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Finance Score: -7
Governance Score: 8
Support Score: 6
  • Multiple Deficits: -2
  • Fundraising costs high: -5
  • No conflicts policy: -1
  • Good trustee age range: +3
  • Dynamic board: +3
  • Gender balanced board: +3
  • Grant maker support: +6
Overall GiG Score: 7 ?

CROHN'S & COLITIS UK 

Providing support & information for patients & their families who are affected by Inflammatory Bowel Diseases (IBD)Raising public & political awareness of IBDStriving to improve healthcare services & provision for IBDInfluencing the attitudes of society to achieve positive change for those affected by IBDPromoting research into all aspects of IBD & how they affect people's lives
Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

  • The charity has received backing from multiple prominent grant makers recently
  • The Board appears to be well diversified in terms of age and gender and dynamic in terms of composition

Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

  • This charity does not have a Conflict of Interests policy
  • Over half the Board have joined recently

Financial issues to consider:

  • On several occasions in recent years income has been less than spending
  • Fundraising costs are extremely high relative to funds raised
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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
31/12/22£7,237£6,484£752£1,906£5,734£4,9309.171934
31/12/21£7,210£4,768£2,442£1,662£5,294£4,27210.861870
31/12/20£4,679£4,026£653£1,509£2,689£2,3367701,000
31/12/19£6,247£7,013£-765£2,120£2,070£1,9353.378850
31/12/18£6,522£6,851£-329£2,144£2,747£2,7014.771850
31/12/17£5,638£6,175£-537£1,912£3,083£2,9625.8610
31/12/16£4,978£4,446£532£1,171£3,608£3,3499510
31/12/15£4,228£4,057£170£1,102£3,091£2,7728.2450
31/12/14£3,709£3,963£-254£1,048£2,910£2,5467.7420
31/12/13£3,347£3,195£152£655£3,175£2,4529.2400
31/12/12*£3,634£2,942£692£688£2,980£2,3139.4310
31/12/11£2,771£2,599£172£457£2,320£1,6627.7280
31/12/10£2,360£2,575£-215£598£2,159£1,5157.1250
31/12/09£2,093£2,322£-229£547£2,363£1,4787.6230
31/12/08£2,181£2,123£58£532£2,592£1,5648.8210
31/12/07£1,853£1,933£-80£522£2,544£1,3728.5250
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Financial Ratios
Fundraising Costs/Relevant Income: 45.3%
Fundraising Costs/Total Spending: 29.4%
Senior Staff Costs/Total Spending: 6%
Highest pay band: £80,000-£90,000
Liabilities/Assets: 31%
Liabilities/Income: 35%
Unrestricted Funds/Total Funds: 86%
Reserves/Spending: 9.1 months
Net Current Assets/Spending: 6 months
Quick Ratio: 1.3
Asset Split ?
Established: 17 years

www.crohnsandcolitis.org.uk

info@crohnsandcolitis.org.uk

01727830038

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Listed activities
  • Disability
  • General Charitable Purposes
  • The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives
GiG Classification
  • Other specialist outpatient services
How it operates
  • Makes Grants to Individuals
  • Makes Grants to Organisations
  • Other charitable activities
  • Provides advocacy/advice/information
  • Provides services
  • Sponsors or undertakes research
Where it operates
  • Northern Ireland, Scotland, Throughout England And Wales,
Who it helps
  • Children/Young People
  • Elderly/Old People
  • Other Defined Groups
  • People With Disabilities
  • The General Public/Mankind
Who works here?
  • 71 employees
  • 934 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.

