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Finance Score: 1
Governance Score: 6
Support Score: 0
  • Multiple Deficits: -2
  • Fundraising costs low: +3
  • Good trustee age range: +3
  • Gender balanced board: +3
  • No supporters identified
Overall GiG Score: 7 ?

THE FOUNDATION OF NURSING STUDIES 

The Foundation of Nursing Studies (FoNS) is a charitable company established to advance education among the members of the nursing profession and to embed research into practice. FoNS believes all individuals should experience health and social care as person-centred, safe and effective. This includes those who are receiving care and those who are giving care.
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Positives:

  • Spending has increased over the last 3 years relative to the previous period
  • Fundraising costs are unusually low relative to funds raised
  • A significant proportion of recent income was derived from major grant makers including the Government
  • The Board appears to be well diversified in terms of age and gender

Financial issues to consider:

  • On several occasions in recent years income has been less than spending
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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
31/01/23£685£599£86£0£514£2895.860
31/01/22£351£452£-102n/an/an/an/an/a0
31/01/21£302£349£-48n/an/an/an/an/a0
31/01/20£459£495£-36n/an/an/an/an/a0
31/01/19£497£500£-3n/an/an/an/an/a0
31/01/18£356£388£-32£0£0£0n/a00
31/01/17£553£489£64£2£605£365940
31/01/16£367£359£9£0£0£0n/a00
31/01/15£436£357£79£0£0£0n/a00
31/01/14£366£324£42£0£0£0n/a00
31/01/13£346£321£25£0£0£0n/a00
31/01/12£268£249£19£0£0£0n/a00
31/01/11£233£386£-153£0£0£0n/a00
31/01/10£464£306£158£0£0£0n/a00
31/01/09£228£201£28£0£0£0n/a00
31/01/08£185£182£2£0£0£0n/a00
31/01/07£180£200£-21£0£0£0n/a00
31/01/06£209£227£-18£0£0£0n/a00
31/01/05*£455£290£165£0£0£0n/a00
31/01/04*£381£574£-193£0£0£0n/a00
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Financial Ratios
Fundraising Costs/Relevant Income: 0.4%
Fundraising Costs/Total Spending: 0.4%
Senior Staff Costs/Total Spending: 15%
Highest pay band: £70,000-£80,000
Liabilities/Assets: 39%
Liabilities/Income: 47%
Unrestricted Funds/Total Funds: 56%
Reserves/Spending: 5.8 months
Net Current Assets/Spending: 5 months
Quick Ratio: 1.4
Asset Split ?
Established: 26 years

www.fons.org

joanne.bosanquet@fons.org

02073072857

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Listed activities
  • Education/Training
  • Other Charitable Purposes
  • The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives
GiG Classification
  • Professional associations
How it operates
  • Makes Grants to Individuals
  • Provides advocacy/advice/information
  • Provides services
  • Sponsors or undertakes research
Where it operates
  • Northern Ireland, Scotland, Throughout England And Wales,
Who it helps
  • Other Defined Groups
  • The General Public/Mankind
Who works here?
  • 6 employees

Who's supporting them? ?

We have no records of donations from grant makers.

How is it governed?

Trustees (11)
Current Trustees appointed
Gender Split
Based on 9/11 persons

Age Range of Trustees: 40-63
  • JO PRITCHARD (Chair) Appointed: 2023, Occupation: Social Enterprise Entrepreneur, Visiting Professor
  • MARK BIRD Appointed: 2020, Occupation: Trustee
  • ROBERT PETTIGREW Appointed: 2023, Occupation: Policy, Regulatory, Communications
Legal constitution
  • Charitable company registered in England & Wales on 19/08/1998, number: 1071117
  • Registered at Companies House on 18/06/1998, number: 03583949
Gift Aid
  • Registered with HMRC for Gift Aid
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
  • Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
  • Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
  • Trustee expenses policy and procedures
  • Volunteer management
Filing Record
20 returns made; AR05: 1 days late, AR04: 21 days late,
Main office

Foundation of Nursing Studies
11-13 Cavendish Square
LONDON
W1G0AN

Objectives

TO ADVANCE EDUCATION AMONGST MEMBERS OF THE NURSING PROFESSION ABOUT GOOD NURSING PRACTICES AND TO PROMOTE IMPROVED STANDARDS OF NURSING CARE; AND TO PROMOTE RESEARCH INTO THE PROMOTION OF NURSING SKILLS AND INTO THE EFFICACY OF EXISTING NURSING PRACTICES AND THE MEANS BY WHICH SUCH PRACTICES MAY BE IMPROVED AND TO PUBLISH THE RESULTS OF SUCH RESEARCH FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE PUBLIC..

Defined Area of Benefit:

NOT DEFINED

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