GATESHEAD HEALTH CHARITY GATESHEAD HEALTH NHS FOUNDATION TRUST CHARITABLE FUND Trustees. Report and Financial Statements 31 March 2025 egistered chayity No: 1086145 Addro55: Queen Elizabeth Hospltal. 5herFff Tr1511. Gateshead, Tyt* 4Dd We4T, NE9 65X relephone: 0191482 001)0 CONTENTS PAGE TNstees' report Statement of Corporate TTUStees' Responsibilities in respect of the Trustees, annual report and the financial staternent 18 Independent auditor's report to the Trustee of Gateshead Health NHS Fovodation Trust Charitable Fund 19 Statement of linancial activitie5 23 Balance sheet 24 Cash flow 5tatemtnt 25 Note5 26 GATESHEAD HEALTH CHARITY GATESHEAD HEALTH CHARITY CHARITY ACTIVITY REPORT APRIL 2024 - MARCH 2025 FOREWORD FROM THE CHAIR OF THE CHARrrY COMMIThEE It Is Vrilh greai AKh as the kn*JJat(¥y1112art Fafiure lknit av that I pre￿1 ths bwht Iclwthw Ihttwh lTri e Ixst-th￿r C7aietheaO I￿lt Up A Life, H<h Chanty A(tMty PÈFyJrL tthttrètsvs cupcrdte SL￿￿)rt￿lS huh*Jhting Fla￿y an essents¥ eTthbkny IhE+ I￿rthb10 prcorw rt W¥> Pai st￿n￿￿& YJ and ¢tharwJe mdL) vrdlkj.ro tt*kfigo. IlrAw5 nrnif4 ow Char￿ ha5 Iho 14fFtsiL*rthrn M￿ath￿ In h(x>tv of hor (y￿ Iho past y. A5 *XM*r or the Fekng ma￿05 ¥￿tts￿lI Club tr￿￿ nally ￿￿ted Ctr*ir ol the Charrty (harry matth olery effort heltth us go CcffirNttcE l to tth a rr#ynont to two wto1 NIIS tan FXO**: ckrwtxl3e wLYt ot Miko R¢kn￿, ￿ prpdÉCEAM. vknc6e Lojktsng ahts3d io2025. ort•tDJ5 ancl leatkY5hp trk1￿ tth In Shap￿9 p&ns to furthw onhatbro htsiFthJrÈ wc￿•[￿ Ihe swtEs, l h￿c￿L¥3 to fMJL¥SÈ [kit￿ts (￿1 artl zb Icw•Mrr5 hs1(¥wand bu*J qxi su¥JyJ v4hai the NHS atKI 1￿Jn[jat￿￿ l)W esLItI.rth. our [D[nn￿nffjy We Th2 p* par has soÈn Gat￿d He*th rtnÉ¥thiFs, strwgthen gafl Chyit¥ QK) trw to Stierijih rthi1r￿ aryj ￿ppryt kygfrxalo kkè 112 txopcts and a¥iarcffig the Glwt N A dedl&Tled othd£k)r 5Pa(é for patsofits neoclrwj safe and ￿{r￿Tr9 ormrotwnont artKularty bwèfioJI f or 5rroko. oTh*nu3, ([rt￿lI car paments. Tro wa5 SUPFV)rted by Gat**aJ Hoallh Clunty and offtoalty ty thè LOt&L*ts*nant t of Tynp and WÈ￿. .4X STAFF RESPITE PAIJ( (Opened Ortober 2024) CoincdiTrg vrith Wthvld Mental Health Day. this 5paio w￿ldeS a tranryil rotreai for NHS stth. worr<)wryJ mental ￿•¢th re5iliprKe. Thi5 wden serves as both a rThpmorial to th5￿0 place ol solxe stafl aThJ families, O￿nthQ ceremony fr*f the Stsff ROWrte Park at Gateshead He31th* Ou￿n El￿ab￿h Hospttal was a he*fott otcasion led by Trudle Davles G3t¥head Health NHS Foundation Tru5V5 CE0. A SPACE FOR REFLECTION AND REMEMBRANCE Thjs Pfovldes a ￿aCeful retfÈat whLYe staff ca) tpflKt, rechanje. find solxè. It wa5 devolowl • a ie¥ortsè lo the growiThJ f omotttsn31 supp¢xt among hèalthrare workeis aD¢J vwll serve & an ffigolng tritxrtp to those who dÈdit4to thpir Iivos to (arlrbg tor othÈ garden Is Just a space -1115 a message. A message that we (ate aLK)ut our rtaff. that we acknowledge the Incredible (hallenges they face. and that we are commltted to thelr wellbelng.- said Trudlè Davi es. LIGHT UP A UFE EVEKr (November 2024) HE4d (Krtth Ellzalth Hwtal. Atte(￿@@5 the opportunity to thls rn¢MrrfJ e4pnt btDLxJht tO9Èthor purchase munory stars Inscnbod Wth famll4 stsff. and residonts to rèrhoffl￿f the n¥ne5 01 Iovod of￿£ vthich wero losvl FÈattsnng p2rtcYmwKQ5 by thp dlwayed dunng the evetrt. Fun<È rais£¥J Tr￿ Ch￿1 al￿ llluNn3tson ot from thè Inniativè wll corrtIn￿ 10 Star5, e¥Etrt rasèd vrral l￿dS for th2 ￿pr￿rt bèrÈ2vemoni sorwce5 3tKI pJtient tharty. re piogrammos_ FaTh411@* staff, and local communrty m.enthtS gathwod outs1& Eiizaboth Hospltsl tor a deeply emoti￿1 @v@ning. he atmosphere w&s one of warnith and reflection. Séeing my lRAISER PAT STEPHENSONE WALK CHALLENGE E456 In surpM of El.>xI fals￿ torthe 5tsff ias•Y tt Cherr￿ LMY Heath * w¢IIWThJ BewotL)ry DepaitrnenL CHARITY FOOTBALL M ATCH CHRISTMAS DOt4ATIONS: HuThlied5 Ot gifts. dothiru ar¥J esserrtiats wqr baled through PrtTDatk and Ou￿1￿5 Owistmas Iyal, prDVldlry comfixt to pauffits (I￿r the testtye season. E359.50 ratsed f or t Chorw 03y unFL T¥.. -. STORIES OF DEDICATION KATIE ROGÉkS' AMSTERDAM MARATHON Running fin honour of her mother, who wa5 treated at Queen Elizabeth HoyiL31. Katie raised over £1.570 for Gynae Oncology. Wrthout the incmllble (are my mum received. she vvouldn't be here today.- she shared. BOWMAM coifES' CHARirY FooTB￿L MATCH Bringing together Felling Magwe5 F(x)tball Club and local families Bowman helF*d raise £859,50 for the Chemo Day UnFL 5UPPOrting patients undeigoing carKer treatmenL 1¢ PAT STEPHENSON'S WPIK CH￿L£NGE At 82 years old. Pat walked over 50 Tniles in four week5 in memory of her late husband. raising nearty £1.ofM) for the Respiratory Fund. li TRUSTEES, REPORT lyalesPiead Hpallh NHS FourKl4tiort Tiust acts as Ihe C￿Porate trustee foi G•te5head Ae41th NHS Faurtd31iOrt Trust Cl￿1[￿able FUNI. Tho Fiinds 8fe ?dmini£l¢ied by a Comtllittoe knowii P5 the tharrtablo F unds coMm￿ee which meets qvarterty wrth olhu meebfft95 convened pg ancl when Dece550ry, Iklyfflbw5 91 th8 TTu¥I 8oaid are remuD8raled by Ihe NHS tri15t intr Cornmittee rDÈmbèrs ièee+ve rem￿neralIDn or expeDSeS ITOM Ihè t￿11ty. Mambership ol tF* T￿$1 thrim￿houl 2024r2025 was as lo11￿￿1s.. s Martho11 Cb*r AT fvlikÈ kobs(pn- Vice CDwr. Senior IndeP￿de15* Diredor uo 20 June 20241 and Chait ol Cbaritoble FwKIs eomrrtjiièè (10 Oclober 2024) klrs TrtKlbe Oavle Group ch￿ Éxè¢ul I)ep￿ty Chief E¥etulbrtl Group Chl81 Nur Group Medical Diieclor18ppoirte(l Jyly 2924) mètl￿al Direthi SITaieglc Rel8tiQns I￿pOIn10¢ JLhly 2024) fjrt￿p Chièl 0pè(atsi￿ Offl¢ef Ditèthr 0¢ Flnan( Dr Glllan FmcFI6y' Dr Ftéwèy Mr NP￿ Hpifort Firt8n¢é (frty￿ Jantsary to hlarch 2025) Mrs A v￿Tr8 Group tknèdor of Peoplts and OrgaThsats'onal Develwrnert MtÈ Parkèrt NO￿Execu*￿e D5redo¢ And Chalr of char￿able Funds. ¢ommiiiÈe (IN)M Ociob812024> Mi Moffal NoTrE¥E¢iilwe thrÈctOf Mts AnAa Stablèr NoTrExecutive Dtredot Ito O¢lu￿1 2024> NoTrllExecirtYve Tr"reth I ¢h*r (fvwi July 2024> Mr M Hedley N¢tbeXty¢ts￿ty 0*r#tt￿ I Independerbl ￿refjt￿ J&y 2024) D4lrA &8mp￿. NotvExÈeiilkvè th'rector Dr Getry NvTFEx¢¢utr￿e Ditècl￿ {froln Decerythr 20241 'Mem￿r ol Ihe (￿a￿tal* Funds CorhfftlttéÈ AII Pollcles èftd procedui8s ol the Trust to tr* cibaiily 12 ANKERS: Lltyds BpDk PLC si sire Gslesnead NE8 IDP AUDITOP: RobsonlakA8T AGwntsnts Llmitod FeMW9￿ House Fe1ftwo￿l Road Newfyislle Upon TyTh NE2 1TJ ZMVE5TMENT AnVIS¢RS: CCLA Sen?lor House 8$ tsuÈÈJl V1¢tOi￿ Slreel London EC4V 4Er ia Structure, Govemance and Managemènl of the Charitable Funds GthtÈsh&￿ H&allh NHS FI￿ndatIon fw51 Cljaritsblè forffled on 111 Apnl 2Q01 ltrllowing Ihe w9er of fj4teshead Hospitals NHS Trust cbafitFtyp. tunfl ( IlJ55236) afid Gotesbesd HpalkheaiE Trust ttsanlable fund110618Q8), 11 w35 named Gates￿￿￿ HeBllh Nl.IS YrLtst ￿laril￿Ne furHS up 10 hpnl 200$ wllthl lh& liame changed lo mirrw UTrÈ Fout)dalion Trusl st&lus 9alnpd by the Tru5l. A t)èdaiatlon ol Tiust W53 Drt 5tv Ma(th 1997 glvlng thp Trv51Èè OVÈtall rèsponsibillty loi prO(lUd￿n ¢1 tl* Anniol Rwil and siat&mÈnts in gccordance Véth applK4ibk w ohd t4ulations. Follwrig NHS oryanlsational changes ￿ l Aprl 21)02 Som¢ ol thè ￿TriCeS opeFaled by Ga1È5hea¢Y Haakn NHS TrFJ51 transfe¥red to Gal•shead Pflmary Care Fiusl 8nd &ulh tsl TY￿ ana W￿￿￿KIe Men1* HeBllh trusL The charity Still holts some of the Assoclatfrd I￿￿d3 bLtt P5 Ihey I?