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Finance Score: -6
Governance Score: 0
Support Score: 4
  • Spending falling: -1
  • Volatile income & significant deficit in latest year: -5
  • No PartB
(no info on trustees)
    • Overall weighted support: +4
    Overall GiG Score: -2 ?

    WHAT? WHY? CHILDREN IN HOSPITAL

    Analysis by Giving is Great

    Positives:

    • The charity has received backing from a grant maker

    Financial issues to consider:

    • Spending has fallen significantly over the last 5 years relative to the previous period
    • Income has been volatile recently and was significantly lower than spending in the latest year
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    Financial Data
    Income & Spending ?
    Period ending 28/02/18 28/02/19 28/02/20 28/02/21 28/02/22 28/02/23 28/02/24
    Total income £49,465 £50,441 £43,170 £47,961 £15,125 £18,164 £16,144
    Total spending £47,918 £44,386 £46,951 £44,497 £12,343 £12,176 £20,804
    Surplus/deficit £1,547 £6,055 -£3,781 £3,464 £2,782 £5,988 -£4,660
    Established: 10 years

    www.whatwhychildreninhospital.org.uk

    Scottish Charity Regulator
    UN SDGs
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    Listed activities
    • It carries out activities or services itself
    GiG Classification
    • Provides financial or material assistance
    Purposes
    • The advancement of education
    • The advancement of health
    • The relief of those in need by reason of age, ill-health, disability, financial hardship or other disadvantage
    Where it operates
    • Operations cover all or most of Scotland, main operating location: City of Edinburgh
    Who it helps
    • Children or young people
    • People with disabilities or health problems

    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
    National Lottery Community Fund£8,000
    Foundation Scotland£5,000
    The Foyle Foundation£5,000
    CAF£4,300
    Garfield Weston Foundation£2,500
    Specific Donations
    Amount When
    Months    		 To be used for
    Foundation Scotland - Core Costs
    £5,000 14/02/2022
    11
    To cover the cost of delivering core activities
    Garfield Weston Foundation - Main Grants award
    £2,500 03/12/2021
    Expansion of Support to Reach Families Throughout the United Kingdom
    CAF - Grant to What?Why? Children in Hospital
    £4,300 11/06/2020
    3
    Grant to What?Why? Children in Hospital to support the organisation through COVID19
    National Lottery Community Fund - What? Why? COVID-19
    £8,000 01/05/2020
    12
    This funding will support online therapeutic support for children awaiting hospital procedures which have been postponed due to the COVID-19 crisis. A series of videos made by health professionals ....more
    The Foyle Foundation - Small Grants
    £5,000 28/11/2019
    towards a project supplying Tablets with hospital videos to reduce anxiety in children at four hospitals
    Foundation Scotland - Grant to What? Why? Children in Hospital
    £2,000 28/02/2019
    12
    to contribute towards the design, print and distribution of information leaflets.
    RS Macdonald Charitable Trust - Supporting young people with Cerebral Palsy
    £7,325 30/05/2018
    Children with Cerebral Palsy (CP) and their parents can feel very anxious about assessments and procedures in hospital. To develop four videos showing CP physiotherapy assessment and support; Botox ....more
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    Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

    How is it governed?

    Trustees

    Sorry we have no information about the Trustees.

    Legal constitution
    • Charity registered in Scotland on 19/02/2015, number: SC045436
    Filing Record
    5 returns made; all on time
    Main office

    136 Lanark Road West , Currie, Edinburgh, EH14 5NY

    Objectives

    The advancement of health. The advancement of education. The relief of those in need by reason of age, ill-health, disability, financial hardship or other disadvantage.

    Data Sources

    Scottish Charity Regulator
    360 Giving

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