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Bedford Hospital Charity and Friends

The Bedford Hospitals Charity, Primrose Appeal

Country
England & Wales
Charity number
299250
Status
Registered
Registered
May 12, 1988
Legal form
Other
Area of benefit
The Area Covered By North Bedfordshire Health Authority

Address

Address
ORCHARD HOUSE
HIGH STREET
FLITTON
BEDFORD
MK45 5DU

Activities

Bedford Hospitals Charity was founded in 1988 to improve the equipment and facilities for patients and staff at Bedford Hospitals. It has raised 9.5million, notably 2.5million for the Primrose Oncology Unit and 765,000 for cancer projects. The appeal to raise 750,000 to expand cancer services at Bedford is now complete and the current one is for a new MRI scanner costing over 1million.

Objects: 1. The Relief Of Sickness Within The Area Of Benefit. 2. The Improvement And Maintenance Of Facilities Provided For Patients And Staff At Bedford General Hospital And All Other Hospital Premises Within The National Health Service Within The Area Of Benefit. 3. Without Limiting The Gererality Of The Foregoing, The Improvement And Regurbishment Of The Student Nurses Accomodation At Bedford General Hospital.

Classification

How
Makes Grants To Organisations, Provides Services
What
The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives
Who
The General Public/mankind

Areas of operation

Local Authority
Bedford, Central Bedfordshire

Finances

Period end Income Expenditure Assets
March 31, 2025 £946,867 £217,296 £880,904
March 31, 2024 £1,204,800 £1,143,504 £452,410
March 31, 2023 £1,003,691 £1,263,610 £391,114
March 31, 2022 £247,628 £89,815 —
March 31, 2021 £449,454 £378,310 —

Trustees

Name Appointed
Debbie Inskip (Chair) May 16, 2017
Ismail Anilmis DL April 29, 2024
Jacqui Goulding
Kenneth John Williams Nov. 15, 2022
Rob Oakley
Simon Nigel Swinburne Sadler TD DL Jan. 1, 2018