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Finance Score: -3
Governance Score: 6
Support Score: 2
  • Volatile income: -3
  • No PartB
  • Dynamic board: +3
  • Gender balanced board: +3
  • Overall weighted support: +2
Overall GiG Score: 5 ?

FISHER HOUSE UK

Fisher House UK is a home away from home for military patients and their families, on the site of the Queen Elizabeth Hospital Birmingham.It offers accommodation for military patients and their families whilst their loved ones are being treated at the hospital.The charity supports the military patients and their families in any way needed.
Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

  • A significant proportion of recent income was derived from major grant makers
  • The Board appears to be well diversified in terms of gender and dynamic in terms of composition

Financial issues to consider:

  • Income has been volatile recently
  • A PartB annual return has not been required and so detailed financial information is not available from the online data
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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
31/03/24£6£6£0n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/23£11£11£-1n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/22£16£16£-1n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/21£4£3£1n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/20?£5£6£-1n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/18£1£0£1n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/17£0£0£0n/an/an/an/an/an/a
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Highest pay bracket: less than £60,000
Established: 9 years

www.fisherhouseuk.org

fisherhouse@uhb.nhs.uk

01213714852

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UN SDGs
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Listed activities
  • Accommodation/Housing
  • Armed Forces/Emergency Service Efficiency
  • Disability
  • General Charitable Purposes
  • The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives
GiG Classification
  • Social clubs and similar
How it operates
  • Provides buildings/facilities/open space
  • Provides other finance
  • Provides services
Where it operates
  • Birmingham City,
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.

Specific Donations
Amount When
Months		 To be used for
Ministry of Defence - Covenant Fund
£25,000 12/11/2021
For existing charitable projects to help charities to sustain activities and services that people from Armed Forces communities use and value.

Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (8)
Current Trustees appointed
Gender Split

Age Range of Trustees:
  • ALEXIA LOUISE BINNS Appointed: 2023, Occupation: Lawyer
  • AMELIA GODSON Appointed: 2024
  • AMIL KHAN Appointed: 2023
  • DAVID MICHAEL MACKAY (Chair) Appointed: 2019
  • HANNAH ELIZABETH WOODALL-PAGAN Appointed: 2023
  • JOANNE EALES Appointed: 2021
  • MICHAEL RICHARD SEABROOK Appointed: 2019
  • WILLIAM STANLEY BALDWIN Appointed: 2021, Occupation: Retired
Legal constitution
  • Charity registered in England & Wales on 16/11/2015, number: 1164427
Gift Aid
  • NOT registered with HMRC for Gift Aid
Policies in force
  • Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
  • Complaints policy and procedures
  • Financial reserves policy and procedures
  • Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
  • Internal risk management policy and procedures
  • Safeguarding policy and procedures
  • Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
  • Social media policy and procedures
  • Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
  • Trustee expenses policy and procedures
Filing Record
7 returns made; all on time
Main office

Fisher House
Mindelsohn Way
Queen Elizabeth Hospital
Birmingham
B15 2GN

Objectives

THE OBJECTS OF THE CIO ARE TO ASSIST PERSONS WHO ARE CURRENTLY SERVING OR WHO HAVE SERVED IN THE ARMED FORCES AND THEIR FAMILIES BY ADVANCING ANY LAWFUL CHARITY PURPOSE AT THE DISCRETION OF THE CHARITY TRUSTEES AND IN PARTICULAR BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY: TO PROMOTE AND PROTECT THE HEALTH OF THOSE THAT HAVE BEEN WOUNDED OR INJURED WHILST SERVING IN THE ARMED FORCES THROUGH THE PROVISION OF ACCOMMODATION, FACILITIES, EQUIPMENT OR SERVICES FOR THEIR REHABILITATION. TO PROMOTE THE WELL BEING OF THOSE THAT HAVE BEEN WOUNDED OR INJURED WHILST SERVING IN THE ARMED FORCES BY PROVIDING ACCOMMODATION, FACILITIES, EQUIPMENT OR SERVICES TO SUCH OF THEIR FAMILIES AND DEPENDENTS WHO WISH TO VISIT THEM WHILE THEY RECEIVE THEIR REHABILITATION.

Defined Area of Benefit:

NOT DEFINED

Data Sources

Charity Commission for England and Wales
360 Giving

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