Finance Score: -1

Governance Score: 4

Support Score: 5

Liabilities <10%: +3
Excess reserves: -3
Income diversified: +3
Large legacies income: +1
Multiple Deficits: -2
Fundraising costs high: -3

Narrow trustee age band: -2
Dynamic board: +3
Gender balanced board: +3

Grant maker support: +5

Overall GiG Score: 8

BLUEBELL WOOD CHILDREN'S HOSPICE

To care for and support children with life limiting and life threatening conditions and their families, resident in South Yorkshire, some parts of North Lincolnshire, North East Derbyshire and North Nottinghamshire

Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

This charity has a robust balance sheet
Income generation is well diversified
This charity has received considerable income from legacies 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

Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

The Board has little diversity in terms of age
Over half the Board have joined recently

Financial issues to consider:

This charity has substantial assets and unrestricted reserves of £11,376,000 available, equivalent to 31 months of spending and so may not be able to utilise additional funding
On several occasions in recent years income has been less than spending
Fundraising costs are extremely 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		£4,393	£4,355	£38	£1,433	£11,924	£11,376	31.3	90	189
31/03/22		£4,117	£4,351	£-234	£1,677	£12,377	£12,207	33.7	100	300
31/03/21	*	£5,742	£4,529	£1,213	£1,547	£12,566	£12,284	32.5	116	600
31/03/20		£5,015	£5,045	£-30	£2,603	£10,619	£10,533	25.1	168	600
31/03/19		£4,641	£4,861	£-220	£2,028	£10,965	£10,842	26.8	158	550
31/03/18		£4,187	£4,693	£-506	£1,707	£11,104	£11,037	28.2	139	0
31/03/17		£4,102	£4,370	£-268	£1,490	£11,682	£11,600	31.9	164	0
31/03/16		£5,146	£4,356	£790	£564	£11,297	£11,085	30.5	156	0
31/03/15		£4,061	£3,920	£141	£1,358	£10,699	£10,513	32.2	89	0
31/03/14		£3,907	£3,335	£572	£1,139	£10,374	£10,208	36.7	82	0
31/03/13		£3,596	£2,883	£713	£1,102	£9,786	£9,619	40	78	0
31/03/12		£3,285	£2,669	£616	£993	£8,978	£8,795	39.5	73	0
31/03/11		£3,588	£2,520	£1,068	£939	£8,328	£8,151	38.8	54	0
31/03/10		£2,866	£2,266	£601	£1,228	£7,250	£7,070	37.4	40	0
31/03/09		£3,336	£2,006	£1,330	£1,154	£6,650	£6,512	39	32	0
31/03/08		£2,249	£1,517	£732	£1,186	£5,319	£5,186	41	47	0
31/03/07		£2,283	£956	£1,327	£800	£4,588	£4,454	55.9	25	0
31/03/06		£1,366	£568	£798	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/05	*	£1,522	£530	£992	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/04	*	£795	£197	£598	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0

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Financial Ratios

Fundraising Costs/Relevant Income: 34.9%
Fundraising Costs/Total Spending: 33.9%
Senior Staff Costs/Total Spending: 4%
Highest pay band: £80,000-£90,000
Liabilities/Assets: 3%
Liabilities/Income: 8%
Unrestricted Funds/Total Funds: 95%
Reserves/Spending: 31.3 months
Net Current Assets/Spending: 6 months
Quick Ratio: 5.4

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Established: 25 years

www.bluebellwood.org

info@bluebellwood.org

01909517360

Charity Commission for England and Wales

Tweets

Listed activities

Disability
Education/Training
The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives

GiG Classification

Hospice services

How it operates

Provides buildings/facilities/open space
Provides human resources
Provides services

Where it operates

Barnsley, Derbyshire, Doncaster, North Lincolnshire, Nottinghamshire, Rotherham, Sheffield City,

Who it helps

Children/Young People
People With Disabilities

Who works here?

90 employees
189 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.

Specific Donations

Amount	When Months	To be used for
Department of Health - Bluebell Wood Children's Hospice
£722,610	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. The original agreements and decisions made at the time were back in ~2019 as part of government and NHSE discussions around the long term plan.
Masonic Trust - MCF Hospice
£1,400	10/11/2021	Unrestricted funding for hospices
Department of Health - Bluebell Wood Children's Hospice
£361,305	14/09/2021	The grant supports the sustainable hospice service offer of palliative and end of life care for children and young people.
Co-Operative Group - Grant to Bluebell Wood Children's Hospice
£3,993	19/11/2018	We would love to set up a fund to support engaging activities for our children at the hospice and to take them out on exciting day trips.
National Lottery Community Fund - Enhancement of Physiotherapy Service
£10,000	12/04/2018 12	The group will develop their physiotherapy service to improve and increase the care they provide within family homes.
Masonic Trust - Hospice Grant
£3,286	19/10/2016	Core funding for hospices

Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (6)

