Finance Score: -9

Governance Score: 4

Support Score: 8

Spending falling: -1
Volatile income: -3
Fundraising costs high: -5

Narrow trustee age band: -2
Dynamic board: +3
Gender balanced board: +3

Grant maker support: +8

Overall GiG Score: 3

BUTTERWICK LIMITED

The charity's activities are the operation and provision of palliative care facilities and services for patients suffering from life threatening and limiting illness; along with related education into palliative care.

Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

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 gender and dynamic in terms of composition

Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

The Board has little diversity in terms of age

Financial issues to consider:

Spending has fallen significantly over the last 5 years relative to the previous period
Income has been volatile recently
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	*	£2,823	£2,897	£-74	£933	£3,425	£2,491	10.3	107	113
31/03/22		£3,284	£3,325	£-41	£1,108	£3,499	£2,580	9.3	95	120
31/03/21		£4,396	£3,489	£906	£1,101	£3,540	£2,566	8.8	121	395
31/03/20		£4,245	£4,436	£-190	£1,407	£2,634	£1,521	4.1	164	494
31/03/19		£4,718	£4,813	£-95	£1,611	£2,824	£1,725	4.3	127	472
31/03/18		£4,801	£5,065	£-264	£1,786	£2,928	£1,819	4.3	129	0
31/03/17		£4,967	£5,159	£-192	£1,905	£3,192	£1,922	4.5	129	0
31/03/16		£3,995	£4,024	£-30	£2,052	£3,383	£862	2.6	112	0
31/03/15		£4,387	£3,913	£473	£1,940	£3,413	£874	2.7	112	0
31/03/14		£4,271	£3,982	£289	£1,961	£2,939	£180	0.5	114	0
31/03/13		£3,885	£3,976	£-91	£1,910	£2,650	£71	0.2	115	0
31/03/12		£4,047	£4,139	£-92	£2,066	£2,740	£11	0	132	0
31/03/11	*	£4,310	£3,904	£406	£1,988	£2,835	£33	0.1	132	0
31/03/10	*	£3,304	£3,646	£-342	£1,791	£2,433	£247	0.8	130	0
31/03/09	*	£3,779	£3,704	£75	£1,740	£2,778	£670	2.2	184	0
31/03/08	*	£3,964	£3,410	£554	£1,660	£2,703	£609	2.1	180	0
31/03/07	*	£3,036	£3,322	£-286	£1,399	£2,149	£781	2.8	169	0
31/03/06	*	£3,463	£3,296	£167	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/05	*	£3,096	£3,044	£52	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/04	*	£2,988	£2,722	£266	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0

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Financial Ratios

Fundraising Costs/Relevant Income: 48%
Fundraising Costs/Total Spending: 32.2%
Highest pay band: Less than £60,000
Liabilities/Assets: 10%
Liabilities/Income: 14%
Unrestricted Funds/Total Funds: 73%
Reserves/Spending: 10.3 months
Net Current Assets/Spending: 5 months
Quick Ratio: 3.7

Asset Split ?

Established: 29 years

www.butterwick.org.uk

edward.gorringe@butterwick.org.uk

01642 607742

Charity Commission for England and Wales

Tweets

Listed activities

The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives

GiG Classification

Residential nursing care facilities

How it operates

Provides services

Where it operates

Durham, North Yorkshire, Stockton-on-tees, Sunderland,

Who it helps

Children/Young People
Elderly/Old People
People With Disabilities

Who works here?

107 employees
113 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

Department of Health	£476,063
DCMS	£68,651
National Lottery Community Fund	£19,983
Co-Operative Group	£8,291

