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Finance Score: -2
Governance Score: 1
Support Score: 9
  • Liabilities <10%: +3
  • Multiple Deficits: -2
  • Fundraising costs high: -3
  • Narrow trustee age band: -2
  • Dynamic board: +3
  • Grant maker support: +9
Overall GiG Score: 8 ?

ROCKINGHORSE CHILDREN'S CHARITY 

At Rockinghorse, we aim to make life better for sick and disabled babies, children and teenagers across Sussex. We do this by providing cutting edge equipment that the NHS cannot cover and by making medical and respite facilities for children and young people as comfortable, friendly and accessible as possible.
Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

  • The charity has received backing from multiple prominent grant makers recently
  • This charity has a robust balance sheet
  • The Board appears to be dynamic in terms of composition

Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

  • One or more trustees receive payments or benefits from the charity for providing services to the charity
  • The Board has little diversity in terms of age

Financial issues to consider:

  • On several occasions in recent years income has been less than spending
  • Fundraising costs are high relative to funds raised


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Established: 31 years

www.rockinghorse.org.uk

finance@rockinghorse.org.uk

01273330044

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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£919£923£-5£246£761£5797.5950
31/03/22£783£688£95£160£766£5679.91050
31/03/21£636£722£-86£189£671£5018.31060
31/03/20£754£883£-129£216£758£5827.9960
31/03/19£732£731£0£222£887£608101225
31/03/18£968£834£134£238£886£6819.880
31/03/17£849£893£-44£216£752£6528.880
31/03/16*£841£735£106£211£797£65710.770
31/03/15£802£638£164£44£691£57310.860
31/03/14£714£568£146£232£528£428960
31/03/13£433£488£-56£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/12£550£626£-77£387£420£2825.490
31/03/11£701£719£-17£307£482£3525.990
31/03/10£471£632£-162£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/09£593£556£37£230£573£49310.670
31/03/08£810£1,098£-288£261£607£4735.280
31/03/07£947£1,269£-322£459£923£8187.7100
31/03/06£440£456£-16£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/05*£361£385£-25£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/04*£492£400£92£0£0£0n/a00
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Financial Ratios
Fundraising Costs/Relevant Income: 29.2%
Fundraising Costs/Total Spending: 26.6%
Senior Staff Costs/Total Spending: 8%
Highest pay band: £60,000-£70,000
Liabilities/Assets: 9%
Liabilities/Income: 8%
Unrestricted Funds/Total Funds: 76%
Reserves/Spending: 7.5 months
Net Current Assets/Spending: 10 months
Quick Ratio: 10
Asset Split ?
Listed activities
  • Disability
  • The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives
How it operates
  • Makes Grants to Organisations
  • Provides buildings/facilities/open space
  • Provides services
  • Sponsors or undertakes research
Where it operates
  • East Sussex, West Sussex,
Who it helps
  • Children/Young People
  • People With Disabilities
Who works here?
  • 9 employees
  • 50 volunteers

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
Youth Music£188,939
Sussex Community Foundation£30,230
Masonic Trust£14,600
Specific Donations
Amount When
Months		 To be used for
Sussex Community Foundation - Grant to Rockinghorse Children's Charity
£5,000 17/11/2023
Funding was provided towards the staff costs of a Hospital Youth Worker.
Youth Music - Wishing Well
£98,534 27/10/2023
Wishing Well
Sussex Community Foundation - Grant to Rockinghorse
£10,000 11/11/2022
Funding was provided towards staff costs and Asthma Inhaler monitors.
Sussex Community Foundation - Grant to Rockinghorse
£10,230 17/11/2021
3
Funding was provided for speech testing equipment for 3 audiology departments across Sussex.
Masonic Trust - MCF Large Grant
£14,600 24/02/2021
A grant to support young people experiencing poor mental health in Sussex,
Sussex Community Foundation - Grant to Rockinghorse
£5,000 19/11/2020
5
Funding was provided towards a mental health and wellbeing service for children undergoing treatment for cancer.
Youth Music - Wishing Well
£90,405 24/04/2020
Wishing Well
Sussex Community Foundation - Grant to Rockinghorse
£10,000 16/11/2018
60
Funding was provided for a 'Mobile Sensory Magic Carpet' unit for children and babies being treated at the Royal Alexandra Children’s Hospital in Brighton.
Garfield Weston Foundation - Main Grants award
£10,000 24/01/2018
To provide a 'real-time' digital X-Ray facility for the Trevor Mann Baby Unit at the Royal Sussex County Hospital in Brighton
Sussex Community Foundation - Grant to Rockinghorse
£6,000 20/11/2017
12
Rockinghorse supports sick and disabled children throughout Sussex and the South-East of England. Working with local hospitals - primarily the Royal Alexandra Children's Hospital and the Trevor Mann ....more
National Lottery Community Fund - Improving Access to Services
£117,395 14/03/2012
36
This new project will train young disabled volunteers to inspect facilities and make recommendations to service providers, in order to improve disability access across leisure in East Sussex. The ....more
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Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (10)
Current Trustees appointed

Age Range of Trustees: 43-58
  • ANDREW MOSLEY Appointed: 2021, Occupation: Hotel Managing Director
  • GAVIN WILLIS Appointed: 2023, Occupation: Digital Marketing Owner / Director
  • OLI RAHMAN (Chair) Appointed: 2014, Occupation: Paediatric Consultant
Legal constitution
  • Charitable company registered in England & Wales on 15/03/1993, number: 1018759
  • Registered at Companies House on 17/02/1993, number: 02791054
Gift Aid
  • Registered with HMRC for Gift Aid
Policies in force
  • Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
  • Complaints policy and procedures
  • Financial reserves policy and procedures
  • Internal risk management policy and procedures
  • Investment
  • Risk management
  • Safeguarding policy and procedures
  • 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; AR16: 0 days late, AR05: 15 days late, AR04: 30 days late,
Main office

13 PRINCE ALBERT STREET
BRIGHTON
BN1 1HE

Objectives

(1)THE RELIEF OF SICKNESS AMONGST CHILDREN; AND (2)IN PARTICULAR, BUT WITHOUT PREJUDICE TO THE GENERALITY OF THE FOREGOING TO PROVIDE OR ASSIST IN THE PROVISION OF MEDICAL TREATMENT AND CARE FOR SICK CHILDREN TOGETHER WITH RESEARCH FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT INTO ALL DISEASES AFFECTING CHILDREN AND THE DISSEMINATION OF THE RESULTS OF SUCH RESEARCH

Defined Area of Benefit:

EAST AND WEST SUSSEX

Data Sources

Charity Commission for England and Wales
360 Giving
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