THE LEAGUE OF FRIENDS OF HALSTEAD HOSPITAL LIMITED

Registered charity 1121313 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

The League of Friends role is to relieve patients and invalids of the Halstead Hospital andCommunity & Rural Areas who are sick, convalescent, disabled, handicapped, infirm and togenerally support charitable work of the hospital. It is run by a Board of Trustees which isdependent on the services of unpaid volunteers.

Objects

1) TO FURTHER THE IMPROVEMENTS OF HEALTHCARE AT THE HALSTEAD HOSPITAL AND WITHIN THE HALSTEAD URBAN AND RURAL AREAS SERVED BY THE HOSPITAL AND OTHER COMMUNITY SERVICES.2) IN PARTICULAR, TO RELIEVE PATIENTS AND FORMER PATIENTS OF THE HALSTEAD HOSPITAL AND OTHER INVALIDS IN THE COMMUNITY WHO ARE SICK, CONVALESCENT, DISABLED, HANDICAPPED, INFIRM OR IN NEED OF FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE AND, GENERALLY, TO SUPPORT THE CHARITABLE WORK OF THE SAID HOSPITAL.

Area of benefit: NOT DEFINED. IN PRACTICE, ESSEX

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 · Get email alerts

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity's unrestricted funds total £1,844,513, which exceeds the trustees' policy target of maintaining reserves equivalent to three to six months of expenditure. The trustees report that the charity remains in a strong financial position with no material uncertainties regarding its 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 audited by TC Group. Discloses 4 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
• Campaigns and political activity policy and procedures
• Complaints handling
• Complaints policy and procedures
• Conflicting interests
• 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
• Paying staff
• 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
• Trustee expenses policy and procedures
• Volunteer management

Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — The League of Friends of Halstead Hospital Ltd (matched by registered charity number).

Property (HM Land Registry)

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

Trustees · trustee networks

• Andy Green
• BRIDGET KATHYRN COUCH
• DEREK HOLMES
• Diana Pegler
• Dr ALAN JOHN FORSYTH SYMINGTON MA, MB.
• JACQUELINE ANITA PELL · trustee of 3 other charities
• JACQUELINE JANETTE WRIGHT
• JOYCE ANBOUCHE
• Lynda Maureen Jackson
• ROSALIND ANNE GAGE
• SHEENAGH JEAN EVANS
• WILLIAM ERNEST GEORGE PELL

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

Operates in: Essex

Income and spending

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