￿e$Èn1 ièss than EIO.000 It 15 noi rotomtllended thai a separaie th?rty IS GTe*ed to 3¢1mJni%téi Ihese funds. Incom¢ 15 Dol rec¥ivE¢ IDr lunOs1neiefore on the ttuiiÈnl balaDce6 have been 5penl Ibp FU[￿S ¥AII ctose. Th&s is ID lirke wrttr IhÈ f II¥EJ thathy. &Jrporaie Truslee ts G8¢esTr￿ll(l Hed*lllb NHS Foundalbon TTbJ5t and tbe oxèculttta thr￿0￿¥ aTKI thp nofTr-PXgCUtNe diièciors of the Tnjsl Board shpie tÈsport*blkty io ¢Y￿re Ihwl Ftwr&dalloil Tiust luifils its as CorpgT#te Tn&slÈè ift rÈsp8cl of the managomènl of Ihe chaTiak4e lurKIs. 8oaid dr Ga18sho•J Heallh NHS Fowidal%Jn Ytusl ￿hall ol the corFX)ralp I1￿51￿￿ Ids delL4Jat¥td tsio I￿ponsIbl￿tY lo manage IhÈ t*aiilable fufKls to Ilio ch3ntsble lunds commlllee. Tho OirethTri ol Slrategy arid TranSf￿all9￿ is IViPtsfl$ik]lè foi Ihè Qay.tothy rklla9errtéNt and ¢(jntr￿ ol Ihe 8dmjnlstrgtion ol thè thanlable lurwjs, Thp DiredDr ol SlralÉgy arKI Tiansformotiw hès Parti¢tslar tosponsibllity lor e03UtIll9 lh* the 51b)di￿￿ TB I aGGordBfjGe wtlh lh¢ ObJ*lNeS ol the chailty, The chBtitable. fund5 1% in plac8 10 o¥ei%Y the w￿k to a(fvls& or the DI￿115T of Stratèyw ano Trartsl(Jrmalion, In •ddllion Ibe Gotnm•lle& i8vI￿¥S Ihe perfO￿a￿V ¢* th¢ irllfesltrtènls and 8nsures the I￿ve5#￿E￿I tyl ti* funds Is ethlcal comp8bt* Valth the ol¥'ectTve of impro¥iry heallh. IhSlhln i#)drrt¥ ar8 a nurnbw of eaimarked <(Se5rynalÈd) funds felatln9 Ip p?rtiGylar viAt¢Es no dÉtpartmenEs. The chartty rrtar¥agèS sp8ftaiAg Ihrougl) thpBrtmenl•l Iiind managÈ¢S. Chafil8ble Fund Si9nattitiè4 cali expendiluie lip to £2.50D. ￿Xp￿r￿lt￿r* (Dver £2.￿￿0 is lo IhÈ Chaliiatle Funds Sub Grpup wjlh arty ¥XPQIKJiiwe ab)vc £1 Q.WQ ttMSideri¥tt by tho Charil8Dle Fill￿5 ¢tsffiTrwtt¢è ltsr apwoval. PubliG Bvnefit Statgmènt ThD TrLrtèe17as had fe9ard lo Èh8Pity eommlssion gtsklance pvbkn ￿h￿rI1. Alk our charrta￿e a￿1¥￿.¢$ foc￿ on the advan¢¢ment d Iwallb and the 55JVLn8 ot |ivgF. Otsr rhain aelivitks alm to providp 5uPWrt by ptttrbancing patienl¥' 51oy5. SUPPtrrtir¥ 51th ar provKling SUF¥nrt for M￿1￿￿1 projects. Funber ttelails ran I0￿r￿1 v411hlfi Ih 'SlrBle9tG Obfttbws aiitl Acliyities. ol Ihls reF￿rt. 14 Th8 undertakn thls year can bè l(wrtd ikn the 'R¢view of Ihe Finances. Adwilies. A(*￿￿￿￿￿rrts artd PerfwmanGe of Ehe CnarTlablè Fur￿% lion In Ih15 rep￿1. Strat£ol¢ ObJo¢tlves and Actlvrtlos YIE Ch8¥itys obJectr¥8s as tolDWS.- The TTusiee shall thè triJs1 UPC*n trusi10 apoly Iliè ¥rhd al Ibeir disciellon. o f4r 85 may ￿ PLNniissiblÈ, Capiiai ior Bny thafilable PJJiP(JS8 Of PutT)oses Fekljng to thè Nalton3] Health Se￿ICe wholty 01 thainly lor the Sery￿e Pf￿¢ supp(￿ by Ibe lollr)VM9 mèan$.'_ Pèllenls EApÈndllvre- PurthksÈ Èqulwl￿I pfovis6Dn of goods ot $etvi¢es 1¢ enhaoce 4 pèI*Bnt's stay. St4V ExpeTrdlturn - SuFJpDrl Ipr tr&iTr4ng 8nd devel0F￿￿￿l. Iryo%ryn9 slatt fadlsli¢$ #nd *rvices. Capiial EqulpmoDt- E4uipmpnl a(l¢JitloD lo Ilial normaly by ihe Twst, Medlcal RèsèarGh_ To Prov￿$￿ ¥upport loi rhÈdtsl tP5e4r¢h proje¢t& Rolatlonsli Ips wlth Related PartioslExtsrnal Bodles ¢a*eshead He8llh NHS Chaiilabll Furid Wu￿5 cbsety with Galeshead l.lèaNh NPIS FoL￿d8￿0>￿ Tru51. Ne8rty all ol ihè Èxi)èr￿￿YIe lo Pfovide seryKfsS &nd facih'tl8s to Ih7'S Ql9anis&lion ￿ mÈttibÈis tsl rts slaff, cr¢sE IlnkE xre pl¥0 m3iDtsinod ￿ thÈ WomÈn's DetectioTr S£￿1￿ty Ihè RVS. Thr% CliÉritable aGkfjowled9es these tsnk5 ￿ I1￿ pvefall pTgVi5ion ol GhaKitablL' S￿pp lo relalècl Iieallh wovlston ol our paijents. 15 R¢¥l¢w ol tho Flnancps, Acllvltlos, Ach6*vernents Perftsrmèh¢è ol thé Charitsble Funds The CPwrty slariètl Ilie Par vAlh nÈl atsEI5 VakI￿ al t2.49S.341 Q024. £2.337.859). The y8ar ht15 beÉffj a¢live WJIO ts)lal 8ypendili¥e 01 £185,53512024. £261.568). In(ome tÉcolved of E3W 002 (2024.. £331,431) ig an inerèa&è ol £54,$71 on I1￿ Pftvious fin￿￿1?¥ ye?r. Thf bErLeh'led Iiiwrt É103.8JO {2024. È111,9841 ol le9acy iocome in Ihè ye&r o iedvcllon of E8. 1S4 inore85e in d4)nglion¥ 0128.415 Its El81.43J 12024,. È1S3.0181. in￿. W*3S zeto in Ihè ¥èar_ Unra4tourabl8 markel c(Thht¥M% have resLlted in an ￿￿￿3115￿ kn35 on Inv￿M￿N$ ol 42,97312024. £91.619 gain). Yhè corrrnittee on beliaff of Ihe Chaiiiy tt)ntsnuEg ID closely monlt4>r Ihe investiiieiils al￿9 With advlsors IrtslTI CCLA lrtvÈstsnèhl Manatsèm8nl. An 0¥￿￿￿11 r•￿ decrease ￿ ch¥iilable funds of £142.408 (2024. in£*y¥tsp itt of £181.de21 h3s be8n 1ÈCotd￿. Fynd5 WEre Oil" Mettbr41 rÈYèÈTth Stall tr4itlill9 onol wffjllbeing OItrLer med[￿1 eqiiiiyijeiit and fix￿rÈS Iit15ngS Mzryw smalei rfems wpI￿ pur(*Ase¢. (rf wthith ¢onliibut￿ grèèiiy io the well￿e palièrtts ￿aff_ Aclmlt>iSti3Vfjn fees in ihe year fiave Fncreosed to £ 111,fj3512024" £103,432). Lyuè lo slaN￿￿ ao51& 4nd Ihclè¥￿Id audit & SubSC(IPliOfj lees. The Chanly does rhut dirKtly Efnplt>y 911y Ify3Q7DWS o15taff. The seryice5 by the ¢hirtY afÈ emplÈl assels 01 £2,3SS,935 {2024, £2.499.341>. 16 R¢s¢rYg5 PolScy A form?1 Reseives PC>liCy wa$ estaèli5hed In DeG8mbw 2014 artd ik ttyiiewp Ihv U linaDcial ststemeDts gie required by to give 3 truE ènd lèir vl*tt of the slale aff¥u9 f ihè thdrrty ol me e¥¢e$s ol expendilure over income loff thtyi p￿7*d. In PrÈPaI￿Va Ih&se f￿an¢￿ %latemeT4$. geTrpralty piattlcè 0nl&15 tn tr4t3t￿.. ètects Suilablo accounliry PDTK4"es ?Dd Ihen wply ¢OtiSiStért11y,' ma%og ityfflents eslknate$ Ihal Plu(Jéni.' 5t4res whÈthÈt appbtA￿& UK Act￿￿ling siailOart¥ aThl ltrp StBlpThprt gr Rècom¢￿¢￿led ￿aCtIce n8ve been folPo4*e(l. SL&bjèGt to arty dopartuies ¢ltycloged and explaiiled in thÈ firlantsal ststL)méThts. 51É185 whÈlhcir Ihts fwianCiaT slolpwenls Mrnpty wlth Ih? tTUS1 deèd. ÈLEblÈet lo .maleD?I d¢partyies dI￿10*d atKÈ èXplaIrt￿ irt ihÈ fitUrKthI slal&iicn19. 