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Report of the Trustees 2004/2005: Page Six

Responsibilities of the Trustees

Company and charity law require that the Trustees prepare financial statements for each financial year, which give a true and fair view of the financial health of the Charity and of the surplus or deficit of the Charity for that period. In preparing these statements the Trustees have:

  • selected suitable accounting policies and applied them consistently
  • made judgements and estimates that are reasonable and prudent
  • stated whether applicable accounting standards have been followed, subject to any material departures disclosed and explained in the financial statements
  • prepared the financial statements on the going concern basis

The Trustees have overall responsibility for ensuring that the Charity has appropriate systems of financial control. They are also responsible for keeping proper accounting records which disclose with reasonable accuracy at any time the financial position of the Charity and enable them to ensure that the financial statements comply with the Companies Act 1985.

The Trustees confirm that the audited report and financial statements for The Prostate Cancer Charity comply with the provisions of the Statement of Recommended Practice (SORP), ‘Accounting and Reporting by Charities’, issued in October 2000, the Companies Act 1985 and the Charity’s Memorandum and Articles of Association.

The Trustees at the date of signing of this Report are listed on the ‘Legal and Administrative Information’ page, as are the company and charity numbers of The Prostate Cancer Charity.

Trustees and Directors

The Trustees and Directors who served for the Charity during the year were as follows:

Professor J Waxman
Mr G Duncan
Mr M Cook
Mr J Azis
Mr D Body
Mr N Bowman
Mrs J Bridge
Professor P Forster
Professor M Mason
Mr L Moffat
Mr J Rose (resigned 1st October 2004)
Ms S Sayer

Auditors

A resolution proposing that Wilson Wright & Co be re-appointed as auditors of the Charity will be put to the Annual General Meeting in accordance with Section 385(2) of the Companies Act 1985.

This Report was approved by the Council of Management (Board of Trustees) and authorised to be signed on its behalf by Professor Paul Forster, Chairman, 19th July 2005.

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