The trustees present their annual report and financial statements for the year ended 31 January 2025.
The financial statements have been prepared in accordance with the accounting policies set out in note 1 to the financial statements and comply with the charity's governing document (Memorandum and Articles), the Companies Act 2006 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 Republic of Ireland (FRS 102)" (effective 1 January 2019).
Harry's Story
Whilst battling an inoperable brain tumour, Harry was inspired to make a difference to all people with brain cancer when a friend of his, who also had a brain tumour, became very ill. Within the space of just over two years, Harry had organised and attended nearly 100 events to raise money for and raise awareness of brain cancer. He touched the hearts of the nation with his efforts and helped change the lives of everyone he met.
Sadly, Harry's health took a sudden turn for the worse following brain surgery in August 2011. On the 8th October 2011 and after 14 weeks in a coma, Harry passed away peacefully at home in his mom's arms.
Harry's work had touched so many lives, that Help Harry Help Others (HHHO) was set up in order to carry on his vision to make a difference to all people that suffer with brain tumours.
Policies and Objectives
The charity's main objects, as set out in the articles of association are:
To preserve, protect and promote the health of children and young people by promoting research for the public benefit into the causes and treatment of cancer, with particular regard (but without limitation) to brain cancers and to raise funds for such purpose.
To advance the education of the public in relation to the foregoing by the provision of lectures, seminars, publications, workshops and any other means of bringing awareness to the public.
To preserve, protect and promote the health of children and young people with brain cancer and their families and providing or assisting in the provision of equipment, facilities, resources, services, activities and support (whether financial or otherwise) or such items as they might require or as might be appropriate to improve the quality of their life.
Activities for Achieving Objectives
A key part of achieving the objects of the charity, is continuing the fundraising efforts that Harry began in creative, imaginative and fun ways, building on being a community. Whilst establishing the Cancer Support Centre and its services has taken lots of time and resource, we have still been as active as possible in a range of activities which include:
Liaising with the health care sector to promote the services of HHHO and the Drop in Cancer Support Centre.
Promotion of awareness of cancer through visits to schools,prisons, communities and businesses.
Educational workshops.
Fundraising activities to support the delivery of services.
Grant making.
Offering a range of services to support cancer patients and their families from the HHHO Drop in Cancer Support Centre.
The trustees have paid due regard to guidance issued by the Charity Commission in deciding what activities the charity should undertake.
Volunteer Engagement: We are very thankful for the time and expertise our volunteers offer. They are the backbone of HHHO and lighten the load of a very small operational team. This year, professional service delivery volunteers increased from 19 to 23 and this includes 14 volunteers delivering services and 9 volunteers helping within the cancer care centre/spreading awareness. We extend our deepest thanks to all volunteers for their unwavering dedication and support.
Review of activities
Introduction: As a small operational team, we have witnessed first hand the significant challenges and transformations our charity has endured over the past year. Born from the profound personal journey of cancer, HHHO is deeply committed to supporting individuals and families navigating the hardships of cancer. In the past twelve months, we have remained committed to growing the services we offer to those who need it, and this report reflects on our achievements and responses to the needs of our service users.
Operational Challenges: This year has seen the introduction of an Operations Director role which aimed to allow the Founder to concentrate further on funding and fundraising opportunities, and to develop the operational side of HHHO. 2024 saw a complete new operational team within HHHO following the departure of our Office and finance manager in April. Whilst a positive step forwards with a new structure, it also brought new challenges. It also meant the introduction of more formalised objectives, which meant are staff clear in their roles and expectations when working for HHHO. More recently, further staff changes and the departure of three key roles within HHHO have led to us re-evaluating the staffing needs of the charity and all the systems and procedures behind the scenes to ensure we are in a better position to move forwards during 2025.
Services and Partnerships:
Our innovative programs and services have benefitted over 1,500 families & made significant impact on the lives of those affected by cancer. Financially, we distributed significant funds through our HelpCURE, HelpCOPE, and HelpCARE objectives including our last donation as part of our three year commitment to fund a PhD student which saw £12,133 donated via HelpCURE, £2,577donated via our HelpCOPE fund (giving grants to families suffering financial hardship as a result of a cancer diagnosis), and £63,081 via HelpCARE (Our Drop In Cancer Support Centre). 2024 saw an additional 235 people registering for support via our services.
After last year’s successful launch of the partnership with NHS TLHC Lung Health Check programme, we have continued hosting this service on site. From latest stats received Sept 24 4,928 initial scans were conducted with 1213 follow up scans being performed. From these scans 42 people were diagnosed with lung cancer stage 1 & 2, 8 people were diagnosed with lung cancer stage 3 and 4. There were also several other conditions diagnosed from the screening on site including 25 breast lumps referred for further investigation.
