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AIREDALE HOSPITAL & COMMUNITY CHARITY

NHS Foundation Trust

2 Annual report 2023–24

• 3 A message from our chair

• 4 A message from our charity manager

• 5 What a wonderful year!

• 10 All about us

• 12 Our team

• 13 Our year in numbers

• 14 Making Airedale AOK

• 16 Team Airedale

• 18 Ready, steady, GO!

• 20 Heart and Soul 22 Young Airedale

• 24 Look what we achieved

• 28 How we showed our love

• 30 Looking ahead

• 31 Thank you

• 33 A closer look

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Chair of the Charitable Funds Committee

I’m delighted to give you a warm welcome to our 2023/24 annual report.

Every day across the 2023/24 financial year we have witnessed incredible acts of human kindness. The Airedale community has shown generosity and remarkable consideration towards others with thoughtfulness, compassion and empathy.

Our primary role as a Charity is to provide things for the benefit of patients and staff across the Airedale’s sites, these are things that are over and above all that is funded by the NHS.

Supporting our colleagues was a large focus in the year with several projects delivered to enhance staff experience. Our AOK Wellbeing Grants programme returned for a second year with over £11,000 committed to fund items that would help support colleagues during the winter period and beyond. Comfortable furniture was funded to create a relaxing area in the restaurant at Airedale Hospital, something that has proved extremely popular with staff members, patients and visitors.

We proudly launched our Emergency Department Appeal in 2023. The appeal aims to raise £150,000 to help us refurbish several areas within the department including the children’s waiting area and bereavement facilities. If you would like to help us take the last few steps in the appeal and reach our goal please get in touch with our fundraising team who will support you every step of the way.

An incredible event saw our whole community come together in Skipton in February when we hosted our first ever CPR-a-thon. The event, in collaboration with our Emergency Department and other colleagues from across the Trust raised over £2,000. Over 700 people came along to learn and help to provide non-stop CPR for 12 hours and was even broadcast live on local radio. You can read more about this further on in the

report. We hope to run many more events like this in the future.

The grand opening of our newly refurbished Pacer Train carriage, the Flying Dalesman, took place in the late summer showcasing the incredible new environment created with the help of the wonderful team at Ultimate Commercial Interiors. The refurbishment includes sensory equipment, reading areas and an innovative space to meet and talk, away from the hustle and bustle of the hospital. Without the support of Paul, Jen, Bobby and the rest of the team at Ultimate we would not have this incredibly well thought out and superbly designed space that we are extremely proud of. So, to all of them, thank you.

Appreciating our wonderful green spaces and lovely views is extremely important and we continued to focus on making our outdoor spaces a place to enjoy. The Flying Dalesman stands in its own station garden which was spruced up by volunteers from B & Q in Keighley and is now a bright and vibrant space for all to use. I highly recommend taking a walk if you are visiting Airedale.

I think you will agree with me that we have achieved some remarkable things over the past year. Whatever role you have played in the story of this year please take my wholehearted thanks and that of our Charitable Funds Committee. Without all of you, our story would not be the same. I look forward to having even more fun next year and making an even bigger impact.

I want to share my sincerest thanks to all our wonderful community for the incredible support and generosity shown again this year.

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Charity Manager

Our team are proud to have supported Airedale NHS Foundation Trust throughout what was yet another challenging year. The stories you will read and the people you will see in this report have helped Airedale Hospital & Community Charity to have a wonderful year.

This has been an incredibly exciting year for our Charity with support and activity taking place in every corner of our wonderful, diverse and beautiful patch of the country. From Hellifield to Wilsden, Laycock to Skipton, we continued to be moved by the incredible stories we hear and the heartwarming activities we see.

In our last annual report I emphasised that as a team we remain committed to supporting our local community and our wonderful colleagues who care for our patients when we need it most. I am delighted to share many ways in this years’ report how we did just that.

In 2023/24 we were again able to increase the number of grants we gave out. This was across the length and breadth of not just our hospital site at Airedale but also across our community settings. Within this report you will read about just a few of the projects and equipment we have been able to invest in.

Our team grew again with the appointment of a dedicated community fundraiser, a role that is specifically focussed on supporting our wonderful community and looking after our supporters and donors who continue to challenge themselves, donate in memory and support others to help us raise funds to support Airedale NHS Foundation Trust.

Our vision and goal is to enhance the wellbeing and experience of those using the services that Airedale NHS Foundation Trust provides and of our colleagues, across all our sites and community settings. I think it is fair to say that with your help we did just that in 2023/24.

So what about next year? We are looking forward to lots of exciting plans in 2024/25 and beyond, including more community events, projects and campaigns. Our events programme looks incredible with our first ever golf day in September and our glitziest event being held for our smallest patients in our neo-natal unit. If you would like to join us at our neo-natal ball or any of our other events please visit our website or keep an eye on our social media channels where you will find booking links and all the details.

One focus for the coming year will be the introduction of a new role. Our Youth Engagement Assistant will be supporting our work with our young population, education organisations, community groups like scouts and brownies and sports clubs. One area of development will be the launch of our Youth Network, which will help us to include the voice of our young people in everything we do. We look forward to telling you more about this in future reports.

Finally, I wanted to share a quote that we use when we talk to people about our Acts of Kindness campaign, Airedale AOK. Desmond Tutu once said,

“Do your little bit of good where you are; it’s those little bits of good put together that overwhelm the world.

Those little bits of good that you show and we see day in, day out, have made our year spectacular.

Thank you.

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What a Wonderful year!

Eid celebrations

In April, we celebrated Eid and the holy month of fasting with our Chaplaincy and Employee Health and Wellbeing teams with delicious cake kindly donated from Cake Box in Keighley.

Dying Matters Week

Our Palliative Care team at Airedale encourages staff, patients and our community to take part in honest conversations about death, dying and grief during Dying Matters Awareness Week in May.

Through public donations, we were able to fund and provide items to enhance the care of patients receiving end of life care including: bereavement boxes, refreshment trolleys, bedside recliner chairs and toiletry bags.

The items have made a real difference bringing a sense of comfort to patients and their families during a

Getting out and about during Ilkley carnival

Members of staff from the charity and Airedale took part in the Ilkley carnival parade and invited locals to test out the AHCC throne.

The charity team took the opportunity to speak to the local people of Ilkley and spread the word the charity and what the charity does to improve the experiences of our patients, staff and visitors at Airedale.

Footsteps in the snow’ charity single

Specialty Doctor, Annie Summers performed, wrote and released her own charity single ‘Footsteps in the snow’ and has donated proceed and royalties from the single to the Airedale Emergency Department Appeal.

Annie was inspired to write the song after working within the NHS for 20 years, dedicating the single to colleagues who work tirelessly to provide 24-hour urgent care to those who need it most within the local community.

The Airedale Emergency Department Appeal has a target of £150,000 to update areas of the department that are in need of a refresh, such as the bereavement suite and paediatric waiting area.

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Steeton AFC walk

Steeton AFC’s under 12’s took on a 17 mile hike to raise funds for the Emergency Department Appeal, the hike started at the team’s home ground, called into the hospital grounds through Keighley into Ilkley and then return to the start point via Addingham and Silsden.

The players proudly displayed the charity logo on their football kits and became inspired to fundraise due to their close proximity to the hospital and wanting to do something as a team to benefit the local community.

The NHS turns 75

Our wonderful NHS turned 75 and to celebrate we invited everyone to “Wear it Blue” on the 5 July and donate £1 to charity. At work, school or home, we wanted everyone to get involved in the big birthday and we were delighted to be supported by local schools and our wonderful colleagues too.

We talk a little bit more about our Big TLC event later in our report.

Skipton Summer Shopping Fair

The team from Ward 17 (the Children’s Unit) at Airedale exceeded their £5000 fundraising target at Summer Shopping Fair on 12 August. Local businesses came together for the fair selling everything from homemade cakes, baby clothes and toys to homeware and gifts all to raise funds for improvements for the Children’s Unit through the Airedale Baby and Child (ABC) fund.

B&Q volunteers transform Pacer train outdoor courtyard

Members of B&Q Keighley volunteered for the charity as part of their corporate volunteer scheme. They were joined by AireValley Decorating and Complete House Maintenance and together created the bright rainbow wall underneath the Flying Dalesman, installed picnic benches for lunchtime picnics and activities and planted trees and colourful flowers, breathing new life into the courtyard.

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First Pub Quiz held to raise funds for our Emergency Department Appeal

Patrons of the White Bear in Cross Hills were invited to our first ever pub quiz to raise funds for our Emergency Department Appeal. After four rounds of gruelling general knowledge and a charity trivia round team ‘Who’s Seen Dom?’ scored the highest points winning a large box of chocolates and a bottle of prosecco. A fantastic £267 was raised from the evening thanks to our very generous supporters.

Decontamination Services bake sale

Airedale’s Decontamination Services raised an incredible £218.73 with their fundraising bake sale. People were lining up for the delicious treats including the services Bake-Off event winner apple and walnut cake with treacle icing.

The one with the pub quiz

We raised an amazing £242 at our second Friends themed pub quiz held at The Grouse Inn, Keighley. Friends superfans Beth and Richard walked away with the famous Geller Cup.

Giving thanks to the Co-operative members

We were lucky enough to be selected as a chosen charity for the Co-op Community Fund, meaning when Co-op members shopped, they could choose us to make a donation to. Thanks to the generosity of the Co-op members, we received a phenomenal £8,681.22 for our “where it’s needed most” fund.

Funeral Directors networking breakfast

Local Funeral Directors were invited to Airedale NHS Foundation Trust’s Education Centre to meet with the charity, Palliative Care and Emergency Department teams to demonstrate the importance of our role supporting the wellbeing of staff and patients at the hospital.

It gave us an opportunity to provide a deeper understanding of our activities as a charity and our impact on the hospital and the local community.

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Getting everyone into the Christmas spirit

We kicked off the busy festive season with Festive Fair at Skipton Town Hall where we raised over £450 thanks to a range of local businesses for joining us and getting us in a celebratory mood.

Our Christmas Gift Appeal saw over 50 gifts donated by Dunelm in Keighley through their Delivering Joy campaign. Games, chocolates and toiletries for patients of all ages were donated by Robertson Construction and cricket sets were donated to the Children’s Unit from Sutton Cricket Club. Author David Bunyan, gave our patients a box of his own books and Tilly, age 8 brought selection boxes for the Children’s Unit. In total 80 advent calendars were delivered courtesy of Skipton Rotary Club and contributions from Oakworth Social Club.

We were joined throughout December by students from St Anne’s Primary School in Keighley, Sutton Community Primary School and Eastburn Junior & Infant School who sang renditions of classic Christmas carols in the hospital restaurant and the Outpatients area to keep the cheer up during the collection of staff festive lunches.

Our first Tree of Light was lit up from 11 December with our corporate partners Robertson Construction sponsoring the tree.

The final celebration was in the form of our famous Christmas Sock Day! Participants donated £1 to our Charity and shared pictures of their socks using the hashtag #SockSelfie. We raised an impressive £235 from the day.

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Lots of fundraisers were busy in February

Aunty Beryl donated the proceeds of her legendary lemon curd once again. Thank you to everyone that donates to enjoy this tasty treat.

We were also chosen to be one of Givto's charity of the month. Collectively members raised over £400.

Spreading kindness with World Book Day

The charity team visited Glusburn Community Primary School, Beckfoot Priestthorpe, Cullingworth Village Primary School, Oakworth Primary School, and Crossflatts Primary School to deliver an act of kindness for World Book Day 2024. The schools were presented with health-related books, including books about how to look after your health and wellbeing, what to expect when you visit a hospital, how the body works and books about feelings and diversity.

Thank you for the eggs-cellent donations

Our patients received special treats from the brilliant team at Pendle Powerfest and the All Together Now Choir just in time for Easter. The eggs were delivered to the Children’s Unit from the All Together Now Choir and were gratefully received by our mini patients.

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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.

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 enhance the wellbeing and experience of those using the services which Airedale NHS Foundation Trust provides and of our colleagues, across all our sites and community settings.

