Finance Score: -10
Governance Score: 3
Support Score: 9
  • Excess reserves: -5
  • Fundraising costs high: -5
  • Gender balanced board: +3
  • Grant maker support: +9
Overall GiG Score: 2 ?

ROYAL BROMPTON AND HAREFIELD HOSPITALS CHARITY 

Furthering charitable purposes or such purposes relating to the hospital services of the Royal Brompton & Harefield NHS Foundation Trust or to any other part of the health service at any hospital for the benefit of patients and their families and staff of the hospitals as well as sponsoring research which benefit the sufferers of cardiac and thoracic illnesses.
Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

  • The charity has received backing from multiple prominent grant makers recently
  • The Board appears to be well diversified in terms of gender

Financial issues to consider:

  • This charity has substantial assets and unrestricted reserves of £116,491,000 available, equivalent to 173 months of spending and so may not be able to utilise additional funding
  • Fundraising costs are extremely high relative to funds raised
Established: 28 years

http://www.rbhcharity.org

kath.backhouse@rbhcharity.org

020 3988 6673

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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£8,683£8,094£589£1,119£128,993£116,491172.71950
31/03/22£7,276£7,424£-148£980£133,698£120,967195.51857
31/03/21£9,348£9,804£-456£900£117,424£106,031129.81660
31/03/20£8,048£7,798£250£1,233£120,948£110,262169.71760
31/03/19£8,392£9,849£-1,457£879£124,731£114,011138.91956
31/03/18£8,138£9,592£-1,454£784£127,651£117,191146.6160
31/03/17£7,560£11,295£-3,735£776£133,953£125,454133.3150
31/03/16£8,110£10,160£-2,050£853£122,609£113,326133.8140
31/03/15£7,806£7,748£58£1,006£106,388£96,979150.2110
31/03/14£6,873£7,121£-248£1,046£93,953£84,826142.9100
31/03/13£6,375£8,506£-2,131£584£68,266£59,5428450
31/03/12£5,712£8,651£-2,939£360£64,539£56,52778.400
31/03/11£6,118£6,862£-744£353£64,780£56,36898.600
31/03/10£6,630£8,776£-2,146£260£63,576£54,66074.700
31/03/09£6,336£10,047£-3,710£217£56,629£47,60556.900
31/03/08£6,458£15,600£-9,141£229£76,787£67,33651.800
31/03/07£6,008£6,340£-332£213£69,776£60,908115.300
31/03/06£5,823£6,393£-570£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/05£5,829£6,417£-588£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/04£5,358£7,365£-2,007£0£0£0n/a00

Financial Ratios
Fundraising Costs/Relevant Income: 89.2%
Fundraising Costs/Total Spending: 44%
Senior Staff Costs/Total Spending: 7%
Highest pay band: £130,000-£140,000
Liabilities/Assets: 20%
Liabilities/Income: 375%
Unrestricted Funds/Total Funds: 90%
Reserves/Spending: 172.7 months
Net Current Assets/Spending: -0 months
Quick Ratio: 0.8
Asset Split ?
Listed activities
  • The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives
How it operates
  • Acts as an umbrella or resource body
  • Makes Grants to Organisations
  • Sponsors or undertakes research
Where it operates
  • Hillingdon, Kensington And Chelsea,
Who it helps
  • Other Defined Groups
  • The General Public/Mankind
Who works here?
  • 19 employees
  • 50 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.

