Finance Score: 1

Governance Score: 6

Support Score: 7

Liabilities <10%: +3
Excess liquidity: -1
Income diversified: +3
Fundraising costs high: -4

Good trustee age range: +3
Gender balanced board: +3

Grant maker support: +7

Overall GiG Score: 14

ST CATHERINE'S HOSPICE LIMITED

St Catherine's Hospice is a charity dedicated to providing specialised end of life care, support and information to local people, their families, friends and carers. We are committed to helping people achieve the best possible quality of life, whatever their lifespan. All our care is free but only made possible thanks to the generosity of supporters and volunteers.

Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

This charity has a robust balance sheet
Income generation is well diversified
There have been no material income shortfalls in recent years
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 gender

Financial issues to consider:

Liquidity appeared to be considerably in excess of CC guidelines at the latest year end especially considering the historic stability of income
Fundraising costs are extremely high relative to funds raised

Established: 44 years

www.stch.org.uk

kerrystanford@stch.org.uk

01293447333

Charity Commission for England and Wales

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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		£13,317	£11,154	£2,163	£3,592	£28,792	£22,088	23.8	192	786
31/03/22	*	£11,882	£10,255	£1,627	£3,286	£27,017	£22,220	26	183	674
31/03/21		£12,194	£10,780	£1,414	£3,148	£25,275	£21,114	23.5	213	1,000
31/03/20		£12,502	£11,906	£596	£4,185	£23,320	£19,226	19.4	228	1,000
31/03/19		£12,439	£10,639	£1,800	£3,493	£22,651	£19,819	22.4	207	1,000
31/03/18		£10,238	£10,299	£-61	£3,241	£20,593	£19,404	22.6	197	0
31/03/17		£10,807	£10,281	£526	£3,115	£20,531	£19,321	22.6	203	0
31/03/16		£9,679	£9,960	£-281	£2,908	£17,722	£15,750	19	196	0
31/03/15		£10,844	£9,711	£1,133	£2,971	£18,396	£16,366	20.2	199	0
31/03/14		£13,372	£8,983	£4,389	£2,849	£16,148	£14,331	19.1	187	0
31/03/13		£8,765	£8,404	£361	£2,588	£11,173	£9,543	13.6	181	0
31/03/12		£8,156	£8,211	£-55	£2,480	£9,886	£8,429	12.3	177	0
31/03/11	*	£8,115	£7,631	£485	£2,153	£9,906	£8,199	12.9	172	0
31/03/10		£9,129	£7,435	£1,694	£1,984	£9,232	£7,799	12.6	168	0
31/03/09		£6,759	£6,328	£431	£1,958	£7,150	£5,848	11.1	145	0
31/03/08	*	£6,503	£5,990	£513	£1,777	£7,475	£6,119	12.3	173	0
31/03/07		£4,800	£4,695	£105	£1,834	£7,222	£6,030	15.4	132	0
31/03/06	*	£4,083	£4,442	£-359	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/05		£4,637	£4,207	£430	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/04		£3,943	£4,028	£-85	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0

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Financial Ratios

Fundraising Costs/Relevant Income: 36%
Fundraising Costs/Total Spending: 32.6%
Senior Staff Costs/Total Spending: 9%
Highest pay band: £110,000-£120,000
Liabilities/Assets: 7%
Liabilities/Income: 16%
Unrestricted Funds/Total Funds: 77%
Reserves/Spending: 23.8 months
Net Current Assets/Spending: 6 months
Quick Ratio: 2.5

Asset Split ?

Listed activities

Education/Training
The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives

How it operates

Provides advocacy/advice/information
Provides services

Where it operates

East Sussex, Surrey, West Sussex,

Who it helps

Elderly/Old People
People With Disabilities
The General Public/Mankind

Who works here?

