Overall GiG Score: 10 ?
Finance Score: -4
Governance Score: 6
Support Score: 8
  • Liabilities <10%: +3
  • Excess liquidity: -1
  • Large legacies income: +1
  • Multiple Deficits: -2
  • Fundraising costs high: -5
  • Good trustee age range: +3
  • Dynamic board: +3
  • Grant maker support: +8

SALISBURY HOSPICE CHARITY LIMITED 

The charity provides financial support for the Palliative Care Service based at Salisbury Hospice, and for the relief of suffering in cancer and other terminal illness and the promotion of related research. The aim of the charity is to contribute to the funding of a full range of palliative care services from Salisbury NHS Foundation Trust.
Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

  • The charity has received backing from multiple prominent grant makers, including a Community Foundation, recently
  • This charity has a robust balance sheet
  • This charity has received considerable income from legacies in recent years
  • The Board appears to be well diversified in terms of age and dynamic in terms of composition

Financial issues to consider:

  • Liquidity appeared to be in excess of CC guidelines at the latest year end
  • On several occasions in recent years income has been less than spending
  • Fundraising costs are extremely high relative to funds raised
Established: 16 years

www.salisburyhospicecharity.org.uk

ian@salisburyhospicecharity.org.uk

01722416353

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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£1,539£1,930£-391£436£3,136£2,83017.614150
31/03/22£1,582£1,695£-113£311£3,737£3,45524.510110
31/03/21£2,506£1,406£1,100£296£3,777£3,57330.59100
31/03/20£1,720£1,696£23£370£2,325£2,25415.910100
31/03/19£1,656£1,916£-260£316£2,526£2,396159100
31/03/18£1,214£1,885£-671£328£2,779£2,75017.590
31/03/17£1,565£1,934£-369£425£3,476£3,35420.8100
31/03/16£1,592£1,591£1£285£3,535£3,36125.390
31/03/15£1,090£2,071£-981£294£3,668£3,41419.8100
31/03/14£1,572£1,746£-174£218£4,449£3,66725.280
31/03/13£2,171£2,326£-155£119£4,498£4,0702170
31/03/12£2,064£2,161£-97£93£4,281£4,26323.750
31/03/11£1,423£1,872£-449£101£4,433£4,42328.420
31/03/10£1,652£1,805£-153£139£4,691£4,67931.130
31/03/09£1,791£1,680£111£110£4,086£4,07029.130

Financial Ratios
Fundraising Costs/Relevant Income: 48.8%
Fundraising Costs/Total Spending: 22.9%
Highest pay band: Less than £60,000
Liabilities/Assets: 2%
Liabilities/Income: 4%
Unrestricted Funds/Total Funds: 90%
Reserves/Spending: 17.6 months
Net Current Assets/Spending: 5 months
Quick Ratio: 12.6
Asset Split ?
What it does
  • The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives
Who works here?
  • 14 employees
  • 150 volunteers
Who it helps
  • The General Public/Mankind
How it operates
  • Makes Grants to Organisations
Where it operates
  • Wiltshire,

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
DCMS£100,000
Wolfson Foundation£80,000
Wiltshire Community Foundation£10,000
Co-Operative Group£6,118
Specific Donations
Amount When
Months
To be used for
Wolfson Foundation - Grant to Salisbury Hospice Charity
£80,000 06/12/2023
Refurbishment of Peter Gilliam Support Centre providing outpatient care
Co-Operative Group - Grant to Salisbury Hospice Charity
£2,619 22/10/2022
We aim to support people at their end of their lives to die peacefully at home with their loved ones. We will ensure that nursing staff are available 24/7 to support them and their families.
Masonic Trust - MCF Matched Funding
£1,250 27/01/2022
Unrestricted matched funding in partnership with the local masonic province
Masonic Trust - MCF Hospice
£1,470 10/11/2021
Unrestricted funding for hospices
Co-Operative Group - Grant to Salisbury Hospice
£3,498 23/10/2021
We aim to provide end of life care and bereavement support to those in our community who need it most.
Wiltshire Community Foundation - Grant to Salisbury Hospicecare Trust Ltd
£10,000 12/08/2020
12
Hospice care for people with life limiting illnesses (in patient & community based) in Salisbury and surrounding areas of Wiltshire.
DCMS - Coronavirus Community Support Fund
£100,000 05/08/2020
"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
Garfield Weston Foundation - Multi-Year Grant (3 Years) award
£75,000 18/10/2018
Hospice at Home
National Lottery Community Fund - The Peaceful Moments Garden
£6,000 23/08/2018
12
The funding will be used to provide an outdoor garden area for the local community. The project aims to improve the local environment and bring people together.
Quartet Community Foundation - Grant to Salisbury Hospice Charity
£4,230 01/12/2017
Towards two Innova Mobile Riser Recliner Chairs.
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Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (11)
Current Trustees appointed

