Finance Score: 6
Governance Score: -1
Support Score: 2
  • Liabilities <10%: +3
  • Strong growth: +2
  • Multiple Deficits: -2
  • Fundraising costs low: +3
  • Only 4 Trustees: -1
  • Grant maker support: +2
Overall GiG Score: 7 ?

HATZOLA NORTHWEST TRUST 

To Provide emergency ambulance and first aid services in north west London area.
Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

  • The charity has received modest backing from several prominent grant makers recently
  • This charity has a robust balance sheet
  • There has been strong growth in spending over the last 5 years
  • Fundraising costs are unusually low relative to funds raised

Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

  • There are only 4 trustees

Financial issues to consider:

  • On several occasions in recent years income has been 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
31/03/23£1,797£932£865£79£1,567£1,06513.7282
31/03/22£813£706£107£12£702£4728154
31/03/21£482£488£-6n/an/an/an/an/a60
31/03/20£358£413£-55n/an/an/an/an/a45
31/03/19£231£401£-170n/an/an/an/an/a45
31/03/18£768£409£359£111£826£59617.500
31/03/17*£361£343£18£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/16*£151£288£-138£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/15*£543£227£316£99£587£58630.900
31/03/14£183£187£-4£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/13£162£183£-21£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/12£292£191£101£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/11£142£120£22£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/10£122£132£-11£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/09£136£139£-3£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/08£76£114£-38£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/07£71£114£-43£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/06£110£104£6£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/05£133£92£41£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/04£76£77£-1£0£0£0n/a00

Financial Ratios
Fundraising Costs/Relevant Income: 4.4%
Fundraising Costs/Total Spending: 8.4%
Highest pay band: Less than £60,000
Liabilities/Assets: 2%
Liabilities/Income: 1%
Unrestricted Funds/Total Funds: 68%
Reserves/Spending: 13.7 months
Net Current Assets/Spending: 15 months
Quick Ratio: 35.7
Asset Split ?
Established: 30 years

www.hatzolanw.org

info@hatzolanw.org

02034327753

Charity Commission for England and Wales
UN SDGs
?
Listed activities
  • The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives
GiG Classification
  • General outpatient health-care services
How it operates
  • Provides services
Where it operates
  • Barnet, Brent, Camden,
Who it helps
  • The General Public/Mankind
Who works here?
  • 2 employees
  • 82 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
National Lottery Community Fund - Enhanced Emotional Support Programme for Frontline Volunteers
£10,000 22/04/2022
The funding will be used to continue the emotional wellbeing support for volunteer frontline medical emergency responders. The aim of the project is to train volunteers in Mental Health First Aid ....more
National Lottery Community Fund - Emotional Support Programme for Frontline Volunteers
£10,000 22/01/2021
12
The funding will be used to develop emotional and mental health wellbeing support for volunteer frontline workers. The project aims to protect and support volunteers to improve mental health ....more

Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (4)

Legal constitution
  • Charity registered in England & Wales on 20/10/1994, number: 1041441
Gift Aid
  • Registered with HMRC for Gift Aid
Other Regulators
  • Care Quality Commission
Policies in force
  • Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
  • Campaigns and political activity policy and procedures
  • Complaints handling
  • Complaints policy and procedures
  • Engaging external speakers at charity events policy and procedures
  • Financial reserves policy and procedures
  • Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
  • Internal risk management policy and procedures
  • Investing charity funds policy and procedures
  • 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; AR17: 54 days late, AR16: 92 days late, AR15: 39 days late,
Main office

The Sorting Office
2a St Georges Road
London
NW11 0LR

Objectives

1.THE PROTECTION AND PRESERVATION OF HEALTH; 2. THE RELIEF OF SICKNESS; AND SUCH OTHER CHARITABLE PURPOSES AS THE TRUSTEES SHALL IN THEIR ABSOLUTE DISCRETION FROM TIME TO TIME THINK FIT, IN PARTICULAR BY THE PROVISION OF FIRST AID RELIEF AND ASSISTANCE TO PERSONS WHO ARE ILL OR SICK OR OTHERWISE IN NEED OF MEDICAL CARE AND ATTENTION OR HOSPITAL OR CLINICAL NURSING SERVICES AND THE PROVISION OF FIRST AID TRAINING AND THE PROVISION OF FIRST AID COVER AT PUBLIC EVENTS

Defined Area of Benefit:

NOT DEFINED IN PRACTICE LONDON

Data Sources

Charity Commission for England and Wales
360 Giving
CharityBase
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