The League of Friends of the Brecon Hospital
What it does
To collect and administer funds from street collections, public fairs, funeral donations, legacies and contributions and run fund raising public events. To apply income and capital to improve facilities and services of Brecon Hospital for the benefit of patients, former patients, staff and visitors where not provided by LHB/NHS.To provide these benefits to other activities assisting patients
Its charitable purposes
TO RELIEVE PATIENTS AND FORMER PATIENTS OF THE BRECON 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.
Causes
- What it works on
- General charitable purposes
- Education and training
- Health and saving lives
- Who it helps
- Children and young people
- Older people
- Disabled people
- The general public
- How it works
- Makes grants to organisations
- Provides other finance
- Provides services
- Other charitable activities
Where it works
- In Wales
- Powys
Area of benefit in its governing document: Not Defined
Income and spending
In the year ending 31 March 2025, it had income of £27,778 and spent £22,369.
| Year ending | Income | Spending | Paid staff | Volunteers |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 31 March 2025 | £27,778 | £22,369 | Not reported | 35 |
| 31 March 2024 | £28,029 | £26,800 | Not reported | 35 |
| 31 March 2023 | £22,483 | £267,884 | Not reported | 32 |
| 31 March 2022 | £19,467 | £17,115 | Not reported | 35 |
| 31 March 2021 | £19,770 | £14,438 | Not reported | 100 |
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
- Up 41%, from £19,770 in the year to 31 March 2021 to £27,778 in the year to 31 March 2025.
- Spending against income
- It spent 81% of its income in the year to 31 March 2025. It spent more than its income in 1 of the 5 years shown.
Government funding, as the charity reported it
Government grants in the year ending 31 March 2025: Not reported. Government contracts: Not reported.
| Year ending | Government grants | Government contracts |
|---|---|---|
| 31 March 2025 | Not reported | Not reported |
| 31 March 2024 | Not reported | Not reported |
| 31 March 2023 | Not reported | Not reported |
Who funds it, according to its accounts
These figures were read from the accounts the charity filed with the Charity Commission by Claude, an AI model, in OpenEconomy's accounts reader. AI can misread a table, so check the accounts on the register before relying on a figure.
Grants it paid to others
| Recipient | Year ending | Amount |
|---|---|---|
| Powys Teaching Health Board: Contribution to Christmas presents | 31 March 2025 | £435 |
| Powys Teaching Health Board Staff Christmas Day lunch | 31 March 2025 | £68 |
| Brecon War Memorial Hospital (13 grants) | 31 March 2025 | £18,877 |
| Brecon War Memorial Hospital | 31 March 2024 | £24,057 |
Grants awarded to it, published on 360Giving
No grants to this charity appear in 360Giving data.
Trustees
3 trustees run the charity.
- Rev GILLIAN TODDChair
- Penelope Sandra Jones Morgan
- Russell Stafford-Tolley
Filing record
Of the last 5 annual returns that were due, 4 arrived by the deadline.
| Year ending | Due | Annual return | Accounts |
|---|---|---|---|
| 31 March 2025 | 31 January 2026 | Received 20 November 2025, 72 days early | Received 20 November 2025 |
| 31 March 2024 | 31 January 2025 | Received 25 October 2024, 98 days early | Received 25 October 2024 |
| 31 March 2023 | 31 January 2024 | Received 14 May 2024, 104 days late | Not required |
| 31 March 2022 | 31 January 2023 | Received 27 September 2022, 126 days early | Not required |
| 31 March 2021 | 31 January 2022 | Received 10 November 2021, 82 days early | Not required |
About this charity
- Charity number
- 703090
- Status
- Registered
- Registered with the Commission
- 9 July 1990
- Governing document
- CONSTITUTION ADOPTED SEPTEMBER 1985 AS AMENDED 15 MAY 1990 AND 16 MAY 2001. AS AMENDED 26 MAY 2004
- Council area of its contact address
- Powys
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.
- Funding from accounts: the charity's filed accounts, read by OpenEconomy's AI accounts reader on 2 November 2026.
- Grants awarded: 360Giving open grants data, from funders that publish there, as loaded by OpenEconomy.