Finance Score: -3
Governance Score: 8
Support Score: 8
  • Liabilities <10%: +3
  • Excess liquidity: -1
  • Fundraising costs high: -5
  • 12+ Trustees: -1
  • Good trustee age range: +3
  • Dynamic board: +3
  • Gender balanced board: +3
  • Overall weighted support: +8
Overall GiG Score: 13 ?

RENNIE GROVE HOSPICE CARE

Rennie Grove Hospice Care provides palliative care for adults and children who have been diagnosed with cancer or another life limiting illness in Herts and Bucks. Through our 24/7 responsive hospice at home service, our specialist nurses give patients the choice to be cared for at home. We also offer support services for families and, in Herts, a range of day services for patients & families.
Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

  • This charity has a robust balance sheet
  • Spending has increased over the last 3 years relative to the previous period, despite a decline more recently
  • 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 and dynamic in terms of composition

Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

  • Why are there 13 trustees whereas the Charities Commission recommends a maximum of 12?
  • Over half the Board have joined recently

Financial issues to consider:

  • Liquidity appeared to be in excess of CC guidelines at the latest year end
  • Fundraising costs are extremely high relative to funds raised

Financial Data ?

Income & Spending ?
Sources of Income ?
Y/E Income
£k
Spending
£k
Surplus/
Deficit £k
Fundraising
Cost £k
Total
Funds £k
Unrestricted
Funds £k
Mths
Rsrvs
Staff Volun-
teers
31/03/23£10,235£9,940£294£4,286£15,516£12,50415.11661,600
31/03/22£13,064£9,356£3,708£3,837£15,497£12,70316.31691,292
31/03/21£11,861£8,777£3,084£3,138£11,632£8,68911.91671,338
31/03/20£11,611£10,142£1,469£3,739£8,106£6,0397.11641,600
31/03/19£8,699£8,486£213£3,504£6,826£4,7406.71581,500
31/03/18£8,153£7,934£219£3,677£6,508£4,4456.71550
31/03/17£7,823£7,650£173£3,354£6,193£4,2416.71510
31/03/16£7,778£7,262£517£3,130£5,733£3,7756.21440
31/03/15£7,156£6,784£372£2,836£5,361£3,41361390
31/03/14£6,994£6,532£462£2,475£5,146£3,1895.91340
31/03/13£6,212£6,414£-202£2,130£4,719£2,8885.41350
31/03/12*£5,850£6,285£-435£1,930£4,911£3,0635.800

Financial Ratios
Fundraising Costs/Relevant Income: 73.2%
Fundraising Costs/Total Spending: 43.1%
Senior Staff Costs/Total Spending: 5%
Highest pay band: £120,000-£130,000
Liabilities/Assets: 7%
Liabilities/Income: 11%
Unrestricted Funds/Total Funds: 81%
Reserves/Spending: 15.1 months
Net Current Assets/Spending: 10 months
Quick Ratio: 5.7
Asset Split ?
Balance Sheet History
Established: 14 years

www.renniegrove.org

sam.kinnear@renniegrove.org

01442890222

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UN SDGs
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Listed activities
  • The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives
GiG Classification
  • Hospice & bereavement services
How it operates
  • Provides buildings/facilities/open space
  • Provides human resources
  • Provides services
Where it operates
  • Buckinghamshire, Hertfordshire,
Who it helps
  • Children/Young People
  • Elderly/Old People
  • People With Disabilities

Who supports them? ?

Donations from Grant Makers ?

We have details on the following donations. Multi-year donations are allocated to the years for which they are earmarked.