Our mission is to help Airedale NHS Foundation Trust by raising funds, supporting others and championing the Airedale community.

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 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 [e-mail]

Laura Hepworth Community Fundraiser [e-mail]

Laura Turner Communications & Charity Assistant [e-mail]

Chelsea Jones Youth Engagement Assistant [e-mail]

Kirsty Marshall Charity Accountant [e-mail]

Our committee

Year ending 31 March 2024

Rhys Davies Chair & Non-Executive Director

David Crampsey Deputy Chief Executive

Leanne Cooper

Ian Knight Non-Executive Director

Fiona Barr

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

Joanne Harrison Director of People & OD

Mark Andrews Non-Executive Director

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Year overview

£281,000

Donations £92,000 Legacies £13,000 Grants £49,000 Gifts in kind £0 Other £86,000 Dividends £41,000

Donations Other Legacies Dividends Grants Gifts in kind

£186,000

Patient welfare £23,000 £30,000 £16,000 Medical & IT equipment £22,000 Ward environment £95,000 Gifts in Kind (distributed) £0

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

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Making

In 2023 a total of 29 grants were given totalling over

AOK wellbeing grants

Our wellbeing grants were back and bigger than ever. We launched our AOK (Acts of Kindness) winter wellbeing grants in 2022. Since then colleagues have been invited to apply for funding annually to make a difference to their team’s wellbeing, particularly through the winter months.

ANHSFT Librarian Martyn applied for a grant to refresh the fiction books that are available for colleagues to borrow in the library at Airedale. Martyn hopes that expanding the titles available will increase the appeal and encourage more people to read for pleasure. We were delighted to award £500.

Festive Lunches

In just five days an impressive 2584 picnic lunches were hand delivered to every corner of Airedale NHS Foundation Trust to celebrate the end of the year and the festive season.

Throughout the week we were joined by the Trust Chair, Andrew Gold, colleagues and various friends to distribute the lunches with brass band musicians and school choirs from across the Airedale area getting everyone into the festive spirit.

World Kindness Day

During the morning of World Kindness Day, the charity team took on a mission to sneak packs of new teaspoons into team areas!

Knowing that teaspoons have a habit of going missing we wanted to put a smile on teams faces and give something back that would be used daily.

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World Book Day

We don’t like to keep the good stuff to ourselves so we set out to spread our acts of kindness on world book day once again.

Colleagues at Airedale NHS Foundation Trust nominated 5 local schools to receive our annual acts of world book day kindness.

This year’s winning schools were –

Beckfoot Priestthorpe Primary School

Crossflatts Primary School Cullingworth Village Primary School Glusburn Community Primary School

Oakworth Primary School

Each school received a selection of 10 very special books including books about how to look after your health and wellbeing, what to expect when you visit a hospital, how the body works, and books about feelings and diversity.

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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…

Sharron aind Hayley Sharron & Hayley donned their walking boots and trekked the 23 miles from Leeds to Airedale Hospital. Sharron and Hayley

The pair were raising money for the Breast Care Unit to say thank you for the care given to Hayley’s mum who was having treatment. The pair smashed their total and raised an outstanding £2,400.

Steeton Juniors AFC Stieetom Juniors AFC

A determined team of young footballers from Steeton AFC Under 12’s tackled a 17-mile hike alongside their coaches and families. The team were inspired to fundraise for AHCC’s Emergency Department Appeal due to their grounds close proximity to the hospital and wanted to do something together for the local community after winning the under 12’s league title. The team raised over £500 for the appeal.

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Seofis Cafe

Scoff is a community café run by volunteers at the Greatwood and Horseclose Community Centre in Skipton. Ray, who used to be a professional chef, does all the cooking, volunteering his time to cook for people in need.

We are proud to have received several donations from Scoff Café over the last few years. This year the group donated £500 to the neo-natal unit. Several group members had family who had experienced care from the unit and they wanted to express their gratitude.

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Airedale Hospital Senior Sister Cheryl Szulhan and her partner Darren proudly organised several fundraising events in memory of their son, Jack.

Cheryl, who works in Airedale Hospital’s Emergency Department organised a clay pigeon shoot as well as a memorial birthday party for what would have been Jack’s second birthday.

“The day was a true success, the community came together to provide a fun filled day for our everyone in memory of our baby boy Jack. Doing this for what was meant to be Jack’s 2nd Birthday was a positive distraction for us whilst trying to survive yet another first.”

Together the events raised over an incredible £7,000 in total.

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Mandy Aston, an Assistant Practitioner in the Community Stroke Team at Airedale Hospital stepped into the boxing ring to raise funds. Mandy raised £685 to help her team purchase rehabilitation and therapy items.

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Consultants Alex Danecki and Sarah Hayes took on the epic Great North Run raising an incredible £1339 in total for both our Emergency Department Appeal and our Paediatric Diabetes service.

Paul Jennings, Consultant in Emergency Medicine tackled the Yorkshire Marathon and raised over £500 for the Emergency Department Appeal too.

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Assistant Director of Facilities at AGH Solutions, Jon Wilson tackled a huge challenge when he decided to take on ‘The Lap’ in Windermere. A 47-mile ultra trail, Jon had 24 hours to circumnavigate Lake Windermere.

Jon completed the trail in an impressive 11 hours and raised nearly £300 for our Emergency Department Appeal.

Amanda & Angus Amanda & Angus

Amanda and her son Angus braved a heatwave to tackle the London Big Half Marathon. The pair decided to fundraise for Palliative Care in memory of Amanda’s mother. The mother-son duo raised nearly £1,500 to fund new refreshment trolleys for families with a loved one receiving end of life care.

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We gave it our heart and soul

On a very dark and cold Saturday in February we took on our biggest challenge yet.

At 8 am on the dot we pressed go on the stop-clock and set off on our epic mission to perform cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) continuously for 12 hours.

Not only did we aim to raise money for our Emergency Department Appeal, our team from every corner of Airedale were keen to teach CPR to as many people as possible.

We welcomed colleagues both past and present, local community groups like the Royal Air Cadets, Sports Clubs like Wharfedale Rugby Club and even those coming in for their weekly shop!

In total 734 people of all ages joined in the fun and learned a lifesaving skill.

The fabulous team at Rombalds Radio rocked us all the way to the finish line. They even provided the rhythm and beat to help us make sure our compressions were perfectly timed throughout the day. We also did live CPR training throughout the day so even if people couldn't make it to Morrisons they didn't miss out.

The event raised an incredible £2195.75 for our Emergency Department Appeal. Our heartfelt thanks go to Morrisons in Skipton for making us feel so welcome and to the St. John's Ambulance, Police and Paramedic teams that joined us.

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Young Airedale

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Year 7 students at Settle College raised an amazing £880 by taking part in our Grow It! challenge.

Grow It! encourages students to ‘grow’ their money using their entrepreneurial, teamwork and fundraising skills. Maisie, Emily, Lola, Avena, Amelia, Lucy, Maia and Lily invested £1 and used it to run their own businesses.

Their teacher, Ms. Ashton-Fitch said “I am delighted that these students took the opportunity of getting involved with the challenge! They came along to the lunchtime club every week, discussing ideas and getting organised for all of their fundraising ideas. They were able to develop their enterprise and teamwork skills whilst raising money for a fantastic local charity. I am so proud of their achievements!"

It was a family affair at the Shimmering Stars Nursery Christmas Fair. Parents, children and staff chose to raise funds for Airedale at the event. The fun included shopping stalls, tombola and a raffle. Nearly £300 was raised in total.

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We loved supporting lots of young people achieve their Duke of Edinburgh award this year.

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Isla and Sophie, both students at Upper Wharfedale, helped us by volunteering at some of our events. They ran tombola stalls, helped at our festive fair and CPR-a-thon. The pair volunteered to help them achieve the Charity element of the DofE award and learned lots along the way.

Working with young people like Isla and Sophie helps us to invest in our future generation and support our young community to flourish.

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Children and staff at Chipmonks Day Nursery in Hellifield kept busy with a series of fun activities to raise funds. They took part in a sports day, came to school in pyjamas, held a bake sale and raffle and hosted a special teddy bears picnic.

Claire at Chipmonks said: “Airedale hospital is used by staff, parents and children for many reasons and is a cause close to our hearts. We were overwhelmed by the support and generosity of our families and had lots of fun taking part in all the fundraising events.”

Together they raised an incredible £350 for our Emergency Department Appeal.

Greatwood Primary School, Skipton

Eco Rangers from Greatwood Primary School in Skipton took to the catwalk to help raise funds at our Big TLC event. Students got creative with unused PPE to create some wonderful, recycled fashion pieces.

After hosting their very own ‘Trashion Show’ we were keen for them to strut their stuff once more at our event.

The team were certainly one of the highlights of the show and helped to raise £1,000 on the evening.

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Robertson Construction Yorkshire & East Midlands celebrated a year of fundraising in 2023. As a corporate partner of the Charity, Robertson have been instrumental in helping raise funds and provide gifts and donations to support our patients, staff and communities.

Jonathan Sizer, Regional Managing Director, Robertson Construction Yorkshire & East Midlands, commented:

“Delivering our works in a live healthcare environment has given us the opportunity to see first-hand the benefits and essential services Airedale Hospital and Community Charity provide. We are proud to continue our support for the meaningful work they deliver. Building on the fantastic achievements from 2023, we are committed to furthering our impact throughout this year to ensure patients and staff receive the best possible care and support.”

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One of the highlights of our calendar is always the Dragon Boat Race organised by Skipton Rotary Club and held at The Coniston Hotel.

3 teams took to the water in 2023, raising nearly £1700 for our Emergency Department Appeal. The teams were made up from colleagues from Airedale’s Emergency Department and Robertson Construction.

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Mohammed Saddique, founder of local charity Asra Welfare Trust made an exceptionally generous donation to our Emergency Department Appeal in memory of his beloved wife.

Mohammed, who lives in Keighley, founded the Asra Welfare Trust in 2011 after the unexpected passing of his wife and has been donating to local charities and organisations since.

Zara, Mohammed’s Granddaughter said: “We strive to make donations to local causes and hope to become regular donors to Airedale Hospital. Through this donation, we wanted to inspire other local people to consider donating to the hospital as most of us will visit or spend time in hospital as patients at some point in our life. We have seen through the work of the charity that even a small donation can go a long way especially in the Emergency Department.

The £10,000 was raised primarily by local businesses, friends and family members who have said to be inspired by Mohammed’s generosity and kindness. Mohammed started his fundraising campaign after talking about his own experiences at Airedale Hospital and the work of the charity.

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Students from Craven College and pupils from Greatwood Primary School were among those who took part in our Big TLC event at Skipton Town Hall, raising money for our Emergency Department Appeal.

The event, which took place on the NHS’ 75th birthday on 5th July, raised a total of £1,000 and kicked off our programme of events for 2023/24.

The fashion show and shopping event showcased products from local business On Trend Boutique, as well as the wonderful talents of Craven College Level 3 Art and Design students and Eco Rangers from Greatwood Primary School, with their recycled costumes.

The fashion show was supported by various stalls from local businesses, including The Beauty Nest, FIIYA and The Rusted Kingdom.

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Our Pacer Train

We teamed up with our corporate partners Ultimate Commercial Interiors to formally open our exciting new space in August: The Flying Dalesman.

The retired Pacer train has a private sensory room, making it an ideal non-clinical space for those with additional needs. Children can also play on the Nintendo Switch, read the collection of children’s books, relax on comfortable bean bags in the outdoor courtyard, and even enjoy sitting in the driver’s cab. There is also space for small meetings.

As part of the opening ceremony, the ribbon was cut by Keighley’s youngest train enthusiast, Charlie, age 9. His mum, Charlotte, who works at the hospital, said: "The train will be a wonderful asset to children attending the hospital; it is a fantastic, calming space that will provide a positive experience to those attending the hospital. Personally for Charlie, he loves everything to do with trains; having this on site will ensure he will be more relaxed with upcoming appointments and associate them as something to look forward to."

