## **Barts Guild** 

_Friends of St Bartholomew’s Hospital since 1911_ 

# **One Hundred and Eleventh Annual Report and Accounts 2022 – 2023** 





Barts Guild awarded a grant to the Radiotherapy department to provide presents for patients who attended Clinic on Christmas Eve 2022. 


Gifts for Him … 


and Gifts for Her 




## **Barts Guild** 

## _Friends of St Bartholomew’s Hospital since 1911_ 

## **Annual Report and Accounts 2022-2023** 

## **Contents** 

|**Contents**|**Contents**|||
|---|---|---|---|
|The Guild of the Royal Hospital of St Bartholomew||……........................|2|
|Report of the Trustees||………………………… ..|3|
|Our Chairman’s letter||………………………… ..|15|
|Obituary||………………………… ..|16|
|Minutes of the Annual General Meeting 2022||………………………… ..|17|
|Financial Statements 1 April 2022 to 31 March|2023|…………………………..|21|
|Honorary Treasurer’s Report|… 21|||
|Independent Examiner’s Report|… 22|||
|All Funds Year ended 31 March 2023|… 23|||
|Balance Sheet|… 24|||
|Notes to the Accounts|… 25|||
|Guild Members and Volunteers 2023||………………………… ..|36|
|Our Corporate Supporters||………………………… ..|38|



## **www.bartsguild.org.uk** 

The Guild wishes to express grateful thanks to TFW Printers (sales@tfwprinters.co.uk) for their help in producing this Annual Report. 

Photography: Bob Cooper; Patrick Jennings; Neil Ritson 

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## **THE GUILD OF THE ROYAL HOSPITAL OF ST BARTHOLOMEW** 

(also known as Barts Guild) 

Registered Charity No 251628 

Affiliated to ATTEND – Enhancing Health and Social Care, locally 

## **PATRON** 

HRH The Duke of Gloucester KG GCVO 

## **PRESIDENT** 

Mrs Ann Wickham 

**OFFICERS OF THE GUILD** at 31 March 2023 

## **VICE-PRESIDENTS** 

The Lady Mayoress Mrs Margaret Gillett Mrs Daphne Hamilton Fairley OBE Mrs Pauline Hirst Mrs Mary Kelsey-Fry Mrs Alison Shepherd 

## **Chairman** 

Mr Christopher Hayward CC 

**Vice-Chairman** Mr Keith Bottomley CC 

**Honorary Secretary** Miss Judith Pleasance CC 

## **Honorary Treasurer** 

Mr Keith Bottomley CC 

## **COMMITTEE OF MANAGEMENT at 31 March 2023** 

## **Ordinary members (elected)** 

## **Co-opted members** 

Mr James Ballinger Mr Steve Bench Mr James Benson Mr Chris Hayes Mr Neil Ritson Mr Adrian Stirrup Mrs Hilary Tarr 

Ms Lesley Evans Mr Patrick Jennings Mr Ian McDowell Mrs Wendy Mead OBE CC Ms Jan O'Neill Miss Silvia Roccato Sir Marcus Setchell KCVO Miss Niamh Whelan 

## **Those with other executive responsibilities or invited to attend meetings** 

Mrs Elizabeth Clark, Administrator Mr Andy Haddon, Shop Manager 

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## **Report of the Trustees** 

## **Reference and administrative details of the charity, its trustees and advisers for the year ended 31 March 2023** 

## **Trustees** 

Mr Christopher Hayward CC   Chairman Reappointed as trustee 13/01/23 Mr Keith Bottomley CC Vice-Chairman Miss Judith Pleasance CC Honorary Secretary Mr Keith Bottomley CC Honorary Treasurer Mr James Ballinger Mr Chris Hayes Mr Steve Bench Mrs Jenny Jeyarajah Resigned 13/01/23 Mr James Benson Mr Neil Ritson Mrs Julia Briscoe Appointed 13/01/23 Mr Adrian Stirrup Ms Lesley Evans Resigned 13/01/23 Mrs Hilary Tarr 

## **Charity Registered Number:** 251628 

**Address of principal office Independent Examiner** St Bartholomew’s Hospital Blue Spire Limited West Smithfield Cawley Priory London EC1A 7BE South Pallant Chichester PO19 1SY **Bankers** National Westminster PLC Cambridge & Counties Bank Limited P O Box No159 Charnwood Court 332 High Holborn 5B New Walk London WC1V 7PS Leicester LE1 6TE CCLA Charity Accounts United Trust Bank Limited Senator House One Ropemaker Street 85 Queen Victoria Street London EC2Y 9AW London EC4V 4ET 

## **Structure, governance and management** 

## **Structure of the charity** 

Barts Guild is an Unincorporated Association charity.  Its governing document is its Constitution which was revised, agreed and adopted by the Guild’s Management Committee, the Guild’s membership and the Charity Commission in November and December 2013.  It was further amended, agreed and adopted in October 2018. In recent times the governing document has been updated in 2000, 2002, 2013 and 2018. (See also website www.bartsguild.org.uk.) 

Five meetings of the Management Committee (MC) of trustees take place during the year.  In addition, a number of sub-committees take the Guild’s activities forward in the following areas: Grants; Finance and Accounts; Investments; Risk; Membership; Fundraising; Publications and Publicity; IT and Website; Shop and Business, Princess Alice Garden. 

## **Recruitment and appointment of new trustees** 

The charity in general meeting shall elect the officers and the other trustees.  The trustees may appoint any person who is willing to act as a trustee.  The number of trustees shall not be less than three but (unless otherwise determined by a resolution of the charity in general meeting) shall not be subject to any maximum. Any member or volunteer can be nominated for potential trusteeship. 

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Nominees for trusteeship/members of the Management Committee are interviewed by the Chairman, sometimes with the Hon. Secretary; two referees are required in every case and nominations are agreed by the MC before being proposed for election at the AGM.  In its trustees the Committee looks for areas of expertise important to the modern charity (e.g. law, finance, IT) and/or practical applications to help the Guild in its day to day work in the shop and hospital trolley services and other activities.  In a similar fashion trustees can also be removed by the MC. 

At the 2022 AGM there were no changes amongst the officers of the charity, although Mr Christopher Hayward CC, Chairman, who had completed three years as a trustee, was reappointed by members for a further three years.  Also appointed as a trustee, following recommendation by the Management Committee, was Mrs Julia Briscoe for an initial three years.  Mrs Jenny Jeyarajah resigned as a trustee, and Ms Lesley Evans stood down as a trustee having completed two consecutive terms of three years. 

## **Risk assessment** 

The Management Committee has assessed the major risks to which the charity may be exposed and is satisfied that systems are in place to manage exposure to these risks.  The categories of risk surveyed cover: governance; operations; finance; external environment; compliance.  Some examples of risks include: the ability to sustain the needed level of volunteers and the current level of income, a fall in investment values and returns, reputational risks and unforeseen changes in the operation of the NHS. 

These risks are mitigated by active management by the MC and its sub-committees, close consultation with Barts Health NHS Trust Voluntary Services, careful review of investments and monitoring of the professional investment advisers, and liaison at board and senior management level with both Barts Hospital and Barts Health NHS Trust.  In addition, there is full compliance with the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) introduced on 25 May 2018. 

Our Risk sub-committee assists and advises the MC in the regular review and assessment of the risks facing the charity in all areas of its work and plans for the management of those risks.  Where new risks are identified or there is a change in existing risks, the sub-committee will review where required and inform the MC. 

## **Objectives and activities** 

The objects of the Guild are to help the Royal Hospital of St Bartholomew by providing: 

- **By personal service and by provision from the Charity’s funds, such amenities for the patients and staff as would not be available to them under the National Health Service;** 

- **Such other charitable assistance to the Hospital, its patients, former patients, staff, students and others involved with the affairs of the Hospital as the trustees may determine.** 

- The main activities undertaken by the Guild to carry out these objects for the public benefit are: 

- running a general and souvenir shop as an amenity for patients, staff and visitors; 

- providing a trolley service for inpatients, selling newspapers, toiletries, confectionery and convenience items; 

- making grants for the provision of facilities on wards for patients and staff; 

- making grants that aid NHS staff to increase their level of skill and that of their co-workers; 

- funding the purchase of clinical equipment; 

- maintaining the Princess Alice Garden for the comfort and enjoyment of staff, patients and visitors. 

In relation to all the Guild’s activities we have paid due regard to the guidance published by the Charity Commission concerning public benefit. 

## **Achievements and performance** 

## **Shop services** 

The shop continues to see a recovery in footfall, with income of £150,493 net of VAT (2021-22: £100,305). Two new volunteers have been taken on in the shop and weekend trolley volunteers have returned, resulting in greater flexibility and continuity support.  Hospital infection control restrictions were reviewed, allowing the trolley service to recommence after a two-year absence.  The trolley currently runs Wednesday to Friday, and at weekends when the returning volunteers are available. Plans are in place to recruit trolley volunteers in order to improve the availability and reliability of that service. 

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## **Website and social media** 

Our website continues to enable new members to join and existing members to renew, as well as purchase souvenirs, make donations and apply for grants.  It provides notice of events, charity information and other news, which is also publicised via the Guild’s Twitter and Facebook feeds. 

## **Membership** 

Membership of the Guild stands at 335 members at the year-end, 189 of them being subscription members and/or volunteers.  There continues to be take-up of the offer of free Guild membership to students of Barts and The London School of Medicine and Dentistry (BLSMD).  Student members numbered 146 (excluding recent graduates), and this is a decrease compared to the previous year. The charity needs to find ways of increasing subscription membership as well as promoting and sustaining interest from current and new intakes of students.  An important objective of the association is to attract the interest of a new generation of practitioners who may continue to support the Guild long after their student days have ended. 

## **Grants** 

Grants awarded to the Hospital in the year totalled £118,256 for 47 grants.  This is the largest number of awards in recent years and certainly the highest total.  The figure has been boosted by the award of a £50,000 donation to the appeal by Barts Heritage, launched to mark the 900th anniversary of the founding of St Bartholomew’s Hospital.  Additionally, £10,000 has been awarded to a fund for urgent repair works on St Bartholomew-the-Less Church within the Hospital grounds.  The last major award of £19,560 was for ground surface work in the Princess Alice Garden within the Hospital site which is maintained by Barts Guild. 

Many grants supported patients' and staff's comforts and facilities, purchase of equipment and furniture for the Hospital, and funded opportunities for staff training.  Examples included the purchase of laptops for internal Cardiology training use, a contribution to new furniture for the Radiotherapy staff room, and catering for Critical Care Patient and Family day.  The Guild supports some final-year students of BLSMD for their Elective placements through the kind donation of Mrs Penny Wainwright and family. 

The remainder of grants took the form of educational funding for study days and conferences for staff to keep abreast of new developments and to share and learn best practice so as to enhance patient care; for example, a Post Cardiac Arrest Care Symposium. 

A full list of grants agreed is contained in this Annual Report’s Notes to the Accounts. 

## **Estimated numbers of beneficiaries served directly by the Guild** 

The year saw over 60,100 sales transactions relating to footfall in the Shop, by patients, visitors and staff, and a further 2,265 sales transactions relating to the trolley service (2021-22 total: 47,500). The average sales value of a transaction was £2.41. 

## **Contribution of Guild volunteers during the year** 

Front line volunteers providing service for the shop and ward trolley rounds (Monday-Friday, SaturdaySunday), contributed approximately 2,600 hours of service (2021-22: 1760). Other voluntary activities including management, support and administration are carried out by the charity’s officers, other trustees and co-opted members of the Management Committee. Their remit covers management committee meetings, subcommittee meetings and consultations, management of membership, finance, grants, publications, website, IT, Princess Alice Garden and other areas necessary to the running of the charity.  The Guild is hugely appreciative of the expertise and dedication of all who contribute so much to enable the charity to function effectively. 

