Finance Score: 7
Governance Score: 3
Support Score: 9
  • Strong growth: +2
  • Future income +5
  • No PartB
  • Gender balanced board: +3
  • Overall weighted support: +9
Overall GiG Score: 19 ?

EVELINA CHILDREN'S HEART ORGANISATION LIMITED

SUPPORTS CHILDREN TREATED AT THE EVELINA CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL (AND CLINICS VISITED BY EVELINA CARDIOLOGISTS), PRINCIPALLY FOR CONGENITAL HEART DEFECTS, AS WELL AS THEIR PARENTS/CARERS/CLOSE FAMILY. PROVIDE INFORMATION, FRIENDSHIP, SUPPORT WHEN PARENTS FEEL ALONE OR NEED ADVICE. ADVOCACY PROVIDES PATIENT VOICE TO HELP GUYS & ST THOMAS'S NHS TRUST SHAPE SERVICES FOR CHD.
Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

  • The charity has received backing from multiple prominent grant makers recently and there are significant future grants due to be received
  • There has been strong growth in spending over the last 5 years
  • The Board appears to be well diversified in terms of gender

Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

  • One or more trustees receive payments or benefits from the charity for providing services to the charity

Financial issues to consider:

  • A PartB annual return has not been required and so detailed financial information is not available from the online data

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
31/12/23£325£356£-31n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/12/22£284£280£3n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/12/21£290£218£72n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/12/20£382£177£205n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/12/19£205£198£7n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/12/18£224£203£22n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/12/17£150£229£-79n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/12/16£135£207£-72n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/12/15£184£244£-60n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/12/14£173£159£14n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/12/13£177£153£24n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/12/12£161£171£-10n/an/an/an/an/an/a

Highest pay bracket: less than £60,000
Established: 13 years

www.echo-uk.org

hello@echo-uk.org

02079984710

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UN SDGs
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Listed activities
  • Disability
  • The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives
GiG Classification
  • Outpatient support services
How it operates
  • Makes grants to organisations
  • Other charitable activities
  • Provides advocacy/advice/information
Where it operates
  • Throughout England And Wales,
Who it helps
  • Other Defined Groups

