Finance Score: -2
Governance Score: 1
Support Score: 8
  • Liabilities <10%: +3
  • Excess liquidity: -1
  • Fundraising costs high: -4
  • Narrow trustee age band: -2
  • Dynamic board: +3
  • Grant maker support: +8
Overall GiG Score: 7 ?

ST CLARE WEST ESSEX HOSPICE CARE TRUST 

St Clare Hospice exists to meet the physical, psychological, social and spiritual needs of those with advanced and progressive life limiting illness and of their carers, through the provision of specialist palliative care services, based on need, as far as its resources allow.
Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

  • This charity has a robust balance sheet
  • 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
  • The Board appears to be dynamic in terms of composition

Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

  • The Board has little diversity in terms of age

Financial issues to consider:

  • Liquidity appeared to be in excess of CC guidelines at the latest year end especially considering the historic stability of income
  • Fundraising costs are extremely high relative to funds raised
Established: 27 years

www.stclarehospice.org.uk

info@stclarehospice.org.uk

01279773700

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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£7,752£7,745£8£2,138£11,132£10,90316.9153534
31/03/22£7,440£6,345£1,095£1,874£11,125£10,58720133675
31/03/21£8,209£5,739£2,470£1,712£10,029£9,76120.4138610
31/03/20£6,350£5,957£393£2,008£7,560£7,35214.8156550
31/03/19£5,684£6,088£-404£1,906£7,167£7,03013.9152550
31/03/18£6,619£5,685£934£1,686£7,571£7,40815.61450
31/03/17£6,013£5,252£761£1,540£6,637£6,52614.91340
31/03/16£5,166£5,154£12£1,573£5,876£5,61813.11280
31/03/15£4,825£4,693£132£1,479£5,864£5,77114.8940
31/03/14£4,902£4,049£853£1,405£5,732£5,64816.7820
31/03/13£3,950£3,723£227£1,350£4,879£4,81215.5750
31/03/12£4,019£3,645£374£1,314£4,651£4,59615.1780
31/03/11£3,945£3,516£429£1,390£4,277£4,22814.4740
31/03/10£2,979£3,354£-375£1,280£3,848£3,80413.6700
31/03/09£3,724£2,955£769£1,192£4,223£4,20117.1630
31/03/08£2,590£2,564£26£1,055£3,454£3,01214.1540
31/03/07£1,910£1,784£125£946£3,428£3,15821.2510
31/03/06£2,260£1,635£625£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/05*£1,721£1,521£200£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/04*£1,372£1,412£-39£0£0£0n/a00

