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CHARITY REGISTRATION NUMBER: 205992

The League of Friends of Queen Victoria Memorial Hospital Herne Bay

Unaudited Financial Statements

30 June 2025

PG LEMON LLP

Chartered Certified Accountants

2 2-26 Bank Street Herne Bay Kent CT6 5EA

The League of Friends of Queen Victoria Memorial Hospital Herne Bay

Financial Statements

Year ended 30 June 2025

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Trustees' annual report 1
Independent examiner's report to the trustees 5
Statement of financial activities 6
Statement of financial position 7
Notes to the financial statements 8

The League of Friends of Queen Victoria Memorial Hospital Herne Bay

Trustees' Annual Report

Year ended 30 June 2025

The trustees present their report and the unaudited financial statements of the charity for the year ended 30 June 2025.

Reference and administrative details

Registered charity name The League of Friends of Queen Victoria Memorial Hospital Herne Bay Charity registration number 205992 Principal office 69 Mickleburgh Avenue Herne Bay Kent CT6 6HB The trustees Mrs G Fowler Mrs S H E Coppins R Sidders Esq Mrs S Dale Mrs S Winkworth R Carter Esq Mrs P Thomas Mrs A H Gannon D Surridge Esq Mrs K McGettrick Mrs T Charlesworth Mrs L Baker Mrs S Wilson (Resigned 2 December 2024) Mrs J Woodward Accountants PG Lemon LLP Chartered Certified Accountants 22-26 Bank Street Herne Bay CT6 5EA

Structure, governance and management

Constitution

The League of Friends of the Queen Victoria Memorial Hospital, Herne Bay is governed by its constitution adopted in 1949 and amended 31 October 1987. It became a registered charity on 9 October 1962, number 205992. Any communications should be directed to the Secretary, Mrs Coppins, 96 Beltinge Road, Herne Bay, Kent CT6 6LD. The Trustees and Advisors are as laid out on page 1.

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The League of Friends of Queen Victoria Memorial Hospital Herne Bay

Trustees' Annual Report (continued)

Year ended 30 June 2025

Structure, governance and management (continued)

Trustee Appointment and Training

The present Trustees are all familiar with the work of the Charity. Potential new trustees are invited to attend a Committee meeting before being appointed. They undertake a tour of the Hospital and are given a copy of our Constitution and the current accounts. It is not considered essential to have medical knowledge, but it is useful. Some members have undertaken organised Trustee training and all are kept up to date with current charity legislation.

Organisational Structure

The League of Friends relies heavily on the Trustees in respect of the administration of the Charity, and relies on the Trustees and other volunteers in respect of fund raising activities.

Risk Management

The Trustees have assessed the major risks to which the charity is exposed and are satisifed that systems are in place to mitigate the exposure to major risks.

Objectives and activities

The objectives of the League of Friends are to encourage and maintain the interest of the public in the patients and to support the work of the Queen Victoria Memorial Hospital, Herne Bay. Good relations are to be maintained with the Hospital, its administrators, nursing staff and ancillary staff, as well as the governing NHS Trust. Funds are to be built up to provide the Hospital with resources in order to help meet any expansion of services being planned for the future including outpatients, rehabilitation and day surgery which will enhance the services providing local healthcare whenever possible. To do all such other things as are incidental or conductive to attain these objectives.

Public Benefit

The Trustees have complied with the Charities Act with regards to public benefit guidance published by the Charity Commission.

The sole aim of our charity is to support local healthcare by enhancing and extending the facilities provided at our Hospital. This should benefit all members of the public who have need to use them. We also maintain and encourage a link with the community which it serves.

Achievements and performance

The Hospital continues supporting all departments, purchasing much needed items for lymphodaema, rehabilitation equipment and computers, blood pressure monitors and individual medical packs for staff in UTC, to save time when dealing with the high volume of patients now being seen.

Plans for Future Periods

We are in the process of revamping the patio area outside Heron Ward, which is used whenever the weather allows patients and visitors to go outside. We continue to support the UTC with plans to extend their accommodation and to support a bid to provide more opening hours for the x-ray department.

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The League of Friends of Queen Victoria Memorial Hospital Herne Bay

Trustees' Annual Report (continued)

Year ended 30 June 2025

Financial review

Going Concern

After making appropriate enquiries, in particular with regard to the potential impact of Covid-19 pandemic, the trustees have a reasonable expectation that the charity has adequate resources to continue in operational existence for the foreseeable future. For this reason they continue to adopt the going concern basis in preparing the financial statements. Further details regarding the adoption of the going concern basis can be found in accounting policies.

Reserves Policy

Unrestricted funds stand at £1,077,544. The balance of our funds are held in readiness to provide resources to the Hospital as and when requests are received.

