Finance Score: 4
Governance Score: 1
Support Score: 4
  • Liabilities <10%: +3
  • Excess reserves: -3
  • Income diversified: +3
  • Large legacies income: +1
  • No volunteer policy: -2
  • Gender balanced board: +3
  • Grant maker support: +4
Overall GiG Score: 9 ?

CHILDREN'S HOSPICE SOUTH WEST 

Provision of hospice care for life-limited children and their families
Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

  • This charity has a robust balance sheet
  • Income generation is well diversified
  • This charity has received considerable income from legacies in recent years
  • There have been no material income shortfalls in recent years
  • A significant proportion of recent income was derived from major grant makers including the Government
  • The Board appears to be well diversified in terms of gender

Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

  • Although this charity works with volunteers it does not have a Volunteer Management policy

Financial issues to consider:

  • This charity has substantial assets and unrestricted reserves of £44,461,461 available, equivalent to 32 months of spending and so may not be able to utilise additional funding

Financial Data ?

Income & Spending ?
Sources of Income ?
Y/E Income
£k
Spending
£k
Surplus/
Deficit
Fundraising
Cost £k
Total
Funds £k
Unrestricted
Funds £k
Mths
Rsrvs
Staff Volun-
teers
31/03/23£21,503£16,825£4,678£2,035£52,676£44,46131.7372770
31/03/22£18,309£14,882£3,427£1,970£47,879£45,62736.8354900
31/03/21£18,786£15,611£3,175£1,751£43,996£41,78932.1359835
31/03/20£15,773£15,083£690£5,732£39,176£37,06929.5377900
31/03/19£13,840£14,461£-621£5,399£39,524£37,33931281800
31/03/18£14,734£13,676£1,058£5,170£39,898£37,83833.22710
31/03/17£12,708£12,057£651£4,705£39,078£20,64020.52490
31/03/16£12,161£11,923£238£4,527£37,367£18,913192430
31/03/15?£16,951£13,645£3,306£5,837£37,588£19,10216.82260
31/12/13£11,843£10,035£1,808£4,113£34,006£15,68418.82130
31/12/12£11,718£9,441£2,277£3,676£31,587£13,32816.91960
31/12/11£10,502£8,413£2,089£3,329£28,979£10,88915.51590
31/12/10£10,234£7,130£3,104£2,746£27,058£10,23917.21390
31/12/09£8,372£6,422£1,950£2,436£23,685£8,39415.71290
31/12/08£7,324£6,435£889£2,472£21,452£8,00914.91290
31/12/07£7,780£5,401£2,378£1,969£21,109£8,91619.81050
31/12/06£7,909£4,244£3,666£0£0£0n/a00
31/12/05£6,522£3,766£2,757£0£0£0n/a00
31/12/04£5,843£3,656£2,187£0£0£0n/a00

Financial Ratios
Fundraising Costs/Relevant Income: 14.7%
Fundraising Costs/Total Spending: 12.7%
Senior Staff Costs/Total Spending: 6%
Highest pay band: £110,000-£120,000
Liabilities/Assets: 6%
Liabilities/Income: 17%
Unrestricted Funds/Total Funds: 84%
Reserves/Spending: 31.7 months
Net Current Assets/Spending: 7 months
Quick Ratio: 4.9
Asset Split ?
Established: 33 years

www.chsw.org.uk

enquiries@chsw.org.uk

01271325270

Charity Commission for England and WalesCompanies House
UN SDGs
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Listed activities
  • The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives
GiG Classification
  • Hospice & bereavement services
How it operates
  • Provides advocacy/advice/information
  • Provides services
  • Sponsors or undertakes research
Where it operates
  • Bath And North East Somerset, Bristol City, Cornwall, Devon, Isles Of Scilly, North Somerset, Somerset, South Gloucestershire, Wiltshire,
Who it helps
  • Children/Young People

Who's supporting them? ?

Donations from Grant Makers ?

We have details on the following significant donations. Multi-year donations are allocated to the years for which they are earmarked.

