Finance Score: -5

Governance Score: -8

Support Score: 4

Multiple Deficits and declines: -5
No PartB

Very static board: -5
All male board: -3

Overall weighted support: +4

Overall GiG Score: -9

THE HYDRATION FOUNDATION

The charity's mission is to distribute as many free Hydrant hands free drinking systems as possible to those individuals in the community, care homes and hospitals who need them.Anyone with limited mobility particularly those who struggle to reach, hold or lift a drink is likely to benefit from a Hydrant. We believe this could be as many as 3 million people in Great Britain.

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Positives:

The charity has received backing from several prominent grant makers recently

Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

Why is the Board completely male?
Why is the Board composition very static?

Financial issues to consider:

Income has been volatile and on several occasions in recent years less than spending
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		£39	£31	£7	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
31/03/23	*	£61	£57	£5	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
31/03/22		£38	£72	£-34	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
31/03/21		£44	£83	£-38	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
31/03/20?	*	£11	£56	£-46	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
31/03/18		£231	£63	£168	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
31/03/17		£0	£0	£0	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a

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Highest pay bracket: less than £60,000

Established: 8 years

www.thehydrationfoundation.org

mark.moran@thehydrationfoundation.org

08000436003

Charity Commission for England and Wales

Listed activities

Disability
The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives

GiG Classification

Provides financial or material assistance

How it operates

Other charitable activities

Where it operates

Throughout England And Wales,

Who it helps

Children/Young People
Elderly/Old People
People With Disabilities
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

DCMS	£10,000
Garfield Weston Foundation	£10,000
The Grocers' Charity	£5,000

Specific Donations

Amount	When Months	To be used for
The Grocers' Charity - 2022-The Hydration Foundation
£5,000	22/06/2022	Towards core costs to provide Hydrants to 500-750 people in need to improve the quality of life of disabled people and to relieve pressure on front-line healthcare.
Garfield Weston Foundation - Main Grants award
£10,000	06/05/2022	Preventing dehydration in the elderly and those with limited mobility
DCMS - Coronavirus Community Support Fund
£10,000	02/10/2020	"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 operate, thereby reducing the burden on public ....more "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 operate, thereby reducing the burden on public services.2) To ensure essential services are provided to vulnerable people, both in the short and long term through increased community support through the work of charitable organisations."

Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (3)

Current Trustees appointed

Gender Split

MARK MORAN MBE (Chair) Appointed: 2016

MICHAEL ALAN EVANS Appointed: 2016

STUART ALAN TRAVIS Appointed: 2016

Legal constitution

Charity registered in England & Wales on 08/08/2016, number: 1168653

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
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

7 returns made; AR23: 34 days late, AR20: 5 days late,

Main office

The Hydration Foundation
Dyrham Lodge
16 Clifton Park
Clifton
Bristol
BS8 3BY

Objectives

TO RELIEVE ELDERLY PEOPLE AND THOSE WITH DISABILITIES WHO ARE IN NEED BY PROVIDING SPECIALLY DESIGNED DRINKING SYSTEMS IN ORDER TO PREVENT DEHYDRATION.

Data Sources

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