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AIREDALE HOSPITAL & COMMUNITY CHARITY

Airedale NHS Foundation Trust

Annuol report summary 2022-23

Contents

• 4 A message from our chair

• 5 A message from our charity manager

• 6 What a wonderful year!

• 10 All about us

• 12 Our team

• 13 Year overview

• 14 Making Airedale AOK 15 Looking after our colleagues

• 16 Team Airedale

• 18 Young Airedale

• 22 Look what we achieved together

• 24 How we showed our love for Airedale

• 26 Looking forward together

• 28 Thank you

• 30 A closer look

Annual report summary 2022–23

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A message from Rhys Davies

Chair of the Charitable Funds Committee

Airedale Hospital and Community Charity has been around in one form or another for almost 30 years. We relaunched the Charity just over three years ago and since then it has gone from strength to strength. We created a new strategy and a new team to deliver it. Feedback shows this is going really well.

Reflecting that our Charity has seen many changes, it is still here to lend a helping hand to the Airedale community when they need it most. With that in mind and the incredible anniversary in 2023 marking 75 years of our wonderful NHS it has made me ponder how the Charity continues to go from strength to strength? What has made it become a well-known and trusted charity over the past three years? The answer I keep coming back to is you, our Airedale community.

Since relaunching, AHCC has been supported by hundreds, if not thousands of patients, families, schools and businesses who, like us, love Airedale and the part that the Trust plays in their lives. The stories, the faces and the support you have shown are key to our Charity, putting the Airedale community at the heart of everything we do.

Late last year we were proud to hold the official opening of our newly refurbished Haematology & Oncology Day Unit. The refurbishment, which cost around £175k to complete, has made an

incredible difference to the patients and staff who use it. I was delighted to speak to previous patients at the event who told me about the impact this work will have for patients in the future. New chairs will make it comfortable for patients to sit for long periods of time whilst receiving treatment and there is even an interactive fish tank to give a focal point and distraction. I would like to say a huge thank you to the team for seeing this project through and to Davric Construction who undertook the work on our behalf. A big thank you should also go to the supporters; without their generosity this project would not have happened.

One of my highlights of the past year was taking part in our first ever winter wellbeing grants. One of our core objectives is to support our colleagues and their wellbeing. Our grant scheme encouraged staff to apply for items that would make a real difference to their team’s wellbeing, tangible items that will make things better. We had an overwhelming response, funding items and projects worth over £15k and benefitting a huge proportion of our employees. It was heart-warming to hear how AHCC had the power to impact the daily working lives of so many people, which in turn has an impact on the patients they care for. We hope that in the coming years this grant programme will go from strength to strength.

The Charity has always been in a great position to make a real difference and with the announcement that Airedale is on the government's new hospital programme part of our future focus will be on how the Charity can support that. We will be sure to keep you updated with our strategy and plans.

On behalf of the Charity and the Trust please accept my wholehearted thanks for your kindness and help.

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A message from Jodie Hearnshaw Charity Manager

Wow, what a year! We say this in every annual report, almost certain that things will never top it. Yet, here we are again saying it’s been our best year yet. We can only imagine what next year will bring!

Throughout each year since our relaunch in 2020 we have been astounded, humbled and at times rendered speechless by the stories we hear, the people we see and the money being raised to support our organisation. People raising money in memory of the loved ones they have lost, people saying thank you, taking part in weird and wonderful challenges and of course our young ones stepping up at school to take part in competitions and awareness days.

Wherever you fit into the above, if you are a bystander watching our journey from afar, a regular donor or you are planning your future support please know that we see you and together we are saying a huge thank you.

It is the first time you have heard from me personally in one of our annual reports so I wanted to take the opportunity to introduce myself properly. I have worked at Airedale for over 20 years in various roles and am extremely proud to now lead the AHCC team. Following the relaunch, the team started out with just me and a vision and goal to help the Airedale community. As a local resident and someone who cares for Airedale deeply I was determined that our community and our wonderful people should be at the heart of every little thing we do at AHCC. Working with you, for you.

Little could I have imagined the incredible growth that we have seen in such a short space of time. This year, with the help of NHS Charities Together, we welcomed our third team member, Laura, who has taken on the role of community fundraiser. She is the one you will see when you see our famous pink and orange branding popping up in your local supermarket or at

community events. Please make sure you say hello when you see her out and about.

Over the last few years we have raised more money than ever before but we’ve also spent more, investing in more projects, more equipment and better facilities which has ultimately helped even more people. This year, for the first time since our relaunch we have been able to give back nearly half a million pounds to Airedale NHS Foundation Trust. This is an incredible amount of money and it is because of you all.

It's true to say that there is still a lot more to come. Like everyone, we are super excited to be getting a brand new home in the not too distant future. This news might have left you wondering why we need to carry on raising funds and what the purpose of our Charity will be once we have our new hospital. Simply put, we keep going. We don’t stop. Our mission to enhance patient care and employee wellbeing at Airedale NHS Foundation Trust will continue for as long as there is a need.

As a team we remain committed to supporting our local community and the staff that care for them when they need it most. We will continue to provide the added extras, the nice-to-have items that are over and above NHS provision because these are the little things that make a huge difference.

Our next mission, and one we are already planning, will be supporting Airedale to make the new hospital the best it can possibly be as well as continuing to support the amazing projects and colleagues we work with across our organisation every single day.

Thank you to each and every person that has helped us this year: no matter how big or small your help makes it all worthwhile. I hope you enjoy reading about our year.

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What a Wonderful year!

We had a little help in April when we were invited to visit Keighley Cougars for their first home game of the season. Local scouts from Oakworth had a fabulous time helping with the bucket collection to raise funds for their local hospital.

April also saw the Airedale chaplaincy team came together to raise over £100 for the critical care appeal during Ramadan celebrations.

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Airedale teams once again took to the water to take part in the Skipton Rotary Dragon Boat race. Teams from Airedale’s outpatients department and the Covid vaccination centre rowed their socks off to raise money for their colleagues’ and patients’ wellbeing.

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It was power tools at the ready in June when work started on our biggest project to date: the refurbishment of our haematology & oncology day unit.

The first of our two ChargeBoxes arrived onsite ready to keep our patients and visitors charged up and in touch with their loved ones.

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On your marks, get set, go! Runners sprinted to action in the Leeds 10k including Airedale team member Tom and his partner Jenni who did an amazing job representing AHCC.

The nation raised their teacups to celebrate the anniversary of our wonderful NHS in July. People across the length and breadth of the Airedale community held bake sales and tea parties.

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The sun was shining for a wonderful day at Malham Show. Set against a stunning back drop the team were able to chat to local residents, visitors and exhibitors as well as showcasing some of our projects and work.

Regular supporters, Sutton Cricket Club, held their annual cricket match raising an incredible £500 for the children’s unit at Airedale.

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Gerry and Tony from Airedale’s own IT team set off on another long walk to raise money AHCC. Walking the 29 miles from Leeds to Skipton this was their biggest challenge yet. Together they raised nearly £500 and are already planning the next one!

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Funding from Arnold Clark meant we were able to take our paediatric diabetes patients on their annual activity day again in 2022. The day was the second of its kind funded by AHCC. More than 20 children attended along with their parents and members of the paediatric diabetes team at Airedale. The group took part in lots of physical activities at High Adventure Outdoor Centre, showing that their condition does not stop them from doing the things others do. Read more about this further on!

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We worked with friends in November at our first winter market at Airedale, hosted in collaboration with the Friends of Airedale. The event saw nearly 40 local businesses showcasing their products and a visit by the rock choir singing some of their favourite hits. The event raised over £1,000 and will return in 2023.

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Airedale’s Nightingales Day Nursery led the way for fundraising at Christmas with their fabulous Fayre. Supported by the children, their parents, staff and other family members the day raised nearly £700.

AHCCs Christmas Gift Appeal took off again this year. Supported from every corner of our local community, every patient in hospital on Christmas day was able to unwrap a gift. Gifts came from local schools, members of staff and local residents.

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We kicked off January welcoming a new partnership with Ben Rhydding Golf Club. Andy Williams chose AHCC as his charity during his captaincy in 2023. Andy said:

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To celebrate the month of love we launched our ‘show your love for Airedale’ campaign. The campaign on our social media encouraged people to spread their love across the Airedale community, including supporting causes close to their hearts.

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As well as taking our Airedale AOK campaign to the road for World Book Day we surprised colleagues in March with a random acts of kindness afternoon. Our team delivered treats in secret, leaving them on desks, by doors and in staff rooms, all to give our colleagues a boost.

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About us

Airedale Hospital & Community Charity is the official charity of Airedale NHS Foundation Trust. We support the staff, patients and communities of Airedale across 700 square miles of West and North Yorkshire and East Lancashire.

What we do

We want everyone who needs our services to receive the best possible care and support. Our mission is to support Airedale NHS Foundation Trust to enhance patient care and employee wellbeing.

The funds and support we give enable our colleagues to go above and beyond what would otherwise be possible.

Thanks to the generosity of our supporters, we are able to support and invest in areas in line with the strategy of Airedale NHS Foundation Trust. We do this by supporting our people, putting the patient in the centre of everything we do, embracing and encouraging progression, actively seeking out and advocating partnership and collaboration and caring for the needs of our local population.

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Our vision, mission, values and strategy

Introduction

Airedale Hospital & Community Charity is the dedicated charity of Airedale NHS Foundation Trust (ANHSFT). We support the staff, patients and communities of Airedale across 700 square miles of West and North Yorkshire and East Lancashire. We want everyone who uses ANHSFT services to receive the best possible care and support.

Our Charity was formed in 1995, originally known as Airedale NHS Trust Charitable Funds.

In 2020 we rebranded and became known as Airedale Hospital & Community Charity to ensure we reflected all of the services our Trust provides, and our mission and values both for now and into the future.

Our vision is to contribute to ensuring that everyone who needs ANHSFT’s services or who is employed by ANHSFT receives the best possible care and support.

Our mission is to support ANHSFT to enhance patient care and employee wellbeing by raising awareness, proactively generating funds and supporting others.

Our values

We promise:

We will always put you first.

We will always respect your confidentiality and your right to privacy.

We will never put you under any pressure and always respect your choice.

We will always work in a timely, effective and cost-efficient way.

• We will always use gifts wisely. We respect our position as custodians of supporters’ donations.

• Even though we don’t know what the future might hold we will always do our best to uphold any wishes you have about the use of a gift or donation.

To achieve this, we have four strategic objectives:

To empower and assist Airedale NHS Foundation Trust to be an anchor organisation within the community.

• To promote understanding of and increase charitable giving to Airedale Hospital & Community Charity and demonstrate the difference this makes.

• To champion, influence and invest in areas across ANHSFT in line with the Trust’s 5 Ps strategy. This will include providing support for our colleagues and people ; putting our patients and population at the heart of everything we do; working together in partnership ; and always moving forward and progressing .

To be an efficient, responsive, financially sound, sustainable, and well-governed organisation, that leads by example. We will actively promote and champion equality, diversity and inclusion, and invest in and care for our staff.

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Our team

Jodie Hearnshaw Charity Manager

Sarah Medus Charity Accountant

Laura Hepworth Community Fundraiser

Lucy Williams Communications & Charity Assistant

Our committee

Year ending 31 March 2023

Rhys Davies Chair & Non-Executive Director

David Crampsey Medical Director & Deputy Chief Executive

Leanne Cooper

Joanne Harrison Director of People & OD

Andrew Gold Chair of Airedale NHS Foundation Trust

Andrew Dumbleton Non-Executive Director

Fiona Barr

Annie McCluskey Divisional Director of Nursing for Women’s & Children’s and Corporate Services

Post vacant Public Governor

Elizabeth Stoppard Consultant in Elderly Medicine

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Year overview

£309,000

Donations £83,000 Legacies £12,000 Grants £97,000 Gifts in kind £0 Other £90,000 Dividends £27,000

£429,000

Patient welfare £89,000 £44,000 £20,000 Medical & IT equipment £8,000 Ward environment £268,000 Gifts in Kind (distributed) £0

Donations Other Legacies Dividends Grants Gifts in kind

Patient welfare Medical & IT equipment Ward environment Gifts in Kind (distributed)

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Making

AOK wellbeing grants

AHCC’s first ever AOK winter wellbeing grants were launched in 2022. Staff members from across Airedale including our community teams and other sites were invited to apply to the Charity for help funding items that would make a difference to their teams across the long winter months.

Applications included a huge variety of items such as plants, radios, travel mugs and comfy chairs to name just a few. The applications were presented to our ‘kindness krew’ who considered the benefits and impact each application would make to our colleagues.

In total over £15k was provided in grants to support the staff across Airedale NHS Foundation Trust.

World Book Day

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World Book Day is one of AHCC’s favourite days of the year. As an opportunity to give back, the team took to the road once again to surprise five local schools.

This year colleagues at Airedale NHS Foundation Trust nominated –

All Saints Primary School in Ilkley

Bradley Both CP School Stanbury Village School East Morton Village School

St Michael’s Primary School in Foulridge

Our team were welcomed into school assemblies, breakfast clubs and classrooms and loved giving a selection of health and wellbeing books to each school as a surprise.

We love World Book Day and with this project our team get to highlight the importance of reading and creativity as well as how showing kindness is important.

The visits also provide us with an opportunity to represent Airedale within the wider community, enabling our younger population to view Airedale as an anchor organisation within our patch.

AHCC continued to run the Staff Lottery for employees of ANHSFT throughout the year. Every month players have the chance to win a share of prizes taken from 50% of the monthly lottery takings. Winnings are split into five prizes of different sizes with extra prizes added to celebrate special occasions such as Queen Elizabeth’s Platinum Jubilee.

The rest of the money raised each month is added to AHCC’s People Health & Wellbeing fund to support the health and wellbeing of our colleagues.

Throughout 2022/23 over £10,000 has been

raised by members of the lottery and invested into wellbeing projects for our wonderful colleagues.

Looking after our colleagues

Our People Health & Wellbeing fund has been full of action this year with lots of wellbeing initiatives supported across the organisation. We were proud to be able to support colleagues in a variety of ways:

• outdoor seating including wheelchair accessible picnic benches and covered pods

• annual Christmas lunches for staff

• AOK winter wellbeing grants

• support for the Airedale staff inclusion networks

• appliances such as fridges and microwaves

• furniture for staff rest areas

• supporting refreshments for wellbeing during extreme temperatures

• desk calendars

This year the AHCC team were delighted to be able to join the Trust’s corporate induction programme to talk to colleagues about the Charity’s support for their health and wellbeing from the very beginning of their Airedale journey.

Each month, new starters receive a warm welcome and a gift from the AHCC team. To keep them healthy and hydrated whilst at work colleagues are given their very own AHCC water bottle.

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Team Airedale

Each year members of the Airedale community dedicate their time to help raise money for the Airedale community. Here are just a few of the incredible stories we have heard over the past year…

James Bush, from Ilkley, raised a staggering £30,000 for the Haematology and Oncology Day Unit (HODU) at Airedale Hospital, in memory of his father George Bush. On Friday 8 July, James held a clay pigeon shooting event at Denton Hall in Ilkley. 250 people from across the country attended the event and 31 teams competed in the clay pigeon shoot.

“The initial idea was to raise funds for HODU to generate enough money to provide chairs and equipment to improve the time that patients and their companions spent on the unit. This was all as a result of my father, George, receiving treatment on the unit for the best part of five years. The staff really made the treatment sessions more bearable, particularly with their light-hearted approach and demeanour: something that my father always commented on. I still can’t believe the support we received for the event and would like to thank everyone involved, including those who took part and competed, those who donated and supported us at distance, as well as volunteers, and family and friends that helped me deliver the most fantastic day.”

Once James and his family learned that HODU was having a complete refit, their goal was to try and raise 10% of the refit cost, which would have been about £17.5k. This goal was well and truly surpassed. Thank you, James, and everyone involved in such an incredible achievement.

After Nicola’s friend and colleague was diagnosed with terminal cancer. Nicola felt completely hopeless and so decided to do something for charity. Nicola decided to shave her head along with wild swimming every day in April when the water temperature was between just 8 and 15 degrees.

After her friend’s experience they decided to support AHCC’s HODU - fund and in August 2022 Nicola presented a cheque totalling over an amazing £4,700.

We are delighted to say that Nicola’s support hasn’t ended with many more events and gatherings taking place. Thank you for your unwavering support Nicola and friends.

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“I had lots of support
from family, friends
and colleagues and
couldn’t have done it
without them; some
even got in the river with me!”
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Asam raised an incredible £3,989 for ward 5 by undertaking an Everest Triathlon Challenge. Asam received treatment on the ward following a long stay on the Intensive Care Unit (ICU) and diagnosis of Guillain-Barré syndrome. Asam was admitted to Airedale Hospital on 5 February 2022 and spent over five months on ICU. His condition slowly improved and eventually he was stable enough to breathe for himself. With help he regained ability to swallow and use his voice and moved to ward 5 where he began his rehabilitation journey.

