MAELOR VOLUNTARY SERVICE

Registered charity 1043613 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as MVS

Maelor Voluntary Service provides a service and support for patients, visitors and staff of the Wrexham Maelor Hospital through the sale of refreshments in five cafes situated throughout the hospital.The MVS donates all possible monies to the hospital trust via a Gifting List. This 'Wish List' includes medical equipment the Trust budget cannot otherwise acquire.

Objects

THE RELIEF OF SICKNESS OF PATIENTS AND OUT PATIENTS AT WREXHAM MAELOR HOSPITAL BY PROVIDING SERVICES AND SUPPORT TO SUCH PATIENTS AND TO VISITORS AND STAFF THAT MAY BE SUPPLEMENTARY TO THE SERVICES AND SUPPORT GIVEN BY THE HOSPITAL TRUST.

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 · Other Charitable Purposes · Grant history (this charity is a funder) · website · Get email alerts

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that unrestricted funds stood at £315,774, which the trustees consider to be in line with their policy of retaining at least £100,000 to meet contingencies. The charity reported a net expenditure of £13,073 for the year, largely due to gifting £124,744 to the hospital, while generating incoming resources of £536,475 primarily from cafe sales. The trustees confirm there are no material uncertainties regarding the charity's ability to continue as a going concern.

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.

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
• Volunteer management

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 30/06/2025)

Reported reserves equal ~6.9 months of spending — above the median for charities its size (median 5.2 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Other trading activities (98% of income) — components as reported reconcile to the return’s total income; not from the accounts narrative.

Per its annual return, cost of raising funds: 57.3% of total income — above the 90th percentile for charities its size (median 4.9%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

• JENNY GRIFFITHSchair
• ALAN BODICOAT
• Barbara Edwards
• DION WILLIAMS · trustee of 1 other charity
• Jackie Suter
• Janet Greatorex
• Rebecca Jones
• Robert Dewey

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

Operates in: Throughout Wales

Income and spending

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Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with MWL NHS Charity.

• MWL NHS Charity income £321k
• THE FRIENDS OF MOORFIELDS EYE HOSPITAL income £1.0m
• GLAMORGAN VOLUNTARY SERVICES income £1.1m
• THE JAMES COOK UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL VOLUNTARY SERVICES COUNCIL income £644k
• ASSOCIATION OF VOLUNTARY ORGANISATIONS IN WREXHAM income £1.1m
• BETSI CADWALADR UNIVERSITY HEALTH BOARD CHARITY AND OTHER RELATED CHARITIES income £2.3m

Side by side with its peers

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