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BSUH Charity

making it better

Charity Reg No.1050864

BSUH Charity Annual Report & Accounts 2021-22

Making it better

The Royal Sussex County Hospital | The Royal Alexandra Children’s Hospital The Princess Royal Hospital | The Royal Sussex County Hospital

www.bsuh.nhs.uk/charity

BSUH making it better Charity Reg No.1050864 Charity

Princess Royal Hospital

Royal Alexandra Children’s Hospital

Royal Sussex County Hospital

Sussex Eye Hospital

BSUH CHARITY ANNUAL REPORT & ACCOUNTS 2021-2022

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Message from the Chair ............................................... 4
Welcome from the Director of Charities ...................... 5
About BSUH Charity .................................................... 6
A Year in Numbers ....................................................... 7
Supporting Patient Care 8
Outpatient Seating ........................................................ 8
Ultrasound Kidney Machine ......................................... 9
Da Vinci Xi Robot Arm ................................................ 10
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Supporting Staff 12
Critical Care Team Art Session ................................. 12
Pastoral Support for Staff .......................................... 13
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Spotlight on Supporters 14
Jump for the Bump .................................................... 14
Great Barnum’s Bonanza Ball .................................... 15
Annie’s Big Swim ....................................................... 16
Board of Directors 18
Board Directors of our Corporate Trustee .................. 18
Governance 20
Structure, Governance
and Management ....................................................... 20
Statement of Trustee’s Responsibilities .................... 23
Financial Report & Accounts 24
Report of the Independent Auditors .......................... 24
Statement of Financial Activities ............................... 27
Statement of Financial Position ................................. 28
Statement of Cashfows ............................................. 29
Notes to the Financial Statements ............................ 30
Administrative Details and Professional Advisors .... 35

The Charity’s annual report and accounts for the year ended 31 March 2022 have been prepared by the Corporate Trustee in accordance with the Charities Act 2011 and regulations made under section 154 of that Act. The Charity’s report and accounts include all the separately established funds for which the University Hospitals Sussex NHS Trust is the sole beneficiary.

Message from our Chair

I am delighted to share with you the 2021/22 Annual Report for BSUH Charity after what has been another year of challenges and triumphs.

In response to the significant turmoil our seven hospitals have undergone, I am extremely proud of how our NHS staff have continued to go above and beyond for patient care, and also our charity team who has continued to support a wide range of hospital projects, examples of which you’ll be able to learn more about in the main body of this report.

new and merged entity which will see both charities restructure into one dedicated charity for University Hospitals Sussex NHS Foundation Trust (UHSussex).

We have remained focused on improving staff spaces, providing a place to reflect and unwind away from the main hospital sites, and continued to improve the patient experience through the funding of new and vibrantly coloured outpatient seating and a significant investment enabling the introduction to robotic-assisted surgery to the Trust for the first time.

This truly is an exciting time for BSUH Charity and Love Your Hospital as we develop a new and long-term strategy that will see us centre our energies on delivering innovative and agile fundraising to ensure we can continue to provide vital support to local patients today and for future generations.

At the heart of our successes is everyone who has donated and fundraised for BSUH Charity this year. I would like to take this opportunity to give a heartfelt thank you to every single person, community group, local business and our partner charities here at the Trust, who has supported our Charity. I hope this report will showcase how we invest the love for your local hospital in to providing a healthier future for families across East Sussex.

Crucially, BSUH Charity has embraced mutual working with Love Your Hospital, the Trust’s dedicated NHS charity for St Richard’s, Worthing and Southlands Hospitals. This has enabled great learning and shared experiences between the teams, and to look forward to a

Lizzie Peers Chair of Charitable Funds Committee

BSUH CHARITY ANNUAL REPORT & ACCOUNTS 2021-2022

Welcome from Director of Charities

It is my great pleasure to welcome you to BSUH Charity’s latest annual report and accounts; a set of documents which set out with great clarity the incredible work of the charity over the last 12 months.

It’s been a full-on year and, as you might expect, a team effort. So, I would like to take the opportunity to place on record my thanks to the BSUH Charity team – Steph Kirby, Jess Burgess, Sam O’Mahoney and Sam Craycraft – who have worked tirelessly to add value to patient and staff experience through their management of our fundraising and grant making activities. All of which have further emphasised the important role that NHS charities like ours play in supporting our hospitals, their patients and their local community.

The COVID-19 pandemic has continued to dominate and alongside our colleagues in the wider Trust, we have continued to work through this most challenging and unprecedented of times. Yet through challenge comes opportunity and much has been achieved. As a result, we are delighted to report that we have had our most successful fundraising year to date raising £1.24 million and awarding more than £1.92 million in grants. No mean achievement given the challenge of the pandemic.

At a strategic level we have worked with the Trust Executive and partners such as NHS Charities Together to design and deliver a number of interventions in support of the Trust’s overall pandemic response. Crucially, this has included health and wellbeing workshops for more than 450 staff during the summer and improvements to staff-only areas to provide space for rest and relaxation.

As we move forward, we are about to enter a period of change as BSUH Charity readies for its merger with Love Your Hospital, the dedicated charity of St Richard’s, Worthing and Southlands Hospitals. This merger has come about as a result of the wider Trust amalgamation and has been approved by the Corporate Trustees of the both Trust charities. To this end, the BSUH Charity team will be working with its Love Your Hospital colleagues to build an all-new Trust wide charity; one that will continue to support the four hospitals across Brighton and Haywards whilst also supporting the greater Trustwide enhancements to patient and staff experience.

At an operational and more local level, we have worked with community groups, local businesses and other such stakeholders to fund a range of projects such as providing new and vibrant outpatient seating at the Princess Royal Hospital and a state-of-theart ultrasound machine to reduce waiting time and lower risks for haematology patients at Royal Sussex County Hospital.

The merged charity will enable the Trust to maximise fundraising potentials at the same time as maintaining that all important local focus. In addition, it will allow the resultant single charity to develop a grant making programme that makes a real, lasting and tangible difference – investing at scale into critical areas such as patient experience, staff Health

Throughout, we have continued to fundraise with our intrepid supporters raising valuable funds through sponsored skydives, sponsored walks and quiz nights. We have also continued to benefit from Legacy and In Memoriam gifts for which we are most grateful and most touched.

& Wellbeing, the Trust estate, sustainability programmes, medical equipments such as surgical robots and scanners, cutting edge research and more. Alongside this, developing a reporting framework that enable us to demonstrate value for money and impacts that directly improve healthcare provision across the region.

To all of you that supported the work of BSUH Charity over the years, through donations, messages and more, our heartfelt thanks. Suffice to say, the Trustees and Charity team look forward to your ongoing support as we continue our work through the platform of the new single charity.

With very best wishes,

Steve Crump OBE Interim Director of Charities & Voluntary Services

About BSUH Charity

BSUH Charity is a dedicated NHS charity for University Hospitals Sussex NHS Foundation Trust (UHSussex). We raise funds to support the Royal Sussex County Hospital, Princess Royal Hospital, Royal Alexandra Children’s Hospital and the Sussex Eye Hospital.

About our Trust

UHSussex was formed on 1 April 2021. The Trust was created by a merger of Brighton & Sussex University Hospitals NHS Trust, running hospitals in Brighton and Haywards Heath, and Western Sussex Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, running hospitals in Shoreham-by-Sea, Worthing and Chichester. UHSussex now runs seven hospitals across Brighton & Hove and West Sussex.

Our core priorities

Creating more patient-friendly environments
Providing equipment for diagnosis and treatment

Our vision

Supporting staff development to provide even better care

To improve the experience of every patient and enhance the Trust’s care and services, helping us to go above and beyond outside of core government funding.

