LEAGUE OF FRIENDS OF STRATTON HOSPITAL

Registered charity 261031 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

THE OBJECTS OF THE LEAGUE SHALL BE TO ASSIST PATIENTS AND FORMER PATIENTS OF STRATTON HOSPITAL AND OTHER PEOPLE IN THE COMMUNITY, WHO ARE SICK, CONVALESCENT, DISABLED, HANDICAPPED, INFIRM OR IN NEED OF ASSISTANCE AND GENERALLY TO SUPPORT THE CHARITABLE WORK OF THE SAID HOSPITAL AND COMMUNITY HEALTHCARE SERVICES IN THE AREA SERVED BY THE HOSPITAL.

Objects

Area of benefit: STRATTON

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 · website · Get email alerts

Latest income

£55k

Latest spending

£25k

Registered

1970

Accounts read

FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that total funds increased to £656,494, with unrestricted reserves held at a level the trustees consider high compared to their policy target of one year's normal expenditure. The charity generated £55,148 in income against total payments of £25,010, resulting in a net surplus for the year.

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

What the accounts disclose

Reserves policy: one year’s normal expenditure (held: £656k)

“In normal circumstances the level of reserves considered by the trustees, to be reasonable is the equivalent of one year’s normal expenditure.” — page 5

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

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.

Complaints policy and procedures
Conflicting interests
Financial reserves policy and procedures
Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
Investing charity funds policy and procedures
Investment
Risk management
Safeguarding policy and procedures
Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
Trustee expenses policy and procedures

Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — League of Friends of Stratton Hospital (matched by registered charity number).

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

Trustees · trustee networks

SHIRLEY MERCHANTchair
Christine Roberts
Christine Simmons
David Parsons
Deborah Jory
Dr PETER HILLENBRAND
Dr Robert Waterhouse
FRANCIS JOHN WICKETT
Jeanie Faulkner
Julie Bakewell
Lorraine Corrigan-Turner
Mary Tilzey
Patricia Boundy
Tina Ely

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

Operates in: Cornwall

Income and spending

Financial year end	Income	Spending
31/12/2025	£55k	£25k
31/12/2024	£63k	£23k
31/12/2023	£34k	£38k
31/12/2022	£141k	£206k
31/12/2021	£49k	£32k

Common questions

Is LEAGUE OF FRIENDS OF STRATTON HOSPITAL financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that total funds increased to £656,494, with unrestricted reserves held at a level the trustees consider high compared to their policy target of one year's normal expenditure. The charity generated £55,148 in income against total payments of £25,010, resulting in a net surplus for the year. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.