Major supporters in last 5 years
Department of Health£239,983
DCMS£100,000
Garfield Weston Foundation£50,000
Sir Jules Thorn Charitable Trust£5,000
Specific Donations
Amount When
Months
To be used for
Co-Operative Group - Grant to Rennie Grove Hospice Care
£3,374 22/10/2022
We would like to provide a structured bereavement support programme for local people, following the loss of a loved one.
Department of Health - Rennie Grove Hospice Care
£140,530 01/06/2022
The grant supports the sustainable hospice service offer of palliative and end of life care for children and young people. Please note that these hospice grants were previously funded by DHSC and was then transferred to NHSE to distribute and manage ....more
Sir Jules Thorn Charitable Trust - Rennie Grove Hospice Care - 28/09/21
£5,000 29/11/2021
Core Funding
Masonic Trust - MCF Hospice
£1,000 10/11/2021
Unrestricted funding for hospices
Department of Health - Rennie Grove Hospice Care
£99,453 14/09/2021
The grant supports the sustainable hospice service offer of palliative and end of life care for children and young people.
DCMS - Coronavirus Community Support Fund
£100,000 29/09/2020
"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 operate, thereby reducing the burden on public ....more
Bedfordshire and Luton Community Foundation - Grant to Rennie Grove Hospice Care
£4,000 11/05/2020
11
Supporting Hands
Garfield Weston Foundation - Main Grants award
£50,000 28/02/2020
Grove House Capital Project
Co-Operative Group - Grant to Rennie Grove Hospice Care
£6,768 15/11/2019
We want to expand our team of volunteers, providing support visits to people and families affected by serious illness and bereavement.
National Lottery Community Fund - Supporting Hands (roll-out) in Hertfordshire and Buckinghamshire
£64,955 28/02/2019
24
The organisation provides end of life care to patients with life-limiting illnesses living in Buckinghamshire and Hertfordshire. The project will use funding to expand a volunteer befriending service which supports people with a life-limiting ....more
Wolfson Foundation - Grant to Rennie Grove Hospice Care
£75,000 04/12/2017
Refurbishment of Grove House
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Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (13)
Current Trustees appointed
Gender Split

Age Range of Trustees: 39-72
  • ALAN PHILIP GRAHAM MBE Appointed: 2023
  • CHRIS INMAN Appointed: 2016, Occupation: Trustee
  • DR ALEXANDRA JEANNETTE ROSALIND WAINWRIGHT Appointed: 2013, Occupation: Gp
  • DR JEREMY STEPHEN SHINDLER (Chair) Appointed: 2023, Occupation: General Practitioner
  • ELAINE COLERIDGE SMITH Appointed: 2023
  • ERIKA HOPE MORALEZ-PEREZ Appointed: 2023
  • JOHN VINCENT WROE Appointed: 2017, Occupation: Chartered Accountant
  • JOANNE LESLEY LANGFIELD Appointed: 2023, Occupation: Trustee
  • JULIE MOROSCO Appointed: 2023, Occupation: Coach And Mentor
  • MARTIN JOHN FERGUSON Appointed: 2019, Occupation: Director Of Policy & Research
  • RICHARD RUSSELL-HOGG Appointed: 2023, Occupation: Finance Director
  • SEEMA HILL Appointed: 2023, Occupation: Business Consultant
  • STEPHEN RICHARD HAMILL Appointed: 2019, Occupation: Retired
Legal constitution
  • Charitable company registered in England & Wales on 11/02/2011, number: 1140386
  • Registered at Companies House on 30/12/2010, number: 07479930
Gift Aid
  • Registered with HMRC for Gift Aid
Event History
Other Regulators
  • Care Quality Commission
Policies in force
  • Complaints handling
  • Conflicting interests
  • Investment
  • Paying staff
  • Risk management
  • Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
  • Volunteer management
Filing Record
12 returns made; AR12: 1 days late,
Recent reorganisation events:
  • Asset transfer in from THE ROSE GREEN WOMEN'S CLUB on 26/10/2021
  • Asset transfer in from JESSIE ELIZABETH KENT CHARITABLE TRUST on 06/05/2022
Main office

