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Finance Score: -3
Governance Score: 9
Support Score: 9
  • Liabilities <10%: +3
  • Excess liquidity: -1
  • Fundraising costs high: -5
  • Good trustee age range: +3
  • Dynamic board: +3
  • Gender balanced board: +3
  • Overall weighted support: +9
Overall GiG Score: 15 ?

KEECH HOSPICE CARE

The provision of palliative and supportive care, and to support those with specific support needs, within Luton & South Bedfordshire (for adults) and within Bedfordshire, Hertfordshire and Milton Keynes (for children).
Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

  • This charity has a robust balance sheet
  • 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 £k		 Fundraising
Cost £k		 Total
Funds £k		 Unrestricted
Funds £k		 Mths
Rsrvs		 Staff Volun-
teers
31/03/23£13,395£12,175£1,220£5,095£20,077£19,73819.52861,200
31/03/22£15,878£10,964£4,914£4,796£18,871£18,50720.32731,466
31/03/21*£12,629£10,679£1,950£4,360£13,956£13,53515.22841,420
31/03/20£10,973£10,735£238£4,446£12,005£11,42912.82971,386
31/03/19£10,150£10,767£-617£4,434£11,767£10,98612.22901,407
31/03/18£10,657£10,326£331£724£12,384£11,74013.62860
31/03/17£10,051£9,944£107£4,198£12,053£11,565142620
31/03/16£9,914£9,587£327£636£11,946£11,41614.32300
31/03/15£10,217£9,170£1,047£3,928£11,619£11,26114.72300
31/03/14£10,484£9,059£1,425£3,971£10,572£9,90813.12490
31/03/13£8,454£8,141£313£3,445£9,067£8,839132240
31/03/12£7,755£7,735£20£2,971£8,734£8,358132100
31/03/11£7,517£7,189£328£2,513£8,716£8,32713.91710
31/03/10£6,982£7,415£-433£2,456£8,383£8,14113.21950
31/03/09£6,424£5,937£487£1,840£8,789£7,14414.41520
31/03/08£5,655£5,082£573£1,499£8,326£3,9029.21390
31/03/07*£5,145£4,878£267£1,470£7,764£3,8229.41300
31/03/06*£3,414£3,897£-483n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/05*£3,692£3,500£193n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/04*£3,418£2,864£553n/an/an/an/an/an/a
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Financial Ratios
Fundraising Costs/Relevant Income: 75%
Fundraising Costs/Total Spending: 41.9%
Senior Staff Costs/Total Spending: 3%
Highest pay band: £100,000-£110,000
Liabilities/Assets: 5%
Liabilities/Income: 9%
Unrestricted Funds/Total Funds: 98%
Reserves/Spending: 19.5 months
Net Current Assets/Spending: 10 months
Quick Ratio: 8.8
Asset Split ?
Balance Sheet History
Established: 31 years

www.keech.org.uk

info@keech.org.uk

01582492339

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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 advocacy/advice/information
  • Provides buildings/facilities/open space
  • Provides services
Where it operates
  • Bedford, Central Bedfordshire, Hertfordshire, Luton, Milton Keynes,
Who it helps
  • Children/Young People
  • Elderly/Old People
  • People With Disabilities