Advancing our understanding through research projects

We aim to do this by partnering with UHSussex Trust to deliver great outcomes and experiences for patients, by fundraising and investing in equipment, training and causes that directly benefit them.

BSUH Charity is registered with the Charity Commission for England and Wales (1050864). As a registered charity, BSUH Charity complies with charity law and the regulatory requirements of the Charity Commission. This includes ensuring that all gifts are spent for the maximum public benefit and in alignment with the donors’ wishes. Our charity trustees have a duty to ‘have regard’ for the Charity Commission’s public benefit guidance when exercising any powers or duties to which the guidance is relevant.

BSUH CHARITY ANNUAL REPORT & ACCOUNTS 2021-2022

A Year in Numbers

£2.57m Total charitable expenditure

inc. staff and patient welfare, training and capital grants

£0.32m £0.12m Staff welfare Patient welfare and training This includes additional staff Patient welfare represents training to enable staff contributions made to towards to provide even patient experience better care at our hospitals

£1.92m Capital Grants Examples

£1.75m £17,556 Robotic Ultrasound Assisted Kidney Surgery Machine Please see note 4 of accounts

Outpatients seating Total spent: £10,798

BSUH Charity supports the Trust’s Patient First ambition to continually improve patient services and quality of care. This includes improving patient waiting areas by making departments more accessible and comfortable wherever possible.

Staff Nurse, Debbie Holland, said: “Since replacing all our worn our seating, we’ve found that patients are much less likely to be found sat in the wrong waiting areas. This means our clinics are less likely to be delayed and run much more smoothly.”

Upholstered in anti-microbial vinyl with ample padding, the seating is comfortable, hard-wearing and easy to clean, perfect for areas in our hospital that see high-frequency usage and creating a much more positive environment for patients, visitors and staff.

We’ve have had great feedback from the patients and staff. Patients have found it so much easier finding the waiting area that they need and it’s a great burst of colour to the department. A huge thank you to BSUH Charity for supporting this purchase”

The outpatient team at Princess Royal Hospital approached the Charity for support in providing upgraded seating for patients. Using brightly colour-coded ‘beam’ seating in purple, orange and yellow for different areas in the department, patients are now welcomed with striking hues and can now easily identify where they should be prior to their appointments.

Jay Chaney, Outpatients Administrator

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Ultrasound Kidney Machine Total spent: £17,556

A key priority for the Charity is the provision of new equipment to aid with diagnosis and treatment. Earlier in 2021, funding from the charity’s Haematology fund enabled the purchase of a new, cuttingedge Ultrasound machine.

Having our own ultrasound machine makes a real difference. We have improved the patient experience by being able to work more precisely with patients with difficult venous access and have reduced waiting times for those needing urgent central venous access.”

Stephanie Faber, Trainee Advanced Clinical Practitioner at RSCH

The equipment is used by the Haematology team at RSCH, when placing PICC lines for Haematology and Oncology patients. A PICC line (peripherally inserted central catheter) is a thin, soft, long catheter (tube) that is inserted into a vein in a patients arm, leg or neck. Using the PICC in connection with the ultrasound makes it much easier for clinical staff to locate the patient’s veins, for a smoother, less invasive process.

Placing PICC lines also carries a lower infection risk than other methods, and can be carried out by a broader range of clinical staff. Utilising the ultrasound also reduces psychological trauma to patients who attend the day unit three times a week for treatment and blood tests, by reducing or eliminating needle injuries.

The benefits of this clinical equipment are many. For the Haematology team, having this equipment dedicated to their area means reduced waiting times for patients receiving chemotherapy.

Da Vinci Xi Robot Arm Total spend: £1.75 million

Across the South of England, many neighbouring Trusts have implemented robotic-assisted surgery (RAS) including Eastbourne, Portsmouth, Frimley and Guildford with many having more than one robot. Staff from our surgery division highlighted that UHSussex was the only teaching Trust in the country that had not introduced RAS to be used in complex surgical procedures.

In addition, UHSussex East Sussex urology patients, requiring surgery for pelvic cancer, were being referred for robotic surgery at Eastbourne, patients requiring the same surgery in West Sussex were being referred from Worthing and St Richard’s to Guildford, and cancer patients requiring removal of abnormally growing cells from the kidney, were having to travel to Frimley for their procedures.

Providing charitable funding would not only eradicate the needs for patients to travel out of their area for treatment, but also many other multiple organisational benefits such as commitment to robotic surgery, levelling up to other teaching trusts, research and development opportunities and the continued ability to recruit and retain surgeons.

Ammar Alanbuki, Consultant Urological Surgeon, Lead of Kidney Cancer and UHSussex Robotic Lead, said, “Robotic-assisted surgery enables us to deliver sophisticated treatments with less downtime. The Da Vinci Xi uses specialised technology to deliver precise care, even in hardto-reach areas, and enables quicker recovery, less blood loss and early discharge for better bed utilisation. Surgeons are able to perform the surgery sitting down, reducing physical strain for complex and long surgeries, protecting their skills and wellbeing for longer.”

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The Charity provided £1.75 million to support the purchase of the Da Vinci Xi Robot Arm. The vision of the surgical division team is that this initial investment will enable the Trust to establish a full robotic programme including the introduction of RAS into benign surgery in future years.

What is robotic-assisted surgery?

Robotic surgery provides a natural extension to the surgeon’s eyes and hands allowing them to perform many types of complex procedures with more precision, flexibility and control than is possible with conventional techniques. In the case of surgical procedures, it typically involves a doctor operating a robot via a console nearby with attachments such as a camera, mechanical arm and tiny tools for smaller, more precise movements.

Meet Da Vinci Xi

The Da Vinci Xi is from a new generation of integrated systems developed by Intuitive, a leader in surgical robotics. The Da Vinci system has performed more than 10 million procedures in 69 countries worldwide, and this particular model is currently the most advanced platform designed for minimally invasive surgery. The console, from which the surgeon operates the four robotic arms, provides see a 3D high-definition image of the surgical site and benefits from a built-in innovation, such as a tremor filtration and set up automation. The smaller, thinner robotic arms have newly designed joints offering a greater range of motion for narrow access surgery, and moveable overhead architecture rather than the fixed floor-mounted existing systems.

Robotic-assisted surgery enables us to deliver sophisticated treatments with less downtime. The Da Vinci Xi uses specialised technology to deliver precise care, even in hard-to-reach areas, and enables quicker recovery, less blood loss and early discharge for better bed utilisation.”

Ammar Alanbuki, Consultant Urological Surgeon, Lead of Kidney Cancer and UHSussex Robotic Lead

Critical Care Team Arts Session Total spent: £94.47

During the pandemic, a high number of patients hospitalised with COVID-19 needed support with breathing and other critical care services that our units provide. Critical care is already a pressured environment for our teams to work in, and this increased significantly with the arrival coronavirus.

To help combat the stress and burnout amongst staff, the critical care team at Royal Sussex County Hospital arranged a team away day on 1 October 2021, to create a space to come together, reflect and regroup after an incredibly intensive period of providing patient care.

Dan Lewis, Critical Care Charge Nurse, said, “Our team has been working very long days and was under huge pressure throughout the pandemic. We needed a day away from the challenges on the unit to support each other, and a part of that was holding an arts and craft session to help us decompress.”

Adding a creative element to our away day really did give us a chance to relax and engage with each other in a way we couldn’t have back in work. We all enjoyed making something we could take away as a memento of our day together.”

Dan Lewis, Critical Care Charge Nurse

The cost of art supplies provided by the Charity, is a great example of how a small spend can make a big difference. Studies clearly show that creative work is really important to mental health, and can also increase feelings of resilience and alleviate anxiety, depression and stress. The Charity’s support forms part of a wider wellbeing initiative at the Trust called ‘Onward Arts’, which seeks to improve the experience of patients, visitors and staff and create a healing hospital environment for all.

