Finance Score: -12
Governance Score: -2
Support Score: 5
  • Excess liquidity: -1
  • Spending falling: -1
  • Multiple Deficits and declines: -5
  • Fundraising costs high: -5
  • No volunteer policy: -2
  • Grant maker support: +5
Overall GiG Score: -9 ?

MANCHESTER UNIVERSITY NHS FOUNDATION TRUST CHARITY 

The Charity activities include improvements to the patient environment ,delivery of healthcare and a commitment to provide funding for research , training and education.Allocated expenditure in the year was used on the following categories ; 28% research , 16% patient related ,14% staff related and contributions to capital of 42% which were spent on equipment and refurbishments.
Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

  • The charity has received backing from several prominent grant makers recently

Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

  • Although this charity works with volunteers it does not have a Volunteer Management policy
  • This charity uses a corporate trustee

Financial issues to consider:

  • Liquidity appeared to be in excess of CC guidelines at the latest year end
  • Spending has fallen significantly over the last 5 years relative to the previous period
  • Income has been volatile and on several occasions in recent years less than spending
  • Fundraising costs are extremely high relative to funds raised
Established: 29 years
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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£3,824£5,028£-1,204£2,324£16,196£6,698160564
31/03/22£5,188£6,191£-1,003£2,051£19,049£9,04817.5096
31/03/21£9,805£10,988£-1,183£1,907£19,612£7,5508.20380
31/03/20£8,366£8,455£-89£2,049£16,936£6,4239.10380
31/03/19£7,793£7,850£-57£1,593£18,094£8,80313.50291
31/03/18£14,022£9,535£4,487£1,509£17,578£8,89611.200
31/03/17£4,634£5,212£-578£1,409£13,743£10,25623.600
31/03/16*£4,634£5,212£-578£1,162£15,254£12,33928.400
31/03/15£5,439£5,790£-351£951£15,810£15,60032.300
31/03/14£4,813£7,241£-2,428£820£15,160£15,00324.9160
31/03/13£3,777£5,487£-1,709£646£17,570£17,57038.4180
31/03/12£4,537£3,300£1,237£528£18,055£18,05565.700
31/03/11£5,025£7,478£-2,453£501£16,282£16,28226.100
31/03/10£6,884£12,164£-5,280£774£18,651£18,65118.400
31/03/09£7,518£6,802£716£530£22,269£22,26939.300
31/03/08£6,887£8,364£-1,477£366£23,790£23,79034.100
31/03/07£6,683£4,914£1,769£385£27,461£27,46167.100
31/03/06£4,440£4,015£425£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/05£3,440£3,237£203£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/04£2,915£3,254£-339£0£0£0n/a00

Financial Ratios
Fundraising Costs/Relevant Income: 83.3%
Fundraising Costs/Total Spending: 49.5%
Highest pay band: Less than £60,000
Liabilities/Assets: 34%
Liabilities/Income: 218%
Unrestricted Funds/Total Funds: 41%
Reserves/Spending: 16 months
Net Current Assets/Spending: -16 months
Quick Ratio: 0.2
Asset Split ?
Listed activities
  • Education/Training
  • General Charitable Purposes
  • Religious Activities
  • The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives
How it operates
  • Makes Grants to Organisations
  • Sponsors or undertakes research
Where it operates
  • Bolton, Bury, Manchester City, Oldham, Rochdale, Salford City, Stockport, Tameside, Trafford, Wigan,
Who it helps
  • Children/Young People
  • Elderly/Old People
  • People With Disabilities
  • The General Public/Mankind
Who works here?
  • Unknown number of employees
  • 564 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
Wolfson Foundation - Grant to Manchester Foundation Trust Charity
£250,000 09/12/2020
New facility for the National Breast Imaging Academy
Manchester City Council - Grant to Manchester Uni NHS FT Charity
£3,612 20/02/2020
Funding towards development of a garden area
Youth Music - Medical Notes: Music at the Heart of Life (2)
£98,527 16/11/2018
Medical Notes: Music at the Heart of Life (2)
Pears Foundation - Grant to Manchester Foundation Trust Charity
£82,771 24/05/2018
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Pears #iwill Fund: Youth Volunteering and Employability Development Project at Manchester NHS Foundation Trust
One Manchester - Residential trips to the Lake District for children with burns injuries
£4,000 01/05/2018
Funding will support Manchester Children's Burns Camp provide week long residential trip to the Lake District for children with burns injuries. Won first prize in April community soup.
Garfield Weston Foundation - Main Grants award
£50,000 06/02/2018
New Diabetes and Endocrinology Centre
National Lottery Community Fund - Equipment for Manchester Royal Infirmary
£10,000 01/03/2012
12
This is a project by a registered charity in Manchester. The organisation will use the funding to purchase a Biodex Body Weight Support System and Gait Trainer, for local patients suffering from gait ....more
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Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (1)

  • MANCHESTER UNIVERSITY NHS FOUNDATION TRUST
Legal constitution
  • Charity registered in England & Wales on 19/09/1995, number: 1049274
Gift Aid
  • Registered with HMRC for Gift Aid
Event History
Policies in force
  • Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
  • Campaigns and political activity 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
Filing Record
20 returns made; AR16: 1 days late,
Main office

Citylabs
Nelson Street
MANCHESTER
M13 9NQ

Objectives

FOR ANY CHARITABLE PURPOSE OR PURPOSES RELATING TO HOSPITAL SERVICES (INCLUDING RESEARCH) OR TO ANY OTHER PART OF THE HEALTH SERVICE ASSOCIATED WITH ANY HOSPITAL

Defined Area of Benefit:

NOT DEFINED

Data Sources

Charity Commission for England and Wales
360 Giving
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