## Radio Harrow, Charitable Incorporated Organisation
Registered with the Charity Commission, number 1161203
## Trustees’ Report and Financial Statements for the year ending 30 September 2024
Trustees
Mr. Charles Biggie Mr. Jonathan Hart Mr. Andrew Bottcher Ms. Kate Pole (to 16/08/2024)
## Trustees’ Annual Report
The Trustees present their Report and Accounts for the year ended 30th September 2024.
The Trustees have considered their duties in accordance with the Charity Commission's regulations. The review of activities and achievements is contained below, and the Trustees believe that it gives a true record of the work the charity has done in fulfilling its charitable purposes for public benefit.
The Trustees believe they have complied with their duty, contained in Section 4 of the Charities Act 2011, to have due regard to public benefit guidance published by the Charity Commission.
## Organisation
Radio Harrow is a Charitable Incorporated Organisation registered in England and Wales on 8th April 2015 and governed by a constitution signed on 23rd March 2015.
Radio Harrow broadcasts online via its website, and the TuneIn App.
Radio Harrow is managed by the Charity Trustees, the majority of whom are elected by the membership.
Throughout the year, Radio Harrow continued to operate with no paid staff, being run entirely by a membership of volunteers.
This Report and the attached Accounts have been produced in accordance with the guidance provided by the Charity Commission in its “Receipts and Payments Accounts Pack (CC16)”
## Charitable Objectives
Radio Harrow has two objectives:
1. The relief of sickness, poor health and old age amongst people living in the London Boroughs of Brent, Harrow and Ealing by providing a local broadcasting service for hospitals, residential homes and similar institutions, and for patients receiving community care; and
2. The advancement of health and prevention or relief of sickness for the public benefit through the promotion of the benefits of living a healthy lifestyle, and the importance of maintaining good personal mental and physical health by (mainly, but not exclusively) the means of broadcasting health education messages to people living in the London Boroughs of Brent, Harrow and Ealing.
These objects are based on the model wording agreed between the Hospital Broadcasting Association (HBA) and the Charity Commission.
The Trustees declare that they are;
- Aware of the Charity Commission Guidance on Public Benefit.
- Have taken it into account when making a decision to which the guidance is relevant.
- If they have decided to depart from the guidance, they have a good reason for doing so.
## Related Organisations
Radio Harrow is a member of a number of support organisations for the voluntary sector.
Radio Harrow is a member of the Hospital Broadcasting Association (HBA), the national charity that supports and promotes hospital, health and wellbeing broadcasting in the UK; and the Community Media Association (CMA), the organisation which supports and advocates for community broadcasters.
London North West University Healthcare NHS Trust (LNWUH) manages Northwick Park Hospital (NPH), where Radio Harrow’s studio and broadcast infrastructure is based. NPH is one of three hospitals managed by the Trust. Radio Harrow has continued to work with the Hospital Trust in providing both a patient focused entertainment service as well as a more outward looking health related broadcasting experience. However, following the imposition in March 2020, of Government restrictions arising from the Covid-19 pandemic, Radio Harrow has had to adapt its operations both within Northwick Park Hospital and externally.
## Financial Review
Radio Harrow were grateful for the receipt of grants totalling £600 from the Jack Petchey Foundation, funding activities and fulfilment for our volunteers aged under 25 years old, in accordance with the Foundation’s aims. Radio Harrow’s association with the Jack Petchey Foundation continues, however, and the Charity looks forward to fulfilling its activities with its younger volunteers under this funding programme in the future.
The Charity were additionally grateful to the Estate of long-term supporter, Paul Easton, for a legacy of £1,000. Paul was a founder member of Radio Northwick Park, whose operations and assets were absorbed into Radio Harrow at its outset.
Radio Harrow’s policy regarding the level of cash and investments is to have funds available to meet liabilities as they fall due, meet contingencies, and augment any capital expenditure from time to time as appropriate.
The Trustees have considered the level of free reserves, that is those funds not tied up in tangible fixed assets and other designated or restricted funds, which amounted to £28,666 as at 30[th] September 2024 and represents 41 months of unrestricted expenditure.
The Trustees’ free reserves target, at a minimum, is to cover the costs of running the organisation for a period of up to six months. This would require minimum free reserves of around £4,5000. The current higher level of reserves is held for investment in known future expansion of operations to other hospitals and similar institutions in the areas covered by Radio Harrow.
