LADY FORESTER HOSPITAL TRUST

Registered charity 1010199 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as LADY FORESTER CENTRE, LADY FORESTER DAY CARE CENTRE

We currently offer the following services - residential care, and day care.

Objects

TO PROMOTE THE RELIEF OF PERSONS WHO BY REASON OF AGE OR MENTAL ILLNESS, PHYSICAL OR MENTAL HANDICAP REQUIRE SPECIAL CARE, EDUCATION OR TRAINING. TO PROVIDE FOR THE EDUCATIONAL INSTRUCTION AND ADVANCEMENT OF SUCH PERSONS BY PROVIDING OR SUPPORTING SCHOOLS, HOMES, HOSTELS AND TRAINING CENTRES. TO PROVIDE FACILITIES FOR RECREATION AND OTHER LEISURE TIME OCCUPATION.

Area of benefit: NOT DEFINED

The charity’s charitable objects and area of benefit, quoted from its governing document as held on the Charity Commission register.

Causes: The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives · Disability · website · Get email alerts

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the trust reported a net expenditure of £23,808 for the year ended 30 April 2025, resulting in a decrease in total unrestricted funds. The trustees confirm that reserves have been maintained at a level equivalent to between three and six months' expenditure, consistent with their stated policy. The trust remains viable with adequate resources to continue in operational existence for the foreseeable future.

Automated summary of the FY2025 accounts; the evidenced findings below carry the verbatim passages.

What the accounts disclose

Accounts independently examined (not a full audit). Discloses 5 of 6 completeness components.

In its annual return the charity told the Commission it is also regulated by: Care Quality Commission. This is the charity’s own declaration; it is not a rating and has not been verified by the Commission or by this site.

Policies the charity declares

In its annual return the charity told the Commission that it has the policies listed below. This is self-declared: it is not verified by the Commission or by this site, and it is not evidence of how a policy works in practice.

• Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
• Complaints handling
• Complaints policy and procedures
• Conflicting interests
• Financial reserves policy and procedures
• Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
• Internal risk management policy and procedures
• Investing charity funds policy and procedures
• Investment
• Paying staff
• Risk management
• Safeguarding policy and procedures
• Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
• Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
• Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
• Trustee expenses policy and procedures

Corporate structure

• Registered company of the charity Companies House 02375555

Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — LADY FORESTER HOSPITAL TRUST (matched by registered charity number).

Company officers (Companies House)

Current officers of the charity’s own company per the Companies House register, cross-checked against the Charity Commission trustee list by name. A director not on the trustee list is usually a timing or naming difference between the two registers — check both records before drawing conclusions.

• HAZELDINE, Margaret — director, appointed 07/10/2025on trustee list
• FOX, Hilary — director, appointed 24/09/2022on trustee list
• BAGNALL, Caroline Emma — director, appointed 01/12/2019on trustee list
• FORESTER, George, Lord — director, appointed 01/01/2014on trustee list
• KEENAN, Sheila Mary — secretary, appointed 29/11/2022

Official officers record.

Property (HM Land Registry)

1 registered title in England and Wales held by the charity’s company or corporate body (1 freehold). All charity-held property. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright, OGL v3.0.

CQC provider record: Lady Forester Hospital Trust — Registered, 2 registered locations, 1 regulated activity, last inspected 15/08/2023.charity number confirmed by CQC CQC record

Public profiles (found on the charity’s own website): facebook

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 30/04/2025)

Reported reserves equal ~0.0 months of spending — in the bottom quarter for charities its size (median 5.2 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, cost of raising funds: 0.0% of total income — below the median for charities its size (4.9%) (benchmarks).

Care Quality Commission ratings

CQC inspection ratings for services run by a provider matching this charity’s name (matched by name; verify provider identity on CQC’s site).

• Lady Forester Residential & Day Care Centre: Requires improvement (26/09/2023) · CQC record

Trustees · trustee networks

• LORD GEORGE FORESTERchair
• Caroline Bagnall
• Hilary A Fox
• Margaret Hazeldine · trustee of 1 other charity
• Sheila Keenan
• Susan Evans-Turner

Trustee list from the Charity Commission register (current, not historical).

Operates in: Shropshire

Income and spending

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Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with THE LADY FORESTER TRUST.

• THE LADY FORESTER TRUST income £209k
• SHERWOOD FOREST HOSPITALS GENERAL CHARITABLE FUND AND OTHER RELATED CHARITIES income £519k
• THE CONGREGATION OF THE SISTERS OF NAZARETH CHARITABLE TRUST income £2.7m
• THE FORESTERS HOMES TRUST income £135k
• BRADFORD HOSPITALS CHARITY income £357k
• THE LISIEUX TRUST LIMITED income £3.8m

Side by side with its peers

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