8nd ep43ies the linahtial Slat￿￿ntS OD tne golng cryice¥n basis unle5S it 1rt3ppftspdèl 10 kxw.ome ihai the tharrty will CC+nlinLtp iii busmess. ThÉ• tiv¥l* Is lQ4vii￿l to xt In aCCor(OaTh￿ yrtlh Iho Irusl deed ol Ihe Iha¥liy. 71Alh1￿ Ihè fi8llE¥￿rk DI IrU51 law. 11 ts IÈSPOttSible loi keewn9 accourbling Terntds. 3ufTrt4éiil10, Fsck>so ?1 afjy *ffte, wilh feA%on3ble 4c¢uracy. thè fthafitsal poslllon of Ihe charrlv #Jt Ihal li￿￿. afKI to Ènablè thè trLtslee lo enswo thal_ wt*fP 5Jny $tstemenl¥ of acroun15 afB ljv them und¢Tf sedion 132<1) d the Ch31iltés Acl 2lJ I l. U)ose statements of atrOu#ls rJ)mply Wilb Itr￿ ieq1ilr￿P￿ls ol re9Ula1￿ftS under thal prbvi&Dn. Thè IluÈiee h 9eneF¥I respon5tbilaty fDr taking Such StsF6 as reasonably opep lo Ihem to $gle9UBrd the ssths Ihe rjaaity ar￿ ts> prevenl and delecl Iraud èrtd olh¢r IttÈ9uIat￿ts¥. Tho trLtste4 ts r8spoTr￿tIft lor the fflawlenonce fflteg(ty (Q thÈ t￿￿e￿al è41d Otrier jnformHlion IrtIL￿1Èd thè chaftty's ￿￿bs41È. Legtslalion in ltre UK govemirwJ the pa¥l￿On and dlssemiiiRI'1(￿D of sl9tetr￿rtts ffièy di14Èr In other jurisdicli(bnB. 18 INDÉPENDENT AUDrroR'S REPORT TO THE TRUSTEES OF GATESHEAD HEALTH NHS FOUNDATION TRUST CHARITABLE FUND Oplnlon rkJvé atNliièd firtkncial 5l&lÉ¥nenls ol Galethead HeaNh FotsttdÈliOh Tr￿1 ¢hBriIRble Fyn¢ for iho ye81 eno8d 31 Malth 2025 vknith GomtKise ih2 Statfjmcffl ol Flnaiitsal Atbvrtie5. thp B*nce Sheel, Cash Flow SLIlEIMÉ•nl rÈlalèd I 19 13, nLludFng a summ4ry of 3gnjlic8ot accountiiig polFtiéS. The fingnciil reporDn9 fromevKJrk Ib3L ha$ In thèir PTPP￿3IfOn is ?ppkBble low and Ur}rt4￿?￿lio(NM A¢¢ourJti Sland4rth (Uniied KIng0￿M Generalty Atttpted A¢￿tIn11n9 Pf4ctrce) Includmg F R8 f 02 "Thb Financtr*l Rèptsrtl￿ 5tand4nJ W￿1c￿bIe in Ihe UK ano Rgpubjic ol liÈlantr. In our OPTrnk>rt ihÈ hn3n¢ipl ¥l*menls: glve a trtse ahd 14ri VIÈW of Ihe ty41¢ of Il* ¢horiVS allws as at Si Marth 2025 Ond ol EÈ5 in¢Dmin9 resoorc¢$ ar)rl aFPlicalltsii of rÈSourreg. for the year e[￿ed,. trave bctD PioW4Tly s)rÈpared in 3ccordaDCQ *1lb Unrted Klwdom GerA3¥a ALrepled Acwunting Praciice. t)een prgpafed in aCLoidants wilh th￿ tequiternents ol Ihe Ch&fiiies Aci 2011. Bxls for oplrtloh 114¢p cormducleé our au¢lit Jn wilh siano￿a$ on AudltiTrg IVK} ¢ISq$ {UKTrI and 3ppIKgble law. Our respoi?Sibilili41S u17dgi ihos0 slarkdard4 are furlher dewibod in Ihe Al￿1101 $ i (kSPtsr15ibilrtEès the oudil of the fiTrènDal st&lomértts sÈttitsn ol rept)rt bèl¢>w. Vle ¥re irKlependeni (4 Charily In aecOid3nce Vilth Ihe eth￿￿1 requ&Yemonis Ib are r￿É￿dknl to our a￿￿11 ol the finBncio1 st8lempJi¢s in the U K. ir￿U￿1￿ IhÈ FRC'S EthFrgF $14gtsd?rd eJrKI have lulf4ed ow olhèr Èthtsl iespon*ihbes kn aCCord￿ce wlth th*sè requltthÈrlt5. WÈ be￿2ve Ihal thp ¥udll evldence we hav8 obtaifjèd ts sulf￿￿1 s￿$ 4pprgpTl*e to provlde. b8sis opinitstl. Concluslons relaiing to o*lng ¢oThw ID 4vdllifj9 li￿anCial stalÈmÈnts. hÈve Con(*￿ed ihal the trustees, use ol Ihè g¢JitsQ tsrtrtÈrn bas￿ of afKCWDling in the wepaiaiion ol Ihè Iin3llCi315t6ieffiétrnls 1% 3ppropriDte. Based Ihe vMrK we have pwlormed. Ivè havè not thnllfied aDy mBler4I1 ufjcenahfih4>S relallng to Or ¢Ond[ty￿¥th th31, Inoiyidviilly Qr ¢(plle¢tsvoty. niay casi 5ignifittBnk doubt on the chprity's aNity to conlinue as a ytsil¥J COnQÈrn ft* Yé pefiod of * kasl 12 months from whèn IhÈ finan¢1￿1 we a￿th￿rIsed for iSStIÈ. Our IèSPtsrkSibihl•ES the re¥Ic￿sIblbI￿S ol Ihè tlus1Èè5 Wrth tysp¢rJ tQ 9oing corL¢ern afe; desciltFÈd in uiè r¥lBv4Tht of thi5 report. Olhèr SnfamiAtlon The olhEY inf¢rm*ion ctknPri5eS the IntOirnal•On IncMideiJ tyi tlie Trustee's Rel￿ and Finartcial $4<11￿men1s. ￿h￿r Ilian ihEr financial $latemeiils and our auth'tor's report IlwÈon, The tr￿teeS afe respoDsible lor Ihe othpt infoimatson. Ovr OF￿￿1￿￿ on th¢ firtarleial slatèrnents doès not cover Ihe olhei ifTrfoTmatiDn ar¥J vffj 45ts not ÈXPrèS$ any foim ol asstsrance co￿l￿s1on Ihereon, In wilh our aLKlil tst thè firtÈnCial slaltmènls, ow rosponslbilliy Is to (ea%1 the othel irilyrmalitirt antl. In d4Jlng SO. COIV&4dÈr whether Ihe othei Inft)￿n?1M)n is materiylly kntbnSiÈtÈnl th Ihè I￿arIC￿l slaltnwils ￿ our knowled9e obt8ined in the pudit or othep4Yi5È 3PF*ar¥ lo be m8teri2lly ry￿$￿t￿lÉYl.1v WE Ideritify Sy¢li nialts¢ial li￿On$￿t￿nCle$ N appar8nt mateij81 mi5s1AtelT￿l￿. WÈ ale lÈqui¥td lo dclorillino wbe¢heT thefe Is a VDDleDal mi6518tempnl in Ih finartcial stalemÉpnls or a materla misslalemont of Ibe ott￿[ iDform8liork, 11. b*se(1 grk Ill Wtsyk wo Iiave perf￿rned". we conclt¥Je th81 Ihwe is 8 m*en01 mk5StstEth¢ttt ￿ Ihtr otthr Infoim*b)n, are iequifed to feport Ihat laGL W* ha¥È ttotliiny to fèport th Ihis règard. tt¢I6 on whl¢h we are fpqulrèd to roport ty •xcoptlon We have no¢hiTI9 to r£pprt Ipspe¢l ol thÈ toMo￿[￿j ma11ers 4vhere the Chafrties IAcGounl¥ RppwlF} R¢gLttsiw)tss 20OB ttytsirè ￿ lo ceport lo you il, In our oprnion,, the 1nloirrt3kn0tt yt4*èn fruslees" Annual Report Is Inconslstsnl in ¥ny m#t£rl81 respgtx vhtli finanual sl8lement5'. or accDuTrliry reGord5 hol b88n k80.' or In8 fnaneial siatsmenis ￿e In 89feenpwl Y￿1h ihe r8eotth reliiTrb5,' or havè nol feCei*(pd all Ihy and e¥pl8natlonS v* tpquife tor èLTrdit. R*spon6ibllbtlès ol tnisI￿S As expl8ined m¢r¢ fijly irt IhÈ. Sl*Èrt)Rrtl oy IhÈ Corporalo Trtsstoe's rBspoDsibilitles I fe5pBci ol the anrtual ièpori and iiitt fifiancial ¥talerybents * oyi on p8ge B, tht trw5tso5 r*SptyrtSibSÈ thè prÈparat1￿i ol Ihe finaTrcial slwtements 01￿ tor k%in9 sal￿1*6 that they a IT￿e and fair vie4Y. and for 5uiuf#nce k5 a hwjh level of assu[￿)¢￿, is tttst a gu4ra7nte¢ thai On atldrt condvcied in aco)foanrts wth ISAS ￿7]1 dete0* ? rn8terial m¥￿talen)e£ll whurl It Qxlsts. Misstalèrnenls can snse ETQffl or Ior dnd dtÈ eOnSidEred mplerial if, IndlvKlually or li) Ihe agorÈtyatK3. Ihey could re36on￿bty be expeciedlg inlliiefi¢e Ime ettintsryEi¢ deci510n5 of u5efS laken on the basi& Ih nclal Statsma￿S. Iwlgrftlg5. Includln9 Irou6 IFre9ul8Nies, 17cl￿dI￿ frattrd, arè iri$13nce5 of ￿D￿￿nI￿1￿1ir.V wrth14ov5 ffegulaiiNs. Wo db$iJii pr(K£du￿5 in lirbe with our respor￿ts1￿0$. oiAlmed abovo. lo ¢*I￿1￿È0tha￿rtI$$. includin9 froud. T17e extenl lo whlth our pr(poÈduTBS are GBPBble ol fleleclin9 Irregularilles. thclAJdmg fra￿£1 is (￿lled belpw. The of material mlsslalement to Ira￿1 h¥s l>oert In ￿nILt￿CtIon Whlh Flow knlèlnal Cthitrols may miliqaie such rlsk. Tnese coniiots are iÉ¥Tthed as part ol Ihè dil by perforffj1￿g systems walk11iiotsghs tts eI*5ure they operptiry efecllvely. Olb SkJbslanlpiÈ k51ir7y 15 4150 perf4)rme4 w all rn&1enal balances and th&t￿orè aty iiiÈlaA¢ts rbTrn-Th7(nJ)Ib3nce shotsld ￿ i¢lL'iilillèd èt Gonsidered as 1n5i9nifi￿n1. A fvrther d8Kiiplthi ol iÉlSpDn51bT'lrties lor Ihe ol *he f￿81￿1 5ts1ernenls Is lort armj foi no other PUryKb5e. To Ibe fullesl exlent PQfThitted by law¢. wè do ot 3Dtspl Or a5SLFTnÈ ièsptsrtslbility lo anyone olhei IhÈbn the Chariiy anol Ibe chamy's trusiÈ8s as è tX)ty, for our auOtI woik. for this Tepwt, or lof Ihp opinion5 hwe *oithed. 