Major supporters in last 5 years
Garfield Weston Foundation£75,000
DCMS£60,000
National Lottery Community Fund£39,643
Hackney Council£10,000
Specific Donations
Amount When
Months		 To be used for
National Lottery Community Fund - Crohn's & Colitis Medicines Decision Tool
£10,000 24/06/2022
The funding will be used to create a digital decision tool for those living with Crohns and Colitis. The Tool will provide a reliable and trusted source of medication information so beneficiaries ....more
Hackney Council - Grant to Crohns and Colitis Relief (CCR)
£10,000 12/05/2022
Mental Health Care for IBD/S patients in Hackney
Sir Jules Thorn Charitable Trust - Crohn's & Colitis UK - 18/05/21
£1,250 02/06/2021
Helpline support for people vulnerable with Crohn?s and Colitis
National Lottery Community Fund - Crohn’s & Colitis UK Chatbot: instant guided information 24 hours a day
£9,643 19/03/2021
8
The funding will be used to develop software to signpost visitors to the Crohn’s and Colitis charity website for information to help with their condition. The project aims to develop a Chatbot tool ....more
DCMS - Coronavirus Community Support Fund
£60,000 23/07/2020
"The fund aims to:1) To reduce closures of essential charities that provide essential services to vulnerable groups during the COVID-19 crisis by ensuring they have the financial resources to ....more
National Lottery Community Fund - Crohn's & Colitis Information & Support Helpline - Scotland - COVID-19
£10,000 28/04/2020
11
This group will continue to provide a multi-channel helpline to people affected by Crohn's disease and ulcerative colitis during the COVID-19 pandemic.
National Lottery Community Fund - Crohn's and Colitis Patient Research Champions pilot
£10,000 24/01/2020
11
The funding will be used to train people to become patient experts for people living with Crohn's and Colitis. The project aims to bring the patient community together and encourage research ....more
Garfield Weston Foundation - Multi-Year Grant (3 Years) award
£75,000 03/09/2019
Crohn's and Colitis UK Nurse Specialist Programme
National Lottery Community Fund - Empowering Children - a new resource
£9,968 25/10/2018
12
The organisation will use the funding to produce an age-appropriate support resource for children with Crohn's disease to help improve their wellbeing.
Department of Health - Sharing and celebrating patient and public involvement in healthcare community- Crohn's and Colitis UK
£2,500 01/07/2018
To support the organisation to inform NHS England about the good practice undertaken about how citizens and patients are involved in making improvements to healthcare services
Garfield Weston Foundation - Main Grants award
£25,000 13/06/2018
The Spotlight Project - Improving early detection and intervention management of Crohn's and Colitis to improve the health outcomes for thousands of people each year
National Lottery Community Fund - Camp Kick IBD
£10,000 08/02/2017
12
The funding will be used to take sufferers of Crohn’s and Colitis on a residential weekend with their families. This will provide them with an opportunity to take part in activities that have ....more
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Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (12)
Current Trustees appointed
Gender Split

Age Range of Trustees: 37-67
  • DR RACHEL QUINN Appointed: 2023, Occupation: Director Of Medical Science Policy
  • LUCIE WATERS Appointed: 2023, Occupation: Programme Director
  • MANPREET DHESI Appointed: 2022, Occupation: Strategic Communications Consultant And Director
  • GRAHAM BELL Appointed: 2016, Occupation: Chief Executive
Legal constitution
  • Charitable company registered in England & Wales on 06/12/2006, number: 1117148
  • Registered at Companies House on 20/10/2006, number: 05973370
Gift Aid
  • Registered with HMRC for Gift Aid
Policies in force
  • Complaints handling
  • Investment
  • Paying staff
  • Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
  • Volunteer management
Filing Record
16 returns made; AR12: 21 days late,
Main office

1 Bishops Square
HATFIELD
Herts
AL10 9NE

Objectives

(1) THE RELIEF OF THOSE SUFFERING FROM ULCERATIVE COLITIS, CROHN'S DISEASE OR RELATED INFLAMMATORY BOWEL DISEASES INCLUDING THE SUPPORT OF THOSE WHO CARE FOR THEM;(2) THE PROMOTION OF WELFARE OF THOSE SUFFERING FROM ULCERATIVE COLITIS, CHRON'S DISEASE OR RELATED INFLAMMATORY BOWEL DISEASES;(3) THE ADVANCEMENT OF EDUCATION AND RESEARCH INTO THE CAUSES, PREVENTION, TREATMENT AND CURE OF ULCERATIVE COLITIS, CROHN'S DISEASE AND RELATED INFLAMMATORY BOWEL DISEASES AND INTO IMPROVEMENTS IN THE MANAGEMENT OF THE CONDITIONS; AND THE PUBLICATION OF THE USEFUL RESULTS OF ANY SUCH RESEARCH.

Defined Area of Benefit:

NATIONAL AND OVERSEAS

Data Sources

Charity Commission for England and Wales
360 Giving
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