (Reslgned 24 Novemb8r 2023) (Appointed 9 June 20231 (Appointed g June 20231 {Appointed 15 September 2023) (Appointed 23 February 2024) Audltor Harbinson Mulholland have indicated thelr wlllingness to contlnue in office. D18closuro 01 informatlon to audltor Each of the Oirectors has confirmed that Ihere is no Informatlon of which ihey are aware whlch Is relevant to the audit. but of which the auditor is unaware. They have further confirmed that they have taken approprlate steps to Identify su¢h r81evant information and to 8slabllsh that the auditor is aware of suGh information, Thls report has been pr8pared in accordance wlth sp8clal provision of Part 15 of the Companles Act 2006 relating to small companies. The Directors, report was approved by the Board of Directors. Caroline Keenan INOV 19, 2024 14..07 GMT) Ms C Keenan Director Dated.. 22 November 2024 FRIENDS OF THE CANCER CENTRE STATEMENT OF DIRECTORS. RESPONSIBILITIES FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 MARCH 2024 Thè directors. who also act as tTUStees, are responslble for preparing the Directors, Report and the financial statements in accordance with applicable law and regulation. Company law requires the Directors to prepare financial statements for each financi81 year. Under that law the Directors have PrePa￿d the financial slalements in accordance wrth United Klngdom Accounting Standards, comprising FRS 102 "Thè Financial Reporting Standard applicable in the UK and Republic of Ireland", and applicable law (United Kingdom Generally Accepted Accounting Practice}. Under company law the Directors must not approve the financial statements unless thèy are satisfied that they give a true and fair view of the stste of the affairs of the and of the incoming resources and application of resources, including the incom8 and expenditure, of the for thal period. In preparing th8se ffinan¢ial statements. the Directors are required to; select suitable accounting policies and then apply them consislently; observe the methods and principles in the Statement of Recommended Practl¢e.' Accounting and R8POrtlng by Charilles {2015)', make judgménts and estlmales that are reasonable and prudent,. and prepare the financi81 statements on the going con￿rn basis unless It Is Inapproprlate to presume that the will continue in business. The Dlrectors are responsible for keeplng adequate accounting records that are suffici8nt to show and explain the company's transactions and disdose wllh reasonable accuracy at any tlme the financial position of the company and enable them to ensure that the company comply with the Companies Act 2006. They are also responsible for safeguarding the assets of the company and hence for taking reasonable steps for the p￿VentIon and detection of fraud and other irregularities. In certain circumstances clients may choose to include an additional staternent here which is requlred to be made within thè direclors, report as a result of Sectron 418 of the Companies Act 2006. In accordance with Section 418, directors, reports shall include a stat8m8nt, in the case of each director in offic8 at the date the directors, report is approved, that: (a) so far as the trustee is aware, there is no relevant audit informatlon of which the company's auditors are unaware., and (bl they have taken all the steps that they ought to have taken as a trustee In order to make themselves aware of any relevant audit information and to establish that the Company's auditors are aware of that informatlon. By order of the Board of Directors ol lié Eegha Caroline Keenan (Nov 19, 2024 14:07 GMTI Ms C Keenan Dlreclor 22 November 2024 FRIENDS OF THE CANCER CENTRE INDEPENDENT AUDITOR'S REPORT TO THE DIRECTORS OF FRIENDS OF THE CANCER CENTRE Oplnlon We have audited the financial statements of Frionds of the Cancer Centr8 Ilhe 'Charity') for the year ended 31 March 2024 which comprise the statement of financial activities, the statement of financial position. the slalemenl of cash flows and the notes lo the financial statements. including significant accounting policies. The financial reporting framework that has been appliad In their preparation is applicable law and United Kingdom Accounting Standards, including FRS 102 The Financi81 Reporting Standard applicable in the UK and Republic of Ireland (United Kingdom Generally Accepted Accounting Practice). In our opinion, the financial statements: give a true and fair view of the statè of the charitable company's affairs as at 31 March 2024 and of its incomlng resources and application of resources, for the year then ended; have been properly prepared in accordance with United Kingdom Gènerally Accepted Accounting Practice" and havè been prepared in accordance with the requirèments of the Companies Act 2006. Basls for oplnion We conducted our audit In accordance with International Standards on Auditing (UK) IISAS (UK)) and applicable law. Our responsibllllies under those standards are further described In the Auditorfs responsibilitles for the audit of the financial stalements section of our report. We are Indep8ndent of the Charity In accordance wlth the ethical requirèments that 8re r8levant to our audit of the flnancial statements In the UK, including the FRC'S Ethical Standard. and we have fulfilled our other ethical responsibiliti8s in accordance with these requirements. We believe that the audit evidence we have obtained is sufficient and appropriate lo provide a basis for our opinion. Concluslons relatlng to going concern We have nothing to report In respect of the following matters in relation to whlch the ISA5 (UK) require us to report lo you were.. the directors, use of the golng concem basls of accounting in the preparation of the financlal stslements 1$ not appropriate; or the directors have not disclosed in the financial statements any identified material uncertainties thal may cast significant doubt about thè group's or the parent company's abillty to continue to adopt the going ncem basis of accounting for a period of at least ￿e1ve months from the date when the financial statements are authorised for issue. Other