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**Registered number: CE000341 Charity number: 1151628**
## **THE POINT OF CARE FOUNDATION**
**(A company limited by guarantee)**
## **UNAUDITED**
**TRUSTEES' REPORT AND FINANCIAL STATEMENTS FOR THE YEAR ENDED 30 APRIL 2025**
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## **THE POINT OF CARE FOUNDATION (A company limited by guarantee) CONTENTS**
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|**Reference and administrative details of the Foundation, its Trustees and advisers**|1|
|**Trustees' report**|2 - 6|
|**Independent examiner's report**|7|
|**Statement of financial activities**|8|
|**Balance sheet**|9|
|**Statement of cash flows**|10|
|**Notes to the financial statements**|11 - 23|
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## **THE POINT OF CARE FOUNDATION**
## **(A company limited by guarantee)**
**REFERENCE AND ADMINISTRATIVE DETAILS OF THE FOUNDATION, ITS TRUSTEES AND ADVISERS FOR THE YEAR ENDED 30 APRIL 2025**
|**Trustees**|Richard Smith CBE|
|---|---|
||Caroline Owusu-Bennoah|
||Catherine Dale|
||Richard Evans|
|**Company registered**
**number**
CE000341
**Charity registered**
**number**
1151628
**Registered office**
82 Tanner Street
London
SE1 3GN
**Independent Examiner**
CJ Shepherd FCA
Blick Rothenberg Limited
Chartered Accountants
16 Great Queen Street
Covent Garden
London
WC2B 5AH
**Bankers**
The Co-operative Bank Plc
PO Box 101
1 Balloon Street
Manchester
M60 4EP||
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## **THE POINT OF CARE FOUNDATION (A company limited by guarantee) TRUSTEES' REPORT FOR THE YEAR ENDED 30 APRIL 2025**
The Trustees present their report and financial statements for the 1 May 2024 to 30 April 2025.
The financial statements have been prepared in accordance with the accounting policies set out in the notes to the financial statements and comply with the Foundation's governing document, the Charities Act 2011 and “Accounting and Reporting by Charities: Statement of Recommended Practice applicable to charities preparing their accounts in accordance with the Financial Reporting Standard applicable in the UK and Republic of Ireland (FRS 102)”.
## **Objectives and activities**
## **a. Policies and objectives**
This has been a period of significant change for the organisation, as we have reevaluated the way we approach our work. Most notable has been a shift, signalled in April 2025, to focus solely on Schwartz Rounds and the experiences of health and care staff.
Since our launch in 2013 we had taken a multifaceted approach to humanising care. This meant coupling work that focused on improving services to patients with an underpinning strand of work that looked to support the wellbeing of staff in health and care organisations.
From 2025 onwards we are pursuing our mission to humanise care through the latter of these approaches only. The important work of the Experiences of Care programme is now housed within the Picker Institute, an organisation that can locate the work within a portfolio of services addressing patient experience through measurement, research and analysis - and now also through training.
Our work to promote Schwartz Rounds continues, across an expanding range of health and care sectors.
Our vision is to effect "radical improvement in the way we care and are cared for".
The mission statement is:
"Our mission is to humanise healthcare, we achieve this by working to improve patients' experience of care and increase support for the staff who work with them."
During FY25, the strategic goals remained as follows:
1. Work with systems to change the culture of care, using patient and staff narratives to make the experience of care more human.
2. Empower more patients and staff to collaborate and make change together in pursuit of a more human health and care system.
3. Train and support health and care organisations and the staff within them to be more responsive to patients and better able to work collaboratively with them in direct care, service planning, governance, and improvement.
4. Amplify patients’, service users’ and staff voices and challenge organisations to be more responsive to staff and patients.
5. Ensure more staff access forums and other mechanisms for reflective practice to create a more compassionate environment.
During 2024, the Trustees undertook a review of the financial sustainability of the Foundation, with assistance from external consultants. The Trustees have subsequently concluded that our programmes of work will be stronger and more sustainable under the auspices of a larger organisation or organisations with a more robust infrastructure. At the date of these accounts, the Trustees have identified suitable host organisations with a view to closing The Point of Care Foundation during the financial year 2025-26.
The Trustees have paid due regard to guidance issued by the Charity Commission in deciding what activities the Foundation should undertake.
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**THE POINT OF CARE FOUNDATION (A company limited by guarantee) TRUSTEES' REPORT (CONTINUED) FOR THE YEAR ENDED 30 APRIL 2025**
## **Objectives and activities (continued)**
## **Objectives for the public benefit**
The Point of Care Foundation is an independent charity, whose charitable objectives, as set out in its constitution, are
- The advancement of education of the public, in particular those working in health and social care, in methods and skills to improve patients’ and service users’ care experience and
- To promote research for the public benefit in all areas of that subject and
- To publish the useful results of such research with the object of improving health and social care outcomes for patients, service users and their families and carers.
In the achievements and performance section below, we outline how we meet those objectives through training and support, information sharing and research.