30 January 2026 Mithaol Thomas lkn(8n 8A FCA {SenKK S181ulory Audrtot) for an on beh8lt Df Rob5Dll LAidl¢T ApxcwDiaDls Lvnilèd swJIDry Au¢llDT F￿VID0d HDusp JpBmDDd NewGpsiFe Vpw Tyrb NE2 ITJ RObsE>rb-L￿ltyl ID aol as In lorms ol seclion 1272 of Ihe CofflpaDies Acf 22 nl 8t4•tw•ttl ol FI￿￿¢￿ A¢llwlli** Its* th* y*u 31 2025 ?tr AD J7J )1 aL)* ty,1$ 1.5 iur Ib7AIZ lJJ7 Kris Mackenzie Group Director of Finance 28 January 2026 caih Flow $tth•nt lor y•4r •n•J•d 31si Mbr¢h 202S In *ur4t H*E IMkTb othkornlht iTrvi.z 5,2)0.17 J 20241 *.• ￿MI 27 IthNHSF un Tf 241 IT ¢SO>.i#iJ tj FI¥￿￿ I Gwr•ftt ravkAt 1.31L07B 'r 1¢ harf 2024125 vl Iw•rPF￿ Y•v Jlkt I Grw 4NI 17,fJ 15 *•1¥ ¢i*.v li# IIM I*J.7BI i&J 114l¥iJ Tr I AtCOLtn . Jlit a ¥J i￿> wsj 7.T 07.12B FIBNf 4y Lw* 7J st.￿* ,ip+ •yiJ ij 31 1*a( l?l¥J fl SITJ 2<5S4 Jt?41 iu alth N Ch IN52 r¥J IwJ+ *y k4 In ij.41lJ Je YTL ,Ipl *b.iry *zi IPY4 Ih 1¥20 Tvul 25 29 riJz.¥SO) .137 154 1142,Tr$5) 1121 *JE JI 049.514 14L5JL4 1?. Irv .lJ7.iy 1.71MSA17J 1?2J44 GATESHEAD HEALTH CHARITY GATESHEAD HEALTH NHS FOUNDATION TRUST CHARITABLE FUND Trustees. Report and Financial Statements 31 March 2025 egistered chayity No: 1086145 Addro55: Queen Elizabeth Hospltal. 5herFff Tr1511. Gateshead, Tyt* 4Dd We4T, NE9 65X relephone: 0191482 001)0 CONTENTS PAGE TNstees' report Statement of Corporate TTUStees' Responsibilities in respect of the Trustees, annual report and the financial staternent 18 Independent auditor's report to the Trustee of Gateshead Health NHS Fovodation Trust Charitable Fund 19 Statement of linancial activitie5 23 Balance sheet 24 Cash flow 5tatemtnt 25 Note5 26 GATESHEAD HEALTH CHARITY GATESHEAD HEALTH CHARITY CHARITY ACTIVITY REPORT APRIL 2024 - MARCH 2025 FOREWORD FROM THE CHAIR OF THE CHARrrY COMMIThEE It Is Vrilh greai AKh as the kn*JJat(¥y1112art Fafiure lknit av that I pre￿1 ths bwht Iclwthw Ihttwh lTri e Ixst-th￿r C7aietheaO I￿lt Up A Life, H<h Chanty A(tMty PÈFyJrL tthttrètsvs cupcrdte SL￿￿)rt￿lS huh*Jhting Fla￿y an essents¥ eTthbkny IhE+ I￿rthb10 prcorw rt W¥> Pai st￿n￿￿& YJ and ¢tharwJe mdL) vrdlkj.ro tt*kfigo. IlrAw5 nrnif4 ow Char￿ ha5 Iho 14fFtsiL*rthrn M￿ath￿ In h(x>tv of hor (y￿ Iho past y. A5 *XM*r or the Fekng ma￿05 ¥￿tts￿lI Club tr￿￿ nally ￿￿ted Ctr*ir ol the Charrty (harry matth olery effort heltth us go CcffirNttcE l to tth a rr#ynont to two wto1 NIIS tan FXO**: ckrwtxl3e wLYt ot Miko R¢kn￿, ￿ prpdÉCEAM. vknc6e Lojktsng ahts3d io2025. ort•tDJ5 ancl leatkY5hp trk1￿ tth In Shap￿9 p&ns to furthw onhatbro htsiFthJrÈ wc￿•[￿ Ihe swtEs, l h￿c￿L¥3 to fMJL¥SÈ [kit￿ts (￿1 artl zb Icw•Mrr5 hs1(¥wand bu*J qxi su¥JyJ v4hai the NHS atKI 1￿Jn[jat￿￿ l)W esLItI.rth. our [D[nn￿nffjy We Th2 p* par has soÈn Gat￿d He*th rtnÉ¥thiFs, strwgthen gafl Chyit¥ QK) trw to Stierijih rthi1r￿ aryj ￿ppryt kygfrxalo kkè 112 txopcts and a¥iarcffig the Glwt N A dedl&Tled othd£k)r 5Pa(é for patsofits neoclrwj safe and ￿{r￿Tr9 ormrotwnont artKularty bwèfioJI f or 5rroko. oTh*nu3, ([rt￿lI car paments. Tro wa5 SUPFV)rted by Gat**aJ Hoallh Clunty and offtoalty ty thè LOt&L*ts*nant t of Tynp and WÈ￿. .4X STAFF RESPITE PAIJ( (Opened Ortober 2024) CoincdiTrg vrith Wthvld Mental Health Day. this 5paio w￿ldeS a tranryil rotreai for NHS stth. worr<)wryJ mental ￿•¢th re5iliprKe. Thi5 wden serves as both a rThpmorial to th5￿0 place ol solxe stafl aThJ families, O￿nthQ ceremony fr*f the Stsff ROWrte Park at Gateshead He31th* Ou￿n El￿ab￿h Hospttal was a he*fott otcasion led by Trudle Davles G3t¥head Health NHS Foundation Tru5V5 CE0. A SPACE FOR REFLECTION AND REMEMBRANCE Thjs Pfovldes a ￿aCeful retfÈat whLYe staff ca) tpflKt, rechanje. find solxè. It wa5 devolowl • a ie¥ortsè lo the growiThJ f omotttsn31 supp¢xt among hèalthrare workeis aD¢J vwll serve & an ffigolng tritxrtp to those who dÈdit4to thpir Iivos to (arlrbg tor othÈ garden Is Just a space -1115 a message. A message that we (ate aLK)ut our rtaff. that we acknowledge the Incredible (hallenges they face. and that we are commltted to thelr wellbelng.- said Trudlè Davi es. LIGHT UP A UFE EVEKr (November 2024) HE4d (Krtth Ellzalth Hwtal. Atte(￿@@5 the opportunity to thls rn¢MrrfJ e4pnt btDLxJht tO9Èthor purchase munory stars Inscnbod Wth famll4 stsff. and residonts to rèrhoffl￿f the n¥ne5 01 Iovod of￿£ vthich wero losvl FÈattsnng p2rtcYmwKQ5 by thp dlwayed dunng the evetrt. Fun<È rais£¥J Tr￿ Ch￿1 al￿ llluNn3tson ot from thè Inniativè wll corrtIn￿ 10 Star5, e¥Etrt rasèd vrral l￿dS for th2 ￿pr￿rt bèrÈ2vemoni sorwce5 3tKI pJtient tharty. re piogrammos_ FaTh411@* staff, and local communrty m.enthtS gathwod outs1& Eiizaboth Hospltsl tor a deeply emoti￿1 @v@ning. he atmosphere w&s one of warnith and reflection. Séeing my lRAISER PAT STEPHENSONE WALK CHALLENGE E456 In surpM of El.>xI fals￿ torthe 5tsff ias•Y tt Cherr￿ LMY Heath * w¢IIWThJ BewotL)ry DepaitrnenL CHARITY FOOTBALL M ATCH CHRISTMAS DOt4ATIONS: HuThlied5 Ot gifts. dothiru ar¥J esserrtiats wqr baled through PrtTDatk and Ou￿1￿5 Owistmas Iyal, prDVldlry comfixt to pauffits (I￿r the testtye season. E359.50 ratsed f or t Chorw 03y unFL T¥.. -. STORIES OF DEDICATION KATIE ROGÉkS' AMSTERDAM MARATHON Running fin honour of her mother, who wa5 treated at Queen Elizabeth HoyiL31. Katie raised over £1.570 for Gynae Oncology. Wrthout the incmllble (are my mum received. she vvouldn't be here today.