Finance Score: 0
Governance Score: 3
Support Score: 5
  • Liabilities <10%: +3
  • Positive trading contribution: +2;Fundraising costs high: -5
  • Dynamic board: +3
  • Overall weighted support: +5
Overall GiG Score: 8 ?

LONGFIELD HOSPICE CARE

Specialist Palliative and Supportive Care
Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

  • This charity has a robust balance sheet
  • More than half of total income was derived from trading and fees in the latest year
  • Spending has increased 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 dynamic in terms of composition

Financial issues to consider:

  • 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*£5,738£4,711£1,027£2,697£6,294£5,47013.9145420
31/03/22£4,792£4,029£762£2,388£5,267£5,11115.2145400
31/03/21£4,159£3,384£775£1,391£4,505£4,48015.9137350
31/03/20£3,873£3,713£161£2,122£3,728£3,69111.9144400
31/03/19£3,373£3,765£-392£1,997£3,569£3,54211.3101400
31/03/18£3,300£3,619£-319£1,879£3,962£3,910131010
31/03/17£3,421£3,522£-100£1,715£4,282£4,21914.41340
31/03/16£2,941£3,399£-458£1,626£4,382£4,30715.21270
31/03/15£4,014£3,103£911£1,575£4,841£4,70718.2920
31/03/14£2,618£2,832£-214£1,334£3,929£3,84516.3840
31/03/13£2,606£2,521£86£1,286£4,144£3,93018.7740
31/03/12£2,435£2,250£184£1,176£4,056£3,91420.9610
31/03/11£2,339£2,177£162£1,152£3,873£3,68120.3570
31/03/10£1,839£1,779£61£900£3,710£3,63524.5460
31/03/09£1,831£1,553£278£736£3,616£8636.7390
31/03/08£2,278£1,418£860£590£3,370£5714.8330
31/03/07£1,885£1,518£367£592£2,534£1,32710.5340
31/03/06£1,596£1,364£232n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/05£1,280£1,046£234n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/04£1,142£872£270n/an/an/an/an/an/a

Financial Ratios
Fundraising Costs/Relevant Income: 112.9%
Fundraising Costs/Total Spending: 57.3%
Senior Staff Costs/Total Spending: 2%
Highest pay band: £70,000-£80,000
Liabilities/Assets: 6%
Liabilities/Income: 7%
Unrestricted Funds/Total Funds: 87%
Reserves/Spending: 13.9 months
Net Current Assets/Spending: 9 months
Quick Ratio: 1.4
Asset Split ?
Balance Sheet History
Established: 37 years

www.longfield.org.uk

info@longfield.org.uk

01453886868

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UN SDGs
?
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 buildings/facilities/open space
  • Provides human resources
  • Provides services
Where it operates
  • Gloucestershire,
Who it helps
  • Elderly/Old People
  • Other Defined Groups
  • 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£50,000
Barnwood Trust£16,836
Sir Jules Thorn Charitable Trust£5,000
Masonic Trust£1,000
Specific Donations
Amount When
Months
To be used for
Barnwood Trust - Gloucestershire Funders (Organisational & Group Funding)
£3,600 09/08/2022
Deliver Employee Assistance Programme
Masonic Trust - MCF Hospice
£1,000 10/11/2021
Unrestricted funding for hospices
Sir Jules Thorn Charitable Trust - Longfield Hospice Care - 28/04/21
£5,000 14/06/2021
Core Funding
Barnwood Trust - Organisational and Groups Funding
£6,336 08/06/2021
New CRM system
Barnwood Trust - Organisational and Groups Funding
£6,900 08/09/2020
Palliative care ,end of life care and bereavement support
Wolfson Foundation - Grant to Longfield Hospice Care
£50,000 11/06/2020
Day services unit. Grant converted to unrestricted funding in June 2020 in response to Covid-19 pandemic.
Garfield Weston Foundation - Main Grants award
£20,000 06/02/2018
Hospice At Home
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Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (8)
Current Trustees appointed
Gender Split
Based on 7/8 persons

Age Range of Trustees: 60-82
  • ANDREW HUMPHRIES Appointed: 2019, Occupation: Private Client Director
  • BARONESS RENNIE FRITCHIE Appointed: 2022, Occupation: Consultant On Leadership And Strategy
  • CAROLINE MARROW Appointed: 2022, Occupation: Draper And Haberdasher
  • DR CHRIS BODEN Appointed: 2019, Occupation: Retired
  • DR SALLY ELIZABETH PEARSON (Chair) Appointed: 2020, Occupation: Hpan Lead Nhs
  • MARTIN MOULE Appointed: 2019, Occupation: Retired
  • PROFESSOR JANE MELTON MBE Appointed: 2021
  • SUSAN RATCLIFFE Appointed: 2023, Occupation: Patent Attorney
Legal constitution
  • Charitable company registered in England & Wales on 29/01/1988, number: 298627
  • Registered at Companies House on 25/01/1988, number: 02213662
Gift Aid
  • Registered with HMRC for Gift Aid
Event History
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
  • 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; AR23: 15 days late,
Recent reorganisation events:
  • Asset transfer in from THE JUNE STEVENS FOUNDATION on 22/07/2020
  • Asset transfer in from JR AND SA BROOKS CHARITABLE TRUST on 14/09/2020
Main office

BURLEIGH LANE
MINCHINHAMPTON
GLOUCESTERSHIRE
GL5 2PQ

Objectives

THE PROMOTION OF THE RELIEF OF PERSONS SUFFERING FROM OR WHO HAVE SUFFERED FROM CANCER OR ANY PROGRESSIVE LIFE THREATENING ILLNESS AND TO COUNSEL AND PRESERVE THE HEALTH OF THE FAMILIES CARERS AND FRIENDS OF SUCH PERSONS ( WHETHER OR NOT SUCH PERSONS BE STILL LIVING).

Defined Area of Benefit:

NOT DEFINED (IN PRACTICE GLOUCESTERSHIRE)

Data Sources

Charity Commission for England and Wales
360 Giving

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