## **Achievements and performance**
## **a. Main achievements of the Foundation**
Schwartz Rounds continue to impact the experience of working in health and care - and a growing range of other sectors - by providing a psychologically safe forum for shared reflective practice. We know from peer-reviewed research that regular attendance at Rounds can measurably decrease rates of psychological distress when compared with the non-attending population. Research has also found that attendees at Schwartz Rounds have greater compassion for themselves and others, and improved teamwork.
These outcomes directly support the provision of high quality person-centred care for patients and service users, because people in caring professions can only give their best care if their own wellbeing needs are being met. There are benefits, too, for the wider system and organisational culture due to the ripple effects that occur as a result of running Schwartz Rounds.
Our work focuses on supporting teams to run Rounds effectively in their organisations, reaching more colleagues and increasing the quality of participants' experiences. This is done through training Schwartz facilitators, ongoing mentoring of Schwartz sites by a team of trusted expert associates, and through our communities of practice which meet roughly every month and are open to members of the Schwartz community. In recent years we have expanded the range of organisation types that run Rounds into other sectors that require emotional labour from their staff, a trend that continued through 2025.
During the year a number of Schwartz sites reached the impressive milestone of running rounds for at least 10 years, bringing the total that have been running Rounds for a decade or more to 42.
Some statistics for our Schwartz Rounds work:
|Schwartz
facilitators
trained
New Schwartz sites
Organisations renewing
Schwartz contracts
Schwartz community
events
Attendees at events
Organisations
represented|**2024/25**
291
9
116
14
713
184|**2023/24**
489
25
70
16
612
189|**2022/23**|
|---|---|---|---|
||||364
35
81
27
576
143|
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## **THE POINT OF CARE FOUNDATION**
**(A company limited by guarantee)**
**TRUSTEES' REPORT (CONTINUED) FOR THE YEAR ENDED 30 APRIL 2025**
## **Achievements and performance (continued)**
## **Higher Education Institutions**
For students of health and care disciplines, attending Schwartz Rounds can, we believe, have a lasting impact on their compassion for patients, their colleagues and themselves, which they carry through their careers. We know that students attend Rounds during their training report feeling more courageous and confident in their clinical work, appreciate the roles and contribution of other health and care staff more, and feel less alone with the strong feelings that arise from working in this sector.
## **Experiences of Care programme**
The most significant change at the Point of Care Foundation during the year was the decision to stop delivering our Experiences of Care programme. In April 2025 that work passed to Picker Europe, an organisation we have partnered with in the past and with whom we have a close relationship. Their work addresses patients' experience of care more broadly through research and analysis, and the development of tools for measuring patient experiences. Our work has focused on the delivery of training in service improvement methodologies based on co-design, such as Experience-Based Co-Design and Patient and Family-Centred Care. Bringing the two together opens up opportunities for significant growth and expansion of this work into the future
During the year, we ran ten courses with 176 attendees: 5 EBCD online 2 EBCD in person 2 Facilitation skills 1 Design tools for co-design
## **Humanising Care Fellowships**
The Fellowships were launched because of a generous bequest to the Point of Care Foundation by Drusilla Harvey, an artist and teacher at the Royal College of Art.
We used this windfall to fund three Fellowships which explored new ways to consider the question of how care can be made more human. The selected Fellows represented a variety of healthcare contexts - a GP, an allied health professional and a sociologist working for a health regulator. Together they demonstrate the power of humanised services regardless of setting, and the universal need for care with human connection at its centre.
The Fellowships began in mid-2024 and finished with a closing event in May 2025.
## **Our reach and influence**
We continued to engage with our networks to promote humanised health and care and to strengthen the work taking place around the UK and Ireland through Schwartz Rounds. During 2025 we also convened a small group of charities who provide services to NHS organisations, to share learning and improve understanding of the challenges faced in the current climate.
Some statistics from our communications and advocacy work 158,838 page views by 39,184 user 47,701 resource views by 13,929 users 10 blogs published 3 podcasts published 6,305 blog reads by 4,402 users
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## **THE POINT OF CARE FOUNDATION**
**(A company limited by guarantee) TRUSTEES' REPORT (CONTINUED) FOR THE YEAR ENDED 30 APRIL 2025**
## **Financial review**
## **a. Introduction**
The Foundation’s financial performance in the financial year ended 30 April 2025 worsened in comparison to the previous year.
Income decreased by 23% to £847,267 (2024: £1,099,172). The total resources expended increased fractionally to £1,076,515 (2024: £1,052,988). The Foundation had a loss of income over expenditure of £229,248 (2024: gain of £46,184).
At 30 April 2025, the balance sheet showed net assets of £709,332 (2024: £938,580) with restricted funds of £Nil (2024: £Nil) The bank balance at the balance sheet date was £1,449,499 (2023: £1,636,692) although it should be noted that £632,963 (2024: £661,329) of this comprised income deferred into subsequent years since it related to services contracted but not yet delivered as at 30 April 2025.
