Overall GiG Score: 17 ?
Finance Score: 5
Governance Score: 3
Support Score: 9
  • Liabilities <10%: +3
  • Poor Liquidity: -1
  • Good Reserves: +1Strong growth: +2
  • Gender balanced board: +3
  • Grant maker support: +9

ALEXANDER DEVINE CHILDREN'S CANCER TRUST 

TO PROVIDE RESPITE SUPPORT FOR CHILDREN AND YOUNG PEOPLE WITH LIFE THREATENING OR LIFE LIMITING CONDITIONS, THEIR FAMILIES AND CARERS, IN PARTICULAR BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY THROUGH THE PROVISION OF A CHILDREN'S HOSPICE.THIS WILL MEAN CHILDREN FROM BERKSHIRE AND SURROUNDING COUNTIES AND THEIR FAMILIES WILL HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO ACCESS LOCAL FACILITIES AND RESOURCES WHICH BEST MEET THEIR NEEDS
Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

  • This charity has a robust balance sheet
  • There has been strong growth in spending over the last 5 years
  • There have been no 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 gender

Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

  • One or more trustees receive payments or benefits from the charity for providing services to the charity

Financial issues to consider:

  • Liquidity appears to have been slender at the latest year end but unrestricted reserves are available
Established: 17 years

www.alexanderdevine.org

andrewr@alexanderdevine.org

01628822777

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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£2,416£2,074£342£328£12,475£6,08535.229154
31/03/22£3,817£1,743£2,075£308£12,133£5,45337.624150
31/03/21£1,889£1,630£259£349£10,059£3,47625.625160
31/03/20£1,567£1,436£131£469£9,800£3,1072625135
31/03/19£2,621£1,303£1,319£378£9,669£2,74225.321135
31/03/18£1,583£811£772£259£8,350£1,32119.5130
31/03/17£2,040£608£1,432£219£7,578£50810120
31/03/16£2,386£555£1,831£243£6,147£2,94463.7110
31/03/15£1,831£601£1,230£340£4,315£2,35747120
31/03/14£1,185£450£735£277£3,085£1,84749.290
31/03/13£798£266£533£178£2,351£1,58171.450
31/03/12£963£265£698£219£1,818£1,77780.530
31/03/11*£618£207£411£176£1,120£1,06461.630
31/03/10£351£147£205£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/09£445£113£333£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/08*£210£49£161£0£0£0n/a00

Financial Ratios
Fundraising Costs/Relevant Income: 16.4%
Fundraising Costs/Total Spending: 15.8%
Senior Staff Costs/Total Spending: 8%
Highest pay band: £70,000-£80,000
Liabilities/Assets: 3%
Liabilities/Income: 13%
Unrestricted Funds/Total Funds: 49%
Reserves/Spending: 35.2 months
Net Current Assets/Spending: 36 months
Quick Ratio: 0.2
Asset Split ?
What it does
  • The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives
Who works here?
  • 29 employees
  • 154 volunteers
Who it helps
  • Children/Young People
How it operates
  • Provides services
Where it operates
  • Buckinghamshire, Hampshire, Oxfordshire, Reading, Slough, Surrey, West Berkshire, Windsor And Maidenhead, Wokingham,

