Friends of RCH Chairman's 2025 Annual Report Firstly, on behalf of us I would I to thank Beatrice for all the years of devot and hard wod( that she gave to The Friends as she was our Chwr for 20% of the time that The Friends have existed as a charity. We had a wondetm celebration 14y her in November. with a meal at Trevaskis Farm. where we presented her with a cake, a beade(I bee, a rose named Queen Bee, and a voucher lor the Hall lor Comwall. Beatrice was also presented wi+h a beautilul piece ot gl&ss by tr.e Board ol RCH as thanks for her contritmjtion to. and support for. the Voluntary SeNices al the TTUSt over the years. It was very fitting that we celebrated 80 years ol Ihe Friends Charity al the end of Juty with a cream tea. more cake, and enlertainment by a talented k)cal duo. Twin Harmony. I musl thank various Tru*ees for their hard work in organisiThJ it all, and to Beatrice and other InAste8s for puttitvJ together a wtted 80-yeaY history ol the charity, which was on dwlay with a number ol p1(J[s. Even our ProsM16nl h81p to serv6 averyom on tho dayl Tho Trust had a camellia planted on the RCH srte in nOUr. which has recenty been in bknom. During 2025 we received many genero8 thnatiw whh are atrways Gfft Aed. This year these donations induded a of wool; some has been haThYed over to the volunteers who knit or eroehet squaTe$ lor palliative care patient blankets. and lor making tWKldSe muffs and we thank eVeryce lor their generosty ol time in creating these. The excess has l)een sohy, mth"ThJ £5CKI lo dale. We also thank all those who contribute to OLFr collection boxes, leave1&3acies, or raise lunds by buy#Yd orlin8 through Easy Fun(traisiNJ. Our lund-raising a¢tivili68 last year irKkKlod Sal88 of Cream Teas and Mince Pie boxes, and an evening with ¢om8dian Johnny Cowling. However, our main income still rx)mes from lh8 Friends CoffA& Bar, a8 well a8 the IAobilg frolby Shop whith now serves the maprity of wards and is Lhy'ng Out tw8 daily on mo81 w86k days. Howev6r tho$0, and othor s•M¢os. NKluding various relreshment areas and Tfelawny Reception, desperately nged more volunteers so il you, or a Iriend or relalive. coukl spend a litlle time on a regular basis lo hèlp out. Ih¢n we would love lo hear Irom you. By recrLFitlng m¢ye volunteers it would also enable us 10 take OUT r8inslaled Moblle 'brary, and a second Mobile S1p, lo th8 wards. where they are being wamty weknmed ty palenls. We thank Ihe Voluntary S8IMC8 Office IVSOI stall. r Colfae 8ar Manag8monl Team and our Mc4)ile Shop cOrdInal0r. who 6nsura that the rola8 af¢ and a huge thank you to al our voluntoeTS for Ihg PfKeless time that Ihey give. There have been changes in lh¢ VSO this year too, wth Richards. the Lead Chaplain. reliring in March, and being repla¢od by Dom Whitting. who was the prewous Deputy Lead Chaplain. Then in Sepl8mber Ihe VSO Manager, Verily Barker, relired and Ele Buckley is currentty lh8 interim VSO Manager. 11 has a rèal pleasure to work 81ongslde Dom and Ele in their new roles. holdirvJ regular meebngs wrth them and their line managers. On¢0 again, the Friends 9nsurgd Ihal a gfft wrapped Christmas present grft was delivered lo around 560 inpatients on Christmas Day, which was cheerfuny received by many. We donated over t77,7¢)O ot linancial grants to Gwithian Unil,. the Critical Care Unit,. Palliative and End ol L¢fe Care.. the Audiology Departrnenl.. Polkerris Wafd; and provided smart new relreshmenl tro118ys lor every ward al RCPtr. Wg kokn'ng forward to hearing the impact ol these vèry shortty. We have worked on bringing the Charity's G(Yrfemance aspects up lo date, linalising a Memrandum ol UndersiandirrfJ IMOUI betyveen oursefves and thè Trusi In NovèmDèT, wntsng our own Vdunteor Policy and urialing our Conslitulion. We wouhj Iikt to thank David Wood, CEO, and Slephen Morelon, Trainir)g and Deveknpment Lead. at ArrEND, were a geat suprth