## **Going concern**
As already mentioned above, during 2024, the Trustees undertook a review of the financial sustainability of the Foundation, with assistance from external consultants. The Trustees have subsequently concluded that the Foundation's programmes of work will be stronger and more sustainable under the auspices of a larger organisation or organisations with a more robust infrastructure. At the date of the approval of these financial statements, the Trustees have identified suitable host organisations with a view to closing The Point of Care Foundation during the financial year 2025-26. Accordingly, the financial statements have been prepared on a basis other than going concern.
It should be noted that the Foundation carries a comfortable level of reserves, which enables us to operate as usual during the transition period.
## **b. Reserves policy**
The Trustees continue to adopt a reserves policy to reflect the state of development of the Foundation, financial commitments made to date, and the risk associated with the continuation of income generation going forward. The Trustees have established an unrestricted reserves policy with a reserves level set at a minimum of £175,000. This level would allow the Trustees to cover the costs of closure, should revenues not continue.
## **c. Risk management**
The Point of Care Foundation maintains a risk register and regularly reviews and evaluates risk and identifies appropriate preventative activities to minimise risk to the organisation. Trustees are confident that risks have been identified and appropriate risk management measures are in place. However, risks are kept under continual review and regular risk evaluation exercises are undertaken with Trustees.
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## **THE POINT OF CARE FOUNDATION**
**(A company limited by guarantee) TRUSTEES' REPORT (CONTINUED) FOR THE YEAR ENDED 30 APRIL 2025**
## **Structure, governance and management**
## **a. Constitution**
The Point of Care Foundation is a Charitable Incorporated Organisation registered at the Charity Commission in England and Wales with charity number 1151628. It was established by a constitution on 12 April. Its principal address is 82 Tanner Street, London, SE1 3GN.
## **b. Trustees**
The Trustees who served during the year and up to the date of signature of the financial statements were:
Richard Smith CBE Donna Green (resigned 11 June 2025) Charlotte Brown (resigned 18 August 2025) Caroline Owusu-Bennoah Richard Evans Catherine Dale
## **c. Organisational structure and decision-making policies**
The governance of the Foundation is the responsibility of the Board of Trustees, which takes decisions on the strategic leadership of the organisation by democratic majority vote at its general meetings, which occur quarterly. The September board meetings are usually full day meetings for all Trustees and staff to discuss the strategy and impact. Elected Trustees serve a three year term.
## **d. Policies adopted for the induction and training of Trustees**
As part of their induction, all new Trustees are offered formal induction meetings with the Chairman and the Chief Executive. They also receive a pack of papers on the work of the Foundation containing recent board papers and Charity Commission guidance on Trustee responsibilities.
## **e. Related party relationships**
The Foundation has not entered into any related party transaction during the year, nor are there any outstanding balances owing between related parties and the Foundation.
Approved by order of the members of the board of Trustees and signed on their behalf by:
**Richard Smith CBE** Trustee
26-Feb-26 | 16:54 GMT Date:
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## **THE POINT OF CARE FOUNDATION**
**(A company limited by guarantee)**
## **INDEPENDENT EXAMINER'S REPORT FOR THE YEAR ENDED 30 APRIL 2025**
## **Independent Examiner's Report to the Trustees of The Point of Care Foundation ('the Foundation')**
I report to the charity Trustees on my examination of the accounts of the Foundation for the year ended 30 April 2025.
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. My work has been undertaken so that I might state to the Charity's trustees those matters I am required to state to them in an independent examiner's report and for no other purpose. To the fullest extent permitted by law, I do not accept or assume responsibility to anyone other than the Charity and the Charity's trustees as a body, for my work or for this report.
## **Responsibilities and Basis of Report**
As the Trustees of the Foundation you are responsible for the preparation of the accounts in accordance with the requirements of the Charities Act 2011 ('the 2011 Act').
I report in respect of my examination of the Foundation's accounts carried out under section 145 of the Charities Act 2011 ('the 2011 Act'). In carrying out my examination I have followed the directions given by the Charity Commission under section 145(5)(b) of the 2011 Act.
## **Independent Examiner's Statement**
Since the Foundation's gross income exceeded £250,000 your examiner must be a member of a body listed in section 145 of the 2011 Act. I confirm that I am qualified to undertake the examination because I am a member of the ICAEW, which is one of the listed bodies.
I have completed my examination. I confirm that no matters have come to my attention in connection with the examination giving me cause to believe:
1. accounting records were not kept in respect of the Foundation as required by section 130 of the 2011 Act; or
2. the accounts do not accord with those records; or
3. the financial statements do not comply with the applicable requirements concerning the form and content of financial statements set out in the Charities (Accounts and Reports) Regulations 2008 other than any requirement that the financial statements give a 'true and fair' view which is not a matter considered as part of an independent examination.
I have no concerns and have come across no other matters in connection with the examination to which attention should be drawn in this report in order to enable a proper understanding of the accounts to be reached.