## **Financial review** 

The Financial Statements are set out in this Annual Report.  The salient features of financial performance and resource are outlined in the Hon. Treasurer’s Report **.** 

The charity’s income for the year was £206,419 (2021-22: £176,407).  Investment income totalled £17,520 (2021-22: £17,563).  The Guild’s total funds are £755,803 (2021-22: £866,552).  Shop income has continued to recover post pandemic in the year to £150,493 net of VAT (2021-22 £100,305) and approaching the prepandemic peak of £181,302 in 2019-20. Significant grant giving took place in the year with-grants of £50,000 to Bart Heritage and £10,000 to St Bartholomew the Less in addition to the usual grant giving of the charity. 

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The grant to Barts Heritage is paid over three years, £30,000 this year and £10,000 in each of the successive financial years. The treasury responsibility and financial oversight are undertaken most capably by Mr Keith Bottomley CC as Hon. Treasurer and Mrs Hilary Tarr as Assistant Treasurer/Bookkeeper, with input from other trustees who also have wide financial experience. 

## **Reserves Policy** 

Our policy for the financial reserves is that we should endeavour to hold sufficient to cover at least a year’s expenditure on Shop-related and other expenses, together with the current aim of spending about £25,000 to £35,000 per year on grants, or somewhat more if needs prevail.  The outlay on the Princess Alice Garden in recent years is regarded as an exceptional grant in its extent but the new Garden will benefit the Hospital for many years to come. 

Therefore, with reserves of £755,803 the current resources are well in excess of this level.  We are conscious that in recent years the charity’s financial position has been much enhanced by the receipt of some substantial legacies and improved turnover in the relocated Shop.  We believe that the current financial standing of the charity will enable us to further develop and to expand our grant-giving ability to help the NHS Trust.  Based on the current level of its reserves, the charity is well able to meet its projected obligations and liabilities and has no uncertainty over its continuing status as a ‘going concern’ as at the signing date. 

## **Plans for future periods** 

The trustees examine and consult on future needs and issues, mindful of being responsive to changing patient needs and hospital developments.  Over a forthcoming five-year period we aspire to: 

- enlarge the range of Shop stock, provided that space permits and is supported by our continuing review of stock policy; 

- aim to increase the number of active volunteers so as to widen the scope of shop business and give it wider flexibility; 

- raise the level of grants (provided that the financial position allows through Shop income, improved fundraising, investments and bequests: for example, investment income has contributed well to the level of grants made); 

- assist the Hospital as a fundraising channel to meet specific and/or exceptional demands; 

- build upon the celebration of Barts Hospital's 900th Anniversary with initiatives to increase membership, sustain financial grants and develop sponsorship opportunities; 

- maximise the website’s capacity in order to help with several of these initiatives. 

## **Support** 

Barts Health NHS Trust continues to be greatly supportive of its oldest service-providing volunteer charity.  We are also very appreciative of the support for and interest in the Guild of our Royal Patron HRH The Duke of Gloucester and his officials.  We welcome and value the Patron’s counsel. 

The Guild has always been grateful for offers of support from businesses and other outside bodies, especially local ones and those in the City of London, and has appreciated, too, the interest of those of their staff that have expressed support for us. 

Approved by the trustees on 13 July 2023 and signed on their behalf 


**Christopher Hayward CC** 

**Chairman** 

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## **Update for 2022-2023** 

The Annual Report focuses on the financial year 2022-2023, but in this section we also refer to activity that has taken place during the current financial year in order to bring readers as up-to-date as we can with the charity’s developments.  Some of this information has previously been noted in Barts Guild News, which is also available on the Publications page of the Guild website. 

## **Trustees and Management Committee (MC) members** 

In a further, very welcome sign of normal business being resumed after the pandemic, the venue for the Guild’s 2022 AGM was once again the Great Hall at the Hospital. 

The meeting saw Christopher Hayward CC re-appointed as Chairman for a further year – and the extension of his tenure as a trustee for another three years – with Keith Bottomley CC re-appointed as Hon. Treasurer and Vice-Chair, and Judith Pleasance CC as Hon. Secretary, both also for a further year. 

In other business, Julia Briscoe was appointed as a new trustee of the Guild.  Julia is an experienced Board member and an Independent Consultant Nurse, specialising in leadership, workforce and community development. 

Having completed a six-year term, Lesley Evans stood down as a trustee but was appointed to the Management Committee as a Co-opted member.  Jenny Jeyarajah, who was thanked at the AGM for her contribution to the Guild over many years, resigned as a trustee.  However, we are pleased to report that she continues to volunteer in the Shop. 

## **Shop and trolley service** 


The Guild shop has continued to see a strong recovery in footfall and sales over the past year, and opening hours remain 0830-1600, Monday to Friday.  The trolley service resumed in July 2022, and has been running from Wednesday to Friday, with occasional weekend days, all subject to volunteer availability.  A volunteer recruitment campaign is being planned, focusing on increasing the days that the trolley service runs and also to make it more resilient to volunteer absences.  Volunteer coverage for the shop is more reliable, with two new recruits joining us this year. 

The shop and online store saw a significant boost to sales related to souvenirs for the Hospital's 900th anniversary celebrations.  Up to the end of July 2023, this amounted to over 1300 souvenirs sold and sales revenue of just under £13,800.  Shop manager Andy Haddon and trustee Steve Bench were significantly involved in discussions and the subsequent production of several of the Hospital’s 900[th] celebration souvenirs, and it was agreed with the Hospital’s 900[th] committee that the Guild would fund the wholesale purchases and retain the full sales revenue. 

Our new shop and trolley card payment service provider has been very successful in reducing till errors as the tills are now integrated with the card reader.  The past year has seen significant wholesale food price inflation and this has been reflected in increased retail prices so that we continue to maintain a steady profit margin. The shop counter remains protected by a Perspex screen, but face masks are no longer required. 

Guild Christmas cards and the 2024 Guild calendar will be available either direct from the shop or through the Guild’s website. 

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## **Grants** 

As has been mentioned above, 2022-23 was a year when grant-giving to the Hospital saw a new high both in terms of total value and number of applications approved.  The first five months of the new financial year have also seen a steady arrival of applications, and several of these have been eye-opening in revealing the breadth and depth of specialist treatment conducted by the Hospital; for example, therapies used by Psychological Services, and most intricate procedures practised by Cardiologists. 

The Guild continues to recognise the importance of maintaining and advancing the specialist knowledge and skills of Barts Hospital's staff through their participation in medical educational and training programmes and conference attendance, especially at a time of constant pressure on NHS core funds.  To this end, grants for attendance at course and conference events arranged by the following organisations have been awarded: International Forum on Quality and Safety in Healthcare, University of West London, Royal Marsden School, Balanced Minds, Royal Brompton Hospital, The Christie NHS Foundation Trust, Allergy Academy, Association of Chartered Physiotherapists in Respiratory Care, and several other providers in Britain and abroad. 

In addition, the Guild has been pleased to provide funding towards furniture, fittings and equipment in Hospital departments, catering for education, staff welfare and patient feedback events, and publishing case reports in prestigious medical journals.  A spectacular piece of Guild-funded artwork has been completed in a windowless Chemotherapy room, as recently featured in Barts Guild News of May 2023. 

**Natalie Hollins,** Specialist Antimicrobial, Infection control and OPAT Pharmacist, writes about her opportunity: 


“With thanks to Barts Guild I had the opportunity to attend the European Society of Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases (ESCMID) Annual Summer School. This was a week long course held in the amazing city of Seville in Spain.  It was a well thought-out schedule of lectures from specialists in microbiology and infectious diseases from all over Europe, who spoke about advances in treatment of the many diseases that fall within Infectious diseases. These included tuberculosis, malaria and HIV to name a few.  They covered the development of new diagnostic tools and the new treatments which are in development. 

The afternoons gave us the chance to present patient case reports and to get feedback on the clinical management as well as presentation technique. These were followed by workshops where in smaller groups we would discuss clinical conditions such as endocarditis and orthopaedic infections, as well as mapping out a strategic plan for antimicrobial stewardship programme for a hospital. 

The week also gave a great opportunity to meet infection specialists from across Europe and to compare practice and learn from each other. We visited one of the hospitals in Seville and had a guided tour around Pharmacy, the microbiology lab and some of the clinical areas. It was great to see how they work and meet some of the local clinicians in practice. Overall it was a great week where we all learnt a great deal and were able to work closely with specialists who are at the top of their field internationally. Many thanks to the support from Barts Guild.” 

Final-year medical student **Alexander Haiser** , recipient of a Barts Guild Elective grant from the Dr Laurence Cartledge Memorial Fund, writes of his recent placement in Ghana.  The photo below shows Alex in one of the ambulances. 

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“I would like firstly to express my gratitude to Barts Guild for awarding me this bursary for my elective. I feel extremely lucky to have been considered for this award and it was a pleasure to represent the Guild. 

My journey in Ghana began in Takoradi, located in the Western Region.  I was based here for two weeks in a house with other medical professionals from many countries including Canada, Australia and France. Each day would begin at 7am sharp, with a traditional Ghanaian breakfast before travelling to Effia Nwkanta regional hospital for my placement. This was a smallmedium sized regional hospital, which served as both a referral centre for patients from rural clinics and additionally a hospital for emergency and elective treatment for the inhabitants of Takoradi. It contained a small emergency department, orthopaedics and trauma surgery, general surgery, paediatrics, neonatal intensive care, an adult medical ward and outpatient services for patients with HIV. Patients who needed more specialist services including imaging services, were referred by ambulance to nearby specialist hospitals. 


For my first week, I was based in the emergency department. This was an eye-opening experience, as many patients were acutely unwell with a wide range of conditions, including malaria, gastroenteritis and traumatic injuries. However, this was very different from my experience in UK emergency departments as patients in Ghana must pay for their own medical treatment, including the purchase of medical supplies such as intravenous fluid bags, surgical instruments and additionally medications or imaging studies. As a result of this, patients often presented to hospital at a very late stage of illness, in order to avoid expensive medical bills, often resulting in many patients sadly passing away. Furthermore, it was an unusual experience as the medical team often had to wait for patients to purchase the necessary equipment before initiating treatment, even in conditions that needed immediate treatment such as strangulated hernias or open fractures. Over these two weeks, I also had the opportunity to attend theatre sessions and observe procedures such as inguinal hernia repairs, caesarean sections or appendectomies. It was interesting to see traditional open techniques for these procedures, as in the NHS advances in technology have led to the widespread use of minimally invasive techniques such as laparoscopy and natural orifice surgery (NOTES). However, this is not widely utilised in Africa, mainly due to lack of resources and cost. The hospital also had a large HIV outpatient centre which was intriguing to visit as HIV is very common in Sub-Saharan Africa. After spending time in the clinic I learnt how the stigma of HIV is still very present but due to the funding from non-governmental organizations (NGOs), most patients were being treated with anti-retroviral therapy. Despite this, compliance was lacking with this medication, and I noticed that this was a common theme across healthcare in Ghana, as there is often a lack of understanding of the importance of taking medication regularly and additionally the added cost of purchasing medication. 


My third week was spent in the rural fishing village of Princess Town, which is located two hours west of Takoradi. I stayed with a local family who lived in a house of sixteen. This was a humbling experience as the house lacked running water, a shower or a flushing toilet. Whilst here, I spent time in the primary care clinic which was manned by a physician associate, a midwife, a pharmacist and two nurses. The clinic had a small pharmacy, an “emergency department” which was one bed with a resuscitation trolley and a male and female ward, with the capacity for around ten patients. Common presentations at the clinic included malaria, gastroenteritis and obstetric presentations. One aspect I really took away from this experience was using pure clinic judgement and examination. This was because the clinic lacked any form of imaging, laboratory or even computers. Therefore, the medical professionals there had to be very skilled in history taking, examination and clinical judgement. 

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On reflection, I can understand the importance of relying on the basic skills as I have often seen many investigations being ordered in UK hospitals without conducting a basic examination beforehand. Using the basics is something I will incorporate in my future practice. 