Age Range of Trustees: 40-79
  • JULIE WHALE Appointed: 2023, Occupation: Professional Coach
Legal constitution
  • Charitable company registered in England & Wales on 25/03/2008, number: 1123314
  • Registered at Companies House on 05/03/2008, number: 06525170
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
  • 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
  • Risk management
  • Safeguarding policy and procedures
  • 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
15 returns made; all on time
Main office

IAN KEMP
FINANCE OFFICER
SALISBURY HOSPICE CHARITY
SALISBURY HOSPICE
ODSTOCK ROAD
SALISBUR

Objectives

3.1TO PROMOTE THE RELIEF OF SUFFERING(SO FAR AS SUCH PURPOSE IS CHARITABLE) IN SUCH WAYS AS THE CHARITY SHALL FROM TIME TO TIME THINK FIT AND IN PARTICULAR (BUT WITHOUT PREJUDICE TO THE GENERALITY OF SUCH OBJECT)311BY ESTABLISHING MAINTAINING AND PROVIDING HOSPICE CARE AND HOME CARE SERVICES FOR THE RECEPTION AND CARE OF PERSONS OF EITHER SEX (WITHOUT REGARD TO RACE OR CREED) WHO ARE SUFFERING (AT ANY AGE) FROM ANY CHRONIC OR TERMINAL ILLNESS OR FROM ANY DISABILITY OR DISEASE ATTRIBUTABLE TO OLD AGE OR FROM ANY OTHER PHYSICAL OR MENTAL INFIRMITY DISABILITY OR DISEASE AND BY PROVIDING MEDICAL OR OTHER TREATMENT AND ATTENTION FOR ANY SUCH PERSONS AS AFORESAID IN THEIR OWN HOMES312 BY CONDUCTING OR PROMOTING OR ENCOURAGING RESEARCH INTO THE CARE AND TREATMENT OF PERSONS SUFFERING FROM ANY SUCH ILLNESS DISABILITY, DISEASE OR INFIRMITY AS AFORESAID AND PARTICULARLY INTO THE CARE AND TREATMENT OF PERSONS SUFFERING FROM CANCER OR TERMINAL ILLNESSES313BY PROVIDING BEREAVEMENT COUNSELLING SERVICES FOR ADULTS AND CHILDREN INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO CIRCUMSTANCES WHERE THE BEREAVEMENT CONCERNS A PATIENT TREATED BY THE CHARITY314 BY PROVIDING OR ASSISTING IN OR ENCOURAGING THE PROVISION OF SPIRITUAL HELP AND GUIDANCE FOR3141 PERSONS SUFFERING FROM ANY SUCH ILLNESS DISABILITY DISEASE OR INFIRMITY AS AFORESAID WHETHER RECEIVING CARE AND/OR TREATMENT AT A HOSPICE RESIDENTIAL HOME OR IN THEIR OWN HOMES3142 THE FAMILIES OF SUCH PERSONS AND3143 THE CARERS OF SUCH PERSONS AND315BY PROVIDING CARE SUPPORT AND ASSISTANCE TO THE CARERS AND FAMILY OF PATIENTS TREATED BY THE CHARITY IN SUCH WAYS AS THE CHARITY THINKS FIT

Defined Area of Benefit:

UNDEFINED IN PRACTICE WILTSHIRE

Data Sources

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