LEAGUE OF FRIENDS OF SOUTH TYNESIDE HOSPITALS

Registered charity 232272 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as THE SOUTH SHIELDS HOSPITALS VOLUNTARY AIDS ASSOCIATION

The League's activities are personal service and fund raising. The League is responsible for the Hospital shop which opens each weekday from 10 am until 8pm and restricted hours at the weekend and public holidays. The profits from sales along with other moneys raised are used to purchase items for the benefit of the hospital and patients.

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Latest income
£39k
Latest spending
£50k
Registered
1964
Accounts read
FY2024

Financial health, per its FY2024 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported an operating deficit of £13,268 for the year ended 31 December 2024, a significant reversal from the £24,079 surplus in the prior year. Per the balance sheet, net assets decreased from £75,258 to £62,114, driven by administrative expenses of £52,194 which exceeded the gross surplus of £38,926. The filing notes that the company was entitled to exemption from statutory audit under the small companies regime.

Automated summary of the FY2024 accounts; the evidenced findings below carry the verbatim passages.

What the accounts disclose

Accounts independently examined (not a full audit). Discloses 3 of 6 completeness components.

Trustees · trustee networks

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

Operates in: South Tyneside

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/12/2024£39k£50k
31/12/2023£14k£9k
31/12/2022£67k£54k
31/12/2021£16k£13k
31/12/2020£20k£1k

Common questions

Is LEAGUE OF FRIENDS OF SOUTH TYNESIDE HOSPITALS financially healthy?

Per its FY2024 accounts: The accounts state that the charity reported an operating deficit of £13,268 for the year ended 31 December 2024, a significant reversal from the £24,079 surplus in the prior year. Per the balance sheet, net assets decreased from £75,258 to £62,114, driven by administrative expenses of £52,194 which exceeded the gross surplus of £38,926. The filing notes that the company was entitled to exemption from statutory audit under the small companies regime. Its FY2024 accounts were independently examined.

Government & lottery funding

Grants to this charity published as open data by government and lottery funders (360Giving).

FunderDateAmountPurpose
The National Lottery Community Fund17/06/2005£780Lap-top