THE BOGNOR REGIS FRIENDS OF THE HOSPITALS

Registered charity 252215 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as FRIENDS OF BOGNOR HOSPITAL, THE FRIENDS OF THE BOGNOR REGIS AND ALDINGBOURNE HOSPITALS

To provide patients in the Bognor Regis War Memorial Hospital with comforts and amenities including facilities, buildings & equipment not normally available through the NHS & in certain circumstances to subscribe towards specialised equipment located or to be located at other hospitals which also serve our community.

Objects

(A) TO RELIEVE PATIENTS OF THE HOSPITAL BY PROVIDING COMFORTS AND AMENITIES FOR THEM AND FACILITIES, BUILDINGS AND EQUIPMENT AT THE HOSPITAL THAT CANNOT BE MET THROUGH THE NATIONAL HEALTH SERVICE (B) THE RELIEF OF SICKNESS IN THE COMMUNITY GENERALLY BY SUBSCRIBING AT THE DISCRETION OF THE COMMITTEE TOWARDS SPECIALISED EQUIPMENT LOCATED AT OTHER HOSPITALS BUT WHICH WILL SERVE THE COMMUNITY.

Area of benefit: BOGNOR REGIS, ALDINGBOURNE CHICHESTER AND DISTRICT

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 the charity incurred a net expenditure of £36,807 for the year, reducing its unrestricted funds from £888,446 to £851,639. The trustees maintain a reserves policy target of a minimum of £100,000, which the current unrestricted reserves of £851,639 significantly exceed. The charity relies heavily on investment income and donations, noting that legacy income has tailed off.

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.

• Financial reserves policy and procedures
• Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
• Internal risk management policy and procedures
• Safeguarding 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 Bognor Regis Friends of the Hospitals (matched by registered charity number).

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

Trustees · trustee networks

• Andrew Vincent
• BRIAN DOUGLAS KNIGHT MBE
• DR NICK ROWSE
• Jacqueline Frances Harsley
• June Lawrence
• LYNDA JENNIFER BUNKER
• Lisa Sampson
• MAUREEN ANN MOORE
• MR CHARLIE BUNKER
• MRS DEBBY BEACH
• Megan Attfield
• RUSSELL BEACH
• Stephen Sampson

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

Operates in: West Sussex

Income and spending

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