Trustees' responsibilities statement

The trustees are responsible for preparing the trustees' report 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 requires the charity trustees to prepare financial statements for each year which give a true and fair view of the state of affairs of the charity and of the incoming resources and application of resources, of the charity for that period.

In preparing these financial statements, the trustees are required to:

The trustees are responsible for keeping adequate accounting records that are sufficient to show and explain the charity's transactions and disclose with reasonable accuracy at any time the financial position of the charity and enable them to ensure that the financial statements comply with the Charities Act 2011, the applicable Charities (Accounts and Reports) Regulations, 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.

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The League of Friends of Queen Victoria Memorial Hospital Herne Bay

Trustees' Annual Report (continued)

Year ended 30 June 2025

The trustees' annual report was approved on 16 December 2025 and signed on behalf of the board of trustees by:

Mrs G Fowler Trustee

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The League of Friends of Queen Victoria Memorial Hospital Herne Bay

Independent Examiner's Report to the Trustees of The League of Friends of Queen Victoria Memorial Hospital Herne Bay

Year ended 30 June 2025

I report to the trustees on my examination of the financial statements of The League of Friends of Queen Victoria Memorial Hospital Herne Bay ('the charity') for the year ended 30 June 2025.

Responsibilities and basis of report

As the trustees of the charity you are responsible for the preparation of the financial statements in accordance with the requirements of the Charities Act 2011 (‘the Act’).

I report in respect of my examination of the charity's financial statements carried out under section 145 of the 2011 Act and in carrying out my examination I have followed all the applicable Directions given by the Charity Commission under section 145(5)(b) of the Act.

Independent examiner's statement

I have completed my examination. I confirm that no material matters have come to my attention in connection with the examination giving me cause to believe that in any material respect:

  1. accounting records were not kept in respect of the charity as required by section 130 of the Act; or

  2. 2 . the financial statements do not accord with those records; or

  3. 3 . the financial statements do not comply with the applicable requirements concerning the form and content of accounts set out in the Charities (Accounts and Reports) Regulations 2008 other than any requirement that the accounts give a ‘true and fair' view which is not a matter considered as part of an independent examination.

I have no concerns and have come across no other matters in connection with the examination to which attention should be drawn in this report in order to enable a proper understanding of the accounts to be reached.

Maxine Gambrill FCCA Independent Examiner

PG Lemon LLP 22-26 Bank Street Herne Bay Kent CT6 5EA

16 December 2025

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The League of Friends of Queen Victoria Memorial Hospital Herne Bay

Statement of Financial Activities

Year ended 30 June 2025

2025 2025 2024
Unrestricted
fundsTotal funds Total funds
Note £ £ £
Income and endowments
Donations and legacies 4 709 709 237,650
Other trading activities 5 7,464 7,464 9,113
Investment income 6 8,807 8,807 5,698
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Total income 16,980 16,980 252,461
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Expenditure
Expenditure on raising funds:
Costs of raising donations and legacies 7 32,180 32,180 31,944
Costs of other trading activities 8 3,576 3,576 3,921
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Total expenditure 35,756
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35,865
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Net (expenditure)/income (18,776)
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(18,776)
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216,596
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Other recognised gains and losses
Other gains/(losses) (4)
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Net movement in funds (18,776) (18,776) 216,592
Reconciliation of funds
Total funds brought forward 1,096,320 1,096,320 879,728
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Total funds carried forward 1,077,544 1,077,544 1,096,320
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The statement of financial activities includes all gains and losses recognised in the year. All income and expenditure derive from continuing activities.

The notes on pages 8 to 14 form part of these financial statements.

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The League of Friends of Queen Victoria Memorial Hospital Herne Bay

Statement of Financial Position

3 0 June 2025

2 025 2024
Note £ £
Current assets
Debtors 13 2,397 2,612
Investments 14 951,025 942,218
Cash at bank and in hand 125,522 152,690
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1,078,944 1,097,520
Creditors: amounts falling due within one year 15 1,200 1,200
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Net current assets 1,077,744 1,096,320
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Total assets less current liabilities 1,077,744 1,096,320
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Net assets 1,077,744 1,096,320
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Funds of the charity
Unrestricted funds 1,077,744 1,096,320
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Total charity funds 16 1,077,744
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These financial statements were approved by the board of trustees and authorised for issue on 16 December 2025, and are signed on behalf of the board by:

R Sidders Esq Trustee

The notes on pages 8 to 14 form part of these financial statements.

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The League of Friends of Queen Victoria Memorial Hospital Herne Bay

Notes to the Financial Statements

Year ended 30 June 2025

1 . General information

The charity is a public benefit entity and a registered charity in England and Wales and is unincorporated. The address of the principal office is 69 Mickleburgh Avenue, Herne Bay, Kent, CT6 6HB.