During the session, the Critical Care team were able to talk through their personal and shared experiences on the unit, the impact of losing patients and the joy of helping them recover and return home.

Dan added, “Adding a creative element to our away really did give us a chance to relax and engage with each other in a way we couldn’t have back in work. We all enjoyed making something we could take away as a memento of our day together.”

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Pastoral Support for Staff Total spent: £4,900

At UHSussex, our Chaplains play an important role in providing confidential support for anyone in our hospitals. Whether related to faith or not, they are available to talk through anything and provide a non-judgemental and listening ear. This is particularly important for staff who can request an informal conversation or make a self-referral if they need advice and support.

Unsurprisingly, we’ve seen an increase in staff reaching out through the pandemic. They were stressed, anxious and very tired from caring for patients and their families, but with very little time to care for themselves. We really needed to increase the pastoral support to meet this need.”

Reverend Joanna Elliot, Trust Chaplain

As part of the health and wellbeing programme at the Trust, the BSUH Charity was approached by the chaplaincy team to provide funding for additional pastoral support for one day a week for six months.

Reverend Joanna Elliot said, “We are committed to providing confidential, independent support and information to all staff here at the Trust. Unsurprisingly, we’ve seen an increase in staff reaching out through the pandemic. They were stressed, anxious and very tired from caring for patients and their families, but with very little time to care for themselves. We really needed to increase the pastoral support to meet this need.”

Additional support started in January 2022 with positive feedback including interactions with over 200 staff members in the four months since the beginning of the year, and 93 one-to-one support sessions with staff up until March. It was reported that the highest number of staff who sought pastoral counsel came from Accident and Emergency followed by AAU, Theatres and Intensive Care.

As well as individual sessions, the additional pastoral support worker had also conducted two team debrief sessions, starting with one hour as a group and then one-to-one time with each staff member if required. Follow up with line managers has been encouraged where appropriate and provision of ongoing support put in place.

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Jump for the Bump Total raised: £14,976.52

For our maternity units here at the Trust, the pandemic presented plenty of challenges. Visiting restrictions during lockdown had been difficult for expectant families, and supporting women in labour with social distancing measures in place was hard for staff too.

When Maternity Rota Co-ordinator, Katie Collett, first laid eyes on an advert for the British Airways i360 abseil, she immediately saw a great opportunity to boost morale amongst her colleagues and raise funds for the maternity services at The Royal Sussex County Hospital too.

“There was a mixed vibe of excitement and nervousness amongst the team,” said Sophie. “We’d had a training session on the ground and now we were really doing it. They opened a side section of the pod we were in and one-by-one we were dangling in the air high above the pavement below. My wires got a bit tangled on the way down thanks to a gust of wind, so there was a scary moment, but we all got down safely and it was amazing to hear colleagues cheering each other on as they reached the ground!”

Katie said, “It’s been such a trying and testing year through the pandemic and I thought this would be a really positive experience for us all to get involved with. I just knew it would do us the world of good.”

Made up of sixteen midwives, health care assistants and nurses, team ‘Jump for the Bump’ was born with each staff member signing up to take on the 450 foot drop down one of South of England’s most iconic landmarks.

The first team completed their abseil on in July 2021 bringing the grand total raised to more than £14,900 to support maternity patients and improve the staff room environment.

Staff abseiler, Sophie Standing, said, “Katie posted on our work Facebook group and I decided I wanted a challenge in my life. I’d given birth to my daughter during the first lockdown and also supported our patients through their own birthing journeys, so I understood how it felt to be on both sides. Taking on the abseil meant I could give something back to the unit and acknowledge local families who hadn’t had the best of maternity experiences due to COVID-19 restrictions.”

Taking on the abseil meant I could give something back to the unit and acknowledge local families who hadn’t had the best of maternity experiences due to COVID-19 restrictions.”

Sophie Standing, Midwife

The response to the call for participants was so positive, that the team had to split their abseils over two days. On 11 September 2021, Katie, Sophie and the larger team made the ascent up the i360 looking out over Brighton and beyond.

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Great Barnum’s Bonanza Ball Total raised: £6,000

To honour the hard work and dedication of NHS staff throughout COVID-19, Brighton Regency 10, a local group who thrive in giving back to the local community, chose BSUH Charity as the main beneficiary for their Great Barnum’s Bonanza Ball. The charity gala event, which has been running for 20 years, took place on Saturday 4th September after it was postponed the previous year amid the pandemic.

James Mortimer of Brighton Round Table said, “We really want to thank our front-line workers for all they have done for the city by putting on an amazing show for them. From NHS staff to carers, bus drivers to waste disposal officers, police to retail workers and fire officers to delivery drivers, they all deserve our thanks.”

Hosted at The Grand Hotel in Brighton, guests were treated to live music, a three-course meal and spectacular circus-themed acts, including a wow-factor performance from World Record Holder, Daniella D’Ville, with a bed of nail and sword balancing. A silent-auction, virtual racing, raffles and head and tails helped to bring the overall total raised from the event to a fantastic £6,000.

Co-organiser, Dave Moon, said, “We pride ourselves not only on raising funds for the local community, but also on giving everyone a really fun night out they will remember forever. This year we want key workers to have that opportunity too – the people who put their lives at risk to keep our communities safe and functioning.”

We pride ourselves not only on raising funds for the local community, but also on giving everyone a really fun night out they will remember forever. This year we want key workers to have that opportunity too – the people who put their lives at risk to keep our communities safe and functioning.”

Co-organiser Dave Moon, Brighton Round Table

Annie’s Big Swim Total raised: £17,775.87

On Christmas Eve 2018, as Deputy Sister, Annie Shotton got ready for her last shift at the Royal Alexandra Children’s Hospital before the festive break, she left a written note for her three children to wake up to. It read, “Happy Christmas Eve, my babes. I love you and I can’t wait to see you after work for stockings. P.S. I am going to swim to France in 2021!”

After a tough year, Annie wanted to do something significant with the next phase of her life and, driven by her lifelong passion for swimming, she officially set herself the challenge of swimming across the English Channel to support the hospital she has been a part of for 13 years.

~~My wetsuit came in handy on those cold sea swimming sessions~~

With my brother enjoying a swim!

~~I love my work with patients at the Royal Alexandra~~ Children’s Hospital

“People don’t really want to spend time in hospital, but sometimes we just have to and I count it as such a privilege that I get to try and make that time as good as it can be,” said Annie. “I wanted to raise funds so that we can go above and beyond in our care and provision for all the children and families that come through the doors of the Alex.”

As the New Year rolled in, the serious business of training got ~~support throupport throuort through it all~~ underway. Each week, Annie pushed herself to swim for longer periods starting at one hour and 30 minutes covering 4,500m, then two hours over 6,000m. Investing in swim coaching, Annie fine-tuned her technique to increase stamina and reduce injury, and in August 2019, she embarked on her longest swim yet starting from Brighton Marina and reaching eight miles out to the Rampion Windfarm.

~~My family were such a huge support throupport throuort through it all~~

Ear infections, jelly fish attacks, an injured shoulder and COVID-19 followed. As the world shut down, Annie became ever more appreciative of the sea which remained accessible and very much open. The training continued amid difficult working conditions in PPE, family zoom calls and home schooling. In September 2020, Annie swam Lake Windermere in seven and a half hours (or 12,712 strokes), a massive undertaking and her longest swim to date.

