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"HELPING HAP40"
ROYAL BELFAST HOSPITAL FOR SICK CHILDREN
FINAKIAL sTATEmE￿s
FOR THE YL4R ENDEO
31 DECEMBER 2￿23
TaxAssisl A(xC￿nt8rts
103 Cregagh Road
86llasl BT6 8PY

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INDEX TO ThE ACCOUNTS
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RW ofts Trustse5
Blar￿ Sheet
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OFFICERS AND PROFESSIONAL ADVISORS
BOARD OF TRUSTEES
Mr l Matin
CY L Sw8eny
C¥ P J&*on
Mr A
MTS S Bak8r
Mr5 L Bfrjgs
[* S Cfffl6ti
Mrs J MclQnsty
M8 B MtThyperYty ILsI8s Lew)
Mrs 8 ReKI
C*mR￿j
Pfof M Sl¥e
(Cl￿rm￿}
IHM S•)
(H￿ Trgwxw)
MrJ Siephtrns
Mrcw
Gwdby
J O'RoLvke
SECRETARY
L Swea
BT18￿E
ACCOUNTANTS
103 (Jepjh Ro•J
8T6 8PY
SOL￿TORs
Lxfiy Gpmtt
ROYSt￿ Ho
34 UpwQueen Strget
asl
BT16FD
PRINCIPAL BANKERS
pla Nc
BT1
CHARrrY coMMIss
R•a. NIC 102447

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ELPING HAN
REPORT OF THE TRUSTEES FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2023
Th TnMt8es PFBsert Imr knnual lopotlw wlth the stabrrwts for th8 yew •nthd 31 D￿8mb
2023.
The 048(as ol tho tharfty wo gxdu8i¥dy ￿'r￿j kn the ben&frt ol paknts ty of th8 alfv8￿￿n8n1
rftheir hoalth care l￿d8.
ncl thl Offl
Floor
IXildr8n's Hosklt
180 Falls Rogd
Bellasl BT12 6BE
ce
nd Mina
Th8 Helping HaTrJ Ch&ity was eslatlish&l in 1997 by tho mothcal staff 8tthe Childfwfs HLxpltal, wtth the sIn￿e aFm
of hel￿r0 the thildren in thew cwe Th8 hospta has beon caring Ch￿1￿ 1873 kYovid68 mo&t c
the paediatrlc sp8oaithes Trh)rlhem Irdarhl.
ard of TTu6tee8
Helping ￿￿, a registered ch*ity, Is by a (rf Trusfees. m96ts" ￿ a rowlar bas1$, thalred by
Mr Ivan Marlin.
dmlnlstratlon
Tho Organisal￿n managem￿1 acbvtbes of th8 (*ty are by the fi￿d(al$$T. Mr Nigd Kewn&y, with
the assistance of an extra Fwson who is ￿10 an hwdy r8te. All d￿lDn$ in respeet of ts day40ty th Of tho
SIX￿ arg taken by the c￿'ty Ihrnu￿ ts Bowd of Tru$¢¢8s at committee rrI￿tiryj$.
Ind
4mi
T8%Assist AcoAmianis kyovth an exmninaiion crf the annual act￿rt aryj &t as ad￿5￿5 when
r4uired.
e¢tlv•s a
d Actl¥ttle¥
Stated aims and (tsrlty we-
To W0￿de thè best to Royal Bemast Howtsl frf Sk* Chdd
FuTrJ res88rch and irto chlldren's iln8888s; aThJ
To gJPF¢Yt the immethat8 nwjs rA cfilth￿ and th8r parwts.
Helping HaTrJ has assiSt&J in the &￿tinl￿d k¥oVisI￿ of nthv 8qLIpm￿tt and prowslon crf rtém5 to enhance
d Imwove Ihe patsnt and parenla experwt6. Th8 charily is dso Qxnmitt￿I lo ¢￿￿nI￿ng to assist In the
provislon of needed eqlllprnerrt in Vari￿3 deputsnerrts.
