Finance Score: -2
Governance Score: 3
Support Score: 4
  • Liabilities <10%: +3
  • Excess reserves: -3
  • Income diversified: +3
  • Fundraising costs high: -5
  • Dynamic board: +3
  • Grant maker support: +4
Overall GiG Score: 5 ?

ST MICHAEL'S HOSPICE (INCORPORATING THE FREDA PEARCE FOUNDATION) 

The Charity provides a range of palliative care to people with progressive life-limitingillness and support to their carers and aims to promote the development of knowledgeand understanding of all aspects of palliative care by delivering training andprofessional support to professional carers
Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

  • This charity has a robust balance sheet
  • Income generation is well diversified
  • Spending has increased over the last 3 years relative to the previous period
  • 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 dynamic in terms of composition

Financial issues to consider:

  • This charity has substantial assets and unrestricted reserves of £24,381,759 available, equivalent to 31 months of spending and so may not be able to utilise additional funding
  • Fundraising costs are extremely high relative to funds raised
Established: 42 years

www.st-michaels-hospice.org.uk

info@smhospicehereford.org

01432851000

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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£10,225£9,482£743£3,000£24,475£24,38230.9258800
31/03/22£10,127£8,745£1,382£2,730£24,233£24,09633.1241800
31/03/21£9,435£7,938£1,496£2,157£22,809£22,70434.3229800
31/03/20£9,931£8,468£1,463£2,450£20,614£20,49329240800
31/03/19£7,806£8,005£-199£2,139£19,506£19,40729.1249900
31/03/18£7,365£7,453£-88£2,001£19,620£19,49631.42250
31/03/17£7,323£6,583£740£1,857£19,782£19,66535.82060
31/03/16£7,865£5,335£2,531£1,775£18,798£18,671421700
31/03/15£8,904£5,442£3,462£1,593£16,244£16,16035.6990
31/03/14£8,511£4,366£4,145£1,414£12,751£12,00233960
31/03/13£4,666£4,238£428£1,298£8,585£7,97522.6880
31/03/12£3,963£4,078£-114£1,161£7,981£7,87323.2860
31/03/11£3,864£3,959£-96£1,109£7,968£7,88923.91130
31/03/10£4,803£3,688£1,115£1,040£7,978£7,91825.8750
31/03/09£3,537£3,492£45£948£6,342£6,30121.7740
31/03/08£4,195£3,035£1,160£771£6,438£6,39425.3690
31/03/07*£2,953£2,900£53£708£6,655£4,33517.9640
31/03/06*£2,789£2,580£209£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/05£3,071£2,439£633£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/04£2,422£2,220£202£0£0£0n/a00

Financial Ratios
Fundraising Costs/Relevant Income: 52.5%
Fundraising Costs/Total Spending: 31.8%
Senior Staff Costs/Total Spending: 3%
Highest pay band: £80,000-£90,000
Liabilities/Assets: 3%
Liabilities/Income: 8%
Unrestricted Funds/Total Funds: 100%
Reserves/Spending: 30.9 months
Net Current Assets/Spending: 3 months
Quick Ratio: 3.1
Asset Split ?
Listed activities
  • Education/Training
  • The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives
How it operates
  • Provides advocacy/advice/information
  • Provides buildings/facilities/open space
  • Provides human resources
  • Provides services
  • Sponsors or undertakes research
Where it operates
  • Gloucestershire, Herefordshire, Monmouthshire, Powys, Shropshire, Worcestershire,
Who it helps
  • Children/Young People
  • Elderly/Old People
  • People With Disabilities
  • The General Public/Mankind
Who works here?
  • 258 employees
  • 800 volunteers

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.

Major supporters in last 5 years
National Lottery Community Fund£9,000
Sir Jules Thorn Charitable Trust£5,000
Masonic Trust£1,940
Specific Donations
Amount When
Months
To be used for
National Lottery Community Fund - People's Conference
£9,000 04/03/2022
The funding will be used to deliver a community event which will raise awareness of the importance of palliative care. This will bring people together and create a stronger community.
Sir Jules Thorn Charitable Trust - St Michael's Hospice (incorporating the Freda Pearce Foundation). - 01/10/21
£5,000 29/11/2021
Core Funding
Masonic Trust - MCF Hospice
£1,940 10/11/2021
Unrestricted funding for hospices
Masonic Trust - Hospice Grant
£2,800 18/10/2017
Core funding for hospices
Masonic Trust - Hospice Grant
£3,863 19/10/2016
Core funding for hospices

Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (7)
Current Trustees appointed
Gender Split

Age Range of Trustees: 57-77
Legal constitution
  • Charitable company registered in England & Wales on 23/06/1982, number: 511179
  • Registered at Companies House on 12/05/1982, number: 01634942
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; AR07: 1 days late, AR06: 2 days late,
Main office

Bartestree
Bartestree
Hereford
Herefordshire
HR1 4HA

Objectives

TO PROMOTE THE RELIEF OF SICKNESS IN SUCH WAYS AS THE CHARITY SHALL FROM TIME TO TIME THINK FIT (SEE MEM & ARTS FOR FURTHER DETAILS).

Defined Area of Benefit:

HEREFORD AND WORCESTER

Data Sources

Charity Commission for England and Wales
360 Giving
CharityBase
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