Finance Score: -5
Governance Score: 6
Support Score: 1
  • Liabilities <10%: +3
  • Excess liquidity: -1
  • Multiple Deficits: -2
  • Fundraising costs high: -5
  • Good trustee age range: +3
  • Dynamic board: +3
  • Overall weighted support: +1
Overall GiG Score: 2 ?

TAMESIDE AND GLOSSOP HOSPICE LIMITED

To provide, free of charge, the highest quality supportive and end of life care to patients with life limiting illnesses, along with love, care and support to the families and carers during illness and continuing after bereavement. Hospice services also support patients newly diagnosed with a life limiting illness through treatments aiming for a full recovery.
Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

  • This charity has a robust balance sheet
  • 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 dynamic in terms of composition

Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

  • One or more trustees receive payments or benefits from the charity for providing services to the charity

Financial issues to consider:

  • Liquidity appeared to be in excess of CC guidelines at the latest year end
  • On several occasions in recent years income has been less than spending
  • Fundraising costs are extremely high relative to funds raised

Financial Data ?

Income & Spending ?
Sources of Income ?
Y/E Income
£k
Spending
£k
Surplus/
Deficit £k
Fundraising
Cost £k
Total
Funds £k
Unrestricted
Funds £k
Mths
Rsrvs
Staff Volun-
teers
30/04/23£3,354£3,847£-493£1,189£6,342£6,15319.2101480
30/04/22£4,183£3,817£366£1,278£6,908£6,65120.999492
30/04/21£3,986£3,363£624£1,006£6,694£6,48323.194561
30/04/20£3,549£3,725£-176£1,187£5,750£5,51217.8109591
30/04/19£3,332£3,636£-304£1,147£6,080£5,90619.5103615
30/04/18£3,764£3,455£309£1,011£6,381£6,21021.61020
30/04/17£3,123£3,143£-19£876£6,056£5,92322.61080
30/04/16*£2,947£2,988£-41£742£5,969£5,86723.6880
30/04/15£2,940£2,792£149£653£6,101£3,10113.3870
30/04/14£2,539£2,944£-404£659£5,914£3,02012.3840
30/04/13£2,813£2,742£71£671£6,240£6,24027.3610
30/04/12£3,442£2,943£499£601£6,102£6,10224.9610
30/04/11£2,982£2,642£340£550£5,612£5,61225.5610
30/04/10£2,173£2,434£-261£519£5,229£5,22925.8590
30/04/09£2,461£2,203£258£514£5,430£5,43029.6630
30/04/08£3,796£2,058£1,737£486£5,229£5,22930.5780
30/04/07£2,148£1,980£168£437£3,525£1,5719.5560
30/04/06£2,015£1,508£507n/an/an/an/an/an/a
30/04/05£1,161£1,348£-186n/an/an/an/an/an/a
30/04/04£1,133£1,269£-135n/an/an/an/an/an/a

Financial Ratios
Fundraising Costs/Relevant Income: 76.4%
Fundraising Costs/Total Spending: 31.3%
Senior Staff Costs/Total Spending: 2%
Highest pay band: £70,000-£80,000
Liabilities/Assets: 6%
Liabilities/Income: 13%
Unrestricted Funds/Total Funds: 97%
Reserves/Spending: 19.2 months
Net Current Assets/Spending: 2 months
Quick Ratio: 1.5
Asset Split ?
Balance Sheet History
Established: 31 years

www.willowwood.org.uk

admin@willowwood.org.uk

01613301100

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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 human resources
  • Provides services
Where it operates
  • Cheshire East, Derbyshire, Tameside,
Who it helps
  • Elderly/Old People
  • People With Disabilities
  • The General Public/Mankind

Who supports them? ?

Donations from Grant Makers ?

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

Specific Donations
Amount When
Months
To be used for
Garfield Weston Foundation - Main Grants award
£9,000 04/02/2022
Essential Building Maintenance repairs
Masonic Trust - MCF Hospice
£1,065 10/11/2021
Unrestricted funding for hospices
Masonic Trust - Hospice Grant
£2,718 19/10/2016
Core funding for hospices

Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (8)
Current Trustees appointed
Gender Split

Age Range of Trustees: 44-78
  • ELIZABETH NEEDHAM Appointed: 2019, Occupation: Retired
  • JOANNE ORMSTON Appointed: 2021, Occupation: Practice Manager
  • JOHN HADFIELD MALTBY Appointed: 1993, Occupation: Solicitor
  • MARTIN JOHN WILLESCROFT Appointed: 1993, Occupation: Retired
  • PAUL SCHOFIELD Appointed: 2021, Occupation: Head Of Employee Relation
  • PHILIP JOSEPH MILLSON (Chair) Appointed: 2020, Occupation: Chartered Surveyor And Company Director
  • STEPHEN FLANAGAN Appointed: 2014, Occupation: Lawyer
  • TIMOTHY JACKSON Appointed: 2021, Occupation: Retired/Consultancy
Legal constitution
  • Charitable company registered in England & Wales on 29/11/1993, number: 1029318
  • Registered at Companies House on 16/09/1993, number: 02854091
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
  • 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; AR16: 113 days late,
Recent reorganisation events:
  • Asset transfer in from DUKINFIELD WOMENS CLUB on 16/03/2022
  • Asset transfer in from CANCER WARRIORS on 20/11/2023
Main office

Tameside & Glossop Hospice Ltd
Willow Wood Hospice
Willow Wood Close
ASHTON-UNDER-LYNE
OL6 6SL

Objectives

TO PROMOTE THE RELIEF OF SICKNESS

Defined Area of Benefit:

NOT DEFINED, IN PRACTICE TAMESIDE AND GLOSSOP IN GREATER MAN

Data Sources

Charity Commission for England and Wales
360 Giving

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