Finance Score: 3
Governance Score: 9
Support Score: 6
  • Liabilities <10%: +3
  • Excess reserves: -2
  • Income diversified: +3
  • Large legacies income: +1
  • Strong growth: +2
  • Fundraising costs high: -4
  • Good trustee age range: +3
  • Dynamic board: +3
  • Gender balanced board: +3
  • Overall weighted support: +6
Overall GiG Score: 18 ?

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
  • This charity has received considerable income from legacies in recent years
  • There has been strong growth in spending over the last 5 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 and dynamic in terms of composition

Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

  • Over half the Board have joined recently

Financial issues to consider:

  • This charity has substantial assets and unrestricted reserves of £30,363,000 available, equivalent to 28 months of spending and so may not be able to utilise additional funding
  • 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
31/03/24£14,574£13,192£1,382£4,310£30,492£30,36327.6207868
31/03/23£13,317£11,154£2,163£3,592£28,792£22,08823.8192786
31/03/22*£11,882£10,255£1,627£3,286£27,017£22,22026183674
31/03/21£12,194£10,780£1,414£3,148£25,275£21,11423.52131,000
31/03/20?£12,502£11,906£596£4,185£23,320£19,22619.42281,000
31/03/18£10,238£10,299£-61£3,241£20,593£19,40422.61970
31/03/17£10,807£10,281£526£3,115£20,531£19,32122.62030
31/03/16£9,679£9,960£-281£2,908£17,722£15,750191960
31/03/15£10,844£9,711£1,133£2,971£18,396£16,36620.21990
31/03/14£13,372£8,983£4,389£2,849£16,148£14,33119.11870
31/03/13£8,765£8,404£361£2,588£11,173£9,54313.61810
31/03/12£8,156£8,211£-55£2,480£9,886£8,42912.31770
31/03/11*£8,115£7,631£485£2,153£9,906£8,19912.91720
31/03/10£9,129£7,435£1,694£1,984£9,232£7,79912.61680
31/03/09£6,759£6,328£431£1,958£7,150£5,84811.11450
31/03/08*£6,503£5,990£513£1,777£7,475£6,11912.31730
31/03/07£4,800£4,695£105£1,834£7,222£6,03015.41320
31/03/06*£4,083£4,442£-359n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/05£4,637£4,207£430n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/04£3,943£4,028£-85n/an/an/an/an/an/a

Financial Ratios
Fundraising Costs/Relevant Income: 39.3%
Fundraising Costs/Total Spending: 32.9%
Senior Staff Costs/Total Spending: 10%
Highest pay band: £110,000-£120,000
Liabilities/Assets: 4%
Liabilities/Income: 10%
Unrestricted Funds/Total Funds: 100%
Reserves/Spending: 27.6 months
Net Current Assets/Spending: 3 months
Quick Ratio: 1.3
Asset Split ?
Balance Sheet History
Established: 44 years

www.stch.org.uk

kerrystanford@stch.org.uk

01293447333

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UN SDGs
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Listed activities
  • Education/Training
  • The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives
GiG Classification
  • Hospice & bereavement services
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 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
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
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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 ....more
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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Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (11)
Current Trustees appointed
Gender Split

Age Range of Trustees: 31-68
  • ALISON LIVESLEY Appointed: 2016, Occupation: None
  • DIANA LESLEY RILEY Appointed: 2022, Occupation: Retired
  • GARY JAMES NEEDLE Appointed: 2024, Occupation: Hospital Director
  • GREGORY ANDREWS Appointed: 2019, Occupation: Retired
  • JONATHAN ROBERT ELLIS Appointed: 2024, Occupation: Director
  • JULIA ELLIOTT Appointed: 2024, Occupation: Financial Risk Manager
  • NICOLA NEAL-SMITH Appointed: 2017, Occupation: Local Government Officer
  • PHILIP ALEXANDER INGLEBY Appointed: 2020, Occupation: Chartered Surveyor
  • RENEE HOBSON Appointed: 2024, Occupation: Executive Director Of Operations
  • RICHARD MARTIN GRIFFIN Appointed: 2020, Occupation: Retired
  • THOMAS MARK LAY Appointed: 2024, Occupation: Project Manager
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

Data Sources

Charity Commission for England and Wales
360 Giving

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