You may remember that we won the train in the 2019 ‘Transform a Pacer’ competition run by the Department for Transport. Ultimate took on the design and implementation of the interior, along with its partners and suppliers. The design brings the outdoors in with transport-themed décor, cosy fairy lights, and natural elements, such as a decorative tree made from recycled materials.

Paul Alexander, Director at Ultimate, said: “Here at Ultimate we pride ourselves on creating inspirational environments for amazing people, we therefore approached developing a solution for the Pacer train in exactly the same way. We are absolutely thrilled with the end result and it was a privilege to see visitors both young and old interacting in the many vibrant zones we created. We hope that this space brings joy to many for years to come.”

For more information or to book The Flying Dalesman you can contact Airedale Hospital & Community Charity via email at [e-mail].

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Are you sitting comfortably?

We know that having somewhere comfortable to sit and take time is important, especially during difficult times. That’s why we wanted to help.

With the help of colleagues in AGH Solutions and the team at Ultimate Commercial Interiors we were proud to fund the development of some incredible spaces at Airedale Hospital during 2023/2024.

Restaurant

Sofas, coffee tables and luxurious armchairs were added to the restaurant to create small zones to sit and relax with a drink, perhaps read a book or for colleagues to meet for an informal chat.

Top Landing

The Top Landing at Airedale is at the very centre of the hospital. It was a tired space with no specific purpose or use.

Two comfortable pods with ambient lighting were also installed, the perfect place to have a private conversation. We also added some high tables and stools to create an innovative space for working and socialising.

Three pods were installed to provide comfortable seating along with new high tables to ensure our teams and external partners can still visit and display important information.

The space is now a hive of activity with somewhere quiet and peaceful for visitors to go no matter the time of day.

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‘Ceiling’ good!

With the help of a grant from the B & Q Foundation we were proud to give a makeover to some of the rooms in the children’s unit. New jungle themed ceiling tiles provide distraction while patients are receiving treatments, examinations or tests. Providing distraction is important for patient experience and can improve the outcomes.

Keeping track of time

Our lives are run by being able to tell the time, and without this, people can easily become disoriented and anxious. With the help of a family whose father passed away following an admission at Airedale Hospital we were able to purchase these user-friendly clocks.

The clocks sometimes known as dementia clocks are large, visual digital clocks that can help to keep track of the time, date and the day, helping to avoid confusion and disorientation and supporting independence. The clocks are on various wards at Airedale Hospital and are being used by lots of patients.

Lighting it up

We were delighted to fund an Accuvein device costing over £5,000 for our Emergency Department.

The small device is used to easily find veins when patients need a blood test or similar procedure. It is particularly beneficial when treating children and elderly patients. 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 and quicker for both patients and clinicians.

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Looking forward together

As we wrap up another year we can’t help but look back with pride and admiration at the people and community that have helped us along the way.

Here are some of the key areas we will be focussing on in 2024/2025:

Increasing our support of young people

With the help of a Youth Engagement Assistant, our work with young people across the Airedale community will increase. We will aim to increase opportunities for our young people including the establishment of our Youth Network.

30 years of AHCC

2025 will be our 30th year as a Charity. To mark the occasion, we will be bringing new opportunities to do amazing things and celebrating 30 years of your support.

Airedale AOK

Our acts of kindness campaign will continue to encourage others to do good wherever they are. We will continue to put kindness at the centre of everything we do and will continue to inspire people to be kind to themselves and others.

Investing in Airedale

Our vision is to enhance the wellbeing and experience of our patients and colleagues across all our sites and community settings. We will continue to invest our funds into achieving this goal and demonstrate how donations have been used.

A key goal will be to align our investment with the needs of Airedale NHS Foundation Trust including support of major projects and initiatives.

Working together

One of the key elements of our strategy will continue to be to work in collaboration. This will include working with partners, supporters and donors of all shapes and sizes.

Working with you, for you, we will make sure that our community have a key role in our success and future.

Anchor in the community

We will continue to try our best to be an anchor in the community, to fly the Airedale flag, offer opportunities to collaborate and use our position as ambassadors for the benefit of our local community. We will as always put you at the heart of everything we do.

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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 2024 and therefore acted as the Corporate Trustee were as follows:

Andrew Gold	Chair
Foluke Ajayi	Chief Executive
Leanne Cooper	Chief Operating Officer (from 21.02.2023)
Amanda Stanford	Chief Nurse
Mike Savage	Director of Finance
Joanne Harrison	Director of People & OD
David Crampsey	Medical Director and Deputy Chief Executive
Fiona Barr	Director of Corporate Affairs
Stuart Shaw	Director of Strategy & Planning
Nadira Mirza	Deputy Chair
Rhys Davies	Non-Executive Director
Andrew Dumbleton	Non-Executive Director (until 31.05.2023)
Melanie Hudson	Non-Executive Director
Ian Knight	Non-Executive Director
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 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.

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 2024. Fiona Barr, Director of Corporate Affairs and Group Company Secretary, oversaw the governance elements of the Charity during the year to 31 March 2024.

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 2024. New

Rhys Davies	Non-Executive Director (Chair)
Andrew Dumbleton	Non-Executive Director
Andrew Gold	Chair of Airedale NHS Foundation Trust and Non-Executive Director
Leanne Cooper	Chief Operating Officer
Fiona Barr	Director of Corporate Affairs
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
Linda Dobson	Public Governor
Elizabeth Stoppard	Consultant, Elderly Medicine

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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

Barclays Bank PLC Investment Fund Independent 77 North Street Managers: Examiners: Keighley Rathbone Investment Stirk, Lambert & Co BD21 5BD Management Russell Chambers Port of Liverpool 61a North Street National Westminster Building Keighley Bank Pier Head BD21 3DS Government Banking Liverpool Services Branch L3 1NW Premier Place 2 ½ Devonshire Square London EC2M 4BA

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 principal risks and uncertainties and allows 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 2023 and 31st March 2024, from £1,036k to £1,013k. The reserves policy is reviewed on a three yearly basis alongside the investment policy.

Financial statements

Throughout 2023/24 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.

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 2024

Foreword

These financial statements cover the year from 1 April 2023 to 31 March 2024, 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

he 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.

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

Name: Rhys Davies – Chair of Charitable Funds Committee

Date: 4 December 2024

• 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

• 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 2024

Expenditure on:
Raising funds	6	(103)	(24)	0	(127)	(105)
Charitable activities
Grants Payable & Gifts in Kind distributed	7	(161)	(25)	0	(186)	(429)
Support costs	9	(37)	0	0	(37)	(35)
Total expenditure		(301)	(49)	0	(350)	(569)
Net gains/(losses) on investments	13	42	0	0	42	(47)
Net income/(expenditure)		(27)	0	0	(27)	(307)
Transfers between funds		4	0	(4)	0	0
Net movement in funds		(23)	0	(4)	(27)	(307)
Reconciliation of funds
Total funds brought forward at 1st April 2021	18	1,036	0	4	1,040	1,040
Total funds carried forward at 31st March 2022		1,013	0	0	1,013	1,040

The notes at pages 41 to 51 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 2024

	Note	Unrestricted funds	Restricted funds	Endowment funds	Total at 31 March 2024	Total at 31 March 2023
		£000	£000	£000	£000	£000
Fixed Assets
Investments	13	598	0	0	598	557
Total Fixed Assets		598	0	0	598	557
Current Assets
Debtors	14	1	0	0	1	4
Cash and Cash Equivalents	15	506	29	0	535	584
Total current assets		507	29	0	536	588
Liabilities
Creditors falling due within one year	16	92	0	0	92	57
Deferred income	16	0	29	0	29	48
New current assets/(liabilities)		415	0	0	415	483
Total assets less current liabilities		1,013	0	0	1,013	1,040
Total net assets or liabilities		1,013	0	0	1,013	1,040
The funds of the Charity	18
Endownment Funds		0	0	0	0	4
Unrestricted Income Funds		1,013	0	0	1,013	1,036
Total Charity Funds		1,013	0	0	1,013	1,040

The notes at pages 41 to 51 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: 4 December 2024

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Statement of Cash Flows for the year ended 31 March 2023

	Note	31 March 2024 Total Funds	31 March 2023 Total Funds
		£000	£000
Cash flows from operating activities:
Net cash provided by (used in) operating activities	17	(91)	(324)
Cash flows from investing activities:
Dividends, interest and rents from investments	5	41	27
Proceeds from the sale of investments	13	1	42
Purchase of investments	13	0	(44)
Net cash provided by (used in) investing activities		42	25
Change in cash and cash equivalents in the reporting period		(49)	(299)
Change in cash and cash equivalents at the beginning of the reporting period	15	584	883
Change in cash and cash equivalents due to exchange rate movements		0	0
Cash and cash equivalents at the end of the reporting period		535	584

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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)

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.

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

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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 2023/24, £nil has been included in donations and expenditure to reflect this (2022/23 £nil).

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.

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.

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.

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.

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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.

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.

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 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 and Charity Assistant employed by Airedale NHS Foundation Trust are considered to be employees 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.

All investments are held in a portfolio which are managed by Rathbone LLP.

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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 £90k (£74k in 2022/23) - see note 6.

• financial administrative services at a cost of £33k (£32k in 2022/23) 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

	Unrestricted funds	Unrestricted funds	Restricted funds	Restricted funds	Total	Total
	2023/24	2022/23	2023/24	2022/23	2023/24	2022/23
	£000	£000	£000	£000	£000	£000
Donations	92	83	0	0	92	83
Legacies	13	12	0	0	13	12
Grants receivable	0	77	49	20	49	97
Gifts in Kind (material)	0	0	0	0	0	0
Total	105	172	49	20	154	192

Donations contains corporate donations and gifts from individuals i.e.members of the public, relatives of patients and staff.

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 circa 70 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.

• fundraisers - there are currently 2 local volunteers who actively fundraise for Airedale Hospital and Community Charity.

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

	Unrestricted funds	Unrestricted funds	Restricted funds	Restricted funds	Total	Total
	2023/24	2022/23	2023/24	2022/23	2023/24	2022/23
	£000	£000	£000	£000	£000	£000
Investments listed on Stock Exchange	16	14	0	0	16	14
Other Investments	0	0	0	0	0	0
Bank interest	25	13	0	0	25	13
Total	41	27	0	0	41	27

6) Analysis of expenditure on raising funds

	Unrestricted funds	Unrestricted funds	Restricted funds	Restricted funds	Total	Total
	2023/24	2022/23	2023/24	2022/23	2023/24	2022/23
	£000	£000	£000	£000	£000	£000
Charity Manager*	53	46	0	0	53	46
Communications and Charity Assistant	22	28	0	0	22	28
Community Fundraiser**	15	0	24	0	39	0
Other	13	11	0	20	13	31
Total	103	85	24	20	127	105

• Employed since August 2019 by Airedale NHS Foundation Trust.

** Employed since Feb 2023 by Airedale NHS Foundation Trust.

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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.

	Grant funded activity	Grant funded activity	Total	Total
	2023/24	2022/23	2023/24	2022/23
	£000	£000	£000	£000
Patients welfare and amenities	23	89	23	89
Staff welfare and amenities	30	44	30	44
Staff training	16	20	16	20
Medical equipment	22	8	22	8
IT equipment	0	0	0	0
Ward environment	95	268	95	268
Gifts in Kind (material – distributed)	0	0	0	0
Total	186	429	186	429

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

Institution receiving grant support:	Total amount paid	Total amount paid
	2023/24	2022/23
	£000	£000
Airedale NHS Foundation Trust	186	429
Total	186	429

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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.

	Charitable activities	Charitable activities	Basis
	2023/24	2022/23
	£000	£000
Independent Examination	2	1	Expenditure
Investment Management	1	1	Expenditure
Financial administration	33	32	Expenditure
Bank Charges	1	1	Expenditure
Total	37	35

'There are no support staff directly employed by the charity. Recharges are made for Trust staff time. The recharge is shown on the Financial Administration line.

