Finance Score: 0
Governance Score: 6
Support Score: 8
  • Strong growth: +2
  • Deficit latest year: -2
  • Good trustee age range: +3
  • Dynamic board: +3
  • Overall weighted support: +8
Overall GiG Score: 14 ?

GUY'S AND ST THOMAS' FOUNDATION

GUY’S AND ST THOMAS’ FOUNDATION IS AN INDEPENDENT CHARITABLE FOUNDATION INVESTING IN A HEALTHIER SOCIETY. WE FUND, INVEST, PARTNER, ENGAGE AND INFLUENCE TO COME AT BIG HEALTH CHALLENGES FROM ALL ANGLES. WE COLLABORATE WITH COMMUNITIES, PARTNERS, AND HOSPITALS, IN PARTICULAR GUY’S AND ST THOMAS’ NHS FOUNDATION TRUST, AND USE OUR ASSETS TO IMPROVE PEOPLE’S PHYSICAL AND MENTAL HEALTH.
Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

  • The charity has received backing from multiple prominent grant makers recently
  • This charity has an endowment fund which generates much of its income. Its latest spending amounts to 7.5% of total funds
  • There has been strong growth in spending over the last 5 years
  • The Board appears to be well diversified in terms of age and dynamic in terms of composition

Financial issues to consider:

  • Income was significantly lower than spending in the latest year

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
31/03/23£29,128£72,553£-43,425£6,361£970,948£43,9887.31260
31/03/22£28,927£62,182£-33,255£4,877£1,002,323£60,60611.71030
31/03/21£28,487£45,747£-17,260£4,097£960,446£68,84618.1690
31/03/20£26,634£43,255£-16,621£4,135£814,947£68,81219.1480
31/03/19£24,056£35,613£-11,557£3,227£833,754£65,57522.1380
31/03/18£27,065£40,633£-13,568£1,842£771,640£57,56617330
31/03/17£27,103£30,600£-3,497£481£754,242£46,38118.2250
31/03/16£19,442£20,470£-1,028£467£631,262£30,54617.9230

Financial Ratios
Fundraising Costs/Relevant Income: 0%
Fundraising Costs/Total Spending: 0%
Senior Staff Costs/Total Spending: 6%
Highest pay band: £250,000-£300,000
Liabilities/Assets: 14%
Liabilities/Income: 527%
Unrestricted Funds/Total Funds: 5%
Reserves/Spending: 7.3 months
Net Current Assets/Spending: 0 months
Quick Ratio: 0.4
Asset Split ?
Balance Sheet History
Established: 10 years

http://www.gsttfoundation.org.uk/

info@gsttfoundation.org.uk

02070894550

Charity Commission for England and WalesCompanies House
UN SDGs
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Listed activities
  • Accommodation/Housing
  • Arts/Culture/Heritage/Science
  • Disability
  • Education/Training
  • Environment/Conservation/Heritage
  • The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives
GiG Classification
  • Grant-making foundations
How it operates
  • Makes grants to organisations
  • Provides buildings/facilities/open space
  • Provides other finance
  • Sponsors or undertakes research
Where it operates
  • Lambeth, Southwark,
Who it helps
  • Children/Young People
  • Elderly/Old People
  • Other Charities Or Voluntary Bodies
  • People With Disabilities
  • The General Public/Mankind

