Finance Score: 0

Governance Score: 9

Support Score: 9

Liabilities <10%: +3
Excess liquidity: -1
Income diversified: +3
Fundraising costs high: -5

Good trustee age range: +3
Dynamic board: +3
Gender balanced board: +3

Grant maker support: +9

Overall GiG Score: 18

EAST ANGLIA'S CHILDREN'S HOSPICES

The charity provides care and support to children with life threatening or life limiting illness and to their families.

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
The Board appears to be well diversified in terms of age and gender and dynamic in terms of composition

Financial issues to consider:

Liquidity appeared to be considerably 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: 26 years

www.each.org.uk

ruth.kiani@each.org.uk

01223800800

Charity Commission for England and Wales

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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	£17,767	£16,026	£1,741	£7,070	£29,516	£29,364	22	403	1,749
31/03/22	£16,733	£14,176	£2,556	£6,142	£28,378	£28,236	23.9	381	1,600
31/03/21	£14,335	£12,540	£1,795	£5,238	£25,692	£25,617	24.5	362	1,587
31/03/20	£15,267	£13,431	£1,836	£6,002	£23,155	£23,155	20.7	337	1,660
31/03/19	£15,606	£12,608	£2,999	£5,088	£21,618	£21,605	20.6	313	1,733
31/03/18	£13,991	£11,935	£2,056	£3,934	£18,563	£16,616	16.7	315	0
31/03/17	£12,293	£11,271	£1,022	£1,335	£16,509	£14,877	15.8	281	0
31/03/16	£10,943	£10,517	£426	£3,037	£15,061	£14,382	16.4	268	0
31/03/15	£10,546	£10,429	£117	£3,032	£14,863	£11,713	13.5	222	0
31/03/14	£9,974	£10,624	£-651	£2,541	£14,552	£11,219	12.7	226	0
31/03/13	£9,030	£10,004	£-975	£2,475	£15,235	£12,155	14.6	216	0
31/03/12	£9,105	£8,438	£666	£2,188	£15,285	£12,183	17.3	184	0
31/03/11	£11,043	£7,501	£3,543	£2,017	£14,829	£12,026	19.2	166	0
31/03/10	£7,802	£6,241	£1,561	£1,663	£11,216	£10,302	19.8	150	0
31/03/09	£6,667	£5,855	£812	£1,479	£9,061	£8,975	18.4	147	0
31/03/08	£6,085	£4,930	£1,156	£1,081	£8,857	£8,814	21.5	118	0
31/03/07	£6,803	£4,278	£2,525	£1,021	£7,982	£7,898	22.2	131	0
31/03/06	£4,639	£4,617	£21	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/05	£3,817	£4,591	£-773	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/04	£4,019	£4,070	£-51	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0

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Financial Ratios

Fundraising Costs/Relevant Income: 69.7%
Fundraising Costs/Total Spending: 44.2%
Senior Staff Costs/Total Spending: 6%
Highest pay band: £120,000-£130,000
Liabilities/Assets: 5%
Liabilities/Income: 9%
Unrestricted Funds/Total Funds: 99%
Reserves/Spending: 22 months
Net Current Assets/Spending: 7 months
Quick Ratio: 5.3

Asset Split ?

Listed activities

Education/Training
The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives

How it operates

Provides services
Sponsors or undertakes research

Where it operates

Cambridgeshire, Essex, Norfolk, Suffolk,

Who it helps

Children/Young People

Who works here?

403 employees
1,749 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	£1,893,981
BBC Children in Need	£45,000
True Colours Trust	£27,995
Suffolk Community Foundation	£13,537

