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SOUTH TEES HOSPITALS CHARITY AND ASSOCIATED FUNDS ANNUAL REPORT & ACCOUNTS

1 April 2024 - 31 March 2025

Principal office:

Charities Office The Murray Building South Tees Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust James Cook University Hospital Marton Road Middlesbrough TS4 3BW

Registered Charity No. 1056061

South Tees Hospitals Charity and Associated Funds Annual Report - 2024/25

Contents Page
1. Chair’s Foreward 3
2. Aims and Objectives: Our Mission & Our Impact 4
3. Looking Ahead 9
4. Financial Review
Assets 10
Income 10
Expenditure 10
Investments 11
5. Structure Governance and Management 12
Members of the corporate trustee 13
Key management personnel remuneration 14
Constitution and powers 14
Risk management 14
Partnership working 14
Reserves 15
6. Statement of Directors’ Responsibilities 16
7. Audit Report 17
8. Statement of Financial Activities 21
9. Balance Sheet 22
10. Statement of Cash Flows 23
11. Notes to the accounts 24

Chair’s Foreword

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I am delighted to present the 2024/25 annual report and accounts for South Tees Hospitals Charity.

Working under our brand name of ‘Our Hospitals Charity,’ our mission is to make a positive impact on the lives and wellbeing of our patients and staff from across the South Tees area.

In 2024/25, our charity continued to support patients, staff, and families across the region in both main hospital sites at James Cook and the Friarage as well as the wider community. This year we approved 511 grants, totalling £1.228 million, the largest being £129,000. These grants have greatly improved services for our patients, families, and staff across a wide range of our wards and community venues, a snapshot of these are included in this report. We were also delighted to welcome our new Head of Charities, Suzanne McKenna, who joined us during the year.

As we reflect on our 2024/25 achievements, it is also a time for us to look forward. During 2024 South Tees Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust and North Tees and Hartlepool NHS Foundation Trust came together formally to enable closer working across the two organisations. This group structure is now called University Hospitals Tees. Working together our aim is to further improve services for patients across Teesside and North Yorkshire. To enable this, we will work closely with our NHS charity partner North Tees & Hartlepool Together to develop new and innovative ways to raise funds to make life more comfortable for our patients and colleagues.

In the meantime, our work continues unabated as we strive to deliver a more pleasant experience for our patients, visitors and staff across Teesside and North Yorkshire by funding extra resources above and beyond the essential equipment that NHS funding provides.

Year after year, so many people devote themselves to supporting our Charity, often as a result of the care they themselves, or a family member, has received from the NHS. Thanks to your generous donations we provide a large number of grants annually, which in turn helps thousands of people every year. We are extremely grateful to all our fantastic fundraisers, who like us are committed to improving the health and wellbeing of patients, carers, and staff. Thank you all for your continued support, we could not do it without you. If you wish to receive more information, please contact the charity directly at ourhopistalscharity@nhs.net.

As always, I would also like to extend my gratitude to my fellow members of the Charitable Funds Committee, our Board of Directors (the Corporate Trustee of the charity), our dedicated charity staff and many volunteers for their invaluable expertise, enthusiasm, and commitment to our charity.

With very best wishes,

Professor Derek Bell OBE

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Our Aims and Objectives

South Tees Hospital Charity (under the brand name Our Hospitals Charity) raises funds to enhance the services that South Tees Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust provides to more than one million people across the region.

We are committed to supporting our hospitals and community teams and work closely with our clinical and medical colleagues to fund activites, refurbishments and equipment that are over and above those which the NHS can provide.

Our Mission

Our mission is to support and fund initiatives beyond the remit and the capacity of the NHS. To achieve this, we focus on the following key objectives:

The hospitals that we support are:

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Our Impact

Our Hospitals Charity continues to support patients, families, and staff across the South Tees Hospitals NHS Trust area. In 2024/25, we funded 511 projects and activities totalling £1.228m to improve the health and wellbeing of patients, carers, visitors and staff across our sites and community services we see every year. Grants given in the year have ranged from over £200,000 to fund holistic services at James Cook University Hospital, to providing gifts and activities for inpatient children over the Christmas period.

We are delighted to share some highlights below of the many ways in which the charity has made a real difference in 2024/25.

Delivering excellence and innovation

This year, we have been able to fund many pieces of specialist equipment, and training, along with funding new and innovative ways of delivering care to patients.

James Cook University Hospital is home to the Regional Spinal Cord Injuries Unit, one of 11 across the UK. The unit cares for patients from the day of their injury with life-long follow up. Specialist emergency care and long term rehabilitation is carried out with dedicated facilities in the centre by a specialist team working across many specialties.

During the year, the charity has helped to fund the creation of the Spinal Injuries Isolation Room with a total contribution of £150,000. This will benefit patients with spinal cord injuries who always require specialist treatment and are especially vulnerable to infections. The new space ensures there is a place within the unit to provide seamless specialist care for spinal cord injury patients with infections within the unit.

At the Friarage Hospital in Northallerton, we are currently funding a two year trial of VR equipment for patients with dementia.

Virtual reality is increasingly being adopted in the NHS as a technology that can benefit patients by helping them manage pain and reduce anxiety while assisting staff in their training and medical surgeries. This device, which has already received positive feedback from patients, aims to reduce breathlessness and pain and foster patient wellbeing whilst transforming and improving patient outcomes.

