## **REPORT OF THE TRUSTEES AND**
**UNAUDITED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2024**
## **FOR**
**THE LEAGUE OF FRIENDS OF WARRINGTON HOSPITAL**
## **THE LEAGUE OF FRIENDS OF WARRINGTON HOSPITAL**
## **CONTENTS OF THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2024**
||**Page**|
|---|---|
|**Legal & Administrative Information**|1|
|**Report of the Trustees**|2|
|**Statement of Financial Activities**|5|
|**Balance Sheet**|6|
|**Notes to the Financial Statements**|7|
|**Report of the Accountants**|10|
## **THE LEAGUE OF FRIENDS OF WARRINGTON HOSPITAL**
## **CHARITY INFORMATION FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2024**
|**TRUSTEES:**|Mrs K Tandy|Acting Chair|
|---|---|---|
||Mrs D Ferguson|Secretary|
||Ms C Chambers|Treasurer|
|**COMMITTEE:**|Mrs P Illingworth||
||Mrs C Snelson||
||Mrs R Hinson||
||Mrs B Thompson||
|**ADDRESS:**|Warrington Hospital||
||Lovely Lane||
||Warrington||
||Cheshire||
||WA5 1QG||
|**REGISTERED NUMBER:**|242506||
|**ACCOUNTANTS:**|WatkinsonBlack||
||1stFloor||
||264 Manchester Road||
||Warrington||
||Cheshire||
||WA1 3RB||
|**BANKERS:**|Barclays Bank PLC||
||Colchester High Street||
||Colchester||
||Essex||
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## **THE LEAGUE OF FRIENDS OF WARRINGTON HOSPITAL**
## **REPORT OF THE TRUSTEES FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2024**
The trustees present their report with the financial statements for the year ended 31 December 2024.
## **OBJECTIVES & ORGANISATION**
The League of Friends of Warrington Hospital was founded on 12 December 1963 and is registered with the Charity Commission, No 242506.
The League of Friends was established for charitable purposes only, and its objectives are as follows:
- To aid the comfort and wellbeing of all patients and to mobilise, encourage, foster and maintain the interest of the public in the patients and the support of the work of the hospital, by means of voluntary service.
- To maintain the relations and associations which exist between voluntary bodies and the hospital; and to provide opportunities for such voluntary bodies to continue their activities for the benefit of the hospital.
- Actively to pursue the raising and provision of the funds for the purpose of supplementing, in such manner as the League thinks fit, the resources of the hospital service.
- The recruitment of voluntary workers for the League of Friends of Warrington Hospital.
- To co-operate with all other bodies for the benefit of the hospital service.
- To encourage inter communication and co-operation with the other League of Hospital Friends or with other similar bodies.
- To do all such other things as are incidental or conductive to the attainment of the above objects or any of them.
The management of the League of Friends is under the control of the Committee.
## **REVIEW OF ACTIVITIES**
The results for the year and the financial position of the charity are as shown in the annexed financial statements.
During 2024 the League of Friends received a total income of £47,640 from:
- Fund raising activities
- Donations and bequests
- Legacies
The principal fund raising activities of the League during 2024 were the weekly lottery, which made a net surplus of £65, and table top sales held throughout the year which made a total net surplus of £3,302. The balance of income was raised by ad hoc fund raising events.
Donations were received throughout the year from members of the public and local organisations. The total donated was £36,371.
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# **THE LEAGUE OF FRIENDS OF WARRINGTON HOSPITAL**
## **REPORT OF THE TRUSTEES FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2024 (cont.)**
## **COMMITTEE AND TRUSTEES**
The present membership of the Committee is shown on page 1.
The trustees are the elected officers of the Committee.
## **VOLUNTEER SUPPORT**
In common with many organisations in the voluntary sector, the charity receives much valuable support from its volunteers. We gratefully acknowledge the support and continued contribution of our volunteers with their wide ranging input to our work.
