Making a difference, together
Annual Report
2010 / 2011
Chairman's Statement
Peter Bagnall
Chairman of the
Section 11 Trustees
of Oxford Radcliffe
Hospitals Charitable
Funds
Welcome to our Annual Report for 2010/11. We are delighted that for the third year running we
have seen income remain strong, at around £7 million,
which, with the continued worldwide financial strains,
is a real testimony to the generosity and hard work of
all our supporters.
It is particularly notable that in this year we spent £7.6
million providing even more funds for the very latest
medical equipment, ground-breaking research and
improved facilities for patients across our hospitals.
This was an increase of £1.2 million on last year. I
hope this annual report will show you the very many
ways in which you have helped our hospitals.
Most of the year’s income came through donations
from businesses and individuals (£2.44 million) and
grants from other trusts and charities (£2.6 million).
Legacies continue to be a hugely significant area for
us and the charity strives to inform people about
their importance. Although this year the income
from legacies fell to £0.8 million this was still a major
contribution towards our overall income.
A highlight of the year was the expansion of the
Brodey Centre, at the Horton General Hospital in
Banbury. Thanks to over half a million pounds’ worth
of fundraising the centre has now doubled its size,
allowing many hundreds of cancer patients to be
treated much closer to home. Patients and staff are
delighted with the new facilities.
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Another exciting prospect was nearing the £1 million
mark with our Heart Centre Campaign, which has
funded additional medical equipment including the
high-tech audio visual systems that link the Catheter
Labs to the teaching suite.
Fundraising for the Children’s Hospital and children’s
services across the Trust continues to be very well
supported, with events such as the Oxford Mail
OX5RUN, and the Dorchester Abbey Christmas
Concert attracting thousands of supporters and
between them raising £170,000.
In difficult financial times it is clear that people still
want to support their local hospital charity and we
are so grateful to all those who continue to make
donations, organise their own fundraising activities,
take part in our events and raise money, allowing us to
make a very real difference to our patients.
Next year promises to be an interesting one at the
ORH NHS Trust, with changes including our merger
with the Nuffield Orthopaedic Centre (NOC) and
our collaboration with the University of Oxford which
will see the merged hospitals change their name to
the Oxford University Hospitals NHS Trust. At the
charity, too, there is change afoot, as after eight years
as the Chair of Section 11 Trustees – which ensures
the money the charity receives is transparently looked
after and wisely spent – I am handing over the baton
to long-serving committee member, James Nicholson.
James has been a trustee since 2005, and with his
expertise in financial investment is the ideal person for
this role.
Also retiring is Richard Sonley who has been the
Head of Charitable Funds for five years and worked
in senior roles at the hospital for 32 years before
that. All the Section 11 Trustees and fellow colleagues
would like to thank him for many years of hard work
for the charity.
Mission Statement
I have enjoyed my time with the charity and it has
been an honour to see how – working together –
we are able to achieve so much. I wish James, the
trustees, Charitable Funds staff and all supporters a
very positive future.
Yours
Peter Bagnall – Chairman of the Section 11
Trustees of Oxford Radcliffe Hospitals Charitable Funds
Oxford Radcliffe Hospitals (ORH)
Charitable Funds and Other Related
Charities (reg charity 1057295) exists
to support the work of the Oxford
Radcliffe Hospitals NHS Trust in
providing the best possible healthcare
for its catchment area of around
2 million people from across the region
and beyond, raising standards above the
level that NHS funding alone allows.
ORH Charitable Funds helps to enhance
the hospital environment, purchase
equipment that will make a real
difference for patients and contribute to
research, staff development and training.
The hospitals that we support are:
■ John Radcliffe Hospital, Oxford,
which includes the Oxford Children’s
Hospital and the Oxford Heart
Centre.
■ Churchill Hospital, Oxford, including
the Oxford Cancer and Haematology
Centre.
■ Horton General Hospital, Banbury,
including the Brodey Cancer Centre.
The importance of public benefit to all is
always paramount in what we do.
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Activities and achievements
REVIEW OF 2010/11 – the purpose of the Charity is to support and benefit the
ORH NHS Trust in the most effective ways it can for the public benefit. We are guided
in our work by the strategic objectives of the Trust and the priorities it sets for the year.
During 2010/11 we continued to fundraise for causes across all our hospitals.
The Brodey Centre Appeal came to a very successful conclusion,
we focussed on moving the Heart Centre Campaign forward and building
the Hospital Innovation and Enhancement Fund (HIEF).
The Brodey Centre Appeal – bringing cancer care closer to home
The Brodey Cancer Centre at the Horton General
Hospital has earned an important place in the hearts
of the people of Banbury and the surrounding area.
The centre opened in 1998, following a major public
appeal in memory of Ian Brodey. Thanks to the
generosity of the community the new facility was able
to provide care closer to home for oncology and
haematology patients from Banbury and its environs.
Initially, the unit was open part time and – with four
treatment spaces – was able to care for a maximum
of 15 patients a week, offering chemotherapy and
blood transfusions.
Yolanda Jacob, Fundraising Project Manager at the
Horton, who led the Appeal, explains: “The passion,
imagination and sheer hard work that staff, local
people, businesses and organisations showed in
raising this money is simply breath-taking. In just
two years we have managed to raise over £500,000
allowing us to double the available space and create
an environment that is attractive and welcoming and
gives patients dignity and privacy. There are too
many generous donations to mention them all, but
our thanks go out to everyone who worked so hard
to make this a reality.”
A decade on it was clear that the unit had outgrown
its space and patient demand for the centre was
increasing. Also with the welcome addition of a
palliative care team from Katharine House Hospice
as well as regular visits from Maggie’s Centre staff,
together with more ORH clinical staff, it was clear
that the centre was in desperate need of expanding
and refurbishing.
But before any work could begin, there was the
mammoth task of raising the funds needed to make
these dreams a reality. An appeal was launched in
2008 and staff from across the hospital began to
engage the local community in this important project.
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Building work started in August 2010, with doors
opening just a few months later in December, to
the delight of both patients and staff. Jane Skelly,
Brodey Centre Manager, explains: “The new centre
is simply beautiful. There are now eight treatment
spaces for patients, as well as a large bright work
space for the nursing staff, a mezzanine level and a
larger, better equipped, waiting area.”
