Friends of Altnagelvin NIC103421 Financial Statements and Trustees, Report For the year ended 31 December 2024
Friends of Altnagelvin Contents Page Trustees, Report Independent Examiner's Report Receipts and Payments account Statement of assets and liabilities
Friends of Altnagelvin Trustees? Report For the year ended 31 December 2024 I'rustecs: Evclyn Smith Elaine Mccracken Hester Faulkner Peter Nicholl Ih Kanwar Pancsar OBf (died 14 May 2025) Charity Nurnber: NIC103421 Address: Altnagelvin I10spilal 'I'rust l-leadquarters Mdcc Building Glcnshane Road Londonderry B'I'47 SYN Fricnds of Altnagelvin is governed by a constitution dated l April 2000 and rcgistcrcd with thc Charity Commission for Northern Ireland on 14th August 2015 under charily number NIC103421.
Friends of Altnagelvin Trustees, Report For the year ended 31 Deccmber 2024 (cont'd) The purpose of 'l'he Friends of Altnauelvin Charily (FOA) is to providc funding for the enhanccmcnt ot.thc hospital cxperience for patients, relativcs and staff. Itcms arc purchascd which are over and above what the.standard N148 procuremcni provides. Examples include televisions, children's play equipmenl, OVLrnight chair-bcds for rclativcs etc. Thc Charity docs not providc mcdical cquipm¢nt. Each ycar, thc committcc issucs an intcrnal flycr to all departmentslwards, inviting requeqt% for appropriate items which meet the Charily's critLria. In gLnLral, no rLquLst is dcclincd il. it doLs nol Lonllicl with thc following: A) Must not be an item norrnally supplied hy the ho%pilal B) Mu%l nol conlravcnc NHS or Hospilal hcalih and sat'cty rcgulations C) Must bencfit the public (patients and visitors) D) Is wiihin thL' prudL'nl CdPdbililiLS ofihc FOA availablc t.unds ThL chungeuvL'r to ihe new trcasurcr rcsultcd in signiticant uncxpcctcd dclays by the Charity's bank in granting access to both banking records and fund.%. Flurthermorc, thc Tru.%t'5 sy.%ILin% and procedures for procuring ilcms on bchalf ofthc Charity had bccome cxtrcmcly coinplicated. As a result of both these issues, the I,'OA iommittee regretfully f()und it cxlrcmcly di Ificuli to tiind purchascs diiring thc ycar. Plowcvcr, as thc Trust was still holding .%ig7ni fiLani POA fLind% ¢1% a rLsuIi of prLvi()us failcd purchascs, thc Charily was ablc to approve a number of requests including furniture for the ICU relatives, rooin. iteiii% for dL'mLnlia programs Lllc. SubscciuLnl mcLtings and discussions in 2025 havc now hopcfully clarified and simplitied the procurement process for items being fundcd by the Charity. rinally, the trustees would like to take this opportuiiity to pay tribute to Mr Kanwar l)unesar who sadly passcd away in May 2025. Mr Pancsar was a dcdicatcd and much rcspcclcd con,gult(Int %Lirgenn in Altnagielvin I lo%pital for most of his working life. In more recent years hc was Prcsidcnt of Thc friends of. Altnagclvin charily. Hc will bc vcry sadly misscd.
Friends of Altnagelvin Trustees? Report For the year ended 31 December 2024 (cont'd) Thc rcsults ofthe charity's activitics during thc year and of its position at the year-cnd are included in the Receipts and payments account on page 6 and thc Sthicmcnt of&%sels and liabilitiL's on pa¥e 7. This report was approved by the 'l'rustees on 27 Octobcr 2025 and signed on their behalf by: Elainc Mccracken Tru.stce Peter Nicholl rustee
Indcpendcnt examincr'3 report to the eharity trustees of Friends of Altnagclvin We report on the accounts ofFricnds ofAltnagelvin for the year ended 31 December 2024, which arc sct out on pages 6 to 7. Ilc.4pectivc rcsponsibilities of charity trustees and examiner As the charity's trustees you arc responsible for the prcparalion of thc accounls in acLordance wilh ihe Charities Act (Northern Ireland) 2008. li is our respon%ibil ily to: examine th¢ accounts under scction 65 ofihc Charitics Act follow the procedure5 laid down in thc general Dircclions givcn by thc Commission Linder scction 65(9)(b) of ihL Charilies Act stalc whLiher PdrtiLular matters have come to our attention. BASIS of independent exAminer s report We have examined your charity accounts as rLquired under section 65 of the Charities Act and our examination was carried out in accordancc with ihc general Directions given by the Charity Commission for Northern Ireland under scction 65{9)(b) ofihc CharitiLS ALt. Our cxamination includcd a review of the accounting records kept by thc charity and a comparison ofthc acLoiinls presented with those records. It also includcd considcralion of any unusual items or di5closurcs in thc accounls, and secking explanations froin you as charity tru5tee5 concerning any such matters. Our rolc is to state whether any material Inatters havc comc to our altention giving us cause to bclicvc: l. That accounting rccords were not kept in accordance with section 63 of the Charities Act 2. Thal the accounts do not accord with thoK accounting records 3. 1.hat the accounts do not comply with the accounting requirements of the Charities Act 4. lThat thcrc is furthcr information needed for a proper undcrstanding of Ihe accounts to bc reachcd.
Independent examincr's report to the charity trustees of Friends of Altnagelvin (cont'd) Independent cxaminer's statement We have completed our examination and have no concerns in rcspcct ofthe matters (l ) lo (4) li8ted above and, in connection with following ihe DireLtions of the Charity Commission for Northcrn Ireland, we have found no matters that rcquirc drawing to your attention. Donaldson & Thompson Chartcrcd Accountants 3 Limavady Road I,ondonderry B'f47 6JU Dtttc: 27 OLtober 2025
Friends of Altnagelvin Receipts and payments account For the year ended 310ecember 2024 Unrestricted funds Restricted funds Total 31 Decembar 2024 Total 31 December 2023 Recel Donations & Collections In Memoriam Compensation Nl Courts & Tribunals Bank Inter8St 3,061 2,620 1,428 103 3,061 2,620 1,428 103 7,948 3,505 62 Total recelpts 7,212 7,212 22,631 ments Altnagelvin Trust - Ward Donations Postage & Secretarial Website Costs Truslee Insurance Bank Charge8 408 87 173 204 68 173 204 68 72 Totsl payments 445 Net recelpt81{payments} 6,767 6,767 22,064 Transfers between funds Surplusl(deflclt} for the year
Friends of Altnagelvin Statement of assets and liabilities For the year ended 31 December 2024 Unre8trlcted lunds Restrlcted funds Total 31 December 2024 Total 31 Decembor 2023 Fund8 roconclllatlon Accumulated fund at 01.01.2024 36,634 36,634 14,570 Surplusl(deficit) for the year 6,767 6,767 22,064 Accumulated fund at 31.12.2024 43,401 43,401 ,634 Bank & cash balances Danske Bank Current account 43,401 43,401 36,634 43,401 43,401 36,634 Approved by the Trustees on 27 October 2025 and slgned on their behalf by.. Peter Nlcholl Truste Elalne Mccracken Trustee