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COMPANY REGISTRATION NUMBER: 09613887
CHARITY REGISTRATION NUMBER: 1161942
The Helen Straker Charity
Company Limited by Guarantee
Unaudited Financial Statements
31 May 2024
The Helen Straker Charity
Company Limited by Guarantee
Financial Statements
Year ended 31 May 2024
Page
Trustees' annual report (incorporating the director's report)
1
Chartered accountant's report to the board of trustees on the preparation of the unaudited statutory financial statements
3
Statement of financial activities (including income and expenditure account)
4
Statement of financial position
5
Notes to the financial statements
6
The Helen Straker Charity
Company Limited by Guarantee
Trustees' Annual Report (Incorporating the Director's Report)
Year ended 31 May 2024
The trustees, who are also the directors for the purposes of company law, present their report and the unaudited financial statements of the charity for the year ended 31 May 2024 .
Reference and administrative details
Registered charity name
The Helen Straker Charity
Charity registration number
1161942
Company registration number
09613887
Principal office and registered
Stroud Hill Farm
office
Potterne Wick
Potterne
Wiltshire
SN10 5QR
United Kingdom
The trustees
Mr A Bulley
Mr G Percy
Mr S Miller
Mr G J Straker
Mr R J Dee
Mr S J Harbour
Accountants
Charlton Baker Limited
Chartered accountants
7-7c Snuff Street
Devizes
Wiltshire
England
SN10 1DU
Structure, governance and management
Governing Document
The Helen Straker Charity (HSC) was formed in 2015 in order to raise and receive funds to provide donations to other charitable organisations that assist individuals and families who suffer from cancer and support research into cancer treatment.
Appointment of Trustees
The Board is aware of the need for a broad mix of skills, experience and contacts. It has undertaken a review of the criteria needed for recruitment of future Trustees.
Structure of the Organisation
The Board of Trustees administers the Charity. The Board meets at least four times a year and additional meetings are held as and when necessary. Everyone within the Charity understands that ultimate accountability is to the people, businesses and community groups who make the Charity's activities and achievements possible through their ongoing support.
Objectives and activities
The Charity's governing document states that its charitable objective is to assist individuals and families who suffer from cancer and support research into cancer treatment. This is used as the vision, mission and values setting out the Charity's over-arching aims. The vision of HSC is to help ensure an outstanding health service is available to all, and to help with the advancement of finding cures for cancer and improving treatment. The mission for HSC is to help to offer relief, care, support and hope, for the people who are affected by this indiscriminate disease. The activities of HSC are informed by its values which include availability to all, community, voluntary service, professionalism and independence.
Achievements and performance
The charity has made donations of £203,240 in the year to RUH Forever friends, Dorothy House Hospice, and Wilts Air Ambulance.
Financial review
Overall income in 2023-24 was £231,425. The income sources are; Donations £5,590, Sponsorship £35,007 and Income from Fundraising Events £190,828. The running costs of the Charity include direct costs of running events which totalled £58,573 in the year. The net surplus before donations totalled £172,852.
Small company provisions
This report has been prepared in accordance with the provisions applicable to companies entitled to the small companies exemption.
The trustees' annual report was approved on 27 February 2025 and signed on behalf of the board of trustees by:
Mr G J Straker
Trustee
The Helen Straker Charity
Company Limited by Guarantee
Chartered Accountant's Report to the Board of Trustees on the Preparation of the Unaudited Statutory Financial Statements of The Helen Straker Charity
Year ended 31 May 2024
In order to assist you to fulfil your duties under the Companies Act 2006, we have prepared for your approval the financial statements of The Helen Straker Charity for the year ended 31 May 2024, which comprise the statement of financial activities (including income and expenditure account), statement of financial position and the related notes from the charity's accounting records and from information and explanations you have given us.
As a practising member firm of the Institute of Chartered Accountants in England and Wales (ICAEW), we are subject to its ethical and other professional requirements which are detailed at www.icaew.com/en/members/regulations-standards-and-guidance.
Our work has been undertaken in accordance with ICAEW Technical Release 07/16 AAF as detailed at www.icaew.com/compilation.
Charlton Baker Limited Chartered accountants
7-7c Snuff Street Devizes Wiltshire England SN10 1DU
27 February 2025
The Helen Straker Charity
Company Limited by Guarantee
Statement of Financial Activities
(including income and expenditure account)
Year ended 31 May 2024
2024
2023
Unrestricted funds
Total funds
Total funds
Note
£
£
£
Income and endowments
Donations and legacies
4
40,597
40,597
37,734
Other trading activities
5
190,828
190,828
264,995
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Total income
231,425
231,425
302,729
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Expenditure
Expenditure on raising funds:
Costs of fundraising events
6
58,573
58,573
76,424
Other expenditure
7
203,240
203,240
216,000
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Total expenditure
261,813
261,813
292,424
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Net (expenditure)/income and net movement in funds
( 30,388)
( 30,388)
10,305
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Reconciliation of funds
Total funds brought forward
48,087
48,087
37,782
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Total funds carried forward
17,699
17,699
48,087
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The statement of financial activities includes all gains and losses recognised in the year.
All income and expenditure derive from continuing activities.
The Helen Straker Charity
Company Limited by Guarantee
Statement of Financial Position
31 May 2024
2024
2023
Note
£
£
Current assets
Debtors
9
23,550
36,301
Cash at bank and in hand
39,059
37,916
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62,609
74,217
Creditors: amounts falling due within one year
10
44,910
26,130
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Net current assets
17,699
48,087
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Total assets less current liabilities
17,699
48,087
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Net assets
17,699
48,087
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Funds of the charity
Unrestricted funds
17,699
48,087
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Total charity funds
11
17,699
48,087
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For the year ending 31 May 2024 the charity was entitled to exemption from audit under section 477 of the Companies Act 2006 relating to small companies.
