THE LEAGUE OF FRIENDS OF THE MAIDSTONE HOSPITAL

Registered charity 1168474 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

To provide voluntary services to, and purchase equipment for Maidstone Hospital

Objects

THE OBJECT OF THE LEAGUE SHALL BE TO RELIEVE PATIENT’S AND FORMER PATIENTS OF THE MAIDSTONE HOSPITAL WHO ARE SICK, CONVALESCENT, DISABLED, HANDICAPPED, INFIRM OR IN NEED OF FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE AND, GENERALLY, TO SUPPORT THE CHARITABLE WORK OF THE SAID HOSPITAL.

The charity’s charitable objects and area of benefit, quoted from its governing document as held on the Charity Commission register.

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Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity generated a net surplus of £167,254 from charitable activities, resulting in unrestricted reserves of £662,745. The trustees report that the level of reserves is sufficient to meet contracted capital purchases plus £50,000, and the charity is operating with a healthy cash balance. There are no disclosed material uncertainties or risks to 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 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
• 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
• Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
• Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
• Trustee expenses policy and procedures

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

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 30/04/2025)

Reported reserves equal ~15.5 months of spending — in the top quarter for charities its size (median 5.2 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Other trading activities (95% of income) — components as reported reconcile to the return’s total income; not from the accounts narrative.

Per its annual return, cost of raising funds: 70.5% of total income — above the 90th percentile for charities its size (median 4.9%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

• Gareth David Price Owen · trustee of 1 other charity
• John Robert White · trustee of 1 other charity
• Susan Maureen Sullivan
• Susan Patricia Chapman

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

Operates in: Kent

Income and spending

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