GROVE HOUSE
WAVERLEY ROAD
ST. ALBANS
AL3 5QX

Objectives

4.1. THE OBJECTS FOR WHICH THE CHARITY IS ESTABLISHED (THE OBJECTS) ARE TO PROMOTE THE RELIEF OF SICKNESS IN SUCH WAYS AS THE CHARITY SHALL FROM TIME TO TIME THINK FIT, AND IN PARTICULAR (BUT WITHOUT PREJUDICE TO THE GENERALITY OF THE FOREGOING): 4.1.1. TO ESTABLISH, MAINTAIN AND CONDUCT RESIDENTIAL HOME(S) AND OR DAY CARE CENTRE(S) IN THE UNITED KINGDOM FOR THE RECEPTION AND CARE OF PERSONS OF EITHER SEX (WITHOUT REGARD TO RACE, RELIGION OR CREED) WHO ARE SUFFERING (AT ANY AGE) FROM CHRONIC OR TERMINAL ILLNESS OR FROM ANY DISABILITY OR DISEASE WHETHER ATTRIBUTABLE TO OLD AGE OR OTHERWISE, AND TO PROVIDE MEDICAL OR OTHER TREATMENT AND ATTENTION FOR SUCH PERSONS AS AFORESAID IN THEIR OWN HOMES EITHER FREE OF CHARGE OR SUBJECT TO SUCH PAYMENT AS THE CHARITY MAY THINK FIT;4.1.2. TO CONDUCT, PUBLISH, PROMOTE OR ENCOURAGE RESEARCH INTO THE CARE AND TREATMENT OF PERSONS SUFFERING FROM ANY SUCH ILLNESS, DISABILITY, DISEASE OR INFIRMITY AS AFORESAID, AND PARTICULARLY (BUT WITHOUT PREJUDICE TO THE GENERALITY OF THE FOREGOING) INTO THE CARE AND TREATMENT OF PERSONS SUFFERING FROM CANCER OR TERMINAL ILLNESS, AND TO PUBLISH THE RESULTS THEREOF TO THE PUBLIC;4.1.3. TO PROMOTE, ENCOURAGE OR ASSIST IN THE TEACHING OR TRAINING OF DOCTORS, NURSES, PHYSIOTHERAPISTS AND OTHER PERSONS ENGAGED IN ANY BRANCH OF MEDICINE, SURGERY, NURSING OR ALLIED SERVICES, AND IN THE TEACHING OR TRAINING OF STUDENTS IN ANY BRANCH OF MEDICINE, SURGERY, NURSING OR ALLIED SERVICES; 4.1.4. TO ENCOURAGE AND PROMOTE THE EDUCATION AND AWARENESS OF THE PUBLIC IN THE UNITED KINGDOM CONCERNING THE CARE AND TREATMENT OF PERSONS SUFFERING FROM ANY SUCH ILLNESS, DISABILITY, DISEASE OR INFIRMITY AS AFORESAID, AND PARTICULARLY (BUT WITHOUT PREJUDICE TO THE GENERALITY OF THE FOREGOING) INTO THE CARE AND TREATMENT OF PERSONS SUFFERING FROM CANCER OR TERMINAL ILLNESS, AND TO PROVIDE INFORMATION SERVICES FOR THOSE PATIENTS AND THEIR CARERS, FAMILIES AND FRIENDS IN CONNECTION WITH THEIR CARE AND TREATMENT; 4.1.5. TO PROVIDE, ASSIST OR ENCOURAGE THE PROVISION OF SPIRITUAL HELP, GUIDANCE AND SUPPORT FOR ANY SUCH PATIENTS AND THEIR CARERS, FAMILIES AND/OR FRIENDS, AND PERSONS WORKING IN ANY SUCH DAY CENTRE(S), HOME OR HOMES AS AFORESAID AND TO INCLUDE THE PROVISION OF A PLACE OF WORSHIP.

Defined Area of Benefit:

THE UNITED KINGDOM

Data Sources

Charity Commission for England and Wales
360 Giving

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