Finance Score: -3
Governance Score: 6
Support Score: 3
  • Liabilities <10%: +3
  • Excess liquidity: -1
  • Fundraising costs high: -5
  • Good trustee age range: +3
  • Dynamic board: +3
  • Overall weighted support: +3
Overall GiG Score: 6 ?

KEMP HOSPICE

KEMP Hospice provides palliative care, compassionate support and practical help to people and their families in the Wyre Forest and surrounding areas who are affected by life limiting illnesses. This is achieved through the provision of a wide range of multidisciplinary services which treat the individual and family holistically.
Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

  • This charity has a robust balance sheet
  • 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 dynamic in terms of composition

Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

  • Over half the Board have joined recently

Financial issues to consider:

  • Liquidity appeared to be in excess of CC guidelines at the latest year end
  • Fundraising costs are extremely high relative to funds raised

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£1,744£1,694£50£916£2,688£2,1211540190
31/03/22£2,022£1,644£378£913£2,638£2,04014.938210
31/03/21£2,154£1,498£657£777£2,260£1,65513.355206
31/03/20£1,889£1,702£186£939£1,604£9746.931318
31/03/19£1,827£1,582£245£840£1,417£7765.941321
31/03/18£1,339£1,469£-130£708£1,172£5144.2440
31/03/17£1,591£1,416£176£642£1,303£6205.3500
31/03/16£1,725£1,360£365£657£1,127£4123.6330
31/03/15£1,325£1,244£81£705£762£3653.5340
31/03/14£1,922£1,244£678£575£836£4083.9350
31/03/13£1,247£1,092£155£474£159£1471.6300

Financial Ratios
Fundraising Costs/Relevant Income: 98%
Fundraising Costs/Total Spending: 54.1%
Senior Staff Costs/Total Spending: 5%
Highest pay band: £60,000-£70,000
Liabilities/Assets: 6%
Liabilities/Income: 10%
Unrestricted Funds/Total Funds: 79%
Reserves/Spending: 15 months
Net Current Assets/Spending: 15 months
Quick Ratio: 11
Asset Split ?
Balance Sheet History
Established: 13 years

www.kemphospice.org.uk

info@kemphospice.org.uk

01562756000

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UN SDGs
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Listed activities
  • The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives
GiG Classification
  • Hospice & bereavement services
How it operates
  • Provides advocacy/advice/information
  • Provides buildings/facilities/open space
  • Provides services
Where it operates
  • Worcestershire,
Who it helps
  • The General Public/Mankind

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
Garfield Weston Foundation£20,000
Sir Jules Thorn Charitable Trust£5,000
Masonic Trust£1,000
Specific Donations
Amount When
Months
To be used for
Sir Jules Thorn Charitable Trust - KEMP Hospice - 30/09/21
£5,000 29/11/2021
Core Funding
Masonic Trust - MCF Hospice
£1,000 10/11/2021
Unrestricted funding for hospices
Garfield Weston Foundation - Main Grants award
£20,000 06/12/2019
KEMP Hospice - Core Support

Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (9)
Current Trustees appointed
Gender Split

Age Range of Trustees: 33-74
  • GEOFF TAYLOR-SMITH (Chair) Appointed: 2020, Occupation: Director
  • JANET ANNE ROWE Appointed: 2017, Occupation: Non-Executive Director
  • KATHERINE ELLIS Appointed: 2021, Occupation: Solicitor
  • KATIE ELIZABETH COLLYER Appointed: 2018, Occupation: Finance Director
  • LAURA NASH Appointed: 2024, Occupation: Fundraising Manager
  • PHIL DAVISON Appointed: 2022, Occupation: Director Of Transformation
  • RUTH MAYALL Appointed: 2024, Occupation: Director
  • SUZANNE BEATTIE Appointed: 2022, Occupation: Hr Business Partner
  • ZENA DALTON Appointed: 2024, Occupation: Director
Legal constitution
  • Charitable company registered in England & Wales on 09/03/2012, number: 1146310
  • Registered at Companies House on 14/11/2011, number: 07846810
Gift Aid
  • Registered with HMRC for Gift Aid
Other Regulators
  • Care Quality Commission
Policies in force
  • Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
  • Campaigns and political activity 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
  • 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
11 returns made; all on time
Main office

Kemp Hospice
41 Mason Road
Kidderminster
DY11 6AG

Objectives

TO PROVIDE CLINICAL, EMOTIONAL AND SPIRITUAL CARE WITH PRACTICAL SUPPORT FOR PEOPLE, THEIR FAMILIES, CARERS AND THE WIDER COMMUNITY WHO MAY BE AFFECTED BY SERIOUS AND LIFE LIMITING ILLNESS WITHIN WORCESTERSHIRE AND THE SURROUNDING AREAS

Data Sources

Charity Commission for England and Wales
360 Giving

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