The ¢harty wrfl ¢rntirllA lo or staff Io 8ttw¥J 1X)ur￿ to ￿ ther ablhty lo Improve the care of
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REPORT OF ThE TRUSTEES FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2023 (confd
•ments and Perforn￿nCe
tknng 2023 we continued lo wuk ch)$6ly wllh local * national comwies SUL* as Gorth)ns Chemists. AThJor
Technology, SpTrrt Aerosy51ems, Su Irdand, Thales Def8nce Systems. Shletd Acadènl Manag8ment and K&M
Tethul SeThices who all ran 8 s￿le8 of evtrts througFMyJt yoar with Uwlr eM￿0Yea5 to raise fijrmls
Regular supp¢)rtets Wlli8 Nugenl. Salntheld Nwsw. P￿J￿h Surf School. thè Cul1￿ famlty Patton laTrlly all
ory8nlsed events again this yoar to raise ftjnds.
New thnts in 21YI3 were the Trift Aid car ev8nl at ts Titanic Befag several mourtain chaF18ng8s lTrSurfing 8 &x
P8ak Hike in the Moume9 by Ihe McKenn8 famity, ￿ aycent crf Cn)agh P8trid( by ts c￿nIngh￿￿ fBmity and.
frsl for Hdwng Hand. a climb to Evarest Base C&Thp wherg Natasha Mann HH flag.
Throughout 2tr23 we wotked dosely with s￿ Carson. the May¢X of knsbum arml c8strar8￿ Qty Camcil aTrJ hls
leam who ran a wies of 8vents It￿lUdI￿J a CclcKK Run, Teddy b*s pt"cnic. Mcira F(od fe$￿val, 8 Golf Day and
eral theme days around Uskni lo raise a fani&*tK £35 C(().
HH trustee. Louise B¢gKJs dedi¢algJ year as Lady c4)tan tx Royal 8effasl ())If CILkn to r*sirYJ furnls and we
aro indablgd lo her for her efforts.
again haj the suFpon of Ic¢a thurches, $maN ￿￿1￿sseS and ￿rnmUnFty grwps as weil as f8mllles
whose thildren attendgd the h05Pital who carrn on bo¥d to SUp￿rt the charity.
Ith the funds rdiS90 we were able to si¥Jw1 m&)y proj.￿lS ar0￿d the hosptsl indLNJlng a I￿nI prc4'8d lo
rdurt4sh the glass corridor garden m whth Is no* ow to wss fc* patients and famits'es provides a safe
¢>Jtt*)(Y wea for patierts lo aTrJ gel some tresh alr.
We conllr¥Je lo 5￿pOrt the C(ThmA b) Fit prcyamm8. grrAP, artleseent weth and thé Renal
units annual transF4ant gan￿.
committed to ￿ annual W of £30,CMXI lo &￿ble the th ￿pa￿n￿lt to prowide th8ir Supwl
services thrOug1￿th the ￿Spi￿1. purchased an UltrasoLnd s￿ner for PICU, TVS Allen war(f. a V Create
visual diagmslic , m￿agement and decJ"sion making system fc￿ the departrnent and a 8iff4lar system
fw the Radi)Icgy tean as well 8$ a ￿t￿l1[atOr tralrMwJ system for the Sim Ed depatmffit
Malor spend ftems as follov•8.'.
Ccrfnmll to fil pro3ramme - £5,C65
Adc4es¢enl week . F2.1eA)
Play department - £30.C(
Transplant gar￿S - £1,061
Stargazer beds , Short stay- £S.816
Garden project. f24,0(MJ
u1tf8s0u￿ sc￿er- £42,500
Sim Ed defibrillator- £9,080
V. Cr88ts system, NeLffokJgy CW. . £8.1(X)
l-pad and So￿8re. Radioiogy. £7,796
W8. .Alen Ward. £3.
lev
As planned, we were atle to ftjnd Ihe H¢￿zC￿8 ber8a¥emenl Progr￿m0 to assist f*nili8s *lxJ e fost a chlkl. This
me is run by Nl HospKe chartty al 8 Wst of £eo.cw. PayTh*nl for this has been made by H8lping
Hand arvl wryll apw in Ihtr aLwurts tr2024.