Overall, my experience in Ghana has definitely been a transformative journey, both personally and professionally. Being immersed in such a culturally diverse setting, I have gained invaluable insights into the challenges of healthcare delivery in a resource-limited environment, but I have additionally learned skills to adapt to this. I feel this experience has shaped me into a more culturally sensitive, empathetic, and resilient doctor. As I embark on my future career, I definitely remember the lessons learned in Ghana and I am grateful for the privilege of spending time with the people of Ghana and will forever cherish the memories and experiences of this amazing country.” 

At weekends and during free time, Alex also had the opportunity to travel around Ghana and enjoyed visiting Mole safari park, Cape Coast with its beaches and canopy walk in the rainforest.  Other activities included a fascinating canoe ride down the nearby river and a visit to a local village and its cuisine. 

## **Events** 

## **The Lord Mayor’s Show** 


The Guild’s members, volunteers and other supporters marched the five-mile route of the Lord Mayor’s Show in November 2022, raising enthusiastic cheers from the crowd lining the annual procession through the City of London. The event provided an excellent opportunity to publicise the Barts 900 celebrations, with the Guild’s adapted placards bearing the 900 logo. 

## **A Celebration of Christmas** 

In December we were delighted that members of the Barts and The London Music Society were able to return to the Great Hall for the first live performance of A Celebration of Christmas since 2019.  The Society delivered a wonderfully varied mix of music – covering everything from Joni Mitchell to Gustav Holst – and for the first time, readings for which they were joined by Management Committee members Keith Bottomley and Ian McDowell.  The concert was made possible by anonymous donations, in cash and in kind, to help fund the evening, and wines generously donated by The Cook and the Butler Events Company. 


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## **Volunteers’ Party** 


There had been two parties in 2022! Christmas Party 2021 had to be postponed until April 2022 due to the continued prevalence of COVID 19 during the festive season but, happily, the normal timing could be resumed in December 2022 for a relaxing evening attended by volunteers and members of the management committee at the Lord Raglan pub close to the Hospital. 

## **AGM Guest Speaker** 

The AGM had been postponed from November 2022 to January 2023 due to strikes affecting the railways. Having spoken at the 2020 AGM, Will Palin, Chief Executive of Barts Heritage, was asked to provide an update on the vision and appeal for the restoration of the Hospital’s North Wing. 


The £9.3m ‘Sharing Historic Barts’ project is focused on the repair and conservation of the North Wing exterior and Great Hall, the Hogarth Stair and also the kitchen area.  Fundraising is underway and it is hoped that the project will be completed in 2025.  Will explained that the project’s challenges include some previous, suboptimal maintenance and the ingress of rainwater that has necessitated work on the windows, roof and guttering.  Restoration of the large number of artworks in the hospital is also a priority, Will told the audience, who could have no better venue in which to appreciate the scale of the project than the Great Hall itself. 

Seen above here is Will showing a photo of the letterer engaged to inscribe the names of donors to the project on new boards displayed in the Great Hall. 

## **Barts View Day 2023** 

The Guild was delighted to be able to take part in the annual Barts Hospital View Day celebrations on 10[th] May.  The event – which dates back nearly 500 years – takes place in the Hospital square with stalls and entertainment at the heart of the country’s oldest working hospital.  The day was dry and bright and since Barts is celebrating its 900[th] anniversary this year, a large number of visitors were present including many former Barts nurses.  The Guild ran a stall selling 900[th] and other Barts souvenirs which proved extremely popular, so much so that helpers were frequently running back to the Guild shop in KGV Building to collect more supplies.  Total sales were well above expectations, as were those in the KGV shop.  During the few moments of the occasional lull in business, it was a pleasure to chat with staff and visitors and to promote the Guild as best we could before a new queue of customers started to form! 

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Plenty of space, plenty to sell and plenty of customers at the Guild’s View Day stall 

## **Wedding Celebration** 


On 1[st] October 2022, our Co-opted member Silvia Roccato married her fidanzato, Alberto, at a ceremony in Stresa, Italy, surrounded by the beautiful shores of Lake Maggiore.  Barts Guild wishes them every happiness in their life together and as they approach parenthood. 


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## **Engagement with Barts and The London Students’ Association (BLSA)** 

The programme of final-year student elective placements ran again in spring and summer 2023.  The Barts Guild Elective Grants were awarded, and this year there were two students who received support to gain insight and experience in their chosen field, the money having been kindly donated by the Wainwright family in memory of Dr Laurence Cartledge, former Barts Ophthalmologist.  Emma Welsh travelled all the way to Samoa to serve in the emergency department of Tupua Tamasese Meaole Hospital in the capital, Apia.  Also in May, Alex Haiser served in the Effia Nwkanta regional hospital in Takoradi, Ghana as well as in a primary care clinic in the rural fishing village of Princess Town.  A full account of his elective placement experience can be read earlier in this report.  Free membership of the Guild continues to be offered to students of Barts and The London School of Medicine and Dentistry, and there remains a healthy interest.  As students graduate, they are invited to sign-up as paid members of the Guild. 

## **Publications and Publicity** 

## **Calendar 2024** 


In 2024, the Guild’s annual calendar will celebrate the charity’s involvement in the Hospital’s 900[th] Anniversary year, with photographs taken from around the many events and places that have featured in the Barts 900[th] celebrations during 2023. 

Two formats will be available; the traditional wall calendar and also the desk calendar format that was successfully trialled in 2023. 

Once again our thanks go to trustee Neil Ritson for his expertise in producing the new calendars which we are certain will provide a useful reminder throughout the year of the importance of 2023 in the long and illustrious history of the Hospital and the Guild. 

## **Barts Guild News** 

Under the stewardship of Editor, Jan O’Neill, Barts Guild News continues to find and report news, stories and interviews of interest to the Guild and its members.  Its twice-yearly editions, featuring the fine photography of Bob Cooper and others, have covered the events to mark the Hospital’s 900-year anniversary as well as a host of other Guild-related topics.  These have included articles on the ladies whose wonderful crafts are on sale in the Shop, details of how the Guild’s grants have helped staff and patients at the Hospital, and fascinating glimpses into Barts history. 

## **Guild Website** 

For those unable to visit the Shop at the Hospital, our website is the most convenient way to purchase a wide range of the Guild’s souvenirs, books, stationery and other items.  It is also the repository for comprehensive information about the history of the organisation, its officers and constitution, and news and articles.  You can visit the site at www.bartsguild.org.uk 

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## **Princess Alice Garden** 

The past year has seen the Guild’s maintenance of the Princess Alice Garden giving rise to some interesting and unprecedented events.  The year began with the long-awaited removal of the protective scaffolding shrouding the King Henry VIII Gate and heavily restricting the use of The Princess Alice Garden.  This led to an appraisal by the Hospital Trust of the uneven paving and the safety of the garden.  The result was a decision to resurface the garden with a resin finish to provide greater flexibility for the tree roots and allow a relatively even flooring enabling the garden to be used without proving something of an obstacle course. 

At much the same time, the Guild was greatly saddened to learn of the death of Jackie Roe 1939-2023 who loved the garden and for many years had been at the centre of the Guild’s maintenance of it.  In her memory, we have been delighted to add a table to the garden that has recently been delivered and conveniently placed in the raised seating area close to the wall of St Bartholomew the Less; this is shown below on p.39. 


Whilst the resurfacing was being undertaken, a discovery was made of a 17[th] Century underground vault containing a coffin and some human remains.  Wooden remnants of other coffins and their decorative embellishments, such as studs and floral appliqués, were observed within the vault. The deceased is likely to have been a very wealthy Victorian, but since the chamber could not be entered, neither the coffin’s occupant nor the human remains could be identified. Inspections of the vault suggest that it was fortified early in the 20[th] Century but no records of the earlier discovery of the tomb have been found. 

The garden is adjacent to the church of St. Barts the Less, so the discovery of the vault came as no surprise to the Archivist who believes that the garden is above the site of this vault which was used by the Church for burials.  Needless to say, the discoveries have been recorded by the Diocesan Authorities and the Archivist. In any event, the discoveries have now been noted by the Archivists and consequently should not provide quite the same sort of surprise that the Guild encountered. 

Notwithstanding these exciting disruptions, the garden, whilst closed for relatively short periods to allow the archaeological investigations, has generally remained open for visitors.  We are therefore most fortunate that they have been able to continue to enjoy using the garden as a welcome refuge where they can enjoy some relaxation sometimes interspersed with drinks and sandwiches. 

Following the refurbishment of the garden, it was chosen as the venue for the Guild’s Autumn Party to celebrate the hospital’s 900-year celebrations.  To add even more excitement to an already eventful year, we were greatly honoured that the Guild’s Royal Patron, HRH The Duke of Gloucester KG GCVO agreed to join our party, which proved a most fitting celebration to bring an end to the summer and welcome the autumn season. 

The Guild is most grateful to the Estates Team at the hospital for all their encouragement and support in the work that the Guild undertakes at the garden.  We are also hugely grateful for the diligence and expertise of our gardeners Graeme and Noel, whose work enables the garden to remain in good order and well stocked with some really lovely plants and shrubs, providing an ever-popular attraction for all at Barts. 

## **And finally...** 

As ever, the officers, trustees and other members of the Management Committee would like to thank all the volunteers who do so much to make the Guild what it is, and also Andy Haddon, our Shop Manager, and Lizzie Clark, our Administrator, for their considerable contributions. 

## ~~~~~~~~~~ 

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## **Our Chairman’s letter** 


As I reflect on the activities of our ancient Guild of the Royal Hospital of St Bartholomew over the past year, I want to first thank you for allowing me to serve as your Chairman in this the 900[th] Anniversary year of our beloved Barts Hospital, a royal hospital no less and one which is as relevant today as at its foundation, now being at the cutting edge of modern medicine, particularly in the specialist fields of Oncology and Cardiology. 

In our small but nevertheless significant way, our Guild is very much an integral part of the Hospital and we have been proud to be part of those 900[th] celebrations.  My wife, Alexandra and I have been honoured to join in several celebration events including dinners at both the Great Hall in the Hospital and at Guildhall, together with celebratory church services at, amongst others, our beloved St Barts the Great. 

I am pleased to report that we have recorded a record year of grant-giving totalling no less than £118,000.  I have previously reported on our £50,000 grant to support the refurbishment of the Great Hall, but in addition to this we have given a further 46 grants, benefitting patients, families, staff and the Hospital.  We should be proud of this record if generosity by our charity. 

Of course, at the heart of our work is that of our volunteers whom I warmly thank.  You are at the very heart of our operation, and we would simply not be the Guild without you!  From working in the shop under the direction of our fantastic shop manager, Andy Haddon, to pushing the trolley around the wards, you have brought joy and happiness to the staff, patients and their families; thank you. 

As always, I have been supported by a very hard-working Board of Trustees and Management Committee.  It is always invidious to single out individuals, because whilst each and every one of you serves so diligently, there are a few to whom I am especially indebted. 

Firstly, I am guided with wisdom from the top by our beloved President, Ann Wickham.  At officer level, my Vice-Chairman, Treasurer and Chairman of our Investment Committee, all wrapped up in the personage of Keith Bottomley, continues to amaze and I quite simply could not do my job without his personal support.  He is supported of course by the incomparable Hilary Tarr as both Chairman of our Grants’ Committee and our bookkeeper.  We say farewell to Judith Pleasance as our Hon. Secretary, thanking her for her work, and welcome Julie Pearce as her successor. 

We have welcomed a number of new trustees and Management Committee members including Julia Briscoe, Steve Edmondson, Angela Robinson and Dawn Wright.  The first three bring us valuable medical experience and the latter a wealth of IT knowledge and I welcome them all.  James Ballinger has resigned as a trustee, Adrian Stirrup and Chris Hayes resign as trustees with effect from the 2023 AGM and I thank them all for their six years of service. 

I have close working relationships with both Charles Knight, Chief Executive of Barts Hospital, and Will Palin, Director of Barts Heritage, and the leadership of the Hospital in general. 

