Finance Score: 3
Governance Score: 9
Support Score: 8
  • Liabilities <10%: +3
  • Income diversified: +3
  • Fundraising costs high: -3
  • Good trustee age range: +3
  • Dynamic board: +3
  • Gender balanced board: +3
  • Grant maker support: +8
Overall GiG Score: 20 ?

THE JESSIE MAY TRUST 

At the Jessie May Trust we provide a free Palliative Care Service for children and young people who are not expected to live beyond nineteen years. We work in Bristol, North Somerset and South Gloucestershire.Members of our experienced care team support each family at home with short periods of respite, advice, terminal nursing care and bereavement support.
Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

  • This charity has a robust balance sheet
  • Income generation is well diversified
  • 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:

  • Fundraising costs are high relative to funds raised
Established: 23 years

www.jessiemaytrust.org.uk

info@jessiemay.org.uk

01179616840

Charity Commission for England and WalesCompanies House
UN SDGs
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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£1,686£1,272£413£467£1,655£1,14210.82520
31/03/22£1,305£1,039£266£355£1,242£1,23814.32715
31/03/21£1,694£981£712£347£976£94611.670
31/03/20£1,066£1,158£-92£343£263£2462.691
31/03/19£1,299£1,370£-71£414£355£3332.9202
31/03/18£1,372£1,375£-4£341£426£3963.5150
31/03/17£1,297£1,191£105£321£429£3773.8170
31/03/16£1,035£948£87£249£324£2663.4100
31/03/15£805£790£15£235£237£2173.3200
31/03/14£762£744£17£253£222£1051.7170
31/03/13£618£684£-65£230£204£1813.2180
31/03/12£640£577£63£184£270£2705.680
31/03/11£490£579£-90£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/10£529£595£-66£174£296£2885.8100
31/03/09£625£553£72£148£362£3547.7100
31/03/08£572£502£70£188£290£2596.260
31/03/07£591£493£98£194£220£1964.870
31/03/06£421£426£-5£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/05£375£395£-21£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/04£234£326£-91£0£0£0n/a00

