01 Identity
Registration and reporting
- Registration status
- Registered
- Reporting status
- Submission Received
- Charity type
- Other
- Registered
- 12 May 1988
- Removed
- Not supplied
- Financial period
- 1 April 2024 – 31 March 2025
- Latest income
- £645,790
- Latest expenditure
- £217,296
- Gift Aid
- Yes
- Owns or uses land
- No
- In administration
- No
- Insolvent
- No
- CIO
- No
Public contact address: ORCHARD HOUSE, HIGH STREET, FLITTON, BEDFORD, MK45 5DU
Website recorded by the regulator: http://www.bedfordhospitalcharity.org.uk/ (displayed as text)
02 Activities
What the charity does
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.
03 Official extract
Charity Annual Return History
- Fin Period Start Date
- 1 April 2024
- Fin Period End Date
- 31 March 2025
- Ar Cycle Reference
- AR25
- Reporting Due Date
- 31 January 2026
- Date Annual Return Received
- 31 January 2026
- Date Accounts Received
- 31 January 2026
- Total Gross Income
- £645,790
- Total Gross Expenditure
- £217,296
- Fin Period Start Date
- 1 April 2023
- Fin Period End Date
- 31 March 2024
- Ar Cycle Reference
- AR24
- Reporting Due Date
- 31 January 2025
- Date Annual Return Received
- 31 January 2025
- Date Accounts Received
- 31 January 2025
- Total Gross Income
- £1,204,800
- Total Gross Expenditure
- £1,143,504
- Fin Period Start Date
- 1 April 2022
- Fin Period End Date
- 31 March 2023
- Ar Cycle Reference
- AR23
- Reporting Due Date
- 31 January 2024
- Date Annual Return Received
- 30 January 2024
- Date Accounts Received
- 30 January 2024
- Total Gross Income
- £1,003,691
- Total Gross Expenditure
- £1,263,610
- Fin Period Start Date
- 1 April 2021
- Fin Period End Date
- 31 March 2022
- Ar Cycle Reference
- AR22
- Reporting Due Date
- 31 January 2023
- Date Annual Return Received
- 29 January 2023
- Date Accounts Received
- 29 January 2023
- Total Gross Income
- £247,628
- Total Gross Expenditure
- £89,815
- Fin Period Start Date
- 1 April 2020
- Fin Period End Date
- 31 March 2021
- Ar Cycle Reference
- AR21
- Reporting Due Date
- 31 January 2022
- Date Annual Return Received
- 15 October 2022
- Date Accounts Received
- 15 October 2022
- Total Gross Income
- £449,454
- Total Gross Expenditure
- £378,310
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Charity Annual Return Parta
- Latest Fin Period Submitted Ind
- Yes
- Fin Period Order Number
- 1
- Ar Cycle Reference
- AR25
- Fin Period Start Date
- 1 April 2024
- Fin Period End Date
- 31 March 2025
- Ar Due Date
- 31 January 2026
- Ar Received Date
- 31 January 2026
- Total Gross Income
- £645,790
- Total Gross Expenditure
- £217,296
- Grant Making Is Main Activity
- No
- Count Govt Contracts
- 0
- Count Govt Grants
- £0
- Charity Has Trading Subsidiary
- No
- Does Trustee Receive Any Benefit
- No
- Trustee Payments Acting As Trustee
- No
- Trustee Receives Payments Services
- No
- Trustee Receives Other Benefit
- No
- Trustee Resigned Employment
- No
- Count Volunteers
- 25
- Latest Fin Period Submitted Ind
- No
- Fin Period Order Number
- 2
- Ar Cycle Reference
- AR24
- Fin Period Start Date
- 1 April 2023
- Fin Period End Date
- 31 March 2024
- Ar Due Date
- 31 January 2025
- Ar Received Date
- 31 January 2025
- Total Gross Income
- £1,204,800
- Total Gross Expenditure
- £1,143,504
- Grant Making Is Main Activity
- No
- Count Govt Contracts
- 0
- Count Govt Grants
- £0
- Charity Has Trading Subsidiary
- No
- Does Trustee Receive Any Benefit
- No
- Trustee Payments Acting As Trustee
- No
- Trustee Receives Payments Services
- No
- Trustee Receives Other Benefit
- No
- Trustee Resigned Employment
- No
- Count Volunteers
- 25
- Latest Fin Period Submitted Ind
- No
- Fin Period Order Number
- 3
- Ar Cycle Reference
- AR23
- Fin Period Start Date
- 1 April 2022
- Fin Period End Date
- 31 March 2023
- Ar Due Date
- 31 January 2024
- Ar Received Date
- 30 January 2024
- Total Gross Income
- £1,003,691
- Total Gross Expenditure
- £1,263,610
- Grant Making Is Main Activity
- No
- Count Govt Contracts
- 0
- Count Govt Grants
- £0
- Charity Has Trading Subsidiary
- No
- Does Trustee Receive Any Benefit
- No
- Trustee Payments Acting As Trustee
- No
- Trustee Receives Payments Services
- No
- Trustee Receives Other Benefit
- No
- Trustee Resigned Employment
