Objectives and Activities

The objectives of the Charitable Trust Funds held by the Trust are to ensure that charitable donations received by the Trust are appropriately managed, invested, expended and controlled in a manner that is consistent with the purposes for which the funds were given, and in accordance with the Trust’s Standing Financial Instructions and Departmental guidance and legislation.

Charitable Trust Funds are used to support expenditure in the following areas to benefit Patients, Residents or Clients using the Northern Health and Social Trust’s services’, in line with donor’s wishes:

• Provision of comforts;
• Purchase of equipment and services; and
• Research into any aspect of the work of the Northern Health and Social Care Trust.

The Northern Health and Social Care Trust’s Charitable Trust Funds is on the deemed list of charities as it is registered with Her Majesty’s Revenue and Customs for charitable tax purposes, registration number XT5430.