Finance Score: 1

Governance Score: 1

Support Score: 3

Good reserves management: +3
Multiple Deficits: -2

Narrow trustee age band: -2
Gender balanced board: +3

Gov Income
Grant maker support: +3

Overall GiG Score: 5

THE BENENDEN HOSPITAL TRUST

The principal object of The Benenden Hospital Trust is the relief of hardship caused by sickness, infirmity, disability, or any medical condition by the provision of surgical and medical treatment and nursing care.The charity is the main provider of surgical and medical treatment to members and nominees of The Benenden Healthcare Society Limited. Membership is open to all.

Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

The charity has received income from Government contracts
Reserves management has been consistently within official guidelines
Spending has increased over the last 3 years relative to the previous period
The Board appears to be well diversified in terms of gender

Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

The Board has little diversity in terms of age

Financial issues to consider:

On several occasions in recent years income has been less than spending

Established: 26 years

www.benendenhospital.org.uk

jane.abbott@benenden.org.uk

01580240540

Charity Commission for England and Wales

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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
31/12/22	£43,082	£44,371	£-1,289	£0	£15,252	£15,193	4.1	451	9
31/12/21	£39,946	£40,351	£-405	£0	£16,541	£16,482	4.9	451	4
31/12/20	£35,229	£34,484	£745	£0	£16,946	£16,887	5.9	483	11
31/12/19	£41,554	£41,833	£-280	£0	£15,709	£15,650	4.5	452	12
31/12/18	£34,800	£36,113	£-1,313	£0	£15,988	£15,929	5.3	422	10
31/12/17	£36,553	£32,097	£4,455	£0	£17,301	£17,242	6.4	417	0
31/12/16	£32,006	£31,997	£9	£0	£12,846	£12,787	4.8	269	0
31/12/15	£28,841	£28,989	£-148	£0	£12,840	£12,779	5.3	265	0
31/12/14	£26,903	£27,832	£-929	£43	£12,988	£12,927	5.6	251	0
31/12/13	£28,745	£29,109	£-364	£42	£13,917	£13,856	5.7	271	0
31/12/12	£23,022	£25,353	£-2,331	£39	£14,281	£14,218	6.7	317	0
31/12/11	£29,113	£26,213	£2,900	£39	£16,612	£16,553	7.6	327	0
31/12/10	£26,156	£25,823	£333	£40	£13,712	£13,653	6.3	335	0
31/12/09	£26,189	£24,397	£1,792	£54	£13,379	£13,341	6.6	328	0
31/12/08	£25,432	£22,228	£3,204	£39	£11,587	£11,548	6.2	325	0
31/12/07	£22,836	£21,137	£1,699	£40	£8,383	£8,333	4.7	319	0
31/12/06	£18,949	£20,030	£-1,081	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/12/05	£17,324	£16,845	£479	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/12/04	£18,601	£16,175	£2,426	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0

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Financial Ratios

Fundraising Costs/Relevant Income: 0%
Fundraising Costs/Total Spending: 0%
Senior Staff Costs/Total Spending: 3%
Highest pay band: £200,000-£250,000
Liabilities/Assets: 19%
Liabilities/Income: 9%
Unrestricted Funds/Total Funds: 100%
Reserves/Spending: 4.1 months
Net Current Assets/Spending: 1 months
Quick Ratio: 1.3

Asset Split ?

Listed activities

The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives

How it operates

Provides services

Where it operates

Throughout England And Wales,

Who it helps

Other Defined Groups

Who works here?

451 employees
9 volunteers

Who's supporting them? ?

We have no records of donations from grant makers.

How is it governed?

Trustees (6)

Current Trustees appointed

Gender Split

Age Range of Trustees: 58-72

ALAN PILGRIM Appointed: 2017, Occupation: Non Exec Director

ANGELA JANETTE HAYS Appointed: 2020, Occupation: Chartered Accountant

KIM HORSFORD Appointed: 2020, Occupation: Non-Executive Director

PAUL ANDREW RICH Appointed: 2020, Occupation: Retired

PAULA LILLIAN CLARK Appointed: 2019, Occupation: Semi-Retired, Other trusteeship: THE BENENDEN CHARITABLE TRUST,

ROBERT ANDREWS Appointed: 2018, Occupation: Chief Executive Officer

Legal constitution

Charitable company registered in England & Wales on 20/11/1997, number: 1065995
Registered at Companies House on 23/10/1997, number: 03454120

Gift Aid

Registered with HMRC for Gift Aid

Event History

10/06/2013 - Asset transfer in from FRIENDS OF BENENDEN HOSPITAL TRUST
11/03/2020 - Asset transfer in from THE BENENDEN HOSPITAL TRUST

Other Regulators

Care Quality Commission

Policies in force

Complaints handling
Conflicting interests
Investment
Paying staff
Risk management
Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
Volunteer management

Filing Record

19 returns made; all on time

Recent reorganisation events:

Asset transfer in from THE BENENDEN HOSPITAL TRUST on 11/03/2020

Main office

BENENDEN HOSPITAL
GODDARDS GREEN ROAD
BENENDEN
CRANBROOK
TN17 4AX

Objectives

THE RELIEF OF HARDSHIP CAUSED BY SICKNESS, INFIRMITY, DISABILITY OR ANY MEDICAL CONDITION IN PARTICULAR BY THE PROVISION OF SURGICAL AND MEDICAL TREATMENT, NURSING CARE AND OTHERWISE TO THE MEMBERS OF THE BENENDEN HEALTHCARE SOCIETY (PREVIOUSLY KNOWN AS THE POST OFFICE AND CIVIL SERVICE SANATORIUM SOCIETY), THEIR NOMINEES AND, IF THE GOVERNORS THINK FIT, TO OTHER PERSONS IN NEED.

Defined Area of Benefit:

NOT DEFINED

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