Finance Score: 3
Governance Score: 6
Support Score: 4
  • Large legacies income: +1
  • Strong growth: +2
  • Good trustee age range: +3
  • Dynamic board: +3
  • Grant maker support: +4
Overall GiG Score: 13 ?

MOORFIELDS EYE CHARITY 

The Charity raises funds to enable Moorfields Eye Hospital to continue to provide excellent care for patients and their families and to help ensure the hospital remains a world-class centre for ophthalmic research and education.
Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

  • The charity has received backing from several prominent grant makers recently
  • This charity has received considerable income from legacies in recent years
  • There has been strong growth in spending over the last 5 years
  • There have been no material income shortfalls in recent years
  • The Board appears to be well diversified in terms of age and dynamic in terms of composition

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£14,049£8,824£5,225£1,520£67,172£7,0569.6326
31/03/22£8,637£7,656£981£1,231£64,267£7,51711.82620
31/03/21£7,824£6,251£1,573£1,094£58,045£6,48012.4252
31/03/20£6,724£8,259£-1,535£1,202£47,984£5,3647.8230
31/03/19£7,084£4,099£2,985£1,050£49,678£5,31815.6233
31/03/18£4,871£3,701£1,170£985£45,467£4,01313220
31/03/17£6,919£9,244£-2,325£1,078£43,863£3,5714.6180
31/03/16£5,837£4,406£1,431£1,035£43,489£2,5396.900
31/03/15£4,066£3,883£183£869£5,080£2,6578.200
31/03/14£2,545£1,307£1,238£762£4,897£2,0641910
31/03/13£3,217£1,344£1,873£566£3,719£1,44212.900
31/03/12£1,801£1,570£231£27£1,846£8506.510

Financial Ratios
Fundraising Costs/Relevant Income: 12.8%
Fundraising Costs/Total Spending: 19.7%
Senior Staff Costs/Total Spending: 6%
Highest pay band: £110,000-£120,000
Liabilities/Assets: 16%
Liabilities/Income: 89%
Unrestricted Funds/Total Funds: 11%
Reserves/Spending: 9.6 months
Net Current Assets/Spending: 11 months
Quick Ratio: 0.4
Asset Split ?
Established: 28 years

https://www.moorfieldseyecharity.org.uk

moorfields.eyecharity@nhs.net

02075662565

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UN SDGs
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Listed activities
  • The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives
GiG Classification
  • General hospitals
How it operates
  • Makes Grants to Individuals
  • Makes Grants to Organisations
  • Sponsors or undertakes research
Where it operates
  • Islington,
Who it helps
  • Other Charities Or Voluntary Bodies
  • Other Defined Groups
  • People With Disabilities
Who works here?
  • 32 employees
  • 6 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
CHK Foundation - CHK Discretionary Grant
£5,000 11/05/2020
towards the May 2020 Urgent Appeal at Moorfields
Masonic Trust - MCF Large Grant
£78,603 10/02/2020
Grant to fund Counsellor for Children who have been affected by sight loss and blinding diseases to come to terms with the affliction.

Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (10)
Current Trustees appointed

Age Range of Trustees: 47-76
  • JYOTSNA VOHRA Appointed: 2022, Occupation: Director For Policy And Public Affairs
  • LOUISA WICKHAM Appointed: 2021, Occupation: Consultant Ophthalmologist
Legal constitution
  • Charitable company registered in England & Wales on 04/07/1996, number: 1140679
  • Registered at Companies House on 25/02/2011, number: 07543237
Gift Aid
  • Registered with HMRC for Gift Aid
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
12 returns made; all on time
Main office

c/o Moorfields Eye Hospital
162 City Road
LONDON
EC1V 2PD

Objectives

THE OBJECTS OF THE COMPANY ARE THE RELIEF OF SICKNESS OR SUFFERING, THE ADVANCEMENT OF HEALTH AND THE ADVANCEMENT OF EDUCATION AND RESEARCH IN RELATION TO HEALTH AND HEALTH RELATED SCIENCES BY ANY CHARITABLE MEANS FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT IN PARTICULAR BUT WITHOUT LIMITATION BY THE SUPPORT OF CHARITABLE PURPOSES RELATING TO MOORFIELDS EYE HOSPITAL NHS FOUNDATION TRUST.

Data Sources

Charity Commission for England and Wales
360 Giving
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