“So many more patients can now be treated near
to their home – avoiding the 50 mile round trip to
Oxford – which nobody wants when you are dealing
with the regular upheaval that cancer treatment
involves. Now upwards of 70 patients a week are
passing through our doors and the team of nurses
has grown apace – with everyone loving their new
home.”
Mike Fleming, Director of the Horton General
Hospital, said: “We are so grateful for the support
from many different individuals and groups in our
local community. It is no exaggeration to say that
without them we would not have our beautiful new
centre which will be of so much benefit to local
people.”
The Heart Centre Campaign
How the latest audiovisual technology
transforms cardiac care
Video cameras and cabling probably don’t spring to
mind as the most important tools in a hospital, but
in the high-tech world of cardiac care, high definition
moving images are now the latest weapon in the
fight against heart disease.
We are fortunate that the Oxford Heart Centre is
already a centre of excellence for treating people
with heart disease, supported by an internationally
renowned academic department of cardiovascular
medicine.
But medical technology never stands still, and the
need for the very best audiovisual images of patients
being treated in the Catheter Suites was identified as
a fundraising priority by our cardiac colleagues.
In addition to providing more detailed images for the
multi-disciplinary teams that collaborate to develop
effective care strategies for each patient, these
images are critical for effective training, research and
outreach work to patient support groups.
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We are delighted to be able to announce that at the
end of the financial year the Oxford Heart Centre
Campaign raised £950,000 (including pledges) and
has been able to fund this audiovisual facility. Medical
teams both in Oxford and around the world are
now able to watch – in minute detail – the intricacies
within the heart as a procedure takes place and
communicate live with the lab.
Divisional Director of the Cardiac team, Professor
Adrian Banning, explains: “This new facility
transforms the way we are able to discuss the
best treatment for our patients. It also allows us to
collaborate with clinicians locally and others around
the world, sharing and acquiring the latest knowledge
about heart treatments. We are incredibly grateful
to every single person who has helped to raise the
money to make this possible.”
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Staff showed how important these fundraising
efforts were to them by taking on some
extraordinary challenges. Dr Tim Betts ran seven
marathons in seven days, across the hills of the
Wainwright route. His amazing efforts brought
plenty of media attention to the campaign as well as
raising nearly £8,000 of sponsorship.
There were also many staff who took part in the
Heart Centre abseil in May 2010, helping to raise
over £20,000 for the campaign.
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In the Autumn our annual It’s Not Just a Walk in
the Park saw cancer and heart supporters walking
three miles around Oxford University Parks – adding
nearly £10,000 to heart fundraising. A further
£20,000 came through donations at the Heart
Centre Open Day in November, where our leading
clinicians shared their knowledge through a series of
fascinating talks.
Perhaps one of the most uplifting fundraising stories
of the year was that of Roddy Hamilton who
completed the Great South Run in October. Just a
year before he had been diagnosed with severe and
widespread heart disease and was given lifesaving
surgery. He wanted to thank the Heart Centre
and Horton Cardiac Rehab team by competing
in the ten mile road race and managed to smash
all expectations by completing it in one hour 42
minutes and raising £2,000.
He said: “For me that was one of those special
moments in life – all the health problems that I had
to face up to exactly a year ago, all the worry, the
training and the energy required to complete the
race and I’d managed it in well under two hours! I
was thrilled.” Legacies also helped to make a very
positive contribution towards the year’s fundraising
with a generous donation of over £17,500. Significant
donations from two private individuals in the
community also added greatly to the campaign.
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The Hospital Innovation and
Enhancement Fund
Some areas of the hospital attract more support
than others – often equally important they simply
may not have the public profile that encourages
major donations.
The Hospital Innovation and Enhancement Fund
(HIEF) was created to encourage a more diverse
range of support across the ORH Trust. As its title
suggests, this grant-making fund is also specifically
designed to encourage innovative and pioneering
projects that benefit patient care and improve the
hospital environment.
Any staff from across the Trust can apply to this
fund. Through a vigorous submission process,
applicants have to demonstrate their project will
bring real benefit and cannot be funded through
other means.
During 2010/11 over £400,000 was awarded
to the following projects:
■£100,000
to develop an Endobronchial
Ultrasound Service (EBUS) at the Churchill
Hospital. This is a minimally invasive procedure,
effective in directing the treatment of lung cancer,
infections and other diseases causing enlarged
lymph nodes in the chest.
■ £70,000
contribution towards a
translucent operating table for John
Radcliffe operating theatres. This is a very
specialist operating table with incredibly high level
functionality which supports innovative operations
performed on both children and adults.
■ £10,000
to support a neuropsychology
research programme at the Russell Cairns Unit,
looking at memory training with children. 30-50%
of routine paediatric referrals have significant
working memory or attention difficulties, and this
project will ascertain the success of an innovative
computer programme to help children with this
problem.
■ £7,200
for the Oxford Kidney Unit to
replace four haemodialysis chairs. These specialist
electronic chairs are used by patients who attend
dialysis three times a week for four hours per
session.
■ £20,000
to replace gym equipment for
cardiac rehabilitation patients at the Horton
General Hospital.
■ £22,289
to the John Radcliffe Nuclear
Medicine Department to extend
the treatments available for patients with
neuroendocrine tumours – a rare, slow growing
cancer that often starts in the bowel. This Trust is
a centre of excellence for the treatment of the
condition and this funding will cover the purchase
and installation of equipment to allow octreotide
therapy to take place here, rather than patients
having to travel to London.
■ £20,000
for improvements to the Cardiac
Outpatients area at the John Radcliffe – making
the environment more comfortable for patients.
■ £6,000
to develop the Mindfulness
Cognitive Therapy Project at the John
Radcliffe Women’s Centre. This innovative project
addresses (and analyses) ways of managing pain,
reducing stress and anxiety to reduce the risk of
depression.
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■ £39,250
for the John Radcliffe Radiology
Department to help introduce Cardiac
Computed Tomography (Cardiac CT). Cardiac CT
is a painless and cost effective test that uses an
x-ray machine to take clear, detailed pictures of
the heart, to exclude significant coronary artery
disease.
■ £31,243
to purchase specialist pressure
relieving aids across all our hospitals to help
prevent elderly patients developing pressure sores.
■ £9,400
for the provision of medical
photographic services at the Churchill
Dermatology Department avoiding additional
referrals to the JR. This essential service, used for
the diagnosis of conditions including melanoma,
will avoid patients having to have additional
appointments across different sites.
