## The League of Friends of West Cornwall Hospital
## Charity Number: 208241
## Annual Report of the Trustees for the year ended 31[st] March 2025
## Aims and Objectives
The charity exists solely to promote and support the work of West Cornwall Hospital in Penzance.
It does this by raising money from the public and works closely with the hospital management to identify opportunities to improve and widen the patient services provided at the hospital. This is done by providing grants to purchase equipment and, on occasion, provide enhanced training opportunities for staff when a patient benefit is identified.
The League also provides a bank of volunteers to assist at the hospital including operating a regular hospital trolley service to the two in-patient wards.
## Review of the year ended 31[st] March 2025
During the year, the League has responded to a small number of requests for equipment at the hospital. The long awaited new Out Patients Department is nearing completion proving a modern and welcoming alternative to the previous dated provision. It also provides the opportunity to further enhance the clinical offer. We expect to receive requests to provide diagnostic equipment to support this expansion in services.
Our fundraising projects have continued with a reinvigorated trolley service and continued success in sales of Christmas cards and other regular fundraising activities which maintain the name of the charity in the public eye.
Our investment income continues to increase reflecting the rise in interest rates over the period covered by this report.
Our reserves have been boosted by a number of generous legacies which ensure that we are in a position to respond positively to funding requests from the hospital.
The Trustees are grateful to all the members, volunteers, members of the public and hospital staff who continue to support its work to ensure that West Cornwall Hospital is able to provide the highest standards of diagnostic and treatment facilities to its patients.
Income & Expenditure Accounts for the year ended 31[st] March 2025
|Incoming Resources
Voluntary Income
Activities for generating funds
Investment Income
Sub Total
Legacies
Total Incoming Resources
Resources Expended
Costs of generating funds
Charitable Grants
Governance Costs
Total Resources Expended
Net Incoming Resources
Total Unrestricted Funds b/f
Total Unrestricted Funds c/f
|2023
2024
2025
6,352
3,958
2,862
8,237
9,627
9,707
4,503
12,562
13,423
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19,122
26,147
25,992
110,206
19,122
26,147
136,198
2,289
2,975
3,418
1,388
6,046
400
874
204
849
4,551
9,225
4,667
14,571
16,922
131,531
323,282
337,853
354,775
337,853
354,775
486,306|
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