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Swim coaching ~~Trainingg was hard some~~ helped to improve my ~~dayys and I wondered if~~ technique and stamina ~~I can~~ ’ ~~t believe I actually swam in Lake Windermere!~~

~~Trainingg was hard some dayys and I wondered if~~ I could really do it

~~Meeting a tanker on the world’s busiest~~ shipping route

I have been totally overwhelmed by the support, encouragement and donations from far and wide! I definitely would never have made it without my crew, so my biggest thanks and love to my husband, family and friends for supporting, encouraging and praying for me too. I had such a brilliant day on the swim and I’m so thankful that such a great amount of cash was raised. I can’t wait to see all the good that it’s going to do!”

Annie Shotton, Deputy Sister and English Channel Swimmer

~~As I set off from Dover, a large rainbow appeared~~ and gave me hope!

France is finally in my sights!

As 2021 rolled round, the reality of this oncein-a-lifetime challenge really set in. Annie had spent two and half years in training fighting injury and a pandemic to prepare her for taking on the world’s busiest shipping lane. After a false start with bad weather, she finally got her chance to put all the practice into action and, on 3rd August 2021, she set off from the Samphire Hoe Beach in Diver at 6am.

I did it! I actually did it!

Flanked by a boat and her support crew, including husband Dan and friends, Annie was kept going with regular snacks and drinks along the route as well as plenty of encouragement.

“There were a couple of points that felt really hard,” she recalls. “I got a nasty sting from a jelly fish which made me cry! I knew I could stop at any time by putting both hands on the boat, but my training kicked in and I knew from experienc ~~e~~ that I could keep going.”

After an incredible 12 hours and 45 minutes of non-stop swimming, Annie felt the sand beneath her feet as she walked out of the sea onto France soil, much to the amusement of beach-goers strolling by. If that wasn’t enough of an achievement, Annie sailed past her initial fundraising target of £5,000 raising more than £17,700 to support care for young patients at the Royal Alexandra Hospital.

A final swim time of 12 hours and 45 minutes

A muc ~~h~~ -nee ~~d~~ e ~~d h~~ ug ~~f~~ rom ~~my husband Dan~~

Board Directors of our Corporate Trustee

Our Board of Directors at University Hospitals Sussex NHS Foundation Trust ensure the Charity is supporting the objectives of the Trust and that we operate alongside the Trust, complementing its core work. All new Trustees receive an introduction to the Charity explaining their role in its operation. Those directly involved with the Charitable Funds Committee may receive additional specific training if required.

Non-Executive Directors

Alan McCarthy MBE DL Chair of the Executive Appointments and Remuneration Committee Chairman from 1-10-18 (Term of Office to 31-3-24)

Patrick Boyle Chair of the People Committee & Chair of the Systems & Partnerships Committee Deputy Chair from 1-6-21 (Term of Office to 19-1-2024)

Joanna Crane Chair of the Quality Committee Senior Independent Director (Term of Office to 30-6-2022)

Jon Furmston Chair of the Audit Committee (Term of Office to 30-6-2022)

Lizzie Peers Chair of the Sustainability Committee & Chair of Charitable Funds Committee (Term of Office to 10-5-2023)

Kirstin Baker Non-Executive Director (Term of Office 1-4-2021 to 31-5-2021)

Jackie Cassell Denise Holt Chair of the Patient Non-Executive Director Committee (Term of Office 1-7-2021 (Term of Office to 7-3-2022) to 31-3-2024)

Claire Keatinge Mike Rymer Non-Executive Director Non-Executive Director (Term of Office 1-7-2021 (Term of Office 1-4-2021 to 30-6-2024) to 31-5-2021)

David Curley Non-Executive Director & Chair of the Trust’s Audit Committee (Term of Office from 1 July 2022 to 30 June 2025)

Bindesh Shah Non-Executive Director (Term of Office from 1 July 2022 to 30 June 2025)

Lucy Bloem Non-Executive Director (Term of Office 1-9-2021 to 30-6-2024)

Lillian Philip Associate NonExecutive Director (Term of Office to 29-4-2023) (non-voting member of the board)

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Executive Directors

Dame Marianne Griffiths Chief Executive (to 31 March 2022)

Dr George Findlay Chief Executive (from 1 June 2022 previously Seconded to Medway NHS FT from 30 April 2021)

Kate Slemeck Managing Director – East (for the period 1 September 2021 to 4 February 2022)

Professor William Roche Interim Chief Medical Officer (for the period 1 May 2021 to 31 December 2021)

David Grantham Chief People Officer (from 14 July 2021)

Dr Andy Heeps Deputy Chief Executive & Chief Operating Officer (previously interim CEO from 1 April 2022 until 31 May 2022)

Karen Geoghegan Chief Financial Officer

Carolyn Morrice Chief Nurse (for the period 1 April 2021 to 31 August 2021)

Dr Charlotte Hopkins Chief Medical Officer (from 1 January 2022 until 31 August 2022)

Pete Landstrom Chief Delivery and Strategy Officer (to 31 March 2022)

Denise Farmer Culture and Organisational & Development Officer Director (non-voting member of the Board to 31 March 2022)

Darren Grayson Chief Governance Officer (from 2 March 2022)

Dr Rob Haig Interim Chief Medical Officer (from 1 September 2022)

Dr Maggie Davies Chief Nurse

*Member of the Charitable Funds Committee

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Structure, Governance and Management

Overview

The Charitable Funds are registered with the Charity Commission (no.1050864) in accordance with the Charities Act 2011.

Brighton and Sussex University Hospitals NHS Trust Charitable Funds are registered as an umbrella charity, the governing document being a trust deed dated 8 September 1995 as amended by Statutory Instrument 2003/866.

The charity is constituted of 200 individual funds as at 31 March 2022 (2021: 204) and the notes to the accounts distinguish the types of fund held and disclose separately all material funds.

Charitable funds received by the charity are accepted, held and administered as funds and property held on trust for purposes relating to the health service in accordance with the National Health Service Act 2006 and these funds are held on trust by the corporate body.

Corporate Trustee

On 1 April 2021, Western Sussex Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust acquired the assets, liabilities and operations of Brighton and Sussex University Hospitals NHS Trust, forming University Hospitals Sussex NHS Foundation Trust through a merger by acquisition under section 56A of the NHS Act 2006.

University Hospitals Sussex NHS Foundation Trust acted in the capacity as Corporate Trustee of the Charitable Funds governed by the law applicable to Trusts, principally the Trustee Act 2000 and the Charities Act 2011.

Management of Funds

Brighton and Sussex University Hospitals NHS Trust Charitable Fund is governed by a Trust deed. The Corporate Trustee is the Trust Board of University Hospitals Sussex NHS Foundation Trust.

The Trust Board, whilst retaining overall responsibility for the management of the funds in its capacity as Corporate Trustee, delegates responsibility to the Charitable Funds Committee. The day to day management is provided by the Charity Director and individual fund managers.

The Trust Board of the Corporate Trustee comprises Executive and Non-Executive members. Non-Executive members of the Board are appointed by the NHS Appointments Commission and Executive members of the Board are subject to recruitment by the Trust Board of University Hospitals Sussex NHS Foundation Trust.

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

The Financial Accounts Department of University Hospitals Sussex NHS Foundation Trust, which is located in Brighton General Hospital, Elm Grove, Brighton BN2 3EW, is responsible for the day to day financial management and accounting for the charitable funds during the year.

Structure and Governance

The Charity is considered to be a subsidiary for accounting purposes of University Hospitals Sussex NHS Foundation Trust (“Trust”), an organisation established in the United Kingdom.

The Trust has assessed its relationship to the charitable fund and determined it to be a subsidiary because the Trust is exposed to, or has rights to, variable returns and other benefits for itself, patients and staff from its involvement with the charitable fund and has the ability to affect those returns and other benefits through its power over the fund.