The HIEF committee includes
trustees, patients, charity supporters and staff.
It sits quarterly to consider bids, chaired by
Caroline Langridge, before recommending
them to the Section 11 Trustees.
Caroline Langridge said: “I am delighted at the
creativity we have unleashed in the Trust with so
many innovative projects now being supported by
the Hospital Innovation and Enhancement Fund.
From helping children with memory problems to
expanding the treatments available for cancer and
heart patients, HIEF is making a dramatic impact
across all of the hospitals within the Trust. Many
of these projects have a research element and we
look forward to seeing how the results from these
will help patients and shape medical practice in
years to come.”
■ £62,000
to provide a Thulium Laser for head
and neck cancer patients. This is an alternative
to extensive surgery for patients with cancer of
the throat and tongue. Patients benefit from this
non-invasive procedure and have a reduced stay in
hospital.
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Fundraising news
Fundraising report:
Life-changing: two little words, with one
huge meaning. With a charity such as ours it’s an
expression we hear a lot: whether from a grateful
patient after surgery; a research scientist on the
brink of a breakthrough; or a new piece of medical
equipment that revolutionises treatment.
It’s easy in an annual report to get lost in all the detail
– lists of equipment, complicated medical terminology
and financial figures – but the really important thing is
that – with your help – we really can change the lives
of our patients, young and old.
A great example of this happened when 850
people came together in April 2010 to take part
in the Oxford Mail OX5RUN. Collectively they
raised £57,000, enough to fund equipment that can
transform the future of babies born with a lack of
oxygen to the brain, who are therefore at risk of
developing the life-long condition cerebral palsy.
Research, some conducted here in Oxford, has
shown that cooling these babies straight from birth
can reduce the severity of the condition and in some
cases even prevent it from developing at all. It is
estimated that the state-of-the-art equipment that
the OX5RUN paid for – a cooling machine and two
monitors – will help up to 60 babies here every year.
Eleri Adams, Clinical lead for Neonatology, explained:
“To be able to buy this equipment is fantastic. For the
child and their family this is simply life-changing.
“The medical team would like to thank all of
last year’s OX5 runners for their generosity and
encourage others to take part in future events
so that we can continue to make such incredible
advances that help our young patients.”
This event has proven to be a phenomenal success
and, because two of the runs happened to fall in the
last financial year, contributed nearly £120,000 to help
our young patients.
Festive fundraising at
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Next year will be the
tenth anniversary of the
OX5RUN and we hope to
break all records for both
participation and money
raised. Our heartfelt
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and Raymond Blanc; Blenheim Palace and of course
all the participants for helping us to make this such a
successful event.
Another notable piece of fundraising for children
was the Dorchester Abbey Christmas Concert. This
wonderful event, which sold out in just a few weeks,
featured the glorious sounds of Winchester Cathedral
Choir and guest readings from Sir Terry Wogan,
Patricia Hodge and Hannah Gordon. The committee
who organise this event work incredibly hard and the
rewards are great as the evening again raised over
£60,000.
The Carols and Canapés night at Ditchley Park,
supporting the Cancer Centre, was also very
successful. With Edward Fox and Diana Quick to
entertain us, this too was a sell out and raised an
impressive £15,000. Fundraising events like this for
the Cancer Centre over the past three years have
contributed to the raising of over £3 million and
have made a huge difference to our patients. The
Oxford Cancer Centre has recently received a
“gold standard” for the level of its keyhole surgery
equipment, putting it in the UK’s top 10% for
laproscopic surgery facilities. Much of this high-tech
equipment was paid for through your support.
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More fundraising came in the form of a black-tie
dinner at Christ Church College in Oxford. 200
supporters were regaled with literary tales by one
of Oxford’s most famous residents; Morse creator
Colin Dexter. A talk by former England rugby player,
Will Greenwood, also added to the success of the
night, which raised over £30,000 for causes across the
ORH Trust.
Our abseils continued to be a popular and fun
method of raising money for the charity, with a heart
abseil raising £20,000 and one for the Children’s
Hospital over £27,000. Another annual event is the
Heart and Cancer Centre’s fundraiser It’s Not Just a
Walk in the Park. This three-mile walk around Oxford
University Parks brings together people of all ages
and abilities and has a very special atmosphere. Many
thanks to everyone who took part or attended all
the events across the year and for our generous
sponsors, Ed and Anne Bernard.
Large donations from grant making organisations and
other charities make a huge contribution every year.
Organisations such as the Kay Kendall Leukaemia
Fund, Rothschild Foundation, the Pharsalia Charitable
Trust, the League of Friends, the Northbridge
Charitable Trust, Walk the Walk Worldwide and the
Anton Day Smile Foundation have helped to make
many of our more ambitious projects possible.
Individual supporters have also donated life changing
sums, supporting causes across the Trust. Particular
thanks must also be made to the many staff who have
gone out of their way to support our fundraising
efforts – from Tim Betts and his seven marathons to
the team of plastic surgeons who swam the Channel.
Across the year it is fair to say that almost every
corner of all our hospitals benefitted from fundraising.
Working together, we are able to do so much to help
patients here, and keep changing lives for the better.
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ORH Charitable Funds manages nearly 600 individual funds which allow people
to donate to very specific causes, projects and needs. These vary from ward
funds to ground-breaking research funds. The following reports give a small
flavour of just a few of the activities supported this year.
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We carry out over 1,000 elective operations a year, of these around 325 are
for colorectal cancer and 250 for Colitis and Crohns. Around 75% of our
patients have these operations by laparoscopy (keyhole surgery). This year we
have purchased a CO2 insufflator (which pumps CO2 into a cavity to provide
a larger area to examine) for use in our integrated operating theatre at the
Churchill. This allows us to simultaneously have a look at the inside of the
colon by intra operative colonoscopy, and the outside by laparoscopy. The
teaching and training of our surgeons of the future and the development
of new ways of assessing lymph glands are enhanced with this new kit. The
CO2 is absorbed more quickly than air and means the colon does not get
too distended. Many thanks to all those who have supported the Colorectal
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Horton General Fund
The Horton General Charitable Fund, which
supports projects across the Horton General
Hospital, helps to enhance the hospital
environment, fund research and purchase
equipment that makes a real difference to
patients. It also contributes to staff development
and training – going above and beyond that
which standard NHS budgets can achieve.