Asam begun his Everest Triathlon Challenge on 17 October, and it was supposed to last for a month however he managed to complete it in just over two weeks. The challenge was to wheel his wheelchair, walk in the hydrotherapy pool, and cycle in his wheelchair with specialist pedals, travelling the equivalent distance from Mount Everest Base Camp to its summit (approximately 20.5km).

Katie & Matt held a sold-out family friendly bonfire in November. Over 400 people attended the event at their farm with over £800 raised for AHCCs Neonatal Unit fund. The couple chose to fundraise for the unit as their baby, Bonnie, was cared for on the unit when she was born in May 2022.

Several local companies sponsored the event, helping to make it so successful.

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Young Airedale

Archie, Erin and Holly along with Archie’s mum Lucie baked up a storm in Ilkley to raise money for the AHCC Emergency Department Appeal. This terrific team held a cake sale in the town and raised an amazing £950.

12-year-old William walked the Yorkshire Three Peaks in March to raise funds for Airedale Hospital and Community Charity. He raised a brilliant £923 specifically for Airedale’s neonatal unit. William completed the challenge in less than 10 hours and was joined by his dad, and his siblings and mum for stretches of the walk. He decided to fundraise for the unit because his brother, Thomas, spent a month on the neonatal unit at Airedale when he was born 7 weeks premature in 2019.

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A group of NCS Changemakers aged 16 and 17 from Craven College and Settle College walked 8km around Skipton and raised £170 to buy a robotic companion cat for ward 10 at Airedale. The group wanted to do this to support elderly patients at Airedale hospital as they have elderly family members who have been cared for at Airedale.

Every year children from Cononley Primary School donate gifts for elderly patients who will be spending the festive period in hospital. This year six children went to Airedale Hospital to deliver the presents and were greeted by members of the hospital’s nursing team.

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How we care for our young ones

Annual Paediatric Diabetes Activity Day

One way we showed our love for our young community this year is through our annual paediatric diabetes day. In 2022 the event was funded through a grant AHCC received from the Arnold Clark Foundation. More than 20 children attended the event at High Adventure Outdoor Education Centre with their parents, along with clinicians from the hospital’s paediatric diabetes team.

The aim of the paediatric diabetes group is to support the children to realise that their condition should not set them apart from others and should not stop them from doing things that other children without the condition do. This is why the group includes sports and physical activities within its offer.

Funded by AHCC a group of patients who were due to start secondary school spent the afternoon bowling and sharing experiences. The event offered the opportunity for great peer to peer support at a memorable time in their lives. A great time was had by all.

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AccuVein

With the help of Skipton Rotary Club we were delighted to fund a second AccuVein device for our Paediatric teams.

AccuVeins are small devices that are used to easily find veins in children who need a blood test or similar procedure. The vein viewer shines a bright green light and makes the veins stand out, helping clinicians to accurately find veins that are otherwise difficult to see. This new technology makes procedures much easier for both patients and clinicians.

This is the second device of its kind funded by AHCC, meaning more children can benefit as well as saving nursing time when trying to locate the equipment.

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Lothersdale Agriculture Discussion Group’s annual tractor run was back in 2022 and bigger than ever!

This year over 150 decorated tractors, Land Rovers and even a harvester set off on from Laycock making their way through Keighley and various towns where the Rudolph Run ended at Craven Cattle Market in Skipton. There were laps around Airedale and Skipton High Street too.

Hundreds of spectators lined the route and donations flooded in for the chosen causes. In total the group proudly donated over £7,700 to both AHCC and Manorlands.

We joined forces with the Co-op from October 2022. As a chosen charity for the Co-op community fund we are proud that members have chosen to support our efforts to fund furniture, equipment and plants to help us to continue to improve both indoor and outdoor wellbeing spaces for our patients, families, staff and the local community.

Sovereign Healthcare generously made their annual donation of £8,000 for equipment and training purposes across Airedale NHS Foundation Trust. As well as donating funds, representatives from Sovereign Healthcare donated lots of play items and toys for our children’s services to enjoy at Christmas.

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Yorkshire Building Society supported our Intensive Care for Airedale appeal by generously donating a grant of £1,500 to purchase sensory lights for each bed on the intensive care unit. The lights help to maintain normal day and night sleep patterns, improve delirium and have the potential to decrease a patient’s length of stay on ICU.

Goat’s Head pub, Steeton

The Goat’s Head pub in Steeton raised £1,500 for Airedale Hospital and Community Charity by running their Goatbury music festival. The funds were raised for Airedale Hospital’s Neonatal Unit. 17 acts performed throughout the day and raised an incredible amount of money.

“Goatbury 2022 was a huge success. It was a brilliant effort from everyone especially the fabulous team from the Goat’s Head who opened their hearts and gave us the stage.” Mike

With the help of their staff and customers M&S Ilkley raised nearly £1500 in 2022 for AHCC’s HODU fund. They were inspired to choose this special cause after their former colleague received great care and support during her time of need. By positioning collection tins at the end of till points customers have been donating any spare change they might have left over from their shopping. We are honoured that M&S Ilkley have decided to continue their support into the next year, helping us raise funds for the Haematology & Oncology Day Unit.

John & Jodie Driver along with the team at the New Quarry House in Cross Roads organised Quarry Fest as a way to say thank you to the neonatal team who looked after their daughter Layney-Mae when she was born nine weeks premature. The family team raised over an amazing £3,000 for the unit and are already looking forward to next year’s event!

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our love for Airedale

Here are just a few of the ways we gave back to Airedale NHS Foundation Trust this year.

HODU

One of our biggest achievements of the year was the incredible refurbishment of the Haematology & Oncology Day Unit (HODU). The £175k refurbishment saw huge changes including an additional treatment room, upgraded technology in all areas, and 12 pressure-relieving treatment chairs which ensure maximum comfort for patients receiving chemotherapy.

The rooms have all been decorated with a calm and bright feel to create the best possible environment for those having treatment as well as wall graphics and local images featuring in all areas. Patients were key in deciding what the new unit would look like including the colour

schemes, style of furniture and mural choices. The refurbishment was made possible by the donations received from the local community and a donation from The Friends of Airedale charity.

The new unit has been open to patients since October and was officially opened at a celebration event on Friday 4 November organised by Airedale Hospital & Community Charity. Donors and their families, staff and executives from the Trust, and other members of the local community were invited to attend. Yorkshire CCC cricketer George Hill, who was born at Airedale Hospital, cut the ribbon at the event.

Outpatient quiet room

We were excited to unveil a £13,500 refurbishment to transform a clinic room in our outpatients department into a comfortable, quiet room for patients to use after receiving a diagnosis of cancer or another life-changing condition.

It gives patients the opportunity to speak with a nurse specialist away from the clinic room. People can sit and reflect and ask any questions they have while in a comfortable and relaxed setting.

As well as funding the decoration of the room we provided new blinds, comfortable chairs and sofas as well as refreshment facilities. These little touches make a huge difference to our patients and their families when they need it most.

The room is already having an impact on patients. Most cancer diagnoses are given in outpatient clinics so having this space away from clinical areas to sit and digest new information allows people to reflect and ask any questions before they leave the department. Sometimes people forget to ask important questions immediately after receiving news, so having this separate, calm space enables people to ask for the information that they need.

A huge thank you goes out to the outpatient team who raised funds for the project.

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ChargeBoxes

Support at the end of lives

Throughout the year we have worked with the Trust’s palliative care team on several projects for patients receiving end of life care and their families.

We have seen some incredible results from the ChargeBoxes that we proudly funded through a grant from NHS Charities Together.

Donations have enabled us to fund recliner chair beds so that families can stay at their loved one’s bedside. Toiletry bags filled with essentials have made a real difference as well as bereavement boxes filled with items to support children going through the loss of a parent.

The units provide 30 minutes of free, fast charging for all mobile devices and can be used by patients, visitors, and staff at Airedale Hospital. One box has been installed in the hospital’s main entrance, which is a central location for the wards, and the other is located in the Emergency Department (ED) where people may spend lengthy amounts of time waiting. The charity team worked with the Trust’s estates team, AGH Solutions, on the project. The charging units provide fast charging and are easy for people to use: you simply open an available locker, plug your device into the correct charging cable, lock the door, and leave your device to charge for 30 minutes.

We also supported the team to roll out a scheme across every ward at Airedale to support the needs of families of patients coming to the end of their lives. Comfort trolleys are a simple idea that are making a huge impact. Each trolley is equipped with hot drink making facilities, a radio/CD player, flowers, snacks, hygiene items, candles and much more. The trolleys are wheeled into the patient’s room meaning family members can stay close whilst caring for their own needs at

We recognised the need to keep patients, visitors, and staff connected with loved ones. Unplanned visits to the ED are stressful, so being able to keep phones charged really helps to alleviate the anxiety caused by low batteries. Our aim was to improve experiences for patients and help people stay connected with family and friends in a time of need.

This simple idea has brought comfort and support to hundreds of people that have used the facilities.

The charging stations make such a difference to people who are at the hospital for longer than planned, or who left home in a rush without a charged phone. In the first few days that the ChargeBox in the Emergency Department was up and running, it was used over 100 times which immediately showed us that it is making an impact on people coming to the ED. This initiative is also raising morale within our workforce as Airedale colleagues who need to charge their devices while they’re working can now do so safely and securely. The most recent statistics show that in the first year of the ChargeBoxes being in place they were used over 15,000 times. An incredible asset for the Airedale community.

Nichola Tullett, who leads the Palliative Care team at Airedale explains, “Understandably, families want to spend as much time as they can with their loved ones towards the end of their lives, and it is really important that they feel they are able to do so. We want to do everything possible to support families at this very emotional time and the comfort trolleys allow staff to not only support their emotional needs, but their physical needs as well.”

Wall graphics

Did you know that we have over a mile of corridors at Airedale? We were proud to be able to brighten up the corridors of Airedale during the year. Pictures of colleagues, fundraisers, our equipment and technology and of course our beautiful surroundings line the wall for all to see.

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Looking forward together

Thanks to you we have been able to show our love for Airedale again this year. With your help our future is exciting.

Some of the key areas of focus for our Charity next year:

Anchor in the community

Our Charity continues to strive to be at the very heart of the Airedale community.

We will continue to fly the Airedale flag and use our position as ambassadors for the benefit of our local community. We will champion Airedale and celebrate its success.

Working with you

Our work with our local community will continue to grow with partnership opportunities and collaboration of all shapes and sizes including corporate and school partnerships. We will also continue to invest in young members of the Airedale community, helping them to grow and flourish.

Working with you, for you, will forever be at the heart of everything we do, making sure that our staff and patients help us make the biggest impact.

Airedale AOK

Our Airedale AOK (Acts of Kindness) will carry on encouraging others to show thanks, grow and educate our younger generation. Kindness will be at the centre of everything we do and we will continue to inspire people to be kind to themselves and others.

Investing in Airedale

Airedale Hospital & Community Charity exists to support our local community of over 200,000 and the staff that care for them when they need it most. With your unwavering help AHCC will continue to raise funds and invest in our patients, staff and local community as set out in our objectives.

Our next mission, and one we are already planning, will be supporting Airedale to make the new hospital the best it can possibly be as well as continuing to support the amazing appeals, projects and colleagues we work with. We look forward to sharing this journey with you.

Airedale Ambassadors – volunteering, schools, young volunteers

We will aim to increase opportunities for volunteers of all ages to become ambassadors and encourage partnership working.

We are keen to link our charity even closer to our local communities and we pledge to make even stronger connections.

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Thank you! To those we have mentioned and so many others... THANK YOU for showing your love for Airedale.

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A closer look

Airedale Hospital & Community Charity has a Corporate Trustee, which is the Airedale NHS Foundation Trust Board of Directors. The Corporate Trustee presents the Airedale Hospital & Community Charity Annual Report together with the independently examined financial statements for the year ended 31 March 2023.

The Corporate Trustee is responsible for preparing the Annual Report and the financial statements in accordance with applicable law and UK Accounting Standards (UK Generally Accepted Accounting Practice). The law applicable to charities in England and Wales requires the Trustee to prepare financial statements for each financial year which show a true and fair view of the state of affairs of the Charity and of the incoming resources and application of resources of the Charity for that period.

The Corporate Trustee is responsible for keeping proper accounting records which disclose with reasonable accuracy the financial position of the Charity and enable them to ascertain that the financial statements comply with the Charities Act 2011, the Charity (Accounts and Reports) Regulations 2008 and the provisions of the Trust Deed. They are also responsible for safeguarding the assets of the Charity and hence for taking reasonable steps for the prevention and detection of fraud and other irregularities.

The Report and financial statements include all the separately established funds for which Airedale NHS Foundation Trust is the sole beneficiary.

The members of the Board of Directors who served during the financial year ended 31 March 2023 and therefore acted as the Corporate Trustee were as follows:

Andrew Gold	Chair
Foluke Ajayi	Chief Executive
Rob Aitchison	Chief Operating Offcer (until 13.11.2022)
Leanne Cooper	Chief Operating Offcer (from 21.02.2023)
Amanda Stanford	Chief Nurse
Amy Whitaker	Director of Finance (until 04.09.2022)
Donna Cassidy	Interim Director of Finance (from 01.09.2022 until 31.10.2022)
Mike Savage	Director of Finance (from 31.10.2022)
Joanne Harrison	Director of People & OD
David Crampsey	Medical Director and Deputy Chief Executive
Victoria Pickles	Director of Corporate Affairs (until 17.06.2022)
Fiona Barr	Director of Corporate Affairs (from 01.12.2022)
Stuart Shaw	Director of Strategy & Planning
Nadira Mirza	Deputy Chair
Rhys Davies	Non-Executive Director
Andrew Dumbleton	Non-Executive Director
Melanie Hudson	Non-Executive Director
Ian Knight	Non-Executive Director
David Wharfe	Non-Executive Director until June 2022
Andy Withers	Non-Executive Director

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Reference and administrative details for the Charity, Trustee and Advisers

The Charity

Airedale Hospital & Community Charity (the ‘Charity’) is a public benefit entity. The Trustee has regard for the Charity Commission’s guidance on the public benefit requirement as set out in section 4 of the 2011 Charities Act. This report outlines the activities of the Charity in furthering the Charity’s purposes for the public

Airedale Hospital & Community Charity are registered with the Charity Commission under the single registered number 1050730.

The Charity was entered onto the Central

Register of Charities on the 15 November 1995 as Airedale NHS Charitable Funds and was formed under the umbrella charity model with several subsidiaries. Following structural changes within the NHS, the subsidiaries were removed in 2008. The Charity changed its name to Airedale NHS Foundation Trust Charitable Funds following Airedale NHS Trust achieving Foundation Trust status on 1 June 2010. There was a further name change in March 2020 when the Charity changed its name to Airedale Hospital & Community Charity to better encompass all aspects of its strategic aims.

The Trustee

Airedale NHS Foundation Trust is the Corporate Trustee of the charitable funds governed by the law applicable to Trusts, principally the Trustee Act 2000 and the Charities Act 2011.

The Foundation Trust’s Board of Directors devolved responsibility for the ongoing management of funds to the Charitable Funds Committee (‘the Committee’) which administers the funds on behalf of the Corporate Trustee. This Committee was formed on 20 December 2007.

The below members of the Board of Directors served on behalf of the Corporate Trustee and attended Committee meetings during the financial year ended 31 March 2023.

New members of the charitable funds committee and Trust Board are provided with an induction pack consisting of valuable information about the Charity. Appropriate training is offered in charity law and administration, and the roles and responsibilities of trustees.

Neil Helm acted as the principal officer overseeing the day-to-day financial management and accounting of the Charity during the year to 31 March 2023. Victoria Pickles and Fiona Barr, respectively fulfilling the role of Director of Corporate Affairs and Group Company Secretary, oversaw the governance elements of the Charity during the year to 31 March 2023.

Rhys Davies	Non-Executive Director (Chair)
Andrew Dumbleton	Non-Executive Director
Andrew Gold	Chair of Airedale NHS Foundation Trust and Non-Executive Director
Rob Aitchison	Chief Operating Offcer/Deputy Chief Executive (until 13.11.2022)
Leanne Cooper	Chief Operating Offcer from 21.02.2023)
Victoria Pickles	Director of Corporate Affairs/Deputy Chief Executive (until 17.06.2022)
Fiona Barr	Director of Corporate Affairs (from 01.12.2022)
David Crampsey	Medical Director/Deputy Chief Executive
Joanne Harrison	Director of People & OD
Annie McCluskey	Divisional Director of Nursing for Women’s & Children’s Division and Corp. Services
Christine Highley	Public Governor (until 31.05.2022)

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Principal office

Airedale Hospital & Community Charity c/o Airedale NHS Foundation Trust Airedale General Hospital Skipton Road Steeton Keighley BD20 6TD

Principal professional advisors

Bankers Investment Fund Barclays Bank PLC Managers 77 North Street Rathbone Investment Keighley Management BD21 5BD Port of Liverpool Building National Westminster Pier Head Bank Liverpool Government Banking L3 1NW Services Branch Premier Place 2 ½ Devonshire Square London EC2M 4BA

Independent Examiners

Stirk, Lambert & Co Russell Chambers 61a North Street Keighley BD21 3DS

Structure, Management and Governance

Structure

The Charity has one key NHS wide objective:

“The Trustee shall hold the trust upon trust to apply the income, and at their discretion so far as may be permissible, the capital, for any charitable purpose or purposes relating to the National Health Service.”

