Finance Score: 4
Governance Score: 0
Support Score: 0
  • Liabilities <10%: +3
  • Excess reserves: -2
  • Large legacies income: +2
  • Multiple Deficits: -2
  • Fundraising costs low: +3
    • No supporters identified
    Overall GiG Score: 4 ?

    BUCKINGHAMSHIRE HEALTHCARE NHS TRUST CHARITABLE FUND 

    Buckinghamshire Healthcare NHS Trust Charitable Fund seeks to support Buckinghamshire Healthcare NHS Trust to provide a safe, high quality service, to enhance the patient experience through teamwork, innovation and the application of nationally recognised best practise.
    Analysis by Giving is Great

    Positives:

    • This charity has a robust balance sheet
    • This charity has received more than half of its income from legacies in recent years
    • Fundraising costs are unusually low relative to funds raised

    Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

    • This charity uses a corporate trustee

    Financial issues to consider:

    • This charity has substantial assets and unrestricted reserves of £5,048,000 available, equivalent to 27 months of spending and so may not be able to utilise additional funding
    • On several occasions in recent years income has been less than spending
    Established: 28 years

    https://www.buckshospitalscharity.org/

    bht.charity@nhs.net

    01494734773

    Charity Commission for England and Wales
    UN SDGs
    ?

    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£3,555£2,212£1,343£45£10,214£5,04827.440
    31/03/22£627£1,152£-525£53£9,275£3,83239.930
    31/03/21£1,080£1,054£26£7£9,330£3,63141.320
    31/03/20£1,043£1,685£-642£0£7,943£2,9422120
    31/03/19£1,015£1,989£-974£0£9,544£3,24119.620
    31/03/18£641£1,263£-622£0£10,425£3,43832.720
    31/03/17*£2,848£1,410£1,438£0£11,126£3,6413100
    31/03/16£1,260£1,289£-29£0£8,712£3,08528.720
    31/03/15£761£2,333£-1,572£138£9,099£2,79414.420
    31/03/14£1,428£806£622£141£10,429£4,04560.220
    31/03/13£2,854£2,307£547£120£9,551£3,55918.520
    31/03/12*£1,387£1,249£138£124£8,208£4,00038.420
    31/03/11*£2,409£1,645£764£143£7,403£3,2882400
    31/03/10£806£1,113£-307£91£6,478£3,72540.220
    31/03/09*£1,769£1,841£-72£121£5,867£3,59423.420
    31/03/08£1,412£694£718£90£7,130£4,59579.520
    31/03/07*£1,139£1,345£-206£82£6,682£4,42739.510
    31/03/06£1,792£1,212£580£0£0£0n/a00
    31/03/05£1,271£1,256£15£0£0£0n/a00
    31/03/04£746£596£150£0£0£0n/a00

    Financial Ratios
    Fundraising Costs/Relevant Income: 2.2%
    Fundraising Costs/Total Spending: 3.3%
    Highest pay band: Less than £60,000
    Liabilities/Assets: 3%
    Liabilities/Income: 10%
    Unrestricted Funds/Total Funds: 49%
    Reserves/Spending: 27.4 months
    Net Current Assets/Spending: 12 months
    Quick Ratio: 4.3
    Asset Split ?
    Listed activities
    • General Charitable Purposes
    • The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives
    How it operates
    • Acts as an umbrella or resource body
    • Makes Grants to Organisations
    • Other charitable activities
    Where it operates
    • Buckinghamshire,
    Who it helps
    • Children/Young People
    • Elderly/Old People
    • Other Charities Or Voluntary Bodies
    • Other Defined Groups
    • People With Disabilities
    • The General Public/Mankind
    Who works here?
    • 4 employees

    Who's supporting them? ?

    We have no records of donations from grant makers.

    How is it governed?

    Trustees (1)

    • BUCKINGHAMSHIRE HEALTHCARE NHS TRUST
    Legal constitution
    • Charity registered in England & Wales on 21/02/1996, number: 1053113
    Gift Aid
    • Registered with HMRC for Gift Aid
    Event History
    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
    • Conflicting interests
    • 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
    • Investment
    • Paying staff
    • Risk management
    • Safeguarding policy and procedures
    • 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: 1 days late, AR12: 1 days late, AR11: 1 days late, AR09: 124 days late, AR07: 133 days late,
    Recent reorganisation events:
    • Asset transfer in from THE WILKINSON DERMATOLOGY TRUST on 03/07/2020
    Main office

    Buckinghamshire Healthcare
    NHS Trust Charitable Fund
    Amersham Hospital
    Whielden Street
    AMERSHAM
    HP7 0JD

    Objectives

    FOR ANY CHARITABLE PURPOSE OR PURPOSES RELATING TO THE NATIONAL HEALTH SERVICE

    Defined Area of Benefit:

    NOT DEFINED

    Data Sources

    Charity Commission for England and Wales
    CharityBase
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