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Skye Canc•r Carn SCIO
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for lh• y￿r •nd•d 31 2025
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Goyernlry document:
Skye Cancer &re Is a Scottlsh Charltsble l•Korporated Orya￿tim and our purp05e5 and
admI￿$t￿tIon are set out kn ow Constltutio
Aevultment and •ppolnlmert af TnMt••&'
The ffl•nayment commltte• fflay at ary tlffle appoint any mefflberto be i member ofth•
mmlttee (and therefore • trustee) under the provlslon olclause 57 olthe con5tllutlDn. No
members may be appolnted under the provisions of cknux 64 of the constltutlon.
of th• th•rlty trwt••r.
Tiugts• N•m•
Offk• (If any
D•t•i •(Md. If rntfor whol• y••r
Chalr
Secretary
Treaswer

Chwltable purpose%
The purpose of the or8anisation is the a(fvancement of health by the rellef of the 5ufferin8 and
di5tre55 of those persons in Skye and Lothalsh who ire affected dlfectly or indlrectly by carKer or
other Ilmltlng condltlons. elther personally or throu8h family or frfendly connection&
Acfjvlths In relallon to those objects:
Frorn ourconstltutlon:
The t7ctivities by whlch the oryonlsotion wMlsee* toachieve rhls purpose include but tsTre not
restricted to..
The support ondfocilitation olthe provision of hospKe-type cure In Skye cndLochalshforpersons
wlth incumble lifr-llfflitlng disease fe5peciolly, but not limited to, those with ¢qncerJ by roisinqfunds
fvr the establJ5hment offoa'litiesfvsuth core.
ro support the Provision of speclollsed trainlng and equipmentlor enhonced polliotlve care In
hojpital and community in ond Lochabh
To set up ond run a "drop-ln support centre. whlch offersftee Pr(￿kOl, emot(onal andsaclol support
to people wltlj cancer lor other lift4imltlng conditionsj and to thelrfvmllles andfriends
F￿r￿raIsIn8
We recefve donatlons frum both orynlsallons and indivlduals. some Is the r•sult of swnsored or
other fundraislng actlvltl•s, some from collectknns (e.& after fUnern￿l.
Trnlfiln6 and Equlpment
We are then able to lulld tralniD8 and equlpment purthases when these are r•eeded for palllatlve
care and are not fvnded by the NHS. We are In (ontact wlth loul NHS clinical staff and managers.
Drop In Centre
Our dropln centre, An Calodh. opened fts doors In June 2017 supported by a group of volunteers.
The 5er4te wa5 suspended at the end of November 2018 due to lack of interest. We have been
Ilan nurse
lookin8 at altemative mode15 to provrde support and In conjunction wlth a locjl Macmi
have piloted support groups In North Skye with • vlew to extendin8 thls model to South Skye rf
Successful.
Achlevements and perf•rmanu durlry the y•¥
DonationslFundralsln8
We contlnue to partner with Skye Events and work with them by provlding volunieer marshals for
their event5 like the Skye Half marattr￿n and Race Dunvegan. Through thls we have recei%ed £500
th15 year.

We have gratefully received donation5 from funeral collections and a150 thank the staff of &roadford
Hospital lor donati1￿ the proceed5 for a Christmas hamper rnffle to Skye Cancer Care.
To try and fadlttate glvlng, Skye Cancer Gire is registered with Wonderful and Just Givlni webslte5.
Tralnlng
Places on the Hlghland Palliative care course that we have in the past funded pla￿5 on was free thi5
Year so Instead we 51mply promoted the ￿urse, encoiira8ln8 Iccal staff to atte￿1.
