Finance Score: -9
Governance Score: 9
Support Score: 7
  • Multiple Deficits and declines: -5
  • Fundraising costs high: -4
  • Good trustee age range: +3
  • Dynamic board: +3
  • Gender balanced board: +3
  • Overall weighted support: +7
Overall GiG Score: 7 ?

MENINGITIS NOW

Meningitis Now is a charity formed in 2013 by the merger of Meningitis UK & Meningitis Trust, founders of the meningitis movement in the UK in the mid 1980s. We exist to save lives & rebuild futures through research, awareness & support.Our vision is a future where no one in the UK loses their life to meningitis & everyone affected gets the support they need to rebuild their lives.
Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

  • The charity has received backing from several prominent grant makers recently
  • The Board appears to be well diversified in terms of age and gender and dynamic in terms of composition

Financial issues to consider:

  • Income has been volatile and on several occasions in recent years 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£2,078£2,366£-288£729£1,813£1,3316.841240
31/03/22£2,052£1,956£96£598£2,142£1,5959.836240
31/03/21£2,240£2,086£154£609£2,027£1,4548.449208
31/03/20£2,809£3,071£-263£847£1,782£1,2214.857230
31/03/19£3,237£2,632£604£789£2,071£1,5246.954220
31/03/18£3,461£2,973£488£860£1,437£1,1304.6410
31/03/17£3,183£3,305£-123£884£940£8923.2540
31/03/16£3,332£3,728£-396£1,005£1,009£9283510
31/03/15£3,435£3,948£-514£1,059£1,405£1,2793.9580
31/03/14£3,400£4,071£-671£1,182£1,919£1,7965.3670
31/03/13£2,686£2,874£-188£993£1,369£1,2475.2520
31/03/12£3,197£3,127£70£1,093£1,557£1,4645.6470
31/03/11£2,969£2,991£-22£1,053£1,488£1,4175.7510
31/03/10£3,066£3,212£-146£1,065£1,509£1,4475.4540
31/03/09£3,193£3,230£-37£1,104£1,656£1,5815.9530
31/03/08£3,463£3,706£-244£713£1,693£1,5655.1530
31/03/07£3,321£3,395£-74£1,413£1,936£1,7926.3560
31/03/06£3,553£3,245£308n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/05*£3,245£3,042£203n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/04£3,107£3,215£-108n/an/an/an/an/an/a

Financial Ratios
Fundraising Costs/Relevant Income: 40%
Fundraising Costs/Total Spending: 30.8%
Senior Staff Costs/Total Spending: 8%
Highest pay band: £80,000-£90,000
Liabilities/Assets: 14%
Liabilities/Income: 14%
Unrestricted Funds/Total Funds: 73%
Reserves/Spending: 6.8 months
Net Current Assets/Spending: 6 months
Quick Ratio: 4.6
Asset Split ?
Balance Sheet History
Established: 35 years

