KINGSTON AND RICHMOND NHS FOUNDATION TRUST GENERAL CHARITABLE FUND

Registered charity 1056510 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as AUC FUND, BORN TOO SOON FUND, KINGSTON CAN APPEAL, KINGSTON HOSPITAL BORN TOO SOON FUND, KINGSTON HOSPITAL CANCER UNIT APPEAL, KINGSTON HOSPITAL GENERAL FUND

The Trustee ensures the charitable objective is carried out for the public benefit by undertaking the following activities:- the provision of facilities and purchase of medical equipment for use by Kingston Hospital NHS Foundation Trust;- supporting research into, and development of, treatments; and,- expenditure for the benefit of patients, their families and staff of the hospital.

Objects

THE TRUSTEES SHALL HOLD THE TRUST FUND TO APPLY THE INCOME, AND AT THEIR DISCRETION SO FAR AS MAY BE PERMISSIBLE, THE CAPITAL, TO RELIEVE SICKNESS AND ADVANCE THE HEALTH OF PATIENTS OF KINGSTON AND RICHMOND NHS FOUNDATION TRUST WHO ARE (A) SUFFERING FROM A CHRONIC OR CRITICAL ILLNESS (WITH A PARTICULAR EMPHASIS ON THOSE SUFFERING FROM CANCER) OR (B) SUFFERING FROM A DISABILITY OF ILLNESS ATTRIBUTABLE TO OLD AGE; INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, BY THE PROVISION OF FACILITIES, EQUIPMENT AND SERVICES AND THE PROVISION OF SUPPORT AND INFORMATION TO THEIR FAMILIES AND CARERS.

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

Registered contact address: Kingston upon Thames, London, England (from the postcode on the register)

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity generated £2,356k in income against £1,725k in expenditure, resulting in a net movement in funds of £533k. Per the trustees' report, free reserves stood at £1,216k, which is in excess of the stated target of £850,000 to £900,000, providing a resilient financial position.

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

What the accounts disclose

Accounts audited by Goldwins Limited. 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
• 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
• Social media policy and procedures
• Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
• Trustee expenses policy and procedures

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.

Funders the charity credits

Named as funders/supporters on the charity’s own website (the charity’s claim, distinct from accounts-verified grants).

• Corpuls — “One of the most significant additions is the Corpuls CPR device , funded with a grant of £13,999.” (source page)

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

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

Reported reserves equal ~8.5 months of spending — above the median for charities its size (median 4.7 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, cost of raising funds: 12.7% of total income — above the median for charities its size (5.3%) (benchmarks).

Register events

• Received assets from another charity (07/02/2024) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.

Trustees · trustee networks

• Kingston Hospital NHS Foundation Trust

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

Operates in: Kingston Upon Thames · Merton · Richmond Upon Thames · Surrey · Sutton · Wandsworth

Income and spending

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Known funders

Grants to this charity found in funders’ own accounts filings.

Funders of similar charities

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Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with MILTON KEYNES HOSPITAL NHS FOUNDATION TRUST.

• MILTON KEYNES HOSPITAL NHS FOUNDATION TRUST income £419k
• STOCKPORT NHS FOUNDATION TRUST GENERAL FUND income £930k
• GLOUCESTERSHIRE HOSPITALS NHS FOUNDATION TRUST GENERAL CHARITABLE FUND income £2.5m
• CHESTERFIELD ROYAL HOSPITAL NHS FOUNDATION TRUST GENERAL CHARITY income £493k
• FRIENDS OF KINGS COLLEGE HOSPITAL income £161k
• BUCKINGHAMSHIRE HEALTHCARE NHS TRUST CHARITABLE FUND income £1.3m

Side by side with its peers

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