Finance Score: 2
Governance Score: -2
Support Score: 5
  • Strong growth: +2
  • No PartB
  • Narrow trustee age band: -2
  • Dynamic board: +3
  • All male board: -3
  • Overall weighted support: +5
Overall GiG Score: 5 ?

MEDEQUIP4KIDS

MedEquip4Kids improves the health of babies and children in the UK by providing hospitals with equipment not available from limited NHS resources and delivering mental health workshops in schools.
Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

  • The charity has received backing from several prominent grant makers recently
  • There has been strong growth in spending over the last 5 years
  • The Board appears to be dynamic in terms of composition

Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

  • Why is the Board completely male?
  • The Board has little diversity in terms of age

Financial issues to consider:

  • A PartB annual return has not been required and so detailed financial information is not available from the online data

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£484£490£-6n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/23£433£443£-10n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/22£352£382£-30n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/21£437£366£71n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/20?£483£459£24n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/18£433£467£-34n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/17£533£511£22£161£220£1954.690
31/03/16£530£521£9£175£197£1553.6100
31/03/15£576£522£54£200£188£1142.6100
31/03/14£529£525£4£201£134£801.8110
31/03/13£495£526£-31n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/12£566£548£18£263£162£1282.8110
31/03/11£683£765£-81£357£144£911.4140
31/03/10£726£876£-150£370£225£1922.6160
31/03/09£593£739£-145£307£374£3485.6190
31/03/08£539£586£-47£313£520£51710.6170
31/03/07*£598£638£-41£294£566£55710.5170
31/03/06*£705£655£50n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/05*£829£627£202n/an/an/an/an/an/a

