Finance Score: -2

Governance Score: 9

Support Score: 6

Liabilities <10%: +3
Excess liquidity: -1
Reasonable growth: +1
Fundraising costs high: -5

Good trustee age range: +3
Dynamic board: +3
Gender balanced board: +3

Grant maker support: +6

Overall GiG Score: 13

HIGH PEAK HOSPICECARE

Specialist Palliative Care - Day Hospice

Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

This charity has a robust balance sheet
There has been reasonable growth in spending over the last 3 years relative to the previous period
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

Financial issues to consider:

Liquidity appeared to be in excess of CC guidelines at the latest year end
Fundraising costs are extremely high relative to funds raised

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		£2,161	£2,246	£-85	£677	£3,136	£3,103	16.6	39	250
31/03/22		£2,465	£2,060	£405	£605	£3,170	£3,119	18.2	39	250
31/03/21		£2,299	£1,844	£455	£449	£2,765	£2,589	16.8	37	250
31/03/20	*	£1,832	£1,552	£280	£398	£2,255	£2,161	16.7	36	215
31/03/19		£1,491	£1,518	£-27	£418	£1,975	£1,956	15.5	35	300
31/03/18	*	£1,269	£1,314	£-45	£355	£2,001	£1,975	18	31	0
31/03/17		£1,185	£1,196	£-11	£370	£2	£2	0	27	0
31/03/16		£1,127	£1,010	£117	£360	£2,058	£2,018	24	22	0
31/03/15		£1,172	£962	£211	£324	£2,411	£2,396	29.9	17	0
31/03/14		£990	£837	£153	£282	£2,200	£2,194	31.5	16	0
31/03/13		£911	£809	£102	£311	£2,047	£2,016	29.9	16	0
31/03/12		£819	£714	£104	£232	£1,946	£1,902	32	15	0
31/03/11		£1,183	£650	£532	£206	£1,841	£1,801	33.2	13	0
31/03/10		£746	£561	£185	£202	£1,309	£1,297	27.7	13	0
31/03/09		£593	£489	£104	£178	£1,124	£1,123	27.5	12	0
31/03/08		£652	£440	£213	£121	£1,099	£992	27.1	12	0
31/03/07		£313	£323	£-9	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/06		£313	£323	£-9	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/05	*	£274	£290	£-15	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/04		£255	£250	£5	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0

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Financial Ratios

Fundraising Costs/Relevant Income: 52.7%
Fundraising Costs/Total Spending: 30.1%
Senior Staff Costs/Total Spending: 4%
Highest pay band: £70,000-£80,000
Liabilities/Assets: 7%
Liabilities/Income: 11%
Unrestricted Funds/Total Funds: 99%
Reserves/Spending: 16.6 months
Net Current Assets/Spending: 11 months
Quick Ratio: 3.1

Asset Split ?

Established: 30 years

www.blythehousehospice.org.uk

shane.oreilly@blythehouse.co.uk

01298816990

Charity Commission for England and Wales

Tweets

Listed activities

The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives

GiG Classification

Hospice services

How it operates

Provides advocacy/advice/information
Provides services

Where it operates

Cheshire East, Cheshire West & Chester, Derbyshire, Staffordshire,

Who it helps

Children/Young People
Elderly/Old People
The General Public/Mankind

Who works here?

39 employees
250 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

Wolfson Foundation	£32,000
Sir Jules Thorn Charitable Trust	£5,000
Co-Operative Group	£2,327
Masonic Trust	£1,000

Specific Donations

Amount	When Months	To be used for
Co-Operative Group - Grant to Blythe House Hospicecare & Helen's Trust
£2,327	21/10/2023	We would like to continue the expansion of our 'Hospice at Home' service in the Derbyshire Dales, enabling patients and families to remain together at home in the patient's last 12 months of life.
Masonic Trust - MCF Hospice
£1,000	10/11/2021	Unrestricted funding for hospices
Sir Jules Thorn Charitable Trust - High Peak Hospice Care (Blythe House Hospicecare) - 30/04/21
£5,000	14/06/2021	Core Funding
Wolfson Foundation - Grant to High Peak Hospicecare
£32,000	10/06/2021	Installation of new flooring, furniture and rehabilitation equipment in the community hub and rehabilitation room
Garfield Weston Foundation - Multi-Year Grant (2 Years) award
£50,000	02/10/2017	Supporting Blythe House Hospice to continue to reach out into our community.

Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (11)

Current Trustees appointed

Gender Split

Age Range of Trustees: 49-74

ANTONY GRAHAM KING Appointed: 2023, Occupation: Managing Director

JACQUELINE DIANE KING-OWEN Appointed: 2023, Occupation: Social Worker

PAMELA ANN BOOTH Appointed: 2023, Occupation: Procurement Manager

PAUL MATTHEW STUART ROONEY Appointed: 2023, Occupation: Property Development

RUTH BROWN Appointed: 2021, Occupation: Retired

ANNE CAWTHORN Appointed: 2021, Occupation: Retired, Other trusteeship: CHAPEL-EN-LE-FRITH ARTS,

DELIA BUTLER Appointed: 2015, Occupation: Chartered Accountant

DR MICHAEL HARDMAN Appointed: 2017, Occupation: Retired

DR SARAH MARGARET PARNACOTT Appointed: 2018, Occupation: Doctor

SARAH ELIZABETH ROWLAND Appointed: 2020, Occupation: Solicitor (Partner), Other trusteeship: HELEN'S TRUST,

TIMOTHY JOHN MOURNE (Chair) Appointed: 2013, Occupation: Certified Chartered Accountant, Other trusteeship: HELEN'S TRUST,

Legal constitution

Charitable company registered in England & Wales on 10/01/1994, number: 1031192
Registered at Companies House on 14/12/1993, number: 02880281

Gift Aid

Registered with HMRC for Gift Aid

Other Regulators

Care Quality Commission

Policies in force

Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
Campaigns and political activity 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; AR20: 43 days late, AR18: 1 days late, AR05: 1 days late,

Main office

Blythe House
Eccles Fold
Chapel-en-le-Frith
High Peak
SK23 9TJ

Objectives

TO PROMOTE THE RELIEF OF SICKNESS AND RELIEF IN NEED OF PERSONS RESIDENT IN THE COUNTIES OF DERBYSHIRE, , SHEFFIELD, CHESHIRE AND STAFFORDSHIRE AND THE SURROUNDING AREAS BY SUCH CHARITABLE MEANS AS THE COMPANY SHALL FROM TIME TO TIME THINK FIT

Defined Area of Benefit:

DERBYSHIRE CHESHIRE AND STAFFORDSHIRE

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