## **RESERVES POLICY**
It is the policy of the charity to hold reserves in its unrestricted fund in order to establish an appropriate level of working capital and protect the future operations of the charity from the effects of any unforeseen and material variations in its income streams, as part of the policy of good financial management practice.
## **STATEMENT OF TRUSTEES’ RESPONSIBILITIES**
The trustees are responsible for preparing the financial statements in accordance with applicable law and United Kingdom Generally Accepted Accounting Practice.
Charity law requires the trustees to prepare the financial statements for each financial year which give a true and fair view of the state of the financial activities of the charity and of its financial position at the year end. In preparing those financial statements, the trustees are required to:
- select suitable accounting policies and then apply them consistently; - make judgements and estimates that are reasonable and prudent;
- prepare the financial statements on the going concern basis unless it is inappropriate to presume that the charity will continue business.
The trustees are responsible for keeping proper accounting records which disclose with reasonable accuracy at any time the financial position of the charity and to enable them to ensure that the financial statements comply with the Charities Act 1993. 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 WARRINGTON HOSPITAL**
## **REPORT OF THE TRUSTEES FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2024 (cont.)**
The Committee acknowledge the significant contribution made by the charity’s supporters and volunteers without whom the valuable work of the charity could not continue.
## **ON BEHALF OF THE TRUSTEES:**
C Chambers
Date..........................................
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## **THE LEAGUE OF FRIENDS OF WARRINGTON HOSPITAL**
## **STATEMENT OF FINANCIAL ACTIVITIES FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2024**
|**Incoming resources**
Donations & legacies
Fundraising events & appeals
**Cost of generating funds**
Weekly lottery
Other fundraising & publicity
**NET INCOME BEFORE EXPENSES**
**Other income**
Deposit account interest
**Expenditure**
Grants made
Administrative expenses
**Depreciation**
Computer equipment
**NET SURPLUS/ (DEFICIT)**|**31.12.24**
**£**
**36,372**
**11,268**
-
**7,712**
**288**
**185,616**
**247**
**3**|**£**
**47,640**
**8,000**
**39,640**
**-**
**39,640**
**185,863**
**3**
**(49,360)**|31.12.23
£
£
33,041
9,564
Sundry
-
42,605
5,960
389
6
,346
36,256
-
36,256
85,322
290
85,612
4
4
**49,360**|
|---|---|---|---|
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## **THE LEAGUE OF FRIENDS OF WARRINGTON HOSPITAL**
## **BALANCE SHEET 31 DECEMBER 2024**
|Notes
**FIXED ASSETS**
Tangible assets
4
**CURRENT ASSETS**
Cash at bank
**CREDITORS**
Amounts falling due within one year
5
**NET CURRENT ASSETS**
**TOTAL ASSETS LESS CURRENT**
**LIABILITIES**
**GENERAL FUND**
Unrestricted fund
6|**31.12.24**
**£**
**95,649**
**59,536**|**£**
**10**
**36,113**
**36,123**
36,123
36,123|31.12.23
£
267,424
85,087|£
13
182,337
182
,350
182
,350
182,350|£
13
182,337
182
,350
182
,350
182,350|
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|||||||
||||||182
,350|
||||||182,350|
## **TRUSTEES APPROVAL**
We approve the financial statements of the charity for the year to 31 December 2024.
## **ON BEHALF OF THE TRUSTEES:**
K Tandy
Deputy Chair
C Chambers Treasurer
Approved by the Trustees on ..........................
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## **THE LEAGUE OF FRIENDS OF WARRINGTON HOSPITAL**
## **NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS**
## 1. **ACCOUNTING POLICIES**
## **Basis of preparing the financial statements**
The financial statements have been prepared under the historical cost convention and follow the recommendations in the Statement of Recommended Practice: Accounting by Charities.
## **Income**
All donations and gifts are included in full in the statement of financial activities when receivable.
Investment income is recognised when receivable.
## **Tangible fixed assets**
Depreciation is provided at the following annual rates in order to write off each asset over its estimated useful life.