Slmllarty, Ihrge uttrasourbj 8c8Mw6 hwe b•en to the Tlwtr85 at a u)st fl £117,￿) arKI th]8 will
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Th8 rewjts the finaThial yw ￿ lulty lot rArt h Iho Staterrtht of Acllvltie8 on p8gg 6
The tsustees of the Chty dLfiry I1￿ yearwere ag 1cl￿￿8..
Mr l
Dr L Swew
Dr P J8ck$L
MrA Ba'le
mr5S￿
IdrsLB
Drschri
Mrs J MGKhsty
Ms B Morw￿¥r1 Leag￿)
Mrs B R￿d
CrmR￿d
CYARdd
J St￿¥
Prof M Shiekts
Mrcknj
G￿bY
J O'ROLY
H Ja(*s
(Chamwi)
(Hon Sttretwy)
(Hcn Trth￿)
tem¢nt of Tnmte
'Re
onslbllllles
Th8 truslegs are r8sponsiLle f¢YpreparfrvJ flnancl81 statèmenlsfor &￿h financia F*md in Ilno with r￿0Mmendat￿)ns
581 out in 'Th8 Chantiss {Acco(mts and Rgportsl Rfjguiatton5 INorth8m Ir8land) 2015, whkh give a Int8 ar￿ lar vi
of Ihe assets Ifaly'lities of tts Charity and of its Wus crf defilit that pertsj. In Frepartrvj trK)se fina￿131
statements. tho tmstees ara fft]uir&a lo..
sded %Atable acrlxnling Wio8S 8Th1 aFVy th8m C￿St5￿￿.
m8ke j¢Agements aTrJ estimate8 that reason*e ar¥J withn¢
epare Ihg fin￿tr￿ S￿tem￿S on the w"rvJ (xNKom b*"$ ￿￿￿sS it is inapwrylatg to w8swne that the Chaiity
will C¢￿ts"nUe to operate.
The trustees af8 responsi￿8 fr)rkeepkYJ pyoper acc￿￿On9 feLYJrds whvth dsdose wlth reascffi&Ye ￿l¥KY al ary
time thè flnancial position of thè ch￿ty. Tlw are also resp)nsitrJe for sa(eguar(ffirYJ the assets of thè Charty ar)J
hence t*irKJ reamtle steps tr the mwrtlon de1￿￿10n offratbj ottw IITWarttie8.
A re80luti￿ Froposwig Ihg reappolrth8ntolTaK488i81 Accomtan18. as ￿ArtartI5 ¥vIII be Fxrt 10th8 AnTrJal Ge1￿31
By
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IELPING TrlAND"
INDEPENDENT EXAMINER'S REPORT TO THE TRUSTEES
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2023
To ￿ Bowrl of Tr￿te85 oflhe pfalF*ig f￿￿. we repKrt cffl th• aco)uts yow wthj 31*
2023, WWI we set p8g05 &10.
Rwe¢tfve rt8ponslbllltle$ of tr￿e• arnl •umln•
It 18 w rewsiL¥lrty to."