2 . Statement of compliance

These financial statements have been prepared in compliance with FRS 102, 'The Financial Reporting Standard applicable in the UK and the Republic of Ireland', the 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 (FRS 102) (Charities SORP (FRS 102)) and the Charities Act 2011.

3. Accounting policies

Basis of preparation

The financial statements have been prepared on the historical cost basis, as modified by the revaluation of certain financial assets and liabilities and investment properties measured at fair value through income or expenditure.

The financial statements are prepared in sterling, which is the functional currency of the entity.

Going concern

There are no material uncertainties about the charity's ability to continue.

Judgements and key sources of estimation uncertainty

The preparation of the financial statements requires management to make judgements, estimates and assumptions that affect the amounts reported. These estimates and judgements are continually reviewed and are based on experience and other factors, including expectations of future events that are believed to be reasonable under the circumstances.

Fund accounting

Unrestricted funds are available for use at the discretion of the trustees to further any of the charity's purposes.

Designated funds are unrestricted funds earmarked by the trustees for particular future project or commitment.

Restricted funds are subjected to restrictions on their expenditure declared by the donor or through the terms of an appeal, and fall into one of two sub-classes: restricted income funds or endowment funds.

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The League of Friends of Queen Victoria Memorial Hospital Herne Bay

Notes to the Financial Statements (continued)

Year ended 30 June 2025

3. Accounting policies (continued)

Incoming resources

All incoming resources are included in the statement of financial activities when entitlement has passed to the charity; it is probable that the economic benefits associated with the transaction will flow to the charity and the amount can be reliably measured. The following specific policies are applied to particular categories of income:

Resources expended

Expenditure is recognised on an accruals basis as a liability is incurred. Expenditure includes any VAT which cannot be fully recovered, and is classified under headings of the statement of financial activities to which it relates:

All costs are allocated to expenditure categories reflecting the use of the resource. Direct costs attributable to a single activity are allocated directly to that activity. Shared costs are apportioned between the activities they contribute to on a reasonable, justifiable and consistent basis.

Tangible assets

Tangible assets are initially recorded at cost, and subsequently stated at cost less any accumulated depreciation and impairment losses. Any tangible assets carried at revalued amounts are recorded at the fair value at the date of revaluation less any subsequent accumulated depreciation and subsequent accumulated impairment losses.

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The League of Friends of Queen Victoria Memorial Hospital Herne Bay

Notes to the Financial Statements (continued)

Year ended 30 June 2025

3. Accounting policies (continued)

Tangible assets (continued)

An increase in the carrying amount of an asset as a result of a revaluation, is recognised in other recognised gains and losses, unless it reverses a charge for impairment that has previously been recognised as expenditure within the statement of financial activities. A decrease in the carrying amount of an asset as a result of revaluation, is recognised in other recognised gains and losses, except to which it offsets any previous revaluation gain, in which case the loss is shown within other recognised gains and losses on the statement of financial activities.

Depreciation

Depreciation is calculated so as to write off the cost or valuation of an asset, less its residual value, over the useful economic life of that asset as follows:

Shed - 20% straight line

Impairment of fixed assets

A review for indicators of impairment is carried out at each reporting date, with the recoverable amount being estimated where such indicators exist. Where the carrying value exceeds the recoverable amount, the asset is impaired accordingly. Prior impairments are also reviewed for possible reversal at each reporting date.

For the purposes of impairment testing, when it is not possible to estimate the recoverable amount of an individual asset, an estimate is made of the recoverable amount of the cashgenerating unit to which the asset belongs. The cash-generating unit is the smallest identifiable group of assets that includes the asset and generates cash inflows that largely independent of the cash inflows from other assets or groups of assets.

For impairment testing of goodwill, the goodwill acquired in a business combination is, from the acquisition date, allocated to each of the cash-generating units that are expected to benefit from the synergies of the combination, irrespective of whether other assets or liabilities of the charity are assigned to those units.

Financial instruments

A financial asset or a financial liability is recognised only when the charity becomes a party to the contractual provisions of the instrument.

Basic financial instruments are initially recognised at the amount receivable or payable including any related transaction costs.

Current assets and current liabilities are subsequently measured at the cash or other consideration expected to be paid or received and not discounted.

Debt instruments are subsequently measured at amortised cost.

Where investments in shares are publicly traded or their fair value can otherwise be measured reliably, the investment is subsequently measured at fair value with changes in fair value recognised in income and expenditure. All other such investments are subsequently measured at cost less impairment.

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The League of Friends of Queen Victoria Memorial Hospital Herne Bay

Notes to the Financial Statements (continued)

Year ended 30 June 2025

3. Accounting policies (continued)

Financial instruments (continued)

Other financial instruments, including derivatives, are initially recognised at fair value, unless payment for an asset is deferred beyond normal business terms or financed at a rate of interest that is not a market rate, in which case the asset is measured at the present value of the future payments discounted at a market rate of interest for a similar debt instrument.

