QCH Report FINAL V2 - Flipbook - Page 14
Queenscourt Hospice (Registered number 2102320)
Report of the Trustees for the year ended 31st March 2024 (continued)
election. The Council’s policy is to appraise its performance as a Council, using a learning needs
analysis and the production of the Council Development Plan. At least once every 3 years the
effectiveness of the Council is also reviewed against benchmarks, including the Charity Governance
Code.
The Co-Chairs and Trustees undertake peer reviews which inform the training and development activity
that is programmed each year. We aim to maintain a good mix of skills on the Council and to give new
members appropriate induction and instruction. Council subcommittees have delegated responsibility
to oversee our financial performance and monitor our performance. At the date of this report, we have
14 Trustees. During the year 2023-2024 Mrs Margaret Tarpey and Ms Yvonne Burns retired as
members of the Council. We would like to record our grateful thanks for the many years that they each
gave in support of Queenscourt and for all their support, hard work and guidance during their time with
us.
12.
Council’s Responsibility for the Accounts
The Trustees (who are also the Directors of Queenscourt Hospice for the purposes of company law)
are responsible for preparing the Trustees’ Annual Report and the financial statements in accordance
with applicable law and regulations. Company law requires the Trustees to prepare financial statements
for each financial year. Under that law the Trustees have elected to prepare the financial statements in
accordance with United Kingdom Generally Accepted Accounting Practice (United Kingdom Accounting
Standards and applicable law). Under company law the Trustees must not approve the financial
statements unless they are satisfied that they give a true and fair view of the state of affairs of the
charitable Company and the income and expenditure of the charitable Company for that period.
In preparing these financial statements, the Trustees are required to:
• select suitable accounting policies and then apply them consistently;
• observe the methods and principles in the Charities SORP;
• make judgements and accounting estimates that are reasonable and prudent;
• state whether applicable UK Accounting Standards have been followed, subject to any material
departures disclosed and explained in the financial statements;
• prepare the financial statements on the going concern basis unless it is inappropriate to
presume that the charitable Company will continue in operation.
The Trustees are responsible for keeping adequate accounting records that are sufficient to show and
explain the charitable Company’s transactions and disclose with reasonable accuracy at any time the
financial position of the charitable Company and enable them to ensure that the financial statements
comply with the Companies Act 2006. They are also responsible for safeguarding the assets of the
charitable Company and hence for taking reasonable steps for the prevention and detection of fraud
and other irregularities.
In so far as the Trustees are aware:
·
there is no relevant audit information of which the charitable Company's auditor is unaware; and
·
the Trustees have taken all steps that they ought to have taken to make themselves aware of any
relevant audit information and to establish that the auditor is aware of that information.
13.
Auditors
Following the merger of MHA Moore & Smalley with MHA, the Charitable Company's independent
auditor has now become MHA.
By order of the Council
Anthony Crewe
Chair
Date:
17/09/2024
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