Overall GiG Score: 5 ?
Finance Score: -3
Governance Score: 6
Support Score: 2
  • Liabilities <10%: +3
  • Excess reserves: -2
  • Large legacies income: +1
  • Fundraising costs high: -5
  • Good trustee age range: +3
  • Dynamic board: +3
  • Grant maker support: +2

NORTH DEVON HOSPICE 

The provision of specialist care to patients with cancer or other life-threatening illnesses in order to help the patient have the best quality of life in the time left by responding appropriately to their physical,emotional and spiritual needs.To support family members both before death and during the period of bereavement.
Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

  • This charity has a robust balance sheet
  • This charity has received considerable income from legacies in recent years
  • 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 dynamic in terms of composition

Financial issues to consider:

  • This charity has substantial assets and unrestricted reserves of £13,495,088 available, equivalent to 25 months of spending and so may not be able to utilise additional funding
  • Fundraising costs are extremely high relative to funds raised
Established: 41 years

www.northdevonhospice.org.uk

info@northdevonhospice.org.uk

01271347244

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Financial Data ?

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£6,025£6,594£-569£2,434£13,532£13,49524.6178341
31/03/22£6,340£6,057£283£2,241£14,322£14,24128.2176385
31/03/21£8,163£5,514£2,648£1,842£13,738£13,61229.6168431
31/03/20£7,508£6,142£1,367£2,264£9,996£9,84419.2195485
31/03/19£5,972£6,019£-47£2,099£8,980£8,92317.8191506
31/03/18£5,613£6,177£-564£2,145£8,811£8,770171950
31/03/17£4,727£5,894£-1,167£1,999£9,391£9,336191890
31/03/16£5,825£5,523£302£1,864£9,876£9,80521.31730
31/03/15£5,923£5,290£633£1,905£9,931£9,66021.91210
31/03/14£4,775£5,195£-421£1,877£8,942£8,84720.41150
31/03/13£4,592£4,938£-347£1,622£9,184£9,17222.31080
31/03/12£4,923£4,796£127£1,654£9,181£9,15622.91040
31/03/11£4,274£4,283£-10£1,530£9,038£9,03025.3990
31/03/10£3,751£4,016£-265£1,476£8,949£8,94526.7900
31/03/09£3,909£3,704£206£1,255£8,933£8,91728.9840
31/03/08£5,106£3,652£1,454£1,209£8,987£8,98629.5800
31/03/07£4,055£3,354£701£1,181£7,689£7,68027.5760
31/03/06£2,699£2,198£501£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/05£2,397£1,897£500£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/04£3,275£1,165£2,110£0£0£0n/a00

Financial Ratios
Fundraising Costs/Relevant Income: 66.5%
Fundraising Costs/Total Spending: 36.9%
Senior Staff Costs/Total Spending: 8%
Highest pay band: £80,000-£90,000
Liabilities/Assets: 4%
Liabilities/Income: 9%
Unrestricted Funds/Total Funds: 100%
Reserves/Spending: 24.6 months
Net Current Assets/Spending: 5 months
Quick Ratio: 3.4
Asset Split ?
What it does
  • The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives
Who works here?
  • 178 employees
  • 341 volunteers
Who it helps
  • People With Disabilities
  • The General Public/Mankind
How it operates
  • Provides advocacy/advice/information
  • Provides buildings/facilities/open space
  • Provides human resources
  • Provides services
Where it operates
  • Devon,

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.

Specific Donations
Amount When
Months
To be used for
Devon Community Foundation - Replacement of External Platform Lift
£5,000 15/08/2022
Funding towards the costs of a replacement external platform lift.
Masonic Trust - MCF Hospice
£1,330 10/11/2021
Unrestricted funding for hospices
Devon Community Foundation - COVID19 Response
£2,530 23/04/2020
1
Grant to North Devon Hospice

Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (10)
Current Trustees appointed
Gender Split

Age Range of Trustees: 42-66
Legal constitution
  • Charitable company registered in England & Wales on 22/03/1983, number: 286554
  • Registered at Companies House on 01/02/1983, number: 01696150
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

DEER PARK
NEWPORT
BARNSTAPLE
NORTH DEVON
EX32 0HU

Objectives

TO PROMOTE THE RELIEF OF SICKNESS IN SUCH WAYS AS THE ASSOCIATION SHALL FROM TIME TO TIME THINK FIT.

Defined Area of Benefit:

NORTH DEVON

Data Sources

Charity Commission for England and Wales
360 Giving
CharityBase
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