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Enhancing our spaces

In 2024/25, we funded 18 new specialist chairs for chemotherapy patients at James Cook University Hospital at a cost of £70,000. The specialist Comfortline recline chairs are designed with adjustable recline, leg elevation and tilt-in options and provide significant comfort to patients during treatment.

Previously patients attended the unit and sat in a generic seating area. Since the addition of the new chairs, there is now a relaxed treatment environment with designated zones for patients, which has helped to increase patient flow through the unit and allowed nurses to deliver more individualised care.

Ward 11 at James Cook University Hospital cares for elderly patients, many of whom have dementia or other conditions which can lead to challenges in terms of isolation and over stimulation.

We have funded a dedicated space on the ward, known as ‘The Retreat,’ where patients can spend time away from their beds. This environment encourages interaction between patients and offers a more homely environment for people to relax.

Supporting our teams

South Tees Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust is committed to supporting its staff in a wide variety of ways. This year, the charity was able to fund over £0.249m of grants. Working closely with the Trust, we know this has a positive impact on our colleagues’ lives and their work, which in turn directly benefits our patients.

We funded £29,000 of staff counselling sessions during the year, providing a safe space for colleagues to receive counselling. We also continued funding for the menopause clinic, which continues to grow and develop its services across the region.

As well as providing individual support to colleagues, we are committed to ensuring the environments our staff work give them a space to rest and relax away from busy and often stressful wards. In 2024/25 we funded the refurbishment of four staff rooms at cost of £130,000 across James Cook University Hospital, along with many other incidental items to help staff day to day.

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Creating special moments

Admissions to hospitals, whether planned or unplanned, can be incredibly stressful for patients and their families. At these times, even the smallest gesture can make a real difference.

Throughout the year, the charity provides patients with toiletries, nightwear, and other essentials whenever they need it. We also are on hand to support a wide variety of special occasions, and in 2024/25 we organised three weddings for patients on end of life care, a baptism and brought Christmas early for one of our young patients in paediatric intensive care. We even arranged for the occasional special visitor as pictured!

We also know that for some of our most poorly patients, just being able to do the simple things that many of us take for granted can make a real difference to their quality of life.

In 2024/25, we funded the purchase of three portable ventilators at a cost of £27,000 for our Critical Care Unit. These ventilators allow patients who rely on high flow nasal cannulas to leave the ward for short periods, allowing visits to outdoor areas across the hospital and to spend time with loved ones outside of the unit when they are able, something that has not been possible up until now.

Growing our support: Fundraising

We are only able to offer the wide range of support and funding across South Tees Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust we do thanks to the incredible generosity and commitment of our local community. We receive a wide variety of donations from individuals, groups, and local businesses. These donations, along with various fundraising activities, are our primary source of income.

South Tees Hospitals Charity is a registered charity (Charity No 1056061) and complies with all legislation and guidance from The Charity Commission. The charity is registered with the Fundraising Regulator, and all our fundraising activities comply with their Code of Fundraising Practice. We have a Customer Relationship Management (CRM) database in place to ensure we monitor the activities of people fundraising for us. The CRM also ensure accurate financial record keeping and that we comply with General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) and Privacy and Electronic Communications Regulations (PECR), regulated by the Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO). The charity had no compliance issues registered with ICO in 2024/25. The charity received no fundraising complaints in the last financial year.

Commissioner’s Office (ICO). The charity had no compliance issues registered with ICO in 2023/24. The charity received no fundraising complaints in the last financial year.

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So many people from across the region take part in organised events, for example the Great North Run, to raise money for the charity. People also organise their own fundraising activities. We work closely with our volunteer fundraisers and supporters to ensure they are aware and compliant with any relevant legislation or guidelines around their fundraising.

The charity runs an internal lottery for staff of South Tees Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust and as such has a small lottery licence which is registered with Middlesbrough Borough Council and reviewed/renewed on an annual basis. During 2024/25 we did not work with any professional fundraisers or commercial participators to recruit new supporters, for example door to door fundraisers.

We are a member of NHS Charities Together and work closely with other NHS charities to benchmark our work, share best practice, and work together to offer education for our teams. In 2024-25, the charity was part of a collective of over 25 NHS charities who came together to support our Great North Run teams from across the country. This collaboration increased the experience we were able to offer our runners with more funds raised for our work.

We are committed to supporting everyone who fundraises for the charity and understand that some people may be classed as vulnerable due to their personal circumstances or the circumstances of their loved ones. We ensure all our staff are trained and able to recognise someone who may be vulnerable and work closely with our hospital teams (and other relevant parties) to ensure the individual gets the most appropriate support.

We remain committed to growing and nurturing the support we receive from so many people who fundraise for the charity, often for very personal reasons. We are incredibly grateful to so many people from across the region and beyond for everything they do.

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Looking ahead

We will continue to collaborate closely with our colleagues at South Tees Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust and University Hospitals Tees to ensure the charity remains in a strong position to fund activities and initiatives that will enhance its services, going over and above those that the NHS can provide.

As North and South Tees NHS Foundation Trusts develop the University Hospitals Tees group, we will work closely with our colleagues at North Tees and Hartlepool Together, the NHS charity supporting North Tees. As plans develop to offer new, innovative services and care for patients from across Tees Valley and beyond, our charities will work together to deliver grants that make a meaningful impact across the region.

Our partnership work with other organisations continues to grow and we are delighted that after many years of funding the work of the Trinity Holistic Centre at James Cook University Hospital, this centre will become Maggie’s Middlesbrough in 2025/26, run by the charity Maggie’s. Trinity Holistic Centre has brought comfort and expert care to thousands of patients for over 20 years, and we are delighted to support Maggie’s Middlesbrough to grow this legacy and bring new and innovate care for patients.

