THE LEAGUE OF FRIENDS TO THE ROBERT JONES & AGNES HUNT ORTHOPAEDIC HOSPITAL

Registered charity 249346 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as THE LEAGUE OF FRIENDS OF THE ROBERT JONES AND AGNES HUNT ORTHOPAEDIC HOSPITAL

To raise funds for the hospital through its branch network.To further research,study,advances in treatment and improvement in care at the hospital.To help patients and former patients of the hospital.Provide support from its central office and provide a well run shop and coffee shop through a combination of paid and volunteer staff.

Objects

(1) TO RELIEVE PATIENTS AND FORMER RHEUMATOLOGY PATIENTS OF THE HOSPITAL WHO ARE SICK, CONVALESCENT, DISABLED, HANDICAPPED, INFIRM OR IN NEED OF ASSISTANCE;(2) TO FURTHER STUDY, RESEARCH AND ADVANCE TREATMENTS AND IMPROVEMENTS IN CARE AT THE HOSPITAL;(3) GENERALLY TO SUPPORT CHARITABLE WORK FOR THE HOSPITAL FOR THE PURPOSE OF ATTAINING AND CARRYING OUT THE ABOVE.

Area of benefit: OSWESTRY

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 · Grant history (this charity is a funder) · website · Get email alerts

Registered contact address: Shropshire, West Midlands, England (from the postcode on the register)

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The charity reported a net surplus of £28,109 for the year ended 31 December 2025, with total incoming resources of £1,098,941. Unrestricted reserves stood at £858,422, held primarily in short-term deposits to ensure liquidity for hospital requests. The accounts were audited with an unqualified opinion, and no material uncertainties regarding going concern were identified.

Automated summary of the FY2025 accounts; the evidenced findings below carry the verbatim passages.

What the accounts disclose

Accounts audited by D.R.E. & Co. (Audit) Limited. 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 policy and procedures
• 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
• Paying staff
• Safeguarding policy and procedures
• 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

From the charity’s annual return (Part A, self-declared)

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Source: this charity’s annual returns on the Charity Commission register.

Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — The League of Friends to The Robert Jones & Agnes Hunt Orthopaedic Hospital (matched by registered charity number).

Leadership, per the charity’s website

• Lieutenant Colonel Guy Chambers — Vice Chairman (source)
• Julia Morgan — Head of Operations (source)

Listed on the charity’s own website when we last crawled it; roles may have changed. Pay-band disclosures above are anonymous statutory disclosures and are not attributed to any named individual.

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Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/12/2025)

Reported reserves equal ~9.6 months of spending — above the median for charities its size (median 4.7 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, cost of raising funds: 52.4% of total income — above the 90th percentile for charities its size (median 5.3%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

• Peter Gareth Evan Davidchair · trustee of 1 other charity
• Celia Jenkins · trustee of 1 other charity
• ERICA MOSS · trustee of 1 other charity
• Eleanor Janet Greasley · trustee of 1 other charity
• Joanna Spencer-Jones
• Lt Col Guy Phillip Chambers
• MARGARET KERR · trustee of 1 other charity
• Rachel Ralison
• Rebecca Louise Warren
• Suzanne Dixon
• Veronica Lillis · trustee of 1 other charity
• William Lindsay RUTHERFORD · trustee of 1 other charity

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

Operates in: Denbighshire · Gwynedd · Powys · Shropshire · Telford & Wrekin · Wrexham

Income and spending

Common questions

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Side by side with its peers

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