Other financial instruments are subsequently measured at fair value, with any changes recognised in the statement of financial activities, with the exception of hedging instruments in a designated hedging relationship.

Financial assets that are measured at cost or amortised cost are reviewed for objective evidence of impairment at the end of each reporting date. If there is objective evidence of impairment, an impairment loss is recognised under the appropriate heading in the statement of financial activities in which the initial gain was recognised.

For all equity instruments regardless of significance, and other financial assets that are individually significant, these are assessed individually for impairment. Other financial assets are either assessed individually or grouped on the basis of similar credit risk characteristics.

Any reversals of impairment are recognised immediately, to the extent that the reversal does not result in a carrying amount of the financial asset that exceeds what the carrying amount would have been had the impairment not previously been recognised.

4. Donations and legacies

Unrestricted Total Funds Unrestricted Total Funds
Funds 2025 Funds 2024
£ £ £ £
Donations
Donations 709 709 943 943
Legacies
Legacies 236,707 236,707
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709 237,650 237,650
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5. Other trading activities

UnrestrictedTotal Funds UnrestrictedTotal Funds Unrestricted Total Funds
Funds 2025 Funds 2024
£ £ £ £
Subscriptions 226 226 55 55
Shop income 7,238 7,238 9,058 9,058
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7 ,464 7,464 9,113 9,113
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The League of Friends of Queen Victoria Memorial Hospital Herne Bay

Notes to the Financial Statements (continued)

Year ended 30 June 2025

6 . Investment income

UnrestrictedTotal Funds UnrestrictedTotal Funds Unrestricted Total Funds
Funds 2025 Funds 2024
£ £ £ £
Investment income 8,807 8,807 5,698 5,698
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Costs of raising donations and legacies
UnrestrictedTotal Funds Unrestricted Total Funds
Funds 2025 Funds 2024
£ £ £ £
Costs of raising donations and legacies
- Donations 32,180 32,180 31,944 31,944
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8 . Costs of other trading activities
UnrestrictedTotal Funds Unrestricted Total Funds
Funds 2025 Funds 2024
£ £ £ £
Costs of other trading activities - Shop
costs 3,576 3,576 3,921 3,921
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Independent examination fees
2 025 2024
£ £
Fees payable to the independent examiner for:
Independent examination of the financial statements Independent examination of the financial statements 1,200 1,200
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1 0. Staff costs

The average head count of employees during the year was 14 (2024: 15).

No employee received employee benefits of more than £60,000 during the year (2024: Nil).

1 1. Trustee remuneration and expenses

No remuneration has been received by any of the trustees of the charity during the accounting period.

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The League of Friends of Queen Victoria Memorial Hospital Herne Bay

Notes to the Financial Statements (continued)

Year ended 30 June 2025

12. Tangible fixed assets

Freehold
property
£
Cost
At 1 July 2024 and 30 June 2025 1,800
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Depreciation
At 1 July 2024 and 30 June 2025 1,800
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Carrying amount
At 30 June 2025
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At 30 June 2024
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1
3. Debtors
3. Debtors
2 025 2024
£ £
Prepayments and accrued income 2,397 2,612
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1
4. Investments
4. Investments
2025 2024
£ £
Short-term deposits - NSI 951,025 942,218
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1
5. Creditors: amounts falling due within one year
5. Creditors: amounts falling due within one year
2 025 2024
£ £
Accruals and deferred income 1,200 1,200
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The League of Friends of Queen Victoria Memorial Hospital Herne Bay

Notes to the Financial Statements (continued)

Year ended 30 June 2025

16. Analysis of charitable funds

Unrestricted funds
At Gains and Gains and At
1 Jul 2024
1
Jul 2024 Income Expenditure Income Expenditure Transfers losses losses30 Jun 2025
£ £ £ £ £ £
General funds 1,096,320 16,980 16,980
(35,756)
200 1,077,744
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At Gains and Gains and At
1 Jul 2023 1 Jul 2023 1 Jul 2023 Income Expenditure Income Expenditure Transfers losses 30 Jun 2024 losses 30 Jun 2024
£ £ £ £ £ £
General funds 879,728 252,461 252,461
(35,865)
(4) 1,096,320 (4) 1,096,320
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17. Analysis of net assets between funds 17. Analysis of net assets between funds
UnrestrictedTotal Funds
Funds 2025
£ £
Current assets 1,078,944 1,078,944
Creditors less than 1 year Creditors less than 1 year Creditors less than 1 year (1,200) (1,200)
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Net assets 1,077,744 1,077,744
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Unrestricted Total Funds
Funds 2024
£ £
Current assets 1,097,520 1,097,520
Creditors less than 1 year Creditors less than 1 year Creditors less than 1 year (1,200) (1,200)
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Net assets 1,096,320 1,096,320
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17. Analysis of net assets between funds

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