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
Sir Jules Thorn Charitable Trust£350,000
Greater London Authority£127,960
Department of Health£82,713
Garfield Weston Foundation£50,000
Specific Donations
Amount When
Months
To be used for
Greater London Authority - GSTT Health Inclusion Team
£63,980 02/03/2023
Grant of £63,980 to fund 1 FTE nurse to provide health care services to the NSNO Waterloo Hub Hotel.
Sir Jules Thorn Charitable Trust - Evelina London Children?s Charity - 07/04/22
£350,000 23/11/2022
MRI Scanner Upgrade
The Berkeley Foundation - Match funding payment
£1,989 31/10/2022
Unrestricted match funding payment to October 2022
The Berkeley Foundation - Match funding payment
£5,475 31/07/2022
Unrestricted match funding payment to July 2022
The Berkeley Foundation - Match Funding payment
£3,690 30/04/2022
Unrestricted match funding payment to April 2022
The Berkeley Foundation - Foundation award grants
£500 29/03/2022
Unrestricted 2022 Foundation Awards grant
Greater London Authority - Health Inclusion Team
£63,980 02/03/2022
To fund a Band 7 community nurse from GSTT HIT to support people staying at the Waterloo Hub Hotel
The Berkeley Foundation - Match funding payment
£2,283 31/01/2022
Unrestricted match funding payment to January 2022
Rothschild Foundation - Grant to Guy’s and St Thomas’ Foundation
£2,500 03/11/2021
Support of Guy's and St Thomas's Foundation following Henry Kimbell's Newbury race-day
The Berkeley Foundation - Match funding payment
£9,515 31/10/2021
Unrestricted match funding payment to October 2021
The Berkeley Foundation - Covid-19 match funding grant
£5,000 20/04/2021
Unrestricted donation to a charity match funding the amount raised by Berkeley Group staff
Department of Health - VCSE Health and Wellbeing Fund
£82,713 01/04/2021
The VCSE Health and Wellbeing Fund is a yearly fund for voluntary and community sector organisations that is run in partnership between DHSC, PHE and NHS EI. Each year the fund has a different theme which is determined based on system-wide ....more
DCMS - Coronavirus Community Support Fund
£10,000 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 operate, thereby reducing the burden on public ....more
Garfield Weston Foundation - Major Grants award - COVID19 response
£50,000 01/05/2020
Guy’s and St Thomas’ NHS Foundation Trust Coronavirus Appeal
The Berkeley Foundation - Emergency Covid-19 grant to help mitigate loss of fundraising income
£10,000 28/04/2020
One-off unrestricted, emergency grant to support the Foundation's Designated Charities during the Covid-19 crisis. COVID19 related grant.
Sport England - Escape Pain (Enabling Self-management and Coping with Arthritis)
£392,000 28/09/2017
24
Funding under Sport England's Active Ageing Fund funding programme for a Revenue project titled 'Escape Pain (Enabling Self-management and Coping with Arthritis)'. This project lists its main activity as Multi-Skill Coaching.
Sport England - Escape Pain (Enabling Self-management and Coping with Arthritis)
£392,000 28/09/2017
23
Funding under Sport England's Active Ageing Fund funding programme for a Revenue project titled Escape Pain (Enabling Self-management and Coping with Arthritis). This project is a Multi-Skill Coaching project, with a focus on older beneficiaries.
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Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (9)
Current Trustees appointed

Age Range of Trustees: 44-74
  • ANDREW LEE Appointed: 2023, Occupation: Director
  • DAVID BENNETT Appointed: 2023, Occupation: Non-Executive Director
  • DR DHANANJAYAN SRISKANDARAJAH Appointed: 2021, Occupation: Ceo
  • DR NIKITA KANANI Appointed: 2021, Occupation: Gp And Medical Director For Primary Care, Nhs E&I
  • HELEN RUTH BAILEY Appointed: 2021, Occupation: Management Consultant
  • KATHERINE NATASHA WARD Appointed: 2021, Occupation: Chief Commercial Officer & Md Europe, Healthy.Io
  • SIR RONALD JAMES KERR Appointed: 2021, Occupation: Health Service Manager/Advisor
  • SUSANNE JOHANNE GIVEN (Chair) Appointed: 2021, Occupation: Chairperson And Ned
  • YASEMIN SALTUK LAMY Appointed: 2021, Occupation: Investor
Legal constitution
  • Charitable company registered in England & Wales on 04/02/2015, number: 1160316
  • Registered at Companies House on 04/12/2014, number: 09341980
Gift Aid
  • Registered with HMRC for Gift Aid
Fundraising Regulator
First registered: 09/01/2016, current status: Large charity (levy paid)
Event History
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
  • Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
  • Trustee expenses policy and procedures
Filing Record
8 returns made; all on time
Recent reorganisation events:
  • Asset transfer in from ACTION AGAINST ALLERGY LIMITED on 01/10/2021
  • Asset transfer in from FRIENDS OF MINNIE KIDD HOUSE on 16/05/2024
Main office

The Grain House
46 Loman Street
London
SE1 0EH

Objectives

THE OBJECTS OF THE CHARITY ARE ANY CHARITABLE PURPOSE OR PURPOSES RELATING TO THE GENERAL OR ANY SPECIFIC PURPOSES OF GUY’S AND ST THOMAS’ NHS FOUNDATION TRUST OR THE PURPOSES OF THE HEALTH SERVICE (AS DESCRIBED IN SECTION 1 OF THE NATIONAL HEALTH SERVICE ACT 2006 OR ANY STATUTORY MODIFICATION OF THAT SECTION) INCLUDING BUT WITHOUT LIMITATION BY:SECURING IMPROVEMENTS IN PHYSICAL AND MENTAL HEALTH;SECURING IMPROVEMENTS IN THE PREVENTION, DIAGNOSIS AND TREATMENT OF PHYSICAL AND MENTAL ILLNESS; AND THE PROMOTION AND PROTECTION OF PUBLIC HEALTH.

Data Sources

Charity Commission for England and Wales
360 Giving
Charizone

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