Major supporters in last 5 years
BBC Children in Need£185,231
Masonic Trust£6,130
Sir Jules Thorn Charitable Trust£5,000
Co-Operative Group£3,785
Specific Donations
Amount When
Months
To be used for
Masonic Trust - MCF Matched Funding
£1,000 31/10/2022
Unrestricted matched funding in partnership with the local masonic province
BBC Children in Need - Grant to Childrens Hospice South West
£500 20/10/2022
0
‘Cost of Living uplift: £500 to help projects meet their rising costs and respond to increased demand 31/10/2022’
Sir Jules Thorn Charitable Trust - Children's Hospice South West - 01/10/21
£5,000 29/11/2021
Core Funding
Masonic Trust - MCF Hospice
£1,395 10/11/2021
Unrestricted funding for hospices
Masonic Trust - MCF Hospice
£1,395 10/11/2021
Unrestricted funding for hospices
Masonic Trust - MCF Hospice
£1,340 10/11/2021
Unrestricted funding for hospices
Masonic Trust - MCF Matched Funding
£1,000 02/06/2021
Unrestricted matched funding in partnership with the local masonic province
Trusthouse Charitable Foundation - Grant to Children's Hospice South West
£2,000 02/02/2021
5% as running costs for a children's hospice in Devon.
Co-Operative Group - Grant to Little Harbour Care & Training Equipment
£3,785 24/10/2020
We would like to buy some new, much needed equipment for our hospice.
BBC Children in Need - Grant to Childrens Hospice South West
£80,000 09/09/2020
18
COVID19 - This project will deliver community-based hospice care to children and young people with life limiting illnesses and isolated due to Covid-19. The activities will help to improve their ....more
BBC Children in Need - Grant to Childrens Hospice South West
£104,731 26/06/2019
36
This project will provide activities for children and young people with long-term or life-limiting illnesses and their siblings. The sessions will help increase their emotional wellbeing, improve ....more
Quartet Community Foundation - Grant to Children's Hospice South West
£2,500 27/03/2019
As requested by the donor.
National Lottery Community Fund - Starborn Room and Car Park Refurbishment
£10,000 22/03/2019
12
The funding will be used to construct a room at the hospice for a child during their end of life care, and also refurbish the car park. The project aims to create a space for families to spend time ....more
Co-Operative Group - Grant to Children's Hospice South West
£5,150 19/11/2018
Help us purchase/replace vital care equipment such as baby monitors for the life-limited children at our hospice.
Quartet Community Foundation - Grant to Children's Hospice South West
£5,000 03/05/2018
As requested by the donor towards support for children with life-limiting illnesses and their families.
Quartet Community Foundation - Grant to Children's Hospice South West
£2,500 13/03/2018
As requested by the donor towards support for children with life-limiting illnesses and their families.
Quartet Community Foundation - Grant to Children's Hospice South West
£2,500 26/05/2017
As requested by the donor towards support for children with life-limiting illnesses and their families.
Quartet Community Foundation - Grant to Children's Hospice South West
£5,000 27/04/2017
As requested by the donor towards support for children with life-limiting illnesses and their families.
Quartet Community Foundation - Grant to Children's Hospice South West
£2,500 24/05/2016
As requested by the donor
National Lottery Community Fund - TPP1- Transforming Play: Raising smiles for precious lives
£26,400 29/03/2016
12
They will put play at the heart of their hospices supporting life-limited children and their siblings. Activities will include treasure hunts, storytelling, music therapy and days out. There will ....more
Andrew Lloyd Webber Foundation - Grant to Children's Hospice South West
£10,000 12/03/2015
Music Therapy service at hospice in Devon
National Lottery Community Fund - Transform: a Multi-Sensory facility for life-limited children in Devon
£10,000 07/05/2014
12
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Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (9)
Current Trustees appointed
Gender Split

Age Range of Trustees: 56-75
  • NICOLA MASON Appointed: 2016, Occupation: Marketing Procurement Consultant
  • PATRICIA MORRIS (Chair) Appointed: 2016, Occupation: Management & Training Consultant
Legal constitution
  • Charitable company registered in England & Wales on 28/06/1991, number: 1003314
  • Registered at Companies House on 17/06/1991, number: 02620879
Gift Aid
  • Registered with HMRC for Gift Aid
Event History
Other Regulators
  • Care Quality Commission
Policies in force
  • Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
  • Complaints handling
  • Complaints policy and procedures
  • Conflicting interests
  • Financial reserves policy and procedures
  • Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
  • Internal risk management policy and procedures
  • Investing charity funds policy and procedures
  • Investment
  • Paying staff
  • Risk management
  • Safeguarding policy and procedures
  • Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
  • Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
  • Social media policy and procedures
  • Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
Filing Record
19 returns made; all on time
Recent reorganisation events:
  • Asset transfer in from THE CENTRE CLUB on 29/10/2019
  • Asset transfer in from KAYLUMS KISSES on 19/10/2020
  • Asset transfer in from KINGSKERSWELL SUMMER MOON TRUST on 21/10/2022
Main office

LITTLE BRIDGE HOUSE
REDLANDS ROAD
FREMINGTON
BARNSTAPLE
DEVON
EX31 2PZ

Objectives

THE RELIEF OF CHILDREN AND YOUNG PERSONS PARTICULARLY THOSE WHO ARE RESIDENT IN THE SOUTH WESTERN COUNTIES OF ENGLAND AND WHO ARE SUFFERING FROM CHRONIC OR TERMINAL DISEASE AND TO RELIEVE THE FAMILIES OF SUCH CHILDREN AND YOUNG PERSONS WHO ARE IN CONDITIONS OF NEED,HARDSHIP OR DISTRESS.

Defined Area of Benefit:

SOUTH WESTERN COUNTIES OF ENGLAND

Data Sources

Charity Commission for England and Wales
360 Giving
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