The charitable fund’s statutory accounts are prepared to 31 March in accordance with the UK Charities Statement of Recommended Practice (SORP) which is based on UK Financial Reporting Standard (FRS) 102. On consolidation, necessary adjustments are made to the charity’s assets, liabilities and transactions to:

recognise and measure them in accordance with the Trust’s accounting policies and
eliminate intra-group transactions, balances, gains and losses.

The Trust’s principal purpose is to provide healthcare services for patients and service users in England.

Where funds are received which have specific restrictions set by the donor and a suitable fund is not in existence, a new restricted fund is established.

The charity holds four endowment funds which are capital in perpetuity, the income from which may be used for any purpose other than general maintenance of the hospitals.

The charity produces an induction pack for newly appointed members of the Trust Board. This pack provides information about the charity, including the Corporate Trustee’s annual report and accounts, budgets, policies and minutes, and information about trusteeship, including Charity Commission booklet CC3, The Essential Trustee.

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Structure, Governance and Management continued

Risk Management

The major risk to which the Charity is exposed is the possible losses from a fall in the value of the investments and the level of reserves available to mitigate the impact of such losses.

The value of the investments is regularly monitored with the assistance of the Charity’s investment advisers and there are procedures in place to ensure that both spending and firm financial commitments remain in line with income.

Objectives and Activities

The principal objective of the charity is for any charitable purpose relating to the NHS wholly or mainly for the services provided by University Hospitals Sussex NHS Foundation Trust.

During the year the funds continued to support a wide range of health related activities benefiting both patients and staff. In general they are used to purchase additional goods and services that the NHS is unable to provide, for example much needed medical equipment. The funds also enable consultants and other medical staff to attend training courses not funded by the NHS. Specific research is also funded. The Corporate Trustee confirms that the activities undertaken and planned future activities are in accordance with the Charity Commission’s guidance on public benefit and the charity’s legal purpose.

Reserves Policy

It is the Charity’s intention to commit income in the year that it is received. It may do this by designation of resources to long term projects or by the allocation of monies to grants. Monies not needed for immediate use are ‘pooled’ and invested in line with the Charity’s investment policy.

Members of the Charitable Funds Committee receive information on commitments against various funds and review the detail on the level of reserves and the reason for their retention on a half yearly basis. The day to day monitoring of the policy is the responsibility of the delegated Director and fund managers who are expected to bring any issues to the attention of the Corporate Trustee.

Investment Policy

The investment portfolio is managed on a full discretionary basis by Sanlam UK Wealth who acts as the Trustee’s nominee.

The Trustee’s overall investment objective is to maintain capital in real terms and maximise income. It is the Trustee’s policy that no direct investment shall be made in tobacco related shares, in companies listed under alcoholic beverages or anything which does not comply with the aims and ideals of the NHS.

The Charity’s funds as at 31 March 2022 were £13.58 million (2021: £13.60 million) of which £1.20 million (2021: £1.24 million) were restricted funds, £11.90 million (2021: £11.89 million) unrestricted and £0.47 million (2021: £0.47 million) endowment. The level of reserves and expenditure plans are reviewed annually to ensure that the Charity expenditure is in line with income and reduces the level of reserves held.

A Review of our Finances, Achievements and Performance

The net assets of the Charitable Funds as at 31 March 2022 were £13.58 million (2021: £13.60 million). This is a reflection of the additional contributions made towards charitable activities, an upturn in the value of investments and an increase in Charitable activities expenditure, particularly Capital Grants.

The charity continues to rely on donations, legacies and investment income as the main sources of income. Total income during the year was £1.24 million (2021: £1.61 million).

Of the total expenditure of £2.57 million (2021 £2.06 million), charitable expenditure on direct charitable activity amounted to £2.38 million (2021: £1.80 million) which includes staff and patient welfare, training and capital grants.

Staff Training and Welfare

Expenditure relating to staff welfare was £0.27 million (2021: £0.39 million) whilst staff training costs was £0.05 million (2021: £0.08 million). Training costs are attributed to external training courses, training related travel and attendance at conferences which the Trust would not normally provide.

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Patient Welfare

Expenditure on items for patient’s welfare was £0.12 million (2021: £0.29 million). Patient welfare includes the provision of items of furniture, fittings and medical equipment.

Capital Grants

For all building or equipment purchases costing more than £5,000 the applicant must detail what benefit it will provide and it must be approved by the Trust’s Capital Investment Group.

Expenditure on capital projects during the year was £1.92 million (2021: £0.89 million) and a list of the Capital Grants is set out in note 4.

Investments

The Corporate Trustee invests its charitable funds with Sanlam UK Wealth with the objective of achieving a balance between income and capital growth.

Public Benefit

In awarding grants the Corporate Trustee is aware of its responsibilities under charity law in ensuring the maintenance of public benefit in all aspects of its work. Funding patient and staff welfare, improvements and amenities is, by definition, meeting public benefit.

The Corporate Trustee confirms that it has regard to the Charity Commission’s general guidance on public benefit when reviewing the Charity’s purpose and goals in their plans for future activities.

Thank you for your support

On behalf of the staff and patients who have benefited from improved services and facilities as a result of donations and legacies we would like to thank all patients, relatives and staff who have made charitable donations.

Approved on behalf of the Corporate Trustee

The valuation of the fund was:

	31 March	31 March
	2022 £	2021 £	Gain %
Value of fund	15,368	14,062	9.29%

Name Karen Geoghegan

Dated 10 November 2022

Future Plans

The priorities for spending charitable funds will be largely influenced by the 5 year strategic plan and future needs of the Trust.

Name Lizzie Peers

Dated 10 November 2022

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Statement of Trustee’s Responsibilities

The Corporate Trustee is responsible for:

keeping proper accounting records which disclose with reasonable accuracy at any time the financial position of the funds held on trust and to enable it to ensure that the accounts comply with requirements in the Charities Act 2011 and those outlined in the directions issued by the Secretary of State;
establishing and monitoring a system of internal control;
establishing arrangements for prevention and detection of fraud and corruption; and
safeguarding assets and ensuring their proper application under charity law.

The Corporate Trustee confirms that it has met the responsibilities set out above and complied with the requirements for preparing the accounts. The financial statements set out on pages 27 to 33 have been compiled from and are in accordance with the financial records maintained by the Corporate Trustee.

By Order of the Corporate Trustee signed:

Name Karen Geoghegan

Dated 10 November 2022

The Corporate Trustee is required under the Charities Act 2011 to prepare accounts for each financial year. The Secretary of State, with the approval of the Treasury, directs that these accounts give a true and fair view of the financial position of the funds held on trust, in accordance with the Charities Act 2011. In preparing those accounts, the Corporate Trustee is required to:

Name Lizzie Peers Dated 10 November 2022

apply on a consistent basis accounting policies laid down by the Secretary of State with the approval of the Treasury;
make judgements and estimates which are responsible and prudent;
state whether applicable accounting standards have been followed, subject to any material departures disclosed and explained in the accounts; and
prepare the financial statements on the going concern basis unless it is inappropriate to presume that the charity will continue in business.

Report of the Independent Auditors to the trustees of Brighton and Sussex University Hospitals NHS Trust Charitable Fund

Opinion

We have audited the financial statements of Brighton and Sussex University Hospitals NHS Trust Charitable Fund (the ‘charity’) for the year ended 31 March 2022 which comprise the Statement of Financial Activities, the Balance Sheet, the Cash Flow Statement and notes to the financial statements, including a summary of significant accounting policies. The financial reporting framework that has been applied in their preparation is applicable law and United Kingdom Accounting Standards (United Kingdom Generally Accepted Accounting Practice).

Other information

The Corporate Trustee is responsible for the other information. The other information comprises the information included in the Annual Report, other than the financial statements and our Report of the Independent Auditors thereon.