	Unrestricted funds	Unrestricted funds	Restricted funds	Restricted funds	Total	Total
	2023/24	2022/23	2023/24	2022/23	2023/24	2022/23
	£000	£000	£000	£000	£000	£000
Charitable activities	37	35	0	0	37	35
Total	37	35	0	0	37	35

10) Analysis of staff costs and remuneration of key management personnel

	2023/24	2022/23
	£000	£000
Salaries and wages	86	60
Social security costs	10	6
Employers pension contribution	13	8
Total	109	74

The average number of full-time equivalent employees (employed by a related party) during the year was 3 (2022/23: 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 £2k (2022/23: £1k) related solely to the independent examination with no other additional work being undertaken (2022/23 £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

Movement in fixed asset investments	2023/24	2022/23
	£000	£000
Market value brought forward	557	602
Add: additions to investments at cost	0	44
Less disposals at carrying value	(1)	(42)
Add net gain (loss) on revaluation	42	(47)
Market value as at 31 March	598	557
Fixed asset investments by type	2023/24	2022/23
	£000	£000
UK Equities & Equity Funds	598	557
Total	598	557

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 2024 the following investment was considered material:

Movement in fixed asset investments	2023/24	2023/24	2022/23	2022/23
	£000	%	£000	%
Rathbone Unit Trust Management Core Investment Fund for Charities	598	100	557	100
Mayfair Capital in Property Income Trust for Charities	0	0	0	0
Castlefield Best Sustainable Income fund	0	0	0	0
Castlefield Real Return fund Castlefield Best Sustainable UK Smaller	0	0	0	0
Castlefield Best Sustainable UK Smaller Companies Fund	0	0	0	0

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

Airedale Hospital and Community Charity manages these investment risks by retaining expert advisors (for 2023/24 - 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

Debtors under 1 year	2023/24	2022/23
	£000	£000
Other debtors	1	4
Total	1	4

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15. Analysis of cash and cash equivalents

~~=~~	2023/24 ~~=~~	2022/23 ~~=~~
	£000 ~~=~~ ~~as~~	£000 ~~=~~ ~~as~~
RBS Bank Account ~~=~~	500 ~~=~~	509 ~~=~~
Barclays Current Account	34	74
Investment account (cash held)	1	1
Total cash and cash equivalents ~~ee~~	535 ~~ee~~	584 ~~ee~~

16. Analysis of liabilities

Creditors falling due within 1 year ~~=~~	2023/24 ~~=~~	2022/23 ~~=~~
	£000 ~~=~~ ~~as~~	£000 ~~=~~ ~~as~~
Other creditors ~~=~~	92 ~~=~~	57 ~~=~~
Total cash and cash equivalents ~~ee~~	92 ~~ee~~	57 ~~ee~~

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.

Deferred income 2023/24 2022/23 £000 £000 ~~=as~~ Grants received – restricted funds 29 48 Total cash and cash equivalents 29 48 ~~rree~~

17. Reconciliation of net income/(expenditure) to net cash flow from operating activities

~~a~~	2023/24 ~~a~~	2022/23 ~~a~~
	£000 ~~a~~ ~~ee~~	£000 ~~a~~ ~~ee~~
Net income/(expenditure) for 2022/23 (as per the Statement of Financial Activities)	(27)	(307)
Adjustments for:
(Gains)/losses on investments	(42)	47
Dividends, interest and rents from investments	(41)	(27)
(Increase)/decrease in debtors	3	(1)
Increase/(decrease) in creditors	16 ~~ee~~	(36)
Net cash provided by (used in) operating activities ~~ee~~	(91) ~~ee~~ ~~ee~~	(324) ~~ee~~

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18. Analysis of charitable funds

a) Analysis of endowment fund movements

~~ee~~	Fund balance brought forward 1 April ~~ee~~	Fund balance brought forward 1 April ~~ee~~	Income ~~ee~~	Income ~~ee~~	Expenditure ~~ee~~ ~~ee~~	Expenditure ~~ee~~ ~~ee~~	Transfers ~~ee~~ ~~eee~~	Transfers ~~ee~~ ~~eee~~	Gains and Losses ~~ee~~ ~~eee~~	Gains and Losses ~~ee~~ ~~eee~~	Fund balance carried forward 31 March ~~ee~~ ~~eee~~	Fund balance carried forward 31 March ~~ee~~ ~~eee~~
~~—————————~~	2023/24 ~~—————————~~	2022/23 ~~—————————~~	2023/24 ~~—————————~~	2022/23 ~~—————————~~	2023/24 ~~ee~~ ~~—————————~~	2022/23 ~~ee ~~ ~~—————————~~	2023/24 ~~eee~~ ~~—————————~~	2022/23 ~~eee~~ ~~—————————~~	2023/24 ~~eee~~ ~~—————————~~	2022/23 ~~eee~~ ~~—————————~~	2023/24 ~~eee~~ ~~—————————~~	2022/23 ~~eee~~ ~~—————————~~
	£000 ~~—————————~~ ~~ss~~	£000 ~~—————————~~ ~~ss~~	£000 ~~—————————~~ ~~ss~~	£000 ~~—————————~~ ~~ss~~	£000 ~~—————————~~ ~~ss~~	£000 ~~—————————~~ ~~ss~~	£000 ~~—————————~~ ~~ss~~	£000 ~~—————————~~ ~~ss~~	£000 ~~—————————~~ ~~ss~~	£000 ~~—————————~~ ~~ss~~	£000 £000 ~~—————————~~
W.N. Allen ~~—————————~~	4 ~~—————————~~	4 ~~—————————~~	0 ~~—————————~~	0 ~~—————————~~	0 ~~—————————~~	0 ~~—————————~~	-4 ~~—————————~~	0 ~~—————————~~	0 ~~—————————~~	0 ~~—————————~~	0 4 ~~—————————~~
Total ~~SS~~	4 ~~SS ~~	4 ~~SS~~	0 ~~SS~~	0	0	0	(4)	0	0	0	0 4

b) Analysis of unrestricted and material designated fund movements

~~rr~~ ~~po~~	Fund balance brought forward 1 April ~~ee~~ ~~ee~~	Fund balance brought forward 1 April ~~ee~~ ~~ee~~	Income ~~ee~~ ~~ee~~	Income ~~ee~~ ~~ee~~	Expenditure ~~ee~~ ~~ee~~	Expenditure ~~ee~~ ~~ee~~	Transfers ~~ee~~ ~~ee~~	Transfers ~~ee~~ ~~ee~~	Gains and Losses ~~eee~~ ~~ee~~	Gains and Losses ~~eee~~ ~~ee~~	Fund balance carried forward 31 March ~~eee~~ ~~ee~~	Fund balance carried forward 31 March ~~eee~~ ~~ee~~
Fund name: ~~rr~~ ~~po~~	2023/24 ~~ee~~ ~~ee~~	2022/23 ~~ee ~~ ~~ee~~	2023/24 ~~ee~~ ~~ee~~	2022/23 ~~ee ~~ ~~ee~~	2023/24 ~~ee~~ ~~ee~~	2022/23 ~~ee ~~ ~~ee~~	2023/24 ~~ee~~ ~~ee~~ ~~ee~~	2022/23 ~~ee ~~ ~~ee~~ ~~ee~~	2023/24 ~~eee~~ ~~ee~~ ~~eee~~	2022/23 ~~eee~~ ~~ee~~ ~~eee~~	2023/24 ~~eee~~ ~~ee~~ ~~eee~~	2022/23 ~~eee~~ ~~ee~~ ~~eee~~
	£000 ~~ee~~	£000 ~~ee~~	£000 ~~ee~~	£000 ~~ee~~	£000 ~~ee~~	£000 ~~ee~~	£000 ~~ee~~ ~~ee~~	£000 ~~ee~~ ~~ee~~	£000 ~~ee~~ ~~eee~~	£000 ~~ee~~ ~~eee~~	£000 ~~ee~~ ~~eee~~	£000 ~~ee~~ ~~eee~~
Where its Needed (WIN) Fund ~~po ~~	161 ~~ee~~	237 ~~ee~~	105 ~~ee~~	145 ~~ee~~	(100) ~~ee~~	(211) ~~ee~~	4 ~~ee~~ ~~ee~~	0 ~~ee~~ ~~ee ~~	8 ~~ee~~ ~~eee~~	(9) ~~ee~~ ~~eee~~	178 ~~ee~~ ~~eee~~	161 ~~ee~~ ~~eee~~
People Health and WellbeingFund	220	246	15	14	(108)	(31)	0	0	8	(9)	135	220
HODU	60	205	44	46	(11)	(186)	0	0	3	(5)	96	60
Airedale Breast Unit Fund	94	102	11	7	(14)	(11)	0	0	4	(4)	95	94
Emergency Department Appeal	14	0	40	14	(6)	0	0	0	2	0	50	14
Allum Legacy	44	45	0	1	0	0	0	0	2	(2)	46	44
Diabetic Fund	45	50	0	1	(5)	(4)	0	0	2	(2)	42	45
Pathology Research	37	40	1	0	(3)	(1)	0	0	2	(2)	37	37
Airedale Baby & Child (ABC)	17	0	14	17	(5)	0	0	0	1	0	27	17
Gastroenterology Fund	22	24	1	0	(2)	(1)	0	0	1	(1)	22	22
Other	322	394	49	51	(95)	(110)	0	0	9	(13)	285	322
Total ~~A~~	1,036	1,343	280	151	(349)	(344)	4	0	42	(47)	1,013	1,036

~~ee~~	Fund balance brought forward 1 April ~~ee~~	Fund balance brought forward 1 April ~~ee~~	Income ~~ee~~	Income ~~ee~~	Expenditure ~~ee~~ ~~eee~~	Expenditure ~~ee~~ ~~eee~~	Gains and Losses ~~ee~~ ~~ee~~	Gains and Losses ~~ee~~ ~~ee~~	Fund balance carried forward 31 March ~~ee~~ ~~ee~~	Fund balance carried forward 31 March ~~ee~~ ~~ee~~
Fund name: ~~——————~~	2023/24 ~~——————~~	2022/23 ~~——————~~	2023/24 ~~——————~~	2022/23 ~~——————~~	2023/24 ~~eee~~ ~~——————~~	2022/23 ~~eee ~~ ~~——————~~	2023/24 ~~ee~~ ~~——————~~	2022/23 ~~ee ~~ ~~——————~~	2023/24 ~~ee~~ ~~——————~~	2022/23 ~~ee~~ ~~——————~~
	£000 ~~——————~~ ~~ee~~	£000 ~~——————~~ ~~ee~~	£000 ~~——————~~ ~~ee~~	£000 ~~——————~~ ~~ee~~	£000 ~~——————~~ ~~ee~~	£000 ~~——————~~ ~~ee~~	£000 ~~——————~~ ~~ee ~~	£000 ~~——————~~ ~~eee~~	£000 ~~——————~~ ~~eee~~	£000 ~~——————~~ ~~eee~~
WIN Fund	0	0	45	18	(45)	(18)	0	0	0	0
ED Fund ~~a~~	0 ~~a~~	0	2	2	(2)	(2)	0	0	0	0
Total ~~a~~	0 ~~a~~	0	47	20	(47)	(20)	0	0	0	0

Annual report 2023–24

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AIREDALE HOSPITAL & COMMUNITY CHARITY

NHS Foundation Trust

2 Annual report 2023–24

• 3 A message from our chair

• 4 A message from our charity manager

• 5 What a wonderful year!

• 10 All about us

• 12 Our team

• 13 Our year in numbers

• 14 Making Airedale AOK

• 16 Team Airedale

• 18 Ready, steady, GO!

• 20 Heart and Soul 22 Young Airedale

• 24 Look what we achieved

• 28 How we showed our love

• 30 Looking ahead

• 31 Thank you

• 33 A closer look

3

Chair of the Charitable Funds Committee

I’m delighted to give you a warm welcome to our 2023/24 annual report.

Every day across the 2023/24 financial year we have witnessed incredible acts of human kindness. The Airedale community has shown generosity and remarkable consideration towards others with thoughtfulness, compassion and empathy.