Signed:
Dated: 27-Feb-26 | 08:49 GMT
**CJ Shepherd FCA Blick Rothenberg Limited** Chartered Accountants 16 Great Queen Street Covent Garden London WC2B 5AH
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## **THE POINT OF CARE FOUNDATION**
## **(A company limited by guarantee)**
## **STATEMENT OF FINANCIAL ACTIVITIES (INCORPORATING INCOME AND EXPENDITURE ACCOUNT) FOR THE YEAR ENDED 30 APRIL 2025**
|**Note**
**Income from:**
Donations and legacies
3
Charitable activities
4
**Total income**
**Expenditure on:**
Charitable activities
5
**Total expenditure**
**Net movement in funds**
**Reconciliation of funds:**
Total funds brought forward
Net movement in funds
**Total funds carried forward**|**Unrestricted**
**funds**
**2025**
**£**
**-**
**847,267**
**847,267**
**1,076,515**
**1,076,515**
**(229,248)**
**938,580**
**(229,248)**
**709,332**|**Total**
**funds**
**2025**
**£**
**-**
**847,267**
**847,267**
**1,076,515**
**1,076,515**
**(229,248)**
**938,580**
**(229,248)**
**709,332**|Total
funds
2024
£
120,000
979,172|
|---|---|---|---|
||||1,099,172|
||||1,052,988|
||||1,052,988|
||||46,184|
||||892,396
46,184|
||||938,580|
The Statement of Financial Activities includes all gains and losses recognised in the year.
The notes on pages 11 to 23 form part of these financial statements.
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REGISTERED NUMBER: CE000341
## **THE POINT OF CARE FOUNDATION**
## **(A company limited by guarantee)**
## **BALANCE SHEET FOR THE YEAR ENDED 30 APRIL 2025**
||||**2025**|**2025**||2024|2024|
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
||**Note**||**£**|||£||
|**Fixed assets**||||||||
|Tangible assets|11||**1,412**|||7,854||
||||**1,412**|||7,854||
|**Current assets**||||||||
|Debtors|12|**156,098**|||99,615|||
|Cash at bank and in hand||**1,449,499**|||1,636,692|||
|||**1,605,597**|||1,736,307|||
|**Current liabilities**||||||||
|Creditors: amounts falling due within one||||||||
|year|13|**(897,677)**|||(665,526)|||
|**Net current assets**|||**707,920**|||1,070,781||
|**Total assets less current liabilities**|||**709,332**|||1,078,635||
|Creditors: amounts falling due after more||||||||
|than one year|14||**-**|||(140,055)||
|**Total net assets**|||**709,332**|||938,580||
|**Charity funds**||||||||
|Restricted funds|15||**-**|||-||
|Unrestricted funds|15||**709,332**|||938,580||
|**Total funds**|||**709,332**|||938,580||
The financial statements were approved and authorised for issue by the Trustees on and signed on their behalf by:
**Richard Smith CBE** Trustee
26-Feb-26 | 16:54 GMT Date:
The notes on pages 11 to 23 form part of these financial statements.
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## **THE POINT OF CARE FOUNDATION**
## **(A company limited by guarantee)**
## **STATEMENT OF CASH FLOWS FOR THE YEAR ENDED 30 APRIL 2025**
|**Note**
**Cash flows from operating activities**
18
Proceeds from sale of tangible assets
Purchase of tangible assets
**Net cash provided by/(used in) investing activities**
**Change in cash and cash equivalents in the year**
Cash and cash equivalents at the beginning of the year
**Cash and cash equivalents at the end of the year**
19
The notes on pages 11 to 23 form part of these financial statements|**2025**
**£**
**(188,256)**
**1,170**
**(107)**
**1,063**
**(187,193)**
**1,636,692**
**1,449,499**|2024
£
(132,220)
-
(5,902)
**(5,902)**
**(138,122)**
1,774,814
1,636,692|
|---|---|---|
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**NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS FOR THE YEAR ENDED 30 APRIL 2025**
## **THE POINT OF CARE FOUNDATION (A company limited by guarantee)**
## **1. General information**
The Point of Care Foundation is a Charitable Incorporated Organisation registered at the Charity Commission in England and Wales with charity number 1151628. Its principal address is 82 Tanner Street, London, SE1 3GN.
The financial statements are presented in Sterling (£), which is the functional currency of the Foundation. Monetary amounts in these financial statements are rounded to the nearest £.
## **2. Accounting policies**
## **2.1 Basis of preparation of financial statements**
The financial statements have been prepared in accordance with the Charities SORP (FRS 102) - Accounting and Reporting by Charities: Statement of Recommended Practice applicable to charities preparing their accounts in accordance with the Financial Reporting Standard applicable in the UK and Republic of Ireland (FRS 102) (effective 1 January 2019), the Financial Reporting Standard applicable in the UK and Republic of Ireland (FRS 102) and the Charities Act 2011 and UK Generally Accepted Accounting Practice.
