Freedom of Information Request Ref. No. FOI2434

Royal Brompton Hospital

Sydney Street

London

SW3 6NP

T: +44 (0)20 7352 8121

11th August 2015

Dear J. Taylor

Freedom of Information Request Ref. No. FOI2434

We write with regard to the request for information contained in your email received by the Trust on

22nd July 2015.

You requested:

1. Which VAT advisor does the trust use? (E.g. Berthold Bauer, CRS, Liaison, EY, KPMG, etc.)

Paul Gapp – Accounting for VAT Limited

2. When did the contract start, and when does it end?

Started with Trust 2004 approx., contract is on-going.

3. What % fee or day rate do you pay?

Three monthly audit fee of £9750.00 plus VAT and yearly advisory service fee of £9900.00

plus VAT

4. How much did you pay for VAT advisory services in 2014/15?

Advisory service only - £9900.00 plus VAT

5. Do you use a provider for VAT re-reviews? If so, which one?

As above

6. What % fee or day rate do you pay for a re-review service?

As above

7. How much did you pay for this service in 2014/15?

Audit fee only £39000.00 plus VAT
8. Do you use any external provider to identify payments for duplicated invoices

(please state name)?

9. When did the contract start, and when does it end?

N/A
What % fee or rates do you pay for the service?

N/A

10. How much did they invoice the trust in 2014/15?

N/A
11. How much bad debt (UK) was written off in 2014/15?

£112,933

12. How much overseas debt was written off in 2014/15?

£352,554
13. Do you use any external provider to assist with debt collection (please state name)?

Yes – Controlaccount, mainly for UK debt , but they do some overseas, if a UK debtor

has gone abroad . Global Recovery for overseas debt.

14. What % fee or rates do you pay for the service?

Controlaccount – UK = 8%. Overseas 25%, plus individual fees if debt goes legal .

Global Recovery 25%

15. How much did they invoice the trust in 2014/15?

Controlaccount £6,850 Global £3,902
16. Do you use any external provider to ensure invoices correlate to the contract charges

i.e. checking volume discounts have been applied (please state name)?

No.

17. What % fee or rates does the trust pay for this service?

N/A.

We hope this response satisfies your request. Should you require further information or clarification, please do not hesitate to contact us.

Yours sincerely,

FOI Department

Royal Brompton & Harefield NHS Foundation Trust

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