Finance Score: 0
Governance Score: 3
Support Score: 5
  • Liabilities <10%: +3
  • Excess reserves: -5
  • Large legacies income: +1
  • Multiple Deficits: -2
  • Fundraising costs low: +3
  • Gender balanced board: +3
  • Overall weighted support: +5
Overall GiG Score: 8 ?

THE SUSSEX SNOWDROP TRUST

The Sussex Snowdrop Trust - Care at Home for local children with life-threatening or terminal illnesses, providing nursing, emotional and financial support for the children and their families
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
  • Fundraising costs are low relative to funds raised
  • The Board appears to be well diversified in terms of gender

Financial issues to consider:

  • This charity has substantial assets and unrestricted reserves of £2,375,373 available, equivalent to 54 months of spending and so may not be able to utilise additional funding
  • 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£709£526£183£32£2,382£2,37554.2336
31/03/22£410£520£-110n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/21£312£484£-172n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/20£391£495£-104n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/19£1,945£486£1,459£26£2,514£2,50461.8440
31/03/18£373£446£-73n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/17£333£459£-125n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/16£434£415£19n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/15£356£408£-51n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/14£246£411£-165n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/13£640£349£290£46£1,231£1,23042.270
31/03/12£421£348£73n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/11£242£284£-43n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/10£226£298£-72n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/09£349£285£64n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/08£318£213£105n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/07£315£233£82n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/06£209£180£29n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/05£218£141£77n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/04£182£109£73n/an/an/an/an/an/a

Financial Ratios
Fundraising Costs/Relevant Income: 6.8%
Fundraising Costs/Total Spending: 8.1%
Senior Staff Costs/Total Spending: 15%
Highest pay band: £60,000-£70,000
Liabilities/Assets: 3%
Liabilities/Income: 12%
Unrestricted Funds/Total Funds: 100%
Reserves/Spending: 54.2 months
Net Current Assets/Spending: 3 months
Quick Ratio: 2.7
Asset Split ?
Balance Sheet History
Established: 22 years

www.thesussexsnowdroptrust.com

office@snowdroptrust.com

01243572433

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UN SDGs
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Listed activities
  • Disability
  • General Charitable Purposes
  • The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives
  • The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty
GiG Classification
  • Provides financial or material assistance
How it operates
  • Makes grants to individuals
  • Provides advocacy/advice/information
  • Provides human resources
  • Provides services
Where it operates
  • West Sussex,
Who it helps
  • Children/Young People
  • Other Defined Groups
  • 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.

Major supporters in last 5 years
The Michael And Betty Little Trust£105,000
National Lottery Community Fund£9,350
Masonic Trust£1,000
Specific Donations
Amount When
Months
To be used for
The Michael And Betty Little Trust - Sussex Snowdrop Trust
£50,000 20/11/2022
Care at Home for local children with life-threatening or terminal illnesses, providing nursing, emotional and financial support for the children and their families
National Lottery Community Fund - Family days out
£9,350 01/04/2022
This project will support families caring for children with life threatening or terminal illnesses. This project will fund days out to create memories and support siblings and parents affected by the child's illness. Days out will help financially ....more
Masonic Trust - MCF Hospice
£1,000 10/11/2021
Unrestricted funding for hospices
The Michael And Betty Little Trust - Sussex Snowdrop Trust
£40,000 02/10/2021
Care at Home for local children with life-threatening or terminal illnesses, providing nursing, emotional and financial support for the children and their families
The Michael And Betty Little Trust - Sussex Snowdrop Trust
£15,000 12/07/2020
Care at Home for local children with life-threatening or terminal illnesses, providing nursing, emotional and financial support for the children and their families
The Michael And Betty Little Trust - Sussex Snowdrop Trust
£15,000 30/06/2019
Care at Home for local children with life-threatening or terminal illnesses, providing nursing, emotional and financial support for the children and their families

Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (7)
Current Trustees appointed
Gender Split

Age Range of Trustees: 61-81
  • ANTHONY ROBERT JAGO Appointed: 2019, Occupation: Retired
  • CAROLINE BECHELET-CARTER Appointed: 2018, Occupation: Leadership/Management Coach
  • DIANA MARIE LEVANTINE (Chair) Appointed: 2002, Occupation: Housewife Retired Nurse
  • DR MARCO CAVAROLI Appointed: 2022, Occupation: Retired
  • JAMES RICHARD TICKELL Appointed: 2017, Occupation: Chartered Accountant
  • NICHOLAS COCKRAM Appointed: 2018, Occupation: Company Director Retired
  • VALERIE SEDDON Appointed: 2004, Occupation: Voluntary Worker
Legal constitution
  • Charitable company registered in England & Wales on 20/03/2003, number: 1096622
  • Registered at Companies House on 09/10/2002, number: 04557686
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
  • Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
  • 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; all on time
Main office

The Sussex Snowdrop Trust
Unit E2-E3
William Booker Yard
The Street
Walberton
ARUNDEL

Objectives

(A) TO ALLEVIATE THE CONDITIONS OF LIFE AMONGST PEOPLE WHO ARE CARING OR WHO HAVE CARED FOR CHILDREN OR YOUNG PEOPLE AGED FROM 0 — 19 YEARS WITH LIFE THREATENING ILLNESSES AND WHO ARE IN NECESSITOUS CIRCUMSTANCES; AND OF DEPENDANTS OF CARERS, BEING DEPENDANTS WHO ARE THEMSELVES IN NECESSITOUS CIRCUMSTANCES; AND FOR THAT PURPOSE TO PROMOTE THE MATERIAL WELFARE OF SUCH CARERS AND DEPENDANTS AS AFORESAID;(B) TO RELIEVE AND ALLEVIATE, AND TO ADVANCE, PROMOTE, ENCOURAGE AND ASSIST IN THE RELIEF OR ALLEVIATION OF ALL KINDS OF MENTAL AND PHYSICAL INFIRMITY, SICKNESS, DISABLEMENT OR HANDICAP INCLUDING MENTAL ILLNESS ATTRIBUTABLE TO CARING, AMONGST CARERS, THOSE PERSONS FOR WHOM THEY ARE CARING AND HAVE CARED AND THE DEPENDANTS OF SUCH CARERS;(C) TO SUPPORT, EMOTIONALLY AND FINANCIALLY, FAMILIES WHERE THERE HAS BEEN AN UNEXPECTED BEREAVEMENT OF A CHILD OR YOUNG PERSON AGED FROM 0 19 YEARS.(D) TO ADVANCE EDUCATION CONCERNING CARING AND THE MATTERS REFERRED TO IN PARAGRAPHS (A) AND (B) OF THIS CLAUSE.

Defined Area of Benefit:

NOT DEFINED

Data Sources

Charity Commission for England and Wales
360 Giving

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