Overall GiG Score: 15 ?
Finance Score: -2
Governance Score: 9
Support Score: 8
  • Liabilities <10%: +3
  • Excess liquidity: -1
  • Fundraising costs high: -4
  • Good trustee age range: +3
  • Dynamic board: +3
  • Gender balanced board: +3
  • Grant maker support: +8

CLAIRE HOUSE 

Claire House helps seriously and terminally ill babies, children and young adults in Merseyside, Cheshire and North Wales. It provides end of life care, emergency respite, hospital support and day care, in addition to short breaks for children with complex needs. It also provides counselling, therapy and bereavement support for the whole family, while a child is living and after they die.
Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

  • This charity has a robust balance sheet
  • 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:

  • Over half the Board have joined recently

Financial issues to consider:

  • Liquidity appeared to be considerably in excess of CC guidelines at the latest year end especially considering the historic stability of income
  • Fundraising costs are extremely high relative to funds raised
Established: 33 years

www.clairehouse.org.uk

info@clairehouse.org.uk

01513430883

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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
31/03/23£11,987£9,343£2,644£3,598£19,790£17,21122.1173552
31/03/22£11,747£7,950£3,797£3,240£17,409£15,05722.7166702
31/03/21£9,655£8,295£1,360£3,504£13,549£11,20516.2214758
31/03/20£10,025£9,015£1,009£1,051£11,720£9,27812.3248920
31/03/19£8,306£8,397£-90£3,466£10,963£8,67112.4218997
31/03/18£8,377£7,832£545£3,700£10,901£8,86313.62170
31/03/17£7,696£7,357£339£3,392£10,390£8,79414.32380
31/03/16£6,701£7,020£-320£3,256£9,710£8,22914.12060
31/03/15£6,703£6,360£344£2,650£10,237£8,75216.51650
31/03/14£6,593£5,469£1,124£2,488£9,768£8,44418.51470
31/03/13£5,723£4,822£902£2,078£8,603£7,81219.41320
31/03/12£4,833£4,313£520£1,805£7,621£6,97319.41160
31/03/11?£5,189£4,860£329£1,822£7,109£6,465161060
31/12/09£3,865£3,598£267£1,330£6,729£6,10020.31060
31/12/08£3,086£3,754£-668£1,141£6,391£5,80818.61010
31/12/07£3,346£3,353£-7£1,201£7,155£6,57623.5960
31/12/06£3,362£2,140£1,222£0£0£0n/a00
31/12/05£3,185£2,326£858£0£0£0n/a00
31/12/04£3,834£1,934£1,900£0£0£0n/a00

Financial Ratios
Fundraising Costs/Relevant Income: 41.3%
Fundraising Costs/Total Spending: 38.7%
Senior Staff Costs/Total Spending: 3%
Highest pay band: £90,000-£100,000
Liabilities/Assets: 3%
Liabilities/Income: 5%
Unrestricted Funds/Total Funds: 87%
Reserves/Spending: 22.1 months
Net Current Assets/Spending: 13 months
Quick Ratio: 14.7
Asset Split ?
What it does
  • Disability
  • The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives
Who works here?
  • 173 employees
  • 552 volunteers
Who it helps
  • Children/Young People
  • People With Disabilities
How it operates
  • Provides advocacy/advice/information
  • Provides buildings/facilities/open space
  • Provides human resources
  • Provides services
Where it operates
  • Throughout England And Wales,

