Finance Score: -5
Governance Score: -2
Support Score: 0
  • Volatile income & significant deficit in latest year: -5
  • No PartB
  • No conflicts policy: -1
  • Mainly female board: -1
  • No supporters identified
Overall GiG Score: -7 ?

THE FRIENDS OF THE WORCESTERSHIRE ROYAL HOSPITAL 

Supporting patients at the Royal Worcestershire Hospital
Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

  • There have been no material income shortfalls in recent years

Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

  • This charity does not have a Conflict of Interests policy
  • The Board is predominantly female

Financial issues to consider:

  • A PartB annual return has not been required and so detailed financial information is not available from the online data
  • Income has been volatile recently and was significantly lower than spending in the latest year

Financial Data ?

Income & Spending ?
Sources of Income ?
Y/E Income
£k
Spending
£k
Surplus/
Deficit
Fundraising
Cost £k
Total
Funds £k
Unrestricted
Funds £k
Mths
Rsrvs
Staff Volun-
teers
31/12/22£4£8£-4n/an/an/an/an/a0
31/12/21£2£1£2n/an/an/an/an/a0
31/12/20£8£4£4n/an/an/an/an/a0
31/12/19£23£11£12n/an/an/an/an/a25
31/12/18£10£3£7£0£0£0n/a010
31/12/17£63£12£52£0£0£0n/a00
31/12/16£9£14£-4£0£0£0n/a00
31/12/15£13£59£-46£0£0£0n/a00
31/12/14£11£13£-3£0£0£0n/a00
31/12/13£12£18£-6£0£0£0n/a00
31/12/12£9£7£2£0£0£0n/a00
31/12/11£7£40£-33£0£0£0n/a00
31/12/10£5£22£-17£0£0£0n/a00
31/12/09£18£4£14£0£0£0n/a00
31/12/08*£20£71£-51£0£0£0n/a00
31/12/07*£29£56£-27£0£0£0n/a00
31/12/06*£41£31£10£0£0£0n/a00
31/12/05*£16£27£-11£0£0£0n/a00
31/12/04*£4£11£-7£0£0£0n/a00

Highest pay bracket: less than £60,000
Established: 60 years

paul.middlebrough@btinternet.com

01905821732

Charity Commission for England and Wales
UN SDGs
?
Listed activities
  • The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives
GiG Classification
  • General hospitals
How it operates
  • Makes Grants to Organisations
  • Provides human resources
Where it operates
  • Worcestershire,
Who it helps
  • Children/Young People
  • Elderly/Old People
  • People With Disabilities
  • The General Public/Mankind

Who's supporting them? ?

We have no records of donations from grant makers.

How is it governed?

Trustees (7)
Gender Split
Based on 6/7 persons

Legal constitution
  • Charity registered in England & Wales on 20/03/1964, number: 229639
Gift Aid
  • NOT registered with HMRC for Gift Aid
Policies in force
  • Investment
  • Risk management
Filing Record
19 returns made; AR08: 109 days late, AR07: 586 days late, AR06: 951 days late, AR05: 1316 days late, AR04: 1681 days late,
Main office

THE FORGE
CHURCH LANE
NORTON
WORCESTER
WR5 2PS

Objectives

THE OBJECTS OF THE ASSOCIATION ARE AS FOLLOWS: (1) TO MOBILISE, ENCOURAGE, FOSTER AND MAINTAIN THE INTERESTS OF THE PUBLIC IN THE PATIENTS AND THE SUPPORT OF THE WORK OF THE WORCESTER ROYAL INFIRMARY AND SUCH OTHER HOSPITAL OR HOSPITALS AS THE ASSOCIATION MAY FROM TIME TO TIME DECIDE, BY MEANS OF VOLUNTARY SERVICE. (FOR FURTHER DETAILS OF OBJECTS SEE CLAUSE 2 OF ABOVE CONSTITUTION ADOPTED 27 APRIL 1976)

Defined Area of Benefit:

WORCESTER AND DISTRICT

Data Sources

Charity Commission for England and Wales
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