REGISTERED CHARITY NUMBER: 501058 Trt45tee$' Report and Unaudlted Flnancl•l Statements for thè Year Ended 31 March 2025 Sandw•ll Hosplt•l League of Frfends Dalton Pardoe LlmSted Chartered Accountsnts 794 Hlgh Street Klngswlnford West Mldlands DY6 8BQ Santhwell Hosplial League (rf Fflends Contents of the FlThand•l Statements for the Year Ended 31 Marth Z025 Page Trustees, Report Independent Examlnerfs Report ststement of Flnandal Acilvitles ststenwnt of Flnandal Posltlon Notes to the Flnandal statements 6 to 9 io Sandwell No5￿1 League d Frlends for the Year Ended 31 M•rth 2025 The trustees present thelr report wlth the finarKlal ststements of the charlty for the year ended 31 March 2025. The trustees have adopted the provisions of Accountlng and Reportlng by Charities: Ststement of Recommended Practlce appllcable to charities preparing thelr accounts In accordance wtth the Flnandal Reporting Standard applkable In the UK and Republlc of Ireland {FRS 102) leffectl¥e I January 2019). Oblectlves and alms The charltvs oblectlves a￿:_ To ielleve patlents of Sandwell Hospitsl WI￿ a￿ stcl dtsabled, handlcapped of Inflnn and generally to support the charitsble work of the Sandwell Hospltal and Sandwell Cornrnunlty Nurses. It dellvers Its publlc benefft by operntlng a soley volunteer stsffed shop In the maln receptlon of the hospltal whkh sells confectlonary, drlnks and personal Items. The proffts from the shop fund a grnnt makln8 programme for the wards and departments of the hospltsl. The shop bs open 365 days each year and Is used by anybody WI￿ enters the hospltal whether they are patlents. sttff, Vlsltors or contractor5. SJfeguardln8 The charlty has young persons and aduft safe8uardSn8 polkles In plKe. Volunts•rs The charlty has ovef fifty volunteers. New volunteer5 I￿ provlded wlth sultable tralnln8 and supeThlslon. The charlty openly welcomes enqulrles from any member of the publk to become a volunteer. ACHIEVEMENT AND PERFORMANce Achlevements and Performance Durln8 the year, the openlng hours of the shop have been contlnued to meet the hosplkl's needs. The shop aFso opens on Chrlstmas Day. At weekends and bank holldays and late openlngs. the shop fvnctbons as an unofflclal hospltal receptlon as the offlce hospltsl receptlon Is closed those tlmes. FINANCIAL REVIEW The flnanclal statements for the ye•1 show the charlty's shop to have •chle%*d a ￿rn0ver of E49.104 net of VAT (2024: £83,036). Requests for 8rants Ire submltted by SWBH are consklered by the trustees of the charlty and monles are pald out on recelpt of the Involce for the sanrtloned amount. Grants made In the year under revlew totslled £NII { 2024 '. £10,128). Legacy Income of £14.197 was recel¥ed In the ￿•T tryether wlth deposlt account Interest of £379 resuttlni In total Income of £63,6801£83,328 . 2024). Income exceeded expendlture by £14.682 In the year under revlew ( £7,954 excess of expendlture over Income .' 2024) wlth the result that funds Increased over the ye•r from £32.170 as at 315t March 2024 to £46,852 as at 31st Wrch 2025. FUTURE PLANS The charlty wlll operate for as long 3$ It ts needed. Sandwell Hospltal whlch b part of Sandwell and West Blmiln8ham Mealth Authorlty Is 801n8 through a change process due to the ¢onstruction of the Midland Metropolitan H05pltal ID Smethwlck. The wor* of the hospltal wlll alter but It Is not yet posslble to as*ss the Impact of thts on the chaflty. STAUCTVRE. GOVERNANCE AND MANAGEMENT The charlty has 9 tnjstees, who are drawn from the general membershlp of the chartty's volunteers who are all members of the local communlty. A member of the hospltal staff provldes Inforn￿l athike on requests for grants to fvnd the purchase of medlcal equlpment. The Board of Trustees Is aware of the recommend•tiODS of the C￿rIty Commlsslon and follow these on all occasions. The Board recelves operatlonal reports, revlews its flnances and recelves requests for grants at each of Its meetln8s. Meetln8s are held at the hospltal durlng the evenlng. Flve Board meetlngs and an Annual Generdl Meetln8 Th*re held durln8 the year. The charlty's affalrs are largely gthrned by the Chafftles Act 2011 and the Value Added Tax Art 1994. The charlty was reglstered on 26 Au8USt 1971. Its GovemSng document Is a Constitut￿n adopted on 7 July 1971 and subsequently amended on 2 Aprll 1981 and 24 June 2013. Page I Santhwll Howtsl Lea8ue of Frfends forthe Year Ended 31 Marth 2025 REFERENCE AND ADMINISTRATIVE I>ETAILS Re8lstered Charfty numb¢r 501058 Prfnclpal addr• Sandwell Hospital Lyndon West Bromwkh West Mldland$ 87148S Tnmtees Mrs J L)evaney . Secretsry Mrs S Jaundrlll Mrs B Llsslmore - Ass. Tre•surer J Stockam Mrs J Cuttlng - Wce Chalrperson Mrs P Gohel - tschalrperson Mrs C Whlttln8ham - Colhalrperson Mrs G 8•tes TJ Fosey- Treasurer (deceased 15.S.251 Mrs J 8el8hton Independent Examlfter Dalton Pardoe Llmlted Chartered Accountants 794 Hlgh Street Kln8swlnford West Mldlands DY6 88Q Approved by order of the board of twstees on 11 Juty 2025 and sl8ned on its behalf by: Mrs Cwhlttlnaham - Co