THE LEAGUE OF FRIENDS OF UCKFIELD COMMUNITY HOSPITAL

Registered charity 1164592 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

The League of Friends provides help and support to our local hospital , donating funds towards acquiring additional equipment and facilities ; with a view to constantly improving the quality of care for patients. Helping and supporting the excellent staff and all the visitors to the hospital and generally improving the experience for any and everyone attending the Uckfield Community Hospital.

Objects

THE OBJECTS OF THE CIO ARE, FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT:4.1 TO RELIEVE AND ASSIST PATIENTS AND FORMER PATIENTS OF UCKFIELD COMMUNITY HOSPITAL ("THE HOSPITAL") WHO ARE SICK, CONVALESCENT, DISABLED OR INFIRM AND TO SUPPORT VISITORS AND STAFF FOR THE BETTERMENT OF THE HOSPITAL AND ITS SERVICES;4.2 TO SUPPORT THE CHARITABLE WORK OF THE HOSPITAL PROVIDING EXTRA CARE AND COMFORT AS WELL AS ACCESSIBILITY TO THE HOSPITAL AND ITS SERVICES FOR PATIENTS, VISITORS AND STAFF; AND4.3 TO ADVANCE HEALTH AND RELIEVE ILLNESS AND DISABILITY BY PROVIDING OR ASSISTING IN THE PROVISION OF EQUIPMENT, FACILITIES AND SERVICES ANCILLARY TO THOSE PROVIDED BY THE HOSPITAL AND/OR OTHER HEALTHCARE PROVIDERS IN UCKFIELD.

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 holds unrestricted reserves of £3,920,639, which significantly exceed its stated policy of holding sufficient short-term reserves to cover current commitments. The charity reported a net decrease in funds of £47,587 for the year, primarily driven by investment losses, though it remains financially stable with substantial invested assets.

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 4 of 6 completeness components.

In its annual return the charity told the Commission it is also regulated by: Financial Conduct Authority. 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.

• 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
• Risk management
• Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
• Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
• Trustee expenses policy and procedures

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

Property (HM Land Registry)

1 registered title in England and Wales held by the charity’s company or corporate body (1 freehold). All charity-held property. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright, OGL v3.0.

Register events

• Received assets from another charity (16/08/2022) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.

Trustees · trustee networks

• Anne Elizabeth Siggs
• BERNARD HENRY FRANCIS TREW · trustee of 1 other charity
• Christopher Bendall
• Christopher Henry Macve · trustee of 1 other charity
• Dawn Anne Kathleen Berry
• JENNIFER SUSAN WATKINS
• Jenny Susan Mayhew
• Joy Marilyn Burchell
• Linda Kenward
• Louisa Mary Henderson
• Robert Clive De'Ath
• Sarah Gillian Boxall
• Susan Dillys Critchley
• TERESA O'HARA

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

Operates in: East Sussex

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