We are also looking forward to working with the charity Horatio’s Garden, which has exciting plans to create a wonderful garden area for patients and families at our Regional Spinal Cord Injuries Unit.

We will continue to encourage and thank the thousands of people across South Tees who give their time and energy to raising much needed funds for the charity, which in turn allows us to support patients, families, and staff across the region.

We invite everyone to find out more about our charity at www.southtees.nhs.uk/charity, pop in to see us at our Charity Hub in James Cook University Hospital or drop us a line on 01642 854169, email OurHospitalsCharity@nhs.net

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Financial Review

Assets

The net assets of South Tees Hospitals Charity as of 31 March 2025 were £6.369 million (£6.876 million 2023/24). There was a decrease in cash holdings to £0.881 million (£1.525 million 2023/24), an increase in debtors to £0.312 million (£0.230 million 2023/24) and a decrease in creditors to £1.016 million (£1.345 million 2023/24).

Income

The Charity relies on income received from donations, legacies, and the voluntary fundraising efforts of the general public, who supported specific appeals or made gifts to support the wards from which they or loved ones had received care. In 2024/25 income decreased from £1.899 million to £1.359 million.

The total income received amounting to £1.359 million was represented by voluntary income donations which totalled £0.695 million (£0.636 million 2023/24), bequests totalled £0.308 million (£0.830 million 2023/24), grants received totalled £0.017 million (£0.138 million 2023/24) and gifts in kind totalled £0.042 (£0.027 million 2023/24).

Investment income of £0.192 million (£0.182 million 2023/24 was received as well as income from charitable trading and other trading activities of £0.105 million (£0.086 million 2023/24).

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Incoming Resources
Voluntary income donations
£0.695m
Bequests £0.308m
Grants received £0.017m
Gifts in Kind £0.042m
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Expenditure

The Charity is a grant giving charity, rather than a service providing charity, in that it seeks to support the services provided by South Tees Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust.

All equipment and services purchased by the Charity are donated to the Trust. Expenditure from funds totalled £1.592 million, compared to expenditure of £2.441 million during the previous financial year.

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Expenditure has been spent on capital £0.588 million (£1.492 million 2023/24), patient & staff welfare £0.638 million (£0.607 million 2023/24), support costs £0.317 million (£0.292 million 2023/24) and other costs £0.049 million (£0.050 million 2023/24.

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Outgoing Resources
Capital £0.588m
Patient & Staff Welfare
£0.638m
Support Costs £0.317m
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Investments

The Charity’s investments are held with CCLA Investment Management with an aim of maximising income and longer-term growth. Cash funds are held outside the portfolio to deal with the short-term cash flow issues. As of 31[st] March 2025, there has been an in year unrealised loss of £0.274 million.

The performance of the investments is monitored by the Charitable Funds Committee which reports to the Board and reviews investment portfolio valuations provided at regular intervals by the advisers. The investment policy is reviewed on an on-going basis.

Market value brought
forward
Disposal of investments
fair Value gains/(losses)
Market Value as at 31 March 2025
Investments held:
COIF Charities Ethical Investment
Fund		 Total Funds
Total Funds
31 March
2025
31 March
2024
£'000
£'000
6,466
6,206
-326
-274
586
6,192
6,466
6,192
6,466

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Structure, Governance and Management

The South Tees Hospitals Charity was established by Trust Deed and is registered with the Charity Commission (charity number 1056061). As a body it is a member of NHS Charities Together. All trust funds are registered with the Charity Commission under the umbrella registration of South Tees Hospitals Charity.

The Charity’s funds were established using the model declaration of trust and all funds held as at the date of registration were either a part of this unrestricted fund or registered as separate restricted funds under the main charity.

The Corporate Trustee fulfils its legal duty by ensuring that restricted funds are used in accordance with the objectives of each fund, and in designating funds the Trustee respects the wishes of the donor with due consideration made to the Charity Commission’s published guidance on Public Benefit as specified under the Charities Act 2011.

At the end of March 2025 there were 158 funds (no change from 2023/24). Each has a designated fund manager with specialist knowledge of the area to which the fund relates. They are generally clinical directors, managers, clinical consultants, heads of departments, ward sisters and Operations Directors who have the delegated power to commit expenditure up to £5,000. For all grants over £5,000 there is an approved Scheme of Delegation based on the Charity’s governance framework .

Charitable receipts are recorded in accordance with donors’ wishes to registered funds and expenditure is made in accordance with the objectives of each designated trust fund, within the limits set by the Trust’s Standing Orders, Standing Financial Instructions and Scheme of Delegation.

The accounting records and day-to-day administration of the funds are dealt with by the charities finance office, which is within the Trust’s Peoples department. It is the responsibility of the Corporate Trustee to ensure that the legal and accounting requirements of the Charities Act 2011 and directives from the Charity Commission are adhered to and that surplus funds are invested in a manner suitable for the maximisation of income and to safeguard the capital sums therein.

The Charitable Funds Committee advises the Corporate Trustee of South Tees Hospitals Charity in discharging its responsibilities and remains accountable to the board of directors, acting as Corporate Trustee, in every respect. In 2024/25, the Committee met on three occasions to consider a range of strategic issues within its remit.

Our purpose is to enhance the services that South Tees Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust provides, supporting the provision of general healthcare and staff welfare, the improvement of specialist clinical and clinical services and the advancement of clinical knowledge. The role of the Charity is not to fund patient care but to improve it.

