Finance Score: 1
Governance Score: 6
Support Score: 11
  • Liabilities <10%: +3
  • Strong growth: +2
  • Multiple Deficits: -2
  • Fundraising costs high: -2
  • Dynamic board: +3
  • Gender balanced board: +3
  • Overall weighted support: +11
Overall GiG Score: 18 ?

HORATIO'S GARDEN

Horatio's Garden creates and cares for beautiful, accessible gardens in NHS spinal injury centres. Designed to improve patients' psychological and physical wellbeing, the stunning sanctuaries become a vital part of patients' lives during their long hospital stays. Events and activities are organised by the charity, including garden and art therapy, music concerts and sculpture exhibitions.
Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

  • The charity has received backing from multiple prominent grant makers recently
  • This charity has a robust balance sheet
  • There has been strong growth in spending over the last 5 years
  • The Board appears to be well diversified in terms of gender and dynamic in terms of composition

Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

  • One or more trustees receive payments or benefits from the charity for providing services to the charity

Financial issues to consider:

  • On several occasions in recent years income has been less than spending
  • Fundraising costs are 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
30/04/24£2,976£3,145£-169£537£2,251£1,7396.639217
30/04/23£2,268£1,839£430£356£2,420£1,8411230176
30/04/22£2,608£1,957£651£267£1,990£1,77510.925159
30/04/21£1,715£1,912£-196£205£1,339£7314.620220
30/04/20?£1,810£1,916£-106£260£1,535£7504.717189
30/04/18£1,058£1,008£49£120£1,490£1,07312.830
30/04/17£1,172£961£211£41£1,441£7429.320
30/04/16£1,243£358£885£74£1,231£5962010
30/04/15?£300£171£129n/an/an/an/an/an/a
01/04/14£293£76£217n/an/an/an/an/an/a

Financial Ratios
Fundraising Costs/Relevant Income: 20.6%
Fundraising Costs/Total Spending: 17.1%
Senior Staff Costs/Total Spending: 2%
Highest pay band: £60,000-£70,000
Liabilities/Assets: 7%
Liabilities/Income: 6%
Unrestricted Funds/Total Funds: 77%
Reserves/Spending: 6.6 months
Net Current Assets/Spending: 9 months
Quick Ratio: 12.9
Asset Split ?
Balance Sheet History
Established: 12 years

