# Bedford Hospital Charity and Friends

## Details

- **Country:** England & Wales
- **Charity number:** 299250
- **Other names:** THE BEDFORD HOSPITALS CHARITY, PRIMROSE APPEAL
- **Status:** Registered
- **Legal form:** Other
- **Registered:** May 12, 1988
- **Register:** https://register-of-charities.charitycommission.gov.uk/en/charity-search/?p_p_id=uk_gov_ccew_onereg_charitydetails_web_portlet_CharityDetailsPortlet&p_p_lifecycle=0&p_p_state=maximized&p_p_mode=view&_uk_gov_ccew_onereg_charitydetails_web_portlet_CharityDetailsPortlet_regId=299250


## Contact

- **Address:** ORCHARD HOUSE, HIGH STREET, FLITTON, BEDFORD
- **Postcode:** MK45 5DU
- **Phone:** 01525861727
- **Email:** admin@bedfordhospitalcharity.org.uk
- **Website:** http://www.bedfordhospitalcharity.org.uk/



## Activities

**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.

**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.

**Area of benefit:** THE AREA COVERED BY NORTH BEDFORDSHIRE HEALTH AUTHORITY




## 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

- Bedford
- Central Bedfordshire



## Finances

| Period end | Income | Expenditure | Assets | Employees |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| March 31, 2025 | £946867 | £217296 | £880904 | 0 |
| March 31, 2024 | £1204800 | £1143504 | £452410 | 0 |
| March 31, 2023 | £1003691 | £1263610 | £391114 | 0 |
| March 31, 2022 | £247628 | £89815 | — | — |
| March 31, 2021 | £449454 | £378310 | — | — |



## Trustees

- **Debbie Inskip** (Chair) — appointed May 16, 2017
- Ismail Anilmis DL — appointed April 29, 2024
- JACQUI GOULDING
- Kenneth John Williams — appointed Nov. 15, 2022
- ROB OAKLEY
- Simon Nigel Swinburne Sadler TD DL — appointed Jan. 1, 2018