The Charity also has a number of objectives developed and linked specifically to the needs and objectives of Airedale NHS Foundation Trust:

• To support our people and their wellbeing

• To improve the patient experience

• To progress services and innovation within the Trust

• To support services delivered in partnership

• To support the needs of the population we serve

The Corporate Trustee conducts its activities with regard to the Charity Commission guidance on public benefit in section 4 of the Charities Act 2011.

The key principles of public benefit are:

• benefit must be to the public or to section of the public.

Accordingly, the Corporate Trustee ensures that funds are used for the benefit of, and enhancement to, the care of patients and well-being of staff. This is achieved through the provision of medical and non-medical equipment that otherwise would not be available for purchase through public NHS funding. The Charitable funds may also able be used to fund enhanced patient care by providing additional nurse training and education which otherwise would not be available. The benefits of providing new equipment and enhanced care is available free of charge to all members of the public and patients using Airedale NHS Foundation Trust’s service.

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Management

The Charity’s unrestricted fund was established using the model Declaration of Trust and all funds held on trust as at the date or registration were either part of this unrestricted fund or registered as separate restricted funds under the main charity. Subsequent donations and gifts received by the Charity that are attributable to the original funds are added to those fund balances within the existing charity.

The Corporate Trustee fulfils its legal duty by ensuring that funds are spent in accordance with the objects of each fund and, by designating funds, the Trustee respects the wishes of our generous donors to benefit patient care and advance the good health and wellbeing of patients, carers and staff.

The Corporate Trustee and the representatives of the Corporate Trustee have regard to the public benefit guidance issued by the Charity Commission when exercising any powers or duties to which the guidance is relevant. Where funds have been received which have specific restrictions set by the donor, these have been managed accordingly.

The charitable funds available for spending are allocated to specialities within the Trust’s directorate management structure as well as an unrestricted fund for use ‘where it is needed’. Each allocation is managed by use of a designated fund within the general unrestricted fund. For example, there are charitable funds for medicine which include allocations for each of the wards and within surgery the funds include allocations for Ophthalmology and Theatres.

Under a scheme of delegated authority approved by the Corporate Trustee, named Directors have day to day responsibility for the management of the Charity and must personally approve, on behalf of the Corporate Trustee, all expenditure over £1,000 with an upper limit of £7,500 using their delegated authority. The Committee has delegated authority to approve expenditure over £7,500 with an upper limit of £50,000. Expenditure of £50,000 and above requires approval by the Trust’s Board of Directors acting in their capacity as the Corporate Trustee.

Governance

Acting for the Corporate Trustee, the Charitable Funds Committee is responsible for the overall management of the Charity. The committee is required to:

• Control, manage and monitor the use of the Charity’s resources;

• Manage and monitor the receipt of all income;

• Ensure that ‘best practice’ is followed in the conduct of all its affairs, fulfilling all of its legal responsibilities, ensuring the Charity operates and complies with current legislation;

• Ensure that the Investment Policy, approved by the Board as Corporate Trustee, is adhered to and that performance is continually reviewed whilst being aware of ethical considerations; and

• Keep the Trust Board fully informed on the activity, performance, and the risks of the Charity.

The accounting records and the day-to-day administration of the funds are dealt with by the Trust’s Finance Department located at Airedale General Hospital, Skipton Road. Steeton, Keighley, BD20 6TD.

Risk Management

The risks to which the Charity is exposed have been identified and are logged on a risk register. The risk register is reviewed on a regular basis and systems established to mitigate those risks.

Independent Financial Scrutiny

Stirk, Lambert & Co. (AHCC’s independent examiner commencing 1 September 2022) undertook a statutory independent examination of the financial statements for the charitable funds. Independent examination is permitted by the Charities Commission for a charity of this size. Independent examination is a ‘light touch’ scrutiny wherein the examiner is only required to confirm whether any material matters of concern have come to their attention and excludes the audit requirement to provide an opinion on whether a charity’s accounts give a ‘true and fair view’. They gave an unqualified report on the accounts.

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Principal Risks and Uncertainties

The Corporate Trustee has considered the key risks to which the Charity is exposed:

1) A fall in income from donations

The Trustee has arrangements in place to mitigate those risks. The Corporate Trustee aims to mitigate the risk that income will fall by supporting the fundraising team with increasing the Charity’s visibility in the local community and beyond. The Charity has a fundraising strategy that is reviewed on an annual basis. This is supported by a communications and marketing plan to ensure brand visibility and support. Robust internal governance ensures that the Charity is only spending funds that are available.

2) A fall in income from investments

The investment portfolio is well diversified to help protect the Charity against any fall in value of a particular market. The Investment Manager (Rathbones) holds a discretionary mandate which enables them to make investment and divestment decisions on the Charity’s behalf. Both above help minimise the

Reserves Policy

The Trustee has a target for reserves to fund up to three years of expenditure. This is to allow freedom to make grants when they are needed in anticipation of investment returns and donations. Reserves at this level will also permit the timely realisation of expendable endowments to make grants, on an exceptional basis, where required. No target figure was set. The level of unrestricted funds, has decreased between 31st March 2022 and 31st March 2023, from £1,343k to £1,036k. The reserves policy is reviewed on a three yearly basis alongside the investment policy.

Financial statements

Throughout 2022/23 the Charity continued to support a wide range of health-related activities benefitting both patients and staff. In general, they are used to purchase a variety of additional goods and services that the NHS is unable to provide.

principal risks and uncertainties and allows the Corporate Trustee to consider the Charity to be a going concern.

3) Unforeseen changes in the operation of the NHS

The NHS is, by its very nature, subject to national changes in government policy as well as local politically driven decisions. The Charitable Funds Committee has identified this as a risk as it may mean initiatives or healthcare activities supported by AHCC are no longer delivered in the Airedale area. The Committee regularly liaises with NHS partners to understand the changes that they are facing at an early stage.

Airedale Hospital & Community Charity is reliant on donations to allow it to make grants If income falls, then the Charity would not be able to make as many grants or enter into longer term commitments.

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Annual financial statements for the year ended 31 March 2023

Foreword

These financial statements cover the year from 1 April 2022 to 31 March 2023, and have been prepared by the trustee based on a going concern basis.

These accounts have been prepared by the Trustee in accordance with “Accounting and Reporting by Charities: Statement of Recommended Practice”(FRS 102) issued in October 2019, the Charities Act 2011, and the Charities (Accounts and Reports) Regulations 2008.

Main purpose of the funds held on trust

The main purpose of the charitable funds held on trust is to apply income for any charitable purpose relating to the National Health Service wholly or mainly for the services provided by the Airedale NHS Foundation Trust.

The trustee is required to act in accordance with the trust deed and the rules of the charity, within the framework of trust law. The trustee is responsible for keeping proper accounting records, sufficient to disclose at any time, with reasonable accuracy, the financial position of the charity at that time, and to enable the trustee to ensure that, where any statements of accounts are prepared by the trustee under section 132(1) of the Charities Act 2011, those statements of accounts comply with the requirements of regulations under that provision. The trustee has general responsibility for taking such steps as are reasonably open to the trustee to safeguard the assets of the charity and to prevent and detect fraud and other irregularities.

Signed on behalf of the trustee:

Statement of trustees’ responsibilities

Under charity law, the trustee is responsible for preparing the trustee’s annual report and accounts for each financial year which show a true and fair view of the state of affairs of the charity and of the excess of expenditure over income for that period.

Name: Rhys Davies – Chair of Charitable Funds Committee

Date: 24 January 2024

In preparing these financial statements, generally accepted accounting practice requires that the trustee:

• select suitable accounting policies and then apply them consistently

• make judgments and estimates that are reasonable and prudent

• states whether the recommendations of the SORP FRS 102 have been followed, subject to any material departures disclosed and explained in the financial statements

• states whether the financial statements comply with the trust deed, subject to any material departures disclosed and explained in

• prepares the financial statements on the going concern basis unless it is inappropriate to presume that the charity will continue its activities.

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Statement of Financial Activities for the year ended 31 March 2023

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Note Unrestricted Restricted Endowment Total funds
funds funds funds
2022/23 2022/23 2022/23 2022/23 2021/22
Income and endowments from: £000 £000 £000 £000 £000
Donations and legacies 3 172 20 0 192 393
Other trading activities 90 0 0 90 21
Investments 5 27 0 0 27 15
Total incoming resources 289 20 0 309 429
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Expenditure on:
Raising funds 6 (85) (20) 0 (105) (85)
Charitable activities
Grants Payable & Gifts in Kind 7 (429) 0 0 (429) (284)
distributed
Support costs 9 (35) 0 0 (35) (43)
Total expenditure (549) (20) 0 (569) (412)
Net gains/(losses) on investments 13 (47) 0 0 (47) 22
Net income/(expenditure) (307) 0 0 (307) 39
Transfers between funds 0 0 0 0 0
Net movement in funds (307) 0 0 (307) 39
Reconciliation of funds
Total funds brought forward at 1st 18 1,343 0 4 1,347 1,347
April 2021
Total funds carried forward at 31st 1,036 0 4 1,040 1,347
March 2022
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The notes at pages 39 to 49 form part of these accounts.

All gains and losses recognised in the year are included in the Statement of Financial Position All the results on the Statement of Financial Activities are derived from Continuing operations.

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Balance Sheet as at 31 March 2023

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Note Unrestricted Restricted Endowment Total Total at
funds funds funds at 31 31 March
March 2022
2023
£000 £000 £000 £000 £000
Fixed Assets
Investments 13 557 0 0 557 602
Total Fixed Assets 557 0 0 557 602
Current Assets
Debtors 14 4 0 0 4 3
Cash and Cash Equivalents 15 532 48 4 584 883
Total current assets 536 48 4 588 886
Liabilities
Creditors falling due within one year 16 57 0 0 57 129
Deferred income 16 0 48 0 48 12
New current assets/(liabilities) 479 0 4 483 745
Total assets less current liabilities 1,036 0 4 1,040 1,347
Total net assets or liabilities 1,036 0 4 1,040 1,347
The funds of the Charity 18
Endownment Funds 0 0 4 4 4
Unrestricted Income Funds 1,036 0 0 1,036 1,343
Total Charity Funds 1,036 0 4 1,040 1,347
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The notes at pages 39 to 49 form part of these accounts, signed on behalf of the trust by Rhys Davies (Chair of the Charitable Fund Committee).

Signed on behalf of the trustee:

Name: Rhys Davies – Chair of Charitable Funds Committee Date: 24 January 2024

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Statement of Cash Flows for the year ended 31 March 2023

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Note 31 March 2023 31 March 2022
Total Funds Total Funds
£000 £000
Cash flows from operating activities:
Net cash provided by (used in) operating activities 17 (324) 29
Cash flows from investing activities:
Dividends, interest and rents from investments 5 27 15
Proceeds from the sale of investments 13 42 579
Purchase of investments 13 (44) (579)
Net cash provided by (used in) investing activities 25 15
Change in cash and cash equivalents in the reporting period (299) 44
Change in cash and cash equivalents at the beginning of 15 883 839
the reporting period
Change in cash and cash equivalents due to exchange rate 0 0
movements
Cash and cash equivalents at the end of the reporting period 584 883
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Notes on the accounts

1) Accounting Policies

a) Basis of Preparation

The financial statements have been prepared under the historic cost convention, with the exception of investments which are included at fair value.

The accounts (financial statements) have been prepared in accordance with the Statement of Recommended Practice: Accounting and Reporting by Charities preparing their accounts in accordance with the Financial Reporting Standard applicable in the UK and Republic of Ireland (FRS 102) issued in October 2019 and the Financial Reporting Standard applicable in the United Kingdom and Republic of Ireland (FRS 102) and the Charities Act 2011 and UK Generally Accepted Practice as it applies from 1 January 2019.

The accounts (financial statements) have been prepared to give a ‘true and fair’ view and have departed from the Charities (Accounts and Reports) Regulations 2008 only to the extent required to provide a ‘true and fair view’. This departure has involved following Accounting and Reporting by Charities preparing their accounts in accordance with the Financial Reporting Standard applicable in the UK and Republic of Ireland (FRS 102) issued in October 2019 rather than the Accounting and Reporting by Charities: Statement of Recommended Practice effective from 1 April 2005 which has since been withdrawn.

The trustee considers that there are no material uncertainties about the Airedale Hospital and Community Charity’s ability to continue as a going concern. There are no material uncertainties affecting the current year’s accounts.

In future years, the key risks to the charity are a fall in income from donations or investments but the trustee has arrangements in place to mitigate those risks (see the ‘Principal Risks and Uncertainties’ section of the annual report for more information).

b) Funds Structure

Where there is a legal restriction on the purpose to which a fund may be put, the fund is classified either as:

• a restricted fund or

• an endowment fund.

Restricted funds are those where the donor has provided for the donation to be spent in furtherance of a specified charitable purpose.

Endowment funds arise when the donor has expressly provided that the gift is to be invested and only the income of the fund may be spent. These funds are sub analysed between those

where the trustee has the discretion to spend the capital (expendable endowment) and those where there is no discretion to expend the capital (permanent endowment).

The charity has one permanent endowment fund. The income of the Winifred Naylor Allen Endowment Fund can be used for nurse training awards.

Those funds which are neither endowment nor restricted income funds, are unrestricted income funds which are sub analysed between designated (earmarked) funds where the trustee has set aside amounts to be used for specific purposes or which reflect the non-binding wishes of donors and unrestricted funds which are at the trustee’s discretion, including the general fund which represents the charity’s reserves. The major funds held in each of these categories are disclosed in note 18.

c) Incoming Resources

All incoming resources are recognised once the charity has entitlement to the resources, it is probable (more likely than not) that the resources will be received and the monetary value of incoming resources can be measured with sufficient reliability.

Where there are terms or conditions attached to incoming resources, particularly grants, then these terms or conditions must be met before the income is recognised as the entitlement condition will not be satisfied until that point. Where terms or conditions have not been met or uncertainty exists as to whether they can be met then the relevant income is not recognised in the year but deferred and shown on the balance sheet as deferred income.

d) Gifts in kind

Gifts in kind, such as food and care packages are not accounted for when they are accepted and immediately distributed unless a single donation is material. The vast majority of items donated to Airedale Hospital & Commmunity Charity fell into this category.

Gifts of tangible assets such as TV’s, microwaves and fridges, which have an individual value of at least £100, are recognised as a donation at fair value (market price) on receipt and charitable expenditure when they are distributed. In 2022/23, £nil has been include in donations and expenditure to reflect this (2021/22 £2k).

Where gifts in kind are held before being distributed to beneficiaries, they are recognised at fair value as stock until they are distributed. No items were undistributed as at 31st March or had no fair value.

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e) Incoming Resources from Legacies

Legacies are accounted for as incoming resources either upon receipt or where the receipt of the legacy is probable.

Receipt is probable when:

• confirmation has been received from the representatives of the estate(s) that probate has been granted.

• the executors have established that there are sufficient assets in the estate to pay the legacy and

• all conditions attached to the legacy have been fulfilled or are within the charity’s control.

If there is uncertainty as to the amount of the legacy and it cannot be reliably estimated then the legacy is shown as a contingent asset until all of the conditions for income recognition are met.

f) Incoming Resources from Endowment Funds

The incoming resources received from the invested endowment fund are wholly restricted.

g) Resources expended and irrecoverable VAT

All expenditure is accounted for on an accruals basis and has been classified under headings that aggregate all costs related to each category of expense shown in the Statement of Financial Activities. Expenditure is recognised when the following criteria are met:

• there is a present legal or constructive obligation resulting from a past event

• it is more likely than not that a transfer of benefits (usually a cash payment) will be required in settlement

• the amount of the obligation can be measured or estimated reliably.

A constructive obligation arises when:

• the charity has communicated its intention to award a grant to a recipient who then has a reasonable expectation that they will receive a grant or

• the charity has made a public announcement about a commitment which is specific enough for the recipient to have a reasonable expectation that they will receive a grant or

• there is an established pattern of practice which indicates to the recipient that we will honour our commitment.

The trustee has control over the amount and timing of grant payments and consequently where approval has been given by the charitable fund committee, on behalf of the trustee, and any of the above criteria have been met then a liability is recognised. Grants are not usually awarded with conditions attached. However, when they are then those conditions have to be met before the liability is recognised.

