Finance Score: -6
Governance Score: 2
Support Score: 4
  • Spending declining: -1
  • Multiple Deficits and declines: -5
  • No PartB
  • 12+ Trustees: -1
  • Gender balanced board: +3
  • Large volunteers +3
  • Grant maker support: +1
Overall GiG Score: 0 ?

THE FRIENDS OF THE CHELSEA AND WESTMINSTER HOSPITAL 

The Friends provide services within the hospital to enhance the patients' stay. It also buys equipment for Chelsea and Westminster Hospital. It does this through various fundraising activities throughout the year.
Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

  • This charity has been successful in attracting volunteers relative to its size
  • The charity has received modest backing from a grant maker
  • The Board appears to be well diversified in terms of gender

Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

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

Financial issues to consider:

  • A PartB annual return has not been required and so detailed financial information is not available from the online data
  • Spending is declining
  • Income has been volatile and on several occasions in recent years less than spending

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£66£79£-13n/an/an/an/an/a25
31/12/21£52£111£-59n/an/an/an/an/a25
31/12/20£134£89£44n/an/an/an/an/a27
31/12/19£134£94£39n/an/an/an/an/a26
31/12/18£231£139£92£0£0£0n/a026
31/12/17£105£112£-7£0£0£0n/a00
31/12/16£134£142£-8£0£0£0n/a00
31/12/15*£110£146£-36£0£0£0n/a00
31/12/14£86£101£-15£0£0£0n/a00
31/12/13£101£128£-27£0£0£0n/a00
31/12/12£157£170£-13£0£0£0n/a00
31/12/11£101£120£-19£0£0£0n/a00
31/12/10£184£199£-15£0£0£0n/a00
31/12/09£182£102£80£0£0£0n/a00
31/12/08£163£166£-3£0£0£0n/a00
31/12/07£157£215£-58£0£0£0n/a00
31/12/06£118£118£0£0£0£0n/a00
31/12/05£99£136£-37£0£0£0n/a00
31/12/04£124£124£0£0£0£0n/a00

Highest pay bracket: less than £60,000
Established: 31 years

www.cwfriends.org.uk

friends.office@chelwest.nhs.uk

02033158825

Charity Commission for England and WalesX
UN SDGs
?
Listed activities
  • The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives
GiG Classification
  • General hospitals
How it operates
  • Makes Grants to Organisations
  • Provides services
Where it operates
  • Kensington And Chelsea,
Who it helps
  • The General Public/Mankind
Who works here?
  • Unknown number of employees
  • 25 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.

Specific Donations
Amount When
Months
To be used for
Wates Foundation - The Friends of the Chelsea & Westminster Hospital
£6,700 03/10/2018
To fund a Butterfly Room, which are side rooms off the main wards that are dedicated to patients near the end of life.

Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (13)
Current Trustees appointed
Gender Split
Based on 11/13 persons

Age Range of Trustees:
Legal constitution
  • Charity registered in England & Wales on 29/01/1993, number: 1016883
Gift Aid
  • Registered with HMRC for Gift Aid
Policies in force
  • Complaints handling
  • Conflicting interests
  • Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
  • Volunteer management
Filing Record
19 returns made; AR15: 45 days late,
Main office

Friends of
Chelsea & Westminster Hospital
369 Fulham Road
LONDON
SW10 9NH

Objectives

TO RELIEVE PATIENTS AND FORMER PATIENTS OF THE HOSPITAL(S) AND OTHER INVALIDS IN THE COMMUNITY WHO ARE SICK CONVALESCENT DISABLED HANDICAPPED INFIRM OR IN NEED OF FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE AND GENERALLY TO SUPPORT THE CHARITABLE WORK OF THE SAID HOSPITAL

Defined Area of Benefit:

NOT DEFINED IN PRACTICE CHELSEA AND WESTMINSTER

Data Sources

Charity Commission for England and Wales
360 Giving
CharityBase
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