infomiatlon The other information ￿mPriseS the information included in the Directors, Report, other than the finan¢lal statements and our auditor's report thereon. The directors are responslble for the other information. Our opinion on the financlal statements does r￿t cover the other information and. except to the extent otherwis8 explicitly stated in our report, we do not express any form of assuran￿ conclusion thereon. In connection with our audit of the financial statements, our responsibility is to read the olher infomation and. in doing so, consider whether the other infomiation is materially inconsistent with the financlal statements or our knowledge obtained in the audit or othe￿iSe appears to ba materially misstated. If we identify such material inconsistencies or apparent material misstatements, we are required to determine whether there is a material misstatement in the financial statements or a material misstatement of the other information. If, based on the work we have performed, we conclude thal there is a materlal misstatement of this other infomiation, we are requlred to report that fact. We have nothing to report in this regard. FRIENDS OF THE CANCER CENTRE INDEPENDENT AUDITOR'S REPORT (CONTINUED) TO THE DIRECTORS OF FRIENDS OF THE CANCER CENTRE Oplnlons on other matters prescribed by the Companies Act 2006 In our opinion, baséd on the work undertaken in the course of our audit: thè information given in the Directors, report, which includes thè directors, report prepared for the purposes of company law, for the financial year for which the financial statements are prepared is conslstant wlth the financial statèmgnts., and the directors, report included withln the Directors, report has been prepared in accordance with applicabl8 legal requirernents. Matters on whlch w• ar• required to rnport by •xeèption In the light of the knowledg6 and understanding of the Charllable company and Its envlronment obtained in the cours8 of the audit, we hav8 not identlfied material misstatements In the Strategic Report and Ihe Dlredors, Report. We have nothing to report In respect of the followlng matters in relation to which th8 Charitles (Accounts and Reports) Regulatlons 2008 require us to report to you if, in our opinion- adequate aGcounting records hava not been kept or returns adequate for our audit have not been recelv8d from branches not visited by us., or the financlal statements are not In agreement with the accountlng record5 and ￿turns,. or certain disclosures of trustees, remuneration speclfied by law are not made., or we have not received all the informatlon and explanations we require for our audlt. Responsibllltles of Dlrectors As exp18ined more fully in the statement of Directors, responsibilities, the Directors are responsible for the preparation of the financial statements and for being satisfied that they give 8 true and fair vièw, and for such internal control as the Directors determine Is necassary to enable the preparatlon of financi81 statements that are free from fflaterlal rnisslatement, whether due lo fraud or error. In prep8rlng the financial statements, the Directors are rosponsible for assessing the Charity's abilty to conllnue as a going concern, disclosing, as applicable, matters related to going concern and using the going concern basis of accounting unless the Directors either intend to liquidate the charitable company or to cease operations, or have no realistic alternative but to do so. Audttorfs responslbilitlbs for the audlt of the flnanclal statsments Our objectives are to obtaln r8asonabl8 assurance about whether the flnanclal Statements as a whole are fre8 from material misstat8ment, whether due to fraud or error, and lo issue an auditor's report that includes our opinion. Reasonable assurance is a high level of assurance but is not a guarantee that an audit conducted in accordance with ISAS (UK) will always dètect a material misslatemenl when it exists. Misstatomenls can arise from fraud or error and are considered materlal If, individually or in the aggre9ate, they could reasonably be 8xpecled to influence the economic decisions of users taken on the basls of these financial statements. A further des¢rlpiion of our responslbllities Is available on the Financlal Reporting Council's w8bslle at.. httPS:/I www.frc.org.ukjauditorsresponsibilities. This description forms part of our auditols report. FRIENDS OF THE CANCER CENTRE INDEPENDENT AUDITOR'S REPORT (CONTINUED) TO THE DIRECTORS OF FRIENDS OF THE CANCER CENTRE Our approach to identifying and assessing the risks of material misststement in respect of irregularitles, including fraud and non-compliance wlth laws and regulations, was as follows.. the engagement partner ensured that the engagement team collectively had the approprlale competence, capabilities and skills lo identify or recognise non-compliance with applicable laws and regulations,. we identlfied the laws and regulations applicable lo the company through discussions with directors andlor senior management, and from our commercial knowledge and experience of the s6ctor: We focused on specific laws and regulations which we considered may have a dlrect material Èffect on the financial statements or the operatlons of the company, Including Companles Act 2006, taxation legislation, data protection, anti-bribery, employment, environmental and health and safety legislation we assessed th8 extent of Compliance with the laws and regulations Identifi8d above through maklng enquiries of management and inspectlng legal wrrespondence; and Identified laws and regulallons were communicated withln the audit team regularly and the team remalned alert to instances of non-compliance throughout the audit. We assessed the susceptibllity of the company's financial 5tatem8nls to material mlsslatement, includlng obtalning an understanding of how fraud might occur, by.. making enquiries of management as to where they conSide￿d there was susceptiblllty to fraud. their knowledge of actual, suspected and alleged fraud,. and considering the Internal controls in place to mitigate risks of fraud and non