The Point of Care Foundation meets the definition of a public benefit entity under FRS 102. Assets and liabilities are initially recognised at historical cost or transaction value unless otherwise stated in the relevant accounting policy.
## **2.2 Going concern**
During 2024, the Trustees undertook a review of the financial sustainability of the Foundation, with assistance from external consultants. The Trustees have subsequently concluded that the Foundation's programmes of work will be stronger and more sustainable under the auspices of a larger organisation or organisations with a more robust infrastructure. At the date of the approval of these financial statements, the Trustees have identified suitable host organisations with a view to closing The Point of Care Foundation during the financial year 2025-26. Accordingly, the financial statements have been prepared on a basis other than going concern.
The Trustees have a reasonable expectation that the Foundation has adequate resources to continue in operational existence and meet its liabilities as they fall due up to the eventual cessation of the Foundation and no material adjustments have arisen as a result of not adopting the going concern basis in preparing the financial statements.
## **2.3 Income**
All income is recognised once the Foundation has entitlement to the income, it is probable that the income will be received and the amount of income receivable can be measured reliably.
The recognition of income from legacies is dependent on establishing entitlement, the probability of receipt and the ability to estimate with sufficient accuracy the amount receivable. Evidence of entitlement to a legacy exists when the Foundation has sufficient evidence that a gift has been left to them (through knowledge of the existence of a valid will and the death of the benefactor) and the executor is satisfied that the property in question will not be required to satisfy claims in the estate. Receipt of a legacy must be recognised when it is probable that it will be received and the fair value of the amount receivable, which will generally be the expected cash amount to be distributed to the Foundation, can be reliably measured.
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**THE POINT OF CARE FOUNDATION (A company limited by guarantee) NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS FOR THE YEAR ENDED 30 APRIL 2025**
## **2. Accounting policies (continued)**
## **2.4 Charitable funds**
Unrestricted funds are available for use at the discretion of the Trustees in furtherance of their charitable objectives unless the funds have been designated for other purposes. Restricted funds are subject to specific conditions by donors as to how they may be used.
## **2.5 Expenditure**
Expenditure is recognised once there is a legal or constructive obligation to transfer economic benefit to a third party, it is probable that a transfer of economic benefits will be required in settlement and the amount of the obligation can be measured reliably. Expenditure is classified by activity. The costs of each activity are made up of the total of direct costs and shared costs, including support costs involved in undertaking each activity. Direct costs attributable to a single activity are allocated directly to that activity. Shared costs which contribute to more than one activity and support costs which are not attributable to a single activity are apportioned between those activities on a basis consistent with the use of resources. Central staff costs are allocated on the basis of time spent, and depreciation charges allocated on the portion of the asset’s use.
Expenditure on charitable activities is incurred on directly undertaking the activities which further the Foundation's objectives, as well as any associated support costs.
Grants payable are charged in the year when the offer is made except in those cases where the offer is conditional, such grants being recognised as expenditure when the conditions attaching are fulfilled. Grants offered subject to conditions which have not been met at the year end are noted as a commitment, but not accrued as expenditure.
All expenditure is inclusive of irrecoverable VAT.
## **2.6 Intangible assets and amortisation**
Intangible assets are initially recognised at cost. After recognition, under the cost model, intangible assets are measured at cost less any accumulated amortisation and any accumulated impairment losses.
Amortisation is provided on intangible assets at rates calculated to write off the cost of each asset on a straight-line basis over its expected useful life.
Amortisation is provided on the following basis:
Website costs - 33 % straight line
## **2.7 Tangible fixed assets and depreciation**
Tangible fixed assets are initially recognised at cost. After recognition, under the cost model, tangible fixed assets are measured at cost less accumulated depreciation and any accumulated impairment losses. All costs incurred to bring a tangible fixed asset into its intended working condition should be included in the measurement of cost.
At each reporting date the Foundation assesses whether there is any indication of impairment. If such indication exists, the recoverable amount of the asset is determined to be the higher of its fair value less costs to sell and its value in use. An impairment loss is recognised where the carrying amount exceeds the recoverable amount.
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**NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS FOR THE YEAR ENDED 30 APRIL 2025**
## **THE POINT OF CARE FOUNDATION**
## **(A company limited by guarantee)**
## **2. Accounting policies (continued)**
## **2.7 Tangible fixed assets and depreciation (continued)**
Depreciation is charged so as to allocate the cost of tangible fixed assets less their residual value over their estimated useful lives, using the straight-line method.
Depreciation is provided on the following basis:
Plant and machinery - 33% Fixtures and fittings - 10%
## **2.8 Cash at bank and in hand**
Cash at bank and in hand includes cash and short-term highly liquid investments with a short maturity of three months or less from the date of acquisition or opening of the deposit or similar account.
## **2.9 Financial instruments**
The Foundation has elected to apply Sections 11 and 12 of FRS 102 in respect of financial instruments.
Financial assets and financial liabilities are recognised when the Foundation becomes party to the contractual provisions of the instrument.