Our opinion on the financial statements does not cover the other information and, except to the extent otherwise explicitly stated in our report, we do not express any form of assurance conclusion thereon.

In our opinion the financial statements:

give a true and fair view of the state of the charity’s affairs as at 31 March 2022 and of its incoming resources and application of resources, for the year then ended;
have been properly prepared in accordance with United Kingdom Generally Accepted Accounting Practice; and
have been prepared in accordance with the requirements of the Charities Act 2011.

Basis for opinion

We conducted our audit in accordance with International Standards on Auditing (UK) (ISAs (UK)) and applicable law. Our responsibilities under those standards are further described in the Auditors’ responsibilities for the audit of the financial statements section of our report. We are independent of the charity in accordance with the ethical requirements that are relevant to our audit of the financial statements in the UK, including the FRC’s Ethical Standard, and we have fulfilled our other ethical responsibilities in accordance with these requirements. We believe that the audit evidence we have obtained is sufficient and appropriate to provide a basis for our opinion.

Conclusions relating to going concern

In auditing the financial statements, we have concluded that the Corporate Trustee’s use of the going concern basis of accounting in the preparation of the financial statements is appropriate.

In connection with our audit of the financial statements, our responsibility is to read the other information and, in doing so, consider whether the other information is materially inconsistent with the financial statements or our knowledge obtained in the audit or otherwise appears to be materially misstated. If we identify such material inconsistencies or apparent material misstatements, we are required to determine whether this gives rise to a material misstatement in the financial statements themselves. If, based on the work we have performed, we conclude that there is a material misstatement of this other information, we are required to report that fact. We have nothing to report in this regard.

Matters on which we are required to report by exception We have nothing to report in respect of the following matters where the Charities (Accounts and Reports) Regulations 2008 requires us to report to you if, in our opinion:

the information given in the Report of the Trustees is inconsistent in any material respect with the financial statements; or
sufficient accounting records have not been kept; or
the financial statements are not in agreement with the accounting records and returns; or
we have not received all the information and explanations we require for our audit.

Based on the work we have performed, we have not identified any material uncertainties relating to events or conditions that, individually or collectively, may cast significant doubt on the charity’s ability to continue as a going concern for a period of at least twelve months from when the financial statements are authorised for issue.

Our responsibilities and the responsibilities of the Corporate Trustee with respect to going concern are described in the relevant sections of this report.

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Report of the Independent Auditors continued to the trustees of Brighton and Sussex University Hospitals NHS Trust Charitable Fund

Responsibilities of Trustees

As explained more fully in the Statement of Trustees’ Responsibilities, the Corporate Trustee is responsible for the preparation of the financial statements which give a true and fair view, and for such internal control as the Corporate Trustee determine is necessary to enable the preparation of financial statements that are free from material misstatement, whether due to fraud or error.

In preparing the financial statements, the Corporate Trustee is responsible for assessing the charity’s ability to continue as a going concern, disclosing, as applicable, matters related to going concern and using the going concern basis of accounting unless the Corporate Trustee either intends to liquidate the charity or to cease operations, or have no realistic alternative but to do so.

Our responsibilities for the audit of the financial statements We have been appointed as auditors under Section 144 of the Charities Act 2011 and report in accordance with the Act and relevant regulations made or having effect thereunder.

Our objectives are to obtain reasonable assurance about whether the financial statements as a whole are free from material misstatement, whether due to fraud or error, and to issue a Report of the Independent Auditors that includes our opinion. Reasonable assurance is a high level of assurance, but is not a guarantee that an audit conducted in accordance with ISAs (UK) will always detect a material misstatement when it exists. Misstatements can arise from fraud or error and are considered material if, individually or in the aggregate, they could reasonably be expected to influence the economic decisions of users taken on the basis of these financial statements.

Our approach to identifying and assessing the risks of material misstatement in respect of irregularities, including fraud and non-compliance with laws and regulations, was as follows:

the engagement partner ensured that the engagement team collectively had the appropriate competence, capabilities and skills to identify or recognise non-compliance with applicable laws and regulations;
we identified the laws and regulations applicable to the charity through discussions with the Corporate Trustee and other management, and from our commercial knowledge and experience of charities ;
we focused on specific laws and regulations which we considered may have a direct material effect on the financial statements or the operations of the company, including
Charities SORP FRS 102,
Data protection laws (including UK General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR))
Anti-bribery
we assessed the extent of compliance with the laws and regulations identified above through making enquiries of management and inspecting legal correspondence; and
identified laws and regulations were communicated within the audit team regularly and the team remained alert to instances of non-compliance throughout the audit.

We assessed the susceptibility of the charity’s financial statements to material misstatement, including obtaining an understanding of how fraud might occur, by:

making enquiries of management as to where they considered there was susceptibility to fraud, their knowledge of actual, suspected and alleged fraud; and
considering the internal controls in place to mitigate risks of fraud and non-compliance with laws and regulations.

Irregularities, including fraud, are instances of non-compliance with laws and regulations. We design procedures in line with our responsibilities, outlined above, to detect material misstatements in respect of irregularities, including fraud. The extent to which our procedures are capable of detecting irregularities, including fraud is detailed below:

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To address the risk of fraud through management bias and override of controls, we:

performed analytical procedures to identify any unusual or unexpected relationships;
tested journal entries to identify unusual transactions;
investigated the rationale behind significant or unusual transactions.

In response to the risk of irregularities and non-compliance with laws and regulations, we designed procedures which included, but were not limited to:

agreeing financial statement disclosures to underlying supporting documentation;
reading the minutes of meetings of those charged with governance;
enquiring of management as to actual and potential litigation and claims; and
reviewing legal costs for any potential claims.

There was no contradictory evidence found.

There are inherent limitations in our audit procedures described above. The more removed that laws and regulations are from financial transactions, the less likely it is that we would become aware of non-compliance. Auditing standards also limit the audit procedures required to identify non-compliance with laws and regulations to enquiry of the directors and other management and the inspection of regulatory and legal correspondence, if any.

Material misstatements that arise due to fraud can be harder to detect than those that arise from error as they may involve deliberate concealment or collusion.

Use of our report

This report is made solely to the Corporate Trustee, as a body, in accordance with Part 4 of the Charities (Accounts and Reports) Regulations 2008. Our audit work has been undertaken so that we might state to the Corporate Trustee those matters we are required to state to them in an auditors’ report and for no other purpose. To the fullest extent permitted by law, we do not accept or assume responsibility to anyone other than the charity and the Corporate Trustee as a body, for our audit work, for this report, or for the opinions we have formed.

Eligible to act as an auditor in terms of Section 1212 of the Companies Act 2006

For and on behalf of

Cardens Accountants and Business Advisors Limited Statutory Auditors The Old Casino 28 Fourth Avenue Hove East Sussex BN3 2PJ

Date

A further description of our responsibilities for the audit of the financial statements is located on the Financial Reporting Council’s website at www.frc.org.uk/auditorsresponsibilities. This description forms part of our Report of the Independent Auditors.

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Statement of Financial Activities For the year ended 31 March 2022

Note	Year ended 31 March 2022
	Unrestricted Fund £ Restricted Fund £ Endowment Fund £ Total Funds 2022 £ Total Funds 2021 £
Income and endowments from Donations, legacies and other income Investment income 2	950,854 – – 950,854 1,325,560 293,408 – – 293,408 280,887
Total	1,244,262 – – 1,244,262 1,606,447
Expenditure on: Administrative expenses 3 Charitable Activities: Patient Staf Training Misc Capital Grants	196,055 – – 196,055 261,744 118,360 501 – 118,861 290,849 267,253 76 – 267,329 384,717 34,657 14,955 – 49,612 81,744 17,877 67 – 17,944 149,866 1,897,281 24,000 – 1,921,281 892,417
Total	2,531,484 39,599 – 2,571,082 2,061,337
Net gains/(losses) on investments	1,305,923 – – 1,305,923 2,454,846
Net income/(expenditure)	18,702 (39,599) – (20,897) 1,999,956
Reconciliation of funds
Total funds brought forward Transfer between Funds	11,885,960 1,241,740 470,911 13,598,611 11,598,655 – – – – –
Total funds carried forward	11,904,622 1,202,141 470,911 13,577,714 13,598,611

The Notes form part of these financial statements.

