Finance Score: -6
Governance Score: 5
Support Score: 2
  • Low unrestricted reserves: -2
  • Income diversified: +3
  • Multiple Deficits: -2
  • Fundraising costs high: -5
  • Good trustee age range: +3
  • Dynamic board: +3
  • Mainly male board: -1
  • Overall weighted support: +2
Overall GiG Score: 1 ?

HOSPICE OF THE VALLEYS

To provide a community Hospice and specialist palliative care service to the population of Blaenau Gwent.
Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

  • Income generation is well diversified
  • 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 well diversified in terms of age and dynamic in terms of composition

Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

  • One or more trustees receive payments or benefits from the charity for providing services to the charity
  • The Board is predominantly male
  • Over half the Board have joined recently

Financial issues to consider:

  • Unrestricted reserves appear to be dangerously low at the latest year end
  • On several occasions in recent years income has been 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
31/03/23£1,868£2,123£-255£546£6,405£4922.85195
31/03/22£1,697£1,972£-275£468£7,489£3792.351171
31/03/21£1,899£1,773£126£427£7,580£436342198
31/03/20£1,228£1,870£-642£468£6,088£480.349201
31/03/19£1,050£1,667£-617£416£7,412£1731.246200
31/03/18£1,030£1,646£-616£347£7,525£2511.8490
31/03/17£1,069£1,428£-358£266£8,408£3853.2460
31/03/16£956£1,418£-463£300£7,981£4073.4300
31/03/15£924£1,141£-216£297£8,449£7808.2240
31/03/14£856£946£-90£271£8,280£1,13414.4200
31/03/13£948£940£9£275£7,931£1,18715.2180
31/03/12£897£937£-40£288£7,107£1,17815.1190
31/03/11?£987£1,159£-172£352£7,172£1,20312.5180
31/12/09£794£866£-73£261£6,740£1,34918.7180
31/12/08£840£855£-14£240£6,308£1,38719.5160
31/12/07£6,521£863£5,658£220£6,815£1,41719.7170
31/12/06£978£831£148n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/12/05£1,018£781£237n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/12/04£982£800£182n/an/an/an/an/an/a

Financial Ratios
Fundraising Costs/Relevant Income: 56.1%
Fundraising Costs/Total Spending: 26.9%
Senior Staff Costs/Total Spending: 4%
Highest pay band: £70,000-£80,000
Liabilities/Assets: 3%
Liabilities/Income: 11%
Unrestricted Funds/Total Funds: 8%
Reserves/Spending: 2.8 months
Net Current Assets/Spending: 3 months
Quick Ratio: 2.6
Asset Split ?
Balance Sheet History
Established: 38 years

www.hospiceofthevalleys.org.uk

enquiries@hospiceofthevalleys.com

01495 717277

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UN SDGs
?
Listed activities
  • The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives
GiG Classification
  • Hospice & bereavement services
How it operates
  • Provides advocacy/advice/information
  • Provides services
Where it operates
  • Blaenau Gwent, Caerphilly, Merthyr Tydfil,
Who it helps
  • Children/Young People
  • Elderly/Old People
  • 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.

Specific Donations
Amount When
Months
To be used for
Masonic Trust - MCF Matched Funding
£1,000 18/01/2022
Unrestricted matched funding in partnership with the local masonic province
Sir Jules Thorn Charitable Trust - Hospice of the Valleys - 04/05/21
£5,000 14/06/2021
Core Funding
Masonic Trust - MCF Hospice UK Partnership
£16,623 28/02/2019
Dementia: Supporting Carers - Bereavement Support

Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (5)
Current Trustees appointed
Gender Split

Age Range of Trustees: 34-69
  • MATHEW MORRIS-PARKER Appointed: 2018, Occupation: Company Director
  • MICHAEL BOBBETT (Chair) Appointed: 2023, Occupation: Financial Consultant
  • PHILIP ROBSON Appointed: 2022, Occupation: Semi-Retired
  • STUART WILLIAMS Appointed: 2022, Occupation: It Professional
  • VERLY LOUISE INGLIS Appointed: 2023, Occupation: Nurse
Legal constitution
  • Charitable company registered in England & Wales on 07/07/1986, number: 517724
  • Registered at Companies House on 04/04/1986, number: 02007005
Gift Aid
  • Registered with HMRC for Gift Aid
Other Regulators
  • Care Inspectorate Wales (CIW)
Policies in force
  • Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
  • Complaints handling
  • Complaints policy and procedures
  • Conflicting interests
  • Engaging external speakers at charity events policy and procedures
  • 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
19 returns made; all on time
Main office

Hospice of the Valleys
Festival Drive
EBBW VALE
NP23 8XF

Objectives

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

Defined Area of Benefit:

NOT DEFINED

Data Sources

Charity Commission for England and Wales
360 Giving

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