Financial liabilities and equity instruments are classified according to the substance of the contractual arrangements entered into. An equity instrument is any contract that evidences a residual interest in the assets of the Foundation after deducting all of its liabilities.
The Foundation’s policies for its major classes of financial assets and financial liabilities are set out below.
## **Financial assets**
Basic financial assets, including trade and other debtors and cash and bank balances, are initially recognised at transaction price, unless the arrangement constitutes a financing transaction, where the transaction is measured at the present value of the future receipts discounted at a market rate of interest for a similar debt instrument. Financing transactions are those in which payment is deferred beyond normal business terms or is financed at a rate of interest that is not a market rate.
Such assets are subsequently carried at amortised cost using the effective interest method, less any impairment.
## **Financial liabilities**
Basic financial liabilities, including trade and other creditors, are initially recognised at transaction price, unless the arrangement constitutes a financing transaction, where the debt instrument is measured at the present value of the future payments discounted at a market rate of interest for a similar debt instrument. Financing transactions are those in which payment is deferred beyond normal business terms or is financed at a rate of interest that is not a market rate.
Debt instruments are subsequently carried at amortised cost, using the effective interest rate method.
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## **2. Accounting policies (continued)**
## **Financial instruments (continued)**
## **Impairment of financial assets**
Financial assets measured at cost and amortised cost are assessed at the end of each reporting period for objective evidence of impairment. If objective evidence of impairment is found, an impairment loss is recognised in the statement of financial activities.
For financial assets measured at cost less impairment, the impairment loss is measured as the difference between the asset's carrying amount and the best estimate of the amount the company would receive for the asset if it were to be sold at the reporting date.
For financial assets measured at amortised cost, the impairment loss is measured as the difference between the asset's carrying amount and the present value of estimated cash flows discounted at the asset's original effective interest rate. If the financial asset has a variable interest rate, the discount rate for measuring any impairment loss is the current effective interest rate determined under the contract.
If there is a decrease in the impairment loss arising from an event occurring after the impairment was recognised, the impairment is reversed. The reversal is such that the current carrying amount does not exceed what the carrying amount would have been had the impairment not previously been recognised. The impairment reversal is recognised in the statement of financial activities.
## **Derecognition of financial assets and financial liabilities**
Financial assets are derecognised when (a) the contractual rights to the cash flows from the asset expire or are settled, or (b) substantially all the risks and rewards of the ownership of the asset are transferred to another party or (c) despite having retained some significant risks and rewards of ownership, control of the asset has been transferred to another party who has the practical ability to unilaterally sell the asset to an unrelated third party without imposing additional restrictions.
Financial liabilities are derecognised when the liability is extinguished, that is when the contractual obligation is discharged, cancelled or expires.
## **Offsetting of financial assets and financial liabilities**
Financial assets and liabilities are offset and the net amount reported in the balance sheet when there is an enforceable right to set off the recognised amounts and there is an intention to settle on a net basis or to realise the asset and settle the liability simultaneously.
## **2.10 Operating leases**
Rentals paid under operating leases are charged to the statement of financial activities on a straightline basis over the lease term.
## **2.11 Pensions**
The Foundation operates a defined contribution pension scheme and the pension charge represents the amounts payable by the Foundation to the fund in respect of the year.
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**NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS FOR THE YEAR ENDED 30 APRIL 2025**
## **THE POINT OF CARE FOUNDATION**
## **(A company limited by guarantee)**
## **2. Accounting policies (continued)**
## **2.12 Holiday pay accrual**
A liability is recognised to the extent of any unused holiday pay entitlement which is accrued at the balance sheet date and carried forward to future periods. This is measured at the undiscounted salary cost of the future holiday entitlement so accrued at the balance sheet date.
