Finance Score: 3
Governance Score: 8
Support Score: 8
  • Low unrestricted reserves: -2
  • Strong growth: +2
  • Fundraising costs low: +3
  • 12+ Trustees: -1
  • Good trustee age range: +3
  • Dynamic board: +3
  • Gender balanced board: +3
  • Overall weighted support: +8
Overall GiG Score: 19 ?

NATIONAL VOICES

National Voices is the coalition of charities that stands for people being in control of their health and care. We want person-centred care: people having as much control and influence as possible over decisions that affect their own health and care, as patients, carers and members of communities. We want people to be partners in the design of services and in research, innovation and improvement.
Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

  • There has been strong growth in spending over the last 5 years
  • Fundraising costs are low relative to funds raised
  • 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

Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

  • Why are there 13 trustees whereas the Charities Commission recommends a maximum of 12?

Financial issues to consider:

  • Unrestricted reserves appear to be dangerously low at the latest year end

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£756£815£-59£54£237£1432.1132
31/03/22£818£791£27£33£296£2223.4110
31/03/21£775£686£89£30£269£2053.699
31/03/20£411£404£7n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/19£332£417£-85n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/18£385£576£-191n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/17£690£665£24£0£448£2895.2110
31/03/16£792£598£194£0£424£2334.790
31/03/15£577£501£76£17£229£1403.470
31/03/14£506£492£15£19£154£1543.760
31/03/13?£558£590£-31£36£139£1192.460
31/12/11£371£430£-60n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/12/10£506£426£80£57£230£812.370
31/12/09£681£603£78£121£150£761.570
31/12/08£788£756£32£110£73£731.270
31/12/07£316£344£-28n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/12/06£373£395£-23n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/12/05£371£411£-40n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/12/04*£409£454£-45n/an/an/an/an/an/a

Financial Ratios
Fundraising Costs/Relevant Income: 7.2%
Fundraising Costs/Total Spending: 6.6%
Senior Staff Costs/Total Spending: 10%
Highest pay band: £60,000-£70,000
Liabilities/Assets: 43%
Liabilities/Income: 24%
Unrestricted Funds/Total Funds: 61%
Reserves/Spending: 2.1 months
Net Current Assets/Spending: 3 months
Quick Ratio: 1.9
Asset Split ?
Balance Sheet History
Established: 28 years

www.nationalvoices.org.uk

info@nationalvoices.org.uk

02031760738

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UN SDGs
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Listed activities
  • Disability
  • Education/Training
  • The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives
GiG Classification
  • General outpatient health-care services
How it operates
  • Acts as an umbrella or resource body
  • Other charitable activities
  • Provides services
  • Sponsors or undertakes research
Where it operates
  • Throughout England,
Who it helps
  • Children/Young People
  • Elderly/Old People
  • Other Charities Or Voluntary Bodies
  • Other Defined Groups
  • People Of A Particular Ethnic Or Racial Origin
  • People With Disabilities
  • The General Public/Mankind

