Finance Score: -9

Governance Score: -2

Support Score: 5

Spending falling: -1
but now stabilising: +1
Multiple Deficits and declines: -5
Fundraising costs high: -4

Narrow trustee age band: -2

Grant maker support: +5

Overall GiG Score: -6

RAYS OF SUNSHINE

Granting wishes for seriously and terminally ill children between the ages of 3-18 throughout the United Kingdom

Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

The charity has received backing from several prominent grant makers recently

Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

The Board has little diversity in terms of age

Financial issues to consider:

There has been a change of accounting period recently, so trends may be hard to determine
Spending has fallen significantly over the last 5 years relative to the previous period but has stabilised more recently
Income has been volatile and on several occasions in recent years less than spending
Fundraising costs are extremely high relative to funds raised

Established: 20 years

www.raysofsunshine.org.uk

office@raysofsunshine.org.uk

02087821171

Charity Commission for England and Wales

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Financial Data ?

Income & Spending ?

N.B. data has been adjusted to reflect year end change

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
30/06/23		£2,290	£3,365	£-1,075	£941	£4,018	£3,941	14.1	24	58
30/06/22?		£4,318	£2,731	£1,587	£641	£5,137	£5,061	22.2	19	27
31/12/20		£1,490	£1,659	£-169	£526	£3,549	£3,447	24.9	24	27
31/12/19		£5,094	£4,492	£602	£979	£3,718	£3,641	9.7	29	200
31/12/18		£4,781	£4,316	£465	£1,022	£3,116	£3,027	8.4	26	200
31/12/17		£4,031	£3,663	£368	£1,098	£2,651	£2,589	8.5	23	0
31/12/16		£4,420	£4,632	£-211	£848	£3,021	£2,964	7.7	25	0
31/12/15		£4,181	£3,779	£402	£881	£3,232	£3,161	10	21	0
31/12/14		£3,866	£3,305	£560	£761	£2,830	£2,830	10.3	17	0
31/12/13		£3,101	£2,468	£633	£950	£2,270	£2,270	11	14	0
31/12/12		£2,272	£1,917	£355	£572	£1,637	£1,637	10.2	14	0
31/12/11		£1,771	£1,574	£196	£553	£1,282	£1,282	9.8	11	0
31/12/10		£1,376	£1,224	£151	£453	£1,086	£1,086	10.6	9	0
31/12/09		£1,246	£1,620	£-374	£566	£934	£921	6.8	9	0
31/12/08		£1,016	£1,216	£-201	£431	£1,308	£1,300	12.8	10	0
31/12/07		£1,783	£1,337	£447	£570	£1,509	£1,470	13.2	7	0
31/12/06		£1,547	£1,157	£390	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/12/05		£1,208	£722	£487	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/12/04	*	£467	£323	£143	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0

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Financial Ratios

Fundraising Costs/Relevant Income: 42.6%
Fundraising Costs/Total Spending: 28.2%
Senior Staff Costs/Total Spending: 6%
Highest pay band: £80,000-£90,000
Liabilities/Assets: 14%
Liabilities/Income: 29%
Unrestricted Funds/Total Funds: 98%
Reserves/Spending: 14.1 months
Net Current Assets/Spending: 0 months
Quick Ratio: 0.7

Asset Split ?

Listed activities

General Charitable Purposes
The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives

How it operates

Other charitable activities

Where it operates

Northern Ireland, Scotland, Throughout England And Wales,

Who it helps

Children/Young People
Other Charities Or Voluntary Bodies

Who works here?

24 employees
58 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

BBC Children in Need	£88,300
City Bridge Trust	£23,632
Joseph Levy Foundation	£10,000
The Berkeley Foundation	£10,000

Specific Donations

Amount	When Months	To be used for
Joseph Levy Foundation - Virtual Activity Days and Sunshine Badges for seriously ill children in hospital
£10,000	08/02/2021 12	Activities to improve the mental health and wellbeing of seriously ill young people receiving long-term treatment in hospital during the Covid-19 crisis
BBC Children in Need - Grant to Rays of Sunshine
£88,300	18/12/2020	This grant will fund the Sunshine in Hospitals programme which provides virtual and in-person hospital activity days to seriously ill children on paediatric wards across the UK. The work will reduce ....more This grant will fund the Sunshine in Hospitals programme which provides virtual and in-person hospital activity days to seriously ill children on paediatric wards across the UK. The work will reduce young people's isolation and anxiety.
City Bridge Trust - Grant to Rays of Sunshine
£23,632	19/05/2020	A grant of £23,632 to fund the essential and urgent costs outlined in the appliciation, so that the organisation can carry on providing support to Londoners.
The Berkeley Foundation - Charity dinner pledge
£10,000	19/12/2019	One-off grant in support of Rays of Sunshine Children's Charity achieving its charitable objectives.
Masonic Trust - Hospital Activity Days
£10,000	21/02/2018	Activities in hospitals for children with serious illnesses.
BBC Children in Need - Grant to Rays of Sunshine
£132,369	17/10/2017 36	A hospital activity programme for children with life limiting illness or disabilities, providing them with access to innovative and fun activities. Children will have reduced anxiety and isolation ....more A hospital activity programme for children with life limiting illness or disabilities, providing them with access to innovative and fun activities. Children will have reduced anxiety and isolation and improved emotional well-being.

Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (6)

Current Trustees appointed

Age Range of Trustees: 53-60

DANIEL COLEMAN Appointed: 2016, Occupation: Director

DIVYESH VRAJLAL POPAT Appointed: 2020, Occupation: Director

DR RONELLE NAIDOO Appointed: 2022, Occupation: Doctor

JANE SHARPE Appointed: 2020, Occupation: Director

JUSTIN RANDALL Appointed: 2014, Occupation: Chartered Accountant, Other trusteeship: THE ALAN MATTEY CHARITABLE TRUST,

STEPHEN DAVID ALLAN (Chair) Appointed: 2003, Occupation: Director

Legal constitution

Charitable company registered in England & Wales on 08/03/2004, number: 1102529
Registered at Companies House on 08/08/2003, number: 04860607

Gift Aid

Registered with HMRC for Gift Aid

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

19 returns made; AR04: 188 days late,

Main office

4th Floor
Berkeley House
304 Regents Park Road
LONDON
N3 2JY

Objectives

TO RELIEVE THE SUFFERING AND NEEDS OF CHILDREN AND YOUNG ADULTS WHO HAVE ILLNESSES OR DISABILITIES CAUSING LIMITED LIFE EXPECTANCY OR WHO SUFFER FROM LONG TERM PHYSICAL OR MENTAL DISABILITIES (INCLUDING LEARNING DIFFICULTIES).

Defined Area of Benefit:

NOT DEFINED.

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