So, in conclusion I can report that your Guild remains in good heart, and I remain honoured to serve as your Chairman having now completed two years. 

We all love Barts and all that is, has been and will be.  Here’s to the next 900 years! 

## **Christopher M Hayward** 

## **Chairman** 

## ~~~~~~~~~~ 

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## **Obituary** 

## **Miss Jackie Roe, 2nd January 1939 – 20th December 2022** 


Jackie (Jacqueline) Roe died on 20[th] December 2022, 24 hours after admitting herself into UCH Hospital.  As always, Jackie was perfectly organised to the end of her life.  Her funeral service was held at St Bartholomew the Less Church (by her request) on 30[th] January 2023.  Father Marcus Walker officiated at the service and a tribute was read by Pat Phillips, Jackie’s second cousin.  The Church was filled to capacity with her relatives and friends who came with their prayers and memories which evoked so much of Jackie’s life together with the hymns, readings and intercessions during the service. 

After the service, Jackie had requested a ‘wake’ in the North Wing of the hospital.  It was held, not in the smallest rooms as she had suggested – but in the Great Hall and Sir Marcus Setchell paid a moving tribute to her memory.  We were all given a yellow flower in her memory. 

Jackie became a member of the Guild in 1989 and was elected Hon. Secretary in 1998, she served until 2007. Her knowledge of Barts personnel and history an invaluable asset, as well as her professional skills. Jackie had a very full life and her warm personality for new projects, her efficiency and organisational abilities and her instinctive awareness to deal with whatever was put before her made her such a perfect committee member. 

She had a love of entertaining at her lovely home, especially lunches and she so enjoyed parties for which she was always immaculately dressed. 

Jackie, once retired from working as an administrator, as secretary to the Deans of Barts Medical College, she was able to fulfil her great love of global travel, literally around the world, which she so enjoyed. 

Jackie had one treasure which I coveted: a black book which she kept on a table by her phone.  It contained the addresses and telephone numbers of almost everybody at Barts recorded over many years. But I have to confess it was invaluable to her cousins Pat and the Revd. Rachel Phillips after Jackie died. 

I shall miss Jackie, as we all will, as a special friend and colleague.  May she now rest in peace. 

## **Ann Wickham** 

## **The Guild has also been informed of the death of the following members:** 

Mrs Norah Reed in March 2022 Mr Leslie Berry on 16[th] May 2022 Miss Sheelagh Bailey in November 2022 Miss Kathleen (Mary) Armstrong on 21[st] December 2022 Mrs Janice Bright on 10[th] June 2023 

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## **The Guild of the Royal Hospital of St Bartholomew** 


## **ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING 2022** 

## **MINUTES** 

of The Annual General Meeting of The Guild of the Royal Hospital of St Bartholomew, Friday 13th January 2023 at 12.30pm in the Great Hall, St Bartholomew’s Hospital 

## **1.    Opening of the AGM** 

Deputy Christopher Hayward, Chairman, opened the meeting and welcomed volunteers, trustees, members, committee members and guests to the deferred Barts Guild Annual General Meeting 2022.  The company numbered approximately 35 attendees.  Apologies had been received from 15 Guild members. 

## **2.    President’s welcome – Mrs Ann Wickham** 

Mrs Wickham, President, gave the following address: 

“May I wish you all a very warm welcome to our 110th Annual General Meeting and the 111th anniversary of our foundation in 1911. 

We are so pleased to be able to meet in this magnificent Great Hall which, over the next few years, will be restored to even greater magnificence as we shall be hearing from our speaker, Will Palin, CEO of Barts Heritage.  Will, you are very welcome here today to take us on this 900 year journey. 

We are also very pleased to welcome Mrs Elizabeth Wood-Dow, Chairman of Barts League of Nurses, and Mrs Diana Scarrott, Chairman of UCH friends.  The Lady Mayoress, Mrs Felicity Lyons, is unable to attend today, but has sent a message to the meeting which we will hear later. 

Each one of you here today represents those members who are unable to attend this meeting; without your loyal membership the Guild could not continue so serve the patients, staff, and students of Barts Hospital, which would be a tragedy. 

This year 2023 celebrates the 900[th] Anniversary of the foundation of the Priory Church of St Bartholomew and the Royal Hospital of St Bartholomew by Prior Rahere in 1123.  900 years in the same site is a magnificent achievement with which we are enormously proud to be associated. 

Forgive me for repeating this poem which John Betjeman wrote for my husband who was his consultant here at Barts: 

“The ghost of Rahere still walks at Barts, It gives an impulse to generous hearts, It looks in pain with pitying eye And reaches not to fear to die 

Nine hundred years of compassion and care Have hallowed its fountain, stones and square Pray for us all as we near the gate of St Bart the Less and St Barts the Great” 

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I would like to thank you all for everything you do for Barts patients, staff and students and our Chairman Chris Hayward who manages to maintain his important position in the City and still run the Guild with such charm, skill and patience, Keith who impeccably keeps our finances in perfect order, Judith our secretary who fills her role with calmness and kindness, Jan, who not only edits our Newsletter twice a year with such professional skill and also produces our Annual Christmas entertainment, and Bob who keeps a photographic record.  The Princess Alice Garden is the jewel in our crown; so ably managed by Patrick Jennings it is an oasis of beauty, peace and calm.  Thanks also to all the trustees who give their time and expertise to the Guild, and a special thank-you to the members of Barts Guild Crafts who make such wonderful gifts for us to sell in the shop. 

I wonder if you have read this book: The Witches Brat by Rosemary Sutcliff, the well-known children’s historian.  It is set in the 12[th] century and is about an orphaned cripple boy who has healing powers.  He becomes a monk and meets Rahere who invites him to his new building project, a Church and Hospital in Smithfield, London.  It is of course Barts Church and Hospital. 

When the initial buildings were consecrated by the Bishop of London, Richard de Belmeis, his blessing ended with the words “the asker in it shall receive, the seeker shall find and he who knocks shall enter in.”  Whether patient or pilgrim these words are still relevant today.” 

The Chairman thanked Ann Wickham for her address and praised her stalwart and long service and leadership as our much-loved President. 

## **3. Minutes of the 2021 AGM** 

The Minutes of the AGM held on 28 October 2021 were received by the meeting as a correct record. 

## **4.  Annual Report and Accounts 2021-22** 

The Chairman commended the Annual Report and Accounts 2021-22 to the meeting.  No comments on the Report were received from the floor. 

The Hon. Treasurer, Keith Bottomley CC, presented the accounts for the 12 months ended 31 March 2022.  These show the Guild’s finances continuing in very good health.  Independent examination had been carried out in the usual way and the Examiner, Blue Spire Ltd, had signed its report confirming that it had no concerns about the Guild’s accounts. 

The Treasurer highlighted the following key points arising from the accounts: 

- The Guild shop had experienced a steady increase in sales during the second full year of pandemic restrictions – up 18% on the previous year – and this improving condition continues to date with takings during the first nine months of the current year being comparable to the total of those during 2021-22. 

- Grants totalling £30,000 were awarded, broadly in line with the previous year.  The Guild had taken steps to encourage more applications for grants from the Hospital, mindful of the need to fulfil its charitable objectives generously, and this measure continues to bear fruit in the current year. 

- The Guild had received legacies amounting to some £33,000, bringing the total to some £300,000 over the past four years.   The Guild is most grateful for this generosity. 

- Due to its robust financial position, the Guild agreed to make an important donation of £50,000 to Barts Heritage in this 900[th] Anniversary year; funds will be used for renovation of the Great Hall and other projects as part of “Sharing Historic Barts”. 

In closer focus, the Guild’s income exceeded expenditure by £18,294, and pandemic-related losses in the shop were covered by a Business Grant from the City of London.  Important income was generated by interest on two fixed-rate deposits, and by investments at 3.5%, bringing the total surplus for the year to £64,445.  Total charitable funds increased to £866,552, and all are now unrestricted. 

The Treasurer expressed renewed thanks to Assistant Treasurer and Bookkeeper, Hilary Tarr, who manages the significant number of financial transactions each year, and also oversees the awarding of grants to the Hospital and its staff. 

Questions on the accounts were invited but none were forthcoming.  Adoption of the Annual Report and accounts was approved by the meeting with a show of hands.  The Chairman thanked the Treasurer for 

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his report, expressing his gratitude for the Guild’s secure financial position and thanks for the reminder to increase charitable distribution. 

## **5. Election of Officers and Committee Members** 

## **5.1 Officers** 

The Chairman confirmed that there were no changes amongst officers of the Guild. 

## **5.2 Members of the Committee of Management** 

- The Chairman noted the resignation of Mrs Jenny Jeyarajah as trustee, with thanks for her long service to the Guild which gratifyingly continues as a Shop volunteer. 

- The Chairman noted that Ms Lesley Evans stands down as a trustee having completed two terms of three years.  He thanked Lesley for her hard work for the Guild, especially in recent years as Honorary Secretary. 

- The Chairman noted that his own first term as trustee had concluded, and he had agreed to serve a further term of three years, as recommended by members of the Management Committee on 17[th] November 2022. 

- The Management Committee had also recommended Mrs Julia Briscoe to be appointed as trustee for an initial term of three years. 

Both appointments were approved by Members present with a show of hands.  The Chairman warmly welcomed Mrs Julia Briscoe, mentioning the wealth of experience and knowledge which she brings to the Guild. 

## **6. Chairman’s Report – Deputy Christopher Hayward** 

The Chairman remarked that his first year of tenure saw COVID-19 restrictions still in place although these were easing in the early months of 2022.  There was evidence that Guild Shop’s turnover was improving although the trolley round to the wards could not resume until July 2022.  The nation had been rocked by the death of Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth in September last year, and he had written to Barts Guild Patron, HRH The Duke of Gloucester, and also to HRH King Charles, to express condolences on behalf on the Guild membership.  The Duke had replied with thanks and had sent his warmest wishes. 

He expressed his gratitude to our President who maintains active involvement in the Guild and who is passionately committed to the Hospital.  He himself had attended the Volunteer Party in April 2022 (postponed from Christmas) and Vice-Chairman Keith Bottomley had attended the event in December 2022.  These events recognise the enormous efforts of our Shop Manager, Shop volunteers and all other volunteers for whose dedication and expertise he expressed profuse thanks. 

The Guild has been glad to support the appeal by Barts Heritage for restoration of the Great Hall and is donating £50,000 in stages to the cause.  The Guild’s name is already inscribed on one of the donation plaques in the Hall.  The context for the Guild’s donation is the 900[th] Anniversary of the Hospital, and the Guild plans its own celebrations about which details will be circulated in due course. 

The Guild has been saddened by the passing of Miss Jackie Roe in December 2022.  A Guild member for some 30 years, Jackie had held the post of Honorary Secretary and had been actively interested in many aspects of the charity.  At the date of the meeting, funeral arrangements were not known but would be notified as soon as available. 

Finally, the Chairman expressed renewed thanks to the whole Management Committee team, stating that it was a huge honour to chair and lead the charity. 

## **7. Address by the Lady Mayoress, Mrs Felicity Lyons** 

Mrs Lyons had sent apologies for not being present at the meeting.  Due to a malfunction in the intended relay by video, her speech was therefore read by the Chairman. 

“Hello everyone, and Happy New Year!  I’m sorry not to be able to attend the Barts Guild AGM in person, but I’m very pleased to keep up the tradition of the Lady Mayoress in addressing the meeting, thanks to the power of technology! 

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I would like to recognise the work of your Chair and Vice-Chair: the City’s own Chris Hayward and Keith Bottomley, your President, Ann Wickham and, most importantly, all the dedicated Guild volunteers who give up their time and energy to support such an iconic City institution. 

I’d also like to pass on the Lord Mayor’s thanks for the Guild’s participation in the Lord Mayor’s Show last November.  It is always appreciated, but your presence was particularly significant in the run up to St Barts’ 900th anniversary. 