Where an intention has not been communicated, then no expenditure is recognised but an appropriate designation is made in the appropriate fund. If a grant has been offered but there is uncertainty as to whether it will be accepted or whether conditions will be met then no liability is recognised but a contingent liability is disclosed.

i) Allocation of support costs

Support costs are those costs which do not relate directly to a single activity. These include some staff costs, costs of administration and independent examination costs. Support costs have been apportioned between fundraising costs and charitable activities on an appropriate basis.

The analysis of support costs are shown in note 9.

Irrecoverable VAT is charged against the category of resources expended for which it was incurred.

h) Recognition of expenditure and associated liabilities as a result of grant

Grants payable are payments made to linked, related party or third party NHS bodies and non NHS bodies, in furtherance of the charitable objectives of the funds held on trust, primarily relief of those who are sick.

Grant payments are recognised as expenditure when the conditions for their payment have been met or where there is a constructive obligation to make a payment.

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j) Fundraising Costs

The costs of generating funds are those costs attributable to generating income for the charity, other than those costs incurred in undertaking charitable activities or the costs incurred in undertaking trading activities in furtherance of the charity’s objects. The costs of generating funds represent fundraising costs together with investment management fees.

k) Charitable activities

Costs of charitable activities comprise all costs incurred in the pursuit of the charitable objects of the charity. These costs, where not wholly attributable, are apportioned between the categories of charitable expenditure in addition to the direct costs. The total costs of each category of charitable expenditure include an apportionment of support costs as shown in note 7.

l) Fixed Asset Investments

Investments are a form of basic financial instrument. Fixed asset investments are initially recognised at their transaction value and are subsequently measured at their fair value (market value) as at the balance sheet date. The Statement of Financial Activities includes the net gains and losses arising on revaluation and disposals throughout the year. Quoted stocks and shares are included in the Balance Sheet at the current market value quoted by the investment analyst, excluding dividend. Other investments are included at the trustee’s best estimate of market value.

The main form of financial risk faced by the charity is that of volatility in equity markets and investment markets due to wider economic conditions, the attitude of investors to investment risk, and changes in sentiment concerning equities and within particular sectors or sub sectors.

All investments are held in a portfolio which were managed by Castlefield Investment LLP until Oct 21 when the management transferred to Rathbone LLP.

day to day running costs of the charity as they fall due. Cash equivalents are short term, highly liquid investments, held in interest bearing savings accounts.

o) Creditors

Creditors are amounts owed by the charity. They are measured at the amount that the charity expects to have to pay to settle the debt.

Amounts which are owed in more than a year are shown as long term creditors. At the accounting date, Airedale Hospital and Community Charity had no long term creditors.

p) Realised gains and losses

All gains and losses are taken to the Statement of Financial Activities as they arise. Realised gains and losses on investments are calculated as the difference between sales proceeds and opening carrying value (purchase date if later). Unrealised gains and losses are calculated as the difference between the market value at the year end and opening carrying value (or purchase date if later).

q) Staff costs and pensions

There are no staff directly employed by the charity. However, The Charity Manager employed by Airedale NHS Foundation Trust and Charity Assistant are considered to be an employee of the charity employed by a related party.

Airedale NHS Foundation Trust re-charge the Charity for support costs which include a percentage of costs for several members of staff.

These staff members belong to the NHS Pension Scheme which is an unfunded defined benefit scheme which is accounted for as a defined contribution scheme. The recharge from Airedale NHS Foundation Trust includes the employee contributions to that scheme. For more information on the NHS Pension Scheme refer to the Airedale NHS Foundation Trust annual report and accounts.

Further information on the investments can be found in note 13.

m) Debtors

Debtors are amounts owed to the charity. They are measured on the basis of their recoverable amount.

n) Cash and cash equivalents

Cash at bank and in hand is held to meet the

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2. Related Party Transactions

Airedale NHS Foundation Trust is the corporate trustee of the Airedale Hospital and Community Charity and is its main grant beneficiary - they are therefore related parties. Grants paid by the charity to Airedale NHS Foundation Trust are detailed in note 8. Airedale NHS Foundation Trust makes a number of clerical and transaction services available to the charity, in accordance with a service level agreement. These include:

• fundraising services at a cost of £74k (£46k in 2021/22) - see note 6.

• financial administrative services at a cost of £32k (£36k in 2021/22) in support of the charity’s grant making activities which are included within support costs - see note 9

The charges made by Airedale NHS Foundation Trust for fundraising services constitute the costs of the Charity Manager and Charity Assistant. The amounts paid for administrative services are due under a service level agreement and are set at an amount which allows Airedale NHS Foundation Trust to recover its costs.

None of the members of the Airedale NHS Foundation Trust Board or parties related to them has undertaken any transactions with the Airedale Hospital and Community Charity or received any benefit from the charity in payment in kind. Board members received no honoraria, expenses or emoluments in the year.

3. Income from donations and legacies

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Unrestricted funds Restricted funds Total
2022/23 2021/22 2022/23 2021/22 2022/23 2021/22
£000 £000 £000 £000 £000 £000
Donations 83 373 0 0 83 373
Legacies 12 5 0 0 12 5
Grants receivable 77 13 20 0 97 13
Gifts in Kind (material) 0 2 0 0 0 2
Total 172 393 20 0 192 393
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Donations contains corporate donations and gifts from individuals i.e.members of the public, relatives of patients and staff. General donations were higher in 2021/22, as Airedale NHS Foundation Trust made a donation of £217,200 for staff wellbeing, which is equivalent to £50 for each staff member.

4. Role of Volunteers

Like all charities, the Airedale Hospital and Community Charity is reliant on a team of volunteers for its smooth running. Our volunteers perform the following role:

• fund advisors – there are between 70-80 Airedale NHS Foundation Trust staff who support the charitable funds committee when deciding how the charity’s designated funds should be spent. These funds are designated (or earmarked) by the charitable fund committee to be spent for a particular purpose or in a particular ward or department. each fund advisor has delegated powers to use the designated funds in accordance with the committee’s wishes. The committee determines what each fund can be spent on and the amount that can be spent in a year.

In accordance with the SORP, due to the absence of any reliable measurement basis, the contribution of these volunteers is not recognised in the accounts.

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5. Gross investment income

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Unrestricted funds Restricted funds Total
2022/23 2021/22 2022/23 2021/22 2022/23 2021/22
£000 £000 £000 £000 £000 £000
Investments listed on Stock 14 15 0 0 14 15
Exchange
Other Investments 0 0 0 0 0 0
Bank interest 13 0 0 0 13 0
Total 27 15 0 0 27 15
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6. Analysis of expenditure on raising funds

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Unrestricted funds Restricted funds Total
2022/23 2021/22 2022/23 2021/22 2022/23 2021/22
£000 £000 £000 £000 £000 £000
Charity Manager 46 21 0 0 46 21
Communications and Charity 28 25 0 0 28 25
Assistant
Youth Volunteer Coordinator 0 23 0 0 0 23
Other 11 16 20 0 31 16
Total 85 85 20 0 105 85
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*Employed since August 2019 by Airedale NHS Foundation Trust.

**Employed since May 2021 by Airedale NHS Foundation Trust.

***Entirely funded by monies received for that purpose by the Pears Foundation.

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7. Analysis of charitable expenditure

The charity did not undertake any direct charitable activities on its own account during the year. All of the charitable expenditure was in the form of grant funding.

Grants were approved in favour of Airedale NHS Foundation Trust, to carry out activities that will benefit NHS patients and their families.

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Grant funded activity Total
2022/23 2021/22 2022/23 2021/22
£000 £000 £000 £000
Patients welfare and amenities 89 98 89 98
Staff welfare and amenities 44 134 44 134
Staff training 20 3 20 3
Medical equipment 8 21 8 21
IT equipment 0 (2) 0 (2)
Ward environment 268 28 268 28
Gifts in Kind (material – distributed) 0 2 0 2
Total 429 284 429 284
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8. Analysis of grants

The charity does not make grants to individuals. All grants are made to the Airedale NHS Foundation Trust to provide for the care of NHS patients in furtherance of our charitable aims. The total cost of making grants, including support costs, is disclosed on the face of the Statement of Financial Activities and the actual funds spent on each category of charitable activity, is disclosed in note 7.

The trustee operates a scheme of delegation for charitable funds, under which fund advisors initiate the day to day disbursements on their projects in accordance with the directions set out in standing orders

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Institution receiving grant support: Total amount paid Total amount paid
2022/23 2021/22
£000 £000
Airedale NHS Foundation Trust 429 282
Total 429 282
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9. Allocation of support costs and overheads

Support and overhead costs are allocated against charitable activities. Governance costs are those support costs which relate to the strategic and day to day management of a charity. The bases of allocation used is as follows:

• expenditure: this is a proportion based on the average fund balance during the year. This is used where the trustee considers this is a more equitable treatment to avoid disadvantaging funds with high volume, low value transactions.

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Charitable activities Basis
2022/23 2021/22
£000 £000
Independent Examination 1 3 Expenditure
Investment Management 1 3 Expenditure
Financial administration 32 36 Expenditure
Bank Charges 1 1 Expenditure
Total 35 43
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There are no staff directly employed by the charity. Recharges are made for Trust staff time. The recharge is shown on the Financial Administration line.

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Unrestricted funds Restricted funds Total
2022/23 2021/22 2022/23 2021/22 2022/23 2021/22
£000 £000 £000 £000 £000 £000
Charitable activities 35 43 0 0 35 43
Total 35 43 0 0 35 43
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10. Analysis of staff costs and remuneration of key management personnel

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2022/23 2021/22
£000 £000
Salaries and wages 60 39
Social security costs 6 3
Employers pension contribution 8 3
Total 74 45
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The average number of full-time equivalent employees (employed by a related party) during the year was 1.6 (2021/22: 1.6), providing fundraising services to the charity.

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11. Trustee remuneration, benefits and expenses

Members of Airedale NHS Foundation Trust board give their time freely and receive no remuneration for the work that they undertake in relation to Airedale Hospital and Community Charity.

12. Independent Examiner’s remuneration

The independent examiner’s remuneration of £1k (2021/22: £3k) related solely to the independent examination with no other additional work being undertaken (2021/22: £nil). Independent Examination is permitted by the Charities Commission for a charity of this size. Independent examination is a ‘light touch’ scrutiny involving the examiner checking for specific matters only. Because it is narrowly defined and does not involve forming an opinion as to whether the accounts are ‘true and fair’, the fees are reduced.

13. Fixed Asset investments

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Movement in fixed asset investments 2022/23 2021/22
£000 £000
Market value brought forward 602 580
Add: additions to investments at cost 44 579
Less disposals at carrying value (42) (579)
Add net gain (loss) on revaluation (47) 22
Market value as at 31 March 557 602
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Fixed asset investments by type 2022/23 2021/22
£000 £000
UK Equities & Equity Funds 557 560
Global Equities & Equity Funds (ex UK)
Fixed Interest & Fixed Interest Funds
Global Equities & Equity Funds (incl UK)
Direct Property & Property Funds 42
Other Assets
Multi-Asset Funds
Total 557 602
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All investments are carried at their fair value.

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The charitable funds committee sets 5% of market value as at 31 March as the threshold for reporting material investments. As at 31 March 2023 the following investment was considered material:

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Investment 2022/23 2022/23 2021/22 2021/22
£000 % £000 %
Rathbone Unit Trust Management Core Investment 557 100% 560 93%
Fund for Charities
Mayfair Capital in Property Income Trust for 0 0% 42 7%
Charities
Castlefield Best Sustainable Income fund 0 0% 0 0%
Castlefield Real Return fund 0 0% 0 0%
Castlefield Best Sustainable UK Smaller Companies 0 0% 0 0%
Fund
Total 557 100% 602 70%
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The main risk from financial instruments lies in the combination of uncertain investment markets and volatility in yield.

The impact of rapidly rising interest rates over the last year have caused stress in financial markets.

Airedale Hospital and Community Charity manages these investment risks by retaining expert advisors (for 2022/23 - Rathbones LLP) and operating an investment policy that provides for a high degree of diversification of holdings within investment asset classes. All investments were made in companies listed on a UK stock exchange or incorporated in the UK and therefore all investments are treated as investment assets in the UK.

14. Analysis of current debtors

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Debtors under 1 year 2022/23 2021/22
£000 £000
Other debtors 4 3
Total 4 3
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15. Analysis of cash and cash equivalents

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2022/23 2021/22
£000 £000
RBS Bank Account 509 868
Barclays Current Account 74 13
Investment account (cash held) 1 2
Total cash and cash equivalents 584 883
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16. Analysis of liabilities

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Creditors falling due within 1 year 2022/23 2021/22
£000 £000
Other creditors 57 129
Total cash and cash equivalents 57 129
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Other creditors represent sums owed at the year end by the charity to a related party, Airedale NHS Foundation Trust, for costs incurred by the Trust on behalf of the charity in the furtherance of the charity’s objectives.

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Deferred income 2022/23 2021/22
£000 £000
Grants received – restricted funds 48 12
Total cash and cash equivalents 48 12
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17. Reconciliation of net income/(expenditure) to net cash flow from operating activities

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2022/23 2021/22
£000 £000
Net income/(expenditure) for 2022/23 (as per the Statement of (307) 39
Financial Activities)
Adjustments for:
(Gains)/losses on investments 47 (22)
Dividends, interest and rents from investments (27) (15)
(Increase)/decrease in debtors (1) 8
Increase/(decrease) in creditors (36) 19
Net cash provided by (used in) operating activities (324) 29
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18. Analysis of charitable funds

a) Analysis of endowment fund movements

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Fund balance Income Expenditure Gains and Losses Fund balance
brought forward carried forward
1 April 31 March
2022/23 2021/22 2022/23 2021/22 2022/23 2021/22 2022/23 2021/22 2022/23 2021/22
£000 £000 £000 £000 £000 £000 £000 £000 £000 £000
W.N. Allen 4 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 4
Total 4 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 4
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b) Analysis of unrestricted and material designated fund movements

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Fund balance Income Expenditure Gains and Losses Fund balance
brought forward carried forward
1 April 31 March
2022/23 2021/22 2022/23 2021/22 2022/23 2021/22 2022/23 2021/22 2022/23 2021/22
Fund name: £000 £000 £000 £000 £000 £000 £000 £000 £000 £000
People Health and 246 0 14 261 (31) (17) (9) 2 220 246
WellBeing Fund
General Trust Fund 237 361 145 127 (212) (258) (9) 7 161 237
Airedale Breast Unit Fund 102 104 7 5 (11) (12) (4) 5 94 102
HODU 205 24 46 193 (186) (14) (5) 2 60 205
Diabetic Fund 50 53 1 1 (4) (5) (2) 1 45 50
Allum Legacy 45 40 1 5 0 0 (2) 0 44 45
Pathology Research 40 29 0 12 (1) (1) (2) 0 37 40
Gastroenterology Fund 24 24 0 0 (1) (1) (1) 1 22 24
Critical Care 16 10 6 7 (1) (1) (1) 0 20 16
Sovereign Health Care 15 11 4 4 0 0 (1) 0 18 15
Equipment
Other 363 648 72 (186) (109) (103) (11) 4 315 363
Total 1,343 1,304 296 429 (556) (412) (47) 22 1,036 1,343
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c) Analysis of restricted fund movements

	Fund balance brought forward 1 April	Fund balance brought forward 1 April	Income	Income	Expenditure	Expenditure	Gains and Losses	Gains and Losses	Fund balance carried forward 31 March	Fund balance carried forward 31 March
	2022/23	2021/22	2022/23	2021/22	2022/23	2021/22	2022/23	2021/22	2022/23	2021/22
Fund name:	£000	£000	£000	£000	£000	£000	£000	£000	£000	£000
WIN Fund	0	0	18	0	(18)	0	0	0	0	0
ED Fund	0	0	2	0	(2)	0	0	0	0	0
Total	0	0	20	0	(20)	0	0	0	0	0

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Your ideas

We hope this years report has left you feeling inspired and bursting with new ideas to support our fantastic Charity! Please use this space to jot yours down:

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Airedale Hospital & Community Charity 01535 294870 [e-mail] www.airedalecharity.org

AIREDALE HOSPITAL & COMMUNITY CHARITY

Airedale NHS Foundation Trust

Annuol report summary 2022-23

Contents

• 4 A message from our chair

• 5 A message from our charity manager

• 6 What a wonderful year!

• 10 All about us

• 12 Our team

• 13 Year overview

• 14 Making Airedale AOK 15 Looking after our colleagues

• 16 Team Airedale

• 18 Young Airedale

• 22 Look what we achieved together

• 24 How we showed our love for Airedale

• 26 Looking forward together

• 28 Thank you

• 30 A closer look

Annual report summary 2022–23

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A message from Rhys Davies

Chair of the Charitable Funds Committee

Airedale Hospital and Community Charity has been around in one form or another for almost 30 years. We relaunched the Charity just over three years ago and since then it has gone from strength to strength. We created a new strategy and a new team to deliver it. Feedback shows this is going really well.

