Finance Score: 1
Governance Score: 0
Support Score: 5
  • Liabilities <10%: +3
  • Excess liquidity: -1
  • Large legacies income: +1
  • Multiple Deficits: -2
    • Overall weighted support: +5
    Overall GiG Score: 6 ?

    LEICESTER HOSPITALS CHARITY

    The aim of the Charity is to:- provide welfare and amenities to patients- provide welfare and amenities to staff- enable funding of research- purchase medical, surgical and other equipment and services- purchase or construct assets for donation to University Hospitals of Leicester NHS Trust
    Analysis by Giving is Great

    Positives:

    • The charity has received backing from several prominent grant makers recently
    • This charity has a robust balance sheet
    • This charity has received considerable income from legacies in recent years

    Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

    • This charity uses a corporate trustee

    Financial issues to consider:

    • Liquidity appeared to be considerably in excess of CC guidelines at the latest year end especially considering the historic stability of income
    • 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 £k
    Fundraising
    Cost £k
    Total
    Funds £k
    Unrestricted
    Funds £k
    Mths
    Rsrvs
    Staff Volun-
    teers
    31/03/23£5,513£3,086£2,427£900£9,722£6,04323.5160
    31/03/22£3,354£3,907£-553£745£7,693£5,98518.4130
    31/03/21£4,341£6,694£-2,353£626£8,048£5,58610120
    31/03/20£4,679£2,211£2,467£626£9,521£4,81126.1120
    31/03/19£3,089£2,188£901£526£7,480£3,57019.6100
    31/03/18£4,235£3,042£1,193£651£6,521£3,86115.2100
    31/03/17*£1,802£1,943£-141£511£5,341£4,55128.190
    31/03/16£2,191£2,277£-86£373£4,931£3,16916.790
    31/03/15£1,823£2,367£-544£394£5,240£3,71118.860
    31/03/14£2,424£2,018£406£364£5,590£3,90623.250
    31/03/13*£2,120£2,895£-775£336£5,171£3,40314.150
    31/03/12*£2,126£2,395£-269£342£5,513£3,96819.950
    31/03/11*£1,651£2,092£-441£348£5,862£4,14723.860
    31/03/10£1,564£1,687£-123£333£6,157£4,25030.260
    31/03/09£2,144£1,953£191£240£4,768£3071.960
    31/03/08£1,944£2,028£-84£319£5,873£1881.180
    31/03/07£1,679£1,966£-287£342£6,726£1180.780
    31/03/06£1,790£2,028£-238n/an/an/an/an/an/a
    31/03/05£1,569£2,333£-764n/an/an/an/an/an/a
    31/03/04£2,151£2,454£-302n/an/an/an/an/an/a

    Financial Ratios
    Fundraising Costs/Relevant Income: 17.9%
    Fundraising Costs/Total Spending: 29.7%
    Senior Staff Costs/Total Spending: 3%
    Highest pay band: £70,000-£80,000
    Liabilities/Assets: 2%
    Liabilities/Income: 4%
    Unrestricted Funds/Total Funds: 62%
    Reserves/Spending: 23.5 months
    Net Current Assets/Spending: 19 months
    Quick Ratio: 23
    Asset Split ?
    Balance Sheet History
    Established: 28 years
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    UN SDGs
    ?
    Listed activities
    • Education/Training
    • General Charitable Purposes
    • The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives
    GiG Classification
    • Grant-making foundations
    How it operates
    • Acts as an umbrella or resource body
    • Makes grants to individuals
    • Makes grants to organisations
    • Sponsors or undertakes research
    Where it operates
    • Leicester City, Leicestershire,
    Who it helps
    • Children/Young People
    • Elderly/Old People
    • People With Disabilities

    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
    Masonic Trust - MCF Matched Funding
    £8,156 08/08/2023
    Unrestricted matched funding in partnership with the local masonic province
    Garfield Weston Foundation - Major Grants award
    £250,000 30/10/2020
    Leicester Children's Hospital Appeal
    Masonic Trust - MCF Large Grant
    £42,000 14/10/2020
    A grant to support a diabetes education app which helps children and their families better understand and manage Type 1 diabetes.
    Pears Foundation - Grant to Leicester Hospitals Charity
    £78,253 05/04/2018
    48
    Pears #iwill Fund: Young Volunteers Programme at University Hospitals of Leicester NHS Trust

    Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

    How is it governed?

    Trustees (1)

    • UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS OF LEICESTERSHIRE NHS TRUST
    Legal constitution
    • Charity registered in England & Wales on 15/07/1996, number: 1056804
    Gift Aid
    • Registered with HMRC for Gift Aid
    Event History
    Policies in force
    • Bullying and harassment 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
    • Volunteer management
    Filing Record
    20 returns made; AR17: 0 days late, AR13: 1 days late, AR12: 2 days late, AR11: 1 days late,
    Recent reorganisation events:
    • Asset transfer in from CRAZY HATS BREAST CANCER APPEAL on 28/01/2022
    • Asset transfer in from THE WEST END ADULT SCHOOLS on 27/05/2022
    Main office

    LEICESTER ROYAL INFIRMARY NHS TRUST
    LEICESTER ROYAL INFIRMARY
    INFIRMARY SQUARE
    LEICESTER
    LE1 5WW

    Objectives

    FOR ANY CHARITABLE PURPOSE OR PURPOSES RELATING TO THE UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS OF LEICESTER NHS TRUST

    Defined Area of Benefit:

    NOT DEFINED

    Data Sources

    Charity Commission for England and Wales
    360 Giving

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