HHHO has partnered with Family Action in the delivery of a Life Skills course called Stepping Stones. This six-week programme was expertly delivered by Family Action and offered HHHO service users the chance to learn about skills and techniques with the primary aim of returning to work, volunteering or education after their or a loved one’s cancer diagnosis. The course proved very popular and even led to two attendees to get funding from Barclays to get further qualifications helping them further in their bid to return to work.
After gaining funding from Macmillan, Help Harry Help Others has started the Health Inequalities project. The aims of the project is to:
• To address health disparities within East Birmingham
• Engage with underrepresented communities impacted by cancer
• Ensure HHHO are accessible to diverse communities
• Pilot project will focus on the South Asian community
• Provide template / guidance for roll out for other groups (e.g. Black & Afro Caribbean; LGBTQ+)
This project will continue throughout 2025 with the aim of developing its findings and actions to help the local community even further.
We have delivered over 4,562 hours of support across 20 services including Emotional Support, Counselling, Coaching & mentoring, Debt and Financial Advice, Benefits Advice in which we have obtained a total of £164,052.02 in benefits for service users. HHHO has continued to provide specific group support to a wide variety of service users wanting specific advice and help in their cancer journey including Men Matters, Living Well with Cancer (for men only, women only and a mixed group), Art Group, Care and Share and Mindfulness sessions.
We enjoyed excellent relationships with NHS who we regularly hosting for their Cohort meetings as well as staff training opportunities and a special Stoma Group that offered advice and an opportunity for patients to share their experiences and discuss living with a stoma. We also hosted breast cancer specific support sessions in partnership with Breast Friends Solihull.
HHHO’s provided group supervision for a number of counsellors and students along with numerous CPD sessions to help improve the counselling service at HHHO.
Closing Thoughts: The journey through this year has reinforced the importance of the Founder being involved in a lot of the decision making and being kept in the loop with changes. Personnel changes at the end 2024 bought many challenges for her to step back in to get us in a position to move forwards.
As we navigate the complexities of cancer support, we are reminded daily of the critical impact of our work. We are committed to adapting our strategies to meet the demands of those we serve, ensuring that no one faces cancer alone Our focus for 2025 is to work on sustainability for our charity. With NHS cancer services across Birmingham referring to us, we need to secure donations for each referral received so we can continue offering our services for the long term.
Acknowledgments: The trustees thank our volunteers, staff, sessional workers and donors for their continued support. Your commitment enables us to extend Harry’s legacy of compassion and innovation in cancer support.
Principal Funding Sources
The charity is largely funded by voluntary donations and various fundraising events.
It is the policy of the charity that unrestricted funds which have not been designated for a specific use should be maintained at a level equivalent to six month’s of unrestricted charitable expenditure. The trustees consider this level to be sufficient to cover applications for grants and to ensure there are sufficient funds to cover the cancer care service, including the Drop in Cancer Support Centre, running expenses plus support and governance costs.. This level of reserves has been maintained throughout the year.
As at 31 January 2025 the charity had unrestricted funds of £119,955 (2024 - £183,944).
The trustees have assessed the major risks to which the charity is exposed, and are satisfied that systems are in place to mitigate exposure to the major risks.
The trustees have policies in place and grant applications are discussed at trustee meetings where the board reaches a decision on each application.
Future developments
Our main aims are to:-
Continue to meet our objectives under HelpCURE, HelpCOPE and HelpCARE.
Look at other means of income to ensure our service model is sustainable with the increased demand.
Review all our systems and procedures to ensure we deliver the best service possible and become as efficient as possible
Raise awareness of the centre to ensure 3,400 people affected by Cancer locally are aware of all that is accessible to them.
Look at how we can reduce health inequalities via securing funding to deliver and run outreach programmes
Continually evolve our services to meet the needs of our service users and the local community.
The charity is controlled by its governing document and constitutes a company limited by guarantee as defined by the Companies Act 2006.
The trustees, who are also the directors for the purpose of company law, and who served during the year and up to the date of signature of the financial statements were:
The management of the charity is the responsibility of the trustees, who are elected and co-opted under the terms of the Articles of Association. None of the trustees has any beneficial interest in the company. All of the trustees are members of the company and their liability is limited to a sum not exceeding £10, being the amount that each member undertakes to contribute to the assets of the charity in the event of it being wound up while they are a member, or within one year after them ceasing to be a member.
The trustees are ultimately responsible for the decision making of the charity, but the day to day operation of the activities is delegated to Georgina Mosely, a trustee and Chief Executive Officer. The trustees meet regularly.
The trustees' report was approved by the Board of Trustees.
I report to the trustees on my examination of the financial statements of Help Harry Help Others (the charity) for the year ended 31 January 2025.
Having satisfied myself that the financial statements of the charity are not required to be audited under Part 16 of the Companies Act 2006 and are eligible for independent examination, I report in respect of my examination of the charity’s financial statements carried out under section 145 of the Charities Act 2011. In carrying out my examination I have followed the Directions given by the Charity Commission under section 145(5)(b) of the Charities Act 2011.