Reflecting that our Charity has seen many changes, it is still here to lend a helping hand to the Airedale community when they need it most. With that in mind and the incredible anniversary in 2023 marking 75 years of our wonderful NHS it has made me ponder how the Charity continues to go from strength to strength? What has made it become a well-known and trusted charity over the past three years? The answer I keep coming back to is you, our Airedale community.

Since relaunching, AHCC has been supported by hundreds, if not thousands of patients, families, schools and businesses who, like us, love Airedale and the part that the Trust plays in their lives. The stories, the faces and the support you have shown are key to our Charity, putting the Airedale community at the heart of everything we do.

Late last year we were proud to hold the official opening of our newly refurbished Haematology & Oncology Day Unit. The refurbishment, which cost around £175k to complete, has made an

incredible difference to the patients and staff who use it. I was delighted to speak to previous patients at the event who told me about the impact this work will have for patients in the future. New chairs will make it comfortable for patients to sit for long periods of time whilst receiving treatment and there is even an interactive fish tank to give a focal point and distraction. I would like to say a huge thank you to the team for seeing this project through and to Davric Construction who undertook the work on our behalf. A big thank you should also go to the supporters; without their generosity this project would not have happened.

One of my highlights of the past year was taking part in our first ever winter wellbeing grants. One of our core objectives is to support our colleagues and their wellbeing. Our grant scheme encouraged staff to apply for items that would make a real difference to their team’s wellbeing, tangible items that will make things better. We had an overwhelming response, funding items and projects worth over £15k and benefitting a huge proportion of our employees. It was heart-warming to hear how AHCC had the power to impact the daily working lives of so many people, which in turn has an impact on the patients they care for. We hope that in the coming years this grant programme will go from strength to strength.

The Charity has always been in a great position to make a real difference and with the announcement that Airedale is on the government's new hospital programme part of our future focus will be on how the Charity can support that. We will be sure to keep you updated with our strategy and plans.

On behalf of the Charity and the Trust please accept my wholehearted thanks for your kindness and help.

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A message from Jodie Hearnshaw Charity Manager

Wow, what a year! We say this in every annual report, almost certain that things will never top it. Yet, here we are again saying it’s been our best year yet. We can only imagine what next year will bring!

Throughout each year since our relaunch in 2020 we have been astounded, humbled and at times rendered speechless by the stories we hear, the people we see and the money being raised to support our organisation. People raising money in memory of the loved ones they have lost, people saying thank you, taking part in weird and wonderful challenges and of course our young ones stepping up at school to take part in competitions and awareness days.

Wherever you fit into the above, if you are a bystander watching our journey from afar, a regular donor or you are planning your future support please know that we see you and together we are saying a huge thank you.

It is the first time you have heard from me personally in one of our annual reports so I wanted to take the opportunity to introduce myself properly. I have worked at Airedale for over 20 years in various roles and am extremely proud to now lead the AHCC team. Following the relaunch, the team started out with just me and a vision and goal to help the Airedale community. As a local resident and someone who cares for Airedale deeply I was determined that our community and our wonderful people should be at the heart of every little thing we do at AHCC. Working with you, for you.

Little could I have imagined the incredible growth that we have seen in such a short space of time. This year, with the help of NHS Charities Together, we welcomed our third team member, Laura, who has taken on the role of community fundraiser. She is the one you will see when you see our famous pink and orange branding popping up in your local supermarket or at

community events. Please make sure you say hello when you see her out and about.

Over the last few years we have raised more money than ever before but we’ve also spent more, investing in more projects, more equipment and better facilities which has ultimately helped even more people. This year, for the first time since our relaunch we have been able to give back nearly half a million pounds to Airedale NHS Foundation Trust. This is an incredible amount of money and it is because of you all.

It's true to say that there is still a lot more to come. Like everyone, we are super excited to be getting a brand new home in the not too distant future. This news might have left you wondering why we need to carry on raising funds and what the purpose of our Charity will be once we have our new hospital. Simply put, we keep going. We don’t stop. Our mission to enhance patient care and employee wellbeing at Airedale NHS Foundation Trust will continue for as long as there is a need.

As a team we remain committed to supporting our local community and the staff that care for them when they need it most. We will continue to provide the added extras, the nice-to-have items that are over and above NHS provision because these are the little things that make a huge difference.

Our next mission, and one we are already planning, will be supporting Airedale to make the new hospital the best it can possibly be as well as continuing to support the amazing projects and colleagues we work with across our organisation every single day.

Thank you to each and every person that has helped us this year: no matter how big or small your help makes it all worthwhile. I hope you enjoy reading about our year.

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What a Wonderful year!

We had a little help in April when we were invited to visit Keighley Cougars for their first home game of the season. Local scouts from Oakworth had a fabulous time helping with the bucket collection to raise funds for their local hospital.

April also saw the Airedale chaplaincy team came together to raise over £100 for the critical care appeal during Ramadan celebrations.

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Airedale teams once again took to the water to take part in the Skipton Rotary Dragon Boat race. Teams from Airedale’s outpatients department and the Covid vaccination centre rowed their socks off to raise money for their colleagues’ and patients’ wellbeing.

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It was power tools at the ready in June when work started on our biggest project to date: the refurbishment of our haematology & oncology day unit.

The first of our two ChargeBoxes arrived onsite ready to keep our patients and visitors charged up and in touch with their loved ones.

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On your marks, get set, go! Runners sprinted to action in the Leeds 10k including Airedale team member Tom and his partner Jenni who did an amazing job representing AHCC.

The nation raised their teacups to celebrate the anniversary of our wonderful NHS in July. People across the length and breadth of the Airedale community held bake sales and tea parties.

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The sun was shining for a wonderful day at Malham Show. Set against a stunning back drop the team were able to chat to local residents, visitors and exhibitors as well as showcasing some of our projects and work.

Regular supporters, Sutton Cricket Club, held their annual cricket match raising an incredible £500 for the children’s unit at Airedale.

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Gerry and Tony from Airedale’s own IT team set off on another long walk to raise money AHCC. Walking the 29 miles from Leeds to Skipton this was their biggest challenge yet. Together they raised nearly £500 and are already planning the next one!

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Funding from Arnold Clark meant we were able to take our paediatric diabetes patients on their annual activity day again in 2022. The day was the second of its kind funded by AHCC. More than 20 children attended along with their parents and members of the paediatric diabetes team at Airedale. The group took part in lots of physical activities at High Adventure Outdoor Centre, showing that their condition does not stop them from doing the things others do. Read more about this further on!

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We worked with friends in November at our first winter market at Airedale, hosted in collaboration with the Friends of Airedale. The event saw nearly 40 local businesses showcasing their products and a visit by the rock choir singing some of their favourite hits. The event raised over £1,000 and will return in 2023.

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Airedale’s Nightingales Day Nursery led the way for fundraising at Christmas with their fabulous Fayre. Supported by the children, their parents, staff and other family members the day raised nearly £700.

AHCCs Christmas Gift Appeal took off again this year. Supported from every corner of our local community, every patient in hospital on Christmas day was able to unwrap a gift. Gifts came from local schools, members of staff and local residents.

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We kicked off January welcoming a new partnership with Ben Rhydding Golf Club. Andy Williams chose AHCC as his charity during his captaincy in 2023. Andy said:

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To celebrate the month of love we launched our ‘show your love for Airedale’ campaign. The campaign on our social media encouraged people to spread their love across the Airedale community, including supporting causes close to their hearts.

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As well as taking our Airedale AOK campaign to the road for World Book Day we surprised colleagues in March with a random acts of kindness afternoon. Our team delivered treats in secret, leaving them on desks, by doors and in staff rooms, all to give our colleagues a boost.

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About us

Airedale Hospital & Community Charity is the official charity of Airedale NHS Foundation Trust. We support the staff, patients and communities of Airedale across 700 square miles of West and North Yorkshire and East Lancashire.

What we do

We want everyone who needs our services to receive the best possible care and support. Our mission is to support Airedale NHS Foundation Trust to enhance patient care and employee wellbeing.

The funds and support we give enable our colleagues to go above and beyond what would otherwise be possible.

Thanks to the generosity of our supporters, we are able to support and invest in areas in line with the strategy of Airedale NHS Foundation Trust. We do this by supporting our people, putting the patient in the centre of everything we do, embracing and encouraging progression, actively seeking out and advocating partnership and collaboration and caring for the needs of our local population.

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Our vision, mission, values and strategy

Introduction

Airedale Hospital & Community Charity is the dedicated charity of Airedale NHS Foundation Trust (ANHSFT). We support the staff, patients and communities of Airedale across 700 square miles of West and North Yorkshire and East Lancashire. We want everyone who uses ANHSFT services to receive the best possible care and support.

Our Charity was formed in 1995, originally known as Airedale NHS Trust Charitable Funds.

In 2020 we rebranded and became known as Airedale Hospital & Community Charity to ensure we reflected all of the services our Trust provides, and our mission and values both for now and into the future.

Our vision is to contribute to ensuring that everyone who needs ANHSFT’s services or who is employed by ANHSFT receives the best possible care and support.

Our mission is to support ANHSFT to enhance patient care and employee wellbeing by raising awareness, proactively generating funds and supporting others.

Our values

We promise:

We will always put you first.

We will always respect your confidentiality and your right to privacy.

We will never put you under any pressure and always respect your choice.

We will always work in a timely, effective and cost-efficient way.

• We will always use gifts wisely. We respect our position as custodians of supporters’ donations.

• Even though we don’t know what the future might hold we will always do our best to uphold any wishes you have about the use of a gift or donation.

To achieve this, we have four strategic objectives:

To empower and assist Airedale NHS Foundation Trust to be an anchor organisation within the community.

• To promote understanding of and increase charitable giving to Airedale Hospital & Community Charity and demonstrate the difference this makes.

• To champion, influence and invest in areas across ANHSFT in line with the Trust’s 5 Ps strategy. This will include providing support for our colleagues and people ; putting our patients and population at the heart of everything we do; working together in partnership ; and always moving forward and progressing .

To be an efficient, responsive, financially sound, sustainable, and well-governed organisation, that leads by example. We will actively promote and champion equality, diversity and inclusion, and invest in and care for our staff.

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Our team

Jodie Hearnshaw Charity Manager

Sarah Medus Charity Accountant

Laura Hepworth Community Fundraiser

Lucy Williams Communications & Charity Assistant

Our committee

Year ending 31 March 2023

Rhys Davies Chair & Non-Executive Director

David Crampsey Medical Director & Deputy Chief Executive

Leanne Cooper

Joanne Harrison Director of People & OD

Andrew Gold Chair of Airedale NHS Foundation Trust

Andrew Dumbleton Non-Executive Director

Fiona Barr

Annie McCluskey Divisional Director of Nursing for Women’s & Children’s and Corporate Services

Post vacant Public Governor

Elizabeth Stoppard Consultant in Elderly Medicine

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Year overview

£309,000

Donations £83,000 Legacies £12,000 Grants £97,000 Gifts in kind £0 Other £90,000 Dividends £27,000

£429,000

Patient welfare £89,000 £44,000 £20,000 Medical & IT equipment £8,000 Ward environment £268,000 Gifts in Kind (distributed) £0

Donations Other Legacies Dividends Grants Gifts in kind

Patient welfare Medical & IT equipment Ward environment Gifts in Kind (distributed)

Annual report summary 2022–23

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Making

AOK wellbeing grants

AHCC’s first ever AOK winter wellbeing grants were launched in 2022. Staff members from across Airedale including our community teams and other sites were invited to apply to the Charity for help funding items that would make a difference to their teams across the long winter months.

Applications included a huge variety of items such as plants, radios, travel mugs and comfy chairs to name just a few. The applications were presented to our ‘kindness krew’ who considered the benefits and impact each application would make to our colleagues.

In total over £15k was provided in grants to support the staff across Airedale NHS Foundation Trust.

World Book Day

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World Book Day is one of AHCC’s favourite days of the year. As an opportunity to give back, the team took to the road once again to surprise five local schools.

This year colleagues at Airedale NHS Foundation Trust nominated –

All Saints Primary School in Ilkley

Bradley Both CP School Stanbury Village School East Morton Village School

St Michael’s Primary School in Foulridge

Our team were welcomed into school assemblies, breakfast clubs and classrooms and loved giving a selection of health and wellbeing books to each school as a surprise.

We love World Book Day and with this project our team get to highlight the importance of reading and creativity as well as how showing kindness is important.

The visits also provide us with an opportunity to represent Airedale within the wider community, enabling our younger population to view Airedale as an anchor organisation within our patch.

AHCC continued to run the Staff Lottery for employees of ANHSFT throughout the year. Every month players have the chance to win a share of prizes taken from 50% of the monthly lottery takings. Winnings are split into five prizes of different sizes with extra prizes added to celebrate special occasions such as Queen Elizabeth’s Platinum Jubilee.

The rest of the money raised each month is added to AHCC’s People Health & Wellbeing fund to support the health and wellbeing of our colleagues.

Throughout 2022/23 over £10,000 has been

raised by members of the lottery and invested into wellbeing projects for our wonderful colleagues.

Looking after our colleagues

Our People Health & Wellbeing fund has been full of action this year with lots of wellbeing initiatives supported across the organisation. We were proud to be able to support colleagues in a variety of ways:

• outdoor seating including wheelchair accessible picnic benches and covered pods

• annual Christmas lunches for staff

• AOK winter wellbeing grants

• support for the Airedale staff inclusion networks

• appliances such as fridges and microwaves

• furniture for staff rest areas

• supporting refreshments for wellbeing during extreme temperatures

• desk calendars

This year the AHCC team were delighted to be able to join the Trust’s corporate induction programme to talk to colleagues about the Charity’s support for their health and wellbeing from the very beginning of their Airedale journey.

Each month, new starters receive a warm welcome and a gift from the AHCC team. To keep them healthy and hydrated whilst at work colleagues are given their very own AHCC water bottle.

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Team Airedale

Each year members of the Airedale community dedicate their time to help raise money for the Airedale community. Here are just a few of the incredible stories we have heard over the past year…

James Bush, from Ilkley, raised a staggering £30,000 for the Haematology and Oncology Day Unit (HODU) at Airedale Hospital, in memory of his father George Bush. On Friday 8 July, James held a clay pigeon shooting event at Denton Hall in Ilkley. 250 people from across the country attended the event and 31 teams competed in the clay pigeon shoot.

“The initial idea was to raise funds for HODU to generate enough money to provide chairs and equipment to improve the time that patients and their companions spent on the unit. This was all as a result of my father, George, receiving treatment on the unit for the best part of five years. The staff really made the treatment sessions more bearable, particularly with their light-hearted approach and demeanour: something that my father always commented on. I still can’t believe the support we received for the event and would like to thank everyone involved, including those who took part and competed, those who donated and supported us at distance, as well as volunteers, and family and friends that helped me deliver the most fantastic day.”

Once James and his family learned that HODU was having a complete refit, their goal was to try and raise 10% of the refit cost, which would have been about £17.5k. This goal was well and truly surpassed. Thank you, James, and everyone involved in such an incredible achievement.

After Nicola’s friend and colleague was diagnosed with terminal cancer. Nicola felt completely hopeless and so decided to do something for charity. Nicola decided to shave her head along with wild swimming every day in April when the water temperature was between just 8 and 15 degrees.

After her friend’s experience they decided to support AHCC’s HODU - fund and in August 2022 Nicola presented a cheque totalling over an amazing £4,700.

We are delighted to say that Nicola’s support hasn’t ended with many more events and gatherings taking place. Thank you for your unwavering support Nicola and friends.

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“I had lots of support
from family, friends
and colleagues and
couldn’t have done it
without them; some
even got in the river with me!”
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Asam raised an incredible £3,989 for ward 5 by undertaking an Everest Triathlon Challenge. Asam received treatment on the ward following a long stay on the Intensive Care Unit (ICU) and diagnosis of Guillain-Barré syndrome. Asam was admitted to Airedale Hospital on 5 February 2022 and spent over five months on ICU. His condition slowly improved and eventually he was stable enough to breathe for himself. With help he regained ability to swallow and use his voice and moved to ward 5 where he began his rehabilitation journey.

Asam begun his Everest Triathlon Challenge on 17 October, and it was supposed to last for a month however he managed to complete it in just over two weeks. The challenge was to wheel his wheelchair, walk in the hydrotherapy pool, and cycle in his wheelchair with specialist pedals, travelling the equivalent distance from Mount Everest Base Camp to its summit (approximately 20.5km).

Katie & Matt held a sold-out family friendly bonfire in November. Over 400 people attended the event at their farm with over £800 raised for AHCCs Neonatal Unit fund. The couple chose to fundraise for the unit as their baby, Bonnie, was cared for on the unit when she was born in May 2022.

Several local companies sponsored the event, helping to make it so successful.

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Young Airedale

Archie, Erin and Holly along with Archie’s mum Lucie baked up a storm in Ilkley to raise money for the AHCC Emergency Department Appeal. This terrific team held a cake sale in the town and raised an amazing £950.