I know this is a testing time for the NHS.  In times of challenge, a strong sense of community spirit makes a real difference, and your work is perhaps more valuable now than it has ever been.  For over 110 years, the Guild has supported St Bart’s patients, visitors, and staff by providing essential supplies, funds, scholarships and more.  Your brilliant shop and trolley service doesn’t just supply sweets and biscuits, important as those things are.  For many, it’s the smile and kind word from a Guild Shop volunteer that gets them through the day. 

In St Barts’ 900th year, this is a chance to reflect on all you’ve achieved.  You should be immensely proud of your work which displays the best of the City’s charitable spirit. 

I hope you have a productive AGM.  The Lord Mayor and I send our very best wishes to you all for this very special year.” 

## **8. Forthcoming events** 

The only confirmed date during 2023 is that of the Lord Mayor’s Show which is scheduled for 11[th] November.  The autumn date of the Annual General Meeting in 2023 will also be announced as soon as possible later this year.  The Guild hopes to hold a Spring Celebration in recognition of the Hospital’s 900[th] anniversary, and the date will be notified in due course. 

## **9. Any other business – Deputy Christopher Hayward** 

There was no further business and the formal part of the meeting was closed. 

The Chairman welcomed back the guest speaker, Mr Will Palin, Chief Executive, Barts Heritage, who had previously addressed the AGM in October 2020 under the title “Waking a sleeping Giant” 

******************** 

Will Palin thanked the Guild for its invitation and was glad of the opportunity to update members on the vision and appeal for the restoration of the Hospital’s North Wing including the Great Hall, stating that “the Giant is now beginning to awake”.  He summarised the North Wing’s history from the founding of the Hospital by Rahere in 1123, the Royal Charter granted by Henry VIII, the work of architect Edward Strong Jn. for the Gatehouse in the early 18[th] century, and the plans by architect James Gibbs for the substantive buildings around the square, all completed by 1768.  The North Wing was to be the ceremonial centre of the Hospital. 

“Sharing Historic Barts” is the current project costing £9.3m.  The focus is on repair and conservation of the North Wing exterior and Great Hall, the Hogarth Stair and also the kitchen area.  Fundraising is underway and it is hoped that completion will be in 2025.  Needless to say, there are many challenges including previous sub-optimal maintenance and the ingress of rainwater necessitating work on the windows, roof and guttering. Restoration of the large expanses of artwork is also a priority. 

Opportunities for sharing the ‘hidden treasure’ include for health and well-being use, community access through London Open House, and a venue for art and music.  Patron of Barts Heritage is HRH King Charles (formerly as Prince of Wales).  Donors are recognised on benefactor boards within the Great Hall, and Will thanked the Guild for its generosity towards the cause.  A large, very detailed drawing of Barts by a commissioned artist, unfinished as yet but shown to the meeting in draft, will make compulsive viewing. 

******************** 

The Chairman expressed sincere thanks to Will Palin for his presentation and he was then presented with a gift from the Guild to express our thanks.  He also thanked all who had been involved in the organisation of the meeting, including photography and the shop stall.  He presented a bouquet of flowers to the President, Mrs Ann Wickham.  He then invited all to partake of lunch which was laid out. 

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## **Report of the Honorary Treasurer Report of the Honorary Treasurer for the year ended 31 March 2023** 

The year-end accounts for the 12 months to 31[st] March 2023 show the Guild’s finances continuing in very good health, with sound but lower levels of total charity funds than in 2022 as a consequence of a year of significant grant-giving. 

Independent examination has been carried out by Blue Spire Ltd, in the usual way, who have signed their report confirming that they are happy with our accounts. 


I would highlight the following key points arising from the numbers: 

- The shop has continued to steadily increase sales which are up again by 50% on the previous year, following an increase of 18% on the year ending March 2021. 

- An extraordinary level of grants totalling £118,256, including £50,000 for Barts Heritage and £10,000 for St Barts the Less. 

- Generous and much appreciated legacies totalling £16,000. 

Given the level of grant-giving, total expenditure, excluding an unrealised loss on investments, exceeded income by £89,063 in the year.  After an unrealised loss in the value of investments of £21,686, the total deficit for the year was £110,749.  After direct expenses, the shop reported a loss of £4,741. 

The Guild’s investments have generated an income yield of 2.9% over the 12 months. Fund total return performance in the year to 31[st] March 2023 was -0.90% v. last 3 years 11.20% and five years 8.92%.  £170,000 of free cash balances remain on two 12-month fixed deposits with Cambridge & Counties Bank and United Trust Bank. The deposits are protected under the Financial Services Compensation Scheme. 

Total Charity Funds at 31[st] March 2023 were £755,803, down from £866,552 at 31[st] March 2022 and £720,338 at 31[st] March 2020.  All Charity Funds are now unrestricted. 

My grateful thanks as ever to our Assistant Treasurer and bookkeeper, Hilary Tarr, who does a fantastic job managing the not insignificant number of financial transactions each year and keeps excellent records. 

## **Keith Bottomley CC** 

## **Honorary Treasurer** 


The Guild’s Management Committee in meeting 

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## **Independent Examiner's Report to the Trustees of The Guild of the Royal Hospital** 

## **of St Bartholomew** 

I report to the charity trustees on my examination of the accounts of the charity for the year ended 31 March 2023. 

## **Responsibilities and basis of report** 

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

I report in respect of my examination of the charity’s accounts carried out under section 145 of the 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. the accounts do not accord with those records; or 

3. the accounts 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. 


Geoffrey Frost BSc (Hons) FCA Blue Spire Limited Cawley Priory South Pallant Chichester West Sussex PO19 1SY 

Date: 26 July 2023 

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## **THE GUILD OF THE ROYAL HOSPITAL OF ST BARTHOLOMEW FINANCIAL STATEMENTS FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 MARCH 2023** 

## **All Funds Year Ended 31 March 2023** 

## **Statement of Financial Activities** 

|**Notes**<br>**Income and Endowments from:**<br>Donations and Legacies<br>2<br>Charitable activities<br>3<br>Other trading activities<br>4<br>Investments<br>5<br>**Total income**<br>**Expenditure on:**<br>Raising funds<br>6<br>Charitable activities<br>7<br>**Total expenditure**<br>**Income/(expenditure) excluding**<br>**investments**<br>**Net (loss)/gains on investments**<br>**(unrealised)**<br>11<br>Net income/(expenditure)<br>Transfers between funds<br>16<br>**Net movement in funds**<br>**Reconciliation of funds:**<br>Total funds brought forward<br>16<br>**Total funds carried forward**<br>16|**2022-23**<br>**2021-22**<br>**Unrestricted**<br>**Funds**<br>**Restricted**<br>**Funds**<br>**Total**<br>**Total**<br>**Funds**<br>**£**<br>**£**<br>**£**<br>**£**<br>31,738<br>-<br>31,738<br>52,704<br>150.493<br>-<br>150.493<br>100,305<br>6,668<br>-<br>6,668<br>5,835<br>17,520<br>-<br>17,520<br>17,563|
|---|---|
||**206,419**<br>**-**<br>**206,419**<br>**176,407**|
||4,529<br>-<br>4,529<br>3,882<br>290,953<br>-<br>290,953<br>154,231|
||**295,482**<br>**-**<br>**295,482**<br>**158,113**|
||**(89,063)**<br>**-**<br>**(89,063)**<br>**18,294**<br>**(21,686)**<br>**-**<br>**(21,686)**<br>**46,151**<br>(110,749)<br>-<br>(110,749)<br>64,445<br>-<br>-<br>-<br>-|
||**(110,749)**<br>**- (110,749)**<br>**64,445**|
||866,552<br>-<br>866,552<br>802,107|
||**755,803**<br>**-**<br>**755,803**<br>**866,552**|



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## **THE GUILD OF THE ROYAL HOSPITAL OF ST BARTHOLOMEW CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 MARCH 2023** 

## **Balance Sheet as at 31 March 2023** 

|**Notes**<br>**Fixed assets**<br>Investments<br>11<br>Total investments<br>**Current assets**<br>Stocks<br>12<br>Debtors<br>13<br>Cash at bank and in hand<br>14<br>Total current assets<br>**Liabilities**<br>Creditors: amounts falling due within one year<br>15<br>Net Current Assets<br>**Total Net Assets**<br>**The Funds of the Guild of the Royal Hospital of**<br>**St Bartholomew**<br>Restricted income funds<br>16<br>Unrestricted funds<br>16<br>**Total charity funds**|**2022-23**<br>**2021-22**<br>**£**<br>**£**<br>556,832<br>578,518|
|---|---|
||**556,832**<br>**578,518**<br>18,614<br>16,761<br>6,458<br>906<br>236,316<br>286,404|
||**261,388**<br>**304,071**<br>62,417<br>16,037|
||198,971<br>288,034|
|||
||**755,803**<br>**866,552**|
||-<br>-<br>**755,803**<br>866,552|
||**755,803**<br>**866,552**|



These financial statements have been prepared in accordance with the Financial Reporting Standard 102 SORP. 

Approved by the trustees on 13 July 2023 and signed on their behalf 



**Christopher Hayward CC Keith Bottomley CC Trustee Trustee** 

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## **THE GUILD OF THE ROYAL HOSPITAL OF ST BARTHOLOMEW FINANCIAL STATEMENTS FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 MARCH 2023** 

## **Notes to the Accounts** 

## **1.   Accounting policies** 

## **General information, scope and basis of the financial statements** 

The Guild of the Royal Hospital of St Bartholomew is an unincorporated charity registered in England and Wales under a constitution with the charity number 251628.  The address of the principal office is given in the charity reference and administrative details page and the nature of the charity’s operations and principal activities are provided in the Report of the Trustees. 

The charity constitutes a public benefit entity as defined by FRS 102.  The financial statements have been prepared in accordance with Accounting and Reporting by Charities: 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) issued in October 2019, the Charities Act 2011 and UK Generally Accepted Practice as it applies from 1 January 2019. 

The financial statements are prepared on a going concern basis under the historical cost convention, modified to include certain items at fair value.  The financial statements are presented in sterling which is the functional currency of the charity and rounded to the nearest pound. 

The charity does not include a cash flow statement on the grounds that it is applying FRS 102 Section 1A. 

## **Incoming resources** 

All incoming resources are included in the Statement of Financial Activities (SoFA) when the charity is legally entitled to the income after any performance conditions have been met, the amount can be measured reliably and it is probable that the income will be received. 

For donations to be recognised, the charity will have been notified of the amounts and the settlement date in writing.  If there are conditions attached to the donation and this requires a level of performance before entitlement can be obtained, then income is deferred until those conditions are fully met or the fulfilment of those conditions is within the control of the charity and it is probable that they will be fulfilled. 

For legacies, entitlement is the earlier of the charity being notified of an impending distribution or the legacy being received.  At this point income is recognised.  On occasion, legacies will be notified to the charity, however it is not possible to measure the amount expected to be distributed. On these occasions, the legacy is treated as a contingent asset and disclosed. 

Income from trading activities includes income earned from fundraising events and trading activities to raise funds for the charity.  Income is received in exchange for supplying goods and services in order to raise funds and is recognised when entitlement has occurred. 

Interest income is recognised using the effective interest method and is recognised as the charity’s right to receive payment is established. 

## **Resources expended** 

All expenditure is accounted for on an accruals basis and has been classified under headings that aggregate all costs related to the category.  Expenditure is recognised where there is a legal or constructive obligation to make payments to third parties, it is probable that the settlement will be required, and the amount of the obligation can be measured reliably.  It is categorised under expenditure on charitable activities and includes grants to organisations and the cost of administering the activity of the charity. 

Grants payable to third parties are within the charitable objectives.  Where unconditional grants are offered, this is accrued as soon as the recipient is notified of the grant, as this gives rise to a reasonable 

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expectation that the recipient will receive the grant.  Where grants are conditional relating to performance, then the grant is only accrued when any unfulfilled conditions are outside of the control of the charity. 

Support costs are those that assist the work of the charity but do not directly represent charitable activities and include office costs, governance costs and administrative payroll costs. They are incurred directly in support of expenditure on the objects of the charity.  Support costs are allocated to expenditure on charitable activities on the basis that this is the sole activity of the charity. 