Current Trustees appointed

Gender Split

Age Range of Trustees: 52-59

LOUISE BEAUMONT Appointed: 2022, Occupation: Director

NICOLA DIDLOCK (Chair) Appointed: 2023, Occupation: Chief Executive

RACHAEL KINDER Appointed: 2023, Occupation: Financial Director

REBECCA CHAPMAN Appointed: 2022, Occupation: Police Officer

RICHARD SIMPSON Appointed: 2023, Occupation: Head Of Financial And Commercial

DR RAMANI DAVID THOMAS Appointed: 2020, Occupation: Doctor

Legal constitution

Charitable company registered in England & Wales on 10/08/1999, number: 1076958
Registered at Companies House on 19/07/1999, number: 03809663

Gift Aid

Registered with HMRC for Gift Aid

Event History

06/09/2022 - Asset transfer in from DANIEL BARNETT ARTS FOUNDATION
05/04/2023 - Asset transfer in from BARNSLEY CANCER AFTERCARE

Other Regulators

Care Quality Commission

Policies in force

Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
Campaigns and political activity 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; AR21: 1 days late, AR05: 1 days late, AR04: 67 days late,

Recent reorganisation events:

Asset transfer in from DANIEL BARNETT ARTS FOUNDATION on 06/09/2022
Asset transfer in from BARNSLEY CANCER AFTERCARE on 05/04/2023

Main office

BLUEBELL WOOD CHILDRENS HOSPICE
CRAMFIT ROAD
NORTH ANSTON
SHEFFIELD
S25 4AJ

Objectives

TO PROMOTE THE RELIEF OF SICKNESS AND SUFFERING IN SUCH WAYS AS THE FOUNDATION SHALL FROM TIME TO TIME THINK FIT, AND IN PARTICULAR IN THE MIDLANDS AND NORTH OF ENGLAND AND ADJACENT AREAS AND IN PARTICULAR (BUT WITHOUT PREJUDICE TO THE GENERALITY WHETHER GEOGRAPHICAL OR OTHERWISE OF SUCH OBJECT):1) BY ESTABLISHING, MAINTAINING AND CONDUCTING RESIDENTIAL NURSING AND CONVALESCENT HOMES FOR THE RECEPTION AND CARE OF YOUNG PERSONS OF EITHER SEX AND WHETHER OR NOT A MEMBER OF THE FOUNDATION (WITHOUT REGARD TO RACE OR CREED) WHO ARE SUFFERING FROM ANY CHRONIC OR TERMINAL ILLNESS OR FROM ANY OTHER PHYSICAL OR MENTAL INFIRMITY, DISABILITY OR DISEASE AND FOR THE RECEPTION AND CARE OF THE MEMBERS AND THE FAMILY OF SUCH PERSONS WHETHER ADULT OR OTHERWISE, AND SO THAT ANY SUCH HOME MAY BE RESTRICTED TO PATIENTS (AND THE FAMILIES OF PATIENTS) OF UNDER A CERTAIN AGE LIMIT OR OF ONE SEX ONLY OR (WHETHER OR NOT SO RESTRICTED AS AFORESAID) TO PATIENTS SUFFERING FROM ANY PARTICULAR TYPE OR TYPES OF ILLNESS, DISABILITY, DISEASE OR INFIRMITY, AND BY PROVIDING MEDICAL OR OTHER TREATMENT OR ATTENTION FOR ANY SUCH PERSONS AND THEIR FAMILIES AS AFORESAID IN THEIR OWN HOMES;2) BY CONDUCTING OR PROMOTING OR ENCOURAGING RESEARCH INTO THE CARE AND TREATMENT OF PERSONS SUFFERING FROM ANY SUCH ILLNESS, DISABILITY, DISEASE OR INFIRMITY AS AFORESAID AND PARTICULARLY INTO THE CARE AND TREATMENT OF PERSONS SUFFERING FROM TERMINAL ILLNESS AND THE CARE OF THE FAMILIES OF SUCH PERSONS AND BY PROVIDING FOR THE DISSEMINATION OF THE RESULTS OF SUCH RESEARCH;3)BY PROMOTING OR ENCOURAGING OR ASSISTING IN THE TEACHING OR TRAINING OF DOCTORS, NURSES, PHYSIOTHERAPISTS, ADMINISTRATORS, SOCIAL WORKERS AND OTHER PERSONS ENGAGED IN ANY BRANCH OF MEDICINE, SURGERY, NURSING OR ALLIED SERVICES;4) BY PROMOTING OR ENCOURAGING OR ASSISTING IN THE PROVISION OF COUNSELLING OR SUPPORT SERVICES FOR ANY YOUNG PERSONS RESIDENT, (OR FOR FAMILIES OF SUCH PERSONS OR OTHERWISE) OR ASSOCIATED IN ANY WAY WITH ANY SUCH HOME OR HOMES AS AFORESAID.

Defined Area of Benefit:

IN THE MIDLANDS AND NORTH OF ENGLAND

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