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home >> charity search >> douglas macmillan hospice
Finance Score: -2
Governance Score: 6
Support Score: 4
  • Liabilities <10%: +3
  • Excess liquidity: -1
  • Fundraising costs high: -4
  • Dynamic board: +3
  • Gender balanced board: +3
  • Grant maker support: +4
Overall GiG Score: 8 ?

DOUGLAS MACMILLAN HOSPICE 

To promote holistic care for those with a limited life expectancy, whose disease has entered the palliative phase, respecting their individuality & choice. Support is provided at home, as an In/Out-patient or via Day Therapy, ensuring the best possible quality of life. Our services aim to meet the needs of our patients' and carers at all stages of their journey.
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 well diversified in terms of gender and dynamic in terms of composition

Financial issues to consider:

  • Liquidity appeared to be in excess of CC guidelines at the latest year end
  • Fundraising costs are extremely high relative to funds raised
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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£17,668£17,524£144£3,995£28,084£27,98519.2433700
31/03/22£20,389£14,821£5,568£3,204£27,848£27,75722.5401561
31/03/21£18,917£11,645£7,272£2,760£21,254£21,20921.9339450
31/03/20£12,616£12,961£-345£3,386£12,184£11,95611.13431,065
31/03/19£13,757£12,439£1,318£2,977£13,232£12,34211.93281,065
31/03/18£11,261£11,504£-243£2,887£11,704£11,08911.63870
31/03/17£10,614£11,132£-518£2,715£12,152£11,34712.23900
31/03/16£11,348£11,402£-54£3,338£12,412£11,07511.74460
31/03/15£11,577£10,633£944£3,271£11,139£9,93511.22560
31/03/14£10,666£10,081£585£2,952£10,236£9,210112450
31/03/13£10,788£9,140£1,649£2,509£8,781£8,08510.62240
31/03/12£8,596£8,740£-144£2,158£7,362£6,7899.32110
31/03/11£9,057£7,932£1,126£1,906£8,777£8,13412.32090
31/03/10£7,342£7,329£13£1,647£7,157£6,46910.61740
31/03/09£7,473£7,161£312£1,585£6,842£6,11310.21770
31/03/08£5,862£5,377£485£1,484£7,209£6,46014.42000
31/03/07*£5,764£5,113£650£1,364£6,085£4,678112110
31/03/06£4,927£4,522£405£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/05*£4,459£4,204£255£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/04*£4,385£3,822£563£0£0£0n/a00
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Financial Ratios
Fundraising Costs/Relevant Income: 42.1%
Fundraising Costs/Total Spending: 23%
Senior Staff Costs/Total Spending: 4%
Highest pay band: £120,000-£130,000
Liabilities/Assets: 4%
Liabilities/Income: 7%
Unrestricted Funds/Total Funds: 100%
Reserves/Spending: 19.2 months
Net Current Assets/Spending: 7 months
Quick Ratio: 7.6
Asset Split ?
Established: 26 years

www.dmhospice.org.uk

post@dmhospice.org.uk

01782344300

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UN SDGs
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Listed activities
  • The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives
GiG Classification
  • Hospice services
How it operates
  • Provides advocacy/advice/information
  • Provides services
  • Sponsors or undertakes research
Where it operates
  • Staffordshire, Stoke-on-trent City,
Who it helps
  • The General Public/Mankind
Who works here?
  • 433 employees
  • 700 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
Masonic Trust£8,320
Sir Jules Thorn Charitable Trust£5,000
Co-Operative Group£4,892
Specific Donations
Amount When
Months		 To be used for
Co-Operative Group - Grant to Douglas Macmillan Hospice (Dougie Mac)
£2,437 21/10/2023
We would like to provide a youth club for teenagers who have a life-limiting or life-threatening condition.
Co-Operative Group - Grant to Douglas Macmillan Hospice (Dougie Mac)
£2,455 22/10/2022
This project will give time-limited children and their families a safe space to talk. It will help them to understand and cope with really painful emotions and it will improve emotional wellbeing.
Sir Jules Thorn Charitable Trust - Douglas Macmillan Hospice - 22/09/21
£5,000 29/11/2021
Core Funding
Masonic Trust - MCF Hospice
£1,450 10/11/2021
Unrestricted funding for hospices
Masonic Trust - MCF Hospice
£2,050 10/11/2021
Unrestricted funding for hospices
Masonic Trust - MCF Matched Funding
£1,000 02/02/2021
Unrestricted matched funding in partnership with the local masonic province
Masonic Trust - MCF Matched Funding
£1,000 02/02/2021
Unrestricted matched funding in partnership with the local masonic province
Masonic Trust - MCF Hospice
£2,820 14/10/2020
Unrestricted funding for hospices
Masonic Trust - MCF Hospice
£2,577 04/10/2018
Unrestricted funding for hospices
Wolfson Foundation - Grant to Douglas Macmillan Hospice
£50,000 04/12/2017
Replacement of roof
Masonic Trust - Hospice Grant
£4,170 18/10/2017
Core funding for hospices
Garfield Weston Foundation - Main Grants award
£10,000 20/06/2017
Main Reception Refurbishment
Masonic Trust - Hospice Grant
£5,294 19/10/2016
Core funding for hospices
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How is it governed?