Highest pay bracket: less than £60,000
Established: 21 years

www.medequip4kids.org.uk

info@medequip4kids.org.uk

0161 798 1600

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UN SDGs
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Listed activities
  • Disability
  • The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives
GiG Classification
  • Emotional support, counselling or therapy
How it operates
  • Other charitable activities
  • Provides advocacy/advice/information
  • Provides services
Where it operates
  • Throughout England And Wales,
Who it helps
  • Children/Young People
  • Other Charities Or Voluntary Bodies
  • 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
Cheshire Community Foundation£25,558
Co-Operative Group£15,631
Westminster Foundation£10,000
Forever Manchester£2,500
Specific Donations
Amount When
Months
To be used for
Co-Operative Group - Grant to MedEquip4Kids
£1,124 21/10/2023
We aim to provide a range of toys and reference books to the local children's mental health team in Morecambe. These resources will enhance the support the team can provide for their young patients.
Co-Operative Group - Grant to MedEquip4Kids
£1,885 21/10/2023
We aim to provide therapeutic toys, games, and books to children's mental health services in Bolton. These resources will enhance support for young people, helping to improve their mental wellbeing.
Westminster Foundation - Small grant - MedEquip4Kids - 14/09/2023
£10,000 14/09/2023
12
Hummingbird Project
Co-Operative Group - Grant to MedEquip4Kids
£2,874 22/10/2022
We aim to provide resources for children's mental health services. This will improve the support offered for children struggling with their mental wellbeing.
Co-Operative Group - Grant to MedEquip4Kids
£3,597 23/10/2021
Our aim is to ensure children and young people who are unwell get the best possible health care by providing Blackpool Victoria Hospital with equipment and resources.
Co-Operative Group - Grant to MedEquip4Kids
£1,326 23/10/2021
We want to ensure that the parents of poorly children can comfortably stay the night beside their child's bed at North Manchester General Hospital's Children's Ward by providing folding beds.
Co-Operative Group - Grant to MedEquip4Kids
£1,557 23/10/2021
We would like to provide upgraded medical equipment for the children's ward at the Royal Albert Edward Infirmary to ensure that children who are unwell get the best possible health care.
Sir Jules Thorn Charitable Trust - MedEquip4Kids - 07/05/21
£1,500 21/05/2021
Graduate Acheeva Bed to support disabled pupils at Lancasterian School, Manchester
Cheshire Community Foundation - Hummingbird Project
£25,558 26/01/2021
MedEquip4Kids will deliver a 6-week Mental Health Well-being Programme to 600 students ‘at risk’ of potential mental illnesses in partnership with schools across Cheshire West and Chester. The grant funding will be used to pay for the salary of ....more
Co-Operative Group - Grant to MedEquip4Kids
£3,267 24/10/2020
We aim to provide upgraded equipment to enhance the services available at the new midwife-led birth centre at Warrington Hospital.
Forever Manchester - Resources to support children's mental health during the coronavirus pandemic
£2,500 24/04/2020
Additional items to distract and support children in hospitals with mental health problems, who have had family visits and usual support withdrawn
Cheshire Community Foundation - Hummingbird Project
£28,398 27/06/2019
MedEquip4Kids will deliver a 6-week Mental Health Well-being Programme to 600 students ?at risk? of potential mental illnesses in partnership with schools across Cheshire West and Chester. The grant funding will be used to pay for the salary of a ....more
Co-Operative Group - Grant to MedEquip4Kids
£5,874 19/11/2018
We wish to fund Parent Overnight Chairs, so children can have their parents or guardians with them when they need them most.
Cheshire Community Foundation - The Hummingbird Project
£28,953 28/06/2018
MedEquip4Kids improves the health of children and young people in the UK by providing equipment and services not available from limited statutory resources. MedEquip4Kids will deliver an 8-week Mental Health Wellbeing Programme to 600 students ‘at ....more
National Lottery Community Fund - The Hummingbird Project
£7,950 21/03/2018
12
This group will use the funding to deliver an 8 week programme in four schools to help young people at risk of developing mental health illnesses and to produce a booklet which will be shared to help others at risk.
Co-Operative Group - Grant to MedEquip4Kids
£3,565 29/11/2017
Fund the amazing Clown Doctor ""Louby Lou"" to visit Stockport's Stepping Hill Hospital in 2017.
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Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (6)
Current Trustees appointed
Gender Split
Based on 5/6 persons

Age Range of Trustees: 61-77
  • ALAN TATTLER Appointed: 2024, Occupation: Divisional Director
  • BRIAN WHITE (Chair) Appointed: 2003, Occupation: Chartered Accountant
  • DR MARK EDWARD HOLLAND MB BS MED Appointed: 2024
  • IAN HARLOW Appointed: 2003, Occupation: Director
  • JEROME FRANCIS JOHN CARSON Appointed: 2023, Occupation: Professor
  • SHULAMIT PFEFFER J P, Occupation: Company Director
Legal constitution
  • Charitable company registered in England & Wales on 24/03/2004, number: 1102830
  • Registered at Companies House on 04/02/2003, number: 04655610
Gift Aid
  • Registered with HMRC for Gift Aid
Policies in force
  • Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
  • Campaigns and political activity policy and procedures
  • Complaints handling
  • Complaints policy and procedures
  • Conflicting interests
  • Engaging external speakers at charity events policy and procedures
  • 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
19 returns made; AR07: 126 days late, AR06: 112 days late, AR05: 2 days late,
Main office

Courtlets House
2nd Floor
38 King Street West
Manchester
M3 2WZ

Objectives

(1) TO PROMOTE THE RELIEF OF SICKNESS AND THE PRESERVATION AND PROTECTION OF HEALTH CARE FOR BABIES, CHILDREN AND YOUNG PEOPLE BY THE PROVISION OF EQUIPMENT.(2) TO FURTHER SUCH OTHER CHARITABLE PURPOSES AS THE TRUSTEES CONSIDER APPROPRIATE.

Defined Area of Benefit:

PARTICULARLY BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY THE NORTH WEST OF ENGLAND

Data Sources

Charity Commission for England and Wales
360 Giving

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