Strong governance is critical to our success and reputation. The Corporate Trustee has overall responsibility for our work, to ensure we are governed in accordance with the legal and regulatory requirements, and we meet our aims and objectives as a charity.

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The Corporate Trustee of the Charity is tasked with:

By establishing good governance at South Tees Hospitals Charity, ensuring:

Appointments to the Board are in accordance with the Trust’s Constitution, Terms of Authorisation, and legal and regulatory requirements.

Members of the Corporate Trustee

The Corporate Trustee is South Tees Hospital NHS Foundation Trust.

The Charitable Funds Committee is supported by a number of professional advisers:

Bankers

Barclays Bank Plc Leicester , LE87 2BB

External Auditor

Robson Laidler Accountants Ltd Fernwood House Fernwood Road Jesmond Newcastle upon Tyne, NE2 1TJ

Investment Advisors

CCLA Investment Management Senator House 85 Queen Victoria Street London, EC4V 4ET

Additional expertise relating to training is drawn from being a member of NHS Charities Together that holds regular conferences and symposia for the Corporate Trustee.

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Key management personnel remuneration

Members of the Corporate Trustee and Charitable Funds Committee are required to disclose relevant interests and register them with the Director of Corporate Affairs & Company Secretary withdrawing from decisions where conflicts of interest may exist.

Constitution and powers

The Corporate Trustee, under its Scheme of Delegation, has appointed the Group Chief Finance Officer to be the officer responsible for implementation of procedures, to ensure all legislation and directives are adhered to and that expenditure from trust funds is appropriate for the purpose.

The Group Chief Finance Officer maintains such accounts and records, as necessary, to record and protect all funds held in trust. He has responsibility for ensuring that the activities of each fund are within the regulations of the Charities Act 2011 and comply with the procedures adopted by the Trust.

Risk Management

The members of the Charitable Funds Committee periodically review the Charity’s risk register.

The major external risk, to which the charity could be exposed, is a sudden fall in the value of the investment portfolio. However, the Directors invest over the long term to ensure that the greatest returns are achieved.

Policies and procedures to mitigate risks include:

Partnership working

The patients of South Tees Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust are the main beneficiaries of the Charity, and the Trust is a related party by virtue of the Board of Directors acting as Corporate Trustee. By working in partnership with the Trust, the Corporate Trustee has regard to the main activities taking place within its hospitals to ensure that funds are spent in accordance with the objects of each fund to support the health and welfare of patients and staff.

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The Trust is well supported by groups and associated charities, including the South Cleveland Heart Fund, Royal Voluntary Service, Friends of the Friarage and The James Cook University Hospital Voluntary Services Organisation who over many years have raised hundreds of thousands of pounds to fund services and activities of the Trust.

Reserves

At the end of 2024/25, the charity held reserves of £6.369 million. All monies held in funds were unrestricted apart from £1.147 million which are held on a restricted basis.

Reserves are built up to reinvest into the South Tees Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust and provide maximum benefit to the patients and staff. The classification of restricted and unrestricted reserves is reviewed on an annual basis.

The Corporate Trustee has agreed that the minimum level of reserves that should be held within the Charity is £400,000. This equates to approximately one year’s operational costs and estimated annual commitments which includes salary costs.

Cash on hand balances of £0.881 million are held at the end of 2024/25.

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Statement of Director’s responsibilities in respect of the Corporate Trustee’s annual report and the financial statements

In accordance with the trust deed and charity law, the Corporate Trustee is responsible for preparing the Charity’s Annual Report and the financial statements in accordance with applicable law and regulations. The Corporate Trustee has elected to prepare the financial statements in accordance with FRS 102 The Financial Reporting Standard applicable in the UK and Republic of Ireland. The financial statements are required by law to give 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 entails that the trustees:

The Members of the Corporate Trustee is required to act in accordance with the trust deed of the charity, within the framework of trust law. They are 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 Corporate Trustee to ensure that, where any statements of accounts are prepared by them under section 132(1) of the Charities Act 2011, those statements of accounts comply with the requirements of regulations under that provision. The Members of the Corporate Trustee have general responsibility for taking such steps as are reasonably open to them to safeguard the assets of the charity and to prevent and detect fraud and other irregularities.

The Corporate Trustee is responsible for the maintenance and integrity of the financial and other information included on the charity’s website. Legislation in the UK governing the preparation and dissemination of financial statements may differ from legislation in other jurisdictions.

On behalf of the Corporate Trustee,

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7. Audit report

Independent auditor’s report to the trustees of South Tees Hospitals NHS Charity

Opinion

We have audited the financial statements of South Tees Hospitals NHS Charity (the ‘charity’) for the year ended 31 March 2025 which comprise Statement of Financial Activities, Balance Sheet, Statement of Cash flow 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, including FRS 102 “The Financial Reporting Standard applicable in the UK and Republic of Ireland” (United Kingdom Generally Accepted Accounting Practice).

In our opinion, the financial statements:

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 Auditor’s 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 trustees’ use of the going concern basis of accounting in the preparation of the financial statements is appropriate.

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 trustees with respect to going concern are described in the relevant sections of this report.

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Other information

The other information comprises the information included in the annual report, other than the financial statements and our auditor’s report thereon. The trustees are responsible for the other information. Our opinion on the financial statements does not cover the other information and we do not express any form of assurance conclusion thereon.