www.horatiosgarden.org.uk

info@horatiosgarden.org.uk

01722326834

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UN SDGs
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Listed activities
  • Disability
  • The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives
GiG Classification
  • Art or music based therapy
How it operates
  • Provides buildings/facilities/open space
  • Provides human resources
Where it operates
  • Northern Ireland, Scotland, Throughout England And Wales,
Who it helps
  • 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
Pears Foundation£125,000
The Clothworkers Foundation£100,000
Garfield Weston Foundation£100,000
Wolfson Foundation£75,000
National Lottery Community Fund£60,000
The Foyle Foundation£30,000
Specific Donations
Amount When
Months
To be used for
The Linbury Trust - Energy efficiency - Horatio's Gaden
£5,000 13/12/2023
A one off grant towards costs for an energy audit.
Rothschild Foundation - Grant to Horatio's Garden
£500 27/09/2023
A donation in memory of a volunteer at Waddesdon Manor
The Clothworkers Foundation - Grant to Horatio's Garden
£100,000 26/09/2023
Horatio’s Garden Sheffield – the build of a garden for patients with spinal cord injuries to aid mental and physical rehabilitation
Halifax Foundation for Northern Ireland - Horatio's Garden Northern Ireland
£5,000 28/03/2023
Towards costs of calming water feature which will be centre-piece of their garden project at Musgrave Park Hospital spinal injury unit.
Wolfson Foundation - Grant to Horatio's Garden
£75,000 08/06/2022
New garden in Musgrave Park Hospital, Belfast supporting the mental wellbeing of patients undergoing rehabilitation from spinal injury
Wates Foundation - Head Gardener's Salary (South West Garden) - RWF May 2022
£7,000 19/05/2022
Funding towards running costs for Horatio's Garden, South West and specifically for the Head Gardener's salary. The garden supports the mental health, wellbeing and rehabilitation of patients with spinal injuries, their families and the centre's ....more
Pears Foundation - Grant to Horatio's Garden
£75,000 07/02/2022
Horatio's Garden Belfast Capital Appeal
Rothschild Foundation - Grant to Horatio's Garden
£10,000 19/11/2021
Horatio’s Garden creates and nurtures beautifully designed gardens in NHS spinal injury centres across the UK, to improve the physical and psychological wellbeing of people affected by life changing injuries.
Masonic Trust - MCF Matched Funding
£500 15/11/2021
Unrestricted matched funding in partnership with the local masonic province
The Foyle Foundation - Arts
£30,000 08/07/2021
towards the development of the Arts Programme
Sir Jules Thorn Charitable Trust - Horatio's Garden - 23/06/21
£2,500 07/07/2021
Garden for Welsh Spinal Cord Injury Rehabilitation Centre
The Grocers' Charity - 2021 - Horatio's Garden
£5,000 24/03/2021
In 2019 we funded the development of the Stanmore garden. Due to loss of fundraising income, the request is to support the annual running costs of the garden.
National Lottery Community Fund - Horatio's Garden Wales
£60,000 18/11/2020
12
Horatio's Garden in the Vale of Glamorgan will provide a new specially designed garden for patients with spinal injuries in South and Mid Wales. As part of the new spinal injuries department located at Llandough Hospital the garden will provide a ....more
Garfield Weston Foundation - Major Grants award
£100,000 07/02/2020
Horatio's Garden Cardiff
Pears Foundation - Grant to Horatio's Garden
£50,000 31/01/2020
12
Horato's Garden Cardiff Capital Appeal
Pears Foundation - Grant to Horatio's Garden
£75,000 20/02/2019
12
Garden at Royal National Orthopaedic Hospital, Stanmore
Co-Operative Group - Grant to Horatio's Garden
£7,160 19/11/2018
Help us develop a garden for the use of the patients, and their families, in the spinal injuries unit at Stoke Mandeville Hospital.
Masonic Trust - MCF Large Grant
£60,000 22/10/2018
Fund the Horatio's Garden at The Midland Centre for Spinal Injuries (MCSI) in Oswestry.
Wates Foundation - Horatio's Garden
£10,000 13/09/2018
Salary costs for an Events Assistant to support the Head of Events.
Hazelhurst Trust - Grant
£500 06/05/2016
Memorial Garden
Hazelhurst Trust - Grant
£500 22/09/2014
Memorial Garden
Hazelhurst Trust - Grant
£2,000 12/05/2013
Memorial Garden
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Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (9)
Current Trustees appointed
Gender Split

  • CATHERINE OGILVIE BURNS Appointed: 2015
  • DAVID CHAPPLE FRCS Appointed: 2013
  • DR SUSAN OLIVIA CHAPPLE Appointed: 2013
  • JAMES ALEXANDER-SINCLAIR Appointed: 2021
  • JOHN YALLOP Appointed: 2021
  • LISA STRATTON Appointed: 2016
  • MOHAMMED BELAL Appointed: 2023
  • RICHARD GRAINGER Appointed: 2019
  • VICTORIA HOLTON Appointed: 2013
Legal constitution
  • Charity registered in England & Wales on 02/04/2013, number: 1151475
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
  • Social media policy and procedures
  • Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
  • Trustee expenses policy and procedures
  • Volunteer management
Filing Record
10 returns made; all on time
Main office

2 Throope Down Office
Blandford Road
Coombe Bissett
Salisbury
SP5 4LN

Objectives

To meet the particular, but not exclusively, the needs of people with spinal injuries by:3.1 Creating outdoor spaces called Horatio’s Gardens which are places of tranquillity and beauty at spinal treatment centres 3.2 Maintaining and improving Horatio’s Gardens 3.3 Supporting people with spinal injuries and their friends and relatives to enable them to use Horatio's Gardens 3.4 Facilitating events especially in Horatio’s Gardens for people with spinal injuries their friends' relatives and carers and for volunteers and staff at the spinal treatment centres 3.5 Training and supporting staff and volunteers who care for people with spinal injuries 3.6 Conducting research, gathering and disseminating information and working to raise awareness and further understanding as to the benefits of gardens and accessible design in health care settings, including consulting with and for third parties.

Data Sources

Charity Commission for England and Wales
360 Giving

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