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
Harpur Trust£106,408
Wolfson Foundation£90,000
Bedfordshire and Luton Community Foundation£88,109
Sir Jules Thorn Charitable Trust£5,000
Specific Donations
Amount When
Months		 To be used for
Wolfson Foundation - Grant to Keech Hospice Care
£90,000 08/06/2023
Reconfiguration and refurbishment of hydrotherapy pool changing rooms
Bedfordshire and Luton Community Foundation - Hospice at Home service
£20,800 05/01/2023
Hospice at Home
Bedfordshire and Luton Community Foundation - the building is open 24/7 as there are inpatient beds. the space is kept warm and lite throughout. we hope to utilize this space
£500 13/12/2022
keech hospice
Harpur Trust - Grant to Keech Hospice Care
£75,000 09/03/2022
Specialist, holistic care for children with life-limiting conditions and their families from Bedford Borough.
Sir Jules Thorn Charitable Trust - Keech Hospice Care - 28/09/21
£5,000 29/11/2021
Core Funding
Bedfordshire and Luton Community Foundation - Children's In-Patient Unit Treatment Room refurbishment
£5,000 11/11/2021
Children's In-Patient Unit Treatment Room refurbishment
Masonic Trust - MCF Hospice
£1,375 10/11/2021
Unrestricted funding for hospices
Masonic Trust - MCF Hospice
£1,280 10/11/2021
Unrestricted funding for hospices
Harpur Trust - Keech Hospice Care
£6,408 08/06/2021
Children's Play Therapist and activity coordinator in Bedford
Bedfordshire and Luton Community Foundation - Grant to Keech Hospice Care
£39,383 25/03/2021
23
Children’s Play Support
Harpur Trust - Keech Hospice Care
£25,000 09/06/2020
36
Specialist, holistic care for children with life-limiting conditions and their families from Bedford Borough.
Bedfordshire and Luton Community Foundation - Grant to Keech Hospice Care
£22,426 30/01/2020
11
Hospice at Home
Bedfordshire and Luton Community Foundation - Hospice at Home
£9,000 21/03/2018
11
Grant to Keech Hospice Care
BBC Children in Need - Grant to Keech Hospice Care
£131,778 02/03/2018
36
The project will deliver support to children and young people with life limiting illnesses and their siblings. The project will build their confidence, reduce isolation and improve ability to express their feelings.
Wolfson Foundation - Grant to Keech Hospice Care
£40,000 04/12/2017
Replacement and modification of hoists
National Lottery Community Fund - Specialist Palliative Rehabilitation Service
£10,000 13/01/2016
12
This charity will use the funding to purchase equipment so they can deliver therapeutic activities for adults living with advanced, progressive, life limiting and life threatening diseases. This will improve the quality of life for beneficiaries and ....more
National Lottery Community Fund - Complementary Therapist Calling !
£10,000 22/05/2013
12
This is a project by an incorporated charity in Luton. The organisation will used the funding for an additional complementary therapist to provide therapies at families homes for children with life limited illnesses. This will provide therapies at a ....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: 44-71
  • DEBRA SMITH Appointed: 2023, Occupation: Director
  • IAIN DAVID MALCOLM Appointed: 2023, Occupation: Director
  • JEFFREY ERIC LUSTIG Appointed: 2020, Occupation: Solicitor
  • JUDITH GREEVY Appointed: 2023, Occupation: Director
  • MICHAEL JOHN MCMAHON Appointed: 2020, Occupation: Director
  • MIRIAM HEYES Appointed: 2019, Occupation: Company Director
  • PETER CANNON Appointed: 2018, Occupation: Director
  • SIMON OGDEN Appointed: 2021, Occupation: Director
Legal constitution
  • Charitable company registered in England & Wales on 15/03/1994, number: 1035089
  • Registered at Companies House on 03/03/1994, number: 02904446
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; AR21: 3 days late, AR07: 2 days late, AR06: 2 days late, AR05: 11 days late, AR04: 1 days late,
Recent reorganisation events:
  • Asset transfer in from DUNSTABLE AND DISTRICT DISABLED SPORTS on 09/11/2021
  • Asset transfer in from NORTH BEDFORDSHIRE HOSPICE CARE LIMITED on 21/08/2023
  • Asset transfer in from HARVEST END WOMENS CLUB on 31/10/2023
  • Asset transfer in from INNER WHEEL CLUB OF LUTON CHILTERN BENEVOLENT FUND on 29/08/2024
Main office

GREAT BRAMINGHAM LANE
LUTON
BEDFORDSHIRE
LU3 3NT

Objectives

TO PROMOTE THE RELIEF OF SICKNESS IN SUCH WAYS AS THE CHARITY SHALL FROM TIME TO TIME THINK FIT. ( SEE GOVERNING DOCUMENT FOR FULL DETAILS )

Defined Area of Benefit:

BEDFORDSHIRE AND HERTFORDSHIRE

Data Sources

Charity Commission for England and Wales
360 Giving

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