## **3. Income from donations and legacies**
|**Unrestricted**
**funds**
**2025**
**£**
Legacies
-
**Income from charitable activities**
**Unrestricted**
**funds**
**2025**
**£**
Income from charitable activities
847,267|**Total**
**funds**
**2025**
**£**
**-**
**Total**
**funds**
**2025**
**£**
**847,267**|Total
funds
2024
£
120,000|
|---|---|---|
|||Total
funds
2024
£
979,172|
## **4. Income from charitable activities**
## **5. Analysis of expenditure on charitable activities**
## **Summary by fund type**
|**Unrestricted**
**funds**
**2025**
**£**
Direct costs
1,076,515
Total 2024
1,051,433|**Restricted**
**funds**
**2025**
**£**
-
1,555|**Total**
**2025**
**£**
**1,076,515**
1,052,988|Total
2024
£
1,052,988|
|---|---|---|---|
|||||
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## **THE POINT OF CARE FOUNDATION**
## **(A company limited by guarantee)**
## **NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS FOR THE YEAR ENDED 30 APRIL 2025**
## **6. Analysis of expenditure by activities**
|Direct costs
Total 2024|**Activities**
**undertaken**
**directly**
**2025**
**£**
908,420
926,146|**Support**
**costs**
**2025**
**£**
168,095
126,842|**Total**
**funds**
**2025**
**£**
**1,076,515**
1,052,988|Total
funds
2024
£
1,052,988|
|---|---|---|---|---|
||||||
## **Analysis of direct costs**
|Staff costs
Depreciation
Other costs|**Activities**
**2025**
**£**
444,541
2,669
461,210
908,420|**Total**
**funds**
**2025**
**£**
**444,541**
**2,669**
**461,210**
**908,420**|Total
funds
2024
£
542,376
8,624
375,146|
|---|---|---|---|
||||926,146|
## **Analysis of support costs**
|Staff costs
General administration
Loss on disposal of assets
Governance costs|**Activities**
**2025**
**£**
102,290
26,395
2,710
36,700
168,095|**Total**
**funds**
**2025**
**£**
**102,290**
**26,395**
**2,710**
**36,700**
**168,095**|Total
funds
2024
£
65,477
32,725
-
28,640|
|---|---|---|---|
||||126,842|
## **7. Independent examiner's remuneration**
The independent examiner's remuneration amounts to an independent examiner fee of £15,000 (2024 - auditors' remuneration of £26,750).
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## **THE POINT OF CARE FOUNDATION**
## **(A company limited by guarantee)**
## **NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS FOR THE YEAR ENDED 30 APRIL 2025**
## **8. Staff costs**
|Wages and salaries
Social security costs
Contribution to defined contribution pension schemes|**2025**
**£**
**488,939**
**35,476**
**22,416**
**546,831**|2024
£
509,850
50,453
47,550|
|---|---|---|
||||
|||607,853|
The average number of persons employed by the Foundation during the year was as follows:
|**2025**|2024|
|---|---|
|**No.**|No.|
|**10**|14|
The number of employees whose employee benefits (excluding employer pension costs) exceeded £60,000 was:
|||**2025**|2024|
|---|---|---|---|
|||**No.**|No.|
|In the band £60,001|- £70,000|**1**|1|
Payments to key management personnel during the year totalled £42,865 (2024: £166,868)
## **9. Trustees' remuneration and expenses**
During the year, no Trustees received any remuneration or other benefits (2024 - £NIL).
During the year, no expenses were reimbursed to the Trustees' (2024 - £NIL).
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## **THE POINT OF CARE FOUNDATION**
## **(A company limited by guarantee)**
## **NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS FOR THE YEAR ENDED 30 APRIL 2025**
|**10.**
**Intangible assets**
**Cost**
At 1 May 2024
At 30 April 2025
**Amortisation**
At 1 May 2024
At 30 April 2025
**Net book value**
At 30 April 2025
At 30 April 2024|**Computer**
**software**
**£**
**34,879**|
|---|---|
||**34,879**|
||**34,879**|
||**34,879**|
||**-**|
||-|
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## **THE POINT OF CARE FOUNDATION**
## **(A company limited by guarantee)**
## **NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS FOR THE YEAR ENDED 30 APRIL 2025**
## **11. Tangible fixed assets**
|**Cost**
At 1 May 2024
Additions
Disposals
At 30 April 2025
**Depreciation**
At 1 May 2024
Charge for the year
On disposals
At 30 April 2025
**Net book value**
At 30 April 2025
At 30 April 2024
**12.**
**Debtors**
**Due within one year**
Trade debtors
Other debtors
Prepayments and accrued income|**Plant and**
**machinery**
**£**
**26,162**
**-**
**(19,018)**
**7,144**
**19,217**
**2,357**
**(15,739)**
**5,835**
**1,309**
6,945|**Fixtures and**
**fittings**
**£**
**4,259**
**107**
**(3,431)**
**935**
**3,350**
**312**
**(2,830)**
**832**
**103**
909
**2025**
**£**
**153,913**
**-**
**2,185**
**156,098**|**Total**
**£**
**30,421**
**107**
**(22,449)**
**8,079**
**22,567**
**2,669**
**(18,569)**
**6,667**
**1,412**
7,854
2024
£
83,433
2,577
13,605
99,615|
|---|---|---|---|
|||||
|||||
|||||
|||||
|||||
|||||
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## **THE POINT OF CARE FOUNDATION**
## **(A company limited by guarantee)**
## **NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS FOR THE YEAR ENDED 30 APRIL 2025**
## **13. Creditors: amounts falling due within one year**
|Trade creditors
Other taxation and social security
Accruals and deferred income|**2025**
**£**
**26,578**
**67,267**
**803,832**
**897,677**|2024
£
13,332
64,867
587,327|
|---|---|---|
||||
|||665,526|
Income is deferred only when the Foundation has to fulfil conditions before becoming entitled to it or where the funder has specified that the income is to be used in a future accounting period.
## **14. Creditors: amounts falling due after more than one year**
||**2025**|2024|
|---|---|---|
||**£**|£|
|Accruals and deferred income|**-**|140,055|
Income is deferred only when the Foundation has to fulfil conditions before becoming entitled to it or where the funder has specified that the income is to be used in a future accounting period.
