## **Penrith Community Hospital League of Friends** 

## **Trustee Annual Report** 

## **Charity No 1184871** 

Welcome to our Trustee Annual Report for 2024/2025. 

During 2024/2025 the League has continued to support the patients of Penrith Hospital and the Community. We have held meetings and have obtained approval from Trustees for Grants and expenditure. 

I would like to thank all the Trustees and Associates of the League for their continued support. 

Although we have not held any fundraising events this year, we have continued to receive donations from grateful patients and relatives. A lady is raising money by running in 2 events in memory of her mother who received excellent care at the Hospital. So far, she has raised £785. Age Concern Appleby also gave us a generous donation of £2500. Total income for the year amounted to a fantastic £11478. 

Once again, the League provided Christmas gifts for the patients on Eden Unit which were very much appreciated. We also bought new Christmas decorations which helped to make the Hospital bright and festive for Christmas. 

We provided holding crosses for our Chaplain to give to patients who found them comforting – total cost £222. Exercise Bike for Stroke Team - £101. 2 Recliner Chairs for the Ward - £3170. Dementia Clocks for the Ward - £1254. TV and Microwave for Urgent Treatment Centre - £568. Motormed Bike for Ward Physios - £5424. Nail Drill for Podiatry - £1074. Beverage Trolley for the Ward - £3822. Patient Transfer Scales - £2449. Toiletry boxes for District Nurses visit to needy patients - £185. The League’s total expenditure for the year amounted to £21032. 

I continue to serve as a NCIC Trust Partner Governor on behalf of the League of Friends for the Community Hospitals. I attend the Trust Governors Meetings and Events, through which I am able to raise issues relating to the Community Hospitals and views of patients and their relatives and give feedback along with keeping Penrith League of Friends Trustees up to date with all the developments and changes within the Trust. 

Finally, I would like to thank all the teams at Penrith Hospital and in the Community who work so hard to keep everyone safe and well. The League looks forward to supporting them again in 2025/2026. 

Linda Bell  -  Chair 

October 2025 



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||**Income**|**Year End**<br>**31 Aug 25**|**Year End**<br>**31 Aug 24**|||**Expenditure**|**Year End**<br>**31 Aug 25**|**Year End**<br>**31 Aug 24**|
|OpeningBalances|||||||||
|Barclays Current Account||£12,700.57|£9,415.23||Publicityand Adverts||£0.00|£0.00|
|Penrith BuildingSociety||£52,226.43|£51,386.65||Medical Equipment||£16,090.13|£3,520.86|
||||||Hospital Garden||£0.00|£0.00|
||||||Cumbria Health Improvement Grant||£0.00|£135.99|
|Donations:General||£8,900.32|£7,786.88||Caroline's Garden||£0.00|£120.00|
|Just GivingDonations Online||£294.00|£29.23||Postage||£86.00|£75.00|
|Cumbria Health Improvement Grant||£0.00|£474.98||Miscellaneous||£2,701.55|£911.85|
|Caroline's Garden Donations||£0.00|£0.00||Public LiabilityInsurance||£275.20|£260.78|
|UTC Donation||£0.00|£0.00||Secretarial Expenses||£26.24|£23.59|
|District Nurse Donations||£487.62|£779.36||Christmas Presents forpatients||£168.69|£552.24|
|GivingGain Challenge||£784.80|£0.00||District Nurses||£184.89|£184.80|
|Interest Penrith BuildingSociety||£1,011.62|£839.78||UTC trainingfrom Donation||£1,500.00|£0.00|
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|Sub Total||£11,478.36|£9,910.23||Sub Total||£21,032.70|£5,785.11|
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||||||ClosingBalances||||
||||||Barclays Current Account||£2,134.61|£12,700.57|
||||||Penrith BuildingSociety||£53,238.05|£52,226.43|
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|**Total**||**£76,405.36**|**£70,712.11**||**Total**||**£76,405.36**|**£70,712.11**|