Financial Ratios
Fundraising Costs/Relevant Income: 37.5%
Fundraising Costs/Total Spending: 27.6%
Senior Staff Costs/Total Spending: 11%
Highest pay band: £140,000-£150,000
Liabilities/Assets: 4%
Liabilities/Income: 5%
Unrestricted Funds/Total Funds: 98%
Reserves/Spending: 16.9 months
Net Current Assets/Spending: 14 months
Quick Ratio: 19.1
Asset Split ?
Listed activities
  • The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives
How it operates
  • Provides advocacy/advice/information
  • Provides buildings/facilities/open space
  • Provides human resources
  • Provides services
Where it operates
  • Essex, Hertfordshire,
Who it helps
  • Children/Young People
  • Elderly/Old People
  • People With Disabilities
  • The General Public/Mankind
Who works here?
  • 153 employees
  • 534 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
National Lottery Community Fund£137,171
BBC Children in Need£113,565
Essex Community Foundation£28,375
Masonic Trust£22,707
Specific Donations
Amount When
Months
To be used for
BBC Children in Need - Grant to St Clare West Essex Hospice Care Trust
£113,565 07/08/2023
This grant supports one-to-one and group counselling for bereaved children and young people. It will help reduce emotional distress and social isolation, empowering them and developing their ability ....more
National Lottery Community Fund - Resources for Community Space - for volunteer led local groups to meet
£9,863 20/01/2023
This project will fund a public space in a newly renovated building that has been created for volunteer run community groups to use; who provide activities and opportunities for people to meet; ....more
Masonic Trust - MCF Hospice
£1,375 10/11/2021
Unrestricted funding for hospices
National Lottery Community Fund - Compassionate Neighbours Befriending Programme
£80,838 30/06/2021
The funding will help to expand the group's Compassionate Neighbours Befriending Programme contributing to Project Manager and Support Worker staff costs management training travel comms volunteer ....more
Essex Community Foundation - Grant to St. Clare Hospice
£10,000 25/02/2021
to continue to develop and expand a compassionate neighbours programme in west Essex through the employment of a new support worker
The Grocers' Charity - 2021 - St Clare Hospice
£5,000 04/02/2021
Towards project costs to purchase additional Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) required during the COVID-19 pandemic.
Cheshire Community Foundation - Bereavement Cafes
£5,000 04/11/2020
St Clare Hospice is a charity providing specialist palliative care to people affected by a life-limiting illness in West Essex and the borders of East Hertfordshire. We are applying for funding to ....more
National Lottery Community Fund - Remote Bereavement and Emotional Support for West Essex
£46,470 04/06/2020
6
St Clare Hospice will use funding to establish a new remote bereavement support service for anyone in West Essex who has been bereaved to seek support information advice and signposting to ....more
Essex Community Foundation - Grant to St. Clare Hospice
£5,000 22/05/2020
to support the core costs of providing adult hospice care across West Essex during the COVID19 crisis
Masonic Trust - MCF Hospice UK Partnership
£21,332 06/03/2020
Improving end of life care and support for people across West Essex who have a learning disability
Essex Community Foundation - Improving care and support for patients living with dementia and their carers
£8,483 17/02/2020
To help improve care and support for patients living with dementia and their carers
Essex Community Foundation - Compassionate Neighbours in West Essex
£4,892 09/12/2019
5
To support the Compassionate Neighbours Project in West Essex
Co-Operative Group - Grant to St Clare Hospice
£9,326 19/11/2018
We want to replace the sofa beds in the Inpatient Unit so that families can spend time with their loved ones.
National Lottery Community Fund - Hearing loss improvements
£9,704 04/10/2018
12
The organisation will use the funding to install hearing aid equipment and run deaf awareness training to improve services at the hospice.
Co-Operative Group - Grant to St Clare Hospice
£5,217 29/11/2017
We want to buy two special rise and recliner chairs for patients to use in our Inpatient Unit.
Garfield Weston Foundation - Main Grants award
£10,000 23/10/2017
Improving patient care for people with life-limiting and terminal illnesses in West Essex
Co-Operative Group - Grant to St Clare Hospice
£4,818 04/08/2017
Help us to support over 15,000 people in our local community to maintain their independence and access care from diagnosis until death.
BBC Children in Need - Grant to St Clare West Essex Hospice Care Trust
£126,000 09/02/2017
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Funding for a child bereavement counsellor to support 540 children and young people . The project aims to decrease children’s emotional distress and social isolation whilst empowering them and ....more
Wolfson Foundation - Grant to St Clare West Essex Hospice Care Trust
£23,000 08/12/2016
Flooring and mattresses
National Lottery Community Fund - Space to Breathe - A Family Garden
£49,832 28/11/2013
12
The grant will enable St Clare West Essex Hospice Care Trust to provide a landscaped garden and patio area with furniture, plants and water features for families. It will be next to the family room ....more
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Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (11)
Current Trustees appointed

Age Range of Trustees: 48-66
Legal constitution
  • Charitable company registered in England & Wales on 28/07/1997, number: 1063631
  • Registered at Companies House on 04/07/1997, number: 03398955
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
20 returns made; AR05: 1 days late, AR04: 1 days late,
Recent reorganisation events:
  • Asset transfer in from STANSTED AIRPORT COMMUNITY TRUST on 13/06/2022
  • Asset transfer in from WALTHAM ABBEY VOLUNTARY CARE on 07/11/2023
Main office

ST CLARE HOSPICE
HASTINGWOOD ROAD
HASTINGWOOD
ESSEX
CM17 9JX

Objectives

TO MEET THE PHYSICAL, PSYCHOLOGICAL, SOCIAL AND SPIRITUAL NEEDS OF THOSE WITH ADVANCED AND PROGRESSIVE LIFE LIMITING ILLNESS AND OF THEIR CARERS, PRIMARILY BUT NOT NECESSARILY IN THE WESTERN PART OF THE COUNTY OF ESSEX, THROUGH THE PROVISION OF SPECIALIST PALLIATIVE CARE SERVICES BASED ON NEED AS FAR AS RESOURCES ALLOW.

Defined Area of Benefit:

ESSEX

Data Sources

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360 Giving
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