THE FRIENDS OF CROWBOROUGH HOSPITAL

Registered charity 231379 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

Raise funds for the benefit of Crowborough Hospital, its patients and staff; maintain a hospital shop, operate a Social Day Service at the Hospital Day Centre, and provide transport through 2 wheelchair accessible vehicles utilising volunteer drivers.

Objects

ANY CHARITABLE PURPOSE HAVING FOR ITS OBJECT THEWELFARE OF THE CROWBOROUGH HOSPITAL, THE PATIENTS THEREIN, OR THE MEDICAL OR NURSING OR DOMESTIC STAFF OF THE SAID HOSPITAL.

Area of benefit: CROWBOROUGH AND ELSEWHERE.

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 · website · Get email alerts

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that unrestricted funds decreased from £862,843 to £804,039 due to a net movement in funds of £58,804. The trustees confirm that reserves of £61,034 are held, which is below the stated policy target of maintaining sufficient funds to meet 6 months’ costs. The charity operates a defined contribution pension scheme and has 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 independently examined (not a full audit). Discloses 5 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 handling
• Complaints policy and procedures
• Conflicting interests
• 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 Friends of Crowborough Hospital (matched by registered charity number).

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

Register events

• Received assets from another charity (26/08/2026) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.

Trustees · trustee networks

• Alexa Maria Irving
• Alison Jane Green
• Anthony Martin Shaw
• Gary Bryan Norman
• Genevieve Gresset
• Gordon Douglas Stanley Phillips
• Kay Moss
• Linda Eileen Lane
• Mervyn Hathaway
• Noel George Moss

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

Operates in: East Sussex · Kent · West Sussex

Income and spending

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