Specific Donations

Amount	When Months	To be used for
Co-Operative Group - Grant to East Anglia's Children's Hospices
£5,346	21/10/2023	We would like to continue to provide essential counselling and support for grieving families who have lost a child. For bereaved families, we offer a lifeline at an incredibly difficult time.
BBC Children in Need - Grant to East Anglia's Childrens Hospices (E.A.C.H)
£45,000	28/08/2023	The grant supports hospice care provision with core funds to help expand the organisation's current services. The intended outcome is for children to have fun while receiving care and treatment.
Essex Community Foundation - Grant to EACH (East Anglia's Children's Hospices)
£750	12/12/2022	towards care for children who are suffering with a life-limiting condition
Department of Health - East Anglia's Children's Hospices
£897,149	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
£1,000	10/11/2021	Unrestricted funding for hospices
Masonic Trust - MCF Hospice
£1,000	10/11/2021	Unrestricted funding for hospices
Masonic Trust - MCF Hospice
£1,000	10/11/2021	Unrestricted funding for hospices
Department of Health - East Anglia's Children's Hospices
£996,832	14/09/2021	The grant supports the sustainable hospice service offer of palliative and end of life care for children and young people.
Suffolk Community Foundation - Hospice care for life-threatened babies, children and young people in Suffolk
£2,000	25/06/2021	Core running costs for services provided by the children's Treehouse Hospice in Ipswich.
Sir Jules Thorn Charitable Trust - East Anglia's Children's Hospices - 05/05/21
£5,000	14/06/2021	Core Funding
Suffolk Community Foundation - Hospice care for life-threatened babies, children and young people in Suffolk
£2,000	14/06/2021	Core running costs for services provided by the children's Treehouse Hospice in Ipswich.
Suffolk Community Foundation - Hospice care for life-threatened babies, children and young people in Suffolk
£1,537	07/06/2021	Core running costs for services provided by the children's Treehouse Hospice in Ipswich.
True Colours Trust - Towards the purchase of equipment to support its new Milton Hub
£8,442	17/11/2020	Towards the purchase of equipment to support its new Milton Hub
Cheshire Community Foundation - End-of-Life Care for Life-Threatened Children and Young People in Suffolk
£5,000	12/11/2020	East Anglia’s Children’s Hospices (EACH) are a charity that care for life-threatened children across Suffolk, Cambridgeshire, Norfolk and Essex, as well as supporting their families. EACH’s ....more East Anglia’s Children’s Hospices (EACH) are a charity that care for life-threatened children across Suffolk, Cambridgeshire, Norfolk and Essex, as well as supporting their families. EACH’s end-of-life care aims to address everything a family might need, and includes; specialist Symptom Management nursing to help children cope with difficult symptoms and pain; expert advice and information about difficult but important topics such as funerals and care of the body; wellbeing support such as counselling, art and music therapy, spiritual support, group activities, and bereavement support; and enabling memory making activities, giving families important memories and keepsakes to treasure after their child has died. Funding from the Assura Community Fund will help to deliver EACH’s core end-of-life care and related services, including costs such as staffing for nurses, counsellors and therapists, medical treatments and equipment, organisational overheads, supplies for various activities, and much more. EACH’s specialist and personalised end-of-life care ensures that life-threatened children are as fulfilled and comfortable as possible during the limited time they have left, which enables families in Suffolk to say goodbye to their child in the way that is right for them, and enjoy their precious time left together.
Suffolk Community Foundation - Syringe Drivers
£6,000	04/11/2020 5	To support the purchase of syringe drivers.
Essex Community Foundation - EACH response to COVID-19
£5,000	22/05/2020 3	to support the core costs of providing children's hospice care across Essex during the COVID19 crisis
Cambridgeshire Community Foundation - Grant to East Anglia's Children's Hospices (EACH)
£5,000	02/04/2020 12	to continue to deliver EACH core services which include end of life care, symptom management, emergency day care, crisis ventilation care and online emotional support to high-risk children and their ....more to continue to deliver EACH core services which include end of life care, symptom management, emergency day care, crisis ventilation care and online emotional support to high-risk children and their family members (240 beneficiaries)
Suffolk Community Foundation - EACH - COVID-19 response
£2,000	31/03/2020	To enable EACH to provide vital therapy and support to children and their families remotely. Covid19
True Colours Trust - Towards its Help at Home service
£19,553	18/03/2020	Towards its Help at Home service
True Colours Trust - Evaluation of the Pan-London Lead Nurse in Neonatal Palliative Care
£6,602	18/07/2018	Evaluation of the Pan-London Lead Nurse in Neonatal Palliative Care
Garfield Weston Foundation - Major Grants award
£100,000	21/06/2018	The Nook
Wolfson Foundation - Grant to East Anglia's Children's Hospices
£150,000	04/12/2017	Construction of new children's hospice in Norfolk
Co-Operative Group - Grant to East Anglia's Children's Hospices
£6,956	04/08/2017	An updated sensory room will allow children and young people to make choices, control their environment and relax at our Milton hospice.
Co-Operative Group - Grant to East Anglia's Children's Hospices
£6,362	04/08/2017	For those accessing care and those who have been bereaved, EACH is a lifeline at an unimaginably difficult time.
Masonic Trust - Hospice Grant
£2,600	19/10/2016	Core funding for hospices

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How is it governed?