Governance costs are those incurred in the governance of the charity and primarily associated with the constitution and statutory requirements. 

## **Employee benefits** 

When employees have rendered service to the charity, short-term employee benefits to which the employees are entitled are recognised at the undiscounted amount expected to be paid in exchange for that service. 

## **VAT** 

The charity is registered for VAT and prepares returns currently under the Flat Rate Scheme for small businesses.  On this basis, costs are recorded inclusive of VAT within the SoFA, and income is reduced by the VAT payable at a rate of 4% within the SoFA. 

## **Investments** 

Investments are recognised initially at fair value which is normally the transaction price excluding transaction costs.  Subsequently they are measured at fair value with changes recognised in ‘Net gains/(losses) on investments’ in the SoFA if the shares are publicly traded or their fair value can otherwise be measured reliably.  Other investments are measured at cost less impairment. 

## **Stocks** 

Stocks are stated at the lower of cost and estimated selling price less costs to complete and sell.  Cost includes all costs of purchase, costs of conversion and other costs incurred in bringing stock to its present location and condition.  Provision is made for damaged, obsolete and slow-moving stock where appropriate. 

## **Debtors receivable and creditors payable within one year** 

Debtors and creditors with no stated interest rate and receivable or payable within one year are recorded at transaction price.  Any losses arising from impairment are recognised in expenditure. 

## **Cash and cash equivalents** 

Cash and cash equivalents comprise cash in hand and call deposits, and other short-term highly liquid investments that are readily convertible to a known amount of cash and are subject to an insignificant risk of change in value. 

## **Taxation** 

The charity is considered to pass the tests set out in sections 521 to 536 Income Tax Act 2007 (ITA 2007); as such no income tax is payable on the charity's activities. 

## **Fund accounting** 

General funds are unrestricted funds which are available for use at the discretion of the trustees in furtherance of the general objectives of the charity and which have not been designated for other purposes. 

Restricted funds are funds which are to be used in accordance with specific restrictions imposed by donors or raised by the charity for particular purposes.  The cost of raising and administering such funds is charged against the specific fund.  The aim and use of each restricted fund are set out in the notes to the financial statements. 

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## **Going concern** 

The financial statements have been prepared on a going concern basis as the trustees believe that no material uncertainties exist.  The trustees have considered the level of funds held and the expected level of income and expenditure for 12 months from authorising these financial statements.  The budgeted income and expenditure is sufficient with the level of reserves for the charity to be able to continue as a going concern. 

## **2.   Donations and legacies** 

|Donations<br>Grants<br>Legacies<br>Gift Aid<br>Donations<br>Grants<br>Legacies<br>Gift Aid<br>**3.Charitable activities**<br>Guild Shop sales net of VAT<br>Guild Shop sales net of VAT<br>**4.Other trading activities**<br>Business rate refund Barts NHS Trust<br>Christmas concert<br>Membership subscriptions (excluding Gift Aid)<br>Fundraising|**Unrestricted**<br>**Funds**<br>**Restricted**<br>**Funds**<br>**2023**<br>**Total Funds**<br>**£**<br>**£**<br>**£**<br>12,820<br>-<br>12,820<br>-<br>-<br>-<br>16,000<br>-<br>16,000<br>2,918<br>-<br>2,918|
|---|---|
||**31,738**<br>**-**<br>**31,738**|
||**Unrestricted**<br>**Funds**<br>**Restricted**<br>**Funds**<br>**2022**<br>**Total Funds**<br>**£**<br>**£**<br>**£**<br>2,394<br>4,400<br>6,794<br>12,000<br>-<br>12,000<br>33,146<br>-<br>33,146<br>764<br>-<br>764|
||**48,304 **<br>**4,400**<br>**52,704 **|
||**Unrestricted**<br>**Funds**<br>**Restricted**<br>**Funds**<br>**2023**<br>**Total Funds**<br>**£**<br>**£**<br>**£**<br>150,493<br>-<br>150,493|
||**150,493**<br>**-**<br>**150,493**|
||**Unrestricted**<br>**Funds**<br>**Restricted**<br>**Funds**<br>**2022**<br>**Total Funds**<br>**£**<br>**£**<br>**£**<br>100,305<br>-<br>100,305|
||**100,305**<br>**-**<br>**100,305**|
||**Unrestricted**<br>**Funds**<br>**Restricted**<br>**Funds**<br>**2023**<br>**Total Funds**<br>**£**<br>**£**<br>**£**<br>3,130<br>-<br>3,130<br>1,658<br>-<br>1,658<br>1,880<br>-<br>1,880<br>-<br>-<br>-|
||**6,668**<br>**-**<br>**6,668**|



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## **4. Other trading activities (continued)** 

|**4.Other trading activities (continued)**||
|---|---|
|Business rate refund Barts NHS Trust<br>Christmas concert<br>Membership subscriptions (excluding Gift Aid)<br>Fundraising|**Unrestricted**<br>**Funds**<br>**Restricted**<br>**Funds**<br>**2022**<br>**Total Funds**<br>**£**<br>**£**<br>**£**<br>1,585<br>**-**<br>1,585<br>-<br>-<br>-<br>2,922<br>-<br>2,922<br>1,328<br>-<br>1,328|
||**5,835**<br>**-**<br>**5,835**|



## **5.   Investment income** 

|**5.   Investment income**||
|---|---|
|Income from investments<br>Bank interest<br>Income from investments<br>Bank interest<br>**6.   Expenditure on raising funds**<br>Cost of calendars<br>Cost of Christmas concert<br>Newsletter<br>Cost of calendars<br>Cost of Christmas concert<br>Newsletter|**Unrestricted**<br>**Funds**<br>**Restricted**<br>**Funds**<br>**2023**<br>**Total Funds**<br>**£**<br>**£**<br>**£**<br>16,211<br>-<br>16,211<br>1,,309<br>-<br>1,,309|
||**17,520**<br>**-**<br>**17,520**|
||**Unrestricted**<br>**Funds**<br>**Restricted**<br>**Funds**<br>**2022**<br>**Total Funds**<br>**£**<br>**£**<br>**£**<br>15,892<br>**-**<br>15,892<br>1,671<br>-<br>1,671|
||**17,563**<br>**-**<br>**17,563**|
||**Unrestricted**<br>**Funds**<br>**Restricted**<br>**Funds**<br>**2023**<br>**Total Funds**<br>**£**<br>**£**<br>**£**<br>1,878<br>-<br>1,878<br>1,378<br>-<br>1,378<br>1,273<br>-<br>1,273|
||**4,529**<br>**-**<br>**4,529**|
||**Unrestricted**<br>**Funds**<br>**Restricted**<br>**Funds**<br>**2022**<br>**Total Funds**<br>**£**<br>**£**<br>**£**<br>2,830<br>-<br>2,830<br>-<br>-<br>-<br>1,052<br>-<br>1,052|
||**3,882**<br>**-**<br>**3,882**|



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## **7.   Expenditure on charitable activities** 

|Cost of goods sold<br>Shop-related expenses:<br>Salary<br>Volunteer travel expenses<br>Other shop expenses<br>Postage<br>Helpers’ party<br>Shop telephone costs<br>**Total shop costs**<br>**Net income: shop account**<br>Other expenses:<br>Consultancy and advertising fees<br>AGM costs<br>Independent Examiner: Annual examination<br>Independent Examiner: Other services<br>Printing and stationery<br>Insurance<br>Subscriptions<br>Website upgrade costs<br>Business Rates<br>Miscellaneous expenses<br>Princess Alice Garden maintenance<br>**Total expenses**<br>**Grants paid/awarded to St Bartholomew’s Hospital**<br>British Assoc. of Head & Neck Oncology conference<br>Barts Guild Elective Grant 2022 (3 awards)<br>Soc. for Cardiothoracic Surgery Annual Meeting (2 places)<br>Catering for grant recipients’ Reception<br>Kettle and teapot for Physiotherapy staff kitchen<br>Clinical nursing course in Post-Anaesthetic Care<br>International Forum on Quality and Safety in Healthcare<br>Clothing for Radiotherapy patients post-treatment<br>Whiteboards to raise nurses’ awareness of training<br>9thAnnual Upper Limb Neurorehabilitation course<br>‘Spinal cord injuries in a nutshell’ online course<br>Contribution to new furniture for Radiotherapy staff room<br>Barts Heritage for renovation of Great Hall<br>Set up OPAT service with equipment for mobile clinic<br>‘Compassion-focused therapy’ online workshop (2 places)<br>Discharge lounge furniture for cardiac surgical patients<br>Buteyko Practitioner training (2 places)<br>Brit. Soc. of Echocardiography Nat. Ann. Educational conf.<br>Catering for 2-day specialist nurse training in ECMO care<br>High-grade laptop for trainee Echocardiographer<br>Upper Airway course, Royal Brompton Hospital<br>Post Cardiac Arrest Care Symposium<br>London Trauma Conference: Cardiac Arrest symposium<br>Hot water urn for Radiotherapy pantry<br>**Sub-total Grants carried forward**|**Unrestricted**<br>**Funds**<br>**Restricted**<br>**Funds**<br>**2023**<br>**Total Funds**<br>**£**<br>**£**<br>**£**<br>110,481<br>-<br>110,481<br>40,541<br>-<br>40,541<br>329<br>-<br>329<br>3,752<br>-<br>3,752<br>323<br>-<br>323<br>600<br>-<br>600<br>385<br>-<br>385|
|---|---|
||45,930<br>-<br>45,930|
||(5,918)<br>-<br>(5,918)|
||2,651<br>-<br>2,651<br>938<br>-<br>938<br>810<br>-<br>810<br>432<br>-<br>432<br>890<br>-<br>890<br>255<br>-<br>255<br>43<br>-<br>43<br>1,338<br>-<br>1,338<br>3,130<br>-<br>3,130<br>554<br>-<br>554<br>6,305<br>-<br>6,305|
||**173,757**<br>**-**<br>**173,757**|
||175<br>-<br>175<br>1,500<br>-<br>1,500<br>1,209<br>-<br>1,209<br>687<br>-<br>687<br>53<br>-<br>53<br>600<br>-<br>600<br>420<br>-<br>420<br>194<br>-<br>194<br>918<br>-<br>918<br>250<br>-<br>250<br>45<br>-<br>45<br>6,000<br>-<br>6,000<br>50,000<br>-<br>50,000<br>1,635<br>-<br>1,635<br>500<br>-<br>500<br>3,146<br>-<br>3,146<br>1,100<br>-<br>1,100<br>165<br>-<br>165<br>243<br>-<br>243<br>500<br>**-**<br>500<br>426<br>-<br>426<br>402<br>**-**<br>402<br>96<br>**-**<br>96<br>270<br>**-**<br>270|
||**70,534**<br>**-**<br>**70,534**|