Since the charity’s gross income exceeded £250,000, the independent examiner must be a member of a body listed in section 145 of the Charities Act 2011. I confirm that I am qualified to undertake the examination because I am a member of the Association of Chartered Certified Accountants, which is one of the listed bodies.
I have completed my examination. I confirm that no matters have come to my attention in connection with the examination giving me cause to believe that in any material respect:
accounting records were not kept in respect of the charity as required by section 386 of the Companies Act 2006.
the financial statements do not accord with those records; or
the financial statements do not comply with the accounting requirements of section 396 of the Companies Act 2006 other than any requirement that the financial statements give a true and fair view, which is not a matter considered as part of an independent examination; or
the financial statements have not been prepared in accordance with the methods and principles of the Statement of Recommended Practice for accounting and reporting by charities applicable to charities preparing their financial statements in accordance with the Financial Reporting Standard applicable in the UK and Republic of Ireland (FRS 102).
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 financial statements to be reached.
The statement of financial activities includes all gains and losses recognised in the year. All income and expenditure derive from continuing activities.
Help Harry Help Others is a private company limited by guarantee incorporated in England and Wales. The registered office is 8 Midland Croft, Birmingham, B33 0AW, England.
The financial statements have been prepared in accordance with the charity's governing document, the Companies Act 2006, FRS 102 "The Financial Reporting Standard applicable in the UK and Republic of Ireland" 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)". The charity is a Public Benefit Entity as defined by FRS 102.
The charity has taken advantage of the provisions in the SORP for charities not to prepare a statement of cash flows.
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 £.
The financial statements have been prepared under the historical cost convention. The principal accounting policies adopted are set out below.
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.
Unrestricted funds are available for use at the discretion of the trustees in furtherance of their charitable objectives.
Restricted funds are subject to specific conditions by donors or grantors 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.
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.
Expenditure is recognised once there is a legal or constructive obligation to transfer economic benefit to a third party, it is probable that a transfer of economic benefits will be required in settlement, and the amount of the obligation can be measured reliably.
Expenditure is classified by activity. The costs of each activity are made up of the total of direct costs and shared costs, including support costs involved in undertaking each activity. Direct costs attributable to a single activity are allocated directly to that activity. Shared costs which contribute to more than one activity and support costs which are not attributable to a single activity are apportioned between those activities on a basis consistent with the use of resources. Central staff costs are allocated on the basis of time spent, and depreciation charges are allocated on the portion of the asset’s use.
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:
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.
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).
Stocks are stated at the lower of cost and estimated selling price less costs to complete and sell. Cost comprises direct materials and, where applicable, direct labour costs and those overheads that have been incurred in bringing the stocks to their present location and condition. Items held for distribution at no or nominal consideration are measured the lower of replacement cost and cost.
Net realisable value is the estimated selling price less all estimated costs of completion and costs to be incurred in marketing, selling and distribution.
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.
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.
Basic financial assets, which include debtors and cash and bank balances, are initially measured at transaction price including transaction costs and are subsequently carried at amortised cost using the effective interest method unless the arrangement constitutes a financing transaction, where the transaction is measured at the present value of the future receipts discounted at a market rate of interest. Financial assets classified as receivable within one year are not amortised.
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.
Financial liabilities are derecognised when the charity’s contractual obligations expire or are discharged or cancelled.
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.
Payments to defined contribution retirement benefit schemes are charged as an expense as they fall due.
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.
Bracelet components
Fundraising costs
Venue, catering, band and other running costs
Giving grants to families suffering financial hardship. The charity supports families who are struggling financially as a direct result of a cancer diagnosis. It can offer practical support like grants for petrol, parking, food, utility bills, rent/mortgage, domestic appliances and funerals.
Raising funds to help research projects to find a cure for brain tumours.
Supporting patients, relatives, carers and colleagues.
A drop-in cancer support centre providing emotional support, counselling, benefits advice, debt and financial advice, housing advice, employment advice, workshops and support groups, hair loss and wig fitting and breast care services.
The average monthly number of employees during the year was:
The key management personnel of the charity are the Trustees. The total remuneration (including employers pension and national insurance costs) of key management personnel was as follows:
The charity is exempt from taxation on its activities because all its income is applied for charitable purposes.
The charity operates a defined contribution pension scheme for all qualifying employees. The assets of the scheme are held separately from those of the charity in an independently administered fund.
The unrestricted funds of the charity comprise the unexpended balances of donations and grants which are not subject to specific conditions by donors and grantors as to how they may be used. These include designated funds which have been set aside out of unrestricted funds by the trustees for specific purposes.
During the year the charity entered into the following transactions with related parties:
BK Plus Limited were reappointed as accountants. One of the trustees of the charity, Mr D J Baldwin, is also a director of BK Plus Ltd. The charity incurred accountancy fees of £6,314 (including VAT) during the year. At the year end the charity owed BK Plus Limited £6,000.