THE FREE HOSPITAL FUND FOR CHILDREN

Registered charity 205115 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

Grants to buy shoes and clothes for children, who are sick or from families who have health problems

Objects

FOR THE BENEFIT OF SICK AND SUFFERING CHILDREN OF THE POOR.

Area of benefit: GLOUCESTER

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 reported a deficit of £29,461.40 for the year ended March 31, 2025, driven by increased block commissioning grants. Per the trustees' report, the charity maintains unrestricted reserves of £957,728.49, primarily held in investments valued at £904,704.97, which provides a significant buffer against the annual operating deficit.

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.

• 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
• Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures

Trustees · trustee networks

• Reuben Stanleychair
• DEBORAH CLARE FENTON
• Dr Graham Cole
• Heather Julie Sutcliffe
• James David Gambier Fenton
• Ruth Hilary Woodliffe

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

Operates in: Gloucestershire

Income and spending

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