Changing lives for the better

Thanks to our amazing friends, guests and supporters we raised over £160,000 at the 2025 Axis Foundation Charity Ball.

This incredible amount is shared as ever between Demelza, our charity partner, and the Axis Foundation.

This was a particularly special Charity Ball for us – we had even more than usual to celebrate at this year’s prestigious event.

Magnificent Milestones

In addition to sharing the great news that we have changed many lives for the better, whether that be helping a
seriously ill child and their family at Demelza, or donating to small, local and impactful causes via our
Foundation, we were delighted and proud to share with our guests some fantastic milestones we have reached in 2025.

£3m raised!

First is the news that we – with the help of our friends – have donated an incredible £3m to 430+ causes in our
16-year history. We think that is something to be very proud of.

£1m to Demelza

Next up is the fact that our donations to Demelza have topped the £1m mark. Again, none of what we achieve would be possible without the generosity of our supporters..

John Hayes awarded MBE

And last – but truly not least – you may have heard that our founder John Hayes was this year awarded
an MBE in the King’s Birthday Honours list for charitable services. We are as proud of John as he is of this recognition of our remarkable charity.

See more here!

• You can see some examples of the causes we have supported this year here.
• And photos of the 2025 Charity Ball here
• Plus our Souvenir programme here

Thank You

Once more a great big thank you to all our guests who really joined in the fun, supported our auctions,
table games and raffle and enjoyed our music, magic and dancing, as well as the delicious
dinner at the Royal Lancaster Hotel.

Thank You to all the following who all so kindly supported our charity ball by booking a table …

A to Z Stone Repairs
AC Davis Electrical
ALP Group
Barwin
City Plumbing
Crown Paints
DMD
DMJ
Dynes Group
Enviro Contract Solutions
Estec Engineering
Exterior Plas
FFT
First Choice Drainage
Fleetwood
Hall & Gertski
John Hayes
Tim Hayes
Heron
Howden
Howells
Joe Ibrahim
LMP Installations
Martin Arnold
Meru
Peter Varney Associates
Pioneer Site Services
Premier Property
R.E.B Group
Regen Solutions
Rubix M&E
Russell Trew
Sei Contractor
Stak Scaffold
Stonegrove
Symphony Windows
TSM Heating Services
TW Drainage
UAS
UK Roofing
VH Electrical
VivBuild

… And to these generous friends who donated to the ball or contributed prizes and gifts

Abal Environmental Services
Abdelmalik Hamli
Electrician Network UK
Eres Group
Exterior Plas
Fleetnetix
Sarah May Hayes Bid Writing
Margo Manning
NIAA People
SecureTec
Medway Scaffolding Solutions
Heldrone

And to our sponsors …

A-Z Stone Repairs – Event
Sponsor
NxtGen – Event Sponsor
Stonegrove – Event Sponsor
Symphony Windows – Band Sponsor

… And, as always, a big thank you to …

Alan Curbishley – tireless Patron of the Axis Foundation
Steve Sutherland – our wonderful MC
Charles Hanson – our fabulous auctioneer