Overall GiG Score: 16 ?
Finance Score: -2
Governance Score: 8
Support Score: 10
  • Poor Liquidity: -1
  • Good Reserves: +1Income diversified: +3
  • Fundraising costs high: -5
  • 12+ Trustees: -1
  • Good trustee age range: +3
  • Dynamic board: +3
  • Gender balanced board: +3
  • Grant maker support: +10

ACORNS CHILDREN'S HOSPICE TRUST 

Care and support for life limited children and their families
Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

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

Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

  • There are 18 trustees whereas the Charities Commission recommends a maximum of 12

Financial issues to consider:

  • Liquidity appears to have been slender at the latest year end but unrestricted reserves are available
  • Fundraising costs are extremely high relative to funds raised
Established: 35 years
(37 years as a company)

www.acorns.org.uk

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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
30/03/23£18,591£17,194£1,397£6,187£23,657£23,37516.33631,101
30/03/22£19,398£15,011£4,387£5,439£22,381£21,38917.1356960
30/03/21£17,683£15,503£2,180£6,407£17,767£17,49913.5389466
30/03/20*£17,699£15,609£2,090£5,928£15,432£15,20411.7447976
30/03/19*£14,608£17,400£-2,792£6,602£13,286£11,0297.63381,503
31/03/18£16,518£15,061£1,457£5,328£15,843£13,53610.84630
01/04/17£15,271£15,078£193£5,145£14,333£11,9269.54810
02/04/16£15,193£14,867£326£5,134£13,731£11,4309.23260
28/03/15£14,227£15,229£-1,002£5,713£13,261£11,0138.73270
29/03/14£16,435£14,593£1,842£5,768£13,808£11,2579.33230
31/03/13£13,880£13,599£281£5,307£11,512£9,1488.13220
31/03/12£12,834£12,843£-9£4,834£10,579£8,3507.83020
31/03/11£13,215£13,685£-470£4,578£10,311£8,1177.12840
31/03/10£12,048£11,211£837£4,331£10,383£8,1258.72790
31/03/09£11,029£11,923£-894£4,525£9,051£6,7696.82960
31/03/08£10,347£10,758£-411£4,091£9,889£7,5118.42480
31/03/07£10,913£9,864£1,049£4,182£10,001£7,7399.42410
31/03/06£5,571£7,327£-1,756£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/05£8,136£6,102£2,034£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/04£5,530£5,145£385£0£0£0n/a00

Financial Ratios
Fundraising Costs/Relevant Income: 51.6%
Fundraising Costs/Total Spending: 36%
Senior Staff Costs/Total Spending: 4%
Highest pay band: £90,000-£100,000
Liabilities/Assets: 10%
Liabilities/Income: 15%
Unrestricted Funds/Total Funds: 99%
Reserves/Spending: 16.3 months
Net Current Assets/Spending: 4 months
Quick Ratio: 0.3
Asset Split ?
What it does
  • Disability
  • The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives
Who works here?
  • 363 employees
  • 1,101 volunteers
Who it helps
  • Children/Young People
  • People With Disabilities
How it operates
  • Provides services
  • Sponsors or undertakes research
Where it operates
  • Birmingham City, Coventry City, Dudley, Herefordshire, Sandwell, Solihull, Walsall, Warwickshire, Wolverhampton, Worcestershire,