12-year-old William walked the Yorkshire Three Peaks in March to raise funds for Airedale Hospital and Community Charity. He raised a brilliant £923 specifically for Airedale’s neonatal unit. William completed the challenge in less than 10 hours and was joined by his dad, and his siblings and mum for stretches of the walk. He decided to fundraise for the unit because his brother, Thomas, spent a month on the neonatal unit at Airedale when he was born 7 weeks premature in 2019.

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A group of NCS Changemakers aged 16 and 17 from Craven College and Settle College walked 8km around Skipton and raised £170 to buy a robotic companion cat for ward 10 at Airedale. The group wanted to do this to support elderly patients at Airedale hospital as they have elderly family members who have been cared for at Airedale.

Every year children from Cononley Primary School donate gifts for elderly patients who will be spending the festive period in hospital. This year six children went to Airedale Hospital to deliver the presents and were greeted by members of the hospital’s nursing team.

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How we care for our young ones

Annual Paediatric Diabetes Activity Day

One way we showed our love for our young community this year is through our annual paediatric diabetes day. In 2022 the event was funded through a grant AHCC received from the Arnold Clark Foundation. More than 20 children attended the event at High Adventure Outdoor Education Centre with their parents, along with clinicians from the hospital’s paediatric diabetes team.

The aim of the paediatric diabetes group is to support the children to realise that their condition should not set them apart from others and should not stop them from doing things that other children without the condition do. This is why the group includes sports and physical activities within its offer.

Funded by AHCC a group of patients who were due to start secondary school spent the afternoon bowling and sharing experiences. The event offered the opportunity for great peer to peer support at a memorable time in their lives. A great time was had by all.

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AccuVein

With the help of Skipton Rotary Club we were delighted to fund a second AccuVein device for our Paediatric teams.

AccuVeins are small devices that are used to easily find veins in children who need a blood test or similar procedure. The vein viewer shines a bright green light and makes the veins stand out, helping clinicians to accurately find veins that are otherwise difficult to see. This new technology makes procedures much easier for both patients and clinicians.

This is the second device of its kind funded by AHCC, meaning more children can benefit as well as saving nursing time when trying to locate the equipment.

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Lothersdale Agriculture Discussion Group’s annual tractor run was back in 2022 and bigger than ever!

This year over 150 decorated tractors, Land Rovers and even a harvester set off on from Laycock making their way through Keighley and various towns where the Rudolph Run ended at Craven Cattle Market in Skipton. There were laps around Airedale and Skipton High Street too.

Hundreds of spectators lined the route and donations flooded in for the chosen causes. In total the group proudly donated over £7,700 to both AHCC and Manorlands.

We joined forces with the Co-op from October 2022. As a chosen charity for the Co-op community fund we are proud that members have chosen to support our efforts to fund furniture, equipment and plants to help us to continue to improve both indoor and outdoor wellbeing spaces for our patients, families, staff and the local community.

Sovereign Healthcare generously made their annual donation of £8,000 for equipment and training purposes across Airedale NHS Foundation Trust. As well as donating funds, representatives from Sovereign Healthcare donated lots of play items and toys for our children’s services to enjoy at Christmas.

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Yorkshire Building Society supported our Intensive Care for Airedale appeal by generously donating a grant of £1,500 to purchase sensory lights for each bed on the intensive care unit. The lights help to maintain normal day and night sleep patterns, improve delirium and have the potential to decrease a patient’s length of stay on ICU.

Goat’s Head pub, Steeton

The Goat’s Head pub in Steeton raised £1,500 for Airedale Hospital and Community Charity by running their Goatbury music festival. The funds were raised for Airedale Hospital’s Neonatal Unit. 17 acts performed throughout the day and raised an incredible amount of money.

“Goatbury 2022 was a huge success. It was a brilliant effort from everyone especially the fabulous team from the Goat’s Head who opened their hearts and gave us the stage.” Mike

With the help of their staff and customers M&S Ilkley raised nearly £1500 in 2022 for AHCC’s HODU fund. They were inspired to choose this special cause after their former colleague received great care and support during her time of need. By positioning collection tins at the end of till points customers have been donating any spare change they might have left over from their shopping. We are honoured that M&S Ilkley have decided to continue their support into the next year, helping us raise funds for the Haematology & Oncology Day Unit.

John & Jodie Driver along with the team at the New Quarry House in Cross Roads organised Quarry Fest as a way to say thank you to the neonatal team who looked after their daughter Layney-Mae when she was born nine weeks premature. The family team raised over an amazing £3,000 for the unit and are already looking forward to next year’s event!

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our love for Airedale

Here are just a few of the ways we gave back to Airedale NHS Foundation Trust this year.

HODU

One of our biggest achievements of the year was the incredible refurbishment of the Haematology & Oncology Day Unit (HODU). The £175k refurbishment saw huge changes including an additional treatment room, upgraded technology in all areas, and 12 pressure-relieving treatment chairs which ensure maximum comfort for patients receiving chemotherapy.

The rooms have all been decorated with a calm and bright feel to create the best possible environment for those having treatment as well as wall graphics and local images featuring in all areas. Patients were key in deciding what the new unit would look like including the colour

schemes, style of furniture and mural choices. The refurbishment was made possible by the donations received from the local community and a donation from The Friends of Airedale charity.

The new unit has been open to patients since October and was officially opened at a celebration event on Friday 4 November organised by Airedale Hospital & Community Charity. Donors and their families, staff and executives from the Trust, and other members of the local community were invited to attend. Yorkshire CCC cricketer George Hill, who was born at Airedale Hospital, cut the ribbon at the event.

Outpatient quiet room

We were excited to unveil a £13,500 refurbishment to transform a clinic room in our outpatients department into a comfortable, quiet room for patients to use after receiving a diagnosis of cancer or another life-changing condition.

It gives patients the opportunity to speak with a nurse specialist away from the clinic room. People can sit and reflect and ask any questions they have while in a comfortable and relaxed setting.

As well as funding the decoration of the room we provided new blinds, comfortable chairs and sofas as well as refreshment facilities. These little touches make a huge difference to our patients and their families when they need it most.

The room is already having an impact on patients. Most cancer diagnoses are given in outpatient clinics so having this space away from clinical areas to sit and digest new information allows people to reflect and ask any questions before they leave the department. Sometimes people forget to ask important questions immediately after receiving news, so having this separate, calm space enables people to ask for the information that they need.

A huge thank you goes out to the outpatient team who raised funds for the project.

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ChargeBoxes

Support at the end of lives

Throughout the year we have worked with the Trust’s palliative care team on several projects for patients receiving end of life care and their families.

We have seen some incredible results from the ChargeBoxes that we proudly funded through a grant from NHS Charities Together.

Donations have enabled us to fund recliner chair beds so that families can stay at their loved one’s bedside. Toiletry bags filled with essentials have made a real difference as well as bereavement boxes filled with items to support children going through the loss of a parent.

The units provide 30 minutes of free, fast charging for all mobile devices and can be used by patients, visitors, and staff at Airedale Hospital. One box has been installed in the hospital’s main entrance, which is a central location for the wards, and the other is located in the Emergency Department (ED) where people may spend lengthy amounts of time waiting. The charity team worked with the Trust’s estates team, AGH Solutions, on the project. The charging units provide fast charging and are easy for people to use: you simply open an available locker, plug your device into the correct charging cable, lock the door, and leave your device to charge for 30 minutes.

We also supported the team to roll out a scheme across every ward at Airedale to support the needs of families of patients coming to the end of their lives. Comfort trolleys are a simple idea that are making a huge impact. Each trolley is equipped with hot drink making facilities, a radio/CD player, flowers, snacks, hygiene items, candles and much more. The trolleys are wheeled into the patient’s room meaning family members can stay close whilst caring for their own needs at

We recognised the need to keep patients, visitors, and staff connected with loved ones. Unplanned visits to the ED are stressful, so being able to keep phones charged really helps to alleviate the anxiety caused by low batteries. Our aim was to improve experiences for patients and help people stay connected with family and friends in a time of need.

This simple idea has brought comfort and support to hundreds of people that have used the facilities.

The charging stations make such a difference to people who are at the hospital for longer than planned, or who left home in a rush without a charged phone. In the first few days that the ChargeBox in the Emergency Department was up and running, it was used over 100 times which immediately showed us that it is making an impact on people coming to the ED. This initiative is also raising morale within our workforce as Airedale colleagues who need to charge their devices while they’re working can now do so safely and securely. The most recent statistics show that in the first year of the ChargeBoxes being in place they were used over 15,000 times. An incredible asset for the Airedale community.

Nichola Tullett, who leads the Palliative Care team at Airedale explains, “Understandably, families want to spend as much time as they can with their loved ones towards the end of their lives, and it is really important that they feel they are able to do so. We want to do everything possible to support families at this very emotional time and the comfort trolleys allow staff to not only support their emotional needs, but their physical needs as well.”

Wall graphics

Did you know that we have over a mile of corridors at Airedale? We were proud to be able to brighten up the corridors of Airedale during the year. Pictures of colleagues, fundraisers, our equipment and technology and of course our beautiful surroundings line the wall for all to see.

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Looking forward together

Thanks to you we have been able to show our love for Airedale again this year. With your help our future is exciting.

Some of the key areas of focus for our Charity next year:

Anchor in the community

Our Charity continues to strive to be at the very heart of the Airedale community.

We will continue to fly the Airedale flag and use our position as ambassadors for the benefit of our local community. We will champion Airedale and celebrate its success.

Working with you

Our work with our local community will continue to grow with partnership opportunities and collaboration of all shapes and sizes including corporate and school partnerships. We will also continue to invest in young members of the Airedale community, helping them to grow and flourish.

Working with you, for you, will forever be at the heart of everything we do, making sure that our staff and patients help us make the biggest impact.

Airedale AOK

Our Airedale AOK (Acts of Kindness) will carry on encouraging others to show thanks, grow and educate our younger generation. Kindness will be at the centre of everything we do and we will continue to inspire people to be kind to themselves and others.

Investing in Airedale

Airedale Hospital & Community Charity exists to support our local community of over 200,000 and the staff that care for them when they need it most. With your unwavering help AHCC will continue to raise funds and invest in our patients, staff and local community as set out in our objectives.

Our next mission, and one we are already planning, will be supporting Airedale to make the new hospital the best it can possibly be as well as continuing to support the amazing appeals, projects and colleagues we work with. We look forward to sharing this journey with you.

Airedale Ambassadors – volunteering, schools, young volunteers

We will aim to increase opportunities for volunteers of all ages to become ambassadors and encourage partnership working.

We are keen to link our charity even closer to our local communities and we pledge to make even stronger connections.

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Thank you! To those we have mentioned and so many others... THANK YOU for showing your love for Airedale.

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A closer look

Airedale Hospital & Community Charity has a Corporate Trustee, which is the Airedale NHS Foundation Trust Board of Directors. The Corporate Trustee presents the Airedale Hospital & Community Charity Annual Report together with the independently examined financial statements for the year ended 31 March 2023.

The Corporate Trustee is responsible for preparing the Annual Report and the financial statements in accordance with applicable law and UK Accounting Standards (UK Generally Accepted Accounting Practice). The law applicable to charities in England and Wales requires the Trustee to prepare financial statements for each financial year which show a true and fair view of the state of affairs of the Charity and of the incoming resources and application of resources of the Charity for that period.

The Corporate Trustee is responsible for keeping proper accounting records which disclose with reasonable accuracy the financial position of the Charity and enable them to ascertain that the financial statements comply with the Charities Act 2011, the Charity (Accounts and Reports) Regulations 2008 and the provisions of the Trust Deed. They are also responsible for safeguarding the assets of the Charity and hence for taking reasonable steps for the prevention and detection of fraud and other irregularities.

The Report and financial statements include all the separately established funds for which Airedale NHS Foundation Trust is the sole beneficiary.

The members of the Board of Directors who served during the financial year ended 31 March 2023 and therefore acted as the Corporate Trustee were as follows:

Andrew Gold	Chair
Foluke Ajayi	Chief Executive
Rob Aitchison	Chief Operating Offcer (until 13.11.2022)
Leanne Cooper	Chief Operating Offcer (from 21.02.2023)
Amanda Stanford	Chief Nurse
Amy Whitaker	Director of Finance (until 04.09.2022)
Donna Cassidy	Interim Director of Finance (from 01.09.2022 until 31.10.2022)
Mike Savage	Director of Finance (from 31.10.2022)
Joanne Harrison	Director of People & OD
David Crampsey	Medical Director and Deputy Chief Executive
Victoria Pickles	Director of Corporate Affairs (until 17.06.2022)
Fiona Barr	Director of Corporate Affairs (from 01.12.2022)
Stuart Shaw	Director of Strategy & Planning
Nadira Mirza	Deputy Chair
Rhys Davies	Non-Executive Director
Andrew Dumbleton	Non-Executive Director
Melanie Hudson	Non-Executive Director
Ian Knight	Non-Executive Director
David Wharfe	Non-Executive Director until June 2022
Andy Withers	Non-Executive Director

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Reference and administrative details for the Charity, Trustee and Advisers

The Charity

Airedale Hospital & Community Charity (the ‘Charity’) is a public benefit entity. The Trustee has regard for the Charity Commission’s guidance on the public benefit requirement as set out in section 4 of the 2011 Charities Act. This report outlines the activities of the Charity in furthering the Charity’s purposes for the public

Airedale Hospital & Community Charity are registered with the Charity Commission under the single registered number 1050730.

The Charity was entered onto the Central

Register of Charities on the 15 November 1995 as Airedale NHS Charitable Funds and was formed under the umbrella charity model with several subsidiaries. Following structural changes within the NHS, the subsidiaries were removed in 2008. The Charity changed its name to Airedale NHS Foundation Trust Charitable Funds following Airedale NHS Trust achieving Foundation Trust status on 1 June 2010. There was a further name change in March 2020 when the Charity changed its name to Airedale Hospital & Community Charity to better encompass all aspects of its strategic aims.

The Trustee

Airedale NHS Foundation Trust is the Corporate Trustee of the charitable funds governed by the law applicable to Trusts, principally the Trustee Act 2000 and the Charities Act 2011.

The Foundation Trust’s Board of Directors devolved responsibility for the ongoing management of funds to the Charitable Funds Committee (‘the Committee’) which administers the funds on behalf of the Corporate Trustee. This Committee was formed on 20 December 2007.

The below members of the Board of Directors served on behalf of the Corporate Trustee and attended Committee meetings during the financial year ended 31 March 2023.

New members of the charitable funds committee and Trust Board are provided with an induction pack consisting of valuable information about the Charity. Appropriate training is offered in charity law and administration, and the roles and responsibilities of trustees.

Neil Helm acted as the principal officer overseeing the day-to-day financial management and accounting of the Charity during the year to 31 March 2023. Victoria Pickles and Fiona Barr, respectively fulfilling the role of Director of Corporate Affairs and Group Company Secretary, oversaw the governance elements of the Charity during the year to 31 March 2023.

Rhys Davies	Non-Executive Director (Chair)
Andrew Dumbleton	Non-Executive Director
Andrew Gold	Chair of Airedale NHS Foundation Trust and Non-Executive Director
Rob Aitchison	Chief Operating Offcer/Deputy Chief Executive (until 13.11.2022)
Leanne Cooper	Chief Operating Offcer from 21.02.2023)
Victoria Pickles	Director of Corporate Affairs/Deputy Chief Executive (until 17.06.2022)
Fiona Barr	Director of Corporate Affairs (from 01.12.2022)
David Crampsey	Medical Director/Deputy Chief Executive
Joanne Harrison	Director of People & OD
Annie McCluskey	Divisional Director of Nursing for Women’s & Children’s Division and Corp. Services
Christine Highley	Public Governor (until 31.05.2022)

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Principal office

Airedale Hospital & Community Charity c/o Airedale NHS Foundation Trust Airedale General Hospital Skipton Road Steeton Keighley BD20 6TD

Principal professional advisors

Bankers Investment Fund Barclays Bank PLC Managers 77 North Street Rathbone Investment Keighley Management BD21 5BD Port of Liverpool Building National Westminster Pier Head Bank Liverpool Government Banking L3 1NW Services Branch Premier Place 2 ½ Devonshire Square London EC2M 4BA

Independent Examiners

Stirk, Lambert & Co Russell Chambers 61a North Street Keighley BD21 3DS

Structure, Management and Governance

Structure

The Charity has one key NHS wide objective:

“The Trustee shall hold the trust upon trust to apply the income, and at their discretion so far as may be permissible, the capital, for any charitable purpose or purposes relating to the National Health Service.”

The Charity also has a number of objectives developed and linked specifically to the needs and objectives of Airedale NHS Foundation Trust:

• To support our people and their wellbeing

• To improve the patient experience

• To progress services and innovation within the Trust

• To support services delivered in partnership

• To support the needs of the population we serve

The Corporate Trustee conducts its activities with regard to the Charity Commission guidance on public benefit in section 4 of the Charities Act 2011.

