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UCLH CHARITY ANNUAL REPORT & ACCOUNTS 2018–19
TRUSTEES’ REPORT INCORPOR ATING STR ATEGIC REPORT
STRUCTURE, GOVERNANCE AND MANAGEMENT UCLH CHARITY STRUCTURE Following a restructuring process supported by the Department of Health and the Charity Commission, University College London Hospitals Charity reconstituted as a charitable company limited by guarantee registered with the Charity Commission (no.1165398) and Companies House (09980449). The charity is an incorporated organisation and operates under a Charity Commission Scheme dated 27 March 2017 and the trustees are members of the charitable company. Its objects are covered in its Articles of Association, dated 1 February 2016 and for the public benefit, to further any charitable purposes relating to any purposes of University College London NHS Foundation Trust or that of the health service.
TRUSTEES For continuation purposes, a number of trustees who were previously trustees of the former NHS charity became trustees of the new charity, carrying over their terms of office. New trustees are appointed by the trustee board after an appointment process. They are selected to provide the charity with a relevant mix of professional skills in health, law, investment management, properties, and charitable grant-making. Altogether the charity has seven trustees composed of four independent trustees, one Foundation Trust trustee and two clinical trustees nominated by the Foundation Trust. Newly appointed trustees are provided with packs which provide details on the duties and roles of a charity trustee and information about how the charity operates. In addition, new trustees meet the chairman and officers of the charity to discuss the organisation’s objectives and direction. Trustees are kept up to date regularly with changes relating to charity legislation. Conferences organised by legal, financial and investment professionals are available for trustees to attend. The charity is also a member of the Association of NHS Charities, which offers regular seminars for the trustees.
ORGANISATIONAL STRUCTURE TRUSTEES
Investment Committee
Property Committee
Renumeration Committee
Chief Executive
Charity Secretary
Development Director
Finance Director
ORGANISATION AND DECISION-MAKING PROCESS The trustees are responsible for setting the strategic direction of the organisation and for establishing policy. They meet quarterly to discuss and review the group and charity’s state of affairs. The trustees delegate the dayto-day administration of the charity to the chief executive who is supported by accounting and administrative staff. The charity invites applications for funding of projects through University College London Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust. Grant bids must be approved by the UCLH Senior Director Team before consideration by the trustees, to ensure that grants made are in line with the strategic direction of the Foundation Trust. Grant bids which have been passed by the Foundation Trust are discussed at quarterly trustees’ meetings which the Foundation Trust’s chairman and chief executive are invited to attend in an advisory capacity. Decisions to approve all or part of a particular grant are made by the trustees following these discussions. There are three sub-committees, investment, property and remuneration. The remuneration sub-committee recommends a level of remuneration for key management personnel comprising the chief executive and the executive team. This sub-committee consists of at least three trustees with appropriate skills and experience. It meets at least once a year and reports to the full board of trustees. Further details of key management personnel and their remuneration are given in note 11.
