Finance Score: 3
Governance Score: 6
Support Score: 9
  • Liabilities <10%: +3
  • Excess liquidity: -1
  • Large legacies income: +1
  • Good trustee age range: +3
  • Gender balanced board: +3
  • Grant maker support: +9
Overall GiG Score: 18 ?

HOPE HOUSE CHILDREN'S HOSPICES 

Hope House Children's Hospices provides palliative care for babies, children and young adults up to the age of 25 and support for their family. Care is provided at home, in hospital and at two specially designed hospices, Hope House in Shropshire and Ty Gobaith in North Wales. Services include respite, emergency care, end of life care, social work, sibling support and counselling.
Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

  • This charity has a robust balance sheet
  • This charity has received considerable income from legacies in recent years
  • Spending has increased over the last 3 years relative to the previous period
  • 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 age and gender

Financial issues to consider:

  • Liquidity appeared to be in excess of CC guidelines at the latest year end especially considering the historic stability of income
Established: 33 years

www.hopehouse.org.uk

info@hopehouse.org.uk

01691671999

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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
31/12/22£12,277£11,310£967£1,228£15,647£15,46216.4251480
31/12/21*£10,236£9,327£909£976£15,406£15,23919.6249445
31/12/20*£10,241£8,420£1,820£2,909£14,114£14,04120248588
31/12/19£9,763£9,121£642£3,377£12,177£12,03915.8251600
31/12/18£9,081£8,761£320£3,189£11,232£6,6299.1250634
31/12/17£8,784£8,774£10£3,202£11,062£11,06215.12520
31/12/16£7,740£9,111£-1,371£3,473£10,865£10,86514.32430
31/12/15£7,811£7,940£-129£2,699£11,935£11,935182310
31/12/14£7,672£7,553£119£2,514£12,231£12,23119.42040
31/12/13£7,592£6,945£647£2,214£12,022£12,02220.81980
31/12/12£6,470£6,480£-10£2,088£11,249£11,24920.81910
31/12/11£6,238£6,326£-89£2,030£11,181£11,18121.21640
31/12/10£5,787£6,006£-219£2,015£11,263£11,26322.51610
31/12/09£6,690£5,651£1,039£1,847£11,418£11,41824.21570
31/12/08£6,056£5,182£874£1,699£10,341£10,34123.91470
31/12/07£4,992£4,818£174£1,599£9,482£9,48223.61450
31/12/06£4,218£3,495£723£0£0£0n/a00
31/12/05£3,340£3,145£195£0£0£0n/a00
31/12/04£3,868£2,701£1,167£0£0£0n/a00

