Finance Score: -3
Governance Score: -2
Support Score: 10
  • Strong growth: +2
  • Fundraising costs high: -5
  • Narrow trustee age band: -2
  • Award winner
  • Overall weighted support: +10
Overall GiG Score: 5 ?

TOMMY'S

The prevention of problems experienced during pregnancy.
Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

  • The charity has received backing from several prominent grant makers recently
  • This charity is a recent Award Winner
  • There has been strong growth in spending over the last 5 years

Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

  • The Board has little diversity in terms of age

Financial issues to consider:

  • Fundraising costs are extremely high relative to funds raised

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
31/03/24£11,638£10,845£793£4,875£9,801£8,4859.4760
31/03/23£10,981£9,382£1,600£3,566£9,007£8,54910.9600
31/03/22£8,673£7,833£840£3,717£7,408£7,11310.946353
31/03/21£6,981£5,589£1,393£1,639£6,568£6,22013.4430
31/03/20?£8,072£9,004£-932£3,595£5,175£4,473650350
31/03/18£8,567£7,374£1,193£3,327£5,552£5,0128.2300
31/03/17£6,166£5,532£634£1,902£4,359£3,7808.2290
31/03/16£5,995£5,482£513£2,003£3,725£3,3297.3290
31/03/15£4,998£4,640£358£1,505£3,232£3,0707.9260
31/03/14£4,353£3,693£660£1,443£2,874£2,6918.7250
31/03/13£3,766£3,479£287£1,222£2,214£2,1607.5200
31/03/12£4,066£3,428£638£1,179£1,927£1,8776.6220
31/03/11£3,155£2,885£270£923£1,289£1,2465.2220
31/03/10£2,808£2,662£146£882£1,019£1,0024.5220
31/03/09£3,212£3,557£-345£1,211£874£8272.8250
31/03/08£3,358£3,671£-312£1,186£1,219£8992.9240
31/03/07£2,804£2,947£-143£1,103£1,531£1,2615.1230
31/03/06£3,115£2,807£308n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/05£3,014£3,065£-51n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/04£3,053£2,866£187n/an/an/an/an/an/a

Financial Ratios
Fundraising Costs/Relevant Income: 59.4%
Fundraising Costs/Total Spending: 45%
Senior Staff Costs/Total Spending: 6%
Highest pay band: £130,000-£140,000
Liabilities/Assets: 47%
Liabilities/Income: 76%
Unrestricted Funds/Total Funds: 87%
Reserves/Spending: 9.4 months
Net Current Assets/Spending: 11 months
Quick Ratio: 0.7
Asset Split ?
Balance Sheet History
Established: 28 years

www.tommys.org

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UN SDGs
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Listed activities
  • The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives
GiG Classification
  • Emotional support, counselling or therapy
How it operates
  • Makes grants to organisations
  • Provides advocacy/advice/information
Where it operates
  • Northern Ireland, Scotland,
Who it helps
  • The General Public/Mankind

Who supports them? ?

Awards received
  • Charity Awards 2022 Overall Award for Excellence
  • Charity Awards 2022 Campaigning and advocacy
Donations from Grant Makers ?

We have details on the following donations. Multi-year donations are allocated to the years for which they are earmarked.

Major supporters in last 5 years
Department of Health£637,873
Sir Jules Thorn Charitable Trust£250,000
DCMS£59,606
Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy£3,497
Specific Donations
Amount When
Months
To be used for
Department of Health - Tommy's
£12,960 31/01/2023
Through the HW Alliance, policy teams can work collaboratively with the voluntary, community and social enterprise (VCSE) organisations, accessing the sectors expertise and connecting policy leads with hard-to-reach communities. The Alliance ....more
Department of Health - Tommy's
£145,913 16/12/2022
The Health and Wellbeing (HW) Programme is a joint initiative managed by the Department of Health and Social Care (DHSC), NHS England and Improvement (NHSE/I) and (soon to be confirmed UKHSA) (the system partners), providing a framework for ....more
Sir Jules Thorn Charitable Trust - Tommy?s - 07/04/22
£250,000 23/11/2022
Tommy?s National Centre for Maternity Improvement
Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy - Understanding, predicting, and treating depression in pregnancy to improve mothers and offspring mental health outcomes
£3,497 01/04/2022
Full Grant details (including summaries) can be found on the Gateway to Research website: https://gtr.ukri.org/projects?ref=10055540
DCMS - Tommy's 21/22
£59,606 01/04/2021
Our project aims to tackle the unjust miscarriage inequalities facing disadvantaged and underrepresented women across England. By supporting them with personalised advice and empowering them to advocate for their own care, we will give these groups ....more
Department of Health - Health and Wellbeing Alliance
£97,000 01/04/2021
Through the HW Alliance, policy teams can work collaboratively with the voluntary, community and social enterprise (VCSE) organisations, accessing the sectors expertise and connecting policy leads with hard-to-reach communities.The Alliance ....more
Department of Health - HWB Health And Wellbeing Alliance 21/22 - priority projects - Tommys
£20,000 04/02/2021
Educate and promote the uptake of vaccination and boosters for pregnant women.
Department of Health - Covid Funding
£181,000 22/05/2020
Neonatal Care - information & support for parents
Department of Health - Tommy's
£181,000 17/04/2020
The grant funding provided a period of support for charities providing vital services to ensure they could meet increased demand as a result of COVID-19, while continuing their day-to-day activities to help those in need, up to the end of October ....more
Garfield Weston Foundation - Major Grants award
£100,000 24/09/2019
National Centre for Maternity Improvement
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Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (10)
Current Trustees appointed

