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Finance Score: -3
Governance Score: 6
Support Score: 7
  • Liabilities <10%: +3
  • Excess reserves: -2
  • Large legacies income: +1
  • Fundraising costs high: -5
  • Dynamic board: +3
  • Gender balanced board: +3
  • Overall weighted support: +7
Overall GiG Score: 10 ?

WELDMAR HOSPICECARE

Provision of specialist palliative care to adults and their families, principally in the north, south, and west of Dorset. The charity has locally based community nurses who visit patients at home, a twelve bed Inpatient Unit in Dorchester, and a hospice at home service, as well as a range of support including physiotherapy, occupational therapy, and wellbeing services for patients and loved ones,
Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

  • This charity has a robust balance sheet
  • This charity has received considerable income from legacies 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 gender and dynamic in terms of composition

Financial issues to consider:

  • This charity has substantial assets and unrestricted reserves of £22,215,680 available, equivalent to 26 months of spending and so may not be able to utilise additional funding
  • 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£10,354£10,400£-46£3,441£22,246£22,21625.6261945
31/03/22£13,990£9,376£4,614£3,085£23,094£23,09429.62421,029
31/03/21£10,805£8,603£2,202£2,829£17,989£16,75723.4217600
31/03/20£9,473£9,082£392£3,553£13,886£12,85817237400
31/03/19£9,383£8,943£440£3,554£14,413£13,35217.92191,170
31/03/18£8,883£8,943£-60£3,490£13,557£12,57316.92240
31/03/17£7,612£8,962£-1,350£3,109£13,635£12,685172240
31/03/16£7,968£8,603£-635£2,864£13,837£13,00818.12300
31/03/15£7,785£7,910£-125£2,533£13,842£13,04219.81670
31/03/14£8,238£8,138£101£2,608£13,391£12,65118.71620
31/03/13£6,265£7,575£-1,310£2,185£13,046£12,30219.51630
31/03/12£6,969£7,366£-398£1,866£13,640£12,98121.11520
31/03/11£5,547£7,458£-1,911£1,566£13,981£13,41321.61550
31/03/10£6,092£6,322£-230£1,282£14,232£13,66625.91510
31/03/09£5,729£6,066£-337£1,124£13,110£12,68325.11360
31/03/08£5,515£5,350£166£908£14,740£14,17031.81290
31/03/07£5,047£4,821£226£764£14,855£14,456361250
31/03/06£4,650£4,244£406n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/05*£5,196£3,387£1,809n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/04£3,540£2,491£1,049n/an/an/an/an/an/a
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Financial Ratios
Fundraising Costs/Relevant Income: 67.5%
Fundraising Costs/Total Spending: 33.6%
Senior Staff Costs/Total Spending: 8%
Highest pay band: £140,000-£150,000
Liabilities/Assets: 2%
Liabilities/Income: 5%
Unrestricted Funds/Total Funds: 100%
Reserves/Spending: 25.6 months
Net Current Assets/Spending: 6 months
Quick Ratio: 8
Asset Split ?
Balance Sheet History
Established: 34 years

www.weldmarhospicecare.org

sarah.harbige@weld-hospice.org.uk

01305 215300

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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 services
Where it operates
  • Dorset,
Who it helps
  • Elderly/Old People
  • Other Defined Groups
  • 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
Wolfson Foundation£47,000
Masonic Trust£27,655
Co-Operative Group£6,631
Dorset Community Foundation£5,000
Specific Donations
Amount When
Months		 To be used for
Masonic Trust - MCF Matched Funding
£500 31/01/2024
Unrestricted matched funding in partnership with the local masonic province
Dorset Community Foundation - Weldmar at Home
£5,000 14/03/2022
To support the development of the Weldmar at Home service
Masonic Trust - MCF Festival
£1,500 18/01/2022
providing specialist end of life care
Wolfson Foundation - Grant to Weldmar Hospicecare
£47,000 09/12/2021
Construction of a garden room in the grounds of the inpatient unit
Masonic Trust - MCF Hospice
£1,655 10/11/2021
Unrestricted funding for hospices
Co-Operative Group - Grant to Weldmar Hospicecare
£3,326 23/10/2021
Our aim is to provide bespoke and tailored bereavement support for all loved ones who have lost someone within our care.
Sir Jules Thorn Charitable Trust - Weldmar Hospicecare - 04/05/21
£5,000 14/06/2021
Core Funding
Masonic Trust - MCF Hospice UK Partnership
£24,000 31/03/2021
Making Weldmar Hospicecare Accessible to All. - Widening Access – Improving Equality and Diversity in Hospice Care
Co-Operative Group - Grant to Weldmar Hospicecare
£3,305 24/10/2020
Funding would help us provide day services to patients with cancer and other progressive conditions, such as motor neurone disease.
Masonic Trust - Hospice Grant
£3,004 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