- No
- Count Volunteers
- 20
- Latest Fin Period Submitted Ind
- No
- Fin Period Order Number
- 4
- Ar Cycle Reference
- AR22
- Fin Period Start Date
- 1 April 2021
- Fin Period End Date
- 31 March 2022
- Ar Due Date
- 31 January 2023
- Ar Received Date
- 29 January 2023
- Total Gross Income
- £247,628
- Total Gross Expenditure
- £89,815
- Charity Raises Funds From Public
- Yes
- Charity Professional Fundraiser
- No
- Charity Commercial Participator
- No
- Grant Making Is Main Activity
- No
- Charity Receives Govt Funding Contracts
- No
- Charity Receives Govt Funding Grants
- No
- Charity Has Trading Subsidiary
- No
- Does Trustee Receive Any Benefit
- No
- Trustee Resigned Employment
- No
- Employees Salary Over 60k
- No
- Count Volunteers
- 20
- Latest Fin Period Submitted Ind
- No
- Fin Period Order Number
- 5
- Ar Cycle Reference
- AR21
- Fin Period Start Date
- 1 April 2020
- Fin Period End Date
- 31 March 2021
- Ar Due Date
- 31 January 2022
- Ar Received Date
- 15 October 2022
- Total Gross Income
- £449,454
- Total Gross Expenditure
- £378,310
- Charity Raises Funds From Public
- Yes
- Charity Professional Fundraiser
- No
- Charity Commercial Participator
- No
- Grant Making Is Main Activity
- Yes
- Charity Receives Govt Funding Contracts
- No
- Charity Receives Govt Funding Grants
- No
- Charity Has Trading Subsidiary
- No
- Does Trustee Receive Any Benefit
- No
- Trustee Resigned Employment
- No
- Employees Salary Over 60k
- No
- Count Volunteers
- 50
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Charity Annual Return Partb
- Latest Fin Period Submitted Ind
- Yes
- Fin Period Order Number
- 1
- Ar Cycle Reference
- AR25
- Fin Period Start Date
- 1 April 2024
- Fin Period End Date
- 31 March 2025
- Ar Due Date
- 31 January 2026
- Ar Received Date
- 31 January 2026
- Income Donations And Legacies
- 880904
- Income Other Trading Activities
- 13823
- Income Charitable Activities
- 49076
- Income Investments
- 3064
- Income Other
- 0
- Income Total Income And Endowments
- 946867
- Income Legacies
- 430525
- Income Endowments
- 0
- Expenditure Raising Funds
- £17,240
- Expenditure Charitable Expenditure
- £200,056
- Expenditure Other
- 0
- Expenditure Total
- 217296
- Expenditure Investment Management
- 0
- Expenditure Grants Institution
- 0
- Expenditure Governance
- 3352
- Expenditure Support Costs
- 5000
- Expenditure Depreciation
- 0
- Gain Loss Investment
- 0
- Gain Loss Pension Fund
- 0
- Gain Loss Revaluation Fixed Investment
- 0
- Gain Loss Other
- 0
- Reserves
- £5,000
- Assets Total Fixed
- 0
- Assets Own Use
- 0
- Assets Long Term Investment
- 0
- Defined Benefit Pension Scheme
- 0
- Assets Other Assets
- £880,904
- Assets Total Liabilities
- £0
- Assets Current Investment
- 0
- Assets Total Assets And Liabilities
- £880,904
- Creditors One Year Total Current
- 0
- Creditors Falling Due After One Year
- 0
- Assets Cash
- £880,904
- Funds Endowment
- 0
- Funds Unrestricted
- 857062
- Funds Restricted
- 23842
- Funds Total
- 880904
- Count Employees
- 0
- Charity Only Accounts
- Yes
- Latest Fin Period Submitted Ind
- No
- Fin Period Order Number
- 2
- Ar Cycle Reference
- AR24
- Fin Period Start Date
- 1 April 2023
- Fin Period End Date
- 31 March 2024
- Ar Due Date
- 31 January 2025
- Ar Received Date
- 31 January 2025
- Income Donations And Legacies
- 1082432
- Income Other Trading Activities
- 9432
- Income Charitable Activities
- 110530
- Income Investments
- 2406
- Income Other
- 0
- Income Total Income And Endowments
- 1204800
- Income Legacies
- 206815
- Income Endowments
- 0
- Expenditure Raising Funds
- £25,931
- Expenditure Charitable Expenditure
- £1,113,559
- Expenditure Other
- 4014
- Expenditure Total
- 1143504
- Expenditure Investment Management
- 0
- Expenditure Grants Institution
- 0
- Expenditure Governance
- 134
- Expenditure Support Costs
- 5000
- Expenditure Depreciation
- 0
- Gain Loss Investment
- 0
- Gain Loss Pension Fund
- 0
- Gain Loss Revaluation Fixed Investment
- 0
- Gain Loss Other
- 0
- Reserves
- £5,000
- Assets Total Fixed
- 0
- Assets Own Use
- 0
- Assets Long Term Investment
- 0
- Defined Benefit Pension Scheme
- 0
- Assets Other Assets
- £1,052,410
- Assets Total Liabilities
- £600,000
- Assets Current Investment