Trustees (12)

Current Trustees appointed

Gender Split

Based on 10/12 persons

Age Range of Trustees: 42-72

ANNMARIE JONES Appointed: 2018, Occupation: Retired

ANNA KATHERINE LIPP Appointed: 2023, Occupation: Retired

BRAD MCLEAN Appointed: 2016, Occupation: General Manager

CAROLINE STEGGLES Appointed: 2020, Occupation: Chartered Accountant

CHRISTOPHER PETER SCHWER Appointed: 2020, Occupation: Solicitor

DAVID ANTHONY WOOLNOUGH Appointed: 2023, Occupation: Accountant

DR MARK PETER DYKE Appointed: 2023, Occupation: Retired

EMMA SOPHIA DETERDING Appointed: 2017, Occupation: Interior Designer

HENRY JOSEPH WRIGHT Appointed: 2023, Occupation: Electrical Lecturer

IAIN DAVID JAMIE Appointed: 2020, Occupation: Director

LOYOLA WEEKS Appointed: 2021, Occupation: Non Executive Director Nhs

PROFESSOR KRISHNA SETHIA Appointed: 2023, Occupation: Surgeon

Legal constitution

Charitable company registered in England & Wales on 24/04/1998, number: 1069284
Registered at Companies House on 16/04/1998, number: 03550187

Gift Aid

Registered with HMRC for Gift Aid

Event History

17/07/2020 - Asset transfer in from PLUM TREE PRE SCHOOL
22/12/2020 - Asset transfer in from THE FRIENDS OF THE PRINCESS OF WALES HOSPITAL ELY
13/09/2022 - Asset transfer in from GEORGE AYRES BENEVOLENT TRUST
25/04/2023 - Asset transfer in from THE BUSENHART - MORGAN - EVANS FOUNDATION
04/09/2023 - Asset transfer in from PETERBOROUGH YOUNG SINGERS
07/09/2023 - Asset transfer in from THE ELMSETT FELLOWSHIP BRASS BAND
14/10/2023 - Asset transfer in from RACHEL COWAP MEMORIAL FUND
09/01/2024 - Asset transfer in from THE STANLEY MCLEAN TRUST

Other Regulators

Care Quality Commission

Policies in force

Bullying and harassment 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
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; all on time

Recent reorganisation events:

Asset transfer in from PLUM TREE PRE SCHOOL on 17/07/2020
Asset transfer in from THE FRIENDS OF THE PRINCESS OF WALES HOSPITAL ELY on 22/12/2020
Asset transfer in from GEORGE AYRES BENEVOLENT TRUST on 13/09/2022
Asset transfer in from THE BUSENHART - MORGAN - EVANS FOUNDATION on 25/04/2023
Asset transfer in from PETERBOROUGH YOUNG SINGERS on 04/09/2023

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Main office

East Anglia's Children's Hospices
Church Lane
Milton
CAMBRIDGE
CB24 6AB

Objectives

THE RELIEF OF SICKNESS AND DISABILITY AND IN PARTICULAR BUT NOT SO AS TO LIMIT THE GENERALITY OF THE FOREGOING1. TO PROVIDE MEDICAL, MATERIAL, EMOTIONAL, EDUCATIONAL AND SPIRITUAL CARE FOR AND ACCOMMODATION FOR CHILDREN AND YOUNG PEOPLE SUFFERING FROM TERMINAL OR CHRONIC SICKNESS AND DISABILITY2. TO RELIEVE THE NEEDS OF MEMBERS OF THE FAMILIES OF SUCH CHILDREN AND YOUNG PEOPLE AS ARE OCCASIONED BY THE SICKNESS, DISABILITY OR DEATH OF SUCH CHILDREN AND YOUNG PEOPLE, IN PARTICULAR NEEDS OF COUNSELLING AND ACCOMMODATION3. TO PROMOTE CARRY OUT OR TAKE PART IN RESEARCH INTO PALLIATIVE CARE FOR ANY TERMINAL OR CHRONIC SICKNESS OR DISABILITY WHICH MAY AFFECT CHILDREN AND YOUNG PEOPLE AND TO PUBLISH THE USEFUL RESULTS OF SUCH RESEARCH4. TO IMPROVE THROUGH THE PROVISION OF TRAINING THE STANDARD OF NURSING CARE OF CHILDREN AND YOUNG PEOPLE WITH TERMINAL OR CHRONIC SICKNESS OR DISABILITY5. TO PROVIDE FUNDS TO HOSPICES WHICH CARE FOR SUCH CHILDREN AND YOUNG PEOPLE OR TO ESTABLISH SUCH NEW HOSPICES.

Defined Area of Benefit:

NOT DEFINED

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