Age Range of Trustees: 57-78
  • DAVINA SMITH Appointed: 2013, Occupation: Retired
  • DAVID JOHN FRENCH Appointed: 2019, Occupation: Retired Company Director
  • DR JONATHAN DE KRETSER Appointed: 2023
  • JAMES DAVID EDWARD JOICEY-CECIL Appointed: 2008, Occupation: Chartered Accountant
  • MARK ADDISON Appointed: 2023, Occupation: Retired
  • PETER LOCKE LOVIBOND Appointed: 2021, Occupation: Retired
  • STEPHEN BAYNARD (Chair) Appointed: 2011, Occupation: Retired
  • SUSAN HAWKETT Appointed: 2015, Occupation: Retired Civil Servant
  • THE VISCOUNT FITZHARRIS
  • TANYA GRANT Appointed: 2015, Occupation: Bursar
  • VICKI HAVERCROFT DIXON Appointed: 2022
Legal constitution
  • Charitable company registered in England & Wales on 28/09/1990, number: 1000414
  • Registered at Companies House on 10/07/1990, number: 02520727
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
  • 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
20 returns made; AR05: 1 days late,
Recent reorganisation events:
  • Asset transfer in from THE WEATHERBURY SINGERS on 21/04/2021
  • Asset transfer in from INNER WHEEL CLUB OF DORCHESTER CHARITY FUND on 31/08/2022
  • Asset transfer in from THE LEAGUE OF FRIENDS OF LYME REGIS AND DISTRICT HEALTH CARE SERVICES on 12/11/2024
Main office

Weldmar Hospicecare
Herringston Road
DORCHESTER
Dorset
DT1 2SL

Objectives

TO PROMOTE THE RELIEF OF SICKNESS BY SUCH CHARITABLE MEANS AS THE COMPANY SHALL FROM TIME TO TIME THINK FIT AND IN PARTICULAR (BUT WITHOUT PREJUDICE TO THE GENERALITY OF SUCH OBJECTS) A) BY ESTABLISHING, MAINTAINING AND CONDUCTING A RESPITE CARE CENTRE AND HOSPICE TO BE KNOWN AS THE DORSET RESPITE AND HOSPICE CENTRE B) BY ESTABLISHING, MAINTAINING AND CONDUCTING OTHER HOSPITALS, RESIDENTIAL NURSING HOMES AND CLINICS IN ENGLAND OR WALES FOR THE RECEPTION AND CARE OF PERSONS OF EITHER SEX WHO ARE SUFFERING FROM ANY ILLNESS, DISABILITY, DISEASE OR OTHER INFIRMITY WHETHER PHYSICAL OR MENTAL AND BY PROVIDING MEDICAL OR OTHER TREATMENT AND ATTENTION FOR ANY SUCH PERSONS AS AFORESAID C) BY PROMOTING OR ASSISTING IN THE TEACHING OR TRAINING OF DOCTORS, NURSES, PHYSIOTHERAPISTS AND OTHER PERSONS ENGAGED IN ANY BRANCH OF MEDICINE, SURGERY, NURSING OR ALLIED SERVICES D) BY CONDUCTING OR PROMOTING RESEARCH INTO THE CARE AND TREATMENT OF PERSONS SUFFERING FROM ANY ILLNESS, DISABILITY, DISEASE OR INFIRMITY AND PARTICULARLY INTO THE CARE AND TREATMENT OF PERSONS SUFFERING FROM CANCER OR TERMINAL ILLNESSES AND TO DISSEMINATE THE RESULTS THEREOF TO THE PUBLIC E) BY PROVIDING OR ASSISTING IN THE PROVISION OF SPIRITUAL HELP AND GUIDANCE FOR ANY PERSONS RESIDENT (EITHER AS PATIENTS OR OTHERWISE) OR WORKING IN ANY SUCH CENTRE HOSPICE HOSPITAL OR HOME AS A AFORESAID

Defined Area of Benefit:

NOT DEFINED IN PRACTICE DORSET

Data Sources

Charity Commission for England and Wales
360 Giving

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