Finance Score: -3
Governance Score: 9
Support Score: 8
  • Positive trading contribution: +2;Fundraising costs high: -5
  • Good trustee age range: +3
  • Dynamic board: +3
  • Gender balanced board: +3
  • Overall weighted support: +8
Overall GiG Score: 14 ?

HOSPICE OF THE GOOD SHEPHERD LTD

To deliver the highest quality specialist palliative care through 12 bed In-patient Unit, Day Hospice, Out-Patient Clinics, Bereavement and Social Workers and Clinical Nurse Specialists in the community.
Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

  • More than half of total income was derived from trading and fees in the latest year
  • 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:

  • Over half the Board have joined recently

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£4,578£4,912£-333£1,428£5,120£4,91712120350
31/03/22£4,604£4,036£568£1,160£5,481£5,21815.5115381
31/03/21£4,114£3,619£495£889£4,902£4,76615.8106365
31/03/20£4,243£3,797£446£1,079£4,299£4,14613.1110360
31/03/19£4,245£3,749£497£1,109£3,901£3,76212114345
31/03/18£3,787£3,915£-128£1,221£3,383£3,2459.91270
31/03/17£4,345£4,056£289£1,329£3,509£3,44910.21350
31/03/16£3,976£3,983£-8£1,328£3,016£2,5967.81310
31/03/15£3,815£4,114£-299£1,530£2,869£2,8108.2870
31/03/14£4,035£4,142£-107£1,479£3,094£3,0038.7810
31/03/13*£3,298£3,731£-433£1,330£3,137£3,12110610
31/03/12£2,962£2,689£272£591£3,369£3,33514.9610
31/03/11*£2,144£2,615£-470£577£3,171£3,14414.4620
31/03/10£3,288£3,246£42£543£3,568£3,52213630
31/03/09£3,344£3,091£253£267£3,120£3,07711.9690
31/03/08£2,722£2,755£-33£606£3,310£3,26414.2690
31/03/07*£2,904£2,471£433£207£3,452£3,36616.3640
31/03/06*£1,882£1,760£122n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/05*£1,961£1,660£301n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/04*£1,527£1,574£-47n/an/an/an/an/an/a

Financial Ratios
Fundraising Costs/Relevant Income: 66%
Fundraising Costs/Total Spending: 29.1%
Senior Staff Costs/Total Spending: 5%
Highest pay band: £80,000-£90,000
Liabilities/Assets: 19%
Liabilities/Income: 26%
Unrestricted Funds/Total Funds: 96%
Reserves/Spending: 12 months
Net Current Assets/Spending: 5 months
Quick Ratio: 4.7
Asset Split ?
Balance Sheet History
Established: 40 years

www.hospiceofthegoodshepherd.com

mainoffice@hospicegs.com

01244851091

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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 buildings/facilities/open space
  • Provides human resources
  • Provides services
Where it operates
  • Cheshire West & Chester, Flintshire,
Who it helps
  • 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.