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## **7.   Expenditure on charitable activities (continued)** 

|**Sub-total Grants brought forward**<br>Metastatic Spinal Cord Compression study day<br>Active Travel Festival: hot drinks stall<br>Mugs for in-patients’ Christmas gifts<br>Drinks’ sachets & bookmarks: in-patients’ Christmas gifts<br>Christmas gifts for Radiotherapy patients at Xmas clinic<br>Echo breakfast team meetings’ catering: 9 events<br>Catering for Critical Care Patient and Family day<br>Barts Guild Elective Grant 2023 (2 awards)<br>Artwork for Chemotherapy treatment room<br>Four laptops for internal cardiology training use<br>Allergy in Practice 4-day course<br>European Society of Cardiology 2023 annual conference<br>Funding for Pam Hibbs Memorial Lecture 2023<br>Physical Assessment and Clinical Reasoning course, RMS<br>Applying research in Clinical Practice course, RMS<br>Cardiopulmonary Exercise Testing course<br>Resurfacing work in Princess Alice Garden<br>Publish report in Cardiovascular Imaging Case Report<br>Contribution to Adam Dant map purchase<br>Donation for refurbishment to St Barts the Less<br>**Sub-total**<br>Unpaid grants 2022-23<br>**Total grants**|**Unrestricted**<br>**Funds**<br>**Restricted**<br>**Funds**<br>**2023**<br>**Total Funds**<br>**£**<br>**£**<br>**£**<br>**70,534**<br>**-**<br>**70,534**<br>50<br>**-**<br>50<br>165<br>-<br>165<br>1,306<br>-<br>1,306<br>450<br>-<br>450<br>313<br>-<br>313<br>262<br>-<br>262<br>325<br>-<br>325<br>1,500<br>-<br>1,500<br>2,500<br>-<br>2,500<br>930<br>-<br>930<br>1,000<br>-<br>1,000<br>436<br>-<br>436<br>1,000<br>-<br>1,000<br>1,000<br>-<br>1,000<br>1,890<br>-<br>1,890<br>595<br>-<br>595<br>19,560<br>-<br>19,560<br>600<br>-<br>600<br>3,840<br>-<br>3,840<br>10,000<br>-<br>10,000|
|---|---|
||118,256<br>-<br>118,256<br>(1,060)<br>-<br>(1,060)|
||**117,196**<br>**-**<br>**117,196**|
||**290,953**<br>**-**<br>**290,953**|



|Cost of goods sold<br>Shop-related expenses:<br>Salary<br>Volunteer travel expenses<br>Other shop expenses<br>Shop telephone costs<br>Other expenses:<br>Consultancy fees<br>AGM costs<br>Independent Examiner – Annual examination<br>Independent Examiner – Other services<br>Printing, postage, stationery<br>Insurance<br>Subscriptions<br>Website upgrade costs<br>Helpers’/grants’ reception<br>Business Rates<br>Miscellaneous expenses<br>Princess Alice Garden maintenance<br>**Total expenses**|**Unrestricted**<br>**Funds**<br>**Restricted**<br>**Funds**<br>**2022**<br>**Total Funds**<br>**£**<br>**£**<br>**£**<br>69,019<br>-<br>69,019<br>41,829<br>-<br>41,829<br>270<br>-<br>270<br>3,828<br>-<br>3,828<br>349<br>-<br>349<br>634<br>-<br>634<br>1,218<br>-<br>1,218<br>810<br>-<br>810<br>432<br>-<br>432<br>1,145<br>-<br>1,145<br>1,140<br>-<br>1,140<br>392<br>-<br>392<br>2,731<br>-<br>2,731<br>500<br>-<br>500<br>1,585<br>-<br>1,585<br>704<br>-<br>704<br>4,687<br>-<br>4,687|
|---|---|
||**131,273**<br>**-**<br>**131,273**|



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## **7.   Expenditure on charitable activities (continued)** 

|**Grants paid/awarded to St Bartholomew’s Hospital**<br>PRINCE2 project management course<br>Contribution to Hospital staff wellbeing projects<br>Clothing for Radiotherapy patients post treatment<br>Triptychs to celebrate staff efforts during pandemic<br>Publish Case Report in European Heart Journal (4 awards)<br>Catering/accreditation for Data Science course for clinicians<br>BME Bursary: PG Dipl.(Leadership/Management in Health)<br>Presents for Radiotherapy patients treated on Xmas Eve<br>Therapies team-building event<br>Attend Breathing Pattern Disorder study day<br>Chris Davies’ legacy paid to Psychological Services<br>Allergy Academy: Allergy in Practice course (4 days)<br>EMCO Nursing training: lunch catering<br>Therapists team-building event, St Patrick’s Day<br>Cardiology boot camp, QMUL (2 places)<br>Two ice-dispensing machines for ICU wards<br>Licences and tablets for online training tool<br>Attend EuroELSO conference 2022, London<br>Sofa bed for ICU Consultants’ office<br>**Sub-total**<br>Unpaid grants 2021-22<br>**Total grants**|**Unrestricted**<br>**Funds**<br>**Restricted**<br>**Funds**<br>**2022**<br>**Total Funds**<br>**£**<br>**£**<br>**£**<br>1,446<br>-<br>1,446<br>620<br>5,950<br>6,570<br>200<br>-<br>200<br>2,016<br>-<br>2,016<br>1,195<br>-<br>1,195<br>532<br>-<br>532<br>3,638<br>-<br>3,638<br>248<br>-<br>248<br>150<br>-<br>150<br>30<br>-<br>30<br>-<br>1,583<br>1,583<br>1,000<br>-<br>1,000<br>267<br>-<br>267<br>39<br>-<br>39<br>225<br>-<br>225<br>9,888<br>-<br>9,888<br>950<br>-<br>950<br>270<br>-<br>270<br>650<br>-<br>650|
|---|---|
||**23,362**<br>**7,533**<br>**30,895**<br>(7,938)<br>-<br>(7,938)|
||**15,425**<br>**7,533**<br>**22,958**|
||**146,698**<br>**7,533**<br>**154,231**|



## **8.   Independent examiner’s fees** 

|**8.   Independent examiner’s fees**||
|---|---|
|Examiner’s fees – Annual examination<br>Examiner’s fees – Other services<br>Examiner’s fees – Annual examination<br>Examiner’s fees – Other services|**Unrestricted**<br>**Funds**<br>**Restricted**<br>**Funds**<br>**2023**<br>**Total Funds**<br>**£**<br>**£**<br>**£**<br>810<br>-<br>810<br>432<br>-<br>432|
||**1,242**<br>**-**<br>**1,242**|
||**Unrestricted**<br>**Funds**<br>**Restricted**<br>**Funds**<br>**2022**<br>**Total Funds**<br>**£**<br>**£**<br>**£**<br>810<br>-<br>810<br>432<br>-<br>432|
||**_1,242_**<br>**_-_**<br>**_1,242_**|



## **9.   Wages and salary cost** 

|**9.   Wages and salary cost**||
|---|---|
|Gross wages<br>Employer’s national insurance costs<br>Employer’s pension contributions|**2023**<br>**2022**<br>**Total funds**<br>**Total funds**<br>**£**<br>**£**<br>32,489<br>33,640<br>3,383<br>3,387<br>4,669<br>4,802|
||**40,541**<br>**41,829**|



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## **9.   Wages and salary cost (continued)** 

|Staff numbers:<br>Average head count<br>Analysed by function:<br>Charitable activities<br>Calculated on a full-time equivalent basis, analysed by function:<br>Raising funds|**2023**<br>**2022**<br>1<br>1|
|---|---|
||1<br>1|
||1<br>1|
||1<br>1|
||1<br>1|



The shop manager was employed by Barts Health NHS Trust which invoices Barts Guild for associated wages and salary costs. 

There were no employees with emoluments (excluding employer pension costs) above £60,000 in this or the preceding year. 

## **10.   Related party transactions** 

No remuneration was paid to trustees during this or the preceding year. 

During the year under review, no trustee had travel expenses reimbursed. 

There were no other transactions with related parties that require disclosure in the financial statements. 

## **11.   Investments** 

|Investments at market value – brought forward<br>Additions<br>Change in market value<br>Investments at current market value|**2023**<br>**2022**<br>**£**<br>**£**<br>578,518<br>532,367<br>-<br>-<br>(21,686)<br>46,151|
|---|---|
||**556,832**<br>**578,518**|



The charity’s investments are held in COIF Charity Investment units. 

## **12.   Stock** 

|**12.   Stock**||
|---|---|
|Shop stock<br>**13.    Debtors**<br>Accrued income|**2023**<br>**2022**<br>**£**<br>**£**<br>**18,614**<br>**16,761**|
||**2023**<br>**2022**<br>**£**<br>**£**<br>**6,458**<br>**906**|



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## **14.   Cash at bank and in hand** 

|National Westminster account<br>Cambridge & Counties Bank 12 month fixed deposit<br>United Trust Bank 12 month fixed deposit<br>Shop cash float<br>**15.   Current liabilities**<br>Shop creditors<br>Grants payable<br>Other creditors and accruals|**2023**<br>**2022**<br>**£**<br>**£**<br>66,066<br>115,346<br>85,000<br>85,808<br>85,000<br>85,000<br>250<br>250|
|---|---|
||**236.316**<br>**286,404**|
||**2023**<br>**2022**<br>**£**<br>**£**<br>3,122<br>2,321<br>58,485<br>12,404<br>810<br>1,310|
||**62,417**<br>**16,035**|



|**16.    Analysis of net**|**movement in funds**|||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
||**Total funds**|**Total**|**Total**|**Transfers**|**Total funds**|
||**brought**|**incoming**|**resources**|**between**|**carried**|
|**2023**|**forward**|**resources**|**expended**|**funds**|**forward**|
||**£**|**£**|**£**|**£**|**£**|
|**Restricted funds**||||||
|Chris Davies legacy and||||||
|Barts NHS Welfare|-|-|-|-|-|
||-|-|-|-|-|
|**Unrestricted funds**||||||
|General fund|866,552|206,419|(295,482)|-|777,489|
|Net gains on investments||||||
|(unrealised)|-|(21,686)|-|-|(21,686)|
|Total unrestricted funds|866,552|184,733|(295,482)|-|755,803|
|**Total funds**|**866,552**|**184,733**|**(295,482)**|**-**|**755,803**|
||**Total funds**|**Total**|**Total**|**Transfers**|**Total funds**|
||**brought**|**incoming**|**resources**|**between**|**carried**|
|**2022**|**forward**|**resources**|**expended**|**funds**|**forward**|
||**£**|**£**|**£**|**£**|**£**|
|**Restricted funds**||||||
|Chris Davies legacy and||||||
|Barts NHS Welfare|3,133|4,400|(7,533)|-|-|
||3,133|4,400|(7,533)|-|-|
|**Unrestricted funds**||||||
|General fund|798,974|172,007|(150,580)|-|820,401|
|Net gains on investments||||||
|(unrealised)|-|46,151|-|-|46,151|
|Total unrestricted funds|798,974|218,158|(150,580)|-|866,552|
|**Total funds**|**802,107**|**222,558**|**(158,113)**|**-**|**866,552**|



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## **17.   Analysis of net assets between funds** 

|Investments<br>Current assets<br>Current liabilities|**Unrestricted**<br>**Funds**<br>**Restricted**<br>**Funds**<br>**2023**<br>**Total**<br>**Funds**<br>**2022**<br>**Total**<br>**Funds**<br>**£**<br>**£**<br>**£**<br>**£**<br>556,832<br>-<br>556,832<br>578,518<br>261,388<br>-<br>261,388<br>304,071<br>(62,417)<br>-<br>(62,417)<br>(16,037)|
|---|---|
||**755,803**<br>**-**<br>**755,803**<br>**866,552**|



## **18.   Defined contribution pension schemes** 

The charity makes contributions to a pension scheme on behalf of its shop manager who is employed by Barts Health NHS Trust.  The total payable for the year under review was £4,669 (2022: £3,648).  There were no amounts outstanding at the end of the current period or comparative financial year. 

## **19.   Financial Instruments** 

The carrying amounts of the charity’s financial instruments are as follows: 

||**2023**|**2022**|
|---|---|---|
||**Total Funds**|**Total Funds**|
||**£**|**£**|
|**Financial assets**|||
|Measured at fair value through net income/(expenditure):|||
|Fixed asset investments|556,832|578,518|
||**556,832**|**578,518**|
|The income, expense, net gains and net losses attributable to the charity’s financial instruments are|||
|summarised as follows:|||
||**2023**|**2022**|
||**Total Funds**|**Total Funds**|
||**£**|**£**|
|**Income and expenditure**|||
|Financial assets measured at fair value through net|||
|income/(expenditure):|||
|Investment income|16,211|16,756|
|**Net gains and losses (including changes in fair value)**|||
|Financial assets measured at fair value through net|||
|income/(expenditure)|||
|Unrealised (loss)/gains on investments|(21,686)|46,151|



Fixed asset investments are held at fair value with valuations obtained using last traded or closing bid market prices as available. 