Financial Ratios
Fundraising Costs/Relevant Income: 27.7%
Fundraising Costs/Total Spending: 36.7%
Highest pay band: Less than £60,000
Liabilities/Assets: 7%
Liabilities/Income: 8%
Unrestricted Funds/Total Funds: 69%
Reserves/Spending: 10.8 months
Net Current Assets/Spending: 15 months
Quick Ratio: 10.8
Asset Split ?
Listed activities
  • Disability
  • The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives
How it operates
  • Provides human resources
  • Provides services
Where it operates
  • Bath And North East Somerset, Bristol City, North Somerset, South Gloucestershire, Swindon, Wiltshire,
Who it helps
  • Children/Young People
  • People With Disabilities
Who works here?
  • 25 employees
  • 20 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£263,252
Quartet Community Foundation£32,500
Garfield Weston Foundation£30,000
National Lottery Community Fund£9,245
Specific Donations
Amount When
Months
To be used for
Co-Operative Group - Grant to Jessie May - Children's Hospice at Home
£2,459 22/10/2022
Every hour with a Jessie May nurse provides something amazing: smiles, comfort, expertise, encouragement and a trusted professional that understands the needs of a family with a terminally ill child.
Department of Health - The Jessie May Trust
£145,144 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
Quartet Community Foundation - Grant to Jessie May Trust
£5,000 05/04/2022
As requested by the donor towards the Trust's work of individual and specialist at-home hospice support to terminally ill children.
Garfield Weston Foundation - Main Grants award
£30,000 03/12/2021
Hospice at Home care for children
Sir Jules Thorn Charitable Trust - The Jessie May Trust - 01/10/21
£5,000 29/11/2021
Core Funding
Masonic Trust - MCF Hospice
£500 10/11/2021
Unrestricted funding for hospices
Quartet Community Foundation - Grant to Jessie May Trust
£5,000 20/09/2021
As requested by the donor towards the Trust's work of individual and specialist at-home hospice support to terminally ill children.
Department of Health - The Jessie May Trust
£118,108 14/09/2021
The grant supports the sustainable hospice service offer of palliative and end of life care for children and young people.
Quartet Community Foundation - Grant to Jessie May Trust
£10,000 22/06/2020
As requested by the donor towards the Trust's work of individual and specialist at-home hospice support to terminally ill children.
Quartet Community Foundation - Grant to Jessie May Trust
£5,000 22/04/2020
To enable additional hospital beds to be used for Coronavirus patients during the pandemic.
Quartet Community Foundation - Out&About: respite outside of the home enabling terminally ill children to live life to the full
£2,500 18/09/2019
5
For staff costs and nursing support to enable additional respite visits outside the home for terminally ill children in Bristol.
National Lottery Community Fund - Making Fun Possible
£9,245 08/08/2019
12
Making Fun Possible
Quartet Community Foundation - Grant to Jessie May Trust
£5,000 13/06/2019
As requested by the fund holder to support their core work
Department of Health - The Jessie May Trust
£74,715 01/04/2019
The Jessie May Trust
Quartet Community Foundation - Grant to Jessie May Trust
£5,000 27/06/2018
As requested by the fund holder, Needham Cooper Charitable Trust.
National Lottery Community Fund - Let's Talk Transition
£10,000 14/03/2018
12
The funding will be used to provide a transition programme of support for disabled young people aged 19 and above. The project aims to provide holistic support for families and enable them to access ....more
Quartet Community Foundation - Grant to Jessie May Trust
£25,000 20/02/2018
Third year payment of a three year grant towards the running costs of a hospice at home service
Quartet Community Foundation - Grant to Jessie May Trust
£2,500 23/11/2017
As requested by the donor
Co-Operative Group - Grant to Jessie May Trust
£3,228 04/08/2017
Jessie May's 'Purple Group' will provide peer and professional support for families through the devastation and loss of their children.
Quartet Community Foundation - Grant to Jessie May Trust
£25,000 17/02/2017
Second year payment of a three year grant towards the running costs of a hospice at home service
Quartet Community Foundation - Grant to Jessie May Trust
£2,500 09/12/2016
As requested by the fundholders.
National Lottery Community Fund - TPP1 - Hidden from View but not Forgotten -improving the quality of li
£50,000 29/03/2016
12
They will expand their respite service for families caring for terminally ill children at home, helping them cope with the pressures this brings and make the most of their children’s short ....more
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Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (12)
Current Trustees appointed
Gender Split

Age Range of Trustees: 37-59
  • LAURA HOY Appointed: 2023, Occupation: Esg Analyst
  • TOM SELMAN Appointed: 2020, Occupation: Business Executive
Legal constitution
  • Charitable company registered in England & Wales on 05/04/2001, number: 1086048
  • Registered at Companies House on 01/12/2000, number: 04118341
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; all on time
Main office

35 OLD SCHOOL HOUSE
BRITANNIA ROAD
KINGSWOOD
BRISTOL
BS15 8DB

Objectives

THE RELIEF OF CHILDREN AND YOUNG PERSONS SUFFERING FROM PHYSICAL CONDITIONS WHICH ARE LIFE THREATENING OR LIFE LIMITING AND/OR TERMINAL BY:A) THE PROVISION OF RESPITE OR PALLIATIVE CARE IN THE COMMUNITY FOR AFFECTED YOUNG PERSONS THEIR FAMILIES AND CARERS; ANDB) THE ADVANCEMENT OF THE EDUCATION OF HEALTH PROFESSIONALS, STATUTORY AUTHORITIES, GP PRACTICES AND OTHERS IN THE CONDITION OF CHILDREN AND YOUNG PERSONS WITH TERMINAL ILLNESS IN PARTICULAR THROUGH THE REPRESENTATION OF SUCH PERSONS AND THEIR FAMILIES TO LOCAL STATUTORY AUTHORITIES AND PROFESSIONAL GROUPS.

Defined Area of Benefit:

NOT DEFINED. IN PRACTICE CITY OF BRISTOL AND BATH AND NORTH EAST SOMERSET.

Data Sources

Charity Commission for England and Wales
360 Giving
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