Our primary role as a Charity is to provide things for the benefit of patients and staff across the Airedale’s sites, these are things that are over and above all that is funded by the NHS.

Supporting our colleagues was a large focus in the year with several projects delivered to enhance staff experience. Our AOK Wellbeing Grants programme returned for a second year with over £11,000 committed to fund items that would help support colleagues during the winter period and beyond. Comfortable furniture was funded to create a relaxing area in the restaurant at Airedale Hospital, something that has proved extremely popular with staff members, patients and visitors.

We proudly launched our Emergency Department Appeal in 2023. The appeal aims to raise £150,000 to help us refurbish several areas within the department including the children’s waiting area and bereavement facilities. If you would like to help us take the last few steps in the appeal and reach our goal please get in touch with our fundraising team who will support you every step of the way.

An incredible event saw our whole community come together in Skipton in February when we hosted our first ever CPR-a-thon. The event, in collaboration with our Emergency Department and other colleagues from across the Trust raised over £2,000. Over 700 people came along to learn and help to provide non-stop CPR for 12 hours and was even broadcast live on local radio. You can read more about this further on in the

report. We hope to run many more events like this in the future.

The grand opening of our newly refurbished Pacer Train carriage, the Flying Dalesman, took place in the late summer showcasing the incredible new environment created with the help of the wonderful team at Ultimate Commercial Interiors. The refurbishment includes sensory equipment, reading areas and an innovative space to meet and talk, away from the hustle and bustle of the hospital. Without the support of Paul, Jen, Bobby and the rest of the team at Ultimate we would not have this incredibly well thought out and superbly designed space that we are extremely proud of. So, to all of them, thank you.

Appreciating our wonderful green spaces and lovely views is extremely important and we continued to focus on making our outdoor spaces a place to enjoy. The Flying Dalesman stands in its own station garden which was spruced up by volunteers from B & Q in Keighley and is now a bright and vibrant space for all to use. I highly recommend taking a walk if you are visiting Airedale.

I think you will agree with me that we have achieved some remarkable things over the past year. Whatever role you have played in the story of this year please take my wholehearted thanks and that of our Charitable Funds Committee. Without all of you, our story would not be the same. I look forward to having even more fun next year and making an even bigger impact.

I want to share my sincerest thanks to all our wonderful community for the incredible support and generosity shown again this year.

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Charity Manager

Our team are proud to have supported Airedale NHS Foundation Trust throughout what was yet another challenging year. The stories you will read and the people you will see in this report have helped Airedale Hospital & Community Charity to have a wonderful year.

This has been an incredibly exciting year for our Charity with support and activity taking place in every corner of our wonderful, diverse and beautiful patch of the country. From Hellifield to Wilsden, Laycock to Skipton, we continued to be moved by the incredible stories we hear and the heartwarming activities we see.

In our last annual report I emphasised that as a team we remain committed to supporting our local community and our wonderful colleagues who care for our patients when we need it most. I am delighted to share many ways in this years’ report how we did just that.

In 2023/24 we were again able to increase the number of grants we gave out. This was across the length and breadth of not just our hospital site at Airedale but also across our community settings. Within this report you will read about just a few of the projects and equipment we have been able to invest in.

Our team grew again with the appointment of a dedicated community fundraiser, a role that is specifically focussed on supporting our wonderful community and looking after our supporters and donors who continue to challenge themselves, donate in memory and support others to help us raise funds to support Airedale NHS Foundation Trust.

Our vision and goal is to enhance the wellbeing and experience of those using the services that Airedale NHS Foundation Trust provides and of our colleagues, across all our sites and community settings. I think it is fair to say that with your help we did just that in 2023/24.

So what about next year? We are looking forward to lots of exciting plans in 2024/25 and beyond, including more community events, projects and campaigns. Our events programme looks incredible with our first ever golf day in September and our glitziest event being held for our smallest patients in our neo-natal unit. If you would like to join us at our neo-natal ball or any of our other events please visit our website or keep an eye on our social media channels where you will find booking links and all the details.

One focus for the coming year will be the introduction of a new role. Our Youth Engagement Assistant will be supporting our work with our young population, education organisations, community groups like scouts and brownies and sports clubs. One area of development will be the launch of our Youth Network, which will help us to include the voice of our young people in everything we do. We look forward to telling you more about this in future reports.

Finally, I wanted to share a quote that we use when we talk to people about our Acts of Kindness campaign, Airedale AOK. Desmond Tutu once said,

“Do your little bit of good where you are; it’s those little bits of good put together that overwhelm the world.

Those little bits of good that you show and we see day in, day out, have made our year spectacular.

Thank you.

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What a Wonderful year!

Eid celebrations

In April, we celebrated Eid and the holy month of fasting with our Chaplaincy and Employee Health and Wellbeing teams with delicious cake kindly donated from Cake Box in Keighley.

Dying Matters Week

Our Palliative Care team at Airedale encourages staff, patients and our community to take part in honest conversations about death, dying and grief during Dying Matters Awareness Week in May.

Through public donations, we were able to fund and provide items to enhance the care of patients receiving end of life care including: bereavement boxes, refreshment trolleys, bedside recliner chairs and toiletry bags.

The items have made a real difference bringing a sense of comfort to patients and their families during a

Getting out and about during Ilkley carnival

Members of staff from the charity and Airedale took part in the Ilkley carnival parade and invited locals to test out the AHCC throne.

The charity team took the opportunity to speak to the local people of Ilkley and spread the word the charity and what the charity does to improve the experiences of our patients, staff and visitors at Airedale.

Footsteps in the snow’ charity single

Specialty Doctor, Annie Summers performed, wrote and released her own charity single ‘Footsteps in the snow’ and has donated proceed and royalties from the single to the Airedale Emergency Department Appeal.

Annie was inspired to write the song after working within the NHS for 20 years, dedicating the single to colleagues who work tirelessly to provide 24-hour urgent care to those who need it most within the local community.

The Airedale Emergency Department Appeal has a target of £150,000 to update areas of the department that are in need of a refresh, such as the bereavement suite and paediatric waiting area.

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Steeton AFC walk

Steeton AFC’s under 12’s took on a 17 mile hike to raise funds for the Emergency Department Appeal, the hike started at the team’s home ground, called into the hospital grounds through Keighley into Ilkley and then return to the start point via Addingham and Silsden.

The players proudly displayed the charity logo on their football kits and became inspired to fundraise due to their close proximity to the hospital and wanting to do something as a team to benefit the local community.

The NHS turns 75

Our wonderful NHS turned 75 and to celebrate we invited everyone to “Wear it Blue” on the 5 July and donate £1 to charity. At work, school or home, we wanted everyone to get involved in the big birthday and we were delighted to be supported by local schools and our wonderful colleagues too.

We talk a little bit more about our Big TLC event later in our report.

Skipton Summer Shopping Fair

The team from Ward 17 (the Children’s Unit) at Airedale exceeded their £5000 fundraising target at Summer Shopping Fair on 12 August. Local businesses came together for the fair selling everything from homemade cakes, baby clothes and toys to homeware and gifts all to raise funds for improvements for the Children’s Unit through the Airedale Baby and Child (ABC) fund.

B&Q volunteers transform Pacer train outdoor courtyard

Members of B&Q Keighley volunteered for the charity as part of their corporate volunteer scheme. They were joined by AireValley Decorating and Complete House Maintenance and together created the bright rainbow wall underneath the Flying Dalesman, installed picnic benches for lunchtime picnics and activities and planted trees and colourful flowers, breathing new life into the courtyard.

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First Pub Quiz held to raise funds for our Emergency Department Appeal

Patrons of the White Bear in Cross Hills were invited to our first ever pub quiz to raise funds for our Emergency Department Appeal. After four rounds of gruelling general knowledge and a charity trivia round team ‘Who’s Seen Dom?’ scored the highest points winning a large box of chocolates and a bottle of prosecco. A fantastic £267 was raised from the evening thanks to our very generous supporters.

Decontamination Services bake sale

Airedale’s Decontamination Services raised an incredible £218.73 with their fundraising bake sale. People were lining up for the delicious treats including the services Bake-Off event winner apple and walnut cake with treacle icing.

The one with the pub quiz

We raised an amazing £242 at our second Friends themed pub quiz held at The Grouse Inn, Keighley. Friends superfans Beth and Richard walked away with the famous Geller Cup.

Giving thanks to the Co-operative members

We were lucky enough to be selected as a chosen charity for the Co-op Community Fund, meaning when Co-op members shopped, they could choose us to make a donation to. Thanks to the generosity of the Co-op members, we received a phenomenal £8,681.22 for our “where it’s needed most” fund.

Funeral Directors networking breakfast

Local Funeral Directors were invited to Airedale NHS Foundation Trust’s Education Centre to meet with the charity, Palliative Care and Emergency Department teams to demonstrate the importance of our role supporting the wellbeing of staff and patients at the hospital.

It gave us an opportunity to provide a deeper understanding of our activities as a charity and our impact on the hospital and the local community.

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Getting everyone into the Christmas spirit

We kicked off the busy festive season with Festive Fair at Skipton Town Hall where we raised over £450 thanks to a range of local businesses for joining us and getting us in a celebratory mood.

Our Christmas Gift Appeal saw over 50 gifts donated by Dunelm in Keighley through their Delivering Joy campaign. Games, chocolates and toiletries for patients of all ages were donated by Robertson Construction and cricket sets were donated to the Children’s Unit from Sutton Cricket Club. Author David Bunyan, gave our patients a box of his own books and Tilly, age 8 brought selection boxes for the Children’s Unit. In total 80 advent calendars were delivered courtesy of Skipton Rotary Club and contributions from Oakworth Social Club.

We were joined throughout December by students from St Anne’s Primary School in Keighley, Sutton Community Primary School and Eastburn Junior & Infant School who sang renditions of classic Christmas carols in the hospital restaurant and the Outpatients area to keep the cheer up during the collection of staff festive lunches.

Our first Tree of Light was lit up from 11 December with our corporate partners Robertson Construction sponsoring the tree.

The final celebration was in the form of our famous Christmas Sock Day! Participants donated £1 to our Charity and shared pictures of their socks using the hashtag #SockSelfie. We raised an impressive £235 from the day.

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Lots of fundraisers were busy in February

Aunty Beryl donated the proceeds of her legendary lemon curd once again. Thank you to everyone that donates to enjoy this tasty treat.

We were also chosen to be one of Givto's charity of the month. Collectively members raised over £400.

Spreading kindness with World Book Day

The charity team visited Glusburn Community Primary School, Beckfoot Priestthorpe, Cullingworth Village Primary School, Oakworth Primary School, and Crossflatts Primary School to deliver an act of kindness for World Book Day 2024. The schools were presented with health-related books, including books about how to look after your health and wellbeing, what to expect when you visit a hospital, how the body works and books about feelings and diversity.

Thank you for the eggs-cellent donations

Our patients received special treats from the brilliant team at Pendle Powerfest and the All Together Now Choir just in time for Easter. The eggs were delivered to the Children’s Unit from the All Together Now Choir and were gratefully received by our mini patients.

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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.

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 enhance the wellbeing and experience of those using the services which Airedale NHS Foundation Trust provides and of our colleagues, across all our sites and community settings.

Our mission is to help Airedale NHS Foundation Trust by raising funds, supporting others and championing the Airedale community.

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 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 [e-mail]

Laura Hepworth Community Fundraiser [e-mail]

Laura Turner Communications & Charity Assistant [e-mail]

Chelsea Jones Youth Engagement Assistant [e-mail]

Kirsty Marshall Charity Accountant [e-mail]

Our committee

Year ending 31 March 2024

Rhys Davies Chair & Non-Executive Director

David Crampsey Deputy Chief Executive

Leanne Cooper

Ian Knight Non-Executive Director

Fiona Barr

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

Joanne Harrison Director of People & OD

Mark Andrews Non-Executive Director

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Year overview

£281,000

Donations £92,000 Legacies £13,000 Grants £49,000 Gifts in kind £0 Other £86,000 Dividends £41,000

Donations Other Legacies Dividends Grants Gifts in kind

£186,000

Patient welfare £23,000 £30,000 £16,000 Medical & IT equipment £22,000 Ward environment £95,000 Gifts in Kind (distributed) £0

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

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Making

In 2023 a total of 29 grants were given totalling over

AOK wellbeing grants

Our wellbeing grants were back and bigger than ever. We launched our AOK (Acts of Kindness) winter wellbeing grants in 2022. Since then colleagues have been invited to apply for funding annually to make a difference to their team’s wellbeing, particularly through the winter months.

