THE LEAGUE OF FRIENDS OF THE SOUTHAMPTON EYE UNIT

Charity Number: 288424
Charity reporting is up to date (on time)

Charity overview

Activities - how the charity spends its money

Provision of a Support Volunteer service (to provide assistance to patients and staff) Operation of a Tea Bar Fundraising Proceeds go toward the purchase of hospital equipment and/or the improvement of amenities in the Eye Unit.

Income and expenditure

Data for financial year ending 31 December 2024

Total income: £78,254
Total expenditure: £90,591

People

7 Trustee(s)

15 Volunteer(s)

Employees with total benefits over £60,000

No information available

Fundraising

No information available

Trading

This charity does not have any trading subsidiaries.

Trustee payments

No trustees receive any remuneration, payments or benefits from the charity.

What, who, how, where

What the charity does:
  • The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives
Who the charity helps:
  • People With Disabilities
  • Other Defined Groups
  • The General Public/mankind
How the charity helps:
  • Makes Grants To Organisations
  • Provides Other Finance
  • Provides Human Resources
  • Provides Services
Where the charity operates:
  • Southampton City

Governance

Registration history:
  • 12 January 1984: Standard registration
Organisation type:
Other
Other names:
  • FRIENDS OF THE SOUTHAMPTON EYE UNIT (Working name)
  • THE LEAGUE OF FRIENDS OF SOUTHAMPTON EYE HOSPITAL (Previous name)
Gift aid:
Not recognised by HMRC for gift aid
Other regulators:
No information available
Policies:
  • Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
  • Complaints handling
  • Complaints policy and procedures
  • Conflicting interests
  • Financial reserves policy and procedures
  • Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
  • Internal risk management policy and procedures
  • Investing charity funds policy and procedures
  • Risk management
  • Safeguarding policy and procedures
  • Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
  • Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
  • Trustee expenses policy and procedures
  • Volunteer management
Land and property:
This charity does not own and/or lease land or property

Trustees

Trustees are the people responsible for controlling the work, management and administration of the charity on behalf of its beneficiaries. Generally trustees are treasurer, chair, board member etc. The trustees are responsible for keeping this list up to date and can do this by updating their details as they happen through the online service

7 Trustee(s)

Name Role Date of appointment Other trusteeships Reporting status of other trusteeships
BERYL GATESMAN Chair 08 May 2015
None on record
Diana Amelia Callaghan Trustee 28 April 2025
None on record
Susan McConnell Trustee 14 August 2023
None on record
Karen Pope Trustee 14 August 2023
None on record
mandy collins Trustee 14 May 2018
None on record
jayne dixon Trustee 09 September 2017
None on record
SUSAN PALMER Trustee 16 May 2014
None on record

Financial history

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Financial period end date

Income / Expenditure 31/12/2020 31/12/2021 31/12/2022 31/12/2023 31/12/2024
Total gross income £24.00k £11.34k £11.00k £54.84k £78.25k
Total expenditure £81.91k £1.79k £9.00k £38.19k £90.59k
Income from government contracts N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A
Income from government grants N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A

Accounts and annual returns

This table shows the charity's record of submitting annual returns, accounts and trustees' annual report (TAR) for the last five financial periods.
Title Reporting year Date received Received Download
Annual return 31 December 2024 14 May 2025 On Time
Accounts and TAR 31 December 2024 14 May 2025 On Time Download Open in new window
Annual return 31 December 2023 13 September 2024 On Time
Accounts and TAR 31 December 2023 13 September 2024 On Time Download Open in new window
Annual return 31 December 2022 13 March 2024 134 days late
Accounts and TAR 31 December 2022 Not Required
Annual return 31 December 2021 31 October 2022 On Time
Accounts and TAR 31 December 2021 Not Required
Annual return 31 December 2020 31 October 2021 On Time
Accounts and TAR 31 December 2020 Not Required
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Governing document

Details of the type of governing document the charity has and when it was established.
It is not the full text of the charity's governing document.

CONSTITUTION ADOPTED 11 APRIL 2003

Charitable objects

TO RELIEVE PATIENTS AND FORMER PATIENTS OF THE HOSPITAL WHO ARE SICK, CONVALESCENT, INFIRM, DISABLED, INJURED OR OTHERWISE REQUIRE/REQUIRED THE SERVICES OF THE UNIT; OR WHO ARE IN NEED OF FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE IN RESPECT OF MATTERS RELATED TO THEIR EYE PROBLEMS.

Area of benefit

The area the charity can operate in, as set out in its governing document.

SOUTHAMPTON AND NEIGHBOURHOOD

Contact information

Address:
315 Romsey Road
Southampton
SO16 4BW
Phone:
02380770876
Email:
Eyeunitb@yahoo.com
Website:

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