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 course of 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 there is a material misstatement in the financial statements or a material misstatement of the other information. 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

In light of the knowledge and understanding of the charity and its environment obtained in the course of the audit, we have not identified material misstatements in the Trustees’ Report.

We have nothing to report in respect of the following matters in relation to which the Charities (Accounts and Reports) Regulations 2008 requires us to report to you if, in our opinion:

Responsibilities of Trustee

As explained more fully in the trustee responsibilities statement set out on page 16, the trustee is responsible for the preparation of the financial statements and for being satisfied that they give a true and fair view, and for such internal control as the trustees 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 trustee are 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 trustees either intend to liquidate the charity or to cease operations, or have no realistic alternative but to do so.

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Auditor’s responsibilities for the audit of the financial statements

We have been appointed as auditor 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 an auditor’s report 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 the financial statements.

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. Based on our understanding of the charity and its activities, we identified that the principal risks of non-compliance with laws and regulations related to the UK tax legislation, pensions legislation, employment regulation and health and safety regulation, anti-bribery, corruption and fraud, money laundering and we considered the extent to which non-compliance might have a material effect on the financial statements. We also considered those laws and regulations that have a direct impact on the preparation of the financial statements, such as the Charities Act 2011 and the Charities Statement of Recommended Practice.

We evaluated the trustees’ and management’s incentives and opportunities for fraudulent manipulation of the financial statements (including the risk of override of controls) and determined that the principal risks were related to posting manual journal entries to manipulate financial performance, management bias through judgements and assumptions in significant accounting estimates, and significant one-off or unusual transactions.

Our audit procedures were designed to respond to those identified risks, including noncompliance with laws and regulations (irregularities) and fraud that are material to the financial statements. Our audit procedures included but were not limited to:

Our audit procedures in relation to fraud included but were not limited to:

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There are inherent limitations in the audit procedures described above and the primary responsibility for the prevention and detection of irregularities including fraud rests with management. As with any audit, there remained a risk of non-detection of irregularities, as these may involve collusion, forgery, intentional omissions, misrepresentations or the override of internal controls.

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 auditor’s report.

Use of the audit report

This report is made solely to the charity’s trustees, 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 charity’s trustees those matters we are required to state to them in an auditor’s 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 charity’s trustees as a body, for our audit work, for this report, or for the opinions we have formed.

Signed:

Michael T Moran BA FCA (Senior Statutory Auditor)

For and on behalf of Robson Laidler Accountants Limited

Statutory Auditor

Fernwood House

Fernwood Road

Jesmond

Newcastle Upon Tyne

NE2 1TJ

Date: 23 January 2026

Robson Laidler Accountants Limited is eligible for appointment as auditor of the charity by virtue of its eligibility for appointment as auditor of a company under section 1212 of the Companies Act 2006.

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8. South Tees Hospitals Charity Statement of Financial Activities for the year ending 31 March 2025

Notes
Unrestricted
funds
£’000
Income and endowments from:

Donations and legacies
4
933
Charitable activities
5
62
Other trading activities
6
0
Investments
8
192
Total income
1,187

Expenditure on:

Raising funds
9
188
Charitable activities
10
1,150
Total expenditure
1,338

Net gains / (losses) on investments
15
(274)

Net income/(expenditure)
(425)

Transfers between funds
20
(122)

Net movement in funds
(547)

Reconciliation of funds

Fund balances at 1 April 2024
21
5,769

Fund balances at 31 March 2025
5,222		 Restricted
funds
£’000

129
-
43
-
172


30
224
254

-

(82)

122

40


1,107

1,147		 Total
2025
£’000

1,062
62
43
192

1,359



218

1,374
1,592

(274)

(507)

-

(507)


6,876

6,369		 Total
2024
£’000
1,631
44
42
182

1,899



233

2,208

2,441
586

44
-
44
6,832

6,876

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9. South Tees Hospitals Charity Balance Sheet as at 31 March 2025

Unrestricted Restricted
2025		 2025
2024		 2024
Notes Notes
£’000		 £’000 £’000 £’000
Fixed assets
Investments 15 5,926 266 6,192 6,466
Current assets

Debtors and accrued income 16 312 - 312 230
Cash and cash equivalents 17 - 881 881 1,525
312 881 1,193 1,755
Creditors: amounts falling due within
1 year		 18 (1,016)
-
(1,016)
 (1,345)
Net current assets (704) 881 177 410
Net assets 5,222 1,147 6,369 6,876
Reserves

Unrestricted funds 21 5,222 - 5,222 5,769
Restricted funds 21 - 1,147 1,147 1,107
Total reserves 5,222 1,147 6,369 6,876

The notes at pages 24 to 41 form part of these accounts and were approved by the Corporate Trustee on …………. 4/12/25

Signed on its behalf by:

Signed ……………………………………..

Chris Hand

Name …………………………………….

16/1/26

Date ……………………..

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for the year ending 31 March 2025

Cash flows from operating activities
Net cash provided by (used in) operating activities
19
Cash flows from investing activities
Proceeds from sale of investments
15
Dividends, interest and rents from investments
8
Change in cash and cash equivalents
Cash and cash equivalents at the beginning of
the year
Cash and cash equivalents at the end of the
year
17		 2025
£’000
(836)
-
192
(644)
1,525
881		 2024
£’000
(285)
326
182
223
1,302
1,525

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11. South Tees Hospitals Charity Notes to the accounts

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1. Accounting Policies

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

The 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 United Kingdom and Republic of Ireland (FRS102) issued on 16 July 2014 and the Charities Act 2011 and UK Generally Accepted Practice as it applies from 1 January 2019.