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
Department of Health£313,000
National Lottery Community Fund£60,000
Guy's and St Thomas' Charity£20,000
Nesta£15,000
Specific Donations
Amount When
Months
To be used for
Department of Health - National Voices
£49,500 31/01/2023
Through the HW Alliance, policy teams can work collaboratively with the voluntary, community and social enterprise (VCSE) organisations, accessing the sectors expertise and connecting policy leads with hard-to-reach communities. The Alliance ....more
Department of Health - National Voices
£50,000 31/01/2023
Through the HW Alliance, policy teams can work collaboratively with the voluntary, community and social enterprise (VCSE) organisations, accessing the sectors expertise and connecting policy leads with hard-to-reach communities. The Alliance ....more
Department of Health - Investigating the impact of Long Covid on Health inequality groups
£133,500 25/03/2021
The grant fund to the FNF will facilitate the development of an end-to-end grant funding process for the 18 diaspora groups (i.e advertising, application, shortlisting, interviews, awarding funds and benchmarking progress, as well as regular ....more
National Lottery Community Fund - Making what matters to people matter in health and care
£60,000 05/10/2020
5
The funding will provide the organisation with the ability to continue to provide a critical connection to senior decision makers across the health and care system and Government. This link is critical to feeding valuable information about things ....more
Nesta - AC01166
£15,000 15/09/2020
Accelerating Ideas programme grant to National Voices Grant Ref AC01166
Department of Health - National Voices
£80,000 28/04/2020
See HWA summary:Working with the VCSE sector - encourange two way flow of information and inteliigence betweeen the Sector and the System.
Guy's and St Thomas' Charity - Integrating mental and physical health
£20,000 14/02/2020
Integrating mental and physical health - insights from experience
Department of Health - Health and Wellbeing Alliance-National Voices
£60,000 01/04/2019
The Health & Wellbeing Alliance consists of 21 organisations from the Voluntary Community and Social Enterprise (VCSE) sector. These organisations engage in intensive co-production with system partners on emerging policy priorities, as well as ....more
Department of Health - Health and Wellbeing Alliance-National Voices
£60,000 01/04/2018
The Health & Wellbeing Alliance consists of 21 organisations from the Voluntary Community and Social Enterprise (VCSE) sector. These organisations engage in intensive co-production with system partners on emerging policy priorities, as well as ....more
Department of Health - HWA T2 National Voices
£30,000 01/04/2017
Behavioural Sciences Collaboration Hub
Department of Health - National Voices
£60,000 01/04/2017
Health and Wellbeing Alliance
Nesta - AC00512
£70,500 17/12/2015
8
Realising the Value programme grant to National Voices Grant Ref AC00512
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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: 34-59
  • CLARE WOODFORD Appointed: 2021, Occupation: Senior Policy Adviser
  • DR MEERA SHAH Appointed: 2022, Occupation: Dental/Healthcare Educator And Patient Expert
  • EAMONN DUNNE Appointed: 2024, Occupation: Partnerships & Projects Development Manager
  • ESTHER FREEMAN Appointed: 2024, Occupation: Head Of Locality Products
  • EZRA BEN-YISRAEL Appointed: 2021, Occupation: Wellbeing And Leadership Development Manager
  • HARRY EVANS Appointed: 2020, Occupation: Nhs Manager
  • HELEN BALL Appointed: 2022, Occupation: Finance Director
  • HELEN BUCKINGHAM (Chair) Appointed: 2021, Occupation: Director Of Strategy And Operations
  • JESSICA CUNNETT Appointed: 2024, Occupation: Chief Executive
  • KALU OBUKA Appointed: 2021, Occupation: Nhs Manager
  • NOHA AL AFIFI Appointed: 2018, Occupation: Director Of Marketing & Communications
  • SAMANTHA HOLMES Appointed: 2022, Occupation: Charity Senior Manager
  • SHERONE PHILLIPS Appointed: 2021, Occupation: Senior Manager
Legal constitution
  • Charitable company registered in England & Wales on 21/08/1996, number: 1057711
  • Registered at Companies House on 09/08/1996, number: 03236543
Gift Aid
  • NOT registered with HMRC for Gift Aid
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
  • Paying staff
  • Risk management
  • Safeguarding policy and procedures
  • Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
  • Social media policy and procedures
  • Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
  • Volunteer management
Filing Record
19 returns made; AR04: 15 days late,
Main office

The Foundry
17 Oval Way
Vauxhall
London
SE11 5RR

Objectives

3.1 TO ADVANCE HEALTH AND TO RELIEVE THOSE IN NEED BY REASON OF ILL-HEALTH ORDISABILITY, INCLUDING WITHOUT LIMITATION TO RELIEVE PEOPLE AFFECTED BY LONG-TERMHEALTH CONDITIONS AND DISABILITIES, IN PARTICULAR BUT WITHOUT I IMITATION, BYFOSTERING AND ENCOURAGING CO-OPERATION BETWEEN INDIVIDUALS, VOLUNTARYORGANISATIONS AND/OR PUBLIC BODIES CONNECTED WITH HEALTH AND SOCIAL CARE IN ACOMMON EFFORT TO IMPROVE THE CARE AND TREATMENT OF SERVICE USERS AND TOPROMOTE SERVICES WHICH TAKE ACCOUNT OF THE NEEDS OF SERVICE USERS ANDCARERS; AND3.2 TO ADVANCE THE EDUCATION OF THE PUBLIC IN THE SUBJECTS OF HEALTH AND SOCIALCARE, INCLUDING THE CAUSES, EFFECTS AND TREATMENTS OF ALL LONG-TERM HEALTHCONDITIONS AND DISABILITIES.

Defined Area of Benefit:

NOT DEFINED

Data Sources

Charity Commission for England and Wales
360 Giving

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