Directors' responsibilities:
- The members have not required the company to obtain an audit of its financial statements for the year in question in accordance with section 476 ;
- The directors acknowledge their responsibilities for complying with the requirements of the Act with respect to accounting records and the preparation of financial statements .
These financial statements 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 trustees and authorised for issue on 27 February 2025 , and are signed on behalf of the board by:
Mr G J Straker
Trustee
The Helen Straker Charity
Company Limited by Guarantee
Notes to the Financial Statements
Year ended 31 May 2024
1. General information
The charity is a public benefit entity and a private company limited by guarantee, registered in England and Wales and a registered charity in England and Wales. The address of the registered office is Stroud Hill Farm, Potterne Wick, Potterne, Wiltshire, SN10 5QR, United Kingdom.
2. Statement of compliance
These financial statements have been prepared in compliance with FRS 102, 'The Financial Reporting Standard applicable in the UK and the Republic of Ireland', the 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) (Charities SORP (FRS 102)) and the Companies Act 2006.
3. Accounting policies
Basis of preparation
The financial statements have been prepared on the historical cost basis, as modified by the revaluation of certain financial assets and liabilities and investment properties measured at fair value through income or expenditure.
The financial statements are prepared in sterling, which is the functional currency of the entity.
Going concern
There are no material uncertainties about the charity's ability to continue.
Fund accounting
Unrestricted funds are available for use at the discretion of the trustees to further any of the charity's purposes. Designated funds are unrestricted funds earmarked by the trustees for particular future project or commitment. Restricted funds are subjected to restrictions on their expenditure declared by the donor or through the terms of an appeal, and fall into one of two sub-classes: restricted income funds or endowment funds.
Incoming resources
All incoming resources are included in the statement of financial activities when entitlement has passed to the charity; it is probable that the economic benefits associated with the transaction will flow to the charity and the amount can be reliably measured. The following specific policies are applied to particular categories of income: - income from donations or grants is recognised when there is evidence of entitlement to the gift, receipt is probable and its amount can be measured reliably. - legacy income is recognised when receipt is probable and entitlement is established. - income from donated goods is measured at the fair value of the goods unless this is impractical to measure reliably, in which case the value is derived from the cost to the donor or the estimated resale value. Donated facilities and services are recognised in the accounts when received if the value can be reliably measured. No amounts are included for the contribution of general volunteers. - income from contracts for the supply of services is recognised with the delivery of the contracted service. This is classified as unrestricted funds unless there is a contractual requirement for it to be spent on a particular purpose and returned if unspent, in which case it may be regarded as restricted.
Resources expended
Expenditure is recognised on an accruals basis as a liability is incurred. Expenditure includes any VAT which cannot be fully recovered, and is classified under headings of the statement of financial activities to which it relates: - expenditure on raising funds includes the costs of all fundraising activities, events, non-charitable trading activities, and the sale of donated goods. - expenditure on charitable activities includes all costs incurred by a charity in undertaking activities that further its charitable aims for the benefit of its beneficiaries, including those support costs and costs relating to the governance of the charity apportioned to charitable activities. - other expenditure includes all expenditure that is neither related to raising funds for the charity nor part of its expenditure on charitable activities.
All costs are allocated to expenditure categories reflecting the use of the resource. Direct costs attributable to a single activity are allocated directly to that activity. Shared costs are apportioned between the activities they contribute to on a reasonable, justifiable and consistent basis.
Financial instruments
A financial asset or a financial liability is recognised only when the charity becomes a party to the contractual provisions of the instrument. Basic financial instruments are initially recognised at the amount receivable or payable including any related transaction costs. Current assets and current liabilities are subsequently measured at the cash or other consideration expected to be paid or received and not discounted. Debt instruments are subsequently measured at amortised cost.
4. Donations and legacies
Unrestricted Funds
Total Funds 2024
Unrestricted Funds
Total Funds 2023
£
£
£
£
Donations
Donations
5,590
5,590
31,734
31,734
Sponsorship
Sponsorship
35,007
35,007
6,000
6,000
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40,597
40,597
37,734
37,734
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5. Other trading activities
Unrestricted Funds
Total Funds 2024
Unrestricted Funds
Total Funds 2023
£
£
£
£
Fundraising events
190,828
190,828
264,995
264,995
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6. Costs of fundraising events
Unrestricted Funds
Total Funds 2024
Unrestricted Funds
Total Funds 2023
£
£
£
£
Costs of fundraising events
58,573
58,573
76,424
76,424
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7. Other expenditure
Unrestricted Funds
Total Funds 2024
Unrestricted Funds
Total Funds 2023
£
£
£
£
Donations made to charities
203,240
203,240
216,000
216,000
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8. Trustee remuneration and expenses
No remuneration or other benefits from employment with the charity or a related entity were received by the trustees.
9. Debtors
2024
2023
£
£
Trade debtors
23,550
25,880
Prepayments and accrued income
10,421
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23,550
36,301
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10. Creditors: amounts falling due within one year
2024
2023
£
£
Accruals and deferred income
44,910
26,130
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11. Analysis of charitable funds
Unrestricted funds
At 1 June 2023
Income
Expenditure
At 31 May 2024
£
£
£
£
General funds
48,087
231,425
(261,813)
17,699
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At 1 June 2022
Income
Expenditure
At 31 May 2023
£
£
£
£
General funds
37,782
302,729
(292,424)
48,087
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