ArroweSound Hospital Radio
Trustee Report and Annual
Review
Jan 2024 - Dec 2024
The Studios Clatterbridge Health Park Clatterbridge Road Wirral CH63 4JY
Registered Charity Number: 1192149
Overview
ArroweSound Hospital Radio Trustees are pleased to submit their annual report and accounts for the year 2022. ArroweSound Hospital Radio is a registered charity, governed by a constitution.
Charitable Objectives
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(1) The relief of sickness, poor health and old age amongst people living in Wirral by providing a local broadcasting service for hospitals, residential homes and similar institutions, and for patients receiving community care; and
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(2) (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 Wirral.
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Organisation
ArroweSound Hospital Radio is run entirely by volunteers, who pay an annual membership subscription and is governed by a constitution and managed by an executive committee.
Related Organisation
ArroweSound Hospital Radio is a member of the Hospital Broadcasting Association, a national charity that supports and promotes hospital broadcasting in the UK.
Dave Holt - Chairman
2024 on the whole has been an excellent year for ArroweSound. New members have bedded in well and are a great addition to our team. We have moved our playout system to the latest version of Myriad 6 and one or two members have been making use of the access to Myriad Anywhere and have broadcast programmes away from the studio in 2024.
The latest copy of our station magazine has also been produced and have been placed in locations throughout Arrowe Park and Clatterbridge hospitals as well as being available externally in other key locations and they're always available when we are out promoting the station at events.
This year we have continued our fundraising partnership at Tesco Bidston and have started raising funds at a monthly car boot sale thanks to Steve Fitch.
As always I wish to thank all our volunteers and supporters for their continued support, without them or their generous donations, ArroweSound would not be able to keep patients and staff entertained 24hrs a day.
Steve Dundas - Co-chair & Programme Manager
2024 has been a good year for training and welcoming new presenters. I have managed to get to see all presenters on an individual basis and see what areas of training where required and now everyone has the ability to voice track programmes
I think we have a great blend at this moment in time with the programmes we have, and I’ve been impressed with the newcomers over the last 12 months so thank you to Glynn, Steve F and Dan who have had
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newbies join them for a training period - it makes a real difference when you have knowledge of experienced presenters on hand.
Unfortunately, we lost Shay at the end of 2024 to InDemand Decades - but it shows that if you want to get into a media environment full time, then ArroweSound can be a great starting place. I’d like to take the opportunity to put on record that we wish Shay all the best as he’s done a fair bit of stuff off-air which has really made a difference to the station this year, and he will always be welcome back in the future.
Back to the good news, and I’m delighted as always when the shortlist for HBA awards are announced and ArroweSound make any categories - and this year I'm absolutely thrilled for Mike McDonnell and Dave Holt to be
shortlisted in the best newcomer and male presenter of the year respectively. Let’s keep our fingers crossed that either or both get a Gold, Silver or Bronze award this year to add to the current collection and already.
I've added a couple more syndicated programmes to the schedule in the last 12 months as well, Airplay 40 and Greasepaint & Stage Lights - a chart show and musicals show which are completely different to what we've had in the past.
Treasurer/Fundraising - Glynn Thomas
Our Income and Expenditure Accounts for 2023 were presented last year without an audit. After investigation and looking at information on the Charities Commission website, I discovered that because our annual turnover is less than £25,000 our accounts do not require an audit. That really is a money-saver – professional auditors don’t come cheap! The funding situation is considerably better than it was at the end of last year.
Many thanks to Steve and Debbie Fitch for organising monthly car boot sales at the Byrne Avenue community centre which brought in £281.80. We also received two substantial donations – Tesco Bidston books sale of £200 and Neighbourly Foundation of £250. Other major income came from the three bucket collections which brought in a total of £864.58 and “Easy Fundraising” continues to tick along, this year hitting £88.55 which is the biggest donation we have had from that source.
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In August Dave Holt purchased a contactless card reader from a company called“Square” which enables people to make donations directly to our bank account when they don’t have ready cash.
The facility deducts 2p in the pound from donations but there is no subscription charge to pay and the device only cost £22.80 so could provide a useful tool in addition to rattling the buckets. We had a few items of “one-off” expenditure such as going shares with Radio Clatterbridge for repainting the corridor and doors, purchasing pens, car stickers and a new studio chair – these were all covered by generous donations from our volunteers and committee. In total, our members chipped in a total of £344.16 over and above their subscriptions towards our funds – many thanks to everyone.
So, how is the funding situation? Discounting the “one-off” expenditure and calculating the running costs to stay on-air, we are looking at roughly £1650 per year, with £1858.34 in the bank at 31/12/24. So it’s essential that we maintain our fundraising efforts. Unless we encounter a major expense next year, I’m pleased to say that we should have sufficient funds to take us through to end-of-year 2025.
