The Friends of Velindre Hospital
What it does
The charity provides funds to Velindre Hospital to assist in the purchase of medical equipment. The charity provides support and assistance to patients to improve their comfort and welfare.
Its charitable purposes
TO RELIEVE PATIENTS AND FORMER PATIENTS OF VELINDRE HOSPITAL WHO ARE SICK, CONVALESCENT, DISABLED, HANDICAPPED, INFIRM OR IN NEED OF FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE AND GENERALLY TO SUPPORT THE CHARITABLE WORK OF THE SAID HOSPITAL. (FOR FURTHER DETAILS SEE CLAUSE 3 OF THE RULES)
Causes
- What it works on
- Health and saving lives
- Who it helps
- Other defined groups
- How it works
- Makes grants to organisations
Where it works
- In Wales
- Cardiff
- Vale of Glamorgan
Area of benefit in its governing document: The Catchment Area of Velindre Hospital
Income and spending
In the year ending 31 December 2025, it had income of £1,420 and spent £25.
| Year ending | Income | Spending | Paid staff | Volunteers |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 31 December 2025 | £1,420 | £25 | Not reported | Not reported |
| 31 December 2024 | £7,062 | £22,161 | Not reported | Not reported |
| 31 December 2023 | £8,296 | £2,047 | Not reported | Not reported |
| 31 December 2022 | £6,392 | £13,269 | Not reported | Not reported |
| 31 December 2021 | £11,888 | £12,319 | Not reported | 4 |
Financial position
Separate measures from the charity's own returns and accounts, each with its year. Read them together: no single measure says how well a charity is run.
- Income over time
- Down 88%, from £11,888 in the year to 31 December 2021 to £1,420 in the year to 31 December 2025.
- Spending against income
- It spent 2% of its income in the year to 31 December 2025. It spent more than its income in 3 of the 5 years shown.
Grants awarded to it, published on 360Giving
No grants to this charity appear in 360Giving data.
Trustees
3 trustees run the charity.
- Charles Williams
- Margaret Russell
- Michael Anthony Jones
Filing record
Of the last 5 annual returns that were due, 4 arrived by the deadline.
| Year ending | Due | Annual return | Accounts |
|---|---|---|---|
| 31 December 2025 | 31 October 2026 | Received 26 October 2026, 5 days early | Not required |
| 31 December 2024 | 31 October 2025 | Received 23 October 2025, 8 days early | Not required |
| 31 December 2023 | 31 October 2024 | Received 24 October 2024, 7 days early | Not required |
| 31 December 2022 | 31 October 2023 | Received 8 August 2024, 282 days late | Not required |
| 31 December 2021 | 31 October 2022 | Received 27 October 2022, 4 days early | Not required |
About this charity
- Charity number
- 512831
- Status
- Registered
- Registered with the Commission
- 29 June 1982
- Governing document
- RULES ADOPTED 15 JUNE 1982
- Council area of its contact address
- Vale of Glamorgan
Sources
- Register details, income, spending, trustees and filing dates: Charity Commission for England and Wales, register of charities. Loaded by OpenEconomy on 2 November 2026.
- Grants awarded: 360Giving open grants data, from funders that publish there, as loaded by OpenEconomy.