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Wrightington Hall –
Charnley Education and Heritage Centre
(Registered Charity No. 1152739)
Trustee’s Annual Report and Accounts
for the year ended 31 March 2025
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Wrightington Hall – Charnley Education and Heritage Centre
Report of the Trustees for the year ended 31 March 2025
The trustees present their report with the financial statements of the charity for the year ended 31 March 2025.
The trustees have adopted the provisions of 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 (FRS102) (effective 1 January 2019).
Reference and administration details
Registered number 1152739 Tax exemption number EW11472 Principal Address: 28 Eaton Avenue Matrix Office Park Buckshaw Village Chorley PR7 7NA Trustees: JC Faux ML Porter H Wynn Jones Bankers: HSBC 22 Market Street Chorley PR7 2RX
Structure, governance and management
Governing document
The charity was incorporated as a charitable incorporated organisation and the governing document is a Declaration of Trust dated 4 July 2013. Trustees are selected on the basis of their experience and knowledge of education and medical heritage and of charitable needs to meet the objects of the charity.
Risk management
The trustees have a duty to identify and review the risks to which the charity is exposed and to ensure appropriate controls are in place to provide reasonable assurance against fraud and error.
Objectives and activities
The objects of the charity are to advance the education of the public in matters relating to medical treatments and products. In furtherance of this object but not otherwise:
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To establish, preserve and maintain for the public benefit a medical museum within heritage settings at Wrightington Hospital;
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Provide education on the subject of advances relating to the musculoskeletal related treatments, science, research and development with reference to the evaluation of surgical procedures, particularly Charnley related techniques originated at Wrightington Hospital.
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Trustee’s Annual Report (continued) For the year ended 31 March 2025
Objectives and Aims (continued)
The trustees confirm that they have referred to the guidance contained in the Charity Commission's general guidance on public benefit when reviewing the Charity's aims and objectives.
Achievements and performance
During 2014 a grant of £18,279 was received from The John Charnley Trust to cover the costs of an application for a grant from the Heritage Lottery Fund. Unfortunately, the application was not accepted and the Trustees are still considering alternative plans.
Financial review
The charity will require new funding for any future plans.
Statement of Trustees Responsibilities:
The trustees are responsible for preparing the Report of the Trustees and the financial statements in accordance with applicable law and United Kingdom Accounting standards (United Kingdom Generally Accepted Accounting Practice). The law applicable to charities in England and Wales, the Charities Act 2011. Charity (Accounts and Reports) Regulations 2008 and the provisions of the trust deed requires the trustees to prepare financial statements for each financial year which give a true and fair view of the state of affairs of the charity and of the incoming resources and application of incoming resources, including the income and expenditure, of the charity for that period. In preparing those financial statements, the trustees are required to
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select suitable accounting policies and then apply them constantly;
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observe the methods and principles in the charity SORP;
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make judgements and estimates that are reasonable and prudent;
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state whether applicable accounting standards have been followed, subject to any material departures disclosed and explained in the financial statements;
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prepare the financial statements on the going concern basis unless it is inappropriate to presume that the charity will continue in business.
The trustees are responsible for keeping proper accounting records which disclose with reasonable accuracy at any time the financial position of the charity and to enable them to ensure that the financial statements comply with the Charities Act 2011, the Charity (Accounts and Reports) Regulations 2008 and the provisions of the trust deed. They are also responsible for safeguarding the assets of the charity and hence for taking reasonable steps for the prevention and detection of fraud and other irregularities.
On behalf of the Board
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Date: 07 January 2026
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Receipts and Payments Account for the year ended 31 March 2025
| Receipts Voluntary receipts: Total Receipts Payments Costs of charitable activities Governance costs Total Payments Net Receipts Total funds brought forward Total funds carried forward |
2025 £ - - - - - - - - |
2024 £ - - - - - - - - |
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Statement of Assets and Liabilities as at 31 March 2025
| 2025 | 2024 | |
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| £ | £ | |
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| Bank current account | - |
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| Total | - | - |
07 January 2026 The accounts set out on pages 3 to 5 were approved by the trustees on …………….and signed on their behalf by:
(nt5368901 DEEFE482... by: H Wynn Jones Trustee
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Notes
(forming part of the accounts)
1 Accounting policies
Basis of preparing the financial statements
The financial statements of the charity, which is a public benefit entity under FRS102, have been prepared in accordance with the charities SORP (FRS102) Accounting and Reporting by Charities: Statement of Recommended Practice applicable to the charities preparing their accounts in accordance with the Financial Reporting Standard applicable in the UK and Republic of Ireland (FRS102) (effective 1 January 2019), Financial reporting standard 102 ‘The Financial Reporting Standard applicable in the UK and Republic of Ireland’ and the Charites Act 2011. The financial statements have been prepared under the historical cost convention.
The presentation currency of the charity is pound sterling (£).
The amounts in the financial statements have been rounded to the nearest £1.
There are no material uncertainties about the charity’s ability to continue.
The charity has taken advantage of the following disclosure exemptions in preparing these financial statements, as permitted by FRS102 ‘The Financial Reporting Standard applicable in the UK and Republic of Ireland’.
- the requirements of section 7 Statement of Cash flows.
2 Trustees remuneration and expenses
No remuneration directly or indirectly out of the funds of the Charity was paid or payable for the year to any trustee or to any person or persons known to be connected with any of them.
No reimbursement of expenses has been made or is due to be made to any of the trustees in respect of the year.
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