Overall GiG Score: 17 ?
Finance Score: 1
Governance Score: 8
Support Score: 8
  • Liabilities <10%: +3
  • Income diversified: +3
  • Fundraising costs high: -5
  • 12+ Trustees: -1
  • Good trustee age range: +3
  • Dynamic board: +3
  • Gender balanced board: +3
  • Grant maker support: +8

HAVEN HOUSE FOUNDATION 

Care for life threatened/limited children and young people and their families, through providing:* Respite care: day care and overnight stays* Palliative care at end of life* Bereavement suite and support* Community and hospice at home services: Physio, Music therapy, Toy loan, Special yoga * Family Support: Siblings, Counselling, Family Suite and Training to equip parents
Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

  • This charity has a robust balance sheet
  • Income generation is well diversified
  • Spending has increased 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 and a Community Foundation
  • The Board appears to be well diversified in terms of age and gender and dynamic in terms of composition

Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

  • There are 13 trustees whereas the Charities Commission recommends a maximum of 12
  • Over half the Board have joined recently

Financial issues to consider:

  • Fundraising costs are extremely high relative to funds raised
Established: 29 years

havenhouse.org.uk

enquiries@havenhouse.org.uk

02085059944

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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£5,321£5,176£145£1,816£5,110£5,11011.8104380
31/03/22£4,475£4,415£60£1,567£5,142£5,13614132295
31/03/21£5,211£4,050£1,161£1,419£5,026£5,01814.992450
31/03/20£4,687£4,537£151£1,709£3,545£3,5039.3114441
31/03/19£3,931£4,209£-279£1,648£3,510£2,9788.5106515
31/03/18£3,963£3,502£460£1,336£3,743£3,10710.6910
31/03/17£3,404£3,318£87£1,245£3,277£2,6969.8630
31/03/16*£3,075£3,047£28£1,080£3,119£2,4819.8560
31/03/15£3,907£2,790£1,117£1,078£3,092£2,2649.7530
31/03/14£2,959£2,355£604£925£1,975£1,3897.1450
31/03/13£2,285£2,209£76£760£1,370£1,2006.5400
31/03/12£1,933£1,965£-33£603£1,295£1,0446.4390
31/03/11£1,948£1,972£-24£596£1,327£1,0226.2400
31/03/10£1,868£1,794£74£506£1,357£1,0447360
31/03/09£1,656£1,995£-340£608£1,280£9105.5400
31/03/08?£1,977£2,238£-261£704£1,631£1,1606.2330
31/12/06£1,629£1,312£318£0£0£0n/a00
31/12/05£1,154£1,225£-71£0£0£0n/a00
31/12/04£1,280£1,071£210£0£0£0n/a00

Financial Ratios
Fundraising Costs/Relevant Income: 50%
Fundraising Costs/Total Spending: 35.3%
Senior Staff Costs/Total Spending: 10%
Highest pay band: £100,000-£110,000
Liabilities/Assets: 7%
Liabilities/Income: 8%
Unrestricted Funds/Total Funds: 100%
Reserves/Spending: 11.8 months
Net Current Assets/Spending: 4 months
Quick Ratio: 2.4
Asset Split ?
What it does
  • Disability
  • Education/Training
  • Recreation
  • The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives
Who works here?
  • 104 employees
  • 380 volunteers
Who it helps
  • Children/Young People
  • Other Defined Groups
How it operates
  • Provides advocacy/advice/information
  • Provides services
Where it operates
  • Essex, Hertfordshire, Throughout London,

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£365,022
Pears Foundation£145,000
London Marathon Charitable Trust£104,000
Essex Community Foundation£8,000
Specific Donations
Amount When
Months
To be used for
Sir Jules Thorn Charitable Trust - Haven House Foundation - 29/09/21
£5,000 29/11/2021
Core Funding
Pears Foundation - Grant to Haven House Children's Hospice
£25,000 26/11/2021
Core Funding
Masonic Trust - MCF Hospice
£1,340 10/11/2021
Unrestricted funding for hospices
Department of Health - Haven House Children's Hospice (Haven House Foundation)
£365,022 14/09/2021
The grant supports the sustainable hospice service offer of palliative and end of life care for children and young people.
Essex Community Foundation - Grant to Haven House Children's Hospice
£3,000 12/10/2020
To provide short term respite care to children and young people aged from birth to 19 years who suffer from life threatening or life limiting conditions.
Essex Community Foundation - Grant to Haven House Children's Hospice
£5,000 22/05/2020
to support the core costs of providing children's hospice care in West Essex during the COVID19 crisis
London Marathon Charitable Trust - Woodland Wonderland
£104,000 02/01/2020
Towards updating and creating a new outdoor space for children and young people with life-limiting and life-threatening conditions at Haven House Children Hospice in Waltham Forest. Children and ....more
Pears Foundation - Grant to Haven House Children's Hospice
£120,000 26/09/2019
24
Core funding
BBC Children in Need - Grant to Haven House Foundation
£116,434 27/06/2018
36
This project will help to provide respite and end of life care via a Hospice at Home service to young people with life threatening or life limiting conditions, to enable them to have fun, improve ....more
Garfield Weston Foundation - Main Grants award
£50,000 24/01/2018
Transforming our Hospice
Pears Foundation - Grant to Haven House Children's Hospice
£100,000 17/11/2017
24
Core funding
Wolfson Foundation - Grant to Haven House Children's Hospice
£90,000 08/12/2016
Ground Floor Refurbishment
Pears Foundation - Grant to Haven House Children's Hospice
£100,000 18/11/2015
24
Core funding
National Lottery Community Fund - Better, Happier Lives
£281,932 19/09/2012
48
The Haven House Foundation will offer a programme of support and activities to children with terminal illnesses, severe life-threatening and life-limiting medical conditions, disabled children and ....more
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Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (13)
Current Trustees appointed
Gender Split
Based on 11/13 persons

Age Range of Trustees: 34-74
Legal constitution
  • Charitable company registered in England & Wales on 16/02/1995, number: 1044296
  • Registered at Companies House on 09/12/1994, number: 03000171
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; AR16: 1 days late,
Recent reorganisation events:
  • Asset transfer in from ST JOSEPH'S CONVENT PARENTS ASSOCIATION on 20/07/2020
Main office

THE WHITE HOUSE
HIGH ROAD
WOODFORD GREEN
IG8 9LB

Objectives

THE RELIEF OF SICKNESS AND SUFFERING AMONGST CHILDREN AND YOUNG PEOPLE AND CARE AND SUPPORT TO THEIR FAMILIES.

Defined Area of Benefit:

NOT DEFINED

Data Sources

Charity Commission for England and Wales
360 Giving
CharityBase
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