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## **20.   Statement of Financial Activities 2021-22** 

|**Notes**<br>**Income and Endowments from:**<br>Donations and Legacies<br>2<br>Charitable activities<br>3<br>Other trading activities<br>4<br>Investments<br>5<br>**Total income**<br>**Expenditure on:**<br>Raising funds<br>6<br>Charitable activities<br>7<br>**Total expenditure**<br>**Income excluding investments**<br>Net (loss)/gains on investments (unrealised)<br>11<br>Net income/(expenditure)<br>Transfers between funds<br>16<br>**Net movement in funds**<br>**Reconciliation of funds:**<br>Total funds brought forward<br>16<br>**Total funds carried forward**<br>16|**Unrestricted**<br>**Funds**<br>**Restricted**<br>**Funds**<br>**Total**<br>**£**<br>**£**<br>**£**<br>48,304<br>4,400<br>52,704<br>100,305<br>-<br>100,305<br>5,835<br>-<br>5,835<br>17,563<br>-<br>17,563|
|---|---|
||**172,007**<br>**4,400**<br>**176,407**|
||3,882<br>-<br>3,882<br>146,698<br>7,533<br>154,231|
||**150,580**<br>**7,533**<br>**158,113**|
||**21,427**<br>**3,133**<br>**18,294**<br>46,151<br>-<br>46,151<br>67,578<br>3,133<br>64,445<br>-<br>-<br>-|
||**67,578**<br>**3,133**<br>**64,445**|
||798,974<br>3,133<br>802,107|
||**866,552**<br>**-**<br>**866,552**|



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Annual General Meeting, 2022 

Chairman Chris Hayward delivers his report; President Ann Wickham and Hon. Treasurer Keith Bottomley also addressed the meeting 

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## **Guild Members and Volunteers 2023** 

**L** denotes Life Member 

Miss Sadir Abdel Fattah Miss Muna Abdi Dr J. David Abell Mr Tamam Abid Miss Atena Ahmed Ms Santosh Alden Mrs Caroline Allington Miss Alice Allsopp Mrs Gillian Anderson Mr Danny Angell-Payne Miss Megan Annetts Mr Edward Appiah-Kubi Ms Christine Ashby **L** Mrs Sylvia Aspinall Dr William Atkins Mr Rayyan Barakat Miss Anna Barnfield Miss Margaret Bates Mr Stephen Bench Mr Brandon Beng Mr James Benson Dr David Besser Mrs Valerie Besser Dr David Best Mrs Louise Biggs Mrs Emma Bishop Mrs Sue Boswell Mr Keith Bottomley CC Mr Gwynfor Bowen Mr Derek Boyce **L** Dr Jeremy Bradley **L** Mrs Gillian Braithwaite Ms Mary Breadman Mrs Julia Briscoe Mr Oliver Britten Ms Carmen Brooker Mr Gabriel Burchell Dr Andrew Burnett Ms Lesley Burnett Miss Kira Burroughs Ms Jane Carey-Harris **L** Mr Lawrence Carter **L** Mr Clyde Castelino Lady Castle Stewart **L** Miss Suheyla Celik Lady Aileen Chalstrey Miss Marina Chan Mr Jonathan Charnock Mrs Elizabeth Clark Mrs Elizabeth Cleaver Mr Patrick Coldstream Ms Sandra Collins Ms Judy Cook **L** 

Mr Bob Cooper **L** Ms Helen Cooper **L** Miss Madeleine Corkery Mr Martin Cowen Ms Madeleine Craggs **L** Mr Jasper Craib Mr Philip Crawford Mrs Valdine Crawford Mr Conor Czech Mr Stephen Dar Mrs Kate Dawson Ms Belinda Dee Miss Salsabil Djelloul Mr Aaroh Dubey Ms Saskia Eddy Mrs Jenny Edmonds Prof. Stephen Edmondson Mrs Angela Evans Mr Carl Evans Mr James Evans Ms Lesley Evans Ms Sue Evans **L** Mrs Hilda Fazzani Miss Alison Fenwick **L** Mr Geoffrey Finn Mrs Anthea Finn Ms Sally Finn Mr David Frank **L** Mrs Jemma Frederick Miss Ezi Fred-Nnoham Miss Sandra Gann Miss Kangbo Gao Mr Mark Garside Miss Jennifer Gaze Mr Joseph Gbenro Mr Periklis Giannakis Miss Susan Gibson **L** Ms Patricia Gillen Mrs Margaret Gillett Dr Cedric Gilson Ms Bubura Yee Ning Goh Ms Monique Gold Mrs Sarah Gordon-Colebrooke Mrs Jane Graham **L** Dr Heather Hackett Mr Andy Haddon Mr Mez Hakim Mrs Elsie Halsey **L** Mr Rizwan Hameed Mrs Ellen Hamer Mrs Daphne Hamilton-Fairley OBE **L** Mrs Sylvia Hampton 

Mrs Amanda Handley Dr Marion Hatton Mr Chris Hayes Mr Christopher Hayward CC **L** Miss Margaret Hazard Mr Paul Heasmer Mr David Henry Mrs Margaret Henry Miss Anna Hicks Mrs Pauline Hirst **L** Miss Hilary Hiscocks Miss Sian Hobson Mrs Deirdre Hoggarth Prof. Sir Deian Hopkin Mrs Margaret Hughes **L** Mrs Brenda Hustler Mr Elsaid Islamaj Mrs Jayne Jennings Mr Patrick Jennings Mrs Jenny Jeyarajah Ms Annwen Jones Mr Milton Justinguthakaran Mr Raghuv Kanwar Miss Neringa Karpaviciute Miss Harman Kaur Mr Anthony Kaweesa Ms Rosie Kaye Lady Mary Keen **L** Mrs Mary Kelsey-Fry **L** Mrs Jane Keyes **L** Mr Hassan Khan Miss Alison Knapp **L** Mrs Patricia Kraft Miss Neha Lalani Mr Tomas Lappy Dr Hazem Lashin Mrs Elaine Law Miss Samantha Lee Mr David L'enclume Mrs Sarah Lister Miss Jane Lloyd **L** Mr Gustavo Loback Miss Valeria Locatelli **L** Dr Nicole Loi Miss Emily Long Mr Thomas Longbottom Mr Timothy Loong Miss Valerie Luxton **L** Ms Caitlin MacClancy Miss Antoinette Machin Dr John Macken Mr Abhiram Magesh Ms Meera Mahesh 

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Mr James Malcolmson Mr Mohammad Hamzah Mansoor Mrs Sophie Marshall **L** Mr Karl Martin Mr Paul Martinelli CC **L** Ms Maria Martins Mrs Susan Mason Ms Lynn McBurnie Mr Adrian McCabe Mr Ian McDowell Mrs Wendy Mead OBE CC Mr David Mears Mr Sam Merry Mrs Ann Milbank Miss Aurora Militante Ms Dorothy Miller Hon. Sir Stephen Mitchell Mrs Joan Morton Mr Terence Moss Mr Jayanth Mummidi Dr John Munns Miss Gurveen Nagi Mr Jayesh Nagpal Dr Ahmed Naji Mrs Pamela Nash **L** Mrs Jean Nathan Mr George Nichols Mrs Beverley Nickolls Mrs Margaret Oates Sister Elizabeth O'Connor Miss Giulia Olayemi Ms Jan O'Neill **L** Miss Favour Onwudiwe Ms Lynne Oriatto Mrs Barbara Pare Mrs Jane Parker Mrs Julie Pearce Dr Andrew Pembroke Dr Jacqueline Pembroke Miss Ameshka Perera Mr Andrew Phillips Mrs Claire Phillips Mr Edward Phillips Mr Simon Phillips Miss Judith Pleasance CC **L** 

Mrs Doreen Price Miss Molly Price-Smith Mr Nameer Rahman Miss Anuska Rajen Mr Mahateja Aditya Ramdhian Miss Natasha Alia Razman Mr Martin Remezy Miss Maryam Rhaddaoui Mrs Angela Ringer Mrs Jean Ritchie Mr Neil Ritson **L** Ms Joan Rivellini Mrs Angela Robinson Ms Silvia Roccato Miss Margaret Roles Mr Alistair Rookes Mr Michael Rosen Mrs June Rosenwould Mrs Margaret Rumsey **L** Mr Ray Russo Miss Sahel Saadat Mr Aamir Saiyed Ms Margaret Salmon Mrs Jacqueline Sanderson Sir Marcus Setchell KCVO Mr Riyan Shah Mr William Shand Mr Sathyam Sharma Dr Elizabeth Shaw **L** Mrs Alison Shepherd **L** Dr Stephen Shepherd **L** Miss Shraddha Sheth Mrs Pat Simmonds Dr Paul Simmons Mr Shubham Singh Mr Sidhant Singh Mr Alex Skingle Dr Andrew Smith Miss Eleanor Smith Ms Jean Smith Mrs Sue Smith Ms Elisabeth Smyth Mr Pardeep Sondhi Dr Elizabeth Sparrow **L** Ms Jill Stennings Mr Norman Stephens 

Mr Adrian Stirrup Mrs Rosamund Stocks Ms Mai Sugimoto Mr Edward Summers Mrs Clare Sweatman Mr Jit Yih Tan Mr Yi Liane Daniel Tan Mrs Hilary Tarr Miss Emily Taylor Mr Alexander Tchinov Mr Barnabas Tedder Mr Stephen Thean Mr Kavi Thobhani Mr Lewis Thomas Mr Brian Yit Zheng Ting Ms Julie Townsend Mr King Chun Kingsley Tso Mr Robert Tucker Miss Daisy Umelo Dr Sarah Vepers **L** Miss Pirethegai Vimalarasa Mrs Penny Wainwright **L** Mr Martin Wainwright MBE **L** Miss Mary Walker Mr Oskar Wallis-King Mrs Lynne Warnock Miss Rosemary Waxman Mr David Way **L** Dr Judith Webb **L** Ms Josephine Wellington **L** Miss Niamh Whelan Dr Veronica White **L** Mrs Ann Wickham Mr William Wicks Miss Ardila Widjono Ms Helen Wilding Ms Diane Wilkinson Mr Daniel Williams Mrs Dawn Wright CC Mrs Margaret Wyatt Miss Cerina Yan Ms Lucy Yendole **L** Ms Janet Young Miss Dorna Zarei Mr Yuxuan Zhang 

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## **Some extra news and views …** 


In March, Barts Guild was finally able to conclude a grant award to the Cardiac Physiology department for four shared laptops to be used by Cardiac Scientist trainees as part of their graduate programme within the Hospital. James Malcolmson, Deputy Principal Cardiac Scientist, said “There is a nationwide shortage of specialist cardiac scientists to undertake the highly technical and complex work required of the role. The need to train more cardiac scientists is ever increasing and we need to find innovative processes to ensure that staff education and training meets the needs of the service to provide the highest standards of patient care.” 

Seen here is Glenn Amores, Senior Cardiographer, who is using one of the new laptops to pursue a Healthcare Science Associate Apprenticeship. 

Glenn comments on the outcome of the grant award: “I am truly grateful for the Guild's generosity. The laptop will help facilitate my learning by enabling me to attend my online classes, do research work and complete my course work assignments. This qualification will support the delivery of expanded cardiorespiratory services in East London and provide better care for our patients. Thank you so much!“ 

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A sorry state of affairs in the barely-recognisable Princess Alice Garden … 

Works are progressing; the new surface is being laid but trouble lies ahead and underground! 



The stone table purchased, in memory of Jackie Roe, now stands in the raised seating area of the Garden, close to the wall of St Bartholomew the Less. 

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In September 2023, the Guild year concluded with a Garden Party in The Princess Alice Garden in which all the refurbishment had just been finished in time.  HRH The Duke of Gloucester honoured us with his presence and spoke to many people present, including Guild volunteers as shown above. 

We now look forward to the Guild’s forthcoming AGM to be held at the Guildhall on Wednesday 25th October 2023. 


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