Computer equipment etc 25% on reducing balance
## **Expenditure**
Expenditure, which is charged on the accruals basis, is allocated between:
- expenditure incurred directly to the fulfilment of the charity’s objectives (direct charitable).
- expenditure incurred directly in the effort to raise voluntary contributions (fundraising).
- expenditure incurred in the management and administration of the charity.
## **Grants**
Grants are made for the benefit of the patients, staff and visitors of the Warrington Hospital.
Applications for grants are made by the Warrington Hospital and are then considered and, if considered appropriate, approved by the Committee before grant is made.
## Fund accounting
The general fund is considered to be unrestricted and comprises all incoming resources received or generated for expenditure on the general objectives of the charity.
## 2. **DONATIONS & LEGACIES**
|**31.12.24**
**£**
In memorium
**2,255**
Sundry & specific
**600**
Bequests & legacies **33,516**|31.12.23
£
178
1,980
30,883|
|---|---|
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## **THE LEAGUE OF FRIENDS OF WARRINGTON HOSPITAL**
## **NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS**
## 3. **FUND RAISING EVENTS AND APPEALS**
|
Weekly lottery
Table top sales
Sundry
4.
**TANGIBLE FIXED ASSETS**
**COST**
At 1 January 2024
Additions
At 31 December 2024
**DEPRECIATION**
At 1 January 2024
Charge for year
At 31 December 2024
**NET BOOK VALUE**
At 31 December 2024
At 31 December 2023
5.
**CREDITORS: AMOUNTS FALLING DUE WITHIN ONE YEAR**
Accruals
6.
**UNRESTRICTED FUNDS**
At 1 January 2024
Surplus (Deficit) for the year
At 31 December 2024
The General Fund is unrestricted.|**31.12.24**
31.12.23
**£**
£
**7,777**6,815
**3,591**2,748
-
-
**Computer**
**Equipment**
**etc**
**£**
**990**
**-**
**990**
**977**
3
**980**
10
13
**31.12.24**
31.12.23
**£**
£
**59,536**
**85,087**
**General**
**Fund**
**£**
**182,350**
(146,227)
**36**
**,123**|**31.12.24**
31.12.23
**£**
£
**7,777**6,815
**3,591**2,748
-
-
**Computer**
**Equipment**
**etc**
**£**
**990**
**-**
**990**
**977**
3
**980**
10
13
**31.12.24**
31.12.23
**£**
£
**59,536**
**85,087**
**General**
**Fund**
**£**
**182,350**
(146,227)
**36**
**,123**|**31.12.24**
31.12.23
**£**
£
**7,777**6,815
**3,591**2,748
-
-
**Computer**
**Equipment**
**etc**
**£**
**990**
**-**
**990**
**977**
3
**980**
10
13
**31.12.24**
31.12.23
**£**
£
**59,536**
**85,087**
**General**
**Fund**
**£**
**182,350**
(146,227)
**36**
**,123**|
|---|---|---|---|
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## **THE LEAGUE OF FRIENDS OF WARRINGTON HOSPITAL**
## **NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS**
## **7. PAYMENTS TO THE COMMITTEE AND CONNECTED PERSONS**
No member of the committee or person with a family or business connection with a member of the Committee, received any remuneration or expenses in the year, either directly or indirectly, from the charity.
## **8. OUTSTANDING COMMITMENTS**
There are outstanding commitments at the year-end amounting to £59,296.
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## **THE LEAGUE OF FRIENDS OF WARRINGTON HOSPITAL**
## **REPORT OF THE ACCOUNTANTS TO THE TRUSTEES OF THE LEAGUE OF FRIENDS OF WARRINGTON HOSPITAL**
As described in the report of the trustees you are responsible for the preparation of the financial statements for the year ended 31 December 2024 set out on pages five to eight and you consider that the charity is exempt from an audit.
In accordance with your instructions, we have compiled these unaudited financial statements in order to assist you to fulfil your statutory responsibilities, from the accounting records and information and explanation supplied to us.
WatkinsonBlack 1[st] Floor 264 Manchester Road Warrington Cheshire WA1 3RB
Date.................................
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