Bath of Indepen(Iwtt examlne¢8 rw¢
OLr ex8min8tKJn I￿lL￿S 8 rwew ￿ the rec¥xds keF4 ty tr* dwty the ffianc4a
alaT￿ts presented with th)se rK#)rds. 11 aso ints￿je5 (y)llsKlwatioi of &)y urn￿￿81 tt8ms ty dIS￿￿ureS in the
Iknanoal statements 8rvJ 5eektng exp￿T￿l¢￿S from ￿ trustees suth mattw8. The pYo(*1we5
LTKlthen do Th)t Krnde all the wcKAd ba in ￿ aujrt, a￿1 0￿se￿ttY rn orinKJn is given as
to wfththe fina￿4￿ ststern￿￿S F￿esenia kn aTrdfar vi9￿. aAJ ts reF¥JI is I'llmted to tM)88 m*ters in th8
. wfmth gves u6 r8a8onatA8 cau60 lo thal in tMeii81 resprt the
k8ep ￿ng ie¢ords." and
103 crty￿ Roal
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°HELPING HAN[
STATEMENT OF FINAt4CIAL ACT1￿7T1Es
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2023
Totsl
Tthl
Fund8
2022
Fundg
Funds
2023
kncomlng Resourc•¥
C¥xthons and grR8
98,n4
9&724
137.clls
129.714
129.714
159.318
GMAd
8,C69
531
k Intwest
8,324
243.9f2
243.W2
303.178
t)ltrrtatrl8 eY￿d[￿re
. luThJ f8iSKKJ thorts
. dhxaticn c(fjJrb
163,084
183.1)84
188.
Mar¢gerrent & aLtrninislratt(
61,510
61,510
S3.818
,538 255,725
Net mobemrts in fvThJ5
17.
17,364
47.453
1,247,928 1,2CQ.475
1.265.2Y2 1,247.¥28
1247.928
Total fcywd
1265,292

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BALANCE SHEET AS AT310ECEMBER 2023
2023
2022
Flxed a8Mts
945,395
307.404
312.4
1253,372
Curr•nt UablNtles
1,2r/
PAYE
42
127T
1285291
1247.928
Funds b•l*rN•
Unrethd&J
1265291
1265,291
1247.928
1,247.
ofthe 8
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"HELPING HAND"
NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2023
l Dkect Charltable Expendlturn- ANoc•llon (rf Fund•
unrntr￿ R••tslrt•d Tol•l Fun
Fund•
Fund•
2023
Tot*1 Fund•
2022
Senscyy Eq[￿pmort Toys,
geme8. TVS, DVDS,
11
32
5.8n
27.OXI
42,SX)
&'m Ed ￿brilla￿
V£f8•te Systém. NewobyJy
Molomed Equipment
Ci%nffil to Fil KwJr
Awarwrn & Fish
S￿e￿h & Larvwe
LED LW8_ PICU
Speaalbst BLV
81oep ch&rs for IAèrrl
Acu wt
Garden
Trex IKI ambulaw video
Eye Gaze ¢¢ynmunuli
tochndogy for Neuro (hs*ilty
8.11X)
8,1(X)
12.S))
4.7
10,CtKI
3,7C13
5.r
7272
7272
41.C
24,1)Xi
24,Ctl)
8.108
15.(KKI
Stargazer t*d fc¢ SI￿ Slay
& so￿are, Ratiol(M
Artl1￿c8rrt Week
5.816
7.795
2,160
1.(B1
5.816
7,795
2.160
TransF4prt Games
Cbft Palaie tratning
16,945
16.945
163.
17,047
189,799
1&3,084

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'HELPING HANIY
NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2023
i￿h•r Exp•ndliure- Man•gem•rf and admlnl*ratlon
Fun
Total Funds
2023
Totsl Fund•
2022
Salaries & MC
S2.
52.579
55.597
Tdepf
Stslonwy, printiro & &v8rtisN
Bank tharg8s
1,151
1.151
Travd experws
1,113
1.113
1.1e6
CateriryJ
Fwndry E￿enSeS
Ccfflwter & Website
maintenarKt
155
155
127
714
61.510
81.510
83,818
Re￿rfcted Funds
This frjnd ccryrises ino)me th81 has been r￿¥fjd by Ihe iJarity particukr pwposes. Thern was no
oJ¢cts induded in restiict& knds at end of the year.
R•conelllatlon rf ￿K>¥eMents In fund•
Unr•*kt4d
Tot•1
Fund8
2022
Funds
2023
MoV￿Ment fcf Ih ye¥
17,
1.247,928
17.
47,453
1247,928
1,2D),475
1.285x2
12￿.￿2
1.247.
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