Finance Score: -1

Governance Score: 9

Support Score: 9

Reasonable growth: +1
Fundraising costs high: -2

Good trustee age range: +3
Dynamic board: +3
Gender balanced board: +3

Grant maker support: +9

Overall GiG Score: 17

TOGETHER FOR SHORT LIVES

Providing information to families about the range of care support availableSupporting organisations to continue to offer the highest standards of careRaising and distributing essential funding to care organisationsGiving a powerful voice to children, families and providers, ensuring their views influence Government policy

Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

The charity has received backing from multiple prominent grant makers recently
There has been reasonable growth in spending over the last 3 years relative to the previous period
There have been no material income shortfalls in recent years
The Board appears to be well diversified in terms of age and gender and dynamic in terms of composition

Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

Over half the Board have joined recently

Financial issues to consider:

Fundraising costs are high relative to funds raised

Established: 13 years

www.togetherforshortlives.org.uk

info@togetherforshortlives.org.uk

01179897820

Charity Commission for England and Wales

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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		£6,132	£6,180	£-48	£919	£3,973	£2,871	5.6	39	5
31/03/22		£3,153	£3,366	£-213	£887	£4,143	£3,842	13.7	27	5
31/03/21		£3,208	£3,235	£-27	£423	£4,314	£4,136	15.3	25	5
31/03/20		£4,391	£3,099	£1,292	£771	£4,067	£3,926	15.2	30	3
31/03/19		£4,082	£2,756	£1,326	£735	£2,805	£2,797	12.2	31	32
31/03/18		£3,132	£3,584	£-452	£762	£1,456	£1,365	4.6	38	0
31/03/17		£3,001	£3,660	£-659	£1,241	£1,898	£1,680	5.5	42	0
31/03/16	*	£2,748	£3,087	£-339	£1,063	£2,357	£2,326	9	37	0
31/03/15		£3,824	£3,852	£-28	£766	£2,774	£2,679	8.3	33	0
31/03/14		£3,347	£3,115	£232	£627	£2,604	£2,481	9.6	28	0
31/03/13		£4,448	£4,200	£249	£652	£2,304	£2,125	6.1	27	0
31/03/12		£3,369	£3,837	£-468	£726	£1,937	£1,522	4.8	28	0

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Financial Ratios

Fundraising Costs/Relevant Income: 21.8%
Fundraising Costs/Total Spending: 15.2%
Senior Staff Costs/Total Spending: 7%
Highest pay band: £80,000-£90,000
Liabilities/Assets: 39%
Liabilities/Income: 41%
Unrestricted Funds/Total Funds: 72%
Reserves/Spending: 5.6 months
Net Current Assets/Spending: 1 months
Quick Ratio: 0.6

Asset Split ?

Listed activities

Disability
Education/Training
The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives

How it operates

Acts as an umbrella or resource body
Makes Grants to Organisations
Provides advocacy/advice/information
Provides other finance
Provides services
Sponsors or undertakes research

Where it operates

Throughout England And Wales,

Who it helps

Children/Young People
Other Charities Or Voluntary Bodies
People With Disabilities
The General Public/Mankind

Who works here?

39 employees
5 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

True Colours Trust	£377,475
DCMS	£46,799
Masonic Trust	£40,000
National Lottery Community Fund	£9,800