Grants
Thi5 ye•r we provided 4 crisls grnnts of £250 Èach wlth the aim of rellevlng ur8ent fiDaMial distress
Caused by a cancer dia8n051s or palliatlve illness for those I￿1￿8 In Skye and Locha15
Support Group5
Wlth the support of a irnnt of £4760 from Macmillan. cancer SUPPOrt 8roups have been runnin8
Successfully alternate months In Portree and Dunve8an. Trustee and Macmillan Nurse
has been instrumental In thls development and there has been helpful collaboratlon with Maggies
nd HiBhllfe Hl8hland. ft15 hoped thls will develop further In the f￿Ure wlth a 8roup runnlng In South
Skye and the abllity to offer complementary thernpy sesslon&
Future Palllativ• care f•cilities
Skye Cancer Care twstees contlnue to be enia8ed in cornmunlty meetln85 that Include the topic of
p•lliatlve c¥re bed provision In North 5kye followlN4 the Lew15 Rltch•e consult•llon In 1018. Whlle
Portree Hospital remaln5 open, bed ar￿ staffin8 pressure5 are siinificant and It is no lon8er posslble
to protect bed5 specificilly for palliJtlve c•re wlth some patients currently havlng to be admftted
els•where. We have approxlmately E52 000 Set aside and li remains our Intention that this money
wlll contribute to spedfic palllative care beds ai enhancement of lacllltle5 for pallSative care in the
locallty in the future.
RueNes pollcv:
The charity does not have a spedflc poliry In felatlon to the retention of reserves which are those
unrestricted funds not invested in fixed assets, designated ta a speclnc purpose or othefwlse
commltted.
Unrestricted fvnd5 stood at £64 146 on the 3111 March 2025 and the Trustees cimslder this adequate
to continue operatlons and fund fLrture palliative care faclities and other projects as set out above.
Approved by the Trustees and si8ned on their behalf
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Sk)• CanMrCare SCIO
Ind•p•nd•nt Ex•mlnorts R•port
forth• y•ii •nd•d 31 march 2025
Inlep•Trd•nt E*•fflln•rf¥ R•pwtto th• Tru•tMs of Sky• ConcqrC•M SCIO
I report on h• #cc*)unts ofttro ch8rily for the ￿arended 31 Math 2025, whlth are Set out on pag•$ I to6.
Regp•rtfv• rn$pon8lbllttle¥ oflTh$te•¥ Ind •x•mln&r
ThE Ghanty's Iwslees are respoftslble fDr the preF4f81ion of Ihe ac￿Unts in aCco￿anCe wilh terms of the
Chaiits•i and Trust•• Investm￿1 IknIL4ndl Act 2005 and thè Ch•ritses AcGounl6 {SEglland) R•gulatwJns 2￿)6.
The chwity tru$teeg GOn￿der that the •udll requiremènt of Regulaknon 10(11 Id) of Ihe h£counts Rogulatio
d0&6 nol aw)ly. It li my responsi￿.1￿ to exAmin8 Ihe accounts •5 feqLdr•d und# 8edion 4411 b (cl ol Acl
and to Stste whthr parb.￿13r matters have come lo my attention.
BaslB of ITrdepqndv￿t ¢x•mln•rf• •tst•ment
My exarninRlion is rarrigd out In accoTdance Re9ul￿on 11 of tho Charltl•8 A¢counlB {Scoll•ndl R•gulwknoM
200a. An •xaminat6on includes • rawew ol the oc¢ountirvJ r•Co￿5 kepl by Ihe ehority and a compariscn ol the
cuunts pre$enled wth those recordo. It al80 indude8 con$idwalion of any unusu•l Items Dr disdosures Sn the
•ccounls. ènd saek5 explan81iDnS frcffl the twstee6 concerning any such matters. The prcKedures undertakon
¢$3 not wowide all the ev*dence thal would be FEquirod In an audll and CDrswuently I do nol e4)r•g8 an •udl
oplnlon on the ￿e￿g￿en by the accoun1•.
Ind•p•nd•nt 8tst•mant
In the course of my enmlnation. no mjtter h8? come lo rny att•ntion
1 which qives m¢ Trasonable cause to bèlieve Ihal In any matanal rnsp•ct the fequirwn¢nls'.
to keep accounkn'ng record5 In accord8no ￿1th Section 44(1) la) of th• 2005 Art •nd Rogu1￿10￿ 4 ot lh•
2008 Accounts Regulotlons, and
to pr•pare •ccounts whl¢h aco)rd Valth the •ccounlty f•¢Drd8 and c¢mply vith RegulAllon 9 01 Ih 2008
Accounts Regulallon•
h•*n not E¢•n met or
2 to vthith, In my aplnlon. •ttentlon thould b8 dra*r In orfer to •nablg a propor und•rsthndinp of the •G¢ounls
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