Finance Score: -4
Governance Score: 9
Support Score: 4
  • Liabilities <10%: +3
  • Excess liquidity: -1
  • Positive trading contribution: +2;Strong growth: +2
  • Multiple Deficits and declines: -5
  • Fundraising costs high: -5
  • Good trustee age range: +3
  • Dynamic board: +3
  • Gender balanced board: +3
  • Overall weighted support: +4
Overall GiG Score: 9 ?

KATHARINE HOUSE HOSPICE TRUST

To promote the holistic welfare of those suffering terminal illness and to establish, maintain and manage a hospice. Physical, psychological, social and spiritual dimensions are addressed in equal balance for each individual within the context of their family. Patients may experience help from home care, day care, in-patient care, hospital support, lymphoedema care or home nursing.
Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

  • The charity has received modest backing from several prominent grant makers recently
  • This charity has a robust balance sheet
  • More than half of total income was derived from trading and fees in the latest year
  • There has been strong growth in spending over the last 5 years, despite a decline more recently
  • 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:

  • Liquidity appeared to be in excess of CC guidelines at the latest year end
  • Income has been volatile and on several occasions in recent years 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
31/03/24£2,688£3,398£-710£1,838£5,514£5,49819.444276
31/03/23£2,765£3,223£-458£1,705£5,957£5,1021940241
31/03/22£3,028£2,622£406£1,502£6,607£5,75426.337269
31/03/21£4,920£4,632£288£1,015£6,016£5,3901484302
31/03/20?£4,232£4,510£-278£1,267£5,417£5,22313.987372
31/03/18£3,757£4,205£-448£1,159£6,603£6,55118.71280
31/03/17£3,786£3,797£-12£987£7,044£6,955221280
31/03/16*£3,603£3,517£86£908£6,762£6,70922.91250
31/03/15£3,647£3,526£121£907£6,801£6,76023690
31/03/14*£3,343£3,350£-7£881£6,577£6,54523.4660
31/03/13£3,149£3,253£-104£801£6,560£6,51524650
31/03/12£3,205£3,196£9£790£6,612£6,58824.7630
31/03/11£3,579£2,999£580£770£6,668£6,64526.6610
31/03/10£2,941£2,878£63£743£6,113£6,09025.4600
31/03/09£3,225£2,777£448£677£5,921£5,92125.6590
31/03/08£3,198£2,545£653£614£5,608£5,14824.3560
31/03/07£2,439£2,277£162£500£5,069£5,06626.7540
31/03/06£3,051£2,084£967n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/05£2,707£1,892£815n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/04£1,866£1,691£175n/an/an/an/an/an/a

Financial Ratios
Fundraising Costs/Relevant Income: 163.8%
Fundraising Costs/Total Spending: 54.6%
Senior Staff Costs/Total Spending: 3%
Highest pay band: £70,000-£80,000
Liabilities/Assets: 9%
Liabilities/Income: 21%
Unrestricted Funds/Total Funds: 100%
Reserves/Spending: 19.4 months
Net Current Assets/Spending: 1 months
Quick Ratio: 1.1
Asset Split ?
Balance Sheet History
Established: 37 years

www.khh.org.uk

GENERAL@KHH.ORG.UK

01295811866

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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 human resources
  • Provides services
Where it operates
  • Northamptonshire, Oxfordshire, Warwickshire,
Who it helps
  • Other Defined Groups
  • People With Disabilities

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.

Specific Donations
Amount When
Months
To be used for
Masonic Trust - MCF Hospice
£1,470 10/11/2021
Unrestricted funding for hospices
Sir Jules Thorn Charitable Trust - Katharine House Hospice Trust - 27/04/21
£5,000 14/06/2021
Core Funding
Masonic Trust - MCF Hospice UK Partnership
£31,000 31/03/2021
Inclusion Matters: Creating a culture of equality, diversity and inclusion at Katharine House Hospice and Sobell House Hospice
Quartet Community Foundation - Grant to Katherine House Hospice
£7,150 04/12/2018
Towards a new bed for an in-patient unit at a hospice supporting people and their families facing life-limiting illnesses.

Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (10)
Current Trustees appointed
Gender Split

Age Range of Trustees: 34-79
  • ANNE CATHERINE TUTT Appointed: 2024, Occupation: Retired
  • BENJAMIN WALMSLEY Appointed: 2023, Occupation: It Director
  • CLAIRE DOBBS Appointed: 2023, Occupation: Consultant
  • DAVID WHITTINGHAM Appointed: 2023, Occupation: Ceo
  • FEDERICA RONCO Appointed: 2024, Occupation: Fundraiser
  • GERALDINE BURKE Appointed: 2017, Occupation: Specialist Clinical Adviser
  • MARY LINDSEY BOWSER Appointed: 2019, Occupation: Talent Leader
  • RICHARD NICHOLAS JONES Appointed: 2019, Occupation: Managing Director
  • SAMUEL SHADBOLT Appointed: 2022, Occupation: Head Of Legal
  • SIR TIM JENNER (Chair) Appointed: 2019, Occupation: Retired
Legal constitution
  • Charitable company registered in England & Wales on 26/06/1987, number: 297099
  • Registered at Companies House on 20/05/1987, number: 02133391
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; AR16: 16 days late, AR14: 0 days late,
Recent reorganisation events:
  • Asset transfer in from THE WINDMILL THURSDAY CLUB LTD on 08/08/2022
Main office

The Katharine House Hospice
Aynho Road
Adderbury
BANBURY
OX17 3NL

Objectives

(a) To provide a public benefit to support those with incurable illness and their families from diagnosis onwards directly and via partnership with other healthcare providers. With particular focus to funding and supporting the work of Katharine House Hospice in Adderbury, and the outreach to patients at home.(b) To educate and inform on end of life and palliative care, through outreach work in the community and the provision of funds and training. (c) To maintain the Katharine House Hospice building in Aynho Rd, Adderbury.

Defined Area of Benefit:

NOT DEFINED

Data Sources

Charity Commission for England and Wales
360 Giving

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