Finance Score: -4
Governance Score: 8
Support Score: 6
  • Liabilities <10%: +3
  • Excess reserves: -3
  • Income diversified: +3
  • Multiple Deficits: -2
  • Fundraising costs high: -5
  • 12+ Trustees: -1
  • Good trustee age range: +3
  • Dynamic board: +3
  • Gender balanced board: +3
  • Grant maker support: +6
Overall GiG Score: 10 ?

WESSEX CHILDREN'S HOSPICE TRUST 

Naomi House and Jacksplace Hospices provide essential care and support to life-limiting and life-threatened children, young adults and their families from across central southern England.
Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

  • This charity has a robust balance sheet
  • Income generation is well diversified
  • 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 age and gender and dynamic in terms of composition

Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

  • There are 13 trustees whereas the Charities Commission recommends a maximum of 12

Financial issues to consider:

  • This charity has substantial assets and unrestricted reserves of £23,706,086 available, equivalent to 35 months of spending and so may not be able to utilise additional funding
  • On several occasions in recent years income has been less than spending
  • Fundraising costs are extremely high relative to funds raised
Established: 33 years

www.naomihouse.org.uk

katie.lumsden@naomihouse.org.uk

01962 760060

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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£7,945£8,072£-126£3,245£30,324£23,70635.2165463
31/03/22£7,979£7,195£783£2,926£30,651£23,83639.8161490
31/03/21£7,631£7,119£512£2,654£28,734£21,74036.6173200
31/03/20£7,516£8,300£-784£3,599£25,989£18,45226.7187550
31/03/19£10,353£9,022£1,331£3,312£27,153£19,24725.6183562
31/03/18£8,370£9,166£-796£3,616£25,013£17,27722.61880
31/03/17£8,031£8,564£-533£3,362£25,556£17,861251790
31/03/16£7,778£8,018£-240£3,423£24,926£17,26525.81600
31/03/15£8,798£8,419£378£3,231£25,269£17,77525.31380
31/03/14£7,305£6,965£339£2,839£24,095£17,24329.71260
31/03/13£6,910£6,186£723£2,554£23,618£17,13733.21210
31/03/12£6,193£6,068£125£2,271£22,143£14,73429.11200
31/03/11£6,737£6,191£546£2,268£21,275£12,98525.21220
31/03/10£7,879£5,046£2,832£2,058£20,140£11,17326.61060
31/03/09£6,763£4,618£2,145£1,859£16,638£10,05026.1990
31/03/08£12,193£4,144£8,049£1,706£18,788£11,77334.1940
31/03/07£4,711£3,818£894£1,482£11,161£10,92734.3880
31/03/06£3,860£3,412£448£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/05£2,922£2,890£33£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/04£2,722£2,398£325£0£0£0n/a00

Financial Ratios
Fundraising Costs/Relevant Income: 73.7%
Fundraising Costs/Total Spending: 41.7%
Senior Staff Costs/Total Spending: 4%
Highest pay band: £90,000-£100,000
Liabilities/Assets: 3%
Liabilities/Income: 11%
Unrestricted Funds/Total Funds: 78%
Reserves/Spending: 35.2 months
Net Current Assets/Spending: 5 months
Quick Ratio: 2.8
Asset Split ?
Listed activities
  • The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives
How it operates
  • Provides buildings/facilities/open space
  • Provides services
Where it operates
  • Dorset, Hampshire, Isle Of Wight, Surrey, West Berkshire, West Sussex, Wiltshire,
Who it helps
  • Children/Young People
Who works here?
  • 165 employees
  • 463 volunteers

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
Department of Health£1,375,524
Sir Jules Thorn Charitable Trust£5,000
Masonic Trust£2,400
Community Foundation for Surrey£1,000
Specific Donations
Amount When
Months
To be used for
Community Foundation for Surrey - Funding towards the essential running costs of a charity that supporting children and young people experiencing life limiting and life threatening conditions
£1,000 01/02/2024
11.774193548387
Funding towards the essential running costs of a charity that supporting children and young people experiencing life limiting and life threatening conditions
Department of Health - Wessex Children's Hospice Trust (Naomi House)
£754,769 01/06/2022
The grant supports the sustainable hospice service offer of palliative and end of life care for children and young people. Please note that these hospice grants were previously funded by DHSC and was ....more
Sir Jules Thorn Charitable Trust - Wessex Children's Hospice Trust - 30/09/21
£5,000 29/11/2021
Core Funding
Masonic Trust - MCF Hospice
£780 10/11/2021
Unrestricted funding for hospices
Masonic Trust - MCF Hospice
£1,620 10/11/2021
Unrestricted funding for hospices
Department of Health - Wessex Children's Hospice Trust (Naomi House)
£620,755 14/09/2021
The grant supports the sustainable hospice service offer of palliative and end of life care for children and young people.
Ministry of Defence - Financial Assistance/Support
£95,000 01/04/2018
Banking fines - Treasury to direct to various Armed Forces causes
Masonic Trust - Hospice Grant
£3,514 19/10/2016
Core funding for hospices
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Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (13)
Current Trustees appointed
Gender Split
Based on 12/13 persons

Age Range of Trustees: 40-69
Legal constitution
  • Charitable company registered in England & Wales on 09/05/1991, number: 1002832
  • Registered at Companies House on 15/04/1991, number: 02601495
Gift Aid
  • Registered with HMRC for Gift Aid
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
  • Trustee expenses policy and procedures
  • Volunteer management
Filing Record
20 returns made; all on time
Recent reorganisation events:
  • Asset transfer in from HEARING CONCERN ROMSEY on 07/12/2021
Main office

WESSEX CHILDRENS HOSPICE TRUST
NAOMI HOUSE
STOCKBRIDGE ROAD
SUTTON SCOTNEY
WINCHESTER
SO21 3JE

Objectives

THE RELIEF OF SICKNESS AMONGST CHILDREN AND YOUNG PEOPLE.

Defined Area of Benefit:

IN PRACTICE WESSEX AND SURREY

Data Sources

Charity Commission for England and Wales
360 Giving
CharityBase
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