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£670,078
BBC Children in Need£112,325
DCMS£33,726
Cheshire Community Foundation£8,877
Specific Donations
Amount When
Months
To be used for
BBC Children in Need - Grant to Claire House Children's Hospice
£83,522 03/02/2022
This project will deliver play sessions to children and young people with life limiting conditions. The activities will result in reduced stress, increased autonomy and strengthened relationships.
Masonic Trust - MCF Hospice
£1,565 10/11/2021
Unrestricted funding for hospices
Department of Health - Claire House Children's Hospice
£670,078 14/09/2021
The grant supports the sustainable hospice service offer of palliative and end of life care for children and young people.
DCMS - Coronavirus Community Support Fund
£33,726 25/06/2020
"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 ....more
Cheshire Community Foundation - Family Support: Coronavirus Response
£3,152 26/05/2020
Claire House Children’s Hospice provides specialist respite, palliative and end of life care to seriously ill babies, children and young people, supporting the entire family clinically, practically ....more
Masonic Trust - MCF Festival
£3,360 07/05/2020
Provision of medical and support equipment to the hospice.
BBC Children in Need - Grant to Claire House Children's Hospice
£28,803 20/03/2020
36
This project will provide a programme of fun activities for the siblings of children with terminal or life limiting illnesses. Children accessing this project will have fun with friends, develop ....more
Cheshire Community Foundation - Counselling and Support for Claire House Parents from Cheshire
£5,725 07/05/2019
Claire House Children's Hospice provides specialised respite, palliative and end of life care to terminally ill babies, children and young people, supporting the whole family both clinically and ....more
BBC Children in Need - Grant to Claire House Children's Hospice
£137,640 28/02/2019
36
This project will deliver specialist play within the hospice as well as the homes of children and young people with terminal or life threatening conditions. It will lead to improved emotional ....more
Co-Operative Group - Grant to Claire House Children's Hospice
£8,014 19/11/2018
We would like to purchase a specialist Eclipse Move Allova bed for the children to use when staying at Claire House Children's Hospice.
National Lottery Community Fund - Integrated Services Car
£8,989 17/08/2018
12
The organisation will use the funding to purchase a transport vehicle to help them continue to run their services to a wide range of beneficiaries.
BBC Children in Need - Grant to Claire House Children's Hospice
£29,133 10/08/2017
36
This project will work with children and young people from across the north west whose siblings have terminal or life threatening illnesses. The project will focus on improving emotional wellbeing, ....more
National Lottery Community Fund - Activities Hub Refurbishment
£10,000 08/02/2017
12
The funding will be used by a charity to refurbish an activities hub. The hub is an important place for children and young people with life threatening and life shortening conditions. The project ....more
Masonic Trust - Hospice Grant
£2,721 19/10/2016
Core funding for hospices
National Lottery Community Fund - A4A - 24 Hour On Call Response Vehicle for Hospice to Home Care
£10,000 17/06/2015
12
The funding will be used to purchase a new car to support the organisation’s Hospice to Home service, which offers a 24-hour on call service for palliative and end of life care. This will ....more
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Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (8)
Current Trustees appointed
Gender Split

Age Range of Trustees: 35-67
  • STEWART MCKIE Appointed: 2023, Occupation: Head Of Companies, Compliance
Legal constitution
  • Charitable company registered in England & Wales on 02/09/1991, number: 1004058
  • Registered at Companies House on 13/06/1991, number: 02620240
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
  • Trustee expenses policy and procedures
  • Volunteer management
Filing Record
19 returns made; all on time
Recent reorganisation events:
  • Asset transfer in from FRODSHAM NURSING FUND on 06/08/2019
  • Asset transfer in from THE LONSDALE TRUST WALLASEY on 02/01/2024
Main office

CLAIRE HOUSE CHILDREN'S HOSPICE
CLATTERBRIDGE ROAD
WIRRAL
CH63 4JD

Objectives

TO PROMOTE THE RELIEF OF ILLNESS AND SUFFERING IN SUCH WAYS AS THE COMPANY SHALL FROM TIME TO TIME THINK FIT IN THE UNITED KINGDOM AND IN PARTICULAR IN THE NORTH WEST OF ENGLAND, NORTH WALES AND THE ISLE OF MAN.

Defined Area of Benefit:

UNITED KINGDOM.

Data Sources

Charity Commission for England and Wales
360 Giving
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