Specific Donations

Amount	When Months	To be used for
Department of Health - Butterwick Ltd
£249,432	01/06/2022	The grant supports the sustainable hospice service offer of palliative and end of life care for children and young people. Please note that these hospice grants were previously funded by DHSC and was ....more The grant supports the sustainable hospice service offer of palliative and end of life care for children and young people. Please note that these hospice grants were previously funded by DHSC and was then transferred to NHSE to distribute and manage as ongoing support to the childrens hospices via a multi year award.
Masonic Trust - MCF Hospice
£1,655	10/11/2021	Unrestricted funding for hospices
Masonic Trust - MCF Hospice
£1,000	10/11/2021	Unrestricted funding for hospices
Masonic Trust - MCF Hospice
£340	10/11/2021	Unrestricted funding for hospices
National Lottery Community Fund - Butterwick Children's Hospice Sibling Support
£9,983	05/11/2021	The funding will be used by the project to run a pilot providing a sibling support group for children whose brother or is sister is in palliative care. This aims to reduce isolation provide a safe ....more The funding will be used by the project to run a pilot providing a sibling support group for children whose brother or is sister is in palliative care. This aims to reduce isolation provide a safe space for children to socialise and enjoy activities while parents get respite.
Community Foundation serving Tyne & Wear and Northumberland - A grant to Butterwick Hospice Care (trading as Butterwick Ltd)
£3,000	21/10/2021	The organisations charitable activities
Department of Health - Butterwick Ltd
£226,631	14/09/2021	The grant supports the sustainable hospice service offer of palliative and end of life care for children and young people.
County Durham Community Foundation - Family Support
£1,000	03/06/2021	To fund 38 hours of counselling provision for those who have been bereaved.
The Ballinger Charitable Trust - Grant to Butterwick Hospice Care (C19)
£1,000	14/01/2021 12	Purchase of 2 respirator hoods
Co-Operative Group - Grant to Butterwick Hospice Care
£8,291	24/10/2020	We would like to improve the wellbeing of our patients by providing a bereavement support network and emotional support through counselling.
Community Foundation Tyne & Wear & Nthmbrlnd - Towards the organisations charitable purposes
£3,000	01/10/2020	Towards the organisations charitable purposes
DCMS - Coronavirus Community Support Fund
£68,651	23/07/2020	"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 "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 operate, thereby reducing the burden on public services.2) To ensure essential services are provided to vulnerable people, both in the short and long term through increased community support through the work of charitable organisations."
National Lottery Community Fund - Butterwick Hospice Care COVID Response
£10,000	22/05/2020 6	The funding will be used to offer virtual and telephone services to people living with a life limiting and progressive illness their families and the bereaved. The project aims to help to reduce ....more The funding will be used to offer virtual and telephone services to people living with a life limiting and progressive illness their families and the bereaved. The project aims to help to reduce feelings of isolation and loneliness improve mental health and providing support to people during the current COVID-19 pandemic.
County Durham Community Foundation - Butterwick COVID-19 Response
£5,000	14/04/2020	Towards the Butterwick COVID-19 Response.
Quartet Community Foundation - Grant to Butterwick Ltd
£3,000	10/12/2019	To purchase a floor based mobile hoist for use throughout a hospice in Stockon that allows the comfortable movement of patients.
Department of Health - Butterwick Limited
£213,621	01/04/2019	Butterwick Limited

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How is it governed?

Trustees (7)

Current Trustees appointed

Gender Split

Age Range of Trustees: 57-73

DEBORAH CREWE Appointed: 2021, Occupation: N/A

DR BRIAN PATRICK CORBETT Appointed: 2022, Occupation: N/A

TRACY ANN LENEHAN Appointed: 2021, Occupation: N/A

YVONNE VIVIENNE EVANS Appointed: 2021, Occupation: N/A

BARBARA CARR Appointed: 2019, Occupation: Registered Nurse

PROF MICHAEL BRAMBLE Appointed: 2019, Occupation: Not Applicable

SIMON GRANT Appointed: 2020, Occupation: Business Advisor

Legal constitution

Charitable company registered in England & Wales on 07/03/1995, number: 1044816
Registered at Companies House on 17/10/1994, number: 02979587

Gift Aid

Registered with HMRC for Gift Aid

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
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; AR23: 7 days late, AR11: 1 days late, AR10: 6 days late, AR09: 26 days late, AR08: 26 days late, AR07: 22 days late, AR06: 2 days late, AR05: 17 days late, AR04: 1 days late,

Recent reorganisation events:

Asset transfer in from CHILDREN'S CENTRE SUPPORT GROUP on 24/04/2024

Main office

BUTTERWICK HOSPICE
MIDDLEFIELD ROAD
STOCKTON-ON-TEES
TS19 8XN

Objectives

THE RELIEF OF SICKNESS AND IN PARTICULAR BY THE PROVISION OF PALLIATIVE CARE SERVICES RESIDENTIAL AND DAY CENTRE CARE FOR THE TERMINALLY ILL AND CHRONICALLY SICK AND THE ADVANCEMENT OF EDUCATION IN CONNECTION WITH THE CARE OF THE TERMINALLY ILL

Defined Area of Benefit:

NOT DEFINED

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