ANHSFT Librarian Martyn applied for a grant to refresh the fiction books that are available for colleagues to borrow in the library at Airedale. Martyn hopes that expanding the titles available will increase the appeal and encourage more people to read for pleasure. We were delighted to award £500.

Festive Lunches

In just five days an impressive 2584 picnic lunches were hand delivered to every corner of Airedale NHS Foundation Trust to celebrate the end of the year and the festive season.

Throughout the week we were joined by the Trust Chair, Andrew Gold, colleagues and various friends to distribute the lunches with brass band musicians and school choirs from across the Airedale area getting everyone into the festive spirit.

World Kindness Day

During the morning of World Kindness Day, the charity team took on a mission to sneak packs of new teaspoons into team areas!

Knowing that teaspoons have a habit of going missing we wanted to put a smile on teams faces and give something back that would be used daily.

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World Book Day

We don’t like to keep the good stuff to ourselves so we set out to spread our acts of kindness on world book day once again.

Colleagues at Airedale NHS Foundation Trust nominated 5 local schools to receive our annual acts of world book day kindness.

This year’s winning schools were –

Beckfoot Priestthorpe Primary School

Crossflatts Primary School Cullingworth Village Primary School Glusburn Community Primary School

Oakworth Primary School

Each school received a selection of 10 very special books including books about how to look after your health and wellbeing, what to expect when you visit a hospital, how the body works, and books about feelings and diversity.

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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…

Sharron aind Hayley Sharron & Hayley donned their walking boots and trekked the 23 miles from Leeds to Airedale Hospital. Sharron and Hayley

The pair were raising money for the Breast Care Unit to say thank you for the care given to Hayley’s mum who was having treatment. The pair smashed their total and raised an outstanding £2,400.

Steeton Juniors AFC Stieetom Juniors AFC

A determined team of young footballers from Steeton AFC Under 12’s tackled a 17-mile hike alongside their coaches and families. The team were inspired to fundraise for AHCC’s Emergency Department Appeal due to their grounds close proximity to the hospital and wanted to do something together for the local community after winning the under 12’s league title. The team raised over £500 for the appeal.

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Seofis Cafe

Scoff is a community café run by volunteers at the Greatwood and Horseclose Community Centre in Skipton. Ray, who used to be a professional chef, does all the cooking, volunteering his time to cook for people in need.

We are proud to have received several donations from Scoff Café over the last few years. This year the group donated £500 to the neo-natal unit. Several group members had family who had experienced care from the unit and they wanted to express their gratitude.

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Airedale Hospital Senior Sister Cheryl Szulhan and her partner Darren proudly organised several fundraising events in memory of their son, Jack.

Cheryl, who works in Airedale Hospital’s Emergency Department organised a clay pigeon shoot as well as a memorial birthday party for what would have been Jack’s second birthday.

“The day was a true success, the community came together to provide a fun filled day for our everyone in memory of our baby boy Jack. Doing this for what was meant to be Jack’s 2nd Birthday was a positive distraction for us whilst trying to survive yet another first.”

Together the events raised over an incredible £7,000 in total.

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Mandy Aston, an Assistant Practitioner in the Community Stroke Team at Airedale Hospital stepped into the boxing ring to raise funds. Mandy raised £685 to help her team purchase rehabilitation and therapy items.

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Consultants Alex Danecki and Sarah Hayes took on the epic Great North Run raising an incredible £1339 in total for both our Emergency Department Appeal and our Paediatric Diabetes service.

Paul Jennings, Consultant in Emergency Medicine tackled the Yorkshire Marathon and raised over £500 for the Emergency Department Appeal too.

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Assistant Director of Facilities at AGH Solutions, Jon Wilson tackled a huge challenge when he decided to take on ‘The Lap’ in Windermere. A 47-mile ultra trail, Jon had 24 hours to circumnavigate Lake Windermere.

Jon completed the trail in an impressive 11 hours and raised nearly £300 for our Emergency Department Appeal.

Amanda & Angus Amanda & Angus

Amanda and her son Angus braved a heatwave to tackle the London Big Half Marathon. The pair decided to fundraise for Palliative Care in memory of Amanda’s mother. The mother-son duo raised nearly £1,500 to fund new refreshment trolleys for families with a loved one receiving end of life care.

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We gave it our heart and soul

On a very dark and cold Saturday in February we took on our biggest challenge yet.

At 8 am on the dot we pressed go on the stop-clock and set off on our epic mission to perform cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) continuously for 12 hours.

Not only did we aim to raise money for our Emergency Department Appeal, our team from every corner of Airedale were keen to teach CPR to as many people as possible.

We welcomed colleagues both past and present, local community groups like the Royal Air Cadets, Sports Clubs like Wharfedale Rugby Club and even those coming in for their weekly shop!

In total 734 people of all ages joined in the fun and learned a lifesaving skill.

The fabulous team at Rombalds Radio rocked us all the way to the finish line. They even provided the rhythm and beat to help us make sure our compressions were perfectly timed throughout the day. We also did live CPR training throughout the day so even if people couldn't make it to Morrisons they didn't miss out.

The event raised an incredible £2195.75 for our Emergency Department Appeal. Our heartfelt thanks go to Morrisons in Skipton for making us feel so welcome and to the St. John's Ambulance, Police and Paramedic teams that joined us.

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Young Airedale

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Year 7 students at Settle College raised an amazing £880 by taking part in our Grow It! challenge.

Grow It! encourages students to ‘grow’ their money using their entrepreneurial, teamwork and fundraising skills. Maisie, Emily, Lola, Avena, Amelia, Lucy, Maia and Lily invested £1 and used it to run their own businesses.

Their teacher, Ms. Ashton-Fitch said “I am delighted that these students took the opportunity of getting involved with the challenge! They came along to the lunchtime club every week, discussing ideas and getting organised for all of their fundraising ideas. They were able to develop their enterprise and teamwork skills whilst raising money for a fantastic local charity. I am so proud of their achievements!"

It was a family affair at the Shimmering Stars Nursery Christmas Fair. Parents, children and staff chose to raise funds for Airedale at the event. The fun included shopping stalls, tombola and a raffle. Nearly £300 was raised in total.

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We loved supporting lots of young people achieve their Duke of Edinburgh award this year.

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Isla and Sophie, both students at Upper Wharfedale, helped us by volunteering at some of our events. They ran tombola stalls, helped at our festive fair and CPR-a-thon. The pair volunteered to help them achieve the Charity element of the DofE award and learned lots along the way.

Working with young people like Isla and Sophie helps us to invest in our future generation and support our young community to flourish.

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Children and staff at Chipmonks Day Nursery in Hellifield kept busy with a series of fun activities to raise funds. They took part in a sports day, came to school in pyjamas, held a bake sale and raffle and hosted a special teddy bears picnic.

Claire at Chipmonks said: “Airedale hospital is used by staff, parents and children for many reasons and is a cause close to our hearts. We were overwhelmed by the support and generosity of our families and had lots of fun taking part in all the fundraising events.”

Together they raised an incredible £350 for our Emergency Department Appeal.

Greatwood Primary School, Skipton

Eco Rangers from Greatwood Primary School in Skipton took to the catwalk to help raise funds at our Big TLC event. Students got creative with unused PPE to create some wonderful, recycled fashion pieces.

After hosting their very own ‘Trashion Show’ we were keen for them to strut their stuff once more at our event.

The team were certainly one of the highlights of the show and helped to raise £1,000 on the evening.

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Robertson Construction Yorkshire & East Midlands celebrated a year of fundraising in 2023. As a corporate partner of the Charity, Robertson have been instrumental in helping raise funds and provide gifts and donations to support our patients, staff and communities.

Jonathan Sizer, Regional Managing Director, Robertson Construction Yorkshire & East Midlands, commented:

“Delivering our works in a live healthcare environment has given us the opportunity to see first-hand the benefits and essential services Airedale Hospital and Community Charity provide. We are proud to continue our support for the meaningful work they deliver. Building on the fantastic achievements from 2023, we are committed to furthering our impact throughout this year to ensure patients and staff receive the best possible care and support.”

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One of the highlights of our calendar is always the Dragon Boat Race organised by Skipton Rotary Club and held at The Coniston Hotel.

3 teams took to the water in 2023, raising nearly £1700 for our Emergency Department Appeal. The teams were made up from colleagues from Airedale’s Emergency Department and Robertson Construction.

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Mohammed Saddique, founder of local charity Asra Welfare Trust made an exceptionally generous donation to our Emergency Department Appeal in memory of his beloved wife.

Mohammed, who lives in Keighley, founded the Asra Welfare Trust in 2011 after the unexpected passing of his wife and has been donating to local charities and organisations since.

Zara, Mohammed’s Granddaughter said: “We strive to make donations to local causes and hope to become regular donors to Airedale Hospital. Through this donation, we wanted to inspire other local people to consider donating to the hospital as most of us will visit or spend time in hospital as patients at some point in our life. We have seen through the work of the charity that even a small donation can go a long way especially in the Emergency Department.

The £10,000 was raised primarily by local businesses, friends and family members who have said to be inspired by Mohammed’s generosity and kindness. Mohammed started his fundraising campaign after talking about his own experiences at Airedale Hospital and the work of the charity.

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Students from Craven College and pupils from Greatwood Primary School were among those who took part in our Big TLC event at Skipton Town Hall, raising money for our Emergency Department Appeal.

The event, which took place on the NHS’ 75th birthday on 5th July, raised a total of £1,000 and kicked off our programme of events for 2023/24.

The fashion show and shopping event showcased products from local business On Trend Boutique, as well as the wonderful talents of Craven College Level 3 Art and Design students and Eco Rangers from Greatwood Primary School, with their recycled costumes.

The fashion show was supported by various stalls from local businesses, including The Beauty Nest, FIIYA and The Rusted Kingdom.

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Our Pacer Train

We teamed up with our corporate partners Ultimate Commercial Interiors to formally open our exciting new space in August: The Flying Dalesman.

The retired Pacer train has a private sensory room, making it an ideal non-clinical space for those with additional needs. Children can also play on the Nintendo Switch, read the collection of children’s books, relax on comfortable bean bags in the outdoor courtyard, and even enjoy sitting in the driver’s cab. There is also space for small meetings.

As part of the opening ceremony, the ribbon was cut by Keighley’s youngest train enthusiast, Charlie, age 9. His mum, Charlotte, who works at the hospital, said: "The train will be a wonderful asset to children attending the hospital; it is a fantastic, calming space that will provide a positive experience to those attending the hospital. Personally for Charlie, he loves everything to do with trains; having this on site will ensure he will be more relaxed with upcoming appointments and associate them as something to look forward to."

You may remember that we won the train in the 2019 ‘Transform a Pacer’ competition run by the Department for Transport. Ultimate took on the design and implementation of the interior, along with its partners and suppliers. The design brings the outdoors in with transport-themed décor, cosy fairy lights, and natural elements, such as a decorative tree made from recycled materials.

Paul Alexander, Director at Ultimate, said: “Here at Ultimate we pride ourselves on creating inspirational environments for amazing people, we therefore approached developing a solution for the Pacer train in exactly the same way. We are absolutely thrilled with the end result and it was a privilege to see visitors both young and old interacting in the many vibrant zones we created. We hope that this space brings joy to many for years to come.”

For more information or to book The Flying Dalesman you can contact Airedale Hospital & Community Charity via email at [e-mail].

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Are you sitting comfortably?

