LEAGUE OF FRIENDS OF THE SOUTH HAMS HOSPITAL

Registered charity 265721 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

Relieve of patients and former patients of the Hospital and other invalids in the commmunity

Objects

TO RELIEVE PATIENTS AND FORMER PATIENTS OF THE SOUTH HAMS HOSPITAL WHO ARE SICK, CONVALESCENT, DISABLED, HANDICAPPED, INFIRM OR IN NEED OF FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE AND GENERALLY TO SUPPORT THE CHARITABLE WORK OF THE SAID HOSPITAL.

Area of benefit: NOT DEFINED

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

Registered contact address: South Hams, South West, England (from the postcode on the register)

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported a net expenditure of £5,391 for the year, resulting in a decrease in total unrestricted funds from £1,651,254 to £1,725,443. Per the trustees' report, the charity maintains significant liquid assets, including over £540,000 in cash and £1.18 million in investments, while noting that large donations are generally retained for future hospital projects. The independent examiner confirmed that no material matters came to their attention that would cause concern regarding the accounts.

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
• Investing charity funds policy and procedures
• Investment
• Risk management
• Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures

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.

Property (HM Land Registry)

1 registered title in England and Wales held by the charity’s company or corporate body (1 freehold). All charity-held property. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright, OGL v3.0.

Trustees · trustee networks

• Dr Philip Mark Hugheschair
• JOANNE LAPTHORN
• Lesley Anne Paschalides
• Lionel Frederick Green
• Michael Kenneth Court · trustee of 1 other charity
• RON GINGELL
• Rachel Murray

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

Operates in: Devon

Income and spending

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Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with THE LEAGUE OF FRIENDS OF SOUTHLANDS HOSPITAL SHOREHAM-BY-SEA.

• THE LEAGUE OF FRIENDS OF SOUTHLANDS HOSPITAL SHOREHAM-BY-SEA income £82k
• LEAGUE OF FRIENDS OF UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL SOUTHAMPTON NHS FOUNDATION TRUST income £335k
• THE LEAGUE OF FRIENDS OF AXMINSTER HOSPITAL income £27k
• THE LEAGUE OF FRIENDS OF ROMSEY HOSPITAL income £61k
• THE LEAGUE OF FRIENDS OF STROUD HOSPITALS AND RELATED HEALTH PROVISION income £79k
• THE LEAGUE OF FRIENDS OF WARRINGTON HOSPITALS income £9k

Side by side with its peers

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