The fund illustrates in a very tangible way the
gratitude of many patients (and their families) for
the care and treatment they have received, from
clinical and non-clinical departments within the
Horton General Hospital.
It is important to note that all money raised and
donated to the Horton General Charitable Fund
can only be used for the Horton General Hospital
in Banbury.
An example of an area that has benefited
significantly from the Horton General Fund
in the past year is the Junior Doctors’ Mess at
the Horton General Hospital, which fell into
disrepair having not been refurbished for nearly
10 years.
The Mess is an area where Junior Doctors go
for rest and relaxation when on duty. Thanks to
support from the Horton General Fund, it now
has a large comfortable lounge area with a small
kitchen annexe to enable the doctors to prepare
light refreshments and hot/cold drinks and a
computer linked to the internet and the Trust’s
intranet.
We are extremely grateful to everyone in the local
community who supports this important fund.
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Cranio Facial Fund
Every year children with craniofacial conditions
visit the world renowned Craniofacial Unit
team at the John Radcliffe Hospital in Oxford.
Their lives are transformed by astonishing and
innovative surgery, backed by psychological and
educational support.
The Oxford Craniofacial Unit is one of only four
super-regional centres in the UK licensed to
carry out a particular type of complex and risky
surgery.
The team has a worldwide reputation for
pioneering surgery, but it’s also a ‘one stop
shop’ combining the skills of surgery with
psychological and counselling support for these
children and their families, genetic counselling
and speech and language therapy. This year the
work of the unit has been highlighted in a major
BBC2 documentary series.
Thanks to the many donations we receive to the
Craniofacial Fund we have been able to support
a significant and high-level research project into
the genetic causes of these conditions. We have
now been able to secure outside funding to make
the research on-going. In addition we are able to
support families with accommodation and travel
expenses when appropriate need is determined.
The Craniofacial Fund gets tremendous support
from our patient base and the very many creative
and inspiring fundraising methods they employ
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SCCWID: Sophie’s Campaign for the
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This Fund, set up by former patient Sophie Watson, has continued to
enable us to provide exceptional facilities and a lovely environment for
teenagers in our hospital.
Following more successful runners in the London Marathon and with
on-going fundraising this year we have created a relaxing and cheery area
on the outside balcony especially designed for the teenage patients.
Brightly coloured and comfortable, large hammock seats, outdoor beanbags
and colour coordinated footstools mean that patients can spend time
outside appreciating some sunshine or escaping from the noise and bustle
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patients and families or friends this little haven of calm and comfort, close to the Ward for safety but with
a feel very different to a Hospital Ward.
SCCWID has also provided the patients with portable flat screen TVs on a stand complete with games
consoles so that any patient on the Ward has access to their own individual entertainment. The fund
enables us to constantly keep our DVDs and game selection age appropriate and up-to-date in the
hope of relieving boredom and providing suitable distraction from the less pleasant aspects of being in
hospital. Patients’ impression of the Ward is very positive and feedback usually starts with ‘Wow’ and
‘It’s better than a hotel!’ This is a wonderful thing to be able to do and we are hugely grateful to all the
hospital supporters.
Zoe Pooley, Ward Sister, Melanie's Ward
Oxford Eye Hospital Funds
Thanks to donations and significant legacies the Oxford Eye Hospital Outpatient Department has benefitted
from two new field analysers and four corneal pachymeters to help patients with glaucoma.
In addition, a state of the art spectralis OCT imaging system has been purchased for the retinal clinic, for use
in patients with age-related macular degeneration and diabetic retinopathy.
The latter system provides images of extremely high quality and has revolutionised diagnostic capability and
therefore improved our ability to manage these common conditions with far more accuracy and speed than
before.
An imaging device for use with post-operative glaucoma patients has also been purchased which allows us to
accurately document trabeculectomy glaucoma drainage sites.
Finally, the waiting area in the Outpatient Department has been enlarged and beautifully decorated with large
prints from the Ashmolean Museum, using a professional artist.
The department is extremely grateful for the help it has received from the ORH Charitable Funds committee
and for the generosity of the benefactors who have allowed these purchases to become a reality.
John Salmon, Consultant Ophthalmic Surgeon
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The Julian Starmer-Smith Lymphoma Fund
This fund was set up by Nigel and Ros Starmer-Smith following the death of their son, Julian, at the
age of 19, from T-cell Lymphoma. The object of the fund is to support
research into biological and clinical aspects of lymphoma, a diverse group
of cancers of the lymphatic system.
The fund has supported a post-doctoral fellow who has been leading
scientific studies into microRNAs in lymphoma – these small molecules
are thought to be important in gene regulation, and a growing body of
evidence implicates them in the origins of various cancers.
This research was the first to show that specific microRNA signatures are
found in different lymphomas. The group continues to be successful in
generating a number of publications and has had productive collaborations
with other scientific groups both in the UK and overseas.
Since mid-2010 the fund has supported a senior research scientist who has been investigating autoantigens
in anaplastic large cell lymphoma. These were identified using naturally occurring antibodies from
patients to label new tumour-associated proteins and could be new prognostic and diagnostic markers
in lymphoma.
This research has also investigated the presence of circulating antibodies to the ALK tumour-associated
antigen in children with anaplastic large cell lymphoma, and aided collaboration with the international
Children’s Oncology Group and the European Inter-Group Committee on non-Hodgkin lymphomas,
with the aim of identifying high-risk patients.
The fund supports clinical research in the Department of Haematology in the Cancer and Haematology
Centre. Early-phase studies have been opened looking at new drugs for the treatment of lymphoma and
related disorders.
The Starmer-Smith family continues to support this fund through innovative and effective fundraising,
including Charles Starmer-Smith and friends’ Etape cycle through the Alps which raised over £72,000.
We are incredibly grateful to everyone who helps make this important research possible.
Dr Chris Hatton, Director of Clinical Haematology
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Oxford Project to Investigate
Memory and Ageing (Optima)
We are very grateful for all the donations to our OPTIMA
Charitable Fund, many of which are given in memory of people
who have participated in our research.
We are a longitudinal research study – which means we research
the same subjects over a long period of time – interested in how
memory changes with age. We aim to identify the causes and
risk factors for dementia and particularly Alzheimer’s disease.
The primary use of our charitable fund has been to enhance
staff education and professional development to ensure we have
motivated and knowledgeable research staff. It enables doctors,
nurses, psychologists and other staff to attend national and
international conferences – primarily in the field of Alzheimer’s
disease. Speaking at and attending conferences keeps us upto-date and allows the opportunity for networking with other
researchers in our field and may lead to valuable collaborations.
