Finance Score: -1
Governance Score: 4
Support Score: 0
  • Liabilities <10%: +3
  • Fundraising costs high: -4
  • Narrow trustee age band: -2
  • Dynamic board: +3
  • Gender balanced board: +3
  • Large volunteer base +3
Overall GiG Score: 6 ?

DOVE COTTAGE DAY HOSPICE

An independent hospice providing palliative day-care to those people living in NE Leicestershire , SE Nottinghamshire and Rutland with a diagnosis of cancer or other progressive illnesses for which there is no cure.
Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

  • This charity has been successful in attracting volunteers relative to its size
  • 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 gender and dynamic in terms of composition

Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

  • One or more trustees receive payments or benefits from the charity for providing services to the charity and another benefit
  • The Board has little diversity in terms of age
  • Over half the Board have joined recently

Financial issues to consider:

  • 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£623£610£13£244£524£52410.337135
31/03/22£619£519£99£236£511£51011.836200
31/03/21£619£449£170£0£412£4121142250
31/03/20£667£612£55£0£243£2434.839250
31/03/19£544£596£-52£17£187£1843.739200
31/03/18£558£602£-44£16£240£2364.7410
31/03/17£619£566£53£18£482£47510.1130
31/03/16£455£519£-63n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/15£513£464£49£153£293£2937.6120
31/03/14£462£462£0n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/13£418£405£13n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/12£350£359£-9n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/11£268£349£-81n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/10£290£380£-90n/an/an/an/an/an/a
05/04/09£181£195£-13n/an/an/an/an/an/a
05/04/08*£334£159£175n/an/an/an/an/an/a
05/04/07£252£153£99n/an/an/an/an/an/a
05/04/06*£154£144£11n/an/an/an/an/an/a
05/04/05£130£117£13n/an/an/an/an/an/a
05/04/04£145£104£41n/an/an/an/an/an/a

Financial Ratios
Fundraising Costs/Relevant Income: 39.3%
Fundraising Costs/Total Spending: 39.9%
Highest pay band: Less than £60,000
Liabilities/Assets: 10%
Liabilities/Income: 9%
Unrestricted Funds/Total Funds: 100%
Reserves/Spending: 10.3 months
Net Current Assets/Spending: 10 months
Quick Ratio: 10
Asset Split ?
Balance Sheet History
Established: 28 years

www.dovecottage.org

office@dovecottage.org

01949860303

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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 services
Where it operates
  • Leicestershire, Nottinghamshire, Rutland,
Who it helps
  • 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.

Specific Donations
Amount When
Months
To be used for
Masonic Trust - MCF Hospice
£1,000 10/11/2021
Unrestricted funding for hospices
Co-Operative Group - Grant to Dove Cottage Day Hospice
£1,524 23/10/2021
We would like to offer online wellbeing sessions for those in our local community with a serious illness, and provide new and safe daycare at the hospice.

Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (5)
Current Trustees appointed
Gender Split

Age Range of Trustees: 57-64
  • CHRISTOPHER RANALD GREENWELL Appointed: 2024, Occupation: Solicitor
  • CLAIRE HENRY Appointed: 2023, Occupation: Consultant
  • DR KATHRYN OLIVER Appointed: 2023, Occupation: Gp
  • MARTIN QUILTER Appointed: 2023
  • MELANIE OLDERSHAW Appointed: 2023, Occupation: Retired
Legal constitution
  • Charitable company registered in England & Wales on 10/09/1996, number: 1057941
  • Registered at Companies House on 21/08/1996, number: 03240240
Gift Aid
  • Registered with HMRC for Gift Aid
Other Regulators
  • Care Quality Commission
Policies in force
  • Complaints handling
  • Conflicting interests
  • Investment
  • Paying staff
  • Risk management
  • Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
  • Volunteer management
Filing Record
20 returns made; AR08: 38 days late, AR06: 59 days late,
Main office

Dove Cottage Day Hospice
Canal Lane
Stathern
MELTON MOWBRAY
Leicestershire
LE14 4EX

Objectives

1) To promote the relief of sickness by such charitable means as the trustees may from time to time determine and in particular by the provision of care and support for persons with serious and progressive illnesses and by the provision of respite care for the carers or families of such persons. 2) To assist in the provision of any other charitable facilities for such persons and in particular to make grants to other charities having aims identical or similar to those of this charity

Defined Area of Benefit:

NOT DEFINED

Data Sources

Charity Commission for England and Wales
360 Giving

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