Statement of Financial Position For the year ended 31 March 2022

		Unrestricted	Restricted	Endowment	Total Funds	Total Funds
		fund	fund	fund	2022	2021
	Note	£	£	£	£	£
Fixed Assets
Investments	6	13,695,189	1,202,141	470,911	15,368,241	14,062,317
Total Fixed Assets
Current Assets
Debtors	7	390,338	–	–	390,338	151,954
Cash at bank and in hand		28,909	–	–	28,909	23,324
Creditors		419,247	–	–	419,247	175,278
Amounts falling due	8	(2,209,774)	–	–	(2,209,774)	(638,984)
within one year

Net current assets/(liabilities)		(1,790,527)			(1,790,527)	(463,706)
Total assets less		11,904,662	1,202,141	470,911	13,577,714	13,598,611
current liabilities
Net Assets		11,904,662	1,202,141	470,911	13,577,714	13,598,611
Funds	9
Unrestricted funds:
General fund					11,904,662	11,885,960
Restricted funds:
Restricted					1,202,141	1,241,740
Endowment funds:
Endowment					470,911	470,911
Total Funds					13,577,714	13,598,611

The Notes form part of these financial statements.

The financial statements were approved by the Board of the Corporate Trustee on and were signed on its behalf by:

Name Karen Geoghegan

Dated 10 November 2022

Name Lizzie Peers

Dated 10 November 2022

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Statement of Cash Flows for the year ending 31 March 2022

	Total Funds	Total Funds
	2022	2021
	£	£
Cash fows from operating activities:
Net Movement in Funds	(20,897)	1,999,956
Income from Investments	(293,408)	(280,887)
Net (gains)/losses on Investments	(1,305,923)	(2,454,846)
Increase in Trade and Other Receivables	(238,384)	(130,560)
Increase in Trade and Other Payables	1,570,789	483,659
*Net Cash (used in) Operating Activities*	(287,823)	(382,678)
Cash fows from Investing Activities:
Investment Income from Investments	293,408	280,887
*Net cash provided by Investing Activities*	293,408	280,887
*Change in cash and cash equivalents in the reporting period*	5,585	(101,792)
*Net (decrease) in Cash and Cash Equivalents*	5,585	(101,792)
Cash and Cash Equivalents at the beginning of the period	23,324	125,116
*Cash and Cash Equivalents at the year end*	28,909	23,324

Notes to the Financial Statements For the year ended 31 March 2022

1. Accounting Policies

Basis of preparing the financial statements

The financial statements of the charity, which is a public benefit entity under FRS 102, have been prepared in accordance with the Charities SORP (FRS 102) ‘Accounting and Reporting by Charities: Statement of Recommended Practice applicable to charities preparing their accounts in accordance with the Financial Reporting Standard applicable in the UK and Republic of Ireland (FRS 102) (effective 1 January 2015)’, Financial Reporting Standard 102 ‘The Financial Reporting Standard applicable in the UK and Republic of Ireland’ and the Charities Act 2011. The financial statements have been prepared under the historical cost convention with the exception of investments which are included at market value, as modified by the revaluation of certain assets.

The accounts are prepared on a going concern basis after consideration by the Corporate Trustee that there are no material uncertainties about the Charity’s ability to continue as a going concern. Such consideration includes a review of committed income and expenditures, cash flows and reserves. The Corporate Trustee does not consider that there are any sources of estimation uncertainty at the reporting date that have a significant risk of causing a material adjustment to the carrying amount of assets and liabilities within the next reporting period.

Changes in accounting policies

There has been no change in the basis of accounting for the year.

Income and endowments

All income and endowments, including legacies, are recognised in line with FRS102 and this is based upon the Charity having a recognised legal entitlement to the income. It is probable that the income will be received and that the income can be measured with sufficient reliability.

Donated income recorded in the accounts is solely that which has been receipted via the cashier’s office or credited directly into the Charity bank account by the donor.

Expenditure on charitable activities

Costs of charitable activities comprise all costs incurred in pursuit of the objects of the charity, including education and training and grant support to University Hospitals Sussex NHS Foundation Trust in support of a range of charitable activities.

Allocation and apportionment of costs

Overhead and support costs have been allocated to the Unrestricted funds.

Irrecoverable vat

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

Funds structure

The funds are classified in the accounts in three categories, Restricted, Unrestricted and Endowment Funds.

Restricted Funds are funds which are to be used in accordance with specific restrictions imposed by the donor and/or the Corporate Trustee at the inception of the fund.

Unrestricted funds are those which the Corporate Trustee is free to use for any purpose in furtherance of the charitable objectives. Unrestricted funds include designated funds which are not legally restricted but which the Corporate Trustee has chosen to earmark for set purposes.

Endowment funds are funds where the capital is held in perpetuity to generate income for charitable purposes and cannot itself be spent. The income earned on these funds will be categorised as restricted or unrestricted according to the restrictions imposed by the donor.

Realised gain and losses

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

Expenditure

Expenditure is recognised when a liability is incurred.

Grants are only made to related NHS bodies and non NHS bodies in the furtherance of charitable activities.

Pooling Scheme

An official pooling scheme is operated for investments relating to Brighton and Sussex University Hospitals NHS Trust Charitable Funds which is regulated by the Declaration of Trust dated 1 February 2005.

Cost of generating funds

Raising funds includes all expenditure incurred by the charity to raise funds for its charitable purposes and includes costs of all fundraising activities, events and non-charitable trading.

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Notes to the Financial Statements continued For the year ended 31 March 2022

2. Investment income

2. Investment income
	2022	2021
	£	£
Investment income	293,408	280,887
3. Administrative expenses
	2022	2021
	£	£
Administrative expenses	196,055	261,744

5. Trustees’ remuneration and benefits

The Corporate Trustee did not receive any remuneration or other benefits for the year ended 31 March 2022 nor for the year ended 31 March 2021.

Trustees’ expenses

The Charity did not pay any expenses to the Corporate Trustee neither for the year ended 31 March 2022 nor for the year ended 31 March 2021.

6. Fixed asset investments

The Audit Fee of £12,000 is included in the above Administrative expenses (2021: £12,000).

4. Capital grants

All grants are made to University Hospitals Sussex NHS Foundation Trust and the Corporate Trustee operates a scheme of delegation, through which a grant funded activity is managed by fund holders responsible for the day to day administration of their funds. The Charity does not make grants to individuals. The grants received by, the beneficiary was as follows:

	6. Fixed asset investments
		Listed
		Investments
		£
	Market value
	At 1 April 2021	14,062,317
	Net gains	1,305,923
	At 31 March 2022	15,368,240
	Net book value
	At 31 March 2022	15,368,240
	At 31 March 2021	14,062,317

	£
Electronic Discharge Planer	18,000
Ultrasound Machine	17,556
Urology Chair	9,872
Orsim Bronchospic Trainer	24,000
Heroes Lounge	16,937
Volumetric Pumps	11,970
Cooling Mattress	15,150
Holmium Laser Enucleation	40,498
Seating (OPD)	10,798
Robotic Assisted Surgery	1,756,500
Total	1,921,281

Notes to the Financial Statements continued For the year ended 31 March 2022

7. Debtors: amounts falling due within one year

	2022	2021
	£	£
Trade debtors Other debtors	– 390,338	– 151,954
	390,338	151,954

10. Related party disclosures

The Charity is considered to be a subsidiary for accounting purposes of University Hospitals Sussex NHS Foundation Trust (“Trust”), an organisation established in the United Kingdom, because the Trust is deemed to exercise control in accordance with IFRS10 requirements. The Trust’s principal purpose is to provide healthcare services for patients and service users in England.

