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

Grant maker 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
There have been no material 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 age and gender and dynamic in terms of composition

Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

There are 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	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	£12,504	15.1	166	1,600
31/03/22		£13,064	£9,356	£3,708	£3,837	£15,497	£12,703	16.3	169	1,292
31/03/21		£11,861	£8,777	£3,084	£3,138	£11,632	£8,689	11.9	167	1,338
31/03/20		£11,611	£10,142	£1,469	£3,739	£8,106	£6,039	7.1	164	1,600
31/03/19		£8,699	£8,486	£213	£3,504	£6,826	£4,740	6.7	158	1,500
31/03/18		£8,153	£7,934	£219	£3,677	£6,508	£4,445	6.7	155	0
31/03/17		£7,823	£7,650	£173	£3,354	£6,193	£4,241	6.7	151	0
31/03/16		£7,778	£7,262	£517	£3,130	£5,733	£3,775	6.2	144	0
31/03/15		£7,156	£6,784	£372	£2,836	£5,361	£3,413	6	139	0
31/03/14		£6,994	£6,532	£462	£2,475	£5,146	£3,189	5.9	134	0
31/03/13		£6,212	£6,414	£-202	£2,130	£4,719	£2,888	5.4	135	0
31/03/12	*	£5,850	£6,285	£-435	£1,930	£4,911	£3,063	5.8	0	0

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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

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Established: 13 years

www.renniegrove.org

sam.kinnear@renniegrove.org

01442890222

Charity Commission for England and Wales

Tweets

Listed activities

The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives

GiG Classification

Hospice 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 works here?

166 employees
1,600 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

Department of Health	£239,983
DCMS	£100,000
Garfield Weston Foundation	£50,000
Co-Operative Group	£10,141

Specific Donations

Amount	When Months	To be used for
Rothschild Foundation - Grant to Rennie Grove Hospice Care
£100	08/03/2023	A donation in memory of a volunteer at Waddesdon Manor
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 ....more 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 as ongoing support to the childrens hospices via a multi year award.
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 ....more "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 services.2) To ensure essential services are provided to vulnerable people, both in the short and long term through increased community support through the work of charitable organisations."
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 ....more 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 illness, and their carers, in their own homes.
Wolfson Foundation - Grant to Rennie Grove Hospice Care
£75,000	04/12/2017	Refurbishment of Grove House

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How is it governed?

Trustees (13)

Current Trustees appointed

Gender Split

Age Range of Trustees: 38-71

ALAN PHILIP GRAHAM MBE Appointed: 2023

ERIKA HOPE MORALEZ-PEREZ Appointed: 2023

SEEMA HILL Appointed: 2023, Occupation: Business Consultant

CHRIS INMAN Appointed: 2016, Occupation: Trustee, Other trusteeships: PEACE HOSPICE CARE, RENNIE GROVE PEACE HOSPICE CARE,

DR ALIE WAINWRIGHT Appointed: 2013, Occupation: Gp, Other trusteeship: PEACE HOSPICE CARE,

ELAINE COLERIDGE SMITH Appointed: 2023, Other trusteeships: PEACE HOSPICE CARE, RENNIE GROVE PEACE HOSPICE CARE,

JOANNE LESLEY LANGFIELD Appointed: 2023, Occupation: Trustee, Other trusteeships: PAUL STRICKLAND SCANNER CENTRE, PEACE HOSPICE CARE, RENNIE GROVE PEACE HOSPICE CARE,

JULIE MOROSCO Appointed: 2023, Occupation: Coach And Mentor, Other trusteeships: PEACE HOSPICE CARE, RENNIE GROVE PEACE HOSPICE CARE,

MARTIN JOHN FERGUSON Appointed: 2019, Occupation: Director Of Policy & Research

RICHARD RUSSELL-HOGG Appointed: 2023, Occupation: Finance Director, Other trusteeship: IAIN RENNIE HOSPICE AT HOME,

STEPHEN RICHARD HAMILL Appointed: 2019, Occupation: Retired

DR JEREMY STEPHEN SHINDLER (Chair) Appointed: 2023, Occupation: General Practitioner, Other trusteeship: PEACE HOSPICE CARE,

JOHN VINCENT WROE Appointed: 2017, Occupation: Chartered Accountant, Other trusteeships: IAIN RENNIE HOSPICE AT HOME, PEACE HOSPICE CARE, ST ALBANS AND DACORUM DAY HOSPICE, RENNIE GROVE PEACE HOSPICE CARE,

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

14/11/2019 - Asset transfer in from ST ALBANS CITY AND DISTRICT BEREAVEMENT NETWORK
26/10/2021 - Asset transfer in from THE ROSE GREEN WOMEN'S CLUB
06/05/2022 - Asset transfer in from JESSIE ELIZABETH KENT CHARITABLE TRUST

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 ST ALBANS CITY AND DISTRICT BEREAVEMENT NETWORK on 14/11/2019
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

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