# BERKSHIRE NURSES AND RELIEF IN SICKNESS TRUST

## Details

- **Country:** England & Wales
- **Charity number:** 205274
- **Other names:** BERKSHIRE NURSES TRUST
- **Status:** Registered
- **Legal form:** Other
- **Registered:** May 28, 1962
- **Register:** https://register-of-charities.charitycommission.gov.uk/en/charity-search/?p_p_id=uk_gov_ccew_onereg_charitydetails_web_portlet_CharityDetailsPortlet&p_p_lifecycle=0&p_p_state=maximized&p_p_mode=view&_uk_gov_ccew_onereg_charitydetails_web_portlet_CharityDetailsPortlet_regId=205274


## Contact

- **Address:** BNRST, PO Box 3283, Reading, Berkshire
- **Postcode:** RG1 9QA
- **Phone:** 0118 227 9977
- **Email:** secretary@bnrst.org.uk
- **Website:** www.bnrst.org.uk



## Activities

**Objects:** THE INCOME AND AT THE TRUSTEES DISCRETION THE WHOLE OR PART OF THE PROPERTY OF THE CHARITY IN THE FOLLOWING WAYS: 1) FOR RELIEF IN SICKNESS. 2) FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE FOLLOWING PERSONS WHO THROUGH AGE, ILL HEALTH, ACCIDENT OR INFIRMITY ARE UNABLE TO MAINTAIN THEMSELVES. 2) (A) NURSES OR MIDWIVES WHO WERE EMPLOYED AS DISTRICT NURSES IN THE AREA OF THE ROYAL COUNTY OF BERKSHIRE AS CONSTITUTED IMMEDIATELY PRIOR TO 1 APRIL 1974 BEFORE THE DATE OF THE COMING INTO OPERATION OF THE NATIONAL HEALTH SERVICE ACT 1946, AND HAVE BEFORE OR SINCE THE LAST MENTIONED DATE CEASED TO BE EMPLOYED IN HOME NURSING IN THE SAID AREA, AND (B) PERSONS EMPLOYED AT ANY TIME BEFORE THE 4 AUGUST 1950 ON THE ADMINISTRATIVE OR CLERICAL STAFF OF THE BERKSHIRE COUNTY NURSING ASSOCIATION.

**Activities:** To provide financial assistance for those in need through sickness or disability. Applicants must be resident within area of benefit referrals are not accepted direct from members of the public - only from the statutory authorities.

**Area of benefit:** THE ROYAL COUNTY OF BERKSHIRE TOGETHER WITH THOSE AREAS IN THE COUNTY OF OXFORDSHIRE WHICH IMMEDIATELY PRIOR TO 1 APRIL 1974 COMPRISED PART OF THE ROYAL COUNTY OF BERKSHIRE




## Classification

- **How:** Makes Grants To Individuals, Makes Grants To Organisations
- **What:** General Charitable Purposes, The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives, Disability, The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty
- **Who:** Children/young People, Elderly/old People, People With Disabilities, Other Charities Or Voluntary Bodies, Other Defined Groups



## Areas of operation

- Bracknell Forest
- Oxfordshire
- Reading
- Slough
- West Berkshire
- Windsor And Maidenhead
- Wokingham



## Finances

| Period end | Income | Expenditure | Assets | Employees |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| March 31, 2025 | £101653 | £101699 | — | — |
| March 31, 2024 | £91891 | £44972 | — | — |
| March 31, 2023 | £82770 | £43574 | — | — |
| March 31, 2022 | £68438 | £43155 | — | — |
| March 31, 2021 | £59430 | £48874 | — | — |



## Trustees

- **LINDA PALMER** (Chair) — appointed Oct. 2, 2018
- ANNE SERENA FARLEY — appointed March 4, 2014
- Avril Verity — appointed April 14, 2026
- FIONA CAMPBELL CONNOLLY — appointed Oct. 3, 2012
- Fiona Simpson — appointed April 2, 2019
- HAZEL ANN ALEXANDER
- Lina Damani — appointed April 2, 2019
- Lucy Sansom — appointed July 2, 2024
- Olivia Christian — appointed Jan. 9, 2024
- ROBERT JOHN NEWHAM — appointed Sept. 3, 2013