8. Creditors: amounts falling due within one year

	2022	2021
	£	£
Intercompany balance with UH	2,189,397	620,804
Sussex NHS Foundation Trust
Other creditors	20,377	18,180
	2,209,774	638,984

Pharm@Sea Limited is also a member of the group structure. However, the Charity has no transactions with this company.

During the year the following capital grants totalling £1,921,281 (2021: £892,417) were made to the Trust.

The Trust recharged £196,055 as support for administering the Charity during the year (2021: £261,744)

9. Contingent liabilities

The intercompany balance which is owed to the Trust is shown in note 8 above.

At 31 March 2022 there were no contingent liabilities in the Charity (2021 Nil).

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Notes to the Financial Statements continued For the year ended 31 March 2022

11. Comparatives for the statement of financial activities (31 March 2021)

					2021
		Unrestricted	Restricted	Endowment	Total
		fund	fund	fund	funds
	Notes	£	£	£	£
Income and endowments from
Donations, legacies and other income		1,325,560	–	–	1,325,560
Investment income	2	280,887	–	–	280,887
Total		1,606,447	–	–	1,606,447
Expenditure on
Administrative expenses	3	261,744	–	–	261,744
Charitable activities
Patient		285,640	5,209	–	290,849
Staf		358,748	25,969	–	384,717
Training		32,173	49,571	–	81,744
Misc		148,549	1,317	–	149,866
Capital grants		840,217	52,200	–	892,417
Total		1,927,071	134,266	–	2,061,337
Net gains/(losses) on investments		2,454,846	–	–	2,454,846
Net income/(expenditure)		2,134,222	(134,266)	–	1,999,956
Reconciliation of Funds
Total funds brought forward		9,751,738	1,376,006	470,900	11,598,655
Transfer between Funds		–	–	–	–
Total funds carried forward		11,885,960	1,241,740	470,911	13,598,611

12. Post balance sheet events

COVID-19

The outbreak of the COVID-19 virus occurred caused a global pandemic which was recognised by the World Health Organisation (WHO). In respect of the current COVID 19 situation the Charity has reviewed its business and has been relatively unaffected by this and therefore have made no adjustments to the accounts. We expect the situation not to have an impact on the Charity’s ability to continue as a going concern. The Corporate Trustee continues to monitor the situation as it changes and will react to further developments accordingly.

Merger decision

As we move forward, we are about to enter a period of change as the BSUH Charity readies for it’s merger with Western Sussex Hospitals Charity (trading as Love Your Hospital (LYH)), the dedicated Charity for three hospitals across West Sussex: Worthing, St Richard’s and Southlands Hospitals. This merger has come about as a result of the wider Trust amalgamation and has been approved by the Corporate Trustees of both charities. To this end, the BSUH Charity team will be working with it’s LYH colleagues to build an all-new Trust wide charity; one that will continue to support The Royal Sussex County, Princess Royal, Sussex Eye and Royal Alexandra Children’s Hospitals whilst also supporting the greater Trust-wide enhancements to patient and staff experience.

Material decline in the market value of investments

After the balance sheet date, the investment portfolio held with Sanlam LLP reduced in value following world events such as the war in Ukraine. At the 30th September 2022, the investment portfolio had fallen in value by £1,572,210 (10.2%). As stated in the Trustees’ Annual Report, the Charity continues to take a long-term view of its investments and seeks to avoid short-term measures that would limit its longer-term impact solely because of the market movements. As a result, the Charity is taking the necessary steps to ensure that its finances are effectively managed.

Administration details and professional advisors

Registered name:

Brighton and Sussex University Hospitals NHS Trust Charitable Fund

Working names:

Brighton and Sussex University Hospitals Charity BSUH Charity

Registered address:

The principle office for the Charity and the Corporate Trustee, it’s Parent entity, is the same:

Principle professional advisors Bankers:

Nat West

Government Banking Services Branch Premier Place 2½ Devonshire Square London EC2M 4BA

Investment fund managers: Sanlam UK Wealth

Exchange Building St John’s Street Chichester West Sussex PO19 1UP

Royal Sussex County Hospital Eastern Road Brighton East Sussex BN2 5BE

Contact details:

E-mail uhsussex.charity@nhs.net

Auditors:

Cardens Accountants and Business Advisors Limited Statutory Auditors The Old Casino 28 Fourth Avenue Hove East Sussex BN3 2PJ

Tel 01273 664708

Solicitors:

Registration charity number: 1050864

Capsticks Solicitors LLP 1 St George’s Road Wimbledon London SW19 4DR

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Brighton and Sussex University Hospitals Charity (BSUH Charity) Royal Sussex County Hospital Eastern Road Brighton East Sussex BN2 5BE www.bsuh.nhs.uk/charity Registered Charity No. 1050864

Making it better

Contents

Message from our Chair

Welcome from Director of Charities

About BSUH Charity

About our Trust

Our core priorities

Our vision

A Year in Numbers

£2.57m Total charitable expenditure

Outpatients seating Total spent: £10,798

Da Vinci Xi Robot Arm Total spend: £1.75 million

What is robotic-assisted surgery?

Meet Da Vinci Xi

Jump for the Bump Total raised: £14,976.52

Great Barnum’s Bonanza Ball Total raised: £6,000

Annie’s Big Swim Total raised: £17,775.87

Board Directors of our Corporate Trustee

Non-Executive Directors

Executive Directors

Structure, Governance and Management

Overview

Corporate Trustee

Management of Funds

Structure and Governance

Structure, Governance and Management continued

Risk Management

Objectives and Activities

Reserves Policy

Investment Policy

A Review of our Finances, Achievements and Performance

Staff Training and Welfare

Structure, Governance and Management continued

Patient Welfare

Capital Grants

Investments

Public Benefit

Thank you for your support

Name Karen Geoghegan

Future Plans

Name Lizzie Peers

Statement of Trustee’s Responsibilities

Report of the Independent Auditors to the trustees of Brighton and Sussex University Hospitals NHS Trust Charitable Fund

Opinion

Other information

Basis for opinion

Conclusions relating to going concern

Report of the Independent Auditors continued to the trustees of Brighton and Sussex University Hospitals NHS Trust Charitable Fund

Responsibilities of Trustees

Report of the Independent Auditors continued to the trustees of Brighton and Sussex University Hospitals NHS Trust Charitable Fund

Use of our report

Statement of Financial Activities For the year ended 31 March 2022

Statement of Financial Position For the year ended 31 March 2022

Name Karen Geoghegan

Name Lizzie Peers

Statement of Cash Flows for the year ending 31 March 2022

Notes to the Financial Statements For the year ended 31 March 2022

1. Accounting Policies

Basis of preparing the financial statements

Changes in accounting policies

Income and endowments

Expenditure on charitable activities

Allocation and apportionment of costs

Irrecoverable vat

Funds structure

Realised gain and losses

Expenditure

Pooling Scheme

Cost of generating funds

Notes to the Financial Statements continued For the year ended 31 March 2022

2. Investment income

5. Trustees’ remuneration and benefits

Trustees’ expenses

6. Fixed asset investments

4. Capital grants

Notes to the Financial Statements continued For the year ended 31 March 2022

7. Debtors: amounts falling due within one year

10. Related party disclosures

8. Creditors: amounts falling due within one year