We know that having somewhere comfortable to sit and take time is important, especially during difficult times. That’s why we wanted to help.

With the help of colleagues in AGH Solutions and the team at Ultimate Commercial Interiors we were proud to fund the development of some incredible spaces at Airedale Hospital during 2023/2024.

Restaurant

Sofas, coffee tables and luxurious armchairs were added to the restaurant to create small zones to sit and relax with a drink, perhaps read a book or for colleagues to meet for an informal chat.

Top Landing

The Top Landing at Airedale is at the very centre of the hospital. It was a tired space with no specific purpose or use.

Two comfortable pods with ambient lighting were also installed, the perfect place to have a private conversation. We also added some high tables and stools to create an innovative space for working and socialising.

Three pods were installed to provide comfortable seating along with new high tables to ensure our teams and external partners can still visit and display important information.

The space is now a hive of activity with somewhere quiet and peaceful for visitors to go no matter the time of day.

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‘Ceiling’ good!

With the help of a grant from the B & Q Foundation we were proud to give a makeover to some of the rooms in the children’s unit. New jungle themed ceiling tiles provide distraction while patients are receiving treatments, examinations or tests. Providing distraction is important for patient experience and can improve the outcomes.

Keeping track of time

Our lives are run by being able to tell the time, and without this, people can easily become disoriented and anxious. With the help of a family whose father passed away following an admission at Airedale Hospital we were able to purchase these user-friendly clocks.

The clocks sometimes known as dementia clocks are large, visual digital clocks that can help to keep track of the time, date and the day, helping to avoid confusion and disorientation and supporting independence. The clocks are on various wards at Airedale Hospital and are being used by lots of patients.

Lighting it up

We were delighted to fund an Accuvein device costing over £5,000 for our Emergency Department.

The small device is used to easily find veins when patients need a blood test or similar procedure. It is particularly beneficial when treating children and elderly patients. 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 and quicker for both patients and clinicians.

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Looking forward together

As we wrap up another year we can’t help but look back with pride and admiration at the people and community that have helped us along the way.

Here are some of the key areas we will be focussing on in 2024/2025:

Increasing our support of young people

With the help of a Youth Engagement Assistant, our work with young people across the Airedale community will increase. We will aim to increase opportunities for our young people including the establishment of our Youth Network.

30 years of AHCC

2025 will be our 30th year as a Charity. To mark the occasion, we will be bringing new opportunities to do amazing things and celebrating 30 years of your support.

Airedale AOK

Our acts of kindness campaign will continue to encourage others to do good wherever they are. We will continue to put kindness at the centre of everything we do and will continue to inspire people to be kind to themselves and others.

Investing in Airedale

Our vision is to enhance the wellbeing and experience of our patients and colleagues across all our sites and community settings. We will continue to invest our funds into achieving this goal and demonstrate how donations have been used.

A key goal will be to align our investment with the needs of Airedale NHS Foundation Trust including support of major projects and initiatives.

Working together

One of the key elements of our strategy will continue to be to work in collaboration. This will include working with partners, supporters and donors of all shapes and sizes.

Working with you, for you, we will make sure that our community have a key role in our success and future.

Anchor in the community

We will continue to try our best to be an anchor in the community, to fly the Airedale flag, offer opportunities to collaborate and use our position as ambassadors for the benefit of our local community. We will as always put you at the heart of everything we do.

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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 2024 and therefore acted as the Corporate Trustee were as follows:

Andrew Gold	Chair
Foluke Ajayi	Chief Executive
Leanne Cooper	Chief Operating Officer (from 21.02.2023)
Amanda Stanford	Chief Nurse
Mike Savage	Director of Finance
Joanne Harrison	Director of People & OD
David Crampsey	Medical Director and Deputy Chief Executive
Fiona Barr	Director of Corporate Affairs
Stuart Shaw	Director of Strategy & Planning
Nadira Mirza	Deputy Chair
Rhys Davies	Non-Executive Director
Andrew Dumbleton	Non-Executive Director (until 31.05.2023)
Melanie Hudson	Non-Executive Director
Ian Knight	Non-Executive Director
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 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.

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 2024. Fiona Barr, Director of Corporate Affairs and Group Company Secretary, oversaw the governance elements of the Charity during the year to 31 March 2024.

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 2024. New

Rhys Davies	Non-Executive Director (Chair)
Andrew Dumbleton	Non-Executive Director
Andrew Gold	Chair of Airedale NHS Foundation Trust and Non-Executive Director
Leanne Cooper	Chief Operating Officer
Fiona Barr	Director of Corporate Affairs
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
Linda Dobson	Public Governor
Elizabeth Stoppard	Consultant, Elderly Medicine

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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

Barclays Bank PLC Investment Fund Independent 77 North Street Managers: Examiners: Keighley Rathbone Investment Stirk, Lambert & Co BD21 5BD Management Russell Chambers Port of Liverpool 61a North Street National Westminster Building Keighley Bank Pier Head BD21 3DS Government Banking Liverpool Services Branch L3 1NW Premier Place 2 ½ Devonshire Square London EC2M 4BA

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 principal risks and uncertainties and allows 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 2023 and 31st March 2024, from £1,036k to £1,013k. The reserves policy is reviewed on a three yearly basis alongside the investment policy.

Financial statements

Throughout 2023/24 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.

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 2024

Foreword

These financial statements cover the year from 1 April 2023 to 31 March 2024, 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

he 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.

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

Name: Rhys Davies – Chair of Charitable Funds Committee

Date: 4 December 2024

• 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

• 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 2024

Expenditure on:
Raising funds	6	(103)	(24)	0	(127)	(105)
Charitable activities
Grants Payable & Gifts in Kind distributed	7	(161)	(25)	0	(186)	(429)
Support costs	9	(37)	0	0	(37)	(35)
Total expenditure		(301)	(49)	0	(350)	(569)
Net gains/(losses) on investments	13	42	0	0	42	(47)
Net income/(expenditure)		(27)	0	0	(27)	(307)
Transfers between funds		4	0	(4)	0	0
Net movement in funds		(23)	0	(4)	(27)	(307)
Reconciliation of funds
Total funds brought forward at 1st April 2021	18	1,036	0	4	1,040	1,040
Total funds carried forward at 31st March 2022		1,013	0	0	1,013	1,040

The notes at pages 41 to 51 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 2024

	Note	Unrestricted funds	Restricted funds	Endowment funds	Total at 31 March 2024	Total at 31 March 2023
		£000	£000	£000	£000	£000
Fixed Assets
Investments	13	598	0	0	598	557
Total Fixed Assets		598	0	0	598	557
Current Assets
Debtors	14	1	0	0	1	4
Cash and Cash Equivalents	15	506	29	0	535	584
Total current assets		507	29	0	536	588
Liabilities
Creditors falling due within one year	16	92	0	0	92	57
Deferred income	16	0	29	0	29	48
New current assets/(liabilities)		415	0	0	415	483
Total assets less current liabilities		1,013	0	0	1,013	1,040
Total net assets or liabilities		1,013	0	0	1,013	1,040
The funds of the Charity	18
Endownment Funds		0	0	0	0	4
Unrestricted Income Funds		1,013	0	0	1,013	1,036
Total Charity Funds		1,013	0	0	1,013	1,040

The notes at pages 41 to 51 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: 4 December 2024

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Statement of Cash Flows for the year ended 31 March 2023

	Note	31 March 2024 Total Funds	31 March 2023 Total Funds
		£000	£000
Cash flows from operating activities:
Net cash provided by (used in) operating activities	17	(91)	(324)
Cash flows from investing activities:
Dividends, interest and rents from investments	5	41	27
Proceeds from the sale of investments	13	1	42
Purchase of investments	13	0	(44)
Net cash provided by (used in) investing activities		42	25
Change in cash and cash equivalents in the reporting period		(49)	(299)
Change in cash and cash equivalents at the beginning of the reporting period	15	584	883
Change in cash and cash equivalents due to exchange rate movements		0	0
Cash and cash equivalents at the end of the reporting period		535	584

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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)

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.

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

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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 2023/24, £nil has been included in donations and expenditure to reflect this (2022/23 £nil).

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.

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.

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.

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.

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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.

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.

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 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 and Charity Assistant employed by Airedale NHS Foundation Trust are considered to be employees 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.

All investments are held in a portfolio which are managed by Rathbone LLP.

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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 £90k (£74k in 2022/23) - see note 6.

• financial administrative services at a cost of £33k (£32k in 2022/23) 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

	Unrestricted funds	Unrestricted funds	Restricted funds	Restricted funds	Total	Total
	2023/24	2022/23	2023/24	2022/23	2023/24	2022/23
	£000	£000	£000	£000	£000	£000
Donations	92	83	0	0	92	83
Legacies	13	12	0	0	13	12
Grants receivable	0	77	49	20	49	97
Gifts in Kind (material)	0	0	0	0	0	0
Total	105	172	49	20	154	192

Donations contains corporate donations and gifts from individuals i.e.members of the public, relatives of patients and staff.

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 circa 70 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.

• fundraisers - there are currently 2 local volunteers who actively fundraise for Airedale Hospital and Community Charity.

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

	Unrestricted funds	Unrestricted funds	Restricted funds	Restricted funds	Total	Total
	2023/24	2022/23	2023/24	2022/23	2023/24	2022/23
	£000	£000	£000	£000	£000	£000
Investments listed on Stock Exchange	16	14	0	0	16	14
Other Investments	0	0	0	0	0	0
Bank interest	25	13	0	0	25	13
Total	41	27	0	0	41	27

6) Analysis of expenditure on raising funds

	Unrestricted funds	Unrestricted funds	Restricted funds	Restricted funds	Total	Total
	2023/24	2022/23	2023/24	2022/23	2023/24	2022/23
	£000	£000	£000	£000	£000	£000
Charity Manager*	53	46	0	0	53	46
Communications and Charity Assistant	22	28	0	0	22	28
Community Fundraiser**	15	0	24	0	39	0
Other	13	11	0	20	13	31
Total	103	85	24	20	127	105

• Employed since August 2019 by Airedale NHS Foundation Trust.

** Employed since Feb 2023 by Airedale NHS Foundation Trust.

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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.

	Grant funded activity	Grant funded activity	Total	Total
	2023/24	2022/23	2023/24	2022/23
	£000	£000	£000	£000
Patients welfare and amenities	23	89	23	89
Staff welfare and amenities	30	44	30	44
Staff training	16	20	16	20
Medical equipment	22	8	22	8
IT equipment	0	0	0	0
Ward environment	95	268	95	268
Gifts in Kind (material – distributed)	0	0	0	0
Total	186	429	186	429

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

Institution receiving grant support:	Total amount paid	Total amount paid
	2023/24	2022/23
	£000	£000
Airedale NHS Foundation Trust	186	429
Total	186	429

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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.

	Charitable activities	Charitable activities	Basis
	2023/24	2022/23
	£000	£000
Independent Examination	2	1	Expenditure
Investment Management	1	1	Expenditure
Financial administration	33	32	Expenditure
Bank Charges	1	1	Expenditure
Total	37	35

'There are no support staff directly employed by the charity. Recharges are made for Trust staff time. The recharge is shown on the Financial Administration line.

