Charlty registratlon number 22S858 FRIENDS OF CHICHESTER HOSPITALS ANNUAL REPORT AND UNAUDITED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS FOR THE YEAR ENDED 30 SEPTEMBER 2022 FRIENDS OF CHICHESTER HOSPITALS LEGAL AND ADMINISTRATIVE INFORMATION Trustees Mrs J Ramage Mrs J Hepworth J Rowden MrsA Hobson Mrs P Robertson Mrs K Smee Mrs L De￿ TaOor R Stephens A KeeEir¥J J Brotherton J Tumer L Fraser M Reed M Barge (Apwnted 15 November 20211 (Apwnled 18 O&ober 20211 (Appointed 24 Awil 20231 (Appointed 8 June 20221 Charity number 225858 Principal address Friends Offi St Richard's H¢)$￿ts1 Spitaffields Lane Chthester West Sussex P019 6SE Independent gxamlnor Claire Notwood Bse FCAATII Jones Avens Limited Piper House 4 Dukes Cwrt Bognor Road Chthester West Sussex P019 8FX FRIENDS OF CHICHESTER HOSPITALS CONTENTS Page TTUStees' report Irthpendenl examine¢s report Stslemenl of finanoal activitses BalancÉ sheet Notes to the financial sLitements 9-19 FRIENDS OF CHICHESTER HOSPITALS TRUSTEES, REPORT FOR THE YEAR ENDED 30 SEPTEAIBER 2022 The Injstees present their annual rep)rt and finwwl statements for the year ended 30 September 2022. The financial statements have been prepared in accordance V•rylh the accounting policies sel out in note 1 to the finanaal statemenls and comply wrth the thantys goveming dooJment, the Charities Act 2011 and "Accounting and Reporting by Charities.. Statement of Recfjmmended Practice applicat4e lo Charit￿$ p￿paring their accounts in accordance with the Finanaal Reporbng Standard applicat4e in the UK and Repsjblic of Ireland IFRS 1021 (effective 1 January 20191.. The Friends of Chichester Hosptals is a Registered Ch*tty fomied in 1948. Oblect5ves and actlvities The charity's objectives are to encourage the interest and supm of the lo¢* communrty in Ch"chesterfs Nation Heakh Service Hospitas. then three- The Royal V4*st Sussex, St Richard's and (>aylingwell. The Royal ￿￿st Sussex and Sl Richard's were progressively merged in the 1980's and today, St Richard's Hospital 81 Chichester serves as the GenerJ and A¢LideAt and Emergency Hospital for the ￿stern area of West Sussex th a re&dent population of over 210,000 peoFde. The main core of St Richard's moved into a new hospital in December 1996. The Arztdenl and Emergency depwtment was extensivdy enlarged and modemised m 1999 and 20QQ. Gra￿IngWe1l Hospital (now known as The Chichester Centrel is mainly Ictated on its original site in Chi¢hester and serves the same wpulab'on wth the provision of Mentsl Heatth and Community Services. Graylingwell has reeently moved inlo modern accommrxgalion. and some older facilth.es such as Harold Kidd Unrt ￿aSed to provide care in autumn 2021, but Connolly House is still promding care and is one of the okler units. The Friends exist to provide fijnds to supplement or enhance the resources of t4)Ih Iv)sytsls lor the benefft of patients and stsff. This is ach*ved by operath.ng a profitable, effiaent Howal Shop and ￿rd Trolley Service whith provides good '￿alue for monef c￿)fects.0nery, t*￿Ieth"eS, newspapers and mag8zines, groceries and snacks. Additsonal funds are raised from legacies, In Memoriam donations and through féles, film shows, dances, flag days. raffles and by a group of members who pay for life memtership of £50 or an Annual Subsuiptien of £10. The trustees have paid due regard to guidance iSA￿d by the Chanty Commission in deuding what acbwties the charity should undertake. FRIENDS OF CHICHESTER HOSPITALS TRUSTEES, REPORT (CONTINUED) FOR THE YEAR ENDED 30 SEPTEMBER 2022 Slgnlficant actlvltles At the start of the finanaal year COVID was still having a &gnTfieant effect UFon the hospitsls. In December 2021 Plan 'B' was introduced by the government meaning face masks lo be wom in all pub15c spaces. 11 was not until February 2022 that all reslriction$ we lifted and we V￿re all asked to tske responsit4.lity for proleeting ourselves and others. The newly emerged trust. Univergty Hospitals Sussex Foundab"on Trust is ntr4V fijlty operational and has some 20,000 employees. Many changes in pwsonnel and management have taken ￿aCe and these now seem to be settling down. Al the lime of wnth"ng. the changes are almost Complete and the Friends now have a good relationship with the Hospital Director and the Director of Nursing. The Fnends are a fully voluntarily led and run charity and trms keeps our overhead running costs lo a minimum. This fact is greatly appreciated by those vrt￿ donate to us as they knu4V their grft is being used wisely. There are 14 trustees and we meet appr0￿matelY every 6 weeks. They are ably asgsled by 3 part tsme assistsnts who run our office in St Ri¢hard'$ Hospital Dunng the year fvnd raising everrts were str"Il drffioJlt to organise wth Ihe aftemalh of COVID. Nevertheless, through the kindness of the Chichester