Finance Score: -3
Governance Score: 0
Support Score: 2
  • Large legacies income: +1
  • Multiple Deficits: -2
  • Fundraising costs high: -2
    • Grant maker support: +2
    Overall GiG Score: -1 ?

    EAST KENT HOSPITALS CHARITY 

    Enhances the services and amenities provided by the Hospital Trust by purchasing both medical and other equipment, developing facilities for patients, visitors and staff, providing additional non essential training and providing funding and data for research. The charity supports projects throughout the Trust in the pursuit of excellence in healthcare provision.
    Analysis by Giving is Great

    Positives:

    • The charity has received modest backing from several prominent grant makers recently
    • This charity has received considerable income from legacies in recent years

    Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

    • This charity uses a corporate trustee

    Financial issues to consider:

    • On several occasions in recent years income has been less than spending
    • Fundraising costs are high relative to funds raised

    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£845£1,077£-232£152£2,189£8299.240
    31/03/22£517£1,099£-582£117£2,542£8048.840
    31/03/21£1,394£1,474£-80£91£2,895£1,0268.340
    31/03/20£942£903£38£81£2,659£1,06614.230
    31/03/19£516£825£-310£73£2,814£1,11616.230
    31/03/18£577£1,359£-782£84£3,074£1,14510.130
    31/03/17£326£1,137£-811£0£0£0n/a00
    31/03/16£569£808£-238£98£4,349£1,63624.330
    31/03/15£889£703£186£106£4,714£1,70229.130
    31/03/14£438£856£-418£0£0£0n/a00
    31/03/13£678£830£-152£191£4,553£1,79025.930
    31/03/12£995£1,097£-102£188£4,333£1,62417.830
    31/03/11£844£845£-1£117£4,567£1,54521.930
    31/03/10£676£844£-168£159£4,457£1,25317.830
    31/03/09£1,066£950£116£190£3,731£1,13914.430
    31/03/08£1,013£829£184£118£4,575£1,57122.700
    31/03/07£521£1,174£-654£111£4,502£1,92119.600
    31/03/06£560£733£-173£0£0£0n/a00
    31/03/05*£533£601£-68£0£0£0n/a00
    31/03/04£1,013£672£341£0£0£0n/a00

    Financial Ratios
    Fundraising Costs/Relevant Income: 21.8%
    Fundraising Costs/Total Spending: 15%
    Highest pay band: Less than £60,000
    Liabilities/Assets: 27%
    Liabilities/Income: 96%
    Unrestricted Funds/Total Funds: 38%
    Reserves/Spending: 9.2 months
    Net Current Assets/Spending: -4 months
    Quick Ratio: 0.4
    Asset Split ?
    Established: 25 years

    www.ekhcharity.org.uk

    ekh-tr.fundraising@nhs.net

    01227 868748

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    UN SDGs
    ?
    Listed activities
    • General Charitable Purposes
    • The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives
    GiG Classification
    • Grant-making foundations
    How it operates
    • Acts as an umbrella or resource body
    Where it operates
    • Kent,
    Who it helps
    • The General Public/Mankind
    Who works here?
    • 4 employees

    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.

    Specific Donations
    Amount When
    Months
    To be used for
    Co-Operative Group - Grant to East Kent Hospitals Charity
    £1,713 22/10/2022
    We would like to continue to fund important and positive projects for patients and staff, post pandemic; improving mental wellbeing and improving hospital spaces.
    Masonic Trust - MCF Matched Funding
    £7,000 01/02/2022
    Unrestricted matched funding in partnership with the local masonic province

    Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

    How is it governed?

    Trustees (1)

    • EAST KENT HOSPITALS UNIVERSITY NHS FOUNDATION TRUST
    Legal constitution
    • Charity registered in England & Wales on 13/07/1999, number: 1076555
    Gift Aid
    • 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
    • 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: 2 days late,
    Main office

    KENT AND CANTERBURY HOSPITAL
    TRUST OFFICES
    ETHELBERT ROAD
    CANTERBURY
    KENT
    CT1 3NG

    Objectives

    FOR ANY CHARITABLE PURPOSE RELATING TO THE NATIONAL HEALTH SERVICE

    Defined Area of Benefit:

    NOT DEFINED

    Data Sources

    Charity Commission for England and Wales
    360 Giving
    CharityBase
    Authorised officials of this charity can add information to this page (including a Donate Now button) for no cost

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