Trustees (11)
Current Trustees appointed
Gender Split
Based on 9/11 persons

Age Range of Trustees: 52-81
  • TONY PEGG Appointed: 2023, Occupation: Chief Executive Officer - Cis Oncology Ltd
  • TERRY STANWAY Appointed: 2018, Occupation: Purchasing & Facilities Director
Legal constitution
  • Charitable company registered in England & Wales on 18/09/1998, number: 1071613
  • Registered at Companies House on 14/08/1998, number: 03615904
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
  • 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; AR07: 1 days late, AR05: 9 days late, AR04: 2 days late,
Main office

DOUGLAS MACMILLAN HOSPICE
BARLASTON ROAD
STOKE-ON-TRENT
ST3 3NZ

Objectives

1) THE RECEPTION AND CARE OF PERSONS RESIDENT IN THE UNITED KINGDOM AND PARTICULARLY THE COUNTIES OF STAFFORDSHIRE CHESHIRE DERBYSHIRE AND SHROPSHIRE WHO ARE SUFFERING FROM CANCER OR OTHER TERMINAL ILLNESSES AND UNDERTAKING SUCH OTHER ACTIVITIES AS MAY BE APPROPRIATE AND ANCILLARY TO THE CARE OF PERSONS RESIDENT AND SUFFERING AS AFORESAID (SUBJECT TO THE PROVISIONS CONTAINED IN THIS MEMORANDUM AND THE ARTICLES OF ASSOCIATION OF THE CHARITY) IN ACCORDANCE WITH SUCH RULES AND REGULATIONS AS THE DIRECTORS OF THE CHARITY SHALL FROM TIME TO TIME IN THEIR ABSOLUTE AND UNFETTERED DISCRETION THINK FIT AND WITHIN THE LIMITS OF AVAILABLE FINANCIAL RESOURCES; THE INTENTION BEING THAT THE MANAGEMENT OF THE CHARITY AND THE ADMISSION OF PERSONS AND THE NUMBERS AND QUALIFICATION OF SUCH PERSONS FOR ADMISSION AND THE DURATION AND THE CONDITIONS OF THEIR RESIDENCE THERE AND ALL OTHER MATTERS IN CONNECTION WITH THE SUCCESSFUL CARRYING ON OF THE CHARITY SHALL BE WITHIN THE EXCLUSIVE COGNISANCE OF THE DIRECTORS WHO MAY (SUBJECT AS PROVIDED IN THIS MEMORANDUM AND THE ARTICLES OF ASSOCIATION OF THE CHARITY) MAKE RESCIND OR VARY AT ANY TIME FROM TIME TO TIME THE REGULATIONS AND CONDITIONS WHICH ARE TO GOVERN THIS WITHOUT BEING RESPONSIBLE TO ANY PERSON IN THAT CONNECTION; 2) THE ADVANCEMENT OF THE EDUCATION OF HEALTH CARE WORKERS AND MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC IN ALL ASPECTS OF PALLIATIVE CARE

Defined Area of Benefit:

THE UNITED KINGDOM AND PARTICULARLY IN THE COUNTIES OF STAFFORD CHESTER DERBY AND SALOP

Data Sources

Charity Commission for England and Wales
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