Rotary Clubs we were able to hold a collection day at the cross duriNJ the Christmas period. We also gave a present bag to each patient unfortunate encmjgh lo be stawng in hospital 81 Christmas. The Friends Shop, llxated in the outpab.ents area, is goir¥J from strength to strength. The daily ward tro￿eY round was not possible during the year and restarted in February 2023. tt is hoped to increase this to rounds d811y. Not onty does this trolley serve pat￿nts and staff. st also raises the profile of the Friends around the hospital. The shop held regular free raffles for staff to thank them fc￿ all Iheir hard work and diligen¢e and these raffles We￿ greatly appfeaated. The shop cC￿tinueS to trade well throughout the peii(yJ although r( was not easy at th"mes. There is a￿ayS colourful and topical window diway to be seen. Pre Covid we had over 100 volunteers but after COVID this was reduced to a handful. Qui(e a lew of the original vc4unteers have now retumed and we have been at4e to wrurt new ones resulb'ng in a vdunteer number of just over 50. Our volunteers are the Friends biggest assei and ￿thOut them we would not be in such a str￿9 positic￿ vAth such low fixed overhead costs. Many donations have been received by post, through the Just Grvrng wthte as v￿1 as the Charity Aid Foundatitin. An Increasing number of these are gfft aided. However, by far the greatest source of our inu)me was from legacies and our gralefijl thanks goes to dl those who remembered ￿. Three new trustees were appointed during the year. all brtnging with them thet'r indmdual skills to strengthen the existing trustee team. In February 2022 Richard Stephens was apwnted as chaim)an of the Friends. He fdlowed Jane Ramage had seNed lirdessly and with the utmost dedication some 15 years. She had an eye for every detail. and we thank her ￿orni0￿SlY for all the hard work She pirt in during her temi of office. We musl also thank all of those tho have helped the Friends of chicl￿ter Hosprt4$ dLtring the year by giving us generoU￿Y their tsme to support this very I4Utm￿lle cause. FRIENDS OF CHICHESTER HOSPITALS TRUSTEES, REPORT (CONTINUED) FOR THE YEAR ENDED 30 SEPTEMBER 2022 Achievements and perfomiance In the year to 30 September 2022 Ihe Friends showed a surplus fLY the year of £237,346. This compares wlh a surplus for the previous year of £24.947. Thi$ year the total incoming resources, after the costs of generab.ng the funds. increased lo £387,958 compared to £124,488 last year. As most chajitses there are a￿VaYS ups and downs in the sources of our income. The increase in inc4)ming resources is mainly (*Je to a In(￿se in ¢JJr legacy irtome and an improvement in the Shop's trading results. The Friends agreed to fijnd eommrtments this year of £143,027 eompared wth last yearfs commitments of £92,602. The Friends eontinue to make the hosprtal wards aware of the support available to them and have approved the majority of requests made by the wards in the year to 30 September 2022. Fundralslng actlvllles The shop continues to generate p¥ofits for the Friends. This year the amryjnt of profil generated by the Shop increased lo £32.087 {up from £22.613 last yearl. The resum ts the year is a lestamenl to the efforts made by the Shop volunteers as trading recovers from the cowd lockdown. As ever, the shop Vol￿teerS have Isthed very hard to make yjre that both the shop and trolley continued lo promde (when allowed) a highly valued se￿￿ to t#)th the patt.ents and staff of St Richards Hospital. Wlhoul this effort by the volunteers the Friends would not be able to continue offering this service,. so yel again we owe a big vote of thanks to all thtx helped duriro Ihe year. Flninclal revSew Reserves polky The Iruslees aim to meet the requests for support received from the Hosprtals wherever p0￿ble. In years when the suitable requests received from the hosimtals is than the income received by the Friends the surplus arising is carried foThtsrd lo fund requests in future years. A ggnificanl part of the Friends, income is derived from legathes, whth can vary from year to year. In order to ensure that the Friends a￿ able to suppcrt the Hospitals in a year in vthich the legacy income is low a designated reseNe had been established. In prior years this desNJnated reserve received 10% of the legacses received in the year, in 2017 a decision was made not lo increase the amount held in this de￿gn*ed reserve and this tjecision continued in the year lo 30 September 2022. Total reserves at the Balance Sheet date are £1,516,785 12021.. £1,279,439) of ￿lch £1,466,171 12021-. £1,222,732) are unrestricted and £50,61412021". £56.7071 are reslricled. Risk rnanagament The trustees have tsjnsidered whether there are any Malc￿ risks Ihal may athrsety affect the eontinued operth'on of the Charity. As the