Finance Score: -6

Governance Score: 6

Support Score: 5

Liabilities <10%: +3
Excess liquidity: -1
Multiple Deficits and declines: -5
Fundraising costs high: -3

Dynamic board: +3
Gender balanced board: +3

Grant maker support: +5

Overall GiG Score: 5

EDITH CAVELL FUND FOR NURSES

We're here for UK nurses, midwives and healthcare assistants with money and support when they are living through personal or financial hardship, often because of illness, domestic abuse, disability, working poverty or older age.We help people who are retired or have changed profession.Put simply we're "Here for Nurses"

Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

The charity has received backing from several prominent grant makers recently
This charity has a robust balance sheet
Spending has increased over the last 3 years relative to the previous period
The Board appears to be well diversified in terms of gender and dynamic in terms of composition

Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

Over half the Board have joined recently

Financial issues to consider:

Liquidity appeared to be considerably in excess of CC guidelines at the latest year end
Income has been volatile and on several occasions in recent years less than spending
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
31/12/22	£737	£1,464	£-728	£211	£3,643	£2,827	23.2	12
31/12/21	£2,060	£1,071	£989	£171	£4,637	£3,633	40.7	11
31/12/20	£1,865	£1,368	£496	£124	£3,388	£3,352	29.4	10
31/12/19	£796	£971	£-175	£129	£2,783	£2,628	32.5	10
31/12/18	£1,206	£842	£364	£118	£2,781	£2,514	35.8	9
31/12/17	£423	£1,087	£-664	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0
31/12/16	£500	£1,213	£-712	£346	£3,100	£2,014	19.9	13
31/12/15	£4,654	£943	£3,711	£432	£3,576	£2,270	28.9	8

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Financial Ratios

Fundraising Costs/Relevant Income: 33.8%
Fundraising Costs/Total Spending: 15.3%
Senior Staff Costs/Total Spending: 15%
Highest pay band: £90,000-£100,000
Liabilities/Assets: 2%
Liabilities/Income: 11%
Unrestricted Funds/Total Funds: 78%
Reserves/Spending: 23.2 months
Net Current Assets/Spending: 3 months
Quick Ratio: 4.1

Asset Split ?

Established: 62 years

www.cavell.org.uk

Info@cavell.org.uk

01527595999

Charity Commission for England and Wales

Listed activities

The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty

GiG Classification

Poverty relief

How it operates

Makes Grants to Individuals
Provides advocacy/advice/information

Where it operates

Northern Ireland, Scotland, Throughout England And Wales,

Who it helps

Other Defined Groups

Who works here?

12 employees

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
Smallwood Trust - Funding for distribution as grants to individuals
£12,500	16/12/2021	This initiative seeks to shift grant making power directly to local women’s organisations and services. Smallwood provides a block grant and organisations then award hardship grants to individual ....more This initiative seeks to shift grant making power directly to local women’s organisations and services. Smallwood provides a block grant and organisations then award hardship grants to individual women 18+ integrated with their specialist support services.
The Grocers' Charity - 2020 Cavell Nurses' Trust
£10,000	07/05/2020	Providing front line support for disabled people
DCMS - Edith Cavell Fund for Nurses
£177,564	01/04/2019	The new Cavell Nurses Trust project will support nursing professionals and their families by targeting those with children under 18.
Garfield Weston Foundation - Main Grants award
£20,000	02/05/2018	Cavell Nurses' Trust - Core Services
DCMS - Edith Cavell Fund for Nurses
£121,000	01/04/2018	The new Cavell Nurses Trust project will support nursing professionals and their families by targeting those with children under 18.
National Lottery Heritage Fund - Grant to Cavell Nurses' Trust
£91,900	29/08/2014	Nurse Edith Cavell WW1 Centenary Commemorations 2015

Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (9)

Current Trustees appointed

Gender Split

CYNTHIA RUTH GUMBITI-ZIMUTO Appointed: 2022

DEBORAH CRITCHLEY Appointed: 2016

DAVID MALCOLM LEWIS Appointed: 2022

DEBRA MOORE Appointed: 2022

DR MATTHEW HODSON MBE Appointed: 2022

JILL COX Appointed: 2016

NAOMI DICKSON Appointed: 2022

PAUL BISHOP Appointed: 2020

SUSAN GOSTICK (Chair) Appointed: 2019

Legal constitution

Charity registered in England & Wales on 11/08/1962, number: 1160148

Gift Aid

Registered with HMRC for Gift Aid

Policies in force

Complaints handling
Conflicting interests
Risk management
Volunteer management

Filing Record

8 returns made; all on time

Main office

Cavell
Grosvenor House
Prospect Hill
REDDITCH
B97 4DL

Objectives

(A) THE RELIEF OF BENEFICIARIES WHO ARE IN NEED, HARDSHIP OR DISTRESS;(B) THE ADVANCEMENT OF THE EDUCATION OF BENEFICIARIES WHO ARE IN NEED, HARDSHIP OR DISTRESS; AND(C) THE PROMOTION OF THE SCIENCE AND ART OF NURSING.FOR FURTHER DETAILS SEE CLAUSE 4 OF THE SCHEME.THE DEFINITION OF BENEFICIARY HAS CHANGED BY DELETING NURSES, AUXILIARY NURSES AND STUDENT NURSES AND REPLACING IT WITH NURSES, MIDWIVES, HEALTHCARE SUPPORT WORKERS AND STUDENT NURSES WHEREVER IT OCCURS.

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