Finance Score: -1
Governance Score: 3
Support Score: 4
  • Liabilities <10%: +3
  • Excess liquidity: -1
  • Large legacies income: +1
  • Reasonable growth: +1
  • Multiple Deficits: -2
  • Fundraising costs high: -3
  • Dynamic board: +3
  • Grant maker support: +4
Overall GiG Score: 6 ?

NORTHAMPTONSHIRE HEALTH CHARITABLE FUND 

The charity seeks to secure donations, legacies and sponsorship, and seeks to provide the additional support to make a real difference for the patients, their families and the staff at the NHS facilities in the county. The charity actively supports volunteers who have individually promoted fundraising events through advertising and advice.
Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

  • The charity has received modest backing from several prominent grant makers recently
  • This charity has a robust balance sheet
  • This charity has received considerable income from legacies in recent years
  • There has been reasonable growth in spending over the last 3 years relative to the previous period
  • The Board appears to be dynamic in terms of composition

Financial issues to consider:

  • Liquidity appeared to be considerably in excess of CC guidelines at the latest year end
  • On several occasions in recent years income has been less than spending
  • Fundraising costs are 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 Volun-
teers
31/03/23£1,179£1,599£-420£266£6,037£2,96522.3103
31/03/22£1,834£1,580£254£297£6,443£3,32625.3810
31/03/21£1,434£1,225£209£149£4,608£1,79517.6510
31/03/20£855£960£-105£126£4,026£1,59419.955
31/03/19£1,242£1,245£-3£103£4,234£1,65516520
31/03/18£843£1,043£-200£62£4,227£1,60018.450
31/03/17£1,772£1,510£262£83£4,278£1,82314.550

Financial Ratios
Fundraising Costs/Relevant Income: 25.1%
Fundraising Costs/Total Spending: 16.6%
Highest pay band: Less than £60,000
Liabilities/Assets: 5%
Liabilities/Income: 25%
Unrestricted Funds/Total Funds: 49%
Reserves/Spending: 22.3 months
Net Current Assets/Spending: 8 months
Quick Ratio: 4
Asset Split ?
Established: 8 years

http://www.nhcfgreenheart.co.uk/

keith.brooks@nhcf.co.uk

01604626927

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UN SDGs
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Listed activities
  • The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives
GiG Classification
  • Philanthropic intermediaries and voluntarism promotion
How it operates
  • Makes Grants to Organisations
Where it operates
  • Northamptonshire,
Who it helps
  • Children/Young People
  • Elderly/Old People
  • The General Public/Mankind
Who works here?
  • 10 employees
  • 3 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.

Specific Donations
Amount When
Months
To be used for
Masonic Trust - MCF Matched Funding
£1,500 05/12/2022
Unrestricted matched funding in partnership with the local masonic province
Pears Foundation - Grant to Northamptonshire Health Charity Fund
£34,900 21/06/2021
Pears #iWill Fund: Youth Volunteer Coordinator

Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (9)
Current Trustees appointed
Gender Split
Based on 8/9 persons

Legal constitution
  • Charity registered in England & Wales on 23/02/2016, number: 1165702
Gift Aid
  • Registered with HMRC for Gift Aid
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
  • Social media policy and procedures
  • Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
  • Volunteer management
Filing Record
7 returns made; all on time
Main office

Northamptonshire Health Charitable
Springfield
Cliftonville
NORTHAMPTON
NN1 5BE

Objectives

The objects of the CIO are any charitable purpose or purposes relating to the general or any specific purposes of the Northamptonshire Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust or its successor, the Northampton General Hospital NHS Trust or its successor, the Kettering General Hospital NHS Foundation Trust or its successor (all as defined in clause 29 and collectively known as the 'NHS Bodies'); or the purposes of the Health Service (as described in Section 1 of the NHS Act 2006 or any statutory modification of that section).

Data Sources

Charity Commission for England and Wales
360 Giving
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