The key principles of public benefit are:

• benefit must be to the public or to section of the public.

Accordingly, the Corporate Trustee ensures that funds are used for the benefit of, and enhancement to, the care of patients and well-being of staff. This is achieved through the provision of medical and non-medical equipment that otherwise would not be available for purchase through public NHS funding. The Charitable funds may also able be used to fund enhanced patient care by providing additional nurse training and education which otherwise would not be available. The benefits of providing new equipment and enhanced care is available free of charge to all members of the public and patients using Airedale NHS Foundation Trust’s service.

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Management

The Charity’s unrestricted fund was established using the model Declaration of Trust and all funds held on trust as at the date or registration were either part of this unrestricted fund or registered as separate restricted funds under the main charity. Subsequent donations and gifts received by the Charity that are attributable to the original funds are added to those fund balances within the existing charity.

The Corporate Trustee fulfils its legal duty by ensuring that funds are spent in accordance with the objects of each fund and, by designating funds, the Trustee respects the wishes of our generous donors to benefit patient care and advance the good health and wellbeing of patients, carers and staff.

The Corporate Trustee and the representatives of the Corporate Trustee have regard to the public benefit guidance issued by the Charity Commission when exercising any powers or duties to which the guidance is relevant. Where funds have been received which have specific restrictions set by the donor, these have been managed accordingly.

The charitable funds available for spending are allocated to specialities within the Trust’s directorate management structure as well as an unrestricted fund for use ‘where it is needed’. Each allocation is managed by use of a designated fund within the general unrestricted fund. For example, there are charitable funds for medicine which include allocations for each of the wards and within surgery the funds include allocations for Ophthalmology and Theatres.

Under a scheme of delegated authority approved by the Corporate Trustee, named Directors have day to day responsibility for the management of the Charity and must personally approve, on behalf of the Corporate Trustee, all expenditure over £1,000 with an upper limit of £7,500 using their delegated authority. The Committee has delegated authority to approve expenditure over £7,500 with an upper limit of £50,000. Expenditure of £50,000 and above requires approval by the Trust’s Board of Directors acting in their capacity as the Corporate Trustee.

Governance

Acting for the Corporate Trustee, the Charitable Funds Committee is responsible for the overall management of the Charity. The committee is required to:

• Control, manage and monitor the use of the Charity’s resources;

• Manage and monitor the receipt of all income;

• Ensure that ‘best practice’ is followed in the conduct of all its affairs, fulfilling all of its legal responsibilities, ensuring the Charity operates and complies with current legislation;

• Ensure that the Investment Policy, approved by the Board as Corporate Trustee, is adhered to and that performance is continually reviewed whilst being aware of ethical considerations; and

• Keep the Trust Board fully informed on the activity, performance, and the risks of the Charity.

The accounting records and the day-to-day administration of the funds are dealt with by the Trust’s Finance Department located at Airedale General Hospital, Skipton Road. Steeton, Keighley, BD20 6TD.

Risk Management

The risks to which the Charity is exposed have been identified and are logged on a risk register. The risk register is reviewed on a regular basis and systems established to mitigate those risks.

Independent Financial Scrutiny

Stirk, Lambert & Co. (AHCC’s independent examiner commencing 1 September 2022) undertook a statutory independent examination of the financial statements for the charitable funds. Independent examination is permitted by the Charities Commission for a charity of this size. Independent examination is a ‘light touch’ scrutiny wherein the examiner is only required to confirm whether any material matters of concern have come to their attention and excludes the audit requirement to provide an opinion on whether a charity’s accounts give a ‘true and fair view’. They gave an unqualified report on the accounts.

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Principal Risks and Uncertainties

The Corporate Trustee has considered the key risks to which the Charity is exposed:

1) A fall in income from donations

The Trustee has arrangements in place to mitigate those risks. The Corporate Trustee aims to mitigate the risk that income will fall by supporting the fundraising team with increasing the Charity’s visibility in the local community and beyond. The Charity has a fundraising strategy that is reviewed on an annual basis. This is supported by a communications and marketing plan to ensure brand visibility and support. Robust internal governance ensures that the Charity is only spending funds that are available.

2) A fall in income from investments

The investment portfolio is well diversified to help protect the Charity against any fall in value of a particular market. The Investment Manager (Rathbones) holds a discretionary mandate which enables them to make investment and divestment decisions on the Charity’s behalf. Both above help minimise the

Reserves Policy

The Trustee has a target for reserves to fund up to three years of expenditure. This is to allow freedom to make grants when they are needed in anticipation of investment returns and donations. Reserves at this level will also permit the timely realisation of expendable endowments to make grants, on an exceptional basis, where required. No target figure was set. The level of unrestricted funds, has decreased between 31st March 2022 and 31st March 2023, from £1,343k to £1,036k. The reserves policy is reviewed on a three yearly basis alongside the investment policy.

Financial statements

Throughout 2022/23 the Charity continued to support a wide range of health-related activities benefitting both patients and staff. In general, they are used to purchase a variety of additional goods and services that the NHS is unable to provide.

principal risks and uncertainties and allows the Corporate Trustee to consider the Charity to be a going concern.

3) Unforeseen changes in the operation of the NHS

The NHS is, by its very nature, subject to national changes in government policy as well as local politically driven decisions. The Charitable Funds Committee has identified this as a risk as it may mean initiatives or healthcare activities supported by AHCC are no longer delivered in the Airedale area. The Committee regularly liaises with NHS partners to understand the changes that they are facing at an early stage.

Airedale Hospital & Community Charity is reliant on donations to allow it to make grants If income falls, then the Charity would not be able to make as many grants or enter into longer term commitments.

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Annual financial statements for the year ended 31 March 2023

Foreword

These financial statements cover the year from 1 April 2022 to 31 March 2023, and have been prepared by the trustee based on a going concern basis.

These accounts have been prepared by the Trustee in accordance with “Accounting and Reporting by Charities: Statement of Recommended Practice”(FRS 102) issued in October 2019, the Charities Act 2011, and the Charities (Accounts and Reports) Regulations 2008.

Main purpose of the funds held on trust

The main purpose of the charitable funds held on trust is to apply income for any charitable purpose relating to the National Health Service wholly or mainly for the services provided by the Airedale NHS Foundation Trust.

The trustee is required to act in accordance with the trust deed and the rules of the charity, within the framework of trust law. The trustee is responsible for keeping proper accounting records, sufficient to disclose at any time, with reasonable accuracy, the financial position of the charity at that time, and to enable the trustee to ensure that, where any statements of accounts are prepared by the trustee under section 132(1) of the Charities Act 2011, those statements of accounts comply with the requirements of regulations under that provision. The trustee has general responsibility for taking such steps as are reasonably open to the trustee to safeguard the assets of the charity and to prevent and detect fraud and other irregularities.

Signed on behalf of the trustee:

Statement of trustees’ responsibilities

Under charity law, the trustee is responsible for preparing the trustee’s annual report and accounts for each financial year which show a true and fair view of the state of affairs of the charity and of the excess of expenditure over income for that period.

Name: Rhys Davies – Chair of Charitable Funds Committee

Date: 24 January 2024

In preparing these financial statements, generally accepted accounting practice requires that the trustee:

• select suitable accounting policies and then apply them consistently

• make judgments and estimates that are reasonable and prudent

• states whether the recommendations of the SORP FRS 102 have been followed, subject to any material departures disclosed and explained in the financial statements

• states whether the financial statements comply with the trust deed, subject to any material departures disclosed and explained in

• prepares the financial statements on the going concern basis unless it is inappropriate to presume that the charity will continue its activities.

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Statement of Financial Activities for the year ended 31 March 2023

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Note Unrestricted Restricted Endowment Total funds
funds funds funds
2022/23 2022/23 2022/23 2022/23 2021/22
Income and endowments from: £000 £000 £000 £000 £000
Donations and legacies 3 172 20 0 192 393
Other trading activities 90 0 0 90 21
Investments 5 27 0 0 27 15
Total incoming resources 289 20 0 309 429
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Expenditure on:
Raising funds 6 (85) (20) 0 (105) (85)
Charitable activities
Grants Payable & Gifts in Kind 7 (429) 0 0 (429) (284)
distributed
Support costs 9 (35) 0 0 (35) (43)
Total expenditure (549) (20) 0 (569) (412)
Net gains/(losses) on investments 13 (47) 0 0 (47) 22
Net income/(expenditure) (307) 0 0 (307) 39
Transfers between funds 0 0 0 0 0
Net movement in funds (307) 0 0 (307) 39
Reconciliation of funds
Total funds brought forward at 1st 18 1,343 0 4 1,347 1,347
April 2021
Total funds carried forward at 31st 1,036 0 4 1,040 1,347
March 2022
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The notes at pages 39 to 49 form part of these accounts.

All gains and losses recognised in the year are included in the Statement of Financial Position All the results on the Statement of Financial Activities are derived from Continuing operations.

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Balance Sheet as at 31 March 2023

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Note Unrestricted Restricted Endowment Total Total at
funds funds funds at 31 31 March
March 2022
2023
£000 £000 £000 £000 £000
Fixed Assets
Investments 13 557 0 0 557 602
Total Fixed Assets 557 0 0 557 602
Current Assets
Debtors 14 4 0 0 4 3
Cash and Cash Equivalents 15 532 48 4 584 883
Total current assets 536 48 4 588 886
Liabilities
Creditors falling due within one year 16 57 0 0 57 129
Deferred income 16 0 48 0 48 12
New current assets/(liabilities) 479 0 4 483 745
Total assets less current liabilities 1,036 0 4 1,040 1,347
Total net assets or liabilities 1,036 0 4 1,040 1,347
The funds of the Charity 18
Endownment Funds 0 0 4 4 4
Unrestricted Income Funds 1,036 0 0 1,036 1,343
Total Charity Funds 1,036 0 4 1,040 1,347
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The notes at pages 39 to 49 form part of these accounts, signed on behalf of the trust by Rhys Davies (Chair of the Charitable Fund Committee).

Signed on behalf of the trustee:

Name: Rhys Davies – Chair of Charitable Funds Committee Date: 24 January 2024

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Statement of Cash Flows for the year ended 31 March 2023

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Note 31 March 2023 31 March 2022
Total Funds Total Funds
£000 £000
Cash flows from operating activities:
Net cash provided by (used in) operating activities 17 (324) 29
Cash flows from investing activities:
Dividends, interest and rents from investments 5 27 15
Proceeds from the sale of investments 13 42 579
Purchase of investments 13 (44) (579)
Net cash provided by (used in) investing activities 25 15
Change in cash and cash equivalents in the reporting period (299) 44
Change in cash and cash equivalents at the beginning of 15 883 839
the reporting period
Change in cash and cash equivalents due to exchange rate 0 0
movements
Cash and cash equivalents at the end of the reporting period 584 883
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Notes on the accounts

1) Accounting Policies

a) Basis of Preparation

The financial statements have been prepared under the historic cost convention, with the exception of investments which are included at fair value.

The accounts (financial statements) have been prepared in accordance with the Statement of Recommended Practice: Accounting and Reporting by Charities preparing their accounts in accordance with the Financial Reporting Standard applicable in the UK and Republic of Ireland (FRS 102) issued in October 2019 and the Financial Reporting Standard applicable in the United Kingdom and Republic of Ireland (FRS 102) and the Charities Act 2011 and UK Generally Accepted Practice as it applies from 1 January 2019.

The accounts (financial statements) have been prepared to give a ‘true and fair’ view and have departed from the Charities (Accounts and Reports) Regulations 2008 only to the extent required to provide a ‘true and fair view’. This departure has involved following Accounting and Reporting by Charities preparing their accounts in accordance with the Financial Reporting Standard applicable in the UK and Republic of Ireland (FRS 102) issued in October 2019 rather than the Accounting and Reporting by Charities: Statement of Recommended Practice effective from 1 April 2005 which has since been withdrawn.

The trustee considers that there are no material uncertainties about the Airedale Hospital and Community Charity’s ability to continue as a going concern. There are no material uncertainties affecting the current year’s accounts.

In future years, the key risks to the charity are a fall in income from donations or investments but the trustee has arrangements in place to mitigate those risks (see the ‘Principal Risks and Uncertainties’ section of the annual report for more information).

b) Funds Structure

Where there is a legal restriction on the purpose to which a fund may be put, the fund is classified either as:

• a restricted fund or

• an endowment fund.

Restricted funds are those where the donor has provided for the donation to be spent in furtherance of a specified charitable purpose.

Endowment funds arise when the donor has expressly provided that the gift is to be invested and only the income of the fund may be spent. These funds are sub analysed between those

where the trustee has the discretion to spend the capital (expendable endowment) and those where there is no discretion to expend the capital (permanent endowment).

The charity has one permanent endowment fund. The income of the Winifred Naylor Allen Endowment Fund can be used for nurse training awards.

Those funds which are neither endowment nor restricted income funds, are unrestricted income funds which are sub analysed between designated (earmarked) funds where the trustee has set aside amounts to be used for specific purposes or which reflect the non-binding wishes of donors and unrestricted funds which are at the trustee’s discretion, including the general fund which represents the charity’s reserves. The major funds held in each of these categories are disclosed in note 18.

c) Incoming Resources

All incoming resources are recognised once the charity has entitlement to the resources, it is probable (more likely than not) that the resources will be received and the monetary value of incoming resources can be measured with sufficient reliability.

Where there are terms or conditions attached to incoming resources, particularly grants, then these terms or conditions must be met before the income is recognised as the entitlement condition will not be satisfied until that point. Where terms or conditions have not been met or uncertainty exists as to whether they can be met then the relevant income is not recognised in the year but deferred and shown on the balance sheet as deferred income.

d) Gifts in kind

Gifts in kind, such as food and care packages are not accounted for when they are accepted and immediately distributed unless a single donation is material. The vast majority of items donated to Airedale Hospital & Commmunity Charity fell into this category.

Gifts of tangible assets such as TV’s, microwaves and fridges, which have an individual value of at least £100, are recognised as a donation at fair value (market price) on receipt and charitable expenditure when they are distributed. In 2022/23, £nil has been include in donations and expenditure to reflect this (2021/22 £2k).

Where gifts in kind are held before being distributed to beneficiaries, they are recognised at fair value as stock until they are distributed. No items were undistributed as at 31st March or had no fair value.

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e) Incoming Resources from Legacies

Legacies are accounted for as incoming resources either upon receipt or where the receipt of the legacy is probable.

Receipt is probable when:

• confirmation has been received from the representatives of the estate(s) that probate has been granted.

• the executors have established that there are sufficient assets in the estate to pay the legacy and

• all conditions attached to the legacy have been fulfilled or are within the charity’s control.

If there is uncertainty as to the amount of the legacy and it cannot be reliably estimated then the legacy is shown as a contingent asset until all of the conditions for income recognition are met.

f) Incoming Resources from Endowment Funds

The incoming resources received from the invested endowment fund are wholly restricted.

g) Resources expended and irrecoverable VAT

All expenditure is accounted for on an accruals basis and has been classified under headings that aggregate all costs related to each category of expense shown in the Statement of Financial Activities. Expenditure is recognised when the following criteria are met:

• there is a present legal or constructive obligation resulting from a past event

• it is more likely than not that a transfer of benefits (usually a cash payment) will be required in settlement

• the amount of the obligation can be measured or estimated reliably.

A constructive obligation arises when:

• the charity has communicated its intention to award a grant to a recipient who then has a reasonable expectation that they will receive a grant or

• the charity has made a public announcement about a commitment which is specific enough for the recipient to have a reasonable expectation that they will receive a grant or

• there is an established pattern of practice which indicates to the recipient that we will honour our commitment.

The trustee has control over the amount and timing of grant payments and consequently where approval has been given by the charitable fund committee, on behalf of the trustee, and any of the above criteria have been met then a liability is recognised. Grants are not usually awarded with conditions attached. However, when they are then those conditions have to be met before the liability is recognised.

Where an intention has not been communicated, then no expenditure is recognised but an appropriate designation is made in the appropriate fund. If a grant has been offered but there is uncertainty as to whether it will be accepted or whether conditions will be met then no liability is recognised but a contingent liability is disclosed.

i) Allocation of support costs

Support costs are those costs which do not relate directly to a single activity. These include some staff costs, costs of administration and independent examination costs. Support costs have been apportioned between fundraising costs and charitable activities on an appropriate basis.

The analysis of support costs are shown in note 9.

Irrecoverable VAT is charged against the category of resources expended for which it was incurred.

h) Recognition of expenditure and associated liabilities as a result of grant

Grants payable are payments made to linked, related party or third party NHS bodies and non NHS bodies, in furtherance of the charitable objectives of the funds held on trust, primarily relief of those who are sick.

Grant payments are recognised as expenditure when the conditions for their payment have been met or where there is a constructive obligation to make a payment.