- she shared. BOWMAM coifES' CHARirY FooTB￿L MATCH Bringing together Felling Magwe5 F(x)tball Club and local families Bowman helF*d raise £859,50 for the Chemo Day UnFL 5UPPOrting patients undeigoing carKer treatmenL 1¢ PAT STEPHENSON'S WPIK CH￿L£NGE At 82 years old. Pat walked over 50 Tniles in four week5 in memory of her late husband. raising nearty £1.ofM) for the Respiratory Fund. li TRUSTEES, REPORT lyalesPiead Hpallh NHS FourKl4tiort Tiust acts as Ihe C￿Porate trustee foi G•te5head Ae41th NHS Faurtd31iOrt Trust Cl￿1[￿able FUNI. Tho Fiinds 8fe ?dmini£l¢ied by a Comtllittoe knowii P5 the tharrtablo F unds coMm￿ee which meets qvarterty wrth olhu meebfft95 convened pg ancl when Dece550ry, Iklyfflbw5 91 th8 TTu¥I 8oaid are remuD8raled by Ihe NHS tri15t intr Cornmittee rDÈmbèrs ièee+ve rem￿neralIDn or expeDSeS ITOM Ihè t￿11ty. Mambership ol tF* T￿$1 thrim￿houl 2024r2025 was as lo11￿￿1s.. s Martho11 Cb*r AT fvlikÈ kobs(pn- Vice CDwr. Senior IndeP￿de15* Diredor uo 20 June 20241 and Chait ol Cbaritoble FwKIs eomrrtjiièè (10 Oclober 2024) klrs TrtKlbe Oavle Group ch￿ Éxè¢ul I)ep￿ty Chief E¥etulbrtl Group Chl81 Nur Group Medical Diieclor18ppoirte(l Jyly 2924) mètl￿al Direthi SITaieglc Rel8tiQns I￿pOIn10¢ JLhly 2024) fjrt￿p Chièl 0pè(atsi￿ Offl¢ef Ditèthr 0¢ Flnan( Dr Glllan FmcFI6y' Dr Ftéwèy Mr NP￿ Hpifort Firt8n¢é (frty￿ Jantsary to hlarch 2025) Mrs A v￿Tr8 Group tknèdor of Peoplts and OrgaThsats'onal Develwrnert MtÈ Parkèrt NO￿Execu*￿e D5redo¢ And Chalr of char￿able Funds. ¢ommiiiÈe (IN)M Ociob812024> Mi Moffal NoTrE¥E¢iilwe thrÈctOf Mts AnAa Stablèr NoTrExecutive Dtredot Ito O¢lu￿1 2024> NoTrllExecirtYve Tr"reth I ¢h*r (fvwi July 2024> Mr M Hedley N¢tbeXty¢ts￿ty 0*r#tt￿ I Independerbl ￿refjt￿ J&y 2024) D4lrA &8mp￿. NotvExÈeiilkvè th'rector Dr Getry NvTFEx¢¢utr￿e Ditècl￿ {froln Decerythr 20241 'Mem￿r ol Ihe (￿a￿tal* Funds CorhfftlttéÈ AII Pollcles èftd procedui8s ol the Trust to tr* cibaiily 12 ANKERS: Lltyds BpDk PLC si sire Gslesnead NE8 IDP AUDITOP: RobsonlakA8T AGwntsnts Llmitod FeMW9￿ House Fe1ftwo￿l Road Newfyislle Upon TyTh NE2 1TJ ZMVE5TMENT AnVIS¢RS: CCLA Sen?lor House 8$ tsuÈÈJl V1¢tOi￿ Slreel London EC4V 4Er ia Structure, Govemance and Managemènl of the Charitable Funds GthtÈsh&￿ H&allh NHS FI￿ndatIon fw51 Cljaritsblè forffled on 111 Apnl 2Q01 ltrllowing Ihe w9er of fj4teshead Hospitals NHS Trust cbafitFtyp. tunfl ( IlJ55236) afid Gotesbesd HpalkheaiE Trust ttsanlable fund110618Q8), 11 w35 named Gates￿￿￿ HeBllh Nl.IS YrLtst ￿laril￿Ne furHS up 10 hpnl 200$ wllthl lh& liame changed lo mirrw UTrÈ Fout)dalion Trusl st&lus 9alnpd by the Tru5l. A t)èdaiatlon ol Tiust W53 Drt 5tv Ma(th 1997 glvlng thp Trv51Èè OVÈtall rèsponsibillty loi prO(lUd￿n ¢1 tl* Anniol Rwil and siat&mÈnts in gccordance Véth applK4ibk w ohd t4ulations. Follwrig NHS oryanlsational changes ￿ l Aprl 21)02 Som¢ ol thè ￿TriCeS opeFaled by Ga1È5hea¢Y Haakn NHS TrFJ51 transfe¥red to Gal•shead Pflmary Care Fiusl 8nd &ulh tsl TY￿ ana W￿￿￿KIe Men1* HeBllh trusL The charity Still holts some of the Assoclatfrd I￿￿d3 bLtt P5 Ihey I?￿e$Èn1 ièss than EIO.000 It 15 noi rotomtllended thai a separaie th?rty IS GTe*ed to 3¢1mJni%téi Ihese funds. Incom¢ 15 Dol rec¥ivE¢ IDr lunOs1neiefore on the ttuiiÈnl balaDce6 have been 5penl Ibp FU[￿S ¥AII ctose. Th&s is ID lirke wrttr IhÈ f II¥EJ thathy. &Jrporaie Truslee ts G8¢esTr￿ll(l Hed*lllb NHS Foundalbon TTbJ5t and tbe oxèculttta thr￿0￿¥ aTKI thp nofTr-PXgCUtNe diièciors of the Tnjsl Board shpie tÈsport*blkty io ¢Y￿re Ihwl Ftwr&dalloil Tiust luifils its as CorpgT#te Tn&slÈè ift rÈsp8cl of the managomènl of Ihe chaTiak4e lurKIs. 8oaid dr Ga18sho•J Heallh NHS Fowidal%Jn Ytusl ￿hall ol the corFX)ralp I1￿51￿￿ Ids delL4Jat¥td tsio I￿ponsIbl￿tY lo manage IhÈ t*aiilable fufKls to Ilio ch3ntsble lunds commlllee. Tho OirethTri ol Slrategy arid TranSf￿all9￿ is IViPtsfl$ik]lè foi Ihè Qay.tothy rklla9errtéNt and ¢(jntr￿ ol Ihe 8dmjnlstrgtion ol thè thanlable lurwjs, Thp DiredDr ol SlralÉgy arKI Tiansformotiw hès Parti¢tslar tosponsibllity lor e03UtIll9 lh* the 51b)di￿￿ TB I aGGordBfjGe wtlh lh¢ ObJ*lNeS ol the chailty, The chBtitable. fund5 1% in plac8 10 o¥ei%Y the w￿k to a(fvls& or the DI￿115T of Stratèyw ano Trartsl(Jrmalion, In •ddllion Ibe Gotnm•lle& i8vI￿¥S Ihe perfO￿a￿V ¢* th¢ irllfesltrtènls and 8nsures the I￿ve5#￿E￿I tyl ti* funds Is ethlcal comp8bt* Valth the ol¥'ectTve of impro¥iry heallh. IhSlhln i#)drrt¥ ar8 a nurnbw of eaimarked <(Se5rynalÈd) funds felatln9 Ip p?rtiGylar viAt¢Es no dÉtpartmenEs. The chartty rrtar¥agèS sp8ftaiAg Ihrougl) thpBrtmenl•l Iiind managÈ¢S. Chafil8ble Fund Si9nattitiè4 cali expendiluie lip to £2.50D. ￿Xp￿r￿lt￿r* (Dver £2.￿￿0 is lo IhÈ Chaliiatle Funds Sub Grpup wjlh arty ¥XPQIKJiiwe ab)vc £1 Q.WQ ttMSideri¥tt by tho Charil8Dle Fill￿5 ¢tsffiTrwtt¢è ltsr apwoval. PubliG Bvnefit Statgmènt ThD TrLrtèe17as had fe9ard lo Èh8Pity eommlssion gtsklance pvbkn ￿h￿rI1. Alk our charrta￿e a￿1¥￿.¢$ foc￿ on the advan¢¢ment d Iwallb and the 55JVLn8 ot |ivgF. Otsr rhain aelivitks alm to providp 5uPWrt by ptttrbancing patienl¥' 51oy5. SUPPtrrtir¥ 51th ar provKling SUF¥nrt for M￿1￿￿1 projects. Funber ttelails ran I0￿r￿1 v411hlfi Ih 'SlrBle9tG Obfttbws aiitl Acliyities. ol Ihls reF￿rt. 14 Th8 undertakn thls year can bè l(wrtd ikn the 'R¢view of Ihe Finances. Adwilies. A(*￿￿￿￿￿rrts artd PerfwmanGe of Ehe CnarTlablè Fur￿% lion In Ih15 rep￿1. Strat£ol¢ ObJo¢tlves and Actlvrtlos YIE Ch8¥itys obJectr¥8s as tolDWS.- The TTusiee shall thè triJs1 UPC*n trusi10 apoly Iliè ¥rhd al Ibeir disciellon. o f4r 85 may ￿ PLNniissiblÈ, Capiiai ior Bny thafilable PJJiP(JS8 Of PutT)oses Fekljng to thè Nalton3] Health Se￿ICe wholty 01 thainly lor the Sery￿e Pf￿¢ supp(￿ by Ibe lollr)VM9 mèan$.'_ Pèllenls EApÈndllvre- PurthksÈ Èqulwl￿I pfovis6Dn of goods ot $etvi¢es 1¢ enhaoce 4 pèI*Bnt's stay. St4V ExpeTrdlturn - SuFJpDrl Ipr tr&iTr4ng 8nd devel0F￿￿￿l. Iryo%ryn9 slatt fadlsli¢$ #nd *rvices. Capiial EqulpmoDt- E4uipmpnl a(l¢JitloD lo Ilial normaly by ihe Twst, Medlcal RèsèarGh_ To Prov￿$￿ ¥upport loi rhÈdtsl tP5e4r¢h proje¢t& Rolatlonsli Ips wlth Related PartioslExtsrnal Bodles ¢a*eshead He8llh NHS Chaiilabll Furid Wu￿5 cbsety with Galeshead l.lèaNh NPIS FoL￿d8￿0>￿ Tru51. Ne8rty all ol ihè Èxi)èr￿￿YIe lo Pfovide seryKfsS &nd facih'tl8s to Ih7'S Ql9anis&lion ￿ mÈttibÈis tsl rts slaff, cr¢sE IlnkE xre pl¥0 m3iDtsinod ￿ thÈ WomÈn's DetectioTr S£￿1￿ty Ihè RVS. Thr% CliÉritable aGkfjowled9es these tsnk5 ￿ I1￿ pvefall pTgVi5ion ol GhaKitablL' S￿pp lo relalècl Iieallh wovlston ol our paijents. 15 R¢¥l¢w ol tho Flnancps, Acllvltlos, Ach6*vernents Perftsrmèh¢è ol thé Charitsble Funds The CPwrty slariètl Ilie Par vAlh nÈl atsEI5 VakI￿ al t2.49S.341 Q024. £2.337.859). The y8ar ht15 beÉffj a¢live WJIO ts)lal 8ypendili¥e 01 £185,53512024. £261.568). In(ome tÉcolved of E3W 002 (2024.. £331,431) ig an inerèa&è ol £54,$71 on I1￿ Pftvious fin￿￿1?¥ ye?r. Thf bErLeh'led Iiiwrt É103.8JO {2024. È111,9841 ol le9acy iocome in Ihè ye&r o iedvcllon of E8. 