NORTH BRISTOL NHS TRUST CHARITABLE FUNDS

Registered charity 1055900 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as SHINE TOGETHER, SOUTHMEAD HEALTH SERVICES CHARITABLE FUND, SOUTHMEAD HOSPITAL CHARITY

The charity supports Cossham, Frenchay and Southmead Hospitals and the community within North Bristol NHS Trust. It exists to enchance the services for patients and to provide additional facilities for staff and funding for research, in addition to that which the Trust is normally able to provde.

Objects

FOR ANY CHARITABLE PURPOSE OR PURPOSES RELATING TO HOSPITAL SERVICES (INCLUDING RESEARCH)OR TO ANY OTHER PART OF THE HEALTH SERVICE ASSOCIATED WITH ANY HOSPITAL AS THE TRUSTEES THINK FIT

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: Education/training · The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives · Disability · Get email alerts

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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 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
• Risk management
• Safeguarding policy and procedures
• Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
• Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
• Social media policy and procedures
• Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
• Volunteer management

From the charity’s annual return (Part A, self-declared)

Answers and figures the charity gave in Part A of its annual return to the Charity Commission. They are self-declared: not verified by the Commission or by this site. Only positive answers and figures are listed; items not listed are simply not shown.

Source: this charity’s annual returns on the Charity Commission register.

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

Reported reserves equal ~3.6 months of spending — below the median for charities its size (median 4.7 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, cost of raising funds: 29.9% of total income — in the top quarter for charities its size (median 5.3%) (benchmarks).

Register events

• Transferred assets to another charity (10/08/2026) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.
• Received assets from another charity (14/01/2016) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.
• Received assets from another charity (14/01/2016) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.
• Received assets from another charity (14/01/2016) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.
• Received assets from another charity (14/01/2016) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.
• Received assets from another charity (14/01/2016) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.

Operates in: Bristol City · Somerset · South Gloucestershire

Income and spending