RADIO GENERAL

Charity number: 505774
Charity reporting is up to date (on time)

Charity overview

Activities - how the charity spends its money

Your feel better station for Warrington & surrounding areas. Radio General broadcasts on Hospedia Radio channel 1 and online. Programmes include requests, items of local interest, Health & Wellbeing items, outside broadcasts and commentaries on Warrington Wolves and Widnes Vikings home games. Radio General Xtra is an alternative music based service for the hospital's waiting areas.

Income and expenditure

Data for financial year ending 31 August 2024

Total income: £903
Total expenditure: £2,148

People

4 Trustee(s)

Employees with total benefits over £60,000

No information available

Fundraising

No information available

Trading

No information available

Trustee payments

No information available

What, who, how, where

What the charity does:
  • Education/training
  • Arts/culture/heritage/science
  • Other Charitable Purposes
Who the charity helps:
  • Elderly/old People
  • People With Disabilities
  • Other Defined Groups
How the charity helps:
  • Provides Services
Where the charity operates:
  • Cheshire East
  • Cheshire West & Chester
  • Halton
  • Warrington

Governance

Registration history:
  • 22 November 1976: Standard registration
Organisation type:
Other
Other names:
  • WARRINGTON HOSPITAL RADIO (Working name)
  • WARRINGTON COUNCIL OF YOUTH HOSPITALS BROADCASTING SERVICE (Previous name)
Gift aid:
Recognised by HMRC for gift aid
Other regulators:
No information available
Policies:
  • Risk management
  • 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

4 Trustee(s)

Name Role Date of appointment Other trusteeships Reporting status of other trusteeships
KEITH INMAN Chair 02 May 1976
31st Warrington West (Whitecross) Scout Group
Received: On time
SAMUEL DOUGLAS HANBERRY Trustee 01 February 2024
None on record
DAVID IAN QUINN Trustee 08 July 2014
None on record
MARK BRIAN WILLIAMSON Trustee 12 September 2013
None on record

Financial history

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Financial period end date

Income / Expenditure 31/08/2020 31/08/2021 31/08/2022 31/08/2023 31/08/2024
Total gross income £2.10k £980 £2.32k £767 £903
Total expenditure £2.65k £1.92k £2.28k £2.47k £2.15k
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 August 2024 07 December 2024 On Time
Accounts and TAR 31 August 2024 Not Required
Annual return 31 August 2023 23 April 2024 On Time
Accounts and TAR 31 August 2023 Not Required
Annual return 31 August 2022 20 February 2023 On Time
Accounts and TAR 31 August 2022 Not Required
Annual return 31 August 2021 12 November 2021 On Time
Accounts and TAR 31 August 2021 Not Required
Annual return 31 August 2020 04 March 2021 On Time
Accounts and TAR 31 August 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 02/05/1976 AS AMENDED ON 23/04/1998 AS AMENDED ON 06/06/1998 AS AMENDED ON 11/06/2001 AS AMENDED ON 27/06/2002 AS AMENDED ON 30/11/2006 AS AMENDED ON 04/10/2012 AS AMENDED ON 08/07/2014 AS AMENDED ON 09/07/2015 AS AMENDED ON 21 SEP 2016 AS AMENDED ON 14 NOV 2017 AS AMENDED ON 16 JAN 2019 as amended on 04 Nov 2021 as amended on 16 Jun 2022 as amended on 19 Jan 2023 as amended on 01 Feb 2024

Charitable objects

TO RELIEVE SICKNESS, POOR HEALTH AND OLD AGE AMONGST PEOPLE LIVING IN WARRINGTON AND THE SURROUNDING AREAS BY PROVIDING A LOCAL BROADCASTING SERVICE FOR HOSPITALS, RESIDENTIAL HOMES AND SIMILAR INSTITUTIONS AND FOR PATIENTS RECEIVING COMMUNITY CARE. THE ADVANCEMENT OF HEALTH AND PREVENTION OR RELIEF OF SICKNESS FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT THROUGH THE PROMOTION OF THE BENEFITS OF LIVING A HEALTHY LIFESTYLE, AND THE IMPORTANCE OF MAINTAINING GOOD PERSONAL MENTAL AND PHYSICAL HEALTH BY (MAINLY, BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY) THE MEANS OF BROADCASTING HEALTH EDUCATION MESSAGES TO PEOPLE LIVING IN WARRINGTON AND THE SURROUNDING AREAS.

Area of benefit

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

IN PRACTICE WARRINGTON

Contact information

Address:
RADIO GENERAL
THE KEITH INMAN STUDIOS
WARRINGTON HOSPITAL
LOVELY LANE
WARRINGTON
WA5 1QG
Phone:
01925 662122
Email:
radiogeneral@hotmail.co.uk
Website:

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