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
Department of Health£1,434,730
True Colours Trust£32,539
Sir Jules Thorn Charitable Trust£5,000
Masonic Trust£4,695
Specific Donations
Amount When
Months
To be used for
True Colours Trust - Towards a six-month pilot to deliver 24/7 specialist advice services for children’s palliative care
£32,539 03/10/2023
Towards a six-month pilot to deliver 24/7 specialist advice services for children’s palliative care in the West Midlands.
Sir Jules Thorn Charitable Trust - Acorns Children's Hospice Trust - 01/10/21
£5,000 29/11/2021
Core Funding
Masonic Trust - MCF Hospice
£1,565 10/11/2021
Unrestricted funding for hospices
Masonic Trust - MCF Hospice
£1,565 10/11/2021
Unrestricted funding for hospices
Masonic Trust - MCF Hospice
£1,565 10/11/2021
Unrestricted funding for hospices
Department of Health - Acorns Children's Hospice Trust
£1,434,730 14/09/2021
The grant supports the sustainable hospice service offer of palliative and end of life care for children and young people.
The Aim Foundation - Grant to Acorn Children's Hospice Trust
£2,000 24/02/2021
Covid 19 Response - unrestricted gift
Co-Op Foundation - Youth Community Spaces offer
£4,000 20/12/2018
Improving the communal space for young people at the hospice
DCMS - Building Connections Fund - Community Spaces
£4,000 20/12/2018
Improving the communal space for young people at the hospice
National Lottery Heritage Fund - Grant to Acorns Children’s Hospice Trust
£34,700 10/07/2018
The Story Box Project
Garfield Weston Foundation - Main Grants award
£30,000 02/05/2018
Pay for a day of care
Wolfson Foundation - Grant to Acorns Children's Hospice Trust
£29,500 16/06/2017
Playground equipment
Masonic Trust - Hospice Grant
£3,286 19/10/2016
Core funding for hospices
Masonic Trust - Hospice Grant
£3,286 19/10/2016
Core funding for hospices
Masonic Trust - Hospice Grant
£3,286 19/10/2016
Core funding for hospices
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Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (18)
Current Trustees appointed
Gender Split
Based on 17/18 persons

Age Range of Trustees: 33-68
  • BETHAN JONES Appointed: 2018, Occupation: Office & Communication Manager
  • BOBBY WARIS Appointed: 2021, Occupation: Company Director
  • GHZALA AHMAD Appointed: 2018, Occupation: Training & Clinical Manager
  • GRAHAM MUTH Appointed: 2015, Occupation: Corporate Finance Professional
  • LYNDA BULL Appointed: 2021, Occupation: Social Care And Health Management Consultant
  • MARK HOPTON (Chair) Appointed: 2013, Occupation: Chartered Accountant
  • ROBERT LEONHARDT Appointed: 2014, Occupation: Director It Technology Risk Advisory
Legal constitution
  • Charitable company registered in England & Wales on 15/11/1988, number: 700859
  • Registered at Companies House on 10/07/1986, number: 02036103
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
  • 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
  • Volunteer management
Filing Record
20 returns made; AR20: 11 days late, AR19: 4 days late,
Recent reorganisation events:
  • Asset transfer in from PELSALL DISABLED PERSONS ORGANISATION on 20/09/2022
  • Asset transfer in from OAKS LADIES CLUB on 29/11/2022
Main office

ACORNS CHILDRENS HOSPICE TRUST
DRAKES COURT
ALCESTER ROAD
WYTHALL
BIRMINGHAM
B47 6JR

Objectives

THE OBJECTS OF THE CHARITY (OBJECTS) ARE TO PROMOTE THE RELIEF OF ILLNESS AND SUFFERING IN SUCH WAYS AS THE CHARITY SHALL FROM TIME TO TIME THINK FIT IN PARTICULAR IN THE MIDLAND COUNTIES OF ENGLAND AND ADJACENT AREAS AND IN PARTICULAR (BUT WITHOUT PREJUDICE TO THE GENERALITY OF THE OBJECTS): 1.1.1 BY PROVIDING HOLISTIC PALLIATIVE CARE SERVICES FOR CHILDREN AND YOUNG PERSONS WHO HAVE A LIFE-LIMITING OR LIFE-THREATENING CONDITION. 1.1.2 BY PROVIDING SUPPORT TO THE FAMILY OF ANY CHILD OR YOUNG PERSON WHO HAS A LIFE-LIMITING OR LIFE-THREATENING CONDITION NEEDED IN CONSEQUENCE OF THE ILLNESS, INFIRMITY, DISABILITY OR DEATH OF ANY SUCH CHILD OR YOUNG PERSON.

Defined Area of Benefit:

MIDLAND COUNTIES OF ENGLAND AND ADJACENT AREAS

Data Sources

Charity Commission for England and Wales
360 Giving
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