The fund has also enabled us to employ additional staff to
help with data loading, as assessing our participants regularly
and over time produces a large amount of data and requires
significant staff resources.
In addition we are able to facilitate and host scientific meetings
to publicise our research work and help with recruitment to
our study by covering advertising costs in local newspapers.
Finally, we have been able to make the areas in which we see
our participants for assessment a little less clinical and a bit
more comfortable and improve our display of information
with the purchase of a bookcase and notice boards.
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We would like to thank the generosity of all those who have
supported our fund.
Sharon Christie, Senior Research Nurse & Operations Manager
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Looking ahead
ONGOING AND NEW PROJECTS
Phase two of the Heart Centre Campaign
With the high-tech videoconferencing facility fully funded, installed and in
use, we will be able to move on to the second phase of our Heart Centre
fundraising with plans to establish a world-class echocardiography unit.
Echocardiography is now a vital diagnostic tool and 15,000 echo scans
take place annually at the John Radcliffe. Use of this important service
is increasing rapidly and bringing great advances in our understanding of
heart conditions. Because this is a tool that has developed over some
time, the echo team is currently spread across three areas of the hospital
in cramped spaces and without the level of privacy we would like to offer
patients. We are now fundraising to create a purpose-built diagnostic suite
for the echo team adjacent to the new Heart Centre and a state-of-theart echocardiographic system for the most advanced non-invasive imaging
of the heart. Not only will this enhance patient care, it will also foster
research and collaboration.
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Spreading the Word
We believe that our colleagues are the best ambassadors any charity
could have. When asked what prompts them to make a donation, the
vast majority of our supporters tell us they want to do something to
thank the staff and hospital that looked after them. That said, we know
we could do more to help spread the word about ORH Charitable
Funds, and how people can help.
Throughout 2011 we will be rolling out improved and inexpensive ways
of informing staff and patients about the positive influence the charity has
across our hospitals.
To add to our usual forms of communication through email, website and
fundraising magazine, new posters will be distributed to every ward and
department promoting the work of Charitable Funds and making the
information easy to find for busy hospital staff. We will also look at new
ways of informing patients about us such as getting our messages on to
patient menus, feedback forms and “going home” leaflets.
Supporters of th
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Oxford United
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Developing a regular giving programme
Having regular donations from a large base of supporters will help
our charity to plan and support more long-term projects across our
hospitals. We plan to launch a ‘regular giving’ recruitment campaign in
2011/12. The benefits of this are very clear. For example if just 25 “silver
patrons” donate £10 a month that would bring in at least £3,000 in a
year. This is enough to fund an infant overhead warmer for use in the
operating theatres. Babies can lose heat very quickly when exposed
during an operation but with this overhead heater they can be kept warm
throughout their operation which speeds up their recovery.
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individual ward fund, research project or major campaign, and this
programme will also be a key method of supporting the Hospital
Innovation and Enhancement Fund. HIEF is there to help innovative
projects across all our hospitals (see page 6 for more details).
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Breast Cancer Screening
Fundraising for the Breast Cancer Screening Appeal will continue
throughout the next year. This appeal will benefit from a variety of small
scale events taking place throughout the year, including a sponsored cycle,
community sports day, lunches and a pamper evening. The search for
appropriate grants will also continue.
The Brea
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Leave a Legacy in your Will
Leaving a legacy is the ultimate gift of your lifetime. In recent years legacies
have regularly contributed around a million pounds annually to the hospital
charity. These gifts support many large scale campaigns, such as the Brodey,
Oxford Cancer and Oxford Heart Centres, as well as dozens of individual
funds, from research to ward-based (please see page 25).
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About us
How we are Structured
Oxford Radcliffe Hospitals Charitable Funds is an
independent registered Charity (Registered charity number
1057295), which exists to raise, receive, manage and
distribute donations for the benefit of the Oxford Radcliffe
Hospitals NHS Trust.
The Charity was established by Declaration of Trust in July 1996,
the Trustee at that time being a corporate body. In April 2003 an
independent board of Trustees was appointed under Section 11 of
the NHS & Community Care Act 1990. These independent Trustees
manage the assets of the Charity and comply with all current statutory
requirements, the requirements of the Charity’s governing document
and of SORP 2005.
The Charity is made up of nearly 600 different funds, which each
have a specific purpose. This may be to benefit a particular area
of the hospital or medical service, to support a research project
or to fund certain training and development services for clinical
staff. All money received by the Charity is placed in these
individual funds and held on trust by the Trustees to ensure that
the wishes of our donors are honoured.
Each fund has a Fund Advisor (usually a member of staff with
specialist knowledge in the relevant area) who is responsible for
managing the fund on behalf of the Trustees and ensuring that the
money is spent appropriately, in accordance with charity law and
in line with the wishes of the donor and for public benefit. The
Fund Advisors liaise with the central Charitable Funds Department
and receive monthly financial statements, guidance information and
ongoing support and advice from the Charitable Funds team.
In 2011/2012, the Oxford Radcliffe Hospitals NHS Trust will merge with
the Nuffield Orthopaedic Centre NHS Trust and will change its name
to the Oxford University Hospitals NHS Trust.
"The Charity is
made up of nearly
600 different funds,
which each have a
specific purpose"
"All money received
by the Charity is
placed in these
individual funds and
held on trust by the
Trustees to ensure
that the wishes
of our donors are
honoured."
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Our Trustees
The Charity is managed by independent ‘Section 11’ Trustees appointed by the Department of Health Appointments
Commission. These Trustees have ultimate responsibility for all activity within the Charity and meet to make
recommendations and decisions.
When new Trustees are appointed, they receive a comprehensive induction and training programme, which includes
spending time with the operational staff who administer the Charity and manage fundraising activity. Our Trustees are
appointed for a period of four years, a term which may be renewed for up to 10 years, and meet quarterly. They are:
Mr Peter Bagnall CBE DL (Chairman)
Peter has been Chair of the Section 11 Trustees since 2003. He has extensive knowledge of the
Oxfordshire health services and held the position as Chair of the Oxford Radcliffe Hospitals NHS
Trust for a number of years. In addition, he has been the Chair of the Board of Governors of Oxford
Brookes University and has also held a number of non-executive director appointments to public
companies. Formerly, he held several senior appointments in commerce including that of Managing
Director at W H Smith. Mr Bagnall retired in March 2011.
