The trustees present their annual report and financial statements for the year ended 30 November 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, the Charities Act 2011 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).
Teddy20 Supporting Children with Cancer Ltd is an incorporated charity based in Blandford Forum, Dorset. Our aim is to provide Emotional and Financial Support to children and young people suffering and undergoing treatment for Cancer.
Teddy20 was set up in loving memory of Ted Newton 1999 - 2010.
Objectives and aims.
Teddy20 supporting Children with Cancer Ltd registered as a charity in 2017. Our objective is to support, financially, children and their families when undergoing treatment or in terminal illness circumstances.
Our objective is to relieve the needs of children suffering from cancer, and their families, by providing or assisting with the provisions of equipment, facilities and services not normally provided by the statutory authorities and by providing financial and emotional support.
The trustees have paid due regard to guidance issued by the Charity Commission in deciding what activities the charity should undertake.
Significant activities
The Charities purpose continues to provide financial and emotional support to children and families undergoing treatment for cancer.
Throughout 2024-2025 Teddy20’s aims were to improve our corporate image to boost the charities awareness in the region. Our volunteers and supporters continued to grow throughout the year to raising our productivity and having our busiest year. Increasing our social media platforms mainly through the Charities Challenges such as Skydiving, Running, Walking and Cycling. We are incredibly grateful for their continued support. Our biggest success saw the return of Le Teddy Tour cycling raising £7,199. The cycle challenge returns by popular demand in 2026 where our aim is to cycle through Four Countries in 4 Days. Smaller events took place as well as our usual Challenges such as Skydiving.
The Trustees are very grateful for the volunteers and all the help they have given the Charity in 2025.
Ted's Shack, our holiday home in Weymouth, Dorset was able to continue its services for families going through Cancer Treatment. From March 2025 and saw over twenty families stay at the Shack and bookings are already coming in for 2026.
We were extremely grateful to the Teddy Rocks Festival 2026 for their kind donation of £60,000. And we have now built up our designated funds to £60,000. This has been put into designated funds and deposited into the deposit/save account. The trustees had decided that these designated funds should be set aside to replace Ted Shack in the future. The aim is to build up a fund so that when the current Ted Shack needs replacing, funds will be available so we can continue to support families at our holiday home.
This year we issued 67 Financial Grants exceeding £24,600 to families across our region.
Total income for the financial year was £126,407 (2024: £118,774), and expenditure was £101,750 (2024: £89,957). From this the net surplus in the year was £24,657 (2024: £31,817).
As trustees we have set a reserves policy which gives us sufficient reserves equivalent to at least 3 months forward expenditure. The reserves are held on 30th November 2025 of £290,201 of which £60,000 have been designated.
The charitable company has free reserves of £220,268 as at 30 November 2025 (2024: £202,399). The Trustees consider this level of resources to be sufficient to deliver charitable objectives for the next twelve months. Free reserves are calculated by deducting the fixed assets from the unrestricted (and undesignated) reserves held at the year-end.
Ted’s Shack will open again after the winter break Mid-March, and we will be able to continue with respite holidays through to mid-October. Our aim is to continue as before as more families are taking the chance of respite away from treatment. Teddy20 will continue to maintain its high standard and keep working in partnership with Young Lives Vs Cancer and Piam Brown Ward regarding referrals. We aim to continue supporting Young Lives Vs Cancer and its Home from Home in Southampton so families can stay in it while the child is having Chemotherapy.
Teddy Rocks Festival Ltd’s aim again will be to donate profits to Teddy20 Supporting Children with Cancer in 2026.
The Cycle Tour, which has been booked for the end June 2026. Also, we will again be skydiving and organising our strong man and women event being The Dorset Tractor Tug. We are in the early stages of planning other events.
We have successfully reviewed our charity governance as well as existing policies and procedures.
The charity is controlled by its governing document, a deed of trust, and constitutes an incorporated charity.
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:
Trustees are recruited and appointed when there is a sufficient need or room on the Board of Trustee's.
The trustees' report was approved by the Board of Trustees.
I report to the trustees on my examination of the financial statements of Teddy20 Supporting Children with Cancer Limited (the charity) for the year ended 30 November 2025.
Having satisfied myself that the financial statements of the charity are not required to be audited under Part 16 of the 2006 Act 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 (the 2011 Act). In carrying out my examination I have followed all the applicable Directions given by the Charity Commission under section 145(5)(b) of the 2011 Act.
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 2006 Act; or
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 2006 Act 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; 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 accounts 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.
Teddy20 Supporting Children with Cancer is a charity registered in the UK (registered charity number 1174553) and is a private company limited by guarantee, registered in England and Wales (registered company number 10492737). The charity is a public benefit entity.
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” (“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 £.
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.
All income is recognised in the Statement of Financial Activities once the charity has entitlement to the funds, it is probable that the income will be received and the amount can be measured reliably.
Grants (including those received from government bodies) are recognised where there is entitlement, certainty of receipt and the amount can be measured with sufficient reliability. Grant income is deferred when the donor specifies use of the grant to be in the future, or where there are conditions for full entitlement and those conditions have not yet been satisfied.
Liabilities are recognised as expenditure as soon as there is a legal or constructive obligation committing the charity to that expenditure, 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 accounted for on an accruals basis and has been classified under headings that aggregate all cost related to the category. Where costs cannot be directly attributed to particular headings they have been allocated to activities on a basis consistent with the use of resources.
Grants offered subject to conditions which have not been met at the year end date are noted as a commitment but not accrued as expenditure.
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:
Deferred income
Deferred income is recognised where the charity has received funds from a third party where the project or purpose of the funds takes place in the following financial year.
Debtors
Trade and other debtors are recognised at the settlement amount due after any trade discount offered. Prepayments are valued at the amount prepaid net of any trade discounts due.
Cash at Bank and in hand
Cash at bank and in hand includes cash and short term highly liquid investments with a short maturity of three months or less from the date of acquisition or opening of the deposit or similar account.
Creditors
Creditors are recognised where the charity has a present obligation resulting from a past event that will probably result in the transfer of funds to a third party and the amount due to settle the obligation can be measured or estimated reliably.
The charity is exempt from corporation tax on its charitable activities.
During the year ended 30 November 2025, the charity issued 67 grants to individuals (2024: 65) totalling the above.
Included within governance costs is the independent examiners remuneration totalling £3,246 (2024: £3,150)
The average monthly number of employees during the year was:
The charity is exempt from taxation on its activities because all its income is applied for charitable purposes.
Deferred income is included in the financial statements as follows:
The restricted funds of the charity comprise the unexpended balances of donations and grants held on trust subject to specific conditions by donors as to how they may be used.
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.
The specific purposes for the funds are to be applied are as follows:
Future Ted Shack is designated by the trustees to replace the Ted Shack in the future
Christmas Presents is restricted for the purchasing of Christmas presents for children.
At the reporting end date the charity had outstanding commitments for future minimum lease payments under non-cancellable operating leases, which fall due as follows:
Trustees were reimbursed £262 (2024: £nil) for out of pocket expenses in the financial year.