Finance Score: 0
Governance Score: 6
Support Score: 1
  • Low unrestricted reserves: -2
  • Large legacies income: +1
  • Reasonable growth: +1
  • Good trustee age range: +3
  • Gender balanced board: +3
  • Grant maker support: +1
Overall GiG Score: 7 ?

SAM BEARE HOSPICE 

The provision of palliative and other appropriate care to persons suffering from a terminal and/or chronic illness within a hospice(s) or within the community with the object of improving the conditions of life for such persons.To relieve the emotional and mental needs of the patients, families, carers, staff and volunteers who assist in the care of patients.
Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

  • The charity has received modest backing from a grant maker
  • This charity has received considerable income from legacies in recent years
  • There has been reasonable growth in spending over the last 3 years relative to the previous period
  • There have been no material income shortfalls in recent years
  • The Board appears to be well diversified in terms of age and gender

Financial issues to consider:

  • Unrestricted reserves appear to be dangerously low at the latest year end

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
31/03/23£770£770£0£0£0£0n/a050
31/03/22£103£103£0n/an/an/an/an/a50
31/03/21£328£328£0n/an/an/an/an/a50
31/03/20£72£72£0n/an/an/an/an/a800
31/03/19£183£428£-246n/an/an/an/an/a0
31/03/18£184£184£0£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/17£2,158£2,220£-62£729£245£2451.3780
31/03/16*£4,390£3,506£884£1,311£307£2380.81040
31/03/15£2,640£3,462£-822£1,156£-577£-645-2.2830
31/03/14£2,884£3,276£-392£1,168£245£1150.4830
31/03/13£2,839£3,057£-218£1,095£637£5582.2770
31/03/12£2,544£2,328£216£729£855£8264.3490
31/03/11£2,641£2,241£400£661£639£6383.4580
31/03/10£2,331£2,031£301£474£239£2211.3570
31/03/09£1,772£1,899£-128£348£-62£-87-0.5570
31/03/08£1,541£1,647£-106£312£85£410.3410
31/03/07£1,216£1,067£148£221£148£1471.7280

Financial Ratios
Fundraising Costs/Relevant Income: 0%
Fundraising Costs/Total Spending: 0%
Highest pay band: Less than £60,000
Liabilities/Assets: 100%
Liabilities/Income: 161%
Unrestricted Funds/Total Funds: NAN%
Reserves/Spending: 0 months
Net Current Assets/Spending: 0 months
Quick Ratio: 0.9
Asset Split ?
Established: 18 years

www.wsbhospices.co.uk

info@wsbh.org.uk

01483881750

Charity Commission for England and WalesCompanies House
UN SDGs
?
Listed activities
  • The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives
GiG Classification
  • Hospice services
How it operates
  • Provides services
Where it operates
  • Surrey,
Who it helps
  • Children/Young People
  • Elderly/Old People
  • People With Disabilities
  • The General Public/Mankind
Who works here?
  • Unknown number of employees
  • 50 volunteers

Who's supporting them? ?

Donations from Grant Makers ?

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

Specific Donations
Amount When
Months
To be used for
Co-Operative Group - Grant to Woking & Sam Beare Hospices
£2,995 15/11/2019
We want to host an outdoor cinema to raise awareness and vital funds for the hospice.
Wolfson Foundation - Grant to Woking & Sam Beare Hospices
£62,000 16/06/2016
Bereavement room in new hospice facility and wellbeing centre

Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (10)
Current Trustees appointed
Gender Split

Age Range of Trustees: 48-70
Legal constitution
  • Charitable company registered in England & Wales on 19/07/2006, number: 1115439
  • Registered at Companies House on 19/05/2006, number: 05822985
Gift Aid
  • Registered with HMRC for Gift Aid
Other Regulators
  • Care Quality Commission
Policies in force
  • Complaints handling
  • Conflicting interests
  • Paying staff
  • Risk management
  • Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
  • Volunteer management
Filing Record
17 returns made; AR16: 4 days late,
Recent reorganisation events:
  • Asset transfer in from THE BUSENHART - MORGAN - EVANS FOUNDATION on 25/04/2023
Main office

Woking Hospice
The Goldsworth Park Centre
WOKING
GU21 3LG

Objectives

1) TO PROVIDE RELIEF BY PALLIATIVE AND OTHER APPROPRIATE CARE AND TREATMENT, AND SUPPORT, TO PERSONS SUFFERING FROM TERMINAL AND/OR CHRONIC ILLNESS AND/OR DISEASE AND/OR DISABILITY AND/OR BEREAVEMENT(THE PATIENTS) WITHIN A HOSPICE OR HOSPICES AND WITHIN THE COMMUNITY INCLUDING AT THE HOMES OF THE PATIENTS WITH THE OBJECT OF IMPROVING THE CONDITIONS OF LIFE FOR SUCH PERSONS.2) TO RELIEVE THE EMOTIONAL AND MENTAL AND SPIRITUAL NEEDS OF THE FAMILIES, CLOSE FRIENDS, CARERS, MEDICAL AND OTHER STAFF, PROVIDING OR ASSISTING IN THE CARE OF THE PATIENTS, BY THE PROVISION OF CARE, ADVICE, SUPPORT AND COUNSELLING, INCLUDING BEREAVEMENT COUNSELLING AND ASSOCIATED SERVICES TO ANY AND/OR ALL SUCH PERSONS.

Defined Area of Benefit:

NOT DEFINED IN PRACTICE SURREY

Data Sources

Charity Commission for England and Wales
360 Giving
CharityBase
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