Finance Score: -4
Governance Score: 8
Support Score: 5
  • Positive trading contribution: +2;Reasonable growth: +1
  • Multiple Deficits: -2
  • Fundraising costs high: -5
  • 12+ Trustees: -1
  • Good trustee age range: +3
  • Dynamic board: +3
  • Gender balanced board: +3
  • Overall weighted support: +5
Overall GiG Score: 9 ?

FARLEIGH HOSPICE

Adult Hospice
Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

  • More than half of total income was derived from trading and fees in the latest year
  • There has been reasonable growth in spending over the last 3 years relative to the previous period
  • 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:

  • Why are there 13 trustees whereas the Charities Commission recommends a maximum of 12?
  • Over half the Board have joined recently

Financial issues to consider:

  • On several occasions in recent years income has been less than spending
  • 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£22,552£23,202£-650£6,773£13,519£10,6955.5321700
31/03/22£20,739£19,572£1,167£5,956£14,176£11,1696.8309700
31/03/21£20,337£16,905£3,432£4,882£12,990£8,7376.2286703
31/03/20£16,008£16,791£-783£5,951£9,520£390289754
31/03/19£14,834£15,280£-446£5,181£10,309£7,4115.8283728
31/03/18£14,972£13,532£1,440£4,958£10,741£7,7016.82620
31/03/17£12,280£12,305£-25£7,334£9,299£6,17262570
31/03/16£10,706£10,704£2£3,922£9,301£6,1816.92520
31/03/15£9,121£8,952£169£4,323£10,074£6,2938.42210
31/03/14£8,402£7,732£670£3,171£9,891£6,0789.41980
31/03/13£6,586£6,602£-15£2,396£9,218£5,3589.71810
31/03/12£5,956£6,099£-143£1,918£9,218£5,33710.51850
31/03/11£6,055£5,702£353£1,801£9,362£5,43111.41620
31/03/10£5,479£5,487£-8£1,757£9,005£5,57812.21640
31/03/09£5,428£5,184£243£1,713£8,987£5,49312.71670
31/03/08£5,597£4,493£1,103£1,466£8,780£5,19213.91680
31/03/07£4,706£4,340£366£1,366£7,689£4,342121630
31/03/06£3,516£3,556£-41n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/05£4,731£3,480£1,251n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/04£4,360£2,817£1,543n/an/an/an/an/an/a

Financial Ratios
Fundraising Costs/Relevant Income: 84.3%
Fundraising Costs/Total Spending: 29.2%
Senior Staff Costs/Total Spending: 4%
Highest pay band: £80,000-£90,000
Liabilities/Assets: 21%
Liabilities/Income: 16%
Unrestricted Funds/Total Funds: 79%
Reserves/Spending: 5.5 months
Net Current Assets/Spending: 3 months
Quick Ratio: 1.6
Asset Split ?
Balance Sheet History
Established: 43 years

www.farleighhospice.org

info@farleighhospice.org

01245457300

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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
  • Essex,
Who it helps
  • Other Defined Groups
  • 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
Essex Community Foundation£63,000
Masonic Trust£34,470
BBC Children in Need£2,400
Specific Donations
Amount When
Months
To be used for
Essex Community Foundation - Grant to Farleigh Hospice
£1,000 18/04/2023
providing care for people with cancer and other life limiting illnesses
Essex Community Foundation - Grant to Farleigh Hospice
£20,000 07/04/2022
towards the costs of a virtual ward service supporting terminally ill patients from Mid Essex in their own homes
Essex Community Foundation - Grant to Farleigh Hospice
£1,000 31/01/2022
providing care for people with cancer and other life limiting illnesses
Masonic Trust - MCF Hospice
£1,470 10/11/2021
Unrestricted funding for hospices
Essex Community Foundation - Grant to Farleigh Hospice
£20,000 03/06/2021
to fund the delivery of a virtual ward at end of life, reducing transmission and demand on acute services during winter (repurposed)
Masonic Trust - MCF Hospice UK Partnership
£33,000 31/03/2021
Enhancing End of Life and palliative care access to Care Home residents in Mid Essex
Essex Community Foundation - Grant to Farleigh Hospice
£10,000 18/03/2021
towards an information, support and befriending service for the local community in mid-Essex using trained volunteers
Essex Community Foundation - Grant to Farleigh Hospice
£1,000 15/03/2021
providing care for people with cancer and other life limiting illnesses
BBC Children in Need - Grant to Farleigh Hospice - Yo Yo Project
£2,400 17/06/2020
COVID19 - This grant will fund 3 laptops to enable the organisation to provide online support to children and young people who have been bereaved and feel further isolated through Covid-19, to support their grieving process and their overall mental ....more
Essex Community Foundation - Grant to Farleigh Hospice
£5,000 22/05/2020
to support the core costs of providing adult hospice care across Mid Essex during the COVID19 crisis
Essex Community Foundation - Yo Yo Children's bereavement Counselling Service
£5,000 16/12/2019
5
Towards the salary of a counsellor for children and young people, in mid Essex, that have suffered a bereavement
Essex Community Foundation - Grant to Farleigh Hospice
£10,000 01/04/2019
Providing care for people with cancer and other life limiting illnesses including a Hospital Outreach Service
BBC Children in Need - Grant to Farleigh Hospice - Yo Yo Project
£95,100 23/10/2018
36
This project will provide 1-1 counselling, group sessions and activities to recently bereaved children and young people, to reduce anxiety levels, increase their self-esteem and enable them to communicate their feelings and emotions.
Essex Community Foundation - Room 9
£5,000 09/09/2016
12
Towards the entertainment equipment and IT equipment for a multi-purpose clinical room for young adults with life limiting illnesses
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Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (13)
Current Trustees appointed
Gender Split
Based on 12/13 persons