1S4 inore85e in d4)nglion¥ 0128.415 Its El81.43J 12024,. È1S3.0181. in￿. W*3S zeto in Ihè ¥èar_ Unra4tourabl8 markel c(Thht¥M% have resLlted in an ￿￿￿3115￿ kn35 on Inv￿M￿N$ ol 42,97312024. £91.619 gain). Yhè corrrnittee on beliaff of Ihe Chaiiiy tt)ntsnuEg ID closely monlt4>r Ihe investiiieiils al￿9 With advlsors IrtslTI CCLA lrtvÈstsnèhl Manatsèm8nl. An 0¥￿￿￿11 r•￿ decrease ￿ ch¥iilable funds of £142.408 (2024. in£*y¥tsp itt of £181.de21 h3s be8n 1ÈCotd￿. Fynd5 WEre Oil" Mettbr41 rÈYèÈTth Stall tr4itlill9 onol wffjllbeing OItrLer med[￿1 eqiiiiyijeiit and fix￿rÈS Iit15ngS Mzryw smalei rfems wpI￿ pur(*Ase¢. (rf wthith ¢onliibut￿ grèèiiy io the well￿e palièrtts ￿aff_ Aclmlt>iSti3Vfjn fees in ihe year fiave Fncreosed to £ 111,fj3512024" £103,432). Lyuè lo slaN￿￿ ao51& 4nd Ihclè¥￿Id audit & SubSC(IPliOfj lees. The Chanly does rhut dirKtly Efnplt>y 911y Ify3Q7DWS o15taff. The seryice5 by the ¢hirtY afÈ emplÈl assels 01 £2,3SS,935 {2024, £2.499.341>. 16 R¢s¢rYg5 PolScy A form?1 Reseives PC>liCy wa$ estaèli5hed In DeG8mbw 2014 artd ik ttyiiewp Ihv U linaDcial ststemeDts gie required by to give 3 truE ènd lèir vl*tt of the slale aff¥u9 f ihè thdrrty ol me e¥¢e$s ol expendilure over income loff thtyi p￿7*d. In PrÈPaI￿Va Ih&se f￿an¢￿ %latemeT4$. geTrpralty piattlcè 0nl&15 tn tr4t3t￿.. ètects Suilablo accounliry PDTK4"es ?Dd Ihen wply ¢OtiSiStért11y,' ma%og ityfflents eslknate$ Ihal Plu(Jéni.' 5t4res whÈthÈt appbtA￿& UK Act￿￿ling siailOart¥ aThl ltrp StBlpThprt gr Rècom¢￿¢￿led ￿aCtIce n8ve been folPo4*e(l. SL&bjèGt to arty dopartuies ¢ltycloged and explaiiled in thÈ firlantsal ststL)méThts. 51É185 whÈlhcir Ihts fwianCiaT slolpwenls Mrnpty wlth Ih? tTUS1 deèd. ÈLEblÈet lo .maleD?I d¢partyies dI￿10*d atKÈ èXplaIrt￿ irt ihÈ fitUrKthI slal&iicn19. 8nd ep43ies the linahtial Slat￿￿ntS OD tne golng cryice¥n basis unle5S it 1rt3ppftspdèl 10 kxw.ome ihai the tharrty will CC+nlinLtp iii busmess. ThÉ• tiv¥l* Is lQ4vii￿l to xt In aCCor(OaTh￿ yrtlh Iho Irusl deed ol Ihe Iha¥liy. 71Alh1￿ Ihè fi8llE¥￿rk DI IrU51 law. 11 ts IÈSPOttSible loi keewn9 accourbling Terntds. 3ufTrt4éiil10, Fsck>so ?1 afjy *ffte, wilh feA%on3ble 4c¢uracy. thè fthafitsal poslllon of Ihe charrlv #Jt Ihal li￿￿. afKI to Ènablè thè trLtslee lo enswo thal_ wt*fP 5Jny $tstemenl¥ of acroun15 afB ljv them und¢Tf sedion 132<1) d the Ch31iltés Acl 2lJ I l. U)ose statements of atrOu#ls rJ)mply Wilb Itr￿ ieq1ilr￿P￿ls ol re9Ula1￿ftS under thal prbvi&Dn. Thè IluÈiee h 9eneF¥I respon5tbilaty fDr taking Such StsF6 as reasonably opep lo Ihem to $gle9UBrd the ssths Ihe rjaaity ar￿ ts> prevenl and delecl Iraud èrtd olh¢r IttÈ9uIat￿ts¥. Tho trLtste4 ts r8spoTr￿tIft lor the fflawlenonce fflteg(ty (Q thÈ t￿￿e￿al è41d Otrier jnformHlion IrtIL￿1Èd thè chaftty's ￿￿bs41È. Legtslalion in ltre UK govemirwJ the pa¥l￿On and dlssemiiiRI'1(￿D of sl9tetr￿rtts ffièy di14Èr In other jurisdicli(bnB. 18 INDÉPENDENT AUDrroR'S REPORT TO THE TRUSTEES OF GATESHEAD HEALTH NHS FOUNDATION TRUST CHARITABLE FUND Oplnlon rkJvé atNliièd firtkncial 5l&lÉ¥nenls ol Galethead HeaNh FotsttdÈliOh Tr￿1 ¢hBriIRble Fyn¢ for iho ye81 eno8d 31 Malth 2025 vknith GomtKise ih2 Statfjmcffl ol Flnaiitsal Atbvrtie5. thp B*nce Sheel, Cash Flow SLIlEIMÉ•nl rÈlalèd I 19 13, nLludFng a summ4ry of 3gnjlic8ot accountiiig polFtiéS. The fingnciil reporDn9 fromevKJrk Ib3L ha$ In thèir PTPP￿3IfOn is ?ppkBble low and Ur}rt4￿?￿lio(NM A¢¢ourJti Sland4rth (Uniied KIng0￿M Generalty Atttpted A¢￿tIn11n9 Pf4ctrce) Includmg F R8 f 02 "Thb Financtr*l Rèptsrtl￿ 5tand4nJ W￿1c￿bIe in Ihe UK ano Rgpubjic ol liÈlantr. In our OPTrnk>rt ihÈ hn3n¢ipl ¥l*menls: glve a trtse ahd 14ri VIÈW of Ihe ty41¢ of Il* ¢horiVS allws as at Si Marth 2025 Ond ol EÈ5 in¢Dmin9 resoorc¢$ ar)rl aFPlicalltsii of rÈSourreg. for the year e[￿ed,. trave bctD PioW4Tly s)rÈpared in 3ccordaDCQ *1lb Unrted Klwdom GerA3¥a ALrepled Acwunting Praciice. t)een prgpafed in aCLoidants wilh th￿ tequiternents ol Ihe Ch&fiiies Aci 2011. Bxls for oplrtloh 114¢p cormducleé our au¢lit Jn wilh siano￿a$ on AudltiTrg IVK} ¢ISq$ {UKTrI and 3ppIKgble law. Our respoi?Sibilili41S u17dgi ihos0 slarkdard4 are furlher dewibod in Ihe Al￿1101 $ i (kSPtsr15ibilrtEès the oudil of the fiTrènDal st&lomértts sÈttitsn ol rept)rt bèl¢>w. Vle ¥re irKlependeni (4 Charily In aecOid3nce Vilth Ihe eth￿￿1 requ&Yemonis Ib are r￿É￿dknl to our a￿￿11 ol the finBncio1 st8lempJi¢s in the U K. ir￿U￿1￿ IhÈ FRC'S EthFrgF $14gtsd?rd eJrKI have lulf4ed ow olhèr Èthtsl iespon*ihbes kn aCCord￿ce wlth th*sè requltthÈrlt5. WÈ be￿2ve Ihal thp ¥udll evldence we hav8 obtaifjèd ts sulf￿￿1 s￿$ 4pprgpTl*e to provlde. b8sis opinitstl. Concluslons relaiing to o*lng ¢oThw ID 4vdllifj9 li￿anCial stalÈmÈnts. hÈve Con(*￿ed ihal the trustees, use ol Ihè g¢JitsQ tsrtrtÈrn bas￿ of afKCWDling in the wepaiaiion ol Ihè Iin3llCi315t6ieffiétrnls 1% 3ppropriDte. Based Ihe vMrK we have pwlormed. Ivè havè not thnllfied aDy mBler4I1 ufjcenahfih4>S relallng to Or ¢Ond[ty￿¥th th31, Inoiyidviilly Qr ¢(plle¢tsvoty. niay casi 5ignifittBnk doubt on the chprity's aNity to conlinue as a ytsil¥J COnQÈrn ft* Yé pefiod of * kasl 12 months from whèn IhÈ finan¢1￿1 we a￿th￿rIsed for iSStIÈ. Our IèSPtsrkSibihl•ES the re¥Ic￿sIblbI￿S ol Ihè tlus1Èè5 Wrth tysp¢rJ tQ 9oing corL¢ern afe; desciltFÈd in uiè r¥lBv4Tht of thi5 report. Olhèr SnfamiAtlon The olhEY inf¢rm*ion ctknPri5eS the IntOirnal•On IncMideiJ tyi tlie Trustee's Rel￿ and Finartcial $4<11￿men1s. ￿h￿r Ilian ihEr financial $latemeiils and our auth'tor's report IlwÈon, The tr￿teeS afe respoDsible lor Ihe othpt infoimatson. Ovr OF￿￿1￿￿ on th¢ firtarleial slatèrnents doès not cover Ihe olhei ifTrfoTmatiDn ar¥J vffj 45ts not ÈXPrèS$ any foim ol asstsrance co￿l￿s1on Ihereon, In wilh our aLKlil tst thè firtÈnCial slaltmènls, ow rosponslbilliy Is to (ea%1 the othel irilyrmalitirt antl. In d4Jlng SO. COIV&4dÈr whether Ihe othei Inft)￿n?1M)n is materiylly kntbnSiÈtÈnl th Ihè I￿arIC￿l slaltnwils ￿ our knowled9e obt8ined in the pudit or othep4Yi5È 3PF*ar¥ lo be m8teri2lly ry￿$￿t￿lÉYl.1v WE Ideritify Sy¢li nialts¢ial li￿On$￿t￿nCle$ N appar8nt mateij81 mi5s1AtelT￿l￿. WÈ ale lÈqui¥td lo dclorillino wbe¢heT thefe Is a VDDleDal mi6518tempnl in Ih finartcial stalemÉpnls or a materla misslalemont of Ibe ott￿[ iDform8liork, 11. b*se(1 grk Ill Wtsyk wo Iiave perf￿rned". we conclt¥Je th81 Ihwe is 8 m*en01 mk5StstEth¢ttt ￿ Ihtr otthr Infoim*b)n, are iequifed to feport Ihat laGL W* ha¥È ttotliiny to fèport th Ihis règard. tt¢I6 on whl¢h we are fpqulrèd to roport ty •xcoptlon We have no¢hiTI9 to r£pprt Ipspe¢l ol thÈ toMo￿[￿j ma11ers 4vhere the Chafrties IAcGounl¥ RppwlF} R¢gLttsiw)tss 20OB ttytsirè ￿ lo ceport lo you il, In our oprnion,, the 1nloirrt3kn0tt yt4*èn fruslees" Annual Report Is Inconslstsnl in ¥ny m#t£rl81 respgtx vhtli finanual sl8lement5'. or accDuTrliry reGord5 hol b88n k80.' or In8 fnaneial siatsmenis ￿e In 89feenpwl Y￿1h ihe r8eotth reliiTrb5,' or havè nol feCei*(pd all Ihy and e¥pl8natlonS v* tpquife tor èLTrdit. R*spon6ibllbtlès ol tnisI￿S As expl8ined m¢r¢ fijly irt IhÈ. Sl*Èrt)Rrtl oy