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j) Fundraising Costs

The costs of generating funds are those costs attributable to generating income for the charity, other than those costs incurred in undertaking charitable activities or the costs incurred in undertaking trading activities in furtherance of the charity’s objects. The costs of generating funds represent fundraising costs together with investment management fees.

k) Charitable activities

Costs of charitable activities comprise all costs incurred in the pursuit of the charitable objects of the charity. These costs, where not wholly attributable, are apportioned between the categories of charitable expenditure in addition to the direct costs. The total costs of each category of charitable expenditure include an apportionment of support costs as shown in note 7.

l) Fixed Asset Investments

Investments are a form of basic financial instrument. Fixed asset investments are initially recognised at their transaction value and are subsequently measured at their fair value (market value) as at the balance sheet date. The Statement of Financial Activities includes the net gains and losses arising on revaluation and disposals throughout the year. Quoted stocks and shares are included in the Balance Sheet at the current market value quoted by the investment analyst, excluding dividend. Other investments are included at the trustee’s best estimate of market value.

The main form of financial risk faced by the charity is that of volatility in equity markets and investment markets due to wider economic conditions, the attitude of investors to investment risk, and changes in sentiment concerning equities and within particular sectors or sub sectors.

All investments are held in a portfolio which were managed by Castlefield Investment LLP until Oct 21 when the management transferred to Rathbone LLP.

day to day running costs of the charity as they fall due. Cash equivalents are short term, highly liquid investments, held in interest bearing savings accounts.

o) Creditors

Creditors are amounts owed by the charity. They are measured at the amount that the charity expects to have to pay to settle the debt.

Amounts which are owed in more than a year are shown as long term creditors. At the accounting date, Airedale Hospital and Community Charity had no long term creditors.

p) Realised gains and losses

All gains and losses are taken to the Statement of Financial Activities as they arise. Realised gains and losses on investments are calculated as the difference between sales proceeds and opening carrying value (purchase date if later). Unrealised gains and losses are calculated as the difference between the market value at the year end and opening carrying value (or purchase date if later).

q) Staff costs and pensions

There are no staff directly employed by the charity. However, The Charity Manager employed by Airedale NHS Foundation Trust and Charity Assistant are considered to be an employee of the charity employed by a related party.

Airedale NHS Foundation Trust re-charge the Charity for support costs which include a percentage of costs for several members of staff.

These staff members belong to the NHS Pension Scheme which is an unfunded defined benefit scheme which is accounted for as a defined contribution scheme. The recharge from Airedale NHS Foundation Trust includes the employee contributions to that scheme. For more information on the NHS Pension Scheme refer to the Airedale NHS Foundation Trust annual report and accounts.

Further information on the investments can be found in note 13.

m) Debtors

Debtors are amounts owed to the charity. They are measured on the basis of their recoverable amount.

n) Cash and cash equivalents

Cash at bank and in hand is held to meet the

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2. Related Party Transactions

Airedale NHS Foundation Trust is the corporate trustee of the Airedale Hospital and Community Charity and is its main grant beneficiary - they are therefore related parties. Grants paid by the charity to Airedale NHS Foundation Trust are detailed in note 8. Airedale NHS Foundation Trust makes a number of clerical and transaction services available to the charity, in accordance with a service level agreement. These include:

• fundraising services at a cost of £74k (£46k in 2021/22) - see note 6.

• financial administrative services at a cost of £32k (£36k in 2021/22) in support of the charity’s grant making activities which are included within support costs - see note 9

The charges made by Airedale NHS Foundation Trust for fundraising services constitute the costs of the Charity Manager and Charity Assistant. The amounts paid for administrative services are due under a service level agreement and are set at an amount which allows Airedale NHS Foundation Trust to recover its costs.

None of the members of the Airedale NHS Foundation Trust Board or parties related to them has undertaken any transactions with the Airedale Hospital and Community Charity or received any benefit from the charity in payment in kind. Board members received no honoraria, expenses or emoluments in the year.

3. Income from donations and legacies

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Unrestricted funds Restricted funds Total
2022/23 2021/22 2022/23 2021/22 2022/23 2021/22
£000 £000 £000 £000 £000 £000
Donations 83 373 0 0 83 373
Legacies 12 5 0 0 12 5
Grants receivable 77 13 20 0 97 13
Gifts in Kind (material) 0 2 0 0 0 2
Total 172 393 20 0 192 393
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Donations contains corporate donations and gifts from individuals i.e.members of the public, relatives of patients and staff. General donations were higher in 2021/22, as Airedale NHS Foundation Trust made a donation of £217,200 for staff wellbeing, which is equivalent to £50 for each staff member.

4. Role of Volunteers

Like all charities, the Airedale Hospital and Community Charity is reliant on a team of volunteers for its smooth running. Our volunteers perform the following role:

• fund advisors – there are between 70-80 Airedale NHS Foundation Trust staff who support the charitable funds committee when deciding how the charity’s designated funds should be spent. These funds are designated (or earmarked) by the charitable fund committee to be spent for a particular purpose or in a particular ward or department. each fund advisor has delegated powers to use the designated funds in accordance with the committee’s wishes. The committee determines what each fund can be spent on and the amount that can be spent in a year.

In accordance with the SORP, due to the absence of any reliable measurement basis, the contribution of these volunteers is not recognised in the accounts.

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5. Gross investment income

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Unrestricted funds Restricted funds Total
2022/23 2021/22 2022/23 2021/22 2022/23 2021/22
£000 £000 £000 £000 £000 £000
Investments listed on Stock 14 15 0 0 14 15
Exchange
Other Investments 0 0 0 0 0 0
Bank interest 13 0 0 0 13 0
Total 27 15 0 0 27 15
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6. Analysis of expenditure on raising funds

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Unrestricted funds Restricted funds Total
2022/23 2021/22 2022/23 2021/22 2022/23 2021/22
£000 £000 £000 £000 £000 £000
Charity Manager 46 21 0 0 46 21
Communications and Charity 28 25 0 0 28 25
Assistant
Youth Volunteer Coordinator 0 23 0 0 0 23
Other 11 16 20 0 31 16
Total 85 85 20 0 105 85
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*Employed since August 2019 by Airedale NHS Foundation Trust.

**Employed since May 2021 by Airedale NHS Foundation Trust.

***Entirely funded by monies received for that purpose by the Pears Foundation.

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7. Analysis of charitable expenditure

The charity did not undertake any direct charitable activities on its own account during the year. All of the charitable expenditure was in the form of grant funding.

Grants were approved in favour of Airedale NHS Foundation Trust, to carry out activities that will benefit NHS patients and their families.

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Grant funded activity Total
2022/23 2021/22 2022/23 2021/22
£000 £000 £000 £000
Patients welfare and amenities 89 98 89 98
Staff welfare and amenities 44 134 44 134
Staff training 20 3 20 3
Medical equipment 8 21 8 21
IT equipment 0 (2) 0 (2)
Ward environment 268 28 268 28
Gifts in Kind (material – distributed) 0 2 0 2
Total 429 284 429 284
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8. Analysis of grants

The charity does not make grants to individuals. All grants are made to the Airedale NHS Foundation Trust to provide for the care of NHS patients in furtherance of our charitable aims. The total cost of making grants, including support costs, is disclosed on the face of the Statement of Financial Activities and the actual funds spent on each category of charitable activity, is disclosed in note 7.

The trustee operates a scheme of delegation for charitable funds, under which fund advisors initiate the day to day disbursements on their projects in accordance with the directions set out in standing orders

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Institution receiving grant support: Total amount paid Total amount paid
2022/23 2021/22
£000 £000
Airedale NHS Foundation Trust 429 282
Total 429 282
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9. Allocation of support costs and overheads

Support and overhead costs are allocated against charitable activities. Governance costs are those support costs which relate to the strategic and day to day management of a charity. The bases of allocation used is as follows:

• expenditure: this is a proportion based on the average fund balance during the year. This is used where the trustee considers this is a more equitable treatment to avoid disadvantaging funds with high volume, low value transactions.

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Charitable activities Basis
2022/23 2021/22
£000 £000
Independent Examination 1 3 Expenditure
Investment Management 1 3 Expenditure
Financial administration 32 36 Expenditure
Bank Charges 1 1 Expenditure
Total 35 43
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There are no staff directly employed by the charity. Recharges are made for Trust staff time. The recharge is shown on the Financial Administration line.

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Unrestricted funds Restricted funds Total
2022/23 2021/22 2022/23 2021/22 2022/23 2021/22
£000 £000 £000 £000 £000 £000
Charitable activities 35 43 0 0 35 43
Total 35 43 0 0 35 43
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10. Analysis of staff costs and remuneration of key management personnel

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2022/23 2021/22
£000 £000
Salaries and wages 60 39
Social security costs 6 3
Employers pension contribution 8 3
Total 74 45
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The average number of full-time equivalent employees (employed by a related party) during the year was 1.6 (2021/22: 1.6), providing fundraising services to the charity.

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11. Trustee remuneration, benefits and expenses

Members of Airedale NHS Foundation Trust board give their time freely and receive no remuneration for the work that they undertake in relation to Airedale Hospital and Community Charity.

12. Independent Examiner’s remuneration

The independent examiner’s remuneration of £1k (2021/22: £3k) related solely to the independent examination with no other additional work being undertaken (2021/22: £nil). Independent Examination is permitted by the Charities Commission for a charity of this size. Independent examination is a ‘light touch’ scrutiny involving the examiner checking for specific matters only. Because it is narrowly defined and does not involve forming an opinion as to whether the accounts are ‘true and fair’, the fees are reduced.

13. Fixed Asset investments

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Movement in fixed asset investments 2022/23 2021/22
£000 £000
Market value brought forward 602 580
Add: additions to investments at cost 44 579
Less disposals at carrying value (42) (579)
Add net gain (loss) on revaluation (47) 22
Market value as at 31 March 557 602
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Fixed asset investments by type 2022/23 2021/22
£000 £000
UK Equities & Equity Funds 557 560
Global Equities & Equity Funds (ex UK)
Fixed Interest & Fixed Interest Funds
Global Equities & Equity Funds (incl UK)
Direct Property & Property Funds 42
Other Assets
Multi-Asset Funds
Total 557 602
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All investments are carried at their fair value.

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The charitable funds committee sets 5% of market value as at 31 March as the threshold for reporting material investments. As at 31 March 2023 the following investment was considered material:

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Investment 2022/23 2022/23 2021/22 2021/22
£000 % £000 %
Rathbone Unit Trust Management Core Investment 557 100% 560 93%
Fund for Charities
Mayfair Capital in Property Income Trust for 0 0% 42 7%
Charities
Castlefield Best Sustainable Income fund 0 0% 0 0%
Castlefield Real Return fund 0 0% 0 0%
Castlefield Best Sustainable UK Smaller Companies 0 0% 0 0%
Fund
Total 557 100% 602 70%
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The main risk from financial instruments lies in the combination of uncertain investment markets and volatility in yield.

The impact of rapidly rising interest rates over the last year have caused stress in financial markets.

Airedale Hospital and Community Charity manages these investment risks by retaining expert advisors (for 2022/23 - Rathbones LLP) and operating an investment policy that provides for a high degree of diversification of holdings within investment asset classes. All investments were made in companies listed on a UK stock exchange or incorporated in the UK and therefore all investments are treated as investment assets in the UK.

14. Analysis of current debtors

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Debtors under 1 year 2022/23 2021/22
£000 £000
Other debtors 4 3
Total 4 3
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15. Analysis of cash and cash equivalents

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2022/23 2021/22
£000 £000
RBS Bank Account 509 868
Barclays Current Account 74 13
Investment account (cash held) 1 2
Total cash and cash equivalents 584 883
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16. Analysis of liabilities

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Creditors falling due within 1 year 2022/23 2021/22
£000 £000
Other creditors 57 129
Total cash and cash equivalents 57 129
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Other creditors represent sums owed at the year end by the charity to a related party, Airedale NHS Foundation Trust, for costs incurred by the Trust on behalf of the charity in the furtherance of the charity’s objectives.

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Deferred income 2022/23 2021/22
£000 £000
Grants received – restricted funds 48 12
Total cash and cash equivalents 48 12
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17. Reconciliation of net income/(expenditure) to net cash flow from operating activities

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2022/23 2021/22
£000 £000
Net income/(expenditure) for 2022/23 (as per the Statement of (307) 39
Financial Activities)
Adjustments for:
(Gains)/losses on investments 47 (22)
Dividends, interest and rents from investments (27) (15)
(Increase)/decrease in debtors (1) 8
Increase/(decrease) in creditors (36) 19
Net cash provided by (used in) operating activities (324) 29
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18. Analysis of charitable funds

a) Analysis of endowment fund movements

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Fund balance Income Expenditure Gains and Losses Fund balance
brought forward carried forward
1 April 31 March
2022/23 2021/22 2022/23 2021/22 2022/23 2021/22 2022/23 2021/22 2022/23 2021/22
£000 £000 £000 £000 £000 £000 £000 £000 £000 £000
W.N. Allen 4 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 4
Total 4 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 4
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b) Analysis of unrestricted and material designated fund movements

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Fund balance Income Expenditure Gains and Losses Fund balance
brought forward carried forward
1 April 31 March
2022/23 2021/22 2022/23 2021/22 2022/23 2021/22 2022/23 2021/22 2022/23 2021/22
Fund name: £000 £000 £000 £000 £000 £000 £000 £000 £000 £000
People Health and 246 0 14 261 (31) (17) (9) 2 220 246
WellBeing Fund
General Trust Fund 237 361 145 127 (212) (258) (9) 7 161 237
Airedale Breast Unit Fund 102 104 7 5 (11) (12) (4) 5 94 102
HODU 205 24 46 193 (186) (14) (5) 2 60 205
Diabetic Fund 50 53 1 1 (4) (5) (2) 1 45 50
Allum Legacy 45 40 1 5 0 0 (2) 0 44 45
Pathology Research 40 29 0 12 (1) (1) (2) 0 37 40
Gastroenterology Fund 24 24 0 0 (1) (1) (1) 1 22 24
Critical Care 16 10 6 7 (1) (1) (1) 0 20 16
Sovereign Health Care 15 11 4 4 0 0 (1) 0 18 15
Equipment
Other 363 648 72 (186) (109) (103) (11) 4 315 363
Total 1,343 1,304 296 429 (556) (412) (47) 22 1,036 1,343
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c) Analysis of restricted fund movements

	Fund balance brought forward 1 April	Fund balance brought forward 1 April	Income	Income	Expenditure	Expenditure	Gains and Losses	Gains and Losses	Fund balance carried forward 31 March	Fund balance carried forward 31 March
	2022/23	2021/22	2022/23	2021/22	2022/23	2021/22	2022/23	2021/22	2022/23	2021/22
Fund name:	£000	£000	£000	£000	£000	£000	£000	£000	£000	£000
WIN Fund	0	0	18	0	(18)	0	0	0	0	0
ED Fund	0	0	2	0	(2)	0	0	0	0	0
Total	0	0	20	0	(20)	0	0	0	0	0

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Independent ExamIne￿5 Report to the Trnstee of of Airedale H05Pital & ComThunity Chirity Independent ex#mintr's report to the trustet i>f Airedale Hospital & Community Ch8rity I r¢pon to the charity trustee on my examination of the accounts of Airedale Hospital & Community Charity (the Trust) for the year ¢nded 31 March 2023. Respon5ibilitie5 and bsis of report As the charity tnjsiee of ihe Trusi you are resp(m5ibk for the weparation of the accounts in accordance with the r¢quir¢ments of the Charities Aci 2011 (Ihe Act'}. I report in respect of my exarninaiion of the TTusVs accounts carried out under section 145 of The Act and in carrying oui my exarninalion I have followed all applicable Directions given by the Charity Commission und¢r seciion 145(5Xb) of the Act. IndependeDI ¢x¥mln¢r's Statement Sinc¢ your charity'5 gros$ income exceeded £250.000 your examiner must be a rnernber of a listed body. l Can confimi that l arn qualified to undertake the examination because l am a registered memb¢r of the Institute of Chanered Accountanis in England & Wales which is one of th¢ lisied tr#)dies. I have completed my examination. I confiTrn thal no marial matters have come to my attention in ¢onneetion with ihe examination giving m¢ caus¢ ￿ believe that in any rnalerial r¢5pe¢i'. accouniing records were noi kepl in r¢$p¢a of th¢ Trusi as required by section 130 of the Act. or Ihe accounis do not accord with those re¢ords; or Ihe accounts do noi comply with the applicable requirements concernin8 the fonn and conleni of accounts set out in the Charilies (A¢¢ounis and Reports) Regulation5 2008 other than any requirement thal the a¢¢ounts give a true and fair view which is a maller ¢onsid¢r¢d as part of an indepcndeni examinaiion. I h8ve no concerns and have corne across no oiher marters in connection wilh the examination to which attention should be drawn in this report in order to enable a proper und¢rsiathdin8 of the accounts to be re*ch¢d. Richard J Hudson FCA Stirk Lambert & Co Chartered Ac¢ountanLq Russell Chamber$ 61aNorthStre Keighley Wesi Yorkshire BD213DS 24 January 2024 Page I