Financial Ratios
Fundraising Costs/Relevant Income: 17.4%
Fundraising Costs/Total Spending: 11.2%
Senior Staff Costs/Total Spending: 4%
Highest pay band: £110,000-£120,000
Liabilities/Assets: 4%
Liabilities/Income: 5%
Unrestricted Funds/Total Funds: 99%
Reserves/Spending: 16.4 months
Net Current Assets/Spending: 4 months
Quick Ratio: 3.7
Asset Split ?
Listed activities
  • Disability
  • The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives
How it operates
  • Provides advocacy/advice/information
  • Provides buildings/facilities/open space
  • Provides services
Where it operates
  • Cheshire East, Cheshire West & Chester, Conwy, Denbighshire, Flintshire, Isle Of Anglesey, Powys, Shropshire, Telford & Wrekin, Wrexham,
Who it helps
  • Children/Young People
  • People With Disabilities
Who works here?
  • 251 employees
  • 480 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
BBC Children in Need£203,450
Wolfson Foundation£100,000
National Lottery Community Fund£86,363
Garfield Weston Foundation£50,000
Specific Donations
Amount When
Months
To be used for
BBC Children in Need - Grant to Hope House Children's Hospices
£120,000 07/08/2023
This grant will provide support for siblings of children and young people with life-limiting conditions in Shropshire. Intended outcomes are increased positive relationships, improved wellbeing, and ....more
Cheshire Community Foundation - Transition Nurse at Ty Gobaith
£5,000 29/09/2022
Transition Nurse at Ty Gobaith
Garfield Weston Foundation - Main Grants award
£20,000 26/08/2022
Hospice Refurbishment - Hope House
Masonic Trust - MCF Hospice
£840 10/11/2021
Unrestricted funding for hospices
Masonic Trust - MCF Hospice
£950 10/11/2021
Unrestricted funding for hospices
Co-Operative Group - Grant to Hope House Children’s Hospice
£1,593 23/10/2021
We would provide a programme of support to brothers and sisters of terminally ill children, including one-to-one therapeutic emotional and bereavement support, days out, events and activities.
National Lottery Community Fund - Hospice Key Working for families in north-east Wales
£81,363 19/08/2021
Hope House Children's Hospices will use £81363 to support families of children with palliative/complex care needs. The project will provide emotional and practical support to enhance the quality of ....more
Cheshire Community Foundation - Key Working
£9,943 25/06/2021
Hope House Children's Hospices provides care and support for terminally and seriously ill children and their families. The project will help fund a key worker to provide greater support for families ....more
National Lottery Community Fund - COVID-19 - An Ozone Generation Machine for Ty Gobaith Children's Hospice
£5,000 10/11/2020
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Hope House Children’s Hospices will purchase a disinfectant machine to enable Covid-19 safe room turnover so that children can access the services they need. £5000 will fund an Ozone Generating ....more
BBC Children in Need - Grant to Hope House Children's Hospices
£79,950 09/09/2020
18
COVID19 - This project will provide palliative nursing care for children and young people with life-limiting conditions that have been further affected by Covid-19. They will have increased care, ....more
BBC Children in Need - Grant to Hope House Children's Hospices
£3,500 17/06/2020
6
COVID19 - This grant will fund 124 activity packs to bereaved children and young people in Shropshire who are isolated at home due to Covid-19. Outcomes include reduced isolation and improved ....more
Wolfson Foundation - Grant to Hope House Children's Hospices
£100,000 11/06/2020
Therapy pool
Garfield Weston Foundation - Main Grants award - COVID19 response
£30,000 07/05/2020
Hope House Children's Hospice Aquatic Therapy Pool Refurb
Co-Operative Group - Grant to Hope House
£2,901 15/11/2019
We want to take siblings on special days out, giving them the chance to meet others in similar situations and have time out to be a child.
BBC Children in Need - Grant to Hope House Childrens Hospice
£93,654 11/10/2016
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Bydd y grant yma yn darparu gwasanaeth i gefnogi siblingiaid plant cyfyng bywyd a therfynnol wael. Byddant yn cynyddyu eu hyder, yn gallu gwell ymdopi a'i sefyllfaoedd, ac yn cael fwy o hwyl.
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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: 30-70
  • GARY MORTON Appointed: 2020, Occupation: Group Chief Executive
  • STEPHEN HENLY (Chair) Appointed: 2011, Occupation: Company Director
  • SARAH GRIFFITH Appointed: 2023, Occupation: Head Of People & Development
Legal constitution
  • Charitable company registered in England & Wales on 12/08/1991, number: 1003859
  • Registered at Companies House on 04/03/1991, number: 02588103
Gift Aid
  • Registered with HMRC for Gift Aid
Event History
Other Regulators
  • Care Quality Commission
  • Healthcare Inspectorate Wales (HIW)
Policies in force
  • Complaints handling
  • Conflicting interests
  • Investment
  • Paying staff
  • Risk management
  • Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
  • Volunteer management
Filing Record
19 returns made; AR21: 2 days late, AR20: 2 days late,
Recent reorganisation events:
  • Asset transfer in from THE ISABELLE LOTTIE FOUNDATION on 17/11/2021
  • Asset transfer in from CREATASMILE on 01/02/2022
  • Asset transfer in from CREATASMILE on 16/02/2022
  • Asset transfer in from PENSIONS CHARITY OF CHARLES JONES on 23/08/2022
Main office

HOPE HOUSE CHILDRENS HOSPICE
NANT LANE
MORDA
OSWESTRY
SY10 9BX

Objectives

TO PROMOTE THE RELIEF OF ILLNESS AND SUFFERING IN SUCH A WAY AS THE ASSOCIATION SHALL FROM TIME TO TIME THINK FIT.

Defined Area of Benefit:

IN PARTICULAR IN SHROPSHIRE AND THE ADJACENT COUNTIES OF ENGLAND AND IN WALES

Data Sources

Charity Commission for England and Wales
360 Giving
CharityBase
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