Age Range of Trustees: 46-60
  • AEDAMAR COMISKEY Appointed: 2016, Occupation: Lawyer
  • ANITA ROSE CHARLESWORTH Appointed: 2006, Occupation: Civil Servant
  • DAVID LOGAN Appointed: 2019, Occupation: Global Head Of Distribution
  • DR SHEMA TARIQ Appointed: 2020, Occupation: Postdoctoral Clinical Research Fellow & Honorary C
  • DR SONJI CLARKE Appointed: 2020, Occupation: Doctor
  • EMMA PARRY Appointed: 2024, Occupation: Management Consultant
  • HAYLEY MARIE TATUM Appointed: 2012, Occupation: Executive People Director
  • PAUL ROWLINSON Appointed: 2023, Occupation: Consultant
  • PROFESSOR VANORA HUNDLEY Appointed: 2023, Occupation: Professor Of Midwifery
  • ROBERT WOODWARD STIRLING Appointed: 2016, Occupation: Lawyer
Legal constitution
  • Charitable company registered in England & Wales on 06/02/1997, number: 1060508
  • Registered at Companies House on 22/10/1996, number: 03266897
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
  • Social media policy and procedures
  • Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
  • Trustee expenses policy and procedures
  • Volunteer management
Filing Record
20 returns made; all on time
Recent reorganisation events:
  • Asset transfer in from BELVOIR FIRST AID on 10/09/2020
  • Asset transfer in from THE GEORGIA FOUNDATION on 27/02/2024
  • Asset transfer in from D L W MACFARLANE'S CHARITABLE SETTLEMENT on 19/06/2024
Main office

TOMMY'S
NICHOLAS HOUSE
3 LAURENCE POUNTNEY HILL
LONDON
EC4R 0BB

Objectives

THE CHARITY'S OBJECTS (THE OBJECTS) ARE: 3.1 THE ADVANCEMENT OF EDUCATION IN AND THE PRACTICE OF GYNAECOLOGY AND OBSTETRICS BY ALL CHARITABLE MEANS AND IN PARTICULAR BY: (A) FUNDING RESEARCH AND THE PUBLICATION OF ITS RESULTS; (B) PROMOTING THE EDUCATION OF BOTH THOSE ENGAGED IN THE PRACTICE OF GYNAECOLOGY AND OBSTETRICS AND THE PUBLIC CARE OF MOTHERS AND BABIES BEFORE AND AFTER BIRTH; AND (C) PROVIDING EQUIPMENT; AND 3.2 SUCH OTHER CHARITABLE PURPOSES AS THE TRUSTEES IN THEIR ABSOLUTE DISCRETION DETERMINE. 3.3 THROUGHOUT THIS MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES OF ASSOCIATION 'CHARITABLE' MEANS CHARITABLE IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE LAW OF ENGLAND AND WALES PROVIDED THAT IT WILL NOT INCLUDE ANY PURPOSE WHICH IS NOT CHARITABLE IN ACCORDANCE WITH SECTION 7 OF THE CHARITIES AND TRUSTEE INVESTMENT (SCOTLAND) ACT 2005 AND SECTION 2 OF THE CHARITIES ACT (NORTHERN IRELAND) 2008.

Defined Area of Benefit:

NOT DEFINED

Data Sources

Charity Commission for England and Wales
360 Giving

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