whilst wrthng Ihese documents. ArrEND are the national organisalion to wthich all League of Friends subscribe. We also parti(apale in the Trust's Volunteers Steoring Group. We now need to offer all ol our volunteers ihe thce lo become Mernbers of the Charity and, trj this end, have PfodLed an official IAemb8rship Form. Following GDPR r•gulalions, and having a Data Shariry Agreement in place with Ihe Trust. we will be selhng up our own dalabase. which wrfl run alongside that held by th8 VSO. 8y being a member you will be Official entitled to come to cyjr AGMS and ary Extraordinary Gengral Mgetings in the future. It also rnoans that we wnll be the to send you emails, or letters. about fvturg events ano ask it you are wllllng lo lend a hand with these. Our Trustees serve Ie-year renewable tenures a1 we woukl really wek#Th olhws who would Ilke lo become vdved- we are a friendly gi(xJp, meeb'ro on the seco1 Monday ol every ftth, and lasks are shared 80 that rt doesn't become an onerous job lor any one indNidual', please gel in touch if you would like more information. We thank everyone invofved - RCHT staff. Volunteers arKI puNic for their SUFP)rt. We believe that il is an honour to be part ol a charity that is run entirety ty ¥oliint8ers lo setv6 Comwall's (th Aeula HOsla4 lor the benefit ol Iha peop19 Qf Cornwall and we delinitely (kn Thlake A Differencè". An18 Mallard, Chainnan, for tha 8r 2025
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7 C'rtdilors: amounts falling dy¢ TthI w yur Lr¢olr AL¢ru¢d rP¢[w$ 185 175 Corport#ioM Tor 'I'h¢ irust is a T¢gistrrd rhwity aThl th¢ rrsults of it5Tk)rn ¥vities we Ek)I liable to corr?110n T&x. VolueAdded r 'lTht chariN is registrrcd for ¥aluc thl thx. In wkne 4wIiLYbk ex]h)te t8 shown inclusive of V.A. I". of itKr¢85cd growth ofihe Ho4>i181 thue isconlind thmKI on the reserves CTharity'. In light of this lh¢ Trus$ wnsiikr tr r¢s¢rvw tr¢ •kq 10 Rtienut C'ommilmtnls F..indItur¥ appn)iui Jnd pled8ed yet pid totals £ 44.588.71
INDEPENDENT EXAMINERS REPORT TO THE TRUSTEES OF FRIF.NDS OF THE ROI'AL coRALL HOSPITAL REGISTERED CHARITY NUMBER 252083 I report on the Accounts of the Tn for the year ended 315¢ December 2025. RESPEcfivE RESPONSIBILITIES OF THE TRUSTEES AND EMMINERS As the Charities Trustees, you are resFK)nsible for the preparation of the accounls you consider that the audit requirements of section 144 of the Charities Acl 2011 (Ihe Act) does not apply. It is my resp)nsibility to state, on the basis of procedures specified in th¢ General Direclions given by the Charity Commissioners under Section 145(5) (b) of the Act, whether particular matters have come to my altention. BASIS OF INDEPENDENT EXAMINERS REPORT My examination w&$ carried out in acconlance with the General Directions given by Ihe Charily Commissioners. An examination includes a review of the accounting records kept by the Charity and a Comparison of the accounts presented with ihose records. It also includes consideratlOD of any unusual items of disclosu in the accounts and seeking explanations from you as trustees conc¢rning such matters. The procedures undertaken do noi provide all the evidence that would be required by an audit and consequently. I do not express an audit opinion on th¢ view given by ihe accounts. INDEPENDF.NT F.XAMINERS STATEMENT Sn connection with my examination:. No matter has come to my attention l. Which gives me a re&sonable cause to believe that in any material respect the requirement a. to keeping records in accordance with Section 130 of the Act and . to prepare accounts which accord with the accounting records and to comply with the accounting requirements of the Act have not been md or 2. To whiclL in my opinion. attention should be drawn in order to enable a proper understanding of the accounts to k reached. A H ROGERS ACCOUNTANCY & BOOKKEEPING SERVICES TREWHELLA FARM ST HILARY PF.NZAIYCE TR20 9BZ