www.meningitisnow.org

info@meningitisnow.org

01453768000

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UN SDGs
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Listed activities
  • Amateur Sport
  • Disability
  • Education/Training
  • General Charitable Purposes
  • The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives
GiG Classification
  • Grant-making foundations
How it operates
  • Makes grants to individuals
  • Provides advocacy/advice/information
  • Provides services
  • Sponsors or undertakes research
Where it operates
  • Northern Ireland, Scotland, Throughout England And Wales,
Who it helps
  • Children/Young People
  • Elderly/Old People
  • People Of A Particular Ethnic Or Racial Origin
  • 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
Garfield Weston Foundation£100,000
DCMS£100,000
Masonic Trust£45,000
National Lottery Community Fund£8,750
Specific Donations
Amount When
Months
To be used for
Garfield Weston Foundation - Multi-Year Grant (3 Years) award
£50,000 18/02/2022
36
Centre of Expertise for Aftercare and Support
Masonic Trust - MCF Large Grant
£45,000 26/05/2021
A grant to support children impacted by meningitis through support with equipment and other support.
DCMS - Coronavirus Community Support Fund
£100,000 26/08/2020
"The fund aims to:1) To reduce closures of essential charities that provide essential services to vulnerable groups during the COVID-19 crisis by ensuring they have the financial resources to operate, thereby reducing the burden on public ....more
Garfield Weston Foundation - Major Grants award - COVID19 response
£50,000 29/05/2020
Core Costs/Unrestricted Grant
National Lottery Community Fund - Meningitis Now Forever Weekend
£8,750 22/04/2020
0
The funding will be used to hold a residential weekend for people with experience of meningitis. The project aims to provide the opportunity to receive advice and peer support regarding the issues affecting their health.
Co-Operative Group - Grant to The Edward Dee Forever Fund for Meningitis Now
£6,304 19/11/2018
We want to raise awareness of meningitis and provide support to families affected by meningitis – all in loving memory of Edward Dee.
National Lottery Community Fund - Student awareness film
£9,250 27/07/2018
12
The funding will be used to create videos about issues around meningitis. The project aims to awareness and equip people to take early action against the disease.
Garfield Weston Foundation - Main Grants award
£40,000 18/06/2018
Meningitis Now: Saving Lives and Rebuilding Futures
BBC Children in Need - Grant to Meningitis Now
£23,906 13/11/2017
36
This project will support children and young people with, or who have had meningitis, by providing a series of family residentials. The activities will increase confidence, reduce isolation and strenghten family relationships.
National Lottery Community Fund - Meningitis Now Family Fun Day for People affected by Meningitis
£2,750 26/10/2017
11
The organisation carries out research, campaigning and provides support to people living with the impact of meningitis. They used the £2,750 grant to run a family fun day for families with children up to the age of 18 who have experienced ....more
BBC Children in Need - Grant to Meningitis Now
£81,299 17/10/2017
36
This project will support children and young people with, or who have had meningitis, by providing a series of family residentials. The activities will increase confidence, reduce isolation and strenghten family relationships.
National Lottery Community Fund - A Family Day for children and families affected by Meninigitis
£4,279 15/09/2017
12
This grant will fund a family fun day for 50 young people affected by meningitis and their families. The event will bring together families from across Scotland for an event at the National Climbing Centre in Edinburgh in October 2017.
National Lottery Community Fund - Believe and Achieve
£497,537 17/05/2017
60
Meningitis Now works across England to support young people whose lives have been affected by meningitis. This funding will support the expansion of its Believe and Achieve project which helps these young people to live more healthy, active and ....more
National Lottery Community Fund - Rebuilding Futures Day - supporting adults affected by meningitis
£7,190 03/05/2017
12
This is a project by a community organisation in Stroud, Gloucestershire, benefiting people across England. They will use the funding to stage an event for adults who have experienced the effects of Meningitis. This will help people to receive ....more
Lloyds Bank Foundation - Grant to Meningitis Now
£25,000 29/07/2013
The Meningitis Trust is the main provider of professional services and community-based support to people affected by meningitis
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Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (11)
Current Trustees appointed
Gender Split

Age Range of Trustees: 31-72
  • CHRISTOPHER EDWIN PHILIPSBORN Appointed: 2021, Occupation: Managing Partner
  • EMMA THOMAS Appointed: 2020, Occupation: Finance Director
  • HANNAH MARSH Appointed: 2017, Occupation: Senior Associate - Solicitor
  • HOLLY LAUREN BYRNE Appointed: 2021, Occupation: Ombudsman
  • JAMES SUTHERLAND Appointed: 2017, Occupation: Head Of Governance
  • JULIE ELIZABETH MARSH Appointed: 2019, Occupation: Senior Associate - Solicitor
  • NIKKI RICHARDSON Appointed: 2021, Occupation: Chair Person
  • PROFESSOR JOHN SIMON KROLL Appointed: 2019, Occupation: Professor Of Paediatrics And Molecular Infectious
  • RODERICK ADLINGTON Appointed: 2017, Occupation: Businessman
  • RANDY WILLIAM PACKER WEEKS Appointed: 2021, Occupation: Retired
  • STEPHEN ALAN SUTCLIFFE Appointed: 2021, Occupation: Director Of Finance & Accounting
Legal constitution
  • Charitable company registered in England & Wales on 09/03/1990, number: 803016
  • Registered at Companies House on 12/02/1990, number: 02469130
Gift Aid
  • Registered with HMRC for Gift Aid
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; AR05: 29 days late,
Main office

Meningitis Now
Fern House
Daniels Industrial Estate
104 Bath Road
STROUD

Objectives

A. TO RELIEVE SICKNESS AND DISTRESS AMONG PERSONS WHO ARE SUFFERING FROM MENINGITIS (WHICH IN THESE OBJECTS MEANS MENINGITIS IN ALL FORMS AND INCLUDES ALL AND ANY ASSOCIATED CONDITIONS) OR SEPTICAEMIA OR WHO ARE DISABLED AS A RESULT OF MENINGITIS OR SEPTICAEMIA.B. TO UNDERTAKE AND FUND RESEARCH INTO ALL STRAINS OF MENINGITIS WHETHER VIRAL OR BACTERIAL OR SEPTICAEMIA AND TO PUBLISH, ASSIST WITH, AND/OR FUND THE PUBLICATION AND DISSEMINATION OF THE USEFUL RESULTS THEREOF.C. TO WORK TOWARDS THE ELIMINATION OF MENINGITIS AS A SERIOUS MEDICAL PROBLEM.D. TO PROVIDE SUPPORT TO PEOPLE WHO SUFFER MENINGITIS OR SEPTICAEMIA AND THEIR IMMEDIATE FAMILIES, GUARDIANS OR PARTNERS.

Defined Area of Benefit:

NOT DEFINED

Data Sources

Charity Commission for England and Wales
360 Giving

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