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
City Bridge Trust£151,600
Garfield Weston Foundation£105,000
DCMS£56,313
Guy's and St Thomas' Charity£36,000
BBC Children in Need£35,500
National Lottery Community Fund£16,117
True Colours Trust£10,000
CAF£10,000
Specific Donations
Amount When
Months
To be used for
Garfield Weston Foundation - Main Grants award
£30,000 08/11/2023
ECHO - REACHING THE HEART COMMUNITY
City Bridge Trust - Grant to Evelina Children's Heart Organisation
£141,600 01/02/2023
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£141,600 over three years (£47,000; £47,200, £47,400) to fund a Youth Worker and the associated project costs to provide support for children & young people with congenital heart conditions.
Co-Operative Group - Grant to ECHO (Evelina Children's Heart Organisation)
£2,127 22/10/2022
ECHO will provide a bespoke material for children living with congenital heart disease who are in the hospital. To help children battle the boredom and isolation from being separated from family.
BBC Children in Need - Grant to Evelina Children's Heart Organisation Limited
£500 20/10/2022
0
‘Cost of Living uplift: £500 to help projects meet their rising costs and respond to increased demand 31/10/2022’
Garfield Weston Foundation - Main Grants award
£25,000 12/08/2022
ECHO - Hearts in the community
National Lottery Community Fund - Hearty Voices - Hearing from the children’s heart community
£10,000 22/04/2022
This project will support children and young people with congenital heart conditions who receive treatment at the Evelina Children's Hospital and their families and carers. It offers peer to peer opportunities and will look to offer in person ....more
National Lottery Community Fund - Opening Doors
£6,117 24/09/2021
The funding is being used to support families with children or young people with heart conditions by connecting families with medical and scientific staff to reduce isolation/bridge the gap between parents/hospital clinicians/science.
Sir Jules Thorn Charitable Trust - Evelina Children's Heart Organistaion - 22/06/21
£1,250 07/07/2021
Core Funding
Garfield Weston Foundation - Main Grants award
£25,000 19/03/2021
Core funding for ECHO Hearts
True Colours Trust - Towards establishing virtual parent support during Covid19
£10,000 09/02/2021
Towards establishing virtual parent support during Covid19
London Catalyst - Evelina Children's Heart Organisation - 4
£700 27/01/2021
Specialist antenatal classes evaluation
DCMS - VSCE CMC Fund
£10,000 02/09/2020
NET, Comic Relief and Children in Need will use this funding to provide: increased support to vulnerable people and hidden groups, thus reducing the burden on public services; reach local grassroots and small organisations who can provide an ....more
DCMS - Coronavirus Community Support Fund
£41,313 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 operate, thereby reducing the burden on public ....more
BBC Children in Need - Grant to Evelina Children's Heart Organisation Limited
£5,000 17/06/2020
6
COVID19 - This project will send out activity packs, create online content and train staff appropriately to support young people affected by congenital heart conditions and are affected by the impact of Covid-19 and improve their treatment and ....more
City Bridge Trust - Grant to Evelina Children's Heart Organisation
£10,000 26/05/2020
A grant of £10,000 to fund the essential and urgent costs outlined in the application, so that the organisation can carry on providing support to Londoners.
DCMS - VSCE CMC Fund
£5,000 19/05/2020
NET, Comic Relief and Children in Need will use this funding to provide: increased support to vulnerable people and hidden groups, thus reducing the burden on public services; reach local grassroots and small organisations who can provide an ....more
Guy's and St Thomas' Charity - COVID19 support for ECHO
£36,000 30/04/2020
Covid 19 - support for Evelina Children's Heart Organisation
CAF - Grant to Evelina Children's Heart Organisation
£10,000 15/04/2020
3
Grant to Evelina Children's Heart Organisation to support the organisation through COVID19
London Borough of Southwark - Grant to Evelina Children's Heart Organisation
£3,500 01/04/2020
COVID-19 community grants wave 1 grant from the Finance & Governance department
BBC Children in Need - Grant to Evelina Children's Heart Organisation Limited
£30,000 20/03/2020
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This project will deliver regular hospital transition days for young people affected by congenital heart conditions. It will help them to become more independent, have fun and build positive relationships with their peers.
Garfield Weston Foundation - Main Grants award
£25,000 17/01/2020
Connecting ECHO Hearts
National Lottery Community Fund - Heart Families Wellness Day- Kent
£2,790 24/07/2019
12
The project will use funding to organise a wellness day children treated in hospital for congenital heart condition and their families
London Catalyst - Evelina Children's Heart Organisation - 3
£3,307 10/06/2019
Specialist antenatal classes for parents whose unborn child has been diagnosed with a heart condition.
Co-Operative Group - Grant to Echo Evelina children's heart organisation
£8,517 19/11/2018
We want to run nine activity days – such as first aid training or cookery – for young people with heart conditions facing uncertain futures.
BBC Children in Need - Grant to Evelina Children's Heart Organisation Limited
£29,250 10/08/2017
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This three year project will provide children and young people aged 11-17 who have heart conditions with fun activities and information to support their transition into adulthood.
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Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (6)
Current Trustees appointed
Gender Split
Based on 5/6 persons

Age Range of Trustees: 42-61
  • ALEX BICKNELL Appointed: 2014, Occupation: Equity Department Manager
  • JOANNA EYESON Appointed: 2014, Occupation: Medical Doctor
  • LYNNE ALICS POWRIE Appointed: 2022
  • MARC ANDREW HARRY Appointed: 2017, Occupation: Company Director
  • PATRICIA JANE WARD Appointed: 2012, Occupation: Accountant
  • STEPHEN JOHN WOOD (Chair) Appointed: 2017, Occupation: Company Director
Legal constitution
  • Charitable company registered in England & Wales on 21/03/2012, number: 1146494
  • Registered at Companies House on 01/12/2011, number: 07867592
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
  • 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

Evelina Children's Heart Organisati
Canterbury House
1 Royal Street
London
SE1 7LL

Objectives

TO RELIEVE CHILDREN WHO ARE SICK, CONVALESCENT, HANDICAPPED OR DISABLED, PRINCIPALLY FROM HEART DISORDERS AND WHO ARE EITHER PATIENTS OR FORMER PATIENTS OF THE EVELINA CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL WITHIN GUY'S AND ST THOMAS HOSPITAL TRUST, OR WHO ARE RECEIVING TREATMENT AT CLINICS VISITED BY THE TRUST PAEDIATRIC CARDIOLOGISTS, BY PROVIDING INFORMATION, FRIENDSHIP, MORAL SUPPORT, EQUIPMENT TO THE HOSPITALS OR SUCH OTHER ACTIVITIES AS THE TRUSTEES DEEM FIT FOR THE CHILDREN AND THEIR PARENTS AND CARERS.

Data Sources

Charity Commission for England and Wales
360 Giving

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