- 0
- Assets Total Assets And Liabilities
- £452,410
- Creditors One Year Total Current
- 600000
- Creditors Falling Due After One Year
- 0
- Assets Cash
- £1,052,410
- Funds Endowment
- 0
- Funds Unrestricted
- 479073
- Funds Restricted
- -26663
- Funds Total
- 452410
- Count Employees
- 0
- Charity Only Accounts
- Yes
- Latest Fin Period Submitted Ind
- No
- Fin Period Order Number
- 3
- Ar Cycle Reference
- AR23
- Fin Period Start Date
- 1 April 2022
- Fin Period End Date
- 31 March 2023
- Ar Due Date
- 31 January 2024
- Ar Received Date
- 30 January 2024
- Income Donations And Legacies
- 938616
- Income Other Trading Activities
- 4907
- Income Charitable Activities
- 58613
- Income Investments
- 1555
- Income Other
- 0
- Income Total Income And Endowments
- 1003691
- Income Legacies
- 712019
- Income Endowments
- 0
- Expenditure Raising Funds
- £15,339
- Expenditure Charitable Expenditure
- £1,245,464
- Expenditure Other
- 2807
- Expenditure Total
- 1263610
- Expenditure Investment Management
- 0
- Expenditure Grants Institution
- 0
- Expenditure Governance
- 51
- Expenditure Support Costs
- 4227
- Expenditure Depreciation
- 0
- Gain Loss Investment
- 0
- Gain Loss Pension Fund
- 0
- Gain Loss Revaluation Fixed Investment
- 0
- Gain Loss Other
- 0
- Reserves
- £368,608
- Assets Total Fixed
- 0
- Assets Own Use
- 0
- Assets Long Term Investment
- 0
- Defined Benefit Pension Scheme
- 0
- Assets Other Assets
- £391,114
- Assets Total Liabilities
- £0
- Assets Current Investment
- 0
- Assets Total Assets And Liabilities
- £391,114
- Creditors One Year Total Current
- 0
- Creditors Falling Due After One Year
- 0
- Assets Cash
- £383,039
- Funds Endowment
- 0
- Funds Unrestricted
- 368608
- Funds Restricted
- 22506
- Funds Total
- 391114
- Count Employees
- 0
- Charity Only Accounts
- Yes
06 Official extract
Charity Area Of Operation
- Geographic Area Type
- Local Authority
- Geographic Area Description
- Central Bedfordshire
- Welsh Ind
- No
- Geographic Area Type
- Local Authority
- Geographic Area Description
- Bedford
- Welsh Ind
- No
07 Official extract
Charity Classification
- Classification Code
- 207
- Classification Type
- Who
- Classification Description
- The General Public/mankind
- Classification Code
- 306
- Classification Type
- How
- Classification Description
- Provides Services
- Classification Code
- 302
- Classification Type
- How
- Classification Description
- Makes Grants To Organisations
- Classification Code
- 103
- Classification Type
- What
- Classification Description
- The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives
08 Official extract
Charity Event History
- Charity Name
- Bedford Hospital Charity and Friends
- Charity Event Order
- 1
- Event Type
- Standard registration
- Date Of Event
- 1988-05-12T00:00:00
- Charity Name
- Bedford Hospital Charity and Friends
- Charity Event Order
- 2
- Event Type
- Asset transfer in
- Date Of Event
- 2019-07-24T00:00:00
- Assoc Organisation Number
- 1031015
- Assoc Registered Charity Number
- 1031015
- Assoc Charity Name
- FRIENDS OF BEDFORD HOSPITAL
09 Official extract
Charity Governing Document
- Governing Document Description
- CONSTITUTION ADOPTED 28TH APRIL 1988 AND AMENDED 10TH MARCH 1992 as amended on 11 Mar 2019
- Charitable 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.
- Area Of Benefit
- THE AREA COVERED BY NORTH BEDFORDSHIRE HEALTH AUTHORITY
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Charity Other Names
- Charity Name Id
- 194856
- Charity Name Type
- Working name
- Charity Name
- PRIMROSE APPEAL
- Charity Name Id
- 194868
- Charity Name Type
- Previous name
- Charity Name
- THE BEDFORD HOSPITALS CHARITY
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Charity Policy
- Policy Name
- Internal risk management policy and procedures
- Policy Name
- Social media policy and procedures
- Policy Name
- Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
- Policy Name
- Investment
- Policy Name
- Trustee expenses policy and procedures
- Policy Name
- Investing charity funds policy and procedures
- Policy Name
- Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
- Policy Name
- Volunteer management
- Policy Name
- Risk management
- Policy Name
- Financial reserves policy and procedures