IhÈ Corporalo Trtsstoe's rBspoDsibilitles I fe5pBci ol the anrtual ièpori and iiitt fifiancial ¥talerybents * oyi on p8ge B, tht trw5tso5 r*SptyrtSibSÈ thè prÈparat1￿i ol Ihe finaTrcial slwtements 01￿ tor k%in9 sal￿1*6 that they a IT￿e and fair vie4Y. and for 5uiuf#nce k5 a hwjh level of assu[￿)¢￿, is tttst a gu4ra7nte¢ thai On atldrt condvcied in aco)foanrts wth ISAS ￿7]1 dete0* ? rn8terial m¥￿talen)e£ll whurl It Qxlsts. Misstalèrnenls can snse ETQffl or Ior dnd dtÈ eOnSidEred mplerial if, IndlvKlually or li) Ihe agorÈtyatK3. Ihey could re36on￿bty be expeciedlg inlliiefi¢e Ime ettintsryEi¢ deci510n5 of u5efS laken on the basi& Ih nclal Statsma￿S. Iwlgrftlg5. Includln9 Irou6 IFre9ul8Nies, 17cl￿dI￿ frattrd, arè iri$13nce5 of ￿D￿￿nI￿1￿1ir.V wrth14ov5 ffegulaiiNs. Wo db$iJii pr(K£du￿5 in lirbe with our respor￿ts1￿0$. oiAlmed abovo. lo ¢*I￿1￿È0tha￿rtI$$. includin9 froud. T17e extenl lo whlth our pr(poÈduTBS are GBPBble ol fleleclin9 Irregularilles. thclAJdmg fra￿£1 is (￿lled belpw. The of material mlsslalement to Ira￿1 h¥s l>oert In ￿nILt￿CtIon Whlh Flow knlèlnal Cthitrols may miliqaie such rlsk. Tnese coniiots are iÉ¥Tthed as part ol Ihè dil by perforffj1￿g systems walk11iiotsghs tts eI*5ure they operptiry efecllvely. Olb SkJbslanlpiÈ k51ir7y 15 4150 perf4)rme4 w all rn&1enal balances and th&t￿orè aty iiiÈlaA¢ts rbTrn-Th7(nJ)Ib3nce shotsld ￿ i¢lL'iilillèd èt Gonsidered as 1n5i9nifi￿n1. A fvrther d8Kiiplthi ol iÉlSpDn51bT'lrties lor Ihe ol *he f￿81￿1 5ts1ernenls Is lort armj foi no other PUryKb5e. To Ibe fullesl exlent PQfThitted by law¢. wè do ot 3Dtspl Or a5SLFTnÈ ièsptsrtslbility lo anyone olhei IhÈbn the Chariiy anol Ibe chamy's trusiÈ8s as è tX)ty, for our auOtI woik. for this Tepwt, or lof Ihp opinion5 hwe *oithed. 30 January 2026 Mithaol Thomas lkn(8n 8A FCA {SenKK S181ulory Audrtot) for an on beh8lt Df Rob5Dll LAidl¢T ApxcwDiaDls Lvnilèd swJIDry Au¢llDT F￿VID0d HDusp JpBmDDd NewGpsiFe Vpw Tyrb NE2 ITJ RObsE>rb-L￿ltyl ID aol as In lorms ol seclion 1272 of Ihe CofflpaDies Acf 22 nl 8t4•tw•ttl ol FI￿￿¢￿ A¢llwlli** Its* th* y*u 31 2025 ?tr AD J7J )1 aL)* ty,1$ 1.5 iur Ib7AIZ lJJ7 Kris Mackenzie Group Director of Finance 28 January 2026 caih Flow $tth•nt lor y•4r •n•J•d 31si Mbr¢h 202S In *ur4t H*E IMkTb othkornlht iTrvi.z 5,2)0.17 J 20241 *.• ￿MI 27 IthNHSF un Tf 241 IT ¢SO>.i#iJ tj FI¥￿￿ I Gwr•ftt ravkAt 1.31L07B 'r 1¢ harf 2024125 vl Iw•rPF￿ Y•v Jlkt I Grw 4NI 17,fJ 15 *•1¥ ¢i*.v li# IIM I*J.7BI i&J 114l¥iJ Tr I AtCOLtn . 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Irv .lJ7.iy 1.71MSA17J 1?2J44 robson-laidler.co.uk Fernwood House, Fernwood Road, Jesmond Newcastle, NE2 1TJ Gateshead Health NHS Foundation Trust Charitable Fund Year Ended 31 March 2025 Summary of Audit Findings 1 ## Contents |**_Contents_**|**_2_**| |---|---| |**_Meeting Details_**|**_3_**| |**_Overview_**|**_3_**| |**Scope of Audit**|**3**| |**_Significant audit risks_**|**_3_**| |**_Profit reconciliation_**|**_4_**| |**_Materiality_**|**_4_**| |**_Unadjusted errors_**|**_4_**| |**_Audit discussion points_**|**_4_**| |**_Other Audit Areas_**|**_5_**| |**Charity SORP**|**5**| |**_Your accounting policies_**|**_5_**| |**_Disclosures in accounts_**|**_5_**| |**Transactions with related parties**|**5**| |**Fraud or error**|**5**| |**Going concern**|**5**| |**Laws and regulations**|**6**| |**Post balance sheet events, capital commitments or contingent liabilities**|**6**| |**_Compliance with Ethical Standards for Auditors_**|**_6_**| |**_Proposed audit opinion_**|**_6_**| |**_Notes from meeting held with key management to discuss findings_**|**_6_**| 2 ## Meeting Details |Date|17 November 2025| |---|---| |People Present|Nick Cunningham, Louise Simmons and
Michael Smith| |Location|Teams| ## Overview This Audit Findings Report highlights the key findings from our audit of the financial statement of Gateshead Health NHS Foundation Trust Charitable Fund in relation to the year ended 31 March 2025. Our audit was carried out in accordance with International Standards on Auditing (UK) (ISAs (UK)) and applicable law with the purpose of expressing an opinion on the financial statements. Our findings detailed in this report relate to those matters discovered during the course of our normal audit procedures which are designed primarily for the purpose of expressing an opinion on the financial statements. ## Scope of Audit Our audit work has been undertaken for the purpose of forming our opinion on the financial statements of the charity. Our general audit approach is determined by our assessment of the audit risk, both in terms of the potential misstatement in the financial statements and of the control environment in which the charity operates. To summarise our approach included: - documenting our understanding of the charity and its control environment. - review the design and implementation of key internal financial control systems. - plan and perform our audit with professional scepticism recognising that circumstances may exist that cause the financial statements to be materially misstated. Significant risks will arise on most audits and are often derived from business risks that may result in a material misstatement, relate to unusual transactions that occur infrequently, or judgemental matters where measurement is uncertain. In areas where we identify the potential for significant risk, we performed more audit testing, including detailed substantive work, direct verification of transactions and confirmations from external third parties. Our work in other areas was proportionally less. ## Significant audit risks The below is a summary of the significant risks identified during the audit planning, the work we completed on those risk areas and the conclusions we reached. Significant risks are those risks identified which are towards the upper end of the spectrum of inherent risk due to the likelihood and magnitude of potential misstatement should that misstatement occur or are those required to be deemed significant risks due to the requirements of the ISA’s (UK). We considered the significant risks in the financial statements to be: - Income recognition (deemed audit risk under ISA’s) - Management override (deemed audit risk under ISA’s) A summary of the work completed and our findings in relation to the significant risks is included below. 3 ## 1. _**Risk: Fraud in management override of controls:**_ _**Audit procedures**_ : Review of the processes and controls over expenditure, review of journal entries, accounting policies, large and unusual items and trustee minutes. _**Conclusion**_ : No indication of management override noted. ## _**2. Risk: Revenue recognition**_ _**Audit procedures**_ : Testing of completeness, accuracy and cut-off of income. Review of related systems and controls. _**Conclusion**_ : No material errors noted in relation to revenue recognition. ## Profit reconciliation We have amended the accounts that were presented to us for audit as follows: - |**Profit/(loss) per figures presented to us**|£