	Unrestricted funds	Unrestricted funds	Restricted funds	Restricted funds	Total	Total
	2023/24	2022/23	2023/24	2022/23	2023/24	2022/23
	£000	£000	£000	£000	£000	£000
Charitable activities	37	35	0	0	37	35
Total	37	35	0	0	37	35

10) Analysis of staff costs and remuneration of key management personnel

	2023/24	2022/23
	£000	£000
Salaries and wages	86	60
Social security costs	10	6
Employers pension contribution	13	8
Total	109	74

The average number of full-time equivalent employees (employed by a related party) during the year was 3 (2022/23: 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 £2k (2022/23: £1k) related solely to the independent examination with no other additional work being undertaken (2022/23 £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

Movement in fixed asset investments	2023/24	2022/23
	£000	£000
Market value brought forward	557	602
Add: additions to investments at cost	0	44
Less disposals at carrying value	(1)	(42)
Add net gain (loss) on revaluation	42	(47)
Market value as at 31 March	598	557
Fixed asset investments by type	2023/24	2022/23
	£000	£000
UK Equities & Equity Funds	598	557
Total	598	557

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 2024 the following investment was considered material:

Movement in fixed asset investments	2023/24	2023/24	2022/23	2022/23
	£000	%	£000	%
Rathbone Unit Trust Management Core Investment Fund for Charities	598	100	557	100
Mayfair Capital in Property Income Trust for Charities	0	0	0	0
Castlefield Best Sustainable Income fund	0	0	0	0
Castlefield Real Return fund Castlefield Best Sustainable UK Smaller	0	0	0	0
Castlefield Best Sustainable UK Smaller Companies Fund	0	0	0	0

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

Airedale Hospital and Community Charity manages these investment risks by retaining expert advisors (for 2023/24 - 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

Debtors under 1 year	2023/24	2022/23
	£000	£000
Other debtors	1	4
Total	1	4

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15. Analysis of cash and cash equivalents

~~=~~	2023/24 ~~=~~	2022/23 ~~=~~
	£000 ~~=~~ ~~as~~	£000 ~~=~~ ~~as~~
RBS Bank Account ~~=~~	500 ~~=~~	509 ~~=~~
Barclays Current Account	34	74
Investment account (cash held)	1	1
Total cash and cash equivalents ~~ee~~	535 ~~ee~~	584 ~~ee~~

16. Analysis of liabilities

Creditors falling due within 1 year ~~=~~	2023/24 ~~=~~	2022/23 ~~=~~
	£000 ~~=~~ ~~as~~	£000 ~~=~~ ~~as~~
Other creditors ~~=~~	92 ~~=~~	57 ~~=~~
Total cash and cash equivalents ~~ee~~	92 ~~ee~~	57 ~~ee~~

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.

Deferred income 2023/24 2022/23 £000 £000 ~~=as~~ Grants received – restricted funds 29 48 Total cash and cash equivalents 29 48 ~~rree~~

17. Reconciliation of net income/(expenditure) to net cash flow from operating activities

~~a~~	2023/24 ~~a~~	2022/23 ~~a~~
	£000 ~~a~~ ~~ee~~	£000 ~~a~~ ~~ee~~
Net income/(expenditure) for 2022/23 (as per the Statement of Financial Activities)	(27)	(307)
Adjustments for:
(Gains)/losses on investments	(42)	47
Dividends, interest and rents from investments	(41)	(27)
(Increase)/decrease in debtors	3	(1)
Increase/(decrease) in creditors	16 ~~ee~~	(36)
Net cash provided by (used in) operating activities ~~ee~~	(91) ~~ee~~ ~~ee~~	(324) ~~ee~~

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18. Analysis of charitable funds

a) Analysis of endowment fund movements

~~ee~~	Fund balance brought forward 1 April ~~ee~~	Fund balance brought forward 1 April ~~ee~~	Income ~~ee~~	Income ~~ee~~	Expenditure ~~ee~~ ~~ee~~	Expenditure ~~ee~~ ~~ee~~	Transfers ~~ee~~ ~~eee~~	Transfers ~~ee~~ ~~eee~~	Gains and Losses ~~ee~~ ~~eee~~	Gains and Losses ~~ee~~ ~~eee~~	Fund balance carried forward 31 March ~~ee~~ ~~eee~~	Fund balance carried forward 31 March ~~ee~~ ~~eee~~
~~—————————~~	2023/24 ~~—————————~~	2022/23 ~~—————————~~	2023/24 ~~—————————~~	2022/23 ~~—————————~~	2023/24 ~~ee~~ ~~—————————~~	2022/23 ~~ee ~~ ~~—————————~~	2023/24 ~~eee~~ ~~—————————~~	2022/23 ~~eee~~ ~~—————————~~	2023/24 ~~eee~~ ~~—————————~~	2022/23 ~~eee~~ ~~—————————~~	2023/24 ~~eee~~ ~~—————————~~	2022/23 ~~eee~~ ~~—————————~~
	£000 ~~—————————~~ ~~ss~~	£000 ~~—————————~~ ~~ss~~	£000 ~~—————————~~ ~~ss~~	£000 ~~—————————~~ ~~ss~~	£000 ~~—————————~~ ~~ss~~	£000 ~~—————————~~ ~~ss~~	£000 ~~—————————~~ ~~ss~~	£000 ~~—————————~~ ~~ss~~	£000 ~~—————————~~ ~~ss~~	£000 ~~—————————~~ ~~ss~~	£000 £000 ~~—————————~~
W.N. Allen ~~—————————~~	4 ~~—————————~~	4 ~~—————————~~	0 ~~—————————~~	0 ~~—————————~~	0 ~~—————————~~	0 ~~—————————~~	-4 ~~—————————~~	0 ~~—————————~~	0 ~~—————————~~	0 ~~—————————~~	0 4 ~~—————————~~
Total ~~SS~~	4 ~~SS ~~	4 ~~SS~~	0 ~~SS~~	0	0	0	(4)	0	0	0	0 4

b) Analysis of unrestricted and material designated fund movements

~~rr~~ ~~po~~	Fund balance brought forward 1 April ~~ee~~ ~~ee~~	Fund balance brought forward 1 April ~~ee~~ ~~ee~~	Income ~~ee~~ ~~ee~~	Income ~~ee~~ ~~ee~~	Expenditure ~~ee~~ ~~ee~~	Expenditure ~~ee~~ ~~ee~~	Transfers ~~ee~~ ~~ee~~	Transfers ~~ee~~ ~~ee~~	Gains and Losses ~~eee~~ ~~ee~~	Gains and Losses ~~eee~~ ~~ee~~	Fund balance carried forward 31 March ~~eee~~ ~~ee~~	Fund balance carried forward 31 March ~~eee~~ ~~ee~~
Fund name: ~~rr~~ ~~po~~	2023/24 ~~ee~~ ~~ee~~	2022/23 ~~ee ~~ ~~ee~~	2023/24 ~~ee~~ ~~ee~~	2022/23 ~~ee ~~ ~~ee~~	2023/24 ~~ee~~ ~~ee~~	2022/23 ~~ee ~~ ~~ee~~	2023/24 ~~ee~~ ~~ee~~ ~~ee~~	2022/23 ~~ee ~~ ~~ee~~ ~~ee~~	2023/24 ~~eee~~ ~~ee~~ ~~eee~~	2022/23 ~~eee~~ ~~ee~~ ~~eee~~	2023/24 ~~eee~~ ~~ee~~ ~~eee~~	2022/23 ~~eee~~ ~~ee~~ ~~eee~~
	£000 ~~ee~~	£000 ~~ee~~	£000 ~~ee~~	£000 ~~ee~~	£000 ~~ee~~	£000 ~~ee~~	£000 ~~ee~~ ~~ee~~	£000 ~~ee~~ ~~ee~~	£000 ~~ee~~ ~~eee~~	£000 ~~ee~~ ~~eee~~	£000 ~~ee~~ ~~eee~~	£000 ~~ee~~ ~~eee~~
Where its Needed (WIN) Fund ~~po ~~	161 ~~ee~~	237 ~~ee~~	105 ~~ee~~	145 ~~ee~~	(100) ~~ee~~	(211) ~~ee~~	4 ~~ee~~ ~~ee~~	0 ~~ee~~ ~~ee ~~	8 ~~ee~~ ~~eee~~	(9) ~~ee~~ ~~eee~~	178 ~~ee~~ ~~eee~~	161 ~~ee~~ ~~eee~~
People Health and WellbeingFund	220	246	15	14	(108)	(31)	0	0	8	(9)	135	220
HODU	60	205	44	46	(11)	(186)	0	0	3	(5)	96	60
Airedale Breast Unit Fund	94	102	11	7	(14)	(11)	0	0	4	(4)	95	94
Emergency Department Appeal	14	0	40	14	(6)	0	0	0	2	0	50	14
Allum Legacy	44	45	0	1	0	0	0	0	2	(2)	46	44
Diabetic Fund	45	50	0	1	(5)	(4)	0	0	2	(2)	42	45
Pathology Research	37	40	1	0	(3)	(1)	0	0	2	(2)	37	37
Airedale Baby & Child (ABC)	17	0	14	17	(5)	0	0	0	1	0	27	17
Gastroenterology Fund	22	24	1	0	(2)	(1)	0	0	1	(1)	22	22
Other	322	394	49	51	(95)	(110)	0	0	9	(13)	285	322
Total ~~A~~	1,036	1,343	280	151	(349)	(344)	4	0	42	(47)	1,013	1,036

~~ee~~	Fund balance brought forward 1 April ~~ee~~	Fund balance brought forward 1 April ~~ee~~	Income ~~ee~~	Income ~~ee~~	Expenditure ~~ee~~ ~~eee~~	Expenditure ~~ee~~ ~~eee~~	Gains and Losses ~~ee~~ ~~ee~~	Gains and Losses ~~ee~~ ~~ee~~	Fund balance carried forward 31 March ~~ee~~ ~~ee~~	Fund balance carried forward 31 March ~~ee~~ ~~ee~~
Fund name: ~~——————~~	2023/24 ~~——————~~	2022/23 ~~——————~~	2023/24 ~~——————~~	2022/23 ~~——————~~	2023/24 ~~eee~~ ~~——————~~	2022/23 ~~eee ~~ ~~——————~~	2023/24 ~~ee~~ ~~——————~~	2022/23 ~~ee ~~ ~~——————~~	2023/24 ~~ee~~ ~~——————~~	2022/23 ~~ee~~ ~~——————~~
	£000 ~~——————~~ ~~ee~~	£000 ~~——————~~ ~~ee~~	£000 ~~——————~~ ~~ee~~	£000 ~~——————~~ ~~ee~~	£000 ~~——————~~ ~~ee~~	£000 ~~——————~~ ~~ee~~	£000 ~~——————~~ ~~ee ~~	£000 ~~——————~~ ~~eee~~	£000 ~~——————~~ ~~eee~~	£000 ~~——————~~ ~~eee~~
WIN Fund	0	0	45	18	(45)	(18)	0	0	0	0
ED Fund ~~a~~	0 ~~a~~	0	2	2	(2)	(2)	0	0	0	0
Total ~~a~~	0 ~~a~~	0	47	20	(47)	(20)	0	0	0	0

Annual report 2023–24

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Independent Examiner's Report to the Trustee of of Airedale Hospital & Communily Charily Independenl examiner's report to the trustee of Airedale Hospital & Community Charity I report to the charity trustee on my ¢xamination of the accounts of Airedale Hospital & Community Charity (th¢ Trust) for the y¢ar ended 31 March 2024. Responsibilities and basis of report As the charity truste¢ of the Trust you are responsible for the preparation of the accounts in accordance with the requirements of the Charities Act 2011 ('the Act,). I report in respect of my examination of the Trust's accounts carried out under section 145 of the Act and in carrying out my examination I have followed all applicable Directions given by the Charity Commission under section 145(5Xb) of the Act. Independent examiner's statement Since your Charity's gross income exceeded £250,000 your examiner must be a member of a listed body. I ran confirni that l am qualified to undertake the examination because l am a member of the Institute of Chartered Accountants in England & Wales which is on¢ of the listed bodies. I have completed my examination. I confinn that no material matters have come to my attention in connection with the examination giving me cause to believe that in any material respect: accounting records were not kept in r¢spect of the Trust as required by section 130 of the Act. or the account5 do not accord with ihose records; or the account5 do not comply with the applicable requirements concerning the forn] and content of accounts set out in the Charities (Accounts and Reports) Regulations 2008 other than any requiremenl that the accounts give a irue and fair view which is not a matter considered as part of an independent examination. I have no concerns and have come across no other matters in connection with the examination to which attention should be drawn in ihis report in order to enable a proper understanding of the accounts io be reached. Richard J Hudson FCA Stirk Lambert & Co Chartered Accountants Russell Chambers 61a North Street Keighley Wesl Yorkshire BD213DS 1510112025