Age Range of Trustees: 34-68
  • CAROLINE JANE RASSELL Appointed: 2021, Occupation: Charity Director
  • CHRISTOPHER TILLEY Appointed: 2023, Occupation: Chartered Accountant
  • DR DONALD MCGEACHY Appointed: 2019, Occupation: Gp/Medical Director
  • ELIZABETH FOX Appointed: 2020, Occupation: Care Quality Inspector
  • JOANNA PITTMAN Appointed: 2015, Occupation: Chartered Accountant
  • JOHN SWEENEY Appointed: 2023, Occupation: Retired
  • JULIE WITHNALL Appointed: 2023, Occupation: Reward Director
  • KEITH SPILLER Appointed: 2016, Occupation: Retired Banker
  • KATIE LOCKWOOD Appointed: 2019, Occupation: Solicitor
  • MARK LEACH Appointed: 2023, Occupation: Associate Director Of A Learned Society
  • NINA SMALLER Appointed: 2023, Occupation: Account Manager
  • ROSEANNE GEORGINA OFFORD Appointed: 2023
  • TRACEY DICKENS Appointed: 2023, Occupation: Solicitor
Legal constitution
  • Charitable company registered in England & Wales on 05/05/1982, number: 284670
  • Registered at Companies House on 04/03/1982, number: 01619905
Gift Aid
  • Registered with HMRC for Gift Aid
Other Regulators
  • Care Quality Commission
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
20 returns made; all on time
Main office

FARLEIGH HOSPICE
NORTH COURT ROAD
BROOMFIELD
CHELMSFORD
CM1 7FH

Objectives

TO ADVANCE THE HEALTH, AND TO RELIEVE THE NEEDS BY REASON OF ILL-HEALTH, OF PEOPLE WITH LIFE-LIMITING ILLNESSES (“SUCH PEOPLE”), IN PARTICULAR, BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY, BY: (1) THE PROVISION OF CARE, ADVICE AND SERVICES TO SUCH PEOPLE, AND TO THEIR FAMILY, FRIENDS AND CARERS.(2) THE PROVISION OF SERVICES FOR THOSE WHO HAVE UNDERGONE A BEREAVEMENT OR LOSS, AND THE PROVISION OF EDUCATION, TRAINING, ADVICE AND SUPPORT TO OTHERS WHO ARE IN CONTACT WITH SUCH PEOPLE.(3) CONDUCTING, PROMOTING, AND ENCOURAGING THE TEACHING AND TRAINING OF STAFF AND INFORMAL CARERS ENGAGED IN THE CARE OF SUCH PEOPLE. (4) CONDUCTING AND PROMOTING RESEARCH INTO THE CARE AND TREATMENT OF, OR SERVICES FOR SUCH PEOPLE AND TO DISSEMINATE THE RESULTS THEREOF. (5) PROMOTING AWARENESS OF ISSUES FACE BY SUCH PEOPLE AND THOSE APPROACHING DEATH.

Defined Area of Benefit:

NOT DEFINED

Data Sources

Charity Commission for England and Wales
360 Giving

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