THE LEAGUE OF FRIENDS OF BRIDGNORTH HOSPITAL

Registered charity 515567 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as THE LEAGUE OF FRIENDS OF THE BRIDGNORTH HOSPITALS

To raise money for fabric, equipment & patients of Bridgnorth Community Hospital and a Butterfly Cafe for memory loss sufferers, by running a volunteer led coffee shop and through events, such as coffee mornings, table top sales, grand draws and all the other usual fundraising activities.

Objects

2.1 THE CARE AND WELLBEING OF PATIENTS, FORMER PATIENTS, THEIR RELATIVES, CARERS AND STAFF WHO ARE IN OR ATTENDING BRIDGNORTH COMMUNITY HOSPITAL (?THE HOSPITAL?) 2.2 THE HOSPITAL?S WORK WITHIN THE COMMUNITY OF SOUTH EAST SHROPSHIRE LOCALITY AREA, SHROPSHIRE COMMUNITY HEALTH NHS TRUST (OR ITS EQUIVALENT OR LATER EQUIVALENT)2.3 THE WORK OF AND SERVICES PROVIDED BY ANY NHS TRUST (OR THEIR EQUIVALENT OR LATER EQUIVALENT) FROM THE HOSPITAL UNDER SERVICE LEVEL AGREEMENT WITH SHROPSHIRE COMMUNITY HEALTH NHS TRUST. 2.4 THE WORK AND SERVICES OF EXTERNAL HEALTHCARE ORGANISATIONS WHO SUPPORT THE HEALTH AND WELLBEING OF INDIVIDUALS WITHIN THE SOUTH EAST SHROPSHIRE LOCALITY AREA, SHROPSHIRE COMMUNITY HEALTH NHS TRUST, (OR ITS EQUIVALENT OR LATER EQUIVALENT) BY PROVIDING GRANTS OF FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE AS THE TRUSTEES SEE FIT.

Area of benefit: SEE OBJECT

The charity’s charitable objects and area of benefit, quoted from its governing document as held on the Charity Commission register.

Causes: General Charitable Purposes · The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives · Recreation · Get email alerts

Financial health, per its FY2024 accounts

The accounts state that bank balances are in good shape, supported by continued generous donations and benefactors. The charity maintains a reserves policy target of £70,000, which it aims to keep as sufficient to meet foreseeable funding obligations. Membership levels have remained static with difficulty in recruiting new members, though the charity continues to operate successfully through its coffee shop and other fundraising events.

Automated summary of the FY2024 accounts; the evidenced findings below carry the verbatim passages.

What the accounts disclose

Accounts independently examined (not a full audit). Discloses 3 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
• Financial reserves policy and procedures
• Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
• Internal risk management policy and procedures
• Risk management
• Safeguarding policy and procedures
• Social media policy and procedures
• Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
• Trustee expenses policy and procedures

Trustees · trustee networks

• Julia Davieschair
• Dianne Brown
• JEAN PRIOR
• JUNE MUXWORTHY
• Julie Palfrey
• MARGARET BRAY
• Margaret Hazel Andrews
• Paula Tristham
• Philip Palfrey
• Rita Spence
• SARAH GWENDOLYN MORFORD
• Sue Burrows
• Verena Swinnerton
• Yvonne Atkins

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

Operates in: Shropshire

Income and spending

Common questions

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• LEAGUE OF FRIENDS OF WESTON GENERAL HOSPITAL income £254k
• THE LEAGUE OF FRIENDS OF TEDDINGTON MEMORIAL HOSPITAL income £2.0m
• THE LEAGUE OF FRIENDS OF HORSHAM HOSPITAL income £165k
• THE LEAGUE OF WORTHING HOSPITALS AND COMMUNITY FRIENDS income £764k

Side by side with its peers

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