Major supporters in last 5 years
Wolfson Foundation£40,000
Cheshire Community Foundation£21,921
Masonic Trust£14,160
Westminster Foundation£10,000
Specific Donations
Amount When
Months
To be used for
BBC Children in Need - Grant to Hospice of the Good Shepherd Ltd
£500 20/10/2022
0
‘Cost of Living uplift: £500 to help projects meet their rising costs and respond to increased demand 31/10/2022’
Cheshire Community Foundation - Reflect Counselling
£14,921 10/06/2022
Reflect Counselling
Wolfson Foundation - Grant to Hospice of the Good Shepherd, Chester
£40,000 08/06/2022
Installation of solar panels
Sir Jules Thorn Charitable Trust - Hospice of The Good Shepherd - 03/10/21
£5,000 29/11/2021
Core Funding
Cheshire Community Foundation - Grant to Hospice of the Good Shepherd
£2,000 25/11/2021
Bereavement Programme
Cheshire Community Foundation - Reflect
£5,000 18/10/2021
The Hospice of the Good Shepherd delivers end of life palliative care for those with life limiting illnesses, and support for their families. Their Reflect counselling service provides counselling for children and young people who have suffered a ....more
Westminster Foundation - Covid 19 response Fund
£10,000 20/07/2020
6
COVID-19 Response Grant to support vulnerable people during lockdown.
BBC Children in Need - Grant to Hospice of the Good Shepherd Ltd
£4,236 17/06/2020
6
COVID19 - This grant will fund laptops so that counsellors can safely continue supporting bereaved children and young people through online sessions at home due to Covid-19. Children and young people will be better able to manage their feelings ....more
DCMS - VSCE CMC Fund
£4,236 20/05/2020
NET, Comic Relief and Children in Need will use this funding to provide: increased support to vulnerable people and hidden groups, thus reducing the burden on public services; reach local grassroots and small organisations who can provide an ....more
Masonic Trust - MCF Hospice UK Partnership
£14,160 06/03/2020
Supporting homeless people with advanced and life limiting Illness in Cheshire West and Chester
BBC Children in Need - Grant to Hospice of the Good Shepherd Ltd
£118,166 26/06/2019
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The Reflect project will fund a counsellor to support children and young people affected by bereavement. It will improve their emotional wellbeing, engagement with school, and improve family communication.
Cheshire Community Foundation - Reflect Counselling Services
£14,390 07/05/2019
Hospice of the Good Shepherd provides palliative care to adults in the Cheshire area. In addition to their inpatient service they provide family support, children and young peoples counselling service and Living Well, services. The funding will be ....more
Masonic Trust - MCF Hospice UK Partnership
£19,052 28/02/2019
Community Bereavement Help Points - Bereavement Support
Co-Operative Group - Grant to Hospice of the Good Shepherd
£5,092 19/11/2018
We'll spend the money on counsellors and any resources they need to support the Hospice of the Good Shepherd's Child Bereavement Service.
Cheshire Community Foundation - Reflect Counselling
£13,900 31/07/2017
Hospice of the Good Shepherd's Reflect Counselling Service provide a Children's Bereavement Counselling Service, not just for children and young people whose relatives may have died at the Hospice, but for any child/young person who is suffering ....more
Masonic Trust - Hospice Grant
£2,518 19/10/2016
Core funding for hospices
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Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (11)
Current Trustees appointed
Gender Split
Based on 10/11 persons

Age Range of Trustees: 35-73
  • DR ELIZABETH REDMOND Appointed: 2024, Occupation: Medical Practitioner
  • DR NEIL FERGUSSON Appointed: 2017, Occupation: Consultant Anaesthetist
  • GARY BARR Appointed: 2022, Occupation: Retired
  • LESLEY MILLS Appointed: 2022, Occupation: Nurse
  • LUCY WARDLE Appointed: 2024, Occupation: Solicitor
  • MR W BENOY Appointed: 2015, Occupation: Chartered Accountant
  • MICHAEL ANTHONY DAVIES Appointed: 2018, Occupation: Managing Director
  • ROBERT JAMES MEE Appointed: 2018, Occupation: Banker
  • SOPHIE BLINKHORN Appointed: 2024, Occupation: Operations Director
  • SUZANNE CRUTCHLEY Appointed: 2022, Occupation: Nhs Senior Manager
  • YVONNE EMMETT CANNELL (Chair) Appointed: 2020
Legal constitution
  • Charitable company registered in England & Wales on 13/09/1984, number: 515516
  • Registered at Companies House on 24/08/1984, number: 01843427
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; AR13: 1 days late, AR11: 18 days late, AR07: 7 days late, AR06: 1 days late, AR05: 15 days late, AR04: 1 days late,
Main office

Gordon Lane
Backford
Chester
CH2 4DG

Objectives

3.1 TO PROMOTE THE RELIEF OF ILLNESS AND SUFFERING, ESPECIALLY OF THE DYING, IN SUCH WAYS AS THE CHARITY SHALL FROM TIME TO TIME THINK FIT; 3.2 TO PROVIDE EDUCATION AND TRAINING FOR PROFESSIONALS AND VOLUNTEERS ENGAGED IN PALLIATIVE CARE AND INCREASE AWARENESS AMONG THE GENERAL PUBLIC OF THE VALUES, PRINCIPLES AND PRACTICE OF HOSPICE AND PALLIATIVE CARE

Defined Area of Benefit:

SEE OBJECTS

Data Sources

Charity Commission for England and Wales
360 Giving

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