Finance Score: -3
Governance Score: 5
Support Score: 4
  • Liabilities <10%: +3
  • Large legacies income: +1
  • Multiple Deficits: -2
  • Fundraising costs high: -5
  • 12+ Trustees: -1
  • Good trustee age range: +3
  • Gender balanced board: +3
  • Grant maker support: +4
Overall GiG Score: 6 ?

CORNWALL HOSPICE CARE LIMITED 

Cornwall Hospice Care provides help and relief to people suffering from cancer and other life threatening illnesses by providing and promoting specialist palliative care to the people of Cornwall and the Isles of Scilly.The charity achieves this by providing In Patient and Out Patient specialist palliative care at its two hospices, Mount Edgcumbe Hospice,St Austell and St Julia's Hospice,Hayle
Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

  • This charity has a robust balance sheet
  • 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 age and gender

Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

  • There are 14 trustees whereas the Charities Commission recommends a maximum of 12

Financial issues to consider:

  • 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£12,523£11,079£1,444£4,274£11,283£10,54211.4259450
31/03/22£11,296£10,321£975£3,889£10,090£9,36110.9249459
31/03/21£9,670£10,142£-472£3,913£9,086£8,3359.9269400
31/03/20£10,314£10,978£-665£4,946£9,134£8,3749.2300850
31/03/19£10,126£10,580£-454£5,176£10,122£9,34310.63041,050
31/03/18£9,599£9,727£-128£4,683£10,701£9,90212.22840
31/03/17£9,260£9,080£179£4,196£10,686£9,867132830
31/03/16£9,462£8,384£1,078£3,658£10,422£9,58413.72580
31/03/15*£7,500£8,386£-886£3,303£9,454£8,59612.31780
31/03/14£8,002£8,387£-384£2,905£10,282£9,40513.51710
31/03/13£7,471£6,940£531£2,555£10,795£9,89817.11600
31/03/12£7,374£6,794£580£2,391£10,137£8,14214.41540
31/03/11£7,077£6,025£1,052£2,066£9,363£7,45214.81380
31/03/10£6,131£5,818£313£1,791£8,321£7,06414.61330
31/03/09£5,377£5,607£-230£1,889£7,418£6,12313.11290
31/03/08£4,972£5,254£-283£1,544£8,282£6,95015.91300
31/03/07£4,120£4,735£-615£1,183£8,932£7,56119.21150

Financial Ratios
Fundraising Costs/Relevant Income: 71.2%
Fundraising Costs/Total Spending: 38.8%
Senior Staff Costs/Total Spending: 5%
Highest pay band: £90,000-£100,000
Liabilities/Assets: 8%
Liabilities/Income: 8%
Unrestricted Funds/Total Funds: 93%
Reserves/Spending: 11.4 months
Net Current Assets/Spending: 3 months
Quick Ratio: 2.9
Asset Split ?
Established: 18 years

www.cornwallhospicecare.co.uk

gclarke@cornwallhospice.co.uk

0172665711

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UN SDGs
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Listed activities
  • The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives
GiG Classification
  • Hospice services
How it operates
  • Provides services
Where it operates
  • Cornwall,
Who it helps
  • People With Disabilities
Who works here?
  • 259 employees
  • 450 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
Masonic Trust - MCF Matched Funding
£1,000 16/11/2022
Unrestricted matched funding in partnership with the local masonic province
Masonic Trust - MCF Hospice
£1,625 10/11/2021
Unrestricted funding for hospices
Sir Jules Thorn Charitable Trust - Cornwall Hospice Care - 21/04/21
£5,000 14/06/2021
Core Funding
Masonic Trust - MCF Matched Funding
£1,000 02/06/2021
Unrestricted matched funding in partnership with the local masonic province
Masonic Trust - MCF Hospice UK Partnership
£29,895 06/03/2020
Improving access to palliative and end of life care in Cornwall: St Austell project for those vulnerably housed
Masonic Trust - MCF Hospice UK Partnership
£18,975 28/02/2019
Bereavement Friendship Group - Bereavement Support
Garfield Weston Foundation - Main Grants award
£20,000 04/05/2017
The Power to Care (Generator)
Masonic Trust - Hospice Grant
£2,790 19/10/2016
Core funding for hospices
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Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (14)
Current Trustees appointed
Gender Split

Age Range of Trustees: 43-79
  • DEREK THOMAS Appointed: 2022, Occupation: Senior Civil Servant
Legal constitution
  • Charitable company registered in England & Wales on 02/03/2006, number: 1113140
  • Registered at Companies House on 21/12/2005, number: 05660401
Gift Aid
  • Registered with HMRC for Gift Aid
Event History
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
  • Volunteer management
Filing Record
17 returns made; AR15: 2 days late,
Recent reorganisation events:
  • Asset transfer in from THE GRAVEL ROAD TRUST on 04/11/2022
Main office

MOUNT EDGCUMBE HOSPICE
PORTHPEAN ROAD
ST. AUSTELL
PL26 6AB

Objectives

THE HELP AND RELIEF OF PEOPLE SUFFERING FROM CANCER AND OTHER LIFE THREATENING ILLNESSES AND THE PROVISION AND PROMOTION OF SPECIALIST AND PALLIATIVE CARE.

Defined Area of Benefit:

NOT DEFINED, IN PRACTICE CORNWALL

Data Sources

Charity Commission for England and Wales
360 Giving
CharityBase
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