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£196,195
The Berkeley Foundation£56,077
Youth Music£25,599
Oxfordshire Community Foundation£25,000
Specific Donations
Amount When
Months
To be used for
The Berkeley Foundation - Match funding payment
£9,277 31/10/2023
Unrestricted match funding payment to October 2023
The Berkeley Foundation - Match funding payment
£2,421 31/07/2023
Unrestricted match funding payment to July 2023
The Berkeley Foundation - Match funding payment
£3,036 30/04/2023
Unrestricted match funding payment to to April 2023
The Berkeley Foundation - Cost of Living Grant
£5,000 26/04/2023
One-off, unrestricted grant
The Berkeley Foundation - Match funding payment
£2,985 31/01/2023
Unrestricted match funding payment to to January 2023
The Berkeley Foundation - Match funding payment
£9,174 31/10/2022
Unrestricted match funding payment to October 2022
Co-Operative Group - Grant to Alexander Devine Children's Hospice Service
£2,092 22/10/2022
We would like to provide activities for children with a life-limiting or life-threatening condition, so they and their siblings can gain new experiences, have fun and fulfil their potential.
National Lottery Community Fund - Family Support Programme
£9,250 05/08/2022
The funding will be used to employ a family support worker for bereaved families and those who have a child with a life limiting illness. The project aims to widen the support available improve ....more
The Berkeley Foundation - Match funding payment
£1,087 31/07/2022
Unrestricted match funding payment to July 2022
The Berkeley Foundation - Match Funding payment
£255 30/04/2022
Unrestricted match funding payment to April 2022
The Berkeley Foundation - Match funding payment
£1,355 31/01/2022
Unrestricted match funding payment to January 2022
Masonic Trust - MCF Hospice
£1,000 10/11/2021
Unrestricted funding for hospices
The Berkeley Foundation - Match funding payment
£11,136 31/10/2021
Unrestricted match funding payment to October 2021
Department of Health - Alexander Devine Childrens Cancer Trust
£125,276 14/09/2021
The grant supports the sustainable hospice service offer of palliative and end of life care for children and young people.
The Berkeley Foundation - Covid-19 match funding grant
£352 20/04/2021
Unrestricted donation to a charity match funding the amount raised by Berkeley Group staff
Co-Operative Group - Grant to Alexander Devine Children's Hospice Service
£5,215 24/10/2020
We would like to send wheelchair accessible transport to collect Berkshire families without transport, so they can use our services.
DCMS - Coronavirus Community Support Fund
£8,937 01/09/2020
"The fund aims to:1) To reduce closures of essential charities that provide essential services to vulnerable groups during the COVID-19 crisis by ensuring they have the financial resources to ....more
The Berkeley Foundation - Emergency Covid-19 grant to help mitigate loss of fundraising income
£10,000 28/04/2020
One-off unrestricted, emergency grant to support the Foundation's Designated Charities during the Covid-19 crisis. COVID19 related grant.
Youth Music - Alexander Devine Music Therapy Programme
£25,599 06/03/2020
Alexander Devine Music Therapy Programme
Oxfordshire Community Foundation - Ongoing support
£25,000 04/12/2019
Grant to Alexander Devine Children's Hospice
Co-Operative Group - Grant to Alexander Devine Children's Hospice Service
£8,168 15/11/2019
We want to support siblings of children with life-limiting conditions by providing activities and day trips.
Department of Health - Alexander Devine Children's Cancer Trust - Slough
£70,919 01/04/2019
Alexander Devine Childrens Cancer Trust - Slough
Co-Operative Group - Grant to Alexander Devine Children's Hospice Service
£6,967 19/11/2018
New equipment and materials will help children with life-limiting and life-threatening conditions to play and have fun.
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Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (5)
Current Trustees appointed
Gender Split

Age Range of Trustees: 51-79
Legal constitution
  • Charitable company registered in England & Wales on 25/04/2007, number: 1118947
  • Registered at Companies House on 27/03/2006, number: 05757493
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
16 returns made; AR11: 50 days late, AR08: 1 days late,
Recent reorganisation events:
  • Asset transfer in from WINDSOR DEDWORTH MANOR TOWNSWOMEN'S GUILD on 15/03/2023
Main office

Alexander Devine Childrens Hospice
Snowball Hill
MAIDENHEAD
Berkshire
SL6 3LU

Objectives

THE RELIEF OF CHILDREN WITH LIFE THREATENING OR LIFE LIMITING CONDITIONS, THEIR FAMILIES AND CARERS, IN PARTICULAR BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY THROUGH THE PROVISION OF A CHILDREN'S HOSPICE.

Defined Area of Benefit:

NOT DEFINED IN PRACTICE BERKSHIRE

Data Sources

Charity Commission for England and Wales
360 Giving
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