The Trustee considers that there are no material uncertainties about South Tees Hospitals 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 would be a fall in donations or a fall in the stock market and resulting losses and reduced investment income. The trustees have a risk management strategy and reserves policy in place to mitigate against such risks.

(b) Funds structure

South Tees Hospitals Charity has both restricted and unrestricted funds but has no endowment funds. The Charity has specific funds for each service area of its hospitals; each fund has its own objectives/purpose and is classified as un-restricted designated funds. If a general donation is made and no specific area is identified then the monies will be paid into the General Purpose Fund which is used to benefit patients and staff of the trust at the Trustees’ discretion. Appeals for a specific purpose are classified as restricted.

The major funds held are disclosed in note 22.

(c) Income

All income is recognised once the Charity has entitlement, or is probable that the resources will be received and the monetary value can be measured with sufficient reliability.

Where there are terms and conditions attached to the income, particularly grants, then the terms and conditions must be met before the income is recognised as the entitlement condition will not be satisfied until that point. When the 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.

(d) Income from legacies

Legacies are accounted for as income either upon receipt or where the receipt of the legacy is probable. Receipt is probable when;

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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 criteria for income recognition are met.

(e) Expenditure and irrecoverable VAT

All expenditure has been 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:

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

The Charity reimburses the Trust for expenditure they have incurred on the Charity’s behalf; this is as a result of the grants awarded by the Charity. Reimbursement is made when the liabilities have been settled and payment made. Any goods received prior to 31 March but not yet settled are accounted for as accruals in year.

(f) Recognition of expenditure and associated liabilities as a result of a 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 Trustee has control over the amount and timing of grant payments and consequently where approval has been given by them and any of the above criteria have been met then a liability is recognised. When grants are awarded with conditions

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attached then those conditions have to be met, or expected 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.

(g) Allocation of support costs

Support costs are those which do not relate directly to a single activity. These include some staff costs, costs of administration, internal and external audit costs and IT support. Support costs have been apportioned between fundraising costs and charitable activities on an appropriate basis. The analysis of support costs and the bases of apportionment applied are shown in note 11.

(h) 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 a charity’s objects. The costs of generating funds represent fundraising costs together with investment management fees. Fundraising costs include expenses for fundraising activities.

(i) Charitable activities

Costs of charitable activities comprise all the costs incurred in the pursuit of the charitable objectives 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 10.

(j) 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.

(k) Debtors

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

(l) 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, usually in less than 90 day notice interest bearing savings accounts.

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(m) Creditors

Creditors are amounts owed by the Charity. They are measured at the amounts that the Charity must pay to settle the debt.

Those amounts which are owed in more than one year are shown as long term creditors.

(n) Realised gains and losses

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).

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2. Prior year comparatives by type of fund

The primary statements provide prior year comparatives in total; this note provides prior year comparatives for the Statement of Financial Activities and Balance Sheet for each type of fund that South Tees Hospitals Charity manages.

2A Unrestricted Funds – Statement of Financial Activity for the Year ended 31 March 2025


Income and endowments from:

Donations and legacies

Charitable activities

Other trading activities

Investment income

Total income


Expenditure on:

Raising funds

Charitable activities

Total expenditure


Net gains / (losses) on investments


Net income/(expenditure)


Transfers between funds


Net movement in funds


Reconciliation of funds

Fund balances at 1 April 2024


Fund balances at 31 March 2025
 2025
£’000

933
62
-
192
1,187


188
1,150
1,338

(274)

(425)

(122)

(547)


5,769

5,222		 2024
£’000
1,017
44
1
182

1,244

210

1,367

1,577
586
253
(10)
243
5,526
5,769

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2B Unrestricted Balance Sheet as at 31 March 2025

Fixed assets
Investments
Current assets
Debtors and accrued income
Cash and cash equivalents
Creditors: amounts falling due within
1 year
Net current assets
Net assets
Reserves
Unrestricted funds
Total reserves		 2025
£’000




312
-
312
(1,016)






 2025
£’000

5,926






(704)

5,222


5,222
5,222		 2024
£’000




230
418
648
(1,345)






 2024
£’000

6,466







(697)

5,769



5,769

5,769

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2C Restricted Funds – Statement of Financial Activity for the Year ended 31 March 2025


Income and endowments from:

Donations and legacies

Charitable activities

Other trading activities

Total income


Expenditure on:

Raising funds

Charitable activities

Total expenditure


Net gains / (losses) on investments


Net income/(expenditure)


Transfers between funds


Net movement in funds


Reconciliation of funds

Fund balances at 1 April 2024


Fund balances at 31 March 2025
 2025
£’000

129
-
43
172


30
224
254

-

(82)

122

40


1.107

1,147		 2024
£’000
614
-
41
655
23
841
864
-
(209)
10
(199)
1,306
1,107

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2D Restricted Balance Sheet as at 31 March 2025

Fixed assets
Investments
Current assets
Debtors and accrued income
Cash and cash equivalents
Creditors: amounts falling due within
1 year
Net current assets
Net assets
Reserves
Restricted funds
Total reserves		 2025
£’000




-
881

-






 2025
£’000

266






881

1,147


1,147
1,147		 2024
£’000




-
1,107

-






 2024
£’000

-







1,107

1,107



1,107

1,107

3. Related party transactions

South Tees Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust patients are the main beneficiary of the Charity and the trust is a related party by virtue of being Corporate Trustee of the Charity. The charity has provided funding to the Trust for approved expenditure made on behalf of the charity. During the current financial year this expenditure amounted to £0.867 million (£1.469 million 2023/24) with £0.942 million owed by the charity to the Trust at 31 March 2025 (£1.271 million 2023/24).