CHARLES BIGGIE 8 November 2024
JONATHAN HART
## **Radio Harrow**
## **Statement of Financial Activities**
|**For the year ended 30 September 2024**
Notes
**_Incoming resources_**
8
Incoming resources from generated funds
Voluntary Income
1,891
Activities for generating funds
165
Incoming from charitable activities
Other incoming resources
1,100
Investment income
1,005
**_Total incoming resources_**
4,161
**_Resources expended_**
9
Costs of generating funds
Charitable Activities
8,428
**_Total resources expended_**
8,428
Unrealised Gain /(Loss)on investments
1,215
**_Net movement in funds_**
(3,052)
**_Reconciliation of funds:_**
**_Total funds balance brought forward_**
35,777
**_Total funds balance carried forward_**
32,725
Unrestricted
Funds £s|600
600
152
152
448
1,155
1,603
Restricted
Funds £s|2023/24
2022/23
Total £s
Total £s
1,891
2,320
165
252
600
1,200
1,100
1,338
1,005
862|
|---|---|---|
|||4,761
5,972
8,580
7,572|
|||8,580
7,572
1,215
1,612|
|||(2,604)
12
36,932
36,920|
|||34,328
36,932|
## **Radio Harrow**
## **Balance Sheet**
|**As at the year ended 30 September 2024**
Notes
**_Fixed Assets_**
Brought forward acquistion value
107,265
Asset purchases less disposals in the year
736
Brought forward depreciation
(102,874)
Net depreciation in the year
(1,068)
Net tangible assets
2
4,059
**_Current assets_**
Debtors falling due within one year
3
764
Investments
4
20,701
Short-term deposits
7,462
Cash at bank and in hand
216
29,143
**_Creditors: amounts falling due within one year_**
5
(477)
**_Net current assets_**
28,666
**_Net Assets_**
32,725
**_Funds_**
6 7
32,725
**_Total funds_**
32,725
Unrestricted
Funds £s|14,139
260
(13,938)
(152)
309
-
-
1,699
-
1,699
(405)
1,294
1,603
1,603
1,603
Restricted
Funds £s|2023/24
2022/23
Total £s
Total £s
121,404
120,340
996
1,064
(116,812)
(115,614)
(1,220)
(1,198)|
|---|---|---|
|||4,368
4,592
764
886
20,701
18,786
9,161
13,077
216
564|
|||30,842
33,313
(882)
(973)|
|||29,960
32,340|
|||34,328
36,932|
|||34,328
36,932|
|||34,328
36,932|
## **Radio Harrow**
## **Notes to the accounts for the year ended 30 September 2024**
|1|**ACCOUNTING POLICIES**|Accruals Basis|||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|2|**TANGIBLE FIXED ASSETS**|Cost|||||
|||As at 01/10/2023||||121,404|
|||Addtions in the year||||996|
|||||||122,400|
|||Depreciation|||||
|||As at 01/10/2023||||(116,812)|
|||Net depreciation for the year||||(1,220)|
|||||||(118,032)|
|||Net Book Value at 30/09/2024||||4,368|
|3|**DEBTORS**||||||
|||Accrued Income||||-|
|||Prepayments||||764|
|4|**CURRENT ASSET INVESTMENTS**|||||764|
|||Unit Trust Investments|||||
|||Market Value at 01/10/2023||||18,786|
|||Dividends and interest paid||||700|
|||Unrealised gain in market value||||1,215|
|||Market Value at 30/09/2024||||20,701|
|5|**CREDITORS: AMOUNTS FALLING DUE WITHIN ONE YEAR**||||||
|||Trade Creditors||||344|
|||Accrued expenditure||||133|
|||Provision for unspent grant||income||405|
|||||||882|
|6|**UNRESTRICTED FUNDS**||||||
|||||Incoming|Outgoing||
|||Brought forward|Resources||Resources|Carried Forward|
|||35,777||5,376|(8,428)|32,725|
|7|**RESTRICTED FUNDS**||||||
|||||Incoming|Outgoing||
|||Brought forward|Resources||Resources|Carried Forward|
|||1,155||600|(152)|1,603|
## **Radio Harrow**
## **Notes to the accounts for the year ended 30 September 2024**
|8 **INCOMING RESOURCES**
Incoming resources from generated funds
Donations
Legacy
OTHER
Fundraising events and commercial income
Investment Income
Membership subscriptions
CHARITABLE ACTIVITIES
Grants
9 **RESOURCES EXPENDED**
Costs of Generating Funds
CHARITABLE ACTIVITIES
Volunteer costs
Equipment and Maintenance
Office Overheads
Internet and streaming
Subscriptions
Licences and Insurance
Depreciation of Tangible Assets
Charles Biggie
Trustee
08 November 2024|891
1,000
165
1,005
1,100
600|
|---|---|
||**4,761**|
||-
5
768
573
2,095
354
3,565
1,220|
||**8,580**|
|||