## **15. Statement of funds**
## **Statement of funds - current year**
|||||**Balance at**|
|---|---|---|---|---|
||**Balance at 1**|||**30 April**|
||**May 2024**|**Income**|**Expenditure**|**2025**|
||**£**|**£**|**£**|**£**|
|**Unrestricted funds**|||||
|General Funds - all funds|**938,580**|**847,267**|**(1,076,515)**|**709,332**|
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## **THE POINT OF CARE FOUNDATION**
## **(A company limited by guarantee)**
## **NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS FOR THE YEAR ENDED 30 APRIL 2025**
## **15. Statement of funds (continued)**
**Statement of funds - prior year**
|General Funds - all funds
**Restricted funds**
Restricted Funds - all funds
**Total of funds**
**16.**
**Summary of funds**
**Summary of funds - current year**
General funds
**Summary of funds - prior year**
General funds
Restricted funds|Balance at
1 May 2023
£
890,841
Balance at
1 May 2023
£
1,555
892,396
**Balance at 1**
**May 2024**
**£**
**938,580**
Balance at
1 May 2023
£
890,841
1,555
892,396|Income
£
1,099,172
Income
£
-
1,099,172
**Income**
**£**
**847,267**
Income
£
1,099,172
-
1,099,172|Expenditure
£
Balance at
30 April 2024
£
(1,051,433)
938,580
Expenditure
£
Balance at
30 April 2024
£
(1,555)
-
(1,052,988)
938,580
**Expenditure**
**£**
**Balance at**
**30 April**
**2025**
**£**
**(1,076,515)**
**709,332**
Expenditure
£
Balance at
30 April 2024
£
(1,051,433)
938,580
(1,555)
-
(1,052,988)
938,580|Expenditure
£
Balance at
30 April 2024
£
(1,051,433)
938,580
Expenditure
£
Balance at
30 April 2024
£
(1,555)
-
(1,052,988)
938,580
**Expenditure**
**£**
**Balance at**
**30 April**
**2025**
**£**
**(1,076,515)**
**709,332**
Expenditure
£
Balance at
30 April 2024
£
(1,051,433)
938,580
(1,555)
-
(1,052,988)
938,580|
|---|---|---|---|---|
|||||938,580|
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## **THE POINT OF CARE FOUNDATION**
## **(A company limited by guarantee)**
## **NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS FOR THE YEAR ENDED 30 APRIL 2025**
## **17. Analysis of net assets between funds**
## **Analysis of net assets between funds - current year**
|**Unrestricted**
**funds**
**2025**
**£**
Tangible fixed assets
1,412
Current assets
1,605,597
Creditors due within one year
(897,677)
**Total**
709,332|**Total**
**funds**
**2025**
**£**
**1,412**
**1,605,597**
**(897,677)**
**709,332**|
|---|---|
## **Analysis of net assets between funds - prior year**
|Tangible fixed assets
Current assets
Creditors due within one year
Creditors due in more than one year
**Total**|Unrestricted
funds
2024
£
7,854
1,736,307
(665,526)
(140,055)
938,580|Total
funds
2024
£
7,854
1,736,307
(665,526)
(140,055)
938,580|
|---|---|---|
## **18. Reconciliation of net movement in funds to net cash flow from operating activities**
|Net income/expenditure for the year (as per Statement of Financial
Activities)
**Adjustments for:**
Depreciation charges
Loss on the sale of fixed assets
Increase in debtors
Increase in creditors
Increase in deferred income
**Net cash used in operating activities**|**2025**
**£**
**(229,248)**
**2,669**
**2,710**
**(56,483)**
**120,462**
**(28,366)**
**(188,256)**|2024
£
46,184
8,624
-
3,212
12,774
(203,014)
(132,220)|
|---|---|---|
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## **THE POINT OF CARE FOUNDATION**
## **(A company limited by guarantee)**
## **NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS FOR THE YEAR ENDED 30 APRIL 2025**
## **19. Analysis of cash and cash equivalents**
|Cash in hand
**20.**
**Analysis of changes in net debt**
**At 1 May**
**2024**
**£**
Cash at bank and in hand
**1,636,692**|**2025**
**£**
**1,449,499**
**Cash flows**
**£**
**(187,193)**|2024
£
1,636,692|
|---|---|---|
|||**At 30 April**
**2025**
**£**
**1,449,499**|
## **21. Operating lease commitments**
At 30 April 2025 the Foundation had commitments to make future minimum lease payments under noncancellable operating leases as follows:
||**2025**|2024|
|---|---|---|
||**£**|£|
|**Falling due within one year**|||
|Rent payable|**-**|6,732|
## **22. Related party transactions**
The Foundation has not entered into any related party transaction during the year, except as disclosed in note 9, nor are there any outstanding balances owing between related parties and the Foundation at 30 April 2025.
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