During the year no Group Board Members or members of the key management staff, or parties related to any of them, have undertaken any material transactions with South Tees Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust (2023/24, £nil).

The South Tees Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust makes a number of services available to the Charity; these include the use of the general ledger system, procurement system, payroll reimbursement system and office accommodation.

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Board members and directors

Declarations of interests, completed on an annual basis by Executive and NonExecutive Directors, have been reviewed to identify any related party relationships requiring disclosure within this note.

There were no charity related party transactions connected with Directors of the Corporate Trustee and their associated interests.

4. Income from donations and legacies

Unrestricted
funds
£’000
Donations
352
Fundraising generated by donors
146
Gift aid
42
Corporate donations
69
Legacies
265
Grants receivable
17
Gifts in kind
42
933		 Restricted
funds
£’000

58

16

1

11

43

-

-
129		 Total
2025
£’000
410
162
43
80
308
17
42
1,062		 Total
2024
£’000
361
168
32
75
830

138
27
1,631

Donations from individuals are gifts from members of the public, relatives of patients and staff. Grateful patients and family members express their gratitude for the care received; supporters often undertake fundraising activities and collect sponsorship.

5. Analysis of income from charitable activities

Payment for holistic treatment provided
Atrium stalls
Other trading income		 Unrestricted
funds
£’000
22
40
-
62		 Restricted funds
£’000
-
-
-
-		 Total
2025
£’000
22
40
-
62		 Total
2024
£’000
28
10
6
44

Trading income was primarily from the therapy treatments to patients of South Tees Hospitals provided by the Trinity Holistic Centre.

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6. Analysis of income from other trading activities

Staff lottery deductions
Miscellaneous income		 Unrestricted
funds
£’000
-
-
-		 Restricted
funds
£’000

43

-
43		 Total
2025
£’000
43
-
43		 Total
2024
£’000
41
1
42

7. Role of volunteers

The Charity is reliant on a team of volunteers. 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.

8. Gross investment income


Investments listed on a Stock
Exchange held in the UK
 Total
2025
£’000
192
192		 Total
2024
£’000
182
182

9. Analysis of expenditure on raising funds

Fundraising events
Lottery winnings paid
Support costs		 Unrestricted
funds
£’000
24
0
164
188		 Restricted
funds
£’000
0
23
7
30		 Total
2025
£’000
24
23
171
218		 Total
2024
£’000
16
23
194
233

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10. Analysis of charitable expenditure

The Charity did not undertake any direct charitable activities on its own account during the year.

Expenditure is incurred in favour of South Tees Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust to carry out activities which will benefit NHS patients, their families and staff. The Charity incurred expenditure with third parties in pursuance of those grants or reimbursed expenditure incurred by them or their staff.

The Charity reimburses the Trust once the expenditure is recognised, this is when liabilities have been settled and payment made with obligations committing the Charity to expenditure by fund-holders to whom power to expend Charity funds has been delegated, any goods or services received prior to 31 March 2025 but not yet settled are accounted for as accruals in year.

Patient welfare
Staff salaries, education &
welfare
Capital
Goods & equipment
Course running costs
Volunteer support costs
Gifts in kind		 Unrestricted
Grant
Funded
Activity
£’000
Unrestricted
Support
costs
£’000
Restricted
Grant
Funded
Activity
£’000
Restricted
Support
costs
£’000
Total 2025
£’000
Total 2024
£’000
221
-
21
-
242
250
249
146
46
-
441
338
428
-
160
-
588
1,492
62
-
(3)
-
59
83
-
-
-
-
-
4
2
-
-
-
2
11
42
-
-
-
42
30
1,004
146
224
-
1,374
2,208

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11. Allocation of support costs and overheads

External audit
Governance
Salaries and related costs
Bank charges
Rent and rates
System Changes		 Raising
funds
£’000
12
12
145
12
1
1
171		 Charitable
Activities
£’000


146
-
-
-
146		 Total
2025
£’000
12
12
291
12
1
1
317		 Total
2024
£’000
9
9
271
6
3
3
292

12. Directors of the Corporate Trustee remuneration, benefits and expenses

The members of the governing committee give their time freely but are able to claim expenses to reimburse them for costs that they incur in fulfilling their duties.

Committee members have not received remuneration, benefits or expenses during 2024/25 or 2023/24 in relation to their support of the charity.

13. Staff costs and Key management personnel

The Charity does not directly employ any members of staff. The services used by the Charity are provided by South Tees Hospitals Trust. The cost of providing these services are recharged to the Charity by the Trust.

The charity considers its key management personnel to be the Directors of the Corporate Trustee, the Director of Charities and the Head of Charities. Staff costs in relation to key management personnel in the year totals £45,567 (2023/24: £nil).

14. Auditor’s remuneration

The auditor’s remuneration for the 2024/25 financial year was £11,760 (£10,500 2023/24) related solely to the audit with no additional work being undertaken.

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15. Fixed asset investments


Market value brought forward
Disposals
Net gain/(loss) on revaluation
 Total
2025
£’000
6,466
-
(274)
6,192		 Total
2024
£’000
6,206
(326)
586
6,466

16. Analysis of current debtors


Other debtors - unrestricted
Prepayments & accrued income -
unrestricted
 Total
2025
£’000
1
311
312		 Total
2024
£’000
61
169
230

Other debtors represent sums owed to the Charity by other non-related parties.