Major supporters in last 5 years
Youth Music£309,940
Somerset Community Foundation£30,000
National Lottery Community Fund£19,430
Co-Operative Group£3,184
Specific Donations
Amount When
Months
To be used for
Youth Music - Vocal Beats
£100,000 25/10/2023
Vocal Beats
Co-Operative Group - Grant to Harefield Hospital Community Garden
£1,132 21/10/2023
We would like to buy soil, wildflower seeds, equipment and employ an environmentally conscious gardener to train volunteers to protect and enhance biodiversity and sustainable gardening on site.
National Lottery Community Fund - Crafternoons
£9,500 02/06/2023
The funding will be used to deliver art and craft workshops for patients in Royal Brompton and Harefield hospitals. The project aims to support patients and their families to learn new skills improve ....more
Co-Operative Group - Grant to Singing for Breathing
£2,053 22/10/2022
Your donation will pay for a professional Singing for Lung Health facilitator to deliver weekly online group sessions for sufferers of chronic respiratory conditions struggling with breathlessness.
Youth Music - Vocal Beats
£100,000 28/05/2021
Vocal Beats
National Lottery Community Fund - rb&hArts Online accessible programme for isolated and vulnerably patients
£9,930 23/10/2020
6
The funding will be used to deliver online art-based activities for hospital patients. The project aims to improve wellbeing and reduce the feeling of isolation during Covid-19.
Heathrow Community Trust - Online engagement with Peace Garden
£2,500 08/05/2020
6
Wish to bring forward and extend the planned engagement of staff and patients with the construction of the Peace Garden by making available more online tools.
Somerset Community Foundation - Blood test research to detect genetic heart defects.
£30,000 06/06/2019
11
Blood test research to detect genetic heart defects.
Youth Music - Vocal Beats
£109,940 10/05/2019
Vocal Beats
DCMS - Building Connections Fund - Youth strand
£39,354 01/04/2019
A beatboxing and vocal coaching project for hospitalised young people with cystic fibrosis will reduce the negative impact from hospital stays. Extra tools will be created for those needing remote ....more
DCMS - Building Connections Fund - Youth strand
£39,354 01/01/2019
A beatboxing and vocal coaching project for hospitalised young people with cystic fibrosis will reduce the negative impact from hospital stays. Extra tools will be created for those needing remote ....more
Co-Op Foundation - RB&HHC - Building Connections Youth Strand Project
£78,707 06/12/2018
A beatboxing and vocal coaching project for hospitalised young people with cystic fibrosis will reduce the negative impact from hospital stays. Extra tools will be created for those needing remote ....more
National Lottery Community Fund - Crafternoons
£10,000 27/07/2018
12
The funding will be used to deliver a series of creative workshops for patients at the heart and lung hospital. The project aims to build self-confidence, develop new skills, provide wellbeing ....more
National Lottery Heritage Fund - Grant to Royal Brompton & Harefield Hospitals Charity
£7,900 05/04/2018
NHS 70: Thanks for Everything
Youth Music - Vocal Beats
£29,385 09/03/2018
Vocal Beats
Co-Operative Group - Grant to Royal Brompton & Harefield Hospitals Charity
£2,669 29/11/2017
We want to provide Singing for Breathing workshops for older people living with COPD, lung disease and breathlessness.
Co-Operative Group - Grant to Royal Brompton & Harefield Hospitals Charity
£3,464 04/08/2017
We will improve levels of well-being and reduce loneliness in older people through opportunities to take part in fun, creative workshops.
BBC Children in Need - Grant to Royal Brompton & Harefield Hospital Charitable Fund
£29,628 10/05/2017
36
The project will provide singing and music workshops to 400 1-16 year olds with complex heart and lung conditions. The project aims to increase personal resilience, confidence and self-expression.
Somerset Community Foundation - Blood test research to detect genetic heart defects
£10,000 11/04/2017
11
Blood test research to detect genetic heart defects.
Youth Music - Rose Music
£29,340 02/12/2016
Rose Music
Somerset Community Foundation - Blood test research to detect genetic heart defects
£26,000 19/07/2016
Blood test research to detect genetic heart defects
National Lottery Heritage Fund - Grant to Royal Brompton & Harefield Hospitals Charity
£33,000 07/01/2015
Harefield Hospital Centenary
National Lottery Community Fund - Lecture Series and Newsletters for the Royal Brompton Hospital
£10,000 21/05/2014
12
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Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (11)
Current Trustees appointed
Gender Split

Legal constitution
  • Charity registered in England & Wales on 08/03/1996, number: 1053584
Gift Aid
  • Registered with HMRC for Gift Aid
Event History
Policies in force
  • Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
  • Complaints handling
  • Conflicting interests
  • Financial reserves policy and procedures
  • Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
  • Investing charity funds policy and procedures
  • Investment
  • Paying staff
  • Risk management
  • Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
  • Volunteer management
Filing Record
20 returns made; all on time
Recent reorganisation events:
  • Asset transfer in from HAVE A HEART on 23/11/2020
Main office

1 Bartholomew Close
London
EC1A 7BL

Objectives

TO FURTHER SUCH CHARITABLE PURPOSE OR PURPOSES AS THE TRUSTEE SHALL THINK FIT, RELATING:-A) TO HOSPITAL SERVICES, INCLUDING RESEARCH; ORB) 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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