Ms Julie Bond
Julie is a Partner and Head of Litigation at solicitors Manches LLP. She has over 30 years experience
of commercial litigation and specialises in large cases involving long-term projects, together with crisis
management issues. She advises both commercial and not-for-profit organisations of all sizes. Julie
lives in central Oxford with her two children, and has been a Trustee since 2003.
Ms Caroline Langridge
Caroline has extensive knowledge of working in the public sector, and has been part of the NHS since
1975. She has a Masters degree in Public Policy Studies and is a trained Executive Coach. Caroline
joined the Department of Health in 1989 where she was a founder member of the NHS Trust Unit,
and moved in 1991 to take on a new role as Head of the NHS Women’s Unit, responsible for a major
equality programme for women delivering Opportunity 2000 in the NHS. In 1998, she established
her own independent consultancy, dealing with health–related matters. Caroline has been a Trustee
since 2003 and was also a Non-executive Director on the ORH Trust Board until October 2009. She
also chairs the HIEF Committee.
Mr James Nicholson
James brings to the Charity benefits arising from his considerable commercial and business
background over many years and specifically an expertise in investment management. He is currently
chairman of Alpha Portfolios plc, a Director of JP Morgan Russian Securities plc and also a Director of
Baring Hedge Select Fund Limited. He has been a Trustee since 2005. He succeeded Mr Peter Bagnall
as Chair of the Committee in March 2011.
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Dr John Reynolds
John Reynolds was a medical student in Oxford from 1978-1981 and returned here in 1988 to
undertake a DPhil in neuropharmacology and to train as a GP and clinical pharmacologist. He was
appointed as a consultant in 1997 and was chairman of Division A in the ORH from 2002 to 2007.
He chaired the Pharmaceutical Panel of the NHS R&D Health Technology Assessment Programme
for six years and currently sits on the Persons Appointed Review Panel of the Medicines and
Health Regulatory Authority and the Formulary Development Committee of the British National
Formulary. He has been a Trustee since 2008 and chairs the Sobell House Study Centre Finance and
Governance Committee.
Mrs Anne Tutt
Anne Tutt is a qualified Chartered Accountant with 25 years of experience as an executive and
non-executive director. Anne was appointed as a Non-executive Director of the OUH in 2009 for
a period of four years. Her portfolio currently includes acting as a non-executive Director of the
Adventure Capital Fund Limited, the Social Investment Business Limited and the Identity and Passport
Service, where she also chairs the Audit Committee. She is a non-executive member of the Audit
Committees of the Home Office and DEFRA and works in the private sector as a financial consultant.
Anne has led successful finance and management teams in many different sized organisations from
small owner-managed companies to large, multi-national organisations in the public, private and social
enterprise sector.
Professor Andrew Wilkinson
Andrew first came to work at the John Radcliffe in 1973, when only the Maternity block and the
Institute were open. After training in Perinatal Medicine in San Francisco, he was appointed as
the first consultant specialist in neonatology in Oxford in 1981. In 1992 he joined the University
Department of Paediatrics. His contribution to the Charity as a Trustee brings expertise and advice
from the perspective of an active medical clinician and researcher. He has been a Trustee since 2005.
Volunteers
We are greatly assisted in our work by the generous support of all our volunteers, and would like to thank
everyone who has made a contribution of any kind. This ranges from the small army of dedicated helpers who
put together mailings and ensure that our newsletters reach our database of supporters, to those who sit on
fundraising campaign committees. We are also indebted to those volunteers who help to run regular table
sales at the John Radcliffe, or help with street collections, fundraising events, publicity, updating our notice boards
and many other tasks.
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The team
Charitable Funds Department
Richard Sonley
Kirsten Bailey
Sue Derham
Lorraine Irwing Head of Charitable Funds (retired April 2011)
Group Finance Manager & Acting Head of Department
Senior Fund Manager / Payments Manager
(retired September 2010)
Financial Accountant
Funds and Legacy Management Section
Lesley Hurdley
Pat Newbold
Legacy Manager / PA to Head of Charitable Funds
Fund Manager
Income Section
Yaima Bacallao
Roland Panavia
Molly Tonks
Finance Manager
Income Officer
Income Officer
Payments Section
Michele Tombs Margaret Slater
Jane Surman
Elaine Burden
Vacant
Payments Manager
Deputy Payments Manager
Deputy Payments Manager (retired March 2011)
Payment Officer
Payment Officer
Fundraising Department
Alice Gosling
Sarah Vaccari
Penny Hambridge
Yolanda Jacob
Director of Fundraising
Communications and Stewardship Manager Children’s Development Officer
Fundraising Project Manager (Horton)
Community Fundraising
Graham Brogden
Janet Sprake
Cynthia Charlett
Andrew Styles
Head of Community Fundraising
Fundraising Manager
Outreach and Gift Processing Manager
Outreach and Gift Processing Assistant
Major Gift Fundraising
Andrew House
Anu Basra
Marianne Julebin
Head of Major Gifts
Development Officer (to July 2011)
Development and Research Officer
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HOW TO
CONTACT US
Our main address is:
Oxford Radcliffe Hospitals
Charitable Funds,
Manor House,
Headley Way,
Headington,
Oxford, OX3 9DZ.
Tel: 01865 743432
Email: campaign@orh.nhs.uk
www.orhcharitablefunds.nhs.uk
For fundraising queries,
please call 01865 743444.
Registered charity number
1057295
Financial review
The following figures are taken from the 2010/11 Accounts which carry an unqualified audit report and the
Accounts may be viewed in more detail on the Charity Commission website (www.charity-commission.
gov.uk). This part of the Trustees’ Annual Report comments on the key features from these Accounts.
Copies of the full Accounts entitled Oxford Radcliffe Hospitals Charitable Funds Accounts 2010/11 are
also available from the Charitable Funds Department, Manor House, Headley Way, Oxford, OX3 9DZ.
SOURCES OF FUNDS RECEIVED IN
THE YEAR (£6.93m)
Each of the major areas of incoming resources is reviewed below:
Donations received (£2.4m)
We are again enormously grateful for the thousands of
donations received from members of the public, including
of course the many grateful relatives and patients,
collections in memory of a loved-one, and in addition from
the many companies which have adopted our Charity as a
way of putting something back into the community.