Charity Trustees
Dave Holt, Stephen Dundas & Glynn Thomas
Chairman: Dave Holt
Co-Chair & Programme Manager: Stephen Dundas
Treasurer: Glynn Thomas
Secretary: Heather Smith
Charity Number: 1192149
Address: The Studios, Clatterbridge Health Park, Clatterbridge Road, Wirral, CH63 4JY
Bankers: Barclays
forthe YearEnded31st |
December2024 |
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| rNcomE | 2p2! | 2023 |
| Members Subscriptions | 370.00 | 340.00 |
| Donations: | ||
| Members Personal Donations | 3/,416 | 65.00 |
| Steve Dundas "Loo$e Change" | 31.50 | |
| ViaPayPal and Squarecardreader | 14.79 | |
| Smile Publications (ASHR Magazine) | 350.00 | |
| "LocalGiving"Donationforstudiowalltiles | 500.00 | |
| TescoBidston-fromBooks sale | 200.00 | |
| Policy Bee (insurance) "thankyou' | 20.00 | |
| Neighbourly Foundation | 250.00 | |
| 824.95 | 946.50 | |
| Fundraising: | ||
| lncomefrom "EasyFundraising" | 88.55 | 60.90 |
| AMMON-"Smile"frompurchases | 27.69 | |
| SteveFitch-CarBoot Sales SteveDundas*Football Card Sales |
281.80 40.00 |
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| ASDABucket Collec'tion(2717124) | 181.42 | |
| TescoBucketCollectiont3118124) | 316.09 | |
| TescoBucket Collection(6112124) | 367.A7 | |
| Richard Holmes-WineTastingEvening | 100.00 | |
| 't274-93 | {88.59 | |
| Itemq Sold | ||
| Sale ofoldmixing desk on eBay | 243.01 | |
| Sale ofASHR "$tocl('hoodietoDave Holt | 25.00 | |
| Total lncome | 2494.88 | 1718.14 |
| EXPENBITUFE | ||
|---|---|---|
| Plusnet&XLN -Line/Broadband Charges | 416.03 | 419.37 |
| Equipment {new and second-hand) | 0 | 0 |
| Fumiture-new swivel chairfor$tudio1 | 52.99 | |
| (Covered by DonationsfromPresenters) | ||
| ASHRpens and car stickers | 157.00 | |
| (Covered by DonationsfromCommittee) | ||
| Repairs & Modifieations (includes redecorating) | 50.00 | 374.95 |
| Licences (PPL) | 385.20 | 354.00 |
| HBA Membership | 50.00 | 50.00 |
| Radio Newshub Subscription | 220.00 | 161.88 |
| Myriad "PCAnywhere'facility | 178.20 | |
| 123-REG arrowe-sound.co.uk Dornain (1 year) | 14.39 | 14.39 |
| HOSTINGER hostingforarrowesound.co.uk(1year) | 97.A7 | 115.06 |
| StreamingFees (ShoutCast) | 107.88 | 147.88 |
| Natalie Miller-Voice-OverArtist | 40.00 | |
| Postage and Stationery | 0 | 6.00 |
| WrralUniforms'ASHRTopsandHoodies | 43.00 | |
| 1768.76 | 1646.53 | |
| $pendingforFund-Raisinq | ||
| Hiscox3dPartyEventtnsurance | 44.M | 0 |
| Leaflet printing-flyersforBucket Collections | 34.95 | 0 |
| "Square'contactlesscardreader terminal | 22.8A | 0 |
| {02.59 | ||
| Total Expenditure | 187't.35 | 1645.53 |
| Surplus or (Deficit)ForTheYear | 623.53 | 71.57 |
| ARROWE SOUND HOSPI | TALRADIO | |
|---|---|---|
| RE,sERyEqREqoN gr,L!A.[!oN | 2q2! | 2023 |
| OpeningBalance | 1234.81 | 1163.24 |
| Net (Deficit)iSurplus For TheYear | 623.53 | 71.57 |
| ClosingBalance | {858.34 | 12t4.A1 |
| Plus lncometoryear 2024 paidintoour account beforelstJanuary2024 |
90.00 | |
| RepresentedBy: | ||
| BankBalance asat3{stDecember | 194d.AT | 13i4.8{ |
| Cash Held(notyetbanked) | NIL | NtL |
| Less2024 paymenttoDaveHolt: | ||
| 7x Streaming'Fees plus"Squat€"card rcader (not co-authoriseduntil6thJanuary20251 |
85.73 | |
| Total | {858.34 | {3{4.81 |
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