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Robinson Memorial Hospital Ballymoney (Incorporated)

  • Status

    Received: on time

  • Income

    £519.6K

  • Spending

    £190.7K

Charity no. 100343 Date registered. 09/09/2016

Public benefits

Purpose 1 the benefits which flow from this purpose include;The continued provision of a community hospital in Ballymoney, currently operated by the NHSCT, as an Intermediate Care Facility. The hospital provides care for patients who require inpatient rehabilitation, care and rehabilitation following fracture surgery, or for further assessment

following an acute hospital admission. Patients with palliative needs can also receive specialist care in the hospital.The provision of facilities to accommodate a Health and Care Centre for the local area.These benefits are evidenced through;The continued existence of a busy hospital with high occupancy rates and a reputation for excellent care.Health and Car facilities fully utilised including a Physiotherapy unit, Child Development Unit, Podiatry, Adult Mental Health Resource Centre, CAMS Unit, Health Centre, Outdoor Occupational Training Services and a Voluntary Sector hub. It is not envisaged that the purposes of our charity will lead to any harm. The beneficiaries are:Any member of the public primarily in the Causeway area requiring treatment either in the hospital or in any of the various on-site Health & Care facilities The only private benefit flowing from this purpose;Could be the provision in some cases for training of medical staff. For example attendance at palliative care or community hospital seminars. This is incidental and necessary because it potentially enhances the quality of care provided and therefore the public benefit. The direct benefits which flow from purpose 2 include;Providing on-going supplementary funding to NHSCT.These benefits are evidenced through Funding passed to the NHSCT as published in our audited accounts. It is not envisaged that the purposes of our charity will lead to any harm. The beneficiaries are:Any member of the public primarily in the Causeway area requiring treatment either in the hospital or in any of the various on-site Health & Care facilities The only private benefit flowing from this purpose There is no private benefit flowing from this purpose. The direct benefits which flow from purpose 3 include, the provision of additional services and equipment not normally provided by the NHSCT. Examples of this would be purchase of specialist medical equipment, reclining chairs, etc. or the development of buildings to facilitate day hospice or similar services. These benefits are evidenced through; The enhancement of patient care and comfort. Often evidenced in letters from patients and families expressing thanks for the levels of comfort & care provided in the hospital. The purposes of our charity may lead to the following harm. It is not envisaged that the purposes of our charity will lead to any harm. The Charities' beneficiaries are: Any member of the public primarily in the Causeway area requiring treatment either in the hospital or in any of the various on-site Health & Care facilities The only private benefit flowing from this purpose; There is no private benefit flowing from this purpose. The direct benefits which flow from purpose 4 include; The ability of the organisation to ensure in future it can continue promoting public health and wellbeing both in the Robinson Health & Care Centre and throughout the local area. These benefits will be evidenced through; Enhanced health care and wellbeing. The purposes of our charity may lead to the following harm It is not envisaged that the purposes of our charity will lead to any harm. The beneficiaries are: Any member of the public primarily in the Causeway area requiring treatment either in the hospital or in any of the various on-site Health & Care facilities The only private benefit flowing from this purpose; There will be no private benefit flowing from this purpose

What your organisation does

Improved health outcomes for Any member of the public primarily in the Causeway area requiring treatment either in the hospital or in any of the various on-site Health & Care facilities

The charity’s classifications

  • The advancement of health or the saving of lives
  • The relief of those in need by reason of youth, age, ill-health, disability, financial hardship or other disadvantage

Who the charity helps

  • General public

How the charity works

  • Medical/health/sickness

This display is a broad summary of the charity’s financial information. For a full understanding of the charity’s finances, the reader should view the PDF accounts and reports under the Documents tab above.

Income

£519.6K

Spending

£190.7K

Charity accounts & reports for financial year end 30 December 2023

Independent examiners report Charity accounts Trustee annual report

Charity accounts & reports for financial year end 30 December 2022

Independent examiners report Charity accounts Trustee annual report

Charity accounts & reports for financial year end 30 December 2021

Independent examiners report Charity accounts Trustee annual report

Charitable purposes

a) To take over the whole (or such part as can be legally vested in the Association) of the property funds and securities of the Executive Committee of the General Committee appointed to build a Cottage Hospital in Ballymoney with funds provided by Samuel Robinson, Esquire, of Philadelphia, and of Hugh McCurdy Hamilton, of Ballymoney, held by him in trust for the said Executive Committee, and to take or procure to be taken, such steps as may be necessary ; under the law relating to charities or charitable trusts for validly and effectually vesting the said property funds and securities in the Association or (if necessary) in any Trustees, and to undertake, execute and perform any trusts or conditions affecting the whole or any part of such property, and to undertake all the liabilities of the said Executive Committee and Hugh McCurdy Hamilton in connection with the building of a Cottage Hospital in Ballymoney to be known as the Robinson Cottage Hospital; Ballymoney, and to carry on the said Hospital when completed. b) The Administration and Management of the Endowments held for the benefit of the Robinson Memorial Hospital as at 01/08/1951 and the payment of the income arising therefrom to the statutory authorities, for the benefit of the said hospital (being a public hospital serving the communities of Counties Antrim and Londonderry); The Administration and Management of any funds subsequently donated for the benefit of the said hospital and the application of the income and/or capital thereof for the benefit of the said hospital, by way of augmenting and supplementing its public sources of funding; c)To preserve and protect health for public benefit, in particular for patients of the Robinson Memorial Hospital Ballymoney by providing and assisting in the provision of facilities, support services and equipment including augmenting those normally provided by the statutory authorities (d) The advancement of any other exclusively charitable purposes as the directors may from time to time decide in accordance with the law of charity in Northern Ireland.

Governing document

Memorandum and Articles

Other name

  • 16 Trustees
  • 0 Employees
  • 0 Volunteers

Contact details

Public address

  • Mr David Robinson Dip F.D., Dip F.S.M., Mbifd, D J M Robinson & Son, 121 Culcrum Road, Dunloy, Ballymena., County Antrim, BT44 9DT

Trustee board

Trustee
Dr Shauna Fannin
Dr John Flynn
Mr Gerry Mcafee
Mr John Pinkerton
Mr Allen Mathewson
Mr Gordon Robinson
Dr David Johnston
Mr Joe Gillan
Mrs Joan Carey
Mr Hugh Clarke
Mrs Margaret Allison
Mr David Robinson
Mr Neil Robinson
Mrs Emma Mccarroll
Mr John Borland
Dr Adrian Patrick Sterne

List of regions

  • In Northern Ireland
  • Causeway Coast And Glens District Council
  • Mid Ulster District Council