17. Analysis of cash and cash equivalents


Cash in hand - unrestricted
Cash in hand - restricted
 Total
2025
£’000
-
881
881		 Total
2024
£’000
418
1,107
1,525

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18. Analysis of liabilities


Other creditors - unrestricted
Accruals - unrestricted
 Total
2025
£’000
943
73
1,016		 Total
2024
£’000
1,283
62
1,345

19. Reconciliation of net income to net cash flow from operating activities


Net income (per SOFA)
Adjustments for:
Net (gain)/loss on investments
Investment income
Decrease/(increase) in debtors
Increase/(decrease) in creditors
 Total
2025
£’000
(507)
274
(192)
(83)
(328)
(836)		 Total
2024
£’000
44
(586)
(182)
(169)
608
(285)

20. Transfers between funds

There were two transfers from restricted to unrestricted funds during the financial year.


Transfers
 Unrestricted
£’000
(122)
(122)		 Restricted
£’000
122
122

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21. Analysis of charitable funds

A – Analysis of restricted funds

Fund
Balance at
1 Apr 2024
£’000
Small Restricted Donations
24
To Benefit Mowbray Suite FHN
1
NHS Charities
75
Staff Lottery
128
Hearts and Minds Cardio
Appeal
34
Maternity Bereavement
64
Rheumatology Staff + Patient
123
Oncology/Radiotherapy/Ward
14
116
Renal Unit
15
Ward 8 Urology General Jcuh
15
Orthopaedics
5
Head + Neck Research
1
H + R Palliative Care
25
Diabetes + Id Ward Fund
28
Rehab Unit
6
Maxillo Facial Surgery Fund
1
Special Care Baby Unit
203
ITU/Hdu
203
Robert Ogden Centre
20
Cardiology
20
Horatio'S Garden
-
Rutson Hospital
-
Respiratory Directorate
-
Paediatrics General Fund
-
Gynaecology
-
Haematology
-
Cardiothoracic R + D Fund
-
Cardiothoracic Trust Fund
-
Nutritional Dietetics
-
Ainderby & Romanby Ward
-

Restricted Funds
1,107		 Income
£’000
-
-
-
43
-
23
-
10
-
-
2
2
9
-
-
-
3
-
-
-

10
1
-
20
5
5
10
28
-
1


172		 Expenditure
£’000
(20)
-
(75)
(71)
(20)
(15)
-
-
-
-
-
-
(4)
(18)
-
-
-
(25)
-
-
(1)
-
-
(5)
-
-
-
-
-
-

(254)		 Transfers
£’000

-
-

-

-

-

3
-
-
-
-
-
-

-

-
-
-
-

-
-
-

-
-
-

-
-
-
-
111
8
-

122		 Balance at
31 Mar 2025
£’000
4
1
-
100
14
75
123
126
15
15
7
3
30
10
6
1
206

178
20
20
9
1
-
15
5
5
10
139
8
1
1,147

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B – Analysis of unrestricted and material designated funds

Fund
South Tees Hospital Charity
and Associated Funds
Unrestricted Funds
Total Funds		 Balance at
1 Apr 2024
£’000
5,769

5,769

6,876		 Income
£’000

1,187



1,187


1,359		 Expenditure
£’000

(1,612)



(1,612)

(1,866)		 Transfers
£’000

(122)



(122)

-		 Balance at
31 Mar 2025
£’000

5,222

5,222

6,369

£100,000 or above is set as an opening or closing balance threshold for the separate reporting of material designated funds.

Other designated funds relate to assisting patients of services provided by the South Tees Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust for which donors have indicated their nonbinding wishes when making their generous gifts.

The general funds included donations where donors have not expressed any preference as to how the funds shall be spent and the unrestricted income accruing to the charity. These funds are applied for any charitable purpose to the benefit of the patients of South Tees Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust at the absolute discretion of the Corporate Trustee.

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22. Funds over £100,000 for disclosure

2025 2024
Name Description £’000 £’000
Any charitable purpose relating to the
General Fund NHS, wholly or mainly for the services
provided by South tees NHS Foundation		 1,364 1,391
Trust
Staff Lottery Control Account For the benefit of staff 101 129
Brest Cancer Fund (Surgery) Development in breast care unit 184 188
Oncology/Radiotherapy/Ward 14 For the benefit of patients and staff 133 239
For the benefit of patients and staff as
Rheumatology well as for training and education of staff 231 260
and patients
To generate donations to help with
Endocrinology Diabetes, Endocrinology related
education, support courses, conferences		 157 165
and purchase equipment for patients care
Special Care Baby Unit For the benefit of patients and staff 418 459
Spinal Injuries For the benefit of spinal injuries, patients
and staff		 91 226
Hematology To support research and facilities for
Heamatolgy service		 199 211
South Tees Post Graduate Medical
Centre
To fund post graduate medical education		 143 150
Cardiology For the benefit of staff and patients 89 87
Hearts and Minds Cardio Appeal For the development of Cardiovascular
Clinical research Facility		 14 34
ITU/HDU For the benefit of staff and patients in
Critical Care		 214 261
Paediatrics General Fund For the benefit of staff and patients in
Pediatrics		 88 133
Cardiothoracic Trust Fund For the benefit of staff and patients within
the cardiothoracic division		 231 161

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