192 employees
786 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

Wolfson Foundation	£150,000
Garfield Weston Foundation	£100,000
Co-Operative Group	£9,211
Community Foundation for Surrey	£5,000

Specific Donations

Amount	When Months	To be used for
Wolfson Foundation - Grant to St Catherine's Hospice
£150,000	09/12/2021	Construction of a new hospice
Masonic Trust - MCF Hospice
£1,845	10/11/2021	Unrestricted funding for hospices
Garfield Weston Foundation - Major Grants award
£100,000	05/11/2021	Major Grants award
Co-Operative Group - Grant to St Catherine's Hospice
£5,642	23/10/2021	Our care and support helps local people facing the end of life to have as good a quality of life as possible in the time they have remaining.
Co-Operative Group - Grant to St Catherine's Hospice
£3,570	24/10/2020	We will provide music therapy to patients facing end of life, to help improve emotional health and wellbeing.
Community Foundation for Surrey - COVID19 - Hospices
£5,000	21/04/2020	Funding toward the essential running costs, of a hospice, based in Tandridge, offering end of life care to patients, during the COVID-19 pandemic.
Co-Operative Group - Grant to St Catherine's Hospice
£6,491	19/11/2018	Help support the weekly sessional costs of our artist, Andree, who works with patients to help them explore and unlock creative ideas.
National Lottery Community Fund - Accessibility for Hearing Loss and Deafness
£6,173	23/08/2018 12	The funding will be used to install a range of hearing support systems within their hospice and charity shops. The project aims to improve their service to ensure staff and volunteers can effectively ....more The funding will be used to install a range of hearing support systems within their hospice and charity shops. The project aims to improve their service to ensure staff and volunteers can effectively communicate with patients and the community who experience hearing loss.
Co-Operative Group - Grant to St Catherine's Hospice
£2,928	29/11/2017	Help us run a weekly support group for carers, allowing them to meet others in a similar situation and receive advice from hospice staff.
Masonic Trust - Hospice Grant
£2,620	18/10/2017	Core funding for hospices
Co-Operative Group - Grant to St Catherine's Hospice
£5,612	04/08/2017	Support weekly meetings that allow people caring for someone with a terminal illness to discuss concerns with staff and share experiences.
Masonic Trust - Hospice Grant
£3,576	19/10/2016	Core funding for hospices

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How is it governed?

Trustees (11)

Current Trustees appointed

Gender Split

Age Range of Trustees: 47-73

ALISON LIVESLEY Appointed: 2016, Occupation: None

CATHERINE BLACKBURN Appointed: 2016, Occupation: Company Director

DIANA LESLEY RILEY Appointed: 2022, Occupation: Retired

GREGORY ANDREWS Appointed: 2019, Occupation: Retired

JOHN PHILIP ABBOTT Appointed: 2022, Occupation: Business Consultant

KATE MIDGLEY Appointed: 2019, Occupation: Business Standards Manager

NICOLA NEAL-SMITH Appointed: 2017, Occupation: Local Government Officer, Other trusteeship: WEST SUSSEX MEDIATION SERVICE,

PHILIP ALEXANDER INGLEBY Appointed: 2020, Occupation: Chartered Surveyor

RICHARD MARTIN GRIFFIN Appointed: 2020, Occupation: Retired

TERENCE JOHN O'LEARY (Chair) Appointed: 2016, Occupation: Company Director

YOLANDA MIRIAM FERNANDES Appointed: 2022, Occupation: Retired

Legal constitution

Charitable company registered in England & Wales on 02/11/1980, number: 281362
Registered at Companies House on 30/10/1980, number: 01525404

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
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

20 returns made; AR22: 72 days late, AR11: 8 days late, AR08: 10 days late, AR06: 1 days late,

Recent reorganisation events:

Asset transfer in from THE KMG FOUNDATION on 29/08/2023

Main office

St. Catherines Hospice
Grace Holland Avenue
Pease Pottage
CRAWLEY
West Sussex
RH11 9SL

Objectives

THE OBJECTS OF THE CHARITY ARE:1. TO ADVANCE RESEARCH AND EDUCATION IN PALLIATIVE AND END OF LIFE CARE;2. TO RELIEVE SUFFERING, PROVIDE COMFORT AND IMPROVE QUALITY OF LIFE FOR PEOPLE WITH PROGRESSIVE LIFE-LIMITING ILLNESS;3. TO RELIEVE THE SUFFERING OF PEOPLE FACING OR EXPERIENCING BEREAVEMENT BY THE PROVISION OF COUNSELLING.

Defined Area of Benefit:

NOT DEFINED

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