Palliative Care Sierra Leone

Charity number: 1113653
Charity reporting is up to date (on time)

Charity overview

Activities - how the charity spends its money

The Charity supports the Shepherd's Hospice and The Connaught CPU in Freetown, Sierra Leone, by making grants to it, supporting a visiting doctor, and making occasional visits. Funds are raised by a variety of fundraising events, and from donations from individuals and organisations.

Income and expenditure

Data for financial year ending 05 April 2024

Total income: £23,064
Total expenditure: £20,540

People

5 Trustee(s)

5 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

Main way of carrying out purposes is grant making
What the charity does:
  • Education/training
  • The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives
  • The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty
Who the charity helps:
  • Children/young People
  • People With Disabilities
  • Other Charities Or Voluntary Bodies
How the charity helps:
  • Makes Grants To Organisations
  • Provides Advocacy/advice/information
Where the charity operates:
  • Kingston Upon Thames
  • Surrey
  • Sierra Leone

Governance

Registration history:
  • 06 April 2006: Standard registration
Organisation type:
Trust
Other names:
  • UKFTSH (Working name)
  • THE UK FRIENDS OF THE SHEPHERD'S HOSPICE (Previous name)
Gift aid:
Recognised by HMRC for gift aid
Other regulators:
No information available
Policies:
  • Complaints policy and procedures
  • Financial reserves policy and procedures
  • Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
  • Investing charity funds policy and procedures
  • Safeguarding policy and procedures
  • Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
  • Social media policy and procedures
  • Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
  • Trustee expenses policy and procedures
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

5 Trustee(s)

Name Role Date of appointment Other trusteeships Reporting status of other trusteeships
RUTH ELIZABETH CECIL Chair
UK FRIENDS OF THE FELIX MENDELSSOHN BARTHOLDY FOUNDATION
Received: On time
BARRY HITCHENS Trustee 01 January 2022
LONG DITTON VILLAGE HALL
Received: On time
SCOUTS ASSOCIATION POLYAPES SCOUT CAMP SITE
Received: On time
ESTHER DOROTHY WALKER MBE BSc Trustee 09 January 2014
None on record
JACQUELINE ANNE BOULTON Trustee
None on record
MICHAEL RICHARD HURTON Trustee
None on record

Financial history

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Financial period end date

Income / Expenditure 05/04/2020 05/04/2021 05/04/2022 05/04/2023 05/04/2024
Total gross income £11.74k £25.72k £11.76k £17.20k £23.06k
Total expenditure £14.49k £17.77k £12.62k £26.40k £20.54k
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 05 April 2024 28 November 2024 On Time
Accounts and TAR 05 April 2024 Not Required
Annual return 05 April 2023 20 December 2023 On Time
Accounts and TAR 05 April 2023 Not Required
Annual return 05 April 2022 07 December 2022 On Time
Accounts and TAR 05 April 2022 Not Required
Annual return 05 April 2021 25 January 2022 On Time
Accounts and TAR 05 April 2021 25 January 2022 On Time Download Open in new window
Annual return 05 April 2020 29 June 2020 On Time
Accounts and TAR 05 April 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.

TRUST DEED DATED 5 JANUARY 2006 as amended on 08 Aug 2016 as amended on 25 Feb 2019 as amended on 09 Aug 2021

Charitable objects

(i) The promotion of the charitable purposes of The Shepherd?s Hospice in Sierra Leone and (ii) The advancement of health by supporting the development of palliative care in Sierra Leone in particular but not exclusively by making grants to the Hospice or to other organisations or individuals in Sierra Leone and by facilitating visits to the Hospice or other providers of palliative care in that country by healthcare professionals from the United Kingdom or elsewhere.

Area of benefit

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

SIERRA LEONE

Contact information

Address:
38 PALACE ROAD
EAST MOLESEY
KT8 9DL
Phone:
02087831998
Email:
ukftsh@gmail.com
Website:

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