Chanty has no em￿oYeeS or sigruficant Ong￿ng commitments and lo fijnd requests fr¢Jn the hospitals when fvnds are avai18ble the Twstees cth&der the￿ are no major risks that need to be addressed. FRIENDS OF CHICHESTER HOSPITALS TRUSTEES, REPORT (CONTINUED) FOR THE YEAR ENDED 30 SEPTEMBER 2022 Plans for future perfods Future plans 2024 sees the 75th anniversary of The Friends and spec4al e¥￿ts wll be planned throughout the year to mark Ihis prestigious occasion. After a relatNely quiet lime for bids from the hostyals during the Comd period. we Can confinn demand for our help is rising wrth an increasing number of bills for medical and other equipment being sutyxitted. We continue Qui good relationship with the Friends of the other hospitals in the trust, 8n"ghlon. lknrthing, Hawards Heath, and Southlands. It must be noled that all Friends operate fvlly independently. Our continued exislence and the abilty to meet the demands upon us depends on ful￿ raising projects, legacies and memarial donations as well as the support of numerws vdUntee￿ who eFerate the friends shop in Saint Richard's hosprtal or help lo run events. ￿ a￿ most gratelul lo these pU￿1C-spirited individuals and organisalions who continue lo provK1e the SUPFrt)rt this valuable communrty charity deserves. The fu￿re plans are to continue wrth the go￿ w¢yk that the chanty undertakes in providing valuable Servi￿ lo patients and Msilors as wdl as funthng vrtal medi121 equipNnent StructUTe. governance and management The charty is contrdled by ils goveming doojment. a deed of trusL arKI constilutes an unincwrated charity. The tnjslees vtho served during the year and up to the date of signature of Ihe financial statements were." Mis J Ramage Mrs J Hepworth J Rowden Mrs A Hobson Mrs C Hal Mrs P Roberts(¥) Mrs K Smee Mrs J Stirtand Mis L Dean Taylor R Stephens A Keeling J Brolherton J Tumer L Fraser M Reed M Barge {Re￿gned 18 OfAober 2021} IResigned 24 October 2022} IAppointed 15 November 2021) IAppointed 18 October 20211 {Appointed 24 Awl 20231 IApwnled 8 June 2022) The current trustees all have eXper1er￿ and knowledge of Ihe kKal area and chartty sector. They have not undertaken any speafic induction or training because their prewous invdvement wth charities and their general busness experience was believed to be SLrffiaent to ensure a fvll understsnding of their dubes and responsibilities both generally and spea"fically as they apply to charibes. Try are made aware of any changes in ¢harity law which may affect Ihelr ￿SponSIbl1￿"es. FRIENDS OF CHICHESTER HOSPITALS TRUSTEES. REPORT (CONTINUED) FOR THE YEAR ENDED 30 SEPTEMBER 2022 The Friends is managed and run enb.rety ty volunteers. The registered offtt is at Sl RichaTtrs Hospital. Skytslfiebj Lane, Chichester. P019 6SE where rnosi of of the adminislrative wort 1$ CO￿led out. A commitlee is elected at th8 Annual Gener81 Meeting and they act as Trustees of the Registered Charty. Thè Committee consists ol a President. four Officers Ichainnan. Vice Chaimian. Hon. Secretary and Hon. Treasurer) and up lo fifteen Commrttee members. The committee meets not less than eight times annualty to r￿Ne requests from the stsff of both hosprtals for rinanry81 support for the pur¢hase or enhancernenl of medical equipment. and the provision of patient and staff amenthes, SLbth as comfortable seab.ng in warting areas and Chnstmas gffts. In Nder to ensure that requests are priorili$ed $0 that the limited funds are depk)yÈd wisety and effe(*vely, the management of aach Hosprtal inib'ally vets each request. However, small bth of up to £5.LXQ can be submrtted directty to the "officers. by Hospit81 wafds or departments. The Friends maintain dose and fr*r￿ty rela￿n9 with the management. stsff and patients of both Hospita15 so that a synwlhetic response w be made to al requests supk Future trustees will be gTh￿n I￿￿Ct￿ln and trainry as appropriate ￿ uuainl them wilh the tharty and its method of operalion. On appcxntment new trustees win be ￿"efe￿ on their legal oiAigations under thafty law, the content of the goveming docajmenl. the u)mmittee and deusicffi makn"n9 processe5 a￿1 the re￿nI fmanca81 perfomiance of the charity. The trustees. report was appro¥ed by the Board of Tnjstees. R Stsph8ns Trusts• 1025. FRIENDS OF CHICHESTER HOSPITALS INDEPENDENT EXAMINER'S REPORT TO THE TRUSTEES OF FRIENDS OF CHICHESTER HOSPITALS I report to the trustees on my examination of Ihe financial ststements of Friends of Chthester Hospitals charity) for the year ended 30 September 2022. Responslbllltl8s and basls of report As the trustees of the thanty you are responsible for the weparation of the financial statements in accordance wlh the requirements of the CharitiesAct 2011 Ithe 2011 Acll. I report in respect of my examinab.on of the charrty's finane4al statements carTied