Finance Score: -5

Governance Score: 9

Support Score: 5

Multiple Deficits: -2
Fundraising costs high: -3

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

Grant maker support: +5

Overall GiG Score: 9

THE THEODORA CHILDREN'S CHARITY

The Theodora Children's Charity brings music, magic and laughter to children living with illness, disability and serious health challenges with Giggle Doctor visits. They are professional performers, trained by the charity, to work in a clinical setting to bring therapeutic play to relieve a childs' distress, and improve their wellbeing and experience of being in hospital.

Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

The charity has received modest backing from a grant maker recently
The Board appears to be well diversified in terms of age and gender and dynamic in terms of composition

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
31/12/23	£565	£639	£-74	£151	£351	£255	4.8	6	0
31/12/22	£460	£453	£8	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	0
31/12/21	£305	£350	£-45	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	0
31/12/20	£618	£396	£221	£165	£462	£204	6.2	6	0
31/12/19	£577	£634	£-57	£186	£241	£24	0.5	6	6
31/12/18	£615	£581	£34	£166	£298	£58	1.2	5	0
31/12/17	£511	£574	£-63	£148	£264	£105	2.2	5	0
31/12/16	£446	£529	£-83	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/12/15	£515	£485	£30	£128	£410	£261	6.5	5	0
31/12/14	£570	£678	£-108	£153	£381	£269	4.8	5	0
31/12/13	£501	£546	£-45	£150	£489	£375	8.2	4	0
31/12/12	£506	£477	£29	£100	£534	£494	12.4	4	0
31/12/11	£504	£481	£23	£81	£505	£435	10.9	3	0
31/12/10	£468	£464	£4	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/12/09	£446	£423	£23	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/12/08	£500	£309	£192	£51	£472	£415	16.1	3	0
31/12/07	£404	£221	£183	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/12/06	£295	£253	£42	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/12/05	£182	£253	£-71	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/12/04	£245	£261	£-17	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0

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Financial Ratios

Fundraising Costs/Relevant Income: 26.9%
Fundraising Costs/Total Spending: 23.7%
Senior Staff Costs/Total Spending: 14%
Highest pay band: £70,000-£80,000
Liabilities/Assets: 7%
Liabilities/Income: 5%
Unrestricted Funds/Total Funds: 73%
Reserves/Spending: 4.8 months
Net Current Assets/Spending: 7 months
Quick Ratio: 12.3

Asset Split ?

Established: 22 years

www.theodora.co.uk

enquiries@theodora.org

02077130044

Charity Commission for England and Wales

Tweets

Listed activities

Arts/Culture/Heritage/Science
The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives

GiG Classification

Other welfare services

How it operates

Provides human resources

Where it operates

Throughout England,

Who it helps

Children/Young People
People With Disabilities

Who supports 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

National Lottery Community Fund	£10,000
Sussex Community Foundation	£7,500
The Grocers' Charity	£5,000
Co-Operative Group	£4,575

Specific Donations

Amount	When Months	To be used for
Sussex Community Foundation - Grant to Theodora Children's Charity
£2,500	20/03/2023 10	Funding was provided to enable their Giggle Doctors to visit the Royal Alexandra Children's Hospital once a week.
National Lottery Community Fund - Giggle Doctor Programme
£10,000	16/09/2022	The funding will be used to provide virtual or face to face visits from professional performers to children in hospital or specialist care centres living with disabilities and serious health ....more The funding will be used to provide virtual or face to face visits from professional performers to children in hospital or specialist care centres living with disabilities and serious health challenges. The project aims to improve their wellbeing through laughter and fun activities.
The Grocers' Charity - 2022-Theodora Children's Charity
£5,000	22/06/2022	Towards programme costs to have 26 Giggle Doctors visit children aged 0-18 in 26 hospital and hospice partners throughout England and increasingly online.
Sussex Community Foundation - Grant to Theodora Children's Trust
£5,000	17/11/2021 12	Funding was provided towards the cost of their programme at the Royal Alexandra Children's Hospital.
Sir Jules Thorn Charitable Trust - Theodora Children's Charity - 26/10/21
£1,250	10/11/2021	Core Funding
Co-Operative Group - Grant to Theodora Children's Charity
£4,575	24/10/2020	Giggle Doctor visits hospitals, to improve sick and disabled children's wellbeing and experience of hospital.
Co-Operative Group - Grant to Theodora Children's Charity
£5,992	19/11/2018	We want to pay for Giggle Doctor visits at Leeds General Infirmary to improve the wellbeing of sick and disabled children.
Masonic Trust - MCF Small Grant
£5,000	20/06/2018	Unrestricted core funding for small charities
BBC Children in Need - Grant to Theodora Children's Charity
£81,651	14/06/2017 36	The project will provide clown doctor sessions for children who are ill or have life limiting conditions. The project will increase confidence, reduce anxiety and improve wellbeing.

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How is it governed?

Trustees (9)

Current Trustees appointed

Gender Split

Based on 8/9 persons

Age Range of Trustees: 47-81

ANDRE POULIE Appointed: 2002, Occupation: Director Of Foundation

DANIEL WISE Appointed: 2015, Occupation: Lawyer

HELEN FENTIMEN Appointed: 2022, Occupation: Councillor

IAN KELLY Appointed: 2015, Occupation: Meat Industry, Other trusteeships: BUTCHERS AND DROVERS CHARITABLE INSTITUTION, THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF GREAT ST BARTHOLOMEW,

JAN POULIE Appointed: 2002, Occupation: Director

JOSHUA BYRNE Appointed: 2010, Occupation: Tailor

JANET LEE Appointed: 2022, Occupation: Retired

KENNETH ROBERTSHAW Appointed: 2019, Occupation: Retired

SABINE VALERIE JEANNE MARIE NOTZ CATSIAPIS Appointed: 2023

Legal constitution

Charitable company registered in England & Wales on 07/11/2002, number: 1094532
Registered at Companies House on 16/09/2002, number: 04535844

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
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
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

Theodora Children's Charity
Suite 212
Spaces
70 White Lion Street
London

Objectives

THE OBJECTS FOR WHICH THE CHARITY IS ESTABLISHED ARE THE RELIEF OF THE SICKNESS AND DISABILITY OF CHILDREN IN HOSPITALS BY ANY METHOD WHICH MAY BE REGARDED AS CHARITABLE AND IN PARTICULAR BUT WITHOUT PREJUDICE TO THE GENERALITY OF THE FOREGOING BY (1) THE PROVISION OF ENTERTAINERS AND CLOWNS TO BRING ENJOYMENT; AND (2) THE MAKING OF GRANTS OR OTHER FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE; AND (3) THE PROVISION OF MEDICAL SUPPLIES.

Defined Area of Benefit:

NOT DEFINED

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