WIRRAL UNIVERSITY TEACHING HOSPITAL NHS FOUNDATION TRUST CHARITABLE FUND

Registered charity 1050469 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as ACORN FUNDRAISING OFFICE, JELLYBEAN KIDS' APPEAL, WUTH CHARITY

To further improve the quality of Wirral University Teaching Hospital NHS FT's patient care, by issuing grants for the purchase of medical equipment, improvement of Trust facilities and for the direct enhancement of the patient experience in other imaginative ways. This is achieved through the spontaneous generosity of the general public and by fundraising activities, events and appeals.

Objects

FOR ANY CHARITABLE PURPOSE OR PURPOSES RELATING TO THE NATIONAL HEALTH SERVICE

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 · website · Get email alerts

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that total income for the year was £540k, with £179k in expenditure, resulting in a net increase in funds. The charity holds £313k in free/unrestricted reserves, which the trustees consider consistent with their policy given the low risk of unforeseen obligations and the ability to scale back expenditure. The filing confirms no material uncertainties exist 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.

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
• Campaigns and political activity policy and procedures
• Complaints handling
• Complaints policy and procedures
• Engaging external speakers at charity events policy and procedures
• 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
• Risk management
• Safeguarding policy and procedures
• Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
• Social media policy and procedures
• Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
• Trustee expenses policy and procedures

Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — Wuth Charity (matched by registered charity number).

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/03/2025)

Reported reserves equal ~21.0 months of spending — in the top quarter for charities its size (median 5.2 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Donations and legacies (54% of income) — components as reported reconcile to the return’s total income; not from the accounts narrative.

Register events

• Received assets from another charity (22/11/2024) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.
• Received assets from another charity (02/01/2024) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.

Trustees · trustee networks

• WIRRAL UNIVERSITY TEACHING HOSPITAL NHS FOUNDATION TRUST

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

Operates in: Cheshire East · Cheshire West & Chester · Knowsley · Liverpool City · Sefton · St Helens · Wirral

Income and spending

Common questions

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Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with WRIGHTINGTON, WIGAN AND LEIGH HEALTH SERVICES CHARITY.

• WRIGHTINGTON, WIGAN AND LEIGH HEALTH SERVICES CHARITY income £289k
• WALSALL HEALTHCARE NHS TRUST GENERAL CHARITABLE FUND income £315k
• DORSET COUNTY HOSPITAL NHS FOUNDATION TRUST CHARITABLE FUND AND OTHER RELATED CHARITIES income £1.4m
• County Durham and Darlington NHS Foundation Trust Charity income £380k
• SALISBURY DISTRICT HOSPITAL CHARITABLE FUND income £3.3m
• STOCKPORT NHS FOUNDATION TRUST GENERAL FUND income £930k

Side by side with its peers

Each row is that charity’s latest analysed filing; every value is quote-backed on its own page.