Legacy (£0.8m)
A gift in a Will is a valued way of donating to charity and
an investment in the future. We are fortunate at ORH
Charitable Funds to be remembered by so many people
each year, whose gifts make a huge difference to healthcare
across the Trust. Where the terms of the gift require the
capital to be invested, the income generated is used to
assist our charitable work. Please see the listing of 2010/11
legacies on page 25.
Income from Charitable Activities (£651k)
Income is received from activities undertaken to further
the charity’s objectives (such as research and education).
This includes income from courses of £510k. Many clinical
departments run courses and conferences enabling the
exchange of information and best clinical practice. These
events generate income to benefit the departments
concerned. The majority of the course income (£418k) is
generated by Sobell House Study Centre.
Investment Income (£396k)
Investment income has increased following a restructure of
the investment portfolio in 2010/11 in order to increase
the investment income levels.
Grants from external organisations (£2.6m)
We are grateful to the charities and other similar
organisations that have given us grants to fund particular
projects or pieces of equipment. Specific mention should
be made of the continued significant support of Sobell
House Hospice Charity for palliative care. We are always
keen to work with the many specialist health charities to
benefit groups of patients being treated at the ORH Trust.
Activities for Generating Funds (£48k)
This income arises from sales of fundraising merchandise
and a staff lottery which has been running for many years.
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Where we spent our money in 2010/11
compared with the previous year
Patients
Staff Welfare, Equipment & Staff Areas
Medical Research & Equipment
Medical Equipment
Specialist Courses & Training
Building Projects and upgrade to patient areas Fundraising Costs Charged to Specialist Appeals
Administration
Other
Totals
2010/11 2009/10
£’000 £’000
1,842 482
1,444
1,450
1,167
942 195
424
5
7,951
1,325
576
1,286
1,824
1,097
137
374
6
6,625
OUR INVESTMENTS
2010/11 Investment Review
Cazenove Capital Management Limited have provided the following review:
The second half of 2010 saw a slowdown from the already lacklustre
recovery in the majority of Western economies. Concerns over the
possibility of a double-dip prompted the US Federal Reserve to announce
a further round of quantitative easing (QEII). This was accompanied by a
further boost from increased fiscal spending, which may have succeeded in
returning the World’s largest economy to a more sustainable growth path.
Smaller US companies have begun to show signs of improving sentiment
and increased hiring. Small companies employ more than half of the work
force, so this improvement means that the employment picture in the US
has brightened appreciably in recent months. This should feed back into
consumer confidence and spending, which in turn should feed back to
company profits and so the sustainable growth cycle begins. There remain
risks to the consumer outlook in the US, notably from the current increase
in petrol prices. Sadly, this positive outlook cannot be translated to the UK
economy, which reported a surprise weather-affected contraction of 0.5% in
the fourth quarter.
The Office for National Statistics has estimated that this was due to the
adverse weather in December and that, therefore, underlying growth over
the final quarter was approximately flat. So far, data for the first quarter
of 2011 have been broadly with this hypothesis. The slowdown in growth
can largely be attributed to the combination of high inflation and low wage
growth, which has caused a reduction in real household incomes.
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The recent marked slowdown in retail sales, which have been flat over the
three months to February, suggests that this squeeze is beginning to come
through in expenditure numbers. Adding to the weakness in the outlook for
household consumption is the forecast reduction in government spending,
which begins in earnest during 2011/12. The bright spot in the economy is
likely to be in the area of capital spending. Across the board, fixed investment
is expected to make the largest contribution to GDP in 2011. Net trade is
also likely to improve over this year, largely because lower imports will be
the corollary of lower consumer demand. Sadly, we do not think that the
improvement in net trade numbers will come from an acceleration in export
growth. Elsewhere in Europe, northern European economies, particularly
Germany, continue to look strong. Survey measures of Q1 2011 activity
have remained in high positive territory in both manufacturing and services
sectors. In Germany, unemployment has fallen to rates not seen since before
reunification in 1991. Strong growth in core Eurozone economies has led to
an increase in inflation to 2.6%. This is above the ECB target rate of ‘close to,
but below 2%’. In comparison to the UK’s much higher inflation rate of 4.0%,
this may not seem all that worrying, but the Eurozone, heavily influenced by
Germany, is traditionally much more averse to rising inflation than the UK.
The ECB has, therefore, become the first major central bank to announce an
increase in interest rates, of 0.25%, taking the Repo Rate to 1.25%.
ABOUT OUR INVESTMENTS
There are two elements to the Investment Policy with the charity operating two
types of investment pools:
a)Stock Exchange Portfolio – for large, non-appeal funds not opting for the
‘cash only’ option.
b) Cash and Fixed Interest Only Funds – for small, ward, appeal and new funds
The Trustees ensure that the money held within the Charity is invested
prudently and profitably over the long term, for the benefit of the Charity. The
aim for the stock market portfolio is to meet the income needs of the Charity
and to grow capital and income over the long term at a low to medium level of
risk. An investment buffer of 20% (above fund values) was created to support
these funds against future market falls and this decision resulted in the capital
value of funds being fully protected in the year. The aim of the cash and fixed
interest only fund is to meet the income needs of the charity at a low level of
risk. The investment performance is measured against a composite portfolio
benchmark agreed by the Trustees and Cazenove at quarterly meetings.
At 31 March 2011 the value of the Stock Exchange portfolio of investment funds
was £7.5m, achieving an annual income of £271k (equivalent yield of 3.6%).
