LEAGUE OF FRIENDS OF THE MACCLESFIELD AND CONGLETON HOSPITALS

Registered charity 504373 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as LEAGUE OF FRIENDS OF THE MACCLESFIELD HOSPITALS

Provide relief to patients of the two local hospitals and other individuals in our local community who are sick,convalescent,disabled, handicapped infirm or in need of assistance and to support the work of the two hospitals by the making of grants to various departments or individuals. It works within the framework outlined in its constitution adopted in May 1975 and amended in January 2004.

Objects

"TO RELIEVE PATIENTS AND FORMER PATIENTS OF THE MACCLESFIELD AND CONGLETON HOSPITALS AND OTHER INVALIDS IN THE COMMUNITY WHO ARE SICK, CONVALESCENT DISABLED, HANDICAPPED, INFIRM OR IN NEED OF FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE AND GENERALLY TO SUPPORT THE CHARITABLE WORK OF THE SAID HOSPITALS"

Area of benefit: NOT DEFINED IN PRACTICE MACCLESFIELD AND CONGLETON 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 · website · Get email alerts

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity held unrestricted reserves of £40,565.64 at the end of the financial year, resulting in a net incoming resource surplus of £1,825.46. The trustees report that the charity shop's trading turnover achieved its set targets and that the organization remains conscious of inflationary pressures on costs. The independent examiner confirmed that no matters came to their attention requiring further explanation or drawing attention to 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 4 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
• 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

Funders the charity credits

Named as funders/supporters on the charity’s own website (the charity’s claim, distinct from accounts-verified grants).

• CVS Cheshire East — “We also receive valuable support from CVS Cheshire East to whom we subscribe whose vision is to enable strong empowered organisations that m…” (source page)

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

Trustees · trustee networks

• DENIS MURPHY · trustee of 3 other charities
• David Andrew Johnson
• Elizabeth Ann Dinah Flemington
• GRACE HEBB
• Geoffrey Neale Banner
• JEAN COLESBY
• JOAN MYATT
• John Geoffrey Baggott

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

Operates in: Cheshire East · Cheshire West & Chester

Income and spending

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