Specific Donations

Amount	When Months	To be used for
True Colours Trust - Towards the cost of a project to develop a revised approach to the categorisation of children with l
£69,924	07/03/2023	Towards the cost of a project to develop a revised approach to the categorisation of children with life-limiting and life-threatening diagnoses.
Hackney CVS - Hackney Giving and LBH Cost of Living
£6,000	31/01/2023	Support for energy bills for families of children with complex health care needs
National Lottery Community Fund - Supporting the families of terminally ill babies
£9,800	25/11/2022	The funding will be used to develop and publish informational resources to support families with terminally ill babies.
Masonic Trust - MCF Large Grant
£40,000	10/11/2021	A grant to support families with a seriously ill child through support via their national helpline.
True Colours Trust - Towards the organisation’s core costs
£200,000	09/07/2021	Towards the organisation’s core costs.
True Colours Trust - Literature review – BAME communities’ use of children’s palliative care
£7,551	06/10/2020	Literature review – BAME communities’ use of children’s palliative care
DCMS - Coronavirus Community Support Fund
£46,799	11/08/2020	"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 "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."
True Colours Trust - Towards the organisation's core costs in response to COVID19
£100,000	06/04/2020	Towards the organisation's core costs in response to COVID19
DCMS - Building Connections Fund
£19,653	01/04/2019	Expansion project which works England-wide to deliver support to families of children with life-limiting conditions via a helpline telephone service, social media and outreach. The project will ....more Expansion project which works England-wide to deliver support to families of children with life-limiting conditions via a helpline telephone service, social media and outreach. The project will increase its impact of the current services and introduce new services such as web-chats. It aims to reach an additional 1,345 families. The group has strong partnerships and has strong experience of gathering evidence to evaluate the impact of its work.
DCMS - Building Connections Fund
£19,653	02/01/2019	Expansion project which works England-wide to deliver support to families of children with life-limiting conditions via a helpline telephone service, social media and outreach. The project will ....more Expansion project which works England-wide to deliver support to families of children with life-limiting conditions via a helpline telephone service, social media and outreach. The project will increase its impact of the current services and introduce new services such as web-chats. It aims to reach an additional 1,345 families. The group has strong partnerships and has strong experience of gathering evidence to evaluate the impact of its work.
National Lottery Community Fund - Together for Short Lives
£50,025	26/11/2018 36	Together for Short Lives
Department of Health - X Factor- Together for short lives
£13,596	01/04/2018	X factor 2017 Xmas single to Shooting Star Chase
John Ellerman Foundation - Towards expanding digitial family outreach work
£80,000	24/11/2016 36	Towards the costs of expanding their digital outreach and support services to families of children who are expected to have short lives.
Masonic Trust - Voices for Families - Legal and Advocacy Support Service
£17,000	20/07/2016	Providing a helpline, legal advice clinics and in-depth legal support to enable families to have a greater say about the care and support provided for their children.

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How is it governed?

Trustees (12)

Current Trustees appointed

Gender Split

Based on 11/12 persons

Age Range of Trustees: 33-71

TRACY TAIT Appointed: 2019, Occupation: Brand And Marketing Director

DR LISA ANGELICA DARE KAUFFMANN Appointed: 2022, Occupation: Retired

JEREMY MARK EVANS Appointed: 2024, Occupation: Non Executive Mentor And Corporate Advisor

MARK WINSTON SMITH Appointed: 2023, Occupation: Chief Executive

ROBERT WILLIAM LIGHTFOOT Appointed: 2023, Occupation: Chief Executive

ADAM SMITH Appointed: 2019, Occupation: Nurse

JOANNA LADDIE Appointed: 2019, Occupation: Doctor

SARAH LORKING Appointed: 2024, Occupation: Cfo Acorns Children'S Hospice, Other trusteeship: BRAILSFORD AND EDNASTON INSTITUTE,

STEPHANIE NIMMO Appointed: 2023, Occupation: Journalist

SUSAN KATHRYN HOGG Appointed: 2019, Occupation: Director For Children And Families At Chas

BERNIE WATSON Appointed: 2018, Occupation: Chartered Accountant, Other trusteeship: LONDON PARKS AND GREEN SPACES FORUM,

SARAH TALBOT-WILLIAMS (Chair) Appointed: 2024, Occupation: Non Executive Director And Consultant, Other trusteeship: OPENSTORYTELLERS LIMITED,

Legal constitution

Charitable company registered in England & Wales on 28/09/2011, number: 1144022
Registered at Companies House on 22/09/2011, number: 07783702

Gift Aid

Registered with HMRC for Gift Aid

Event History

21/12/2011 - Asset transfer in from ASSOCIATION FOR CHILDREN'S PALLIATIVE CARE
21/12/2011 - Asset transfer in from CHILDREN'S HOSPICES UK

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; AR16: 1 days late,

Main office

Together For Short Lives
Suite 1B Whitefriars
Lewins Mead
BRISTOL
Avon
BS1 2NT

Objectives

THE OBJECTS OF THE CHARITY ARE, AND ARE SPECIFICALLY RESTRICTED TO, PROMOTING, FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT, THE SUPPORT OF CHILDREN AND YOUNG PEOPLE WITH LIFE-LIMITING AND LIFE-THREATENING CONDITIONS AND THEIR FAMILIES, IN SUCH CHARITABLE WAYS AND BY SUCH CHARITABLE MEANS AS THE TRUSTEES THINK FIT, IN ORDER TO ENSURE THAT:SUCH CHILDREN AND YOUNG PEOPLE AND THEIR FAMILIES HAVE AS FULFILLING LIVES AS POSSIBLE; ANDSUCH CHILDREN AND YOUNG PEOPLE RECEIVE THE BEST CARE AT THE END OF LIFE

Defined Area of Benefit:

NATIONAL

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