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LEGACIES
(Received from 1st April 2010 – 31 March 2011)
Listed below are the legacies gratefully received, showing the
areas which benefited:
Phyllis Absolam
Oxford Hospitals General Fund
Margaret Aird
Starmer-Smith Lymphoma Fund
Terence Atkins
Oxford Hospitals General Fund
Margaret Bax
Surgical Oesophageal Fund
Tom Bowling
Osler Chest Unit
Brian Cole
Fund for Children
Ada CooperOxford Eye Hospital / Cancer Research /
Oxford Hospitals General Fund
Lily Curtis
Cancer Care Fund
Derek EnockOxford Hospitals General Fund (for the
Churchill Hospital)
Kirsten Eriksen
Horton Hospital General Fund
Sheila Finch
Cancer Research (Churchill Hospital)
Francis FloreySpecial Care Baby Unit (SCBU) / Cancer
Research / Kamran’s Ward
Phyllis Garner
Endoscopy Unit
Agnes Griffiths
Childhood Cancer Research
Mary Hector
Oxford Eye Hospital
Denis Hooper
Haematology Research
Donald HuntOxford Project to Investigate Memory and
Ageing (OPTIMA)
June James
Special Care Baby Unit (SCBU)
Brian LeachCardiac Research & Care / Cancer Research &
Care / Asthma Research & Care / Neurology
Research & Care
Alice LewisVascular Unit Surgery Research & Education
Fund
Ada MacDonald
Children’s Special Projects
Jennifer McDowell JRH Radiographer Training & Paediatric Fund
Barbara MeeHorton Hospital (A&E, E Ward, Brodey Cancer
Resource Centre)
Leo Mulqueen
Oxford Hospitals General Fund
John Parsons
Renal Research
Pamela Pegler
Kidney Cancer Research
Constance Preston Clinical Diabetes & Metabolic Research Fund
John Roberts
Blood Coagulation Research
Edna Ryczowski
Neurology Fund
Patricia Seymour
Cardiac Research
Kathleen Skelly
Cancer Centre
Marjorie Slade
Cancer Research
Margaret Spratt
Gibson Fund
Frederick Sprigg
Horton Hospital CCU
Mavis SpriggeOxford Hospitals General Fund /
Gynaecological Unit Ward
Beatrice Tighe
Cardiac Research at the JRH
John Wainwright
Oxford Hospitals General Fund
William Walden
Horton Hospital General Fund
Janet Walker
Urology Ward, Churchill Hospital
Rachel WalkerInpatient Improvement Project (Churchill
Hospital)
Derek Webb
Cancer Campaign
Janet Webb
Cardiothoracic Critical Care
Leslie Weller
Haemophilia & Thrombosis Centre
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George WigmoreHeart Centre Campaign / Oncology Ward
(formerly Frank Ellis Unit) / Sir Michael
Sobell House & SMSH Bereavement Fund
Ethel WyattBrodey Centre Extension / Cancer
Research (Churchill Hospital)
RISK MANAGEMENT POLICY
In compliance with the Statement of Recommended
Practice (SORP) 2005, the Trustees identified their main
objectives, including those delegated to their administrative
department, the ORH Trust’s Charitable Funds Department.
The risks to these objectives were then shown and
assessed for severity and likelihood, and compiled as a
register showing the controls existing to mitigate each risk.
This highlighted those areas in which residual risk remains
medium or high, and where further action is required.
It is the Trustees’ intention to re-visit this register on
an annual basis to ensure that it remains relevant and
comprehensive and that action has been taken where
indicated.
It is their belief that the control systems identified in this
exercise are sufficiently embedded to have become part of
the culture of the Department and that managers and staff
are aware of their responsibility for internal control as part
of their accountability for achieving the objectives.
All members of the Department are encouraged to be
aware of their responsibility to respond and advise on
evolving risks, whether internal or external, and to report
failings promptly for consideration by management and
Trustees.
RESERVES POLICY
Under SORP 2005, charitable reserves are identified as
income which becomes available to the Charity and is to be
spent at the Trustees’ discretion in furtherance of any of the
Charity’s objects, but which is not yet spent, committed or
designated. The definition of ‘reserves’ should exclude:
■ Endowment Funds
■ Restricted Funds
■ Designated Funds
In terms of Unrestricted Income Funds, the policy of
the Trustees is to transfer the majority of income into
Designated Funds in order to ensure that donations are
utilised in accordance with the donor’s wishes. These funds
are administered by Fund Advisors in accordance with
policies and procedures set by the Trustees. The funds are
closely and regularly monitored in terms of expenditure
plans, ensuring they are spent within a reasonable period of
time. In line with the Commission’s Guidance, a separate
Reserves Policy is not required for these Designated Funds.
The Trustees do, however, have a requirement to hold funds
in order to support various charitable purpose expenditure,
including general staff benefits, but it should be noted that
this expenditure is not guaranteed.
In order to meet this expenditure, the Trustees hold
General Purpose Funds for the Oxford Radcliffe Hospitals
– John Radcliffe Hospital, Churchill Hospital, Horton
Hospital – and a minimum level of reserve for these funds is
considered to be 12 months’ average expenditure.
At 31 March 2011 the balances on these funds and their
average 12 months’ expenditure, was as follows:
General Funds’ Balance at 31 March 2010 £453,922
12 Months’ Average Expenditure £175,958
The charity recognises the importance of undesignated
unrestricted funds, providing the flexibility to support the
ORH Trust’s strategic plans, and therefore the Charity
is encouraging more generic giving. This policy will be
reviewed periodically. The Trustees review the balance of
the ORH General Fund on an annual basis, and any excess
is transferred to the Hospital Innovation and Enhancement
Fund.
Professor John Stradling
Dr Chris Wait
Mrs Alice Gosling
Medical Staff and Research
Medical Staff and
Horton Hospital
Fundraising
PROFESSIONAL ADVISERS
Lloyds TSB Bank plc
87 London Road
Headington
Oxford
OX3 9AB
Audit Commission
Unit 5
Isis Business Centre
Horspath Road
Oxford
OX4 2RD
Cazenove Capital Management Limited
12 Moorgate
London
EC2R 6DA
Withers LLP
16 Old Bailey
London
EC4M 7EG
Principal Office
Oxford Radcliffe Hospitals Charitable Funds Department
Manor House
Headley Way
Oxford
OX3 9DZ
CO-OPTED ADVISERS
Charitable Funds Committee meetings are held 4 times a
year and at each meeting the agenda is separated into 2
sections for ‘Charitable Funds issues’ and ‘Investment/Finance
issues’. Co-opted advisors (and Investment Managers) are
invited by the Trustees to attend these meetings and are
chosen in order to either represent the different hospitals
across the Trust or their particular profession, thus assisting
the Trustees in effective and informed decision making.
Thank you for taking the time to read
our Annual Report for 2010/11
Annual Report 2010/11
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OXFORD RADCLIFFE HOSPITALS
Charitable Funds
Manor House, Headley Way,
Oxford, OX3 9DZ
Tel: 01865 743432
Tel: 01865 743444 (Fundraising)
Fax: 01865 222469
or email: charity@orh.nhs.uk
www.orhcharitablefunds.nhs.uk
Registered Charity Number 1057295