(142,406)| |---|---| ||| |Adjustments–no adjustments made|| ||| |**Profit/(loss) per draft accounts**|(142,406)| ## Materiality Materiality is the auditor’s way of assessing whether or not an error in a set of accounts is significant enough to impact on the view a user of the accounts has of your financial position. Material errors affect the view a user of the accounts would have, whereas immaterial errors make no difference to that view. For this assignment we have used a materiality of **£23,500** . We have also treated any errors we have noted under **£1,175** as trivial and not reported them to you. ## Unadjusted errors As part of our audit work we have tested transactions and balances. No errors in excess of triviality were noted. Including those errors that we deem trivial, the reported result for the year is £527 overstated. This is below materiality and so does not need to be adjusted. ## Audit discussion points **1. Purchase cut off** – we note from our audit testing that purchase invoices are entered in the accounting system in line with the payment date rather than on the invoice date. Entering invoices in this way could lead to cut-off errors with expenditure effectively being recognised in the incorrect accounting period (invoice dated before the year end but paid and recorded in the accounting system after the year end). We have reviewed the post year end expenditure and did not note any material cut-off errors therefore this point is for information purposes only. 4 **2. Legacy income** – the Charity SORP states that legacy income must be recognised when the following are established: - _Entitlement_ – normally on notification of the gift by the executor - _Probability of receipt_ – no known disputes, the estate has sufficient assets and no other known conditions that could prevent payment - _Ability to estimate with sufficient accuracy the amount receivable_ – accurate estate valuation, accurate distribution estimate or confirmation of expected amount. Fixed sum legacies can generally be recognised on notification unless there are concerns surrounding probability of receipt. Recognition of residual legacies can be more subjective due to issues around estimation of the amount due. We would advise that where notification of a legacy has been received within the financial year, the above criteria should be reviewed to determine if the legacy is recognised as income in the accounts. Where the charity has entitlement to a legacy but there is uncertainty as to the amount of the payment, details of the legacy can be disclosed as a contingent asset. ## Other Audit Areas ## Charity SORP Revisions made to the charity SORP are due to take effect for periods beginning on or after 1 January 2026. We will inform you directly if we believe these revisions will impact on the organisation. ## Your accounting policies As part of our procedures, we consider whether your accounting policies are appropriate and consistently applied. If there are alternative accounting policies that could be applied in your circumstances, we point these out to you to consider. We believe that all your accounting policies are appropriate to the charity and correctly applied. ## Disclosures in accounts ## Transactions with related parties As auditors we review transactions with related parties when we become aware of them to ensure that these are at a fair market value and are properly disclosed. Are you aware of any additional disclosure requirements necessary in relation to related party transactions? ## Fraud or error We have not discovered any fraud or error as part of our audit procedures. Have you or any of the trustees or senior management suspected or discovered any fraud or any errors in your accounts? ## Going concern As trustees when you sign off the accounts you are confirming that you consider the charity has sufficient resources to continue to trade as a going concern for at least 12 months from the date the accounts are approved. Are you aware of any issues that may affect the charity’s ability to continue as a going concern? 5 ## Laws and regulations Are you aware of any breaches of any of the key laws or regulations that the charity operates in? ## Post balance sheet events, capital commitments or contingent liabilities A post balance sheet event is a significant event that has happened to the charity since the year end, such as a material bad debt or fraud. A capital commitment is a commitment made at the year end to spend a material amount of money on new assets or other agreements. A contingent liability is any uncertainty that may cause the charity to suffer a material cost in the future, such as a legal case. Are there any of these to report? ## Compliance with Ethical Standards for Auditors Key to any audit is that our opinion on the accounts is an independent opinion. If there are any matters that we consider a threat to our independence, we are required to point these out to you and set out how we have addressed these threats. The threats to independence we have identified and how we have addressed them are shown below: - We believe there are no ethical threats to report. ## Proposed audit opinion Subject to any material points noted above being addressed then it is our intention to issue an unqualified or clean audit report. ## Notes from meeting held with key management to discuss findings From the discussion the following were noted: 1. The unadjusted errors related to under accrued gift aid income of £213 and after date invoices not provided for £740, which net off to £527 overstatement of the surplus. These amounts were agreed as trivial. 2. It was confirmed that legacy income is being correctly accounted for and that no further provisions were necessary in the 2025 accounts. 3. Changes to the SORP were discussed and there was nothing noted that would likely impact on the charity once this is introduced. 4. No post balance sheet / subsequent events noted. 5. Confirmed that the going concern assumption remained appropriate. Nothing further noted. 6