Finance Score: 2

Governance Score: 1

Support Score: 8

Strong growth: +2
No PartB

No conflicts policy: -1
Only 4 Trustees: -1
Gender balanced board: +3

Grant maker support: +8

Overall GiG Score: 11

THE ANNE ROBSON TRUST

The Anne Robson Trust works with NHS hospitals to set up and train teams of volunteers, who provide support and companionship to people nearing the end of their life in hospital. The volunteers spend much of their time visiting patients who otherwise face the prospect of dying alone. The charity also runs a helpline to support those caring for loved ones who are dying.

Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

There has been strong growth in spending since inception
There have been no material income shortfalls in recent years
A significant proportion of recent income was derived from major grant makers

Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

This charity does not have a Conflict of Interests policy
There are only 4 trustees

Financial issues to consider:

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

Established: 6 years

http://www.annerobsontrust.org.uk

info@annerobsontrust.org.uk

01438 873257

Charity Commission for England and Wales

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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
31/12/22	£338	£312	£26	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	15
31/12/21	£220	£234	£-14	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	28
31/12/20	£193	£139	£54	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	3
31/12/19	£104	£52	£52	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	3
31/12/18	£41	£14	£27	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	5

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Highest pay bracket: less than £60,000

Listed activities

General Charitable Purposes
Other Charitable Purposes

How it operates

Provides services

Where it operates

Ireland, Scotland, Throughout England And Wales,

Who it helps

Elderly/Old People
The General Public/Mankind

Who works here?

Unknown number of employees
15 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.

Major supporters in last 5 years

National Lottery Community Fund	£200,500
The Clothworkers Foundation	£43,000
Garfield Weston Foundation	£27,500
The Grocers' Charity	£10,000
Essex Community Foundation	£7,059
The Foyle Foundation	£5,000

Specific Donations

Amount	When Months	To be used for
The Grocers' Charity - 2022-The Anne Robson Trust
£5,000	29/04/2022	towards core costs to respond to the huge increase in demand they experienced since the first wave of Covid-19, which continues to rise.
The Clothworkers Foundation - Grant to Anne Robson Trust
£43,000	28/04/2022	towards core costs to support the work outlined in your application
Sir Jules Thorn Charitable Trust - The Anne Robson Trust - 21/02/22
£1,000	08/03/2022	Core Funding
National Lottery Community Fund - The Anne Robson Trust Helpline
£10,000	26/11/2021	The funding will be used to continue to provide a helpline for terminally ill patients and their families. The project aims to provide emotional support comfort and compassion to those in need.
Garfield Weston Foundation - Main Grants award
£20,000	19/03/2021	The Anne Robson Trust - No One Deserves to Die Alone
National Lottery Community Fund - The Anne Robson Trust - COVID19 Response Work
£95,000	28/05/2020 6	The Anne Robson Trust coordinates volunteers to provide companionship to people at the end of their lives in hospitals. The project will use this funding to support bereaved families in the local ....more The Anne Robson Trust coordinates volunteers to provide companionship to people at the end of their lives in hospitals. The project will use this funding to support bereaved families in the local community through telephone and online support and providing signposting to bereavement support.
The Grocers' Charity - 2020 The Anne Robson Trust
£5,000	07/05/2020	Supporting people with rare medical conditions
Essex Community Foundation - A Message to a Loved One
£7,059	24/04/2020 6	to help run an adapted service to support to patients and their families at Princess Alexandra Hospital during the COVID19 crisis
National Lottery Community Fund - The Butterfly Volunteer Project
£95,500	20/09/2019 60	The Butterfly Volunteer Project
The Foyle Foundation - Small Grants
£5,000	02/07/2019	towards ongoing costs during the year end December 2019
Garfield Weston Foundation - Main Grants award
£7,500	30/04/2019	The Butterfly Service
Essex Community Foundation - The Butterfly Project
£5,470	21/02/2019 34	To recruit and train volunteers for the Butterfly Project to provide support to terminally ill patients at Colchester Hospital
Suffolk Community Foundation - The Butterfly Project
£2,577	22/01/2019 12	To recruit and support Butterfly Volunteers at East Suffolk & North Essex Foundation Trust - Ipswich Hospital site

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How is it governed?

Trustees (4)

Current Trustees appointed

Gender Split

ANDREW ADIE Appointed: 2023

FIONA KIRSTEN MCKENZIE Appointed: 2020

ROBERT PETER COTTON (Chair) Appointed: 2020

TANYA MICHELLE COTTER Appointed: 2022

Legal constitution

Charity registered in England & Wales on 11/05/2018, number: 1178352

Gift Aid

Registered with HMRC for Gift Aid

Policies in force

Paying staff
Risk management
Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
Volunteer management

Filing Record

5 returns made; all on time

Main office

Units A3 and A4
Mindenhall Court
17 High Street
Stevenage
Hertfordshire
SG1 3UN

Objectives

FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT TO RELIEVE THE NEEDS AND SUFFERING OF INDIVIDUALS AND THEIR FAMILIES THROUGH THE PROVISION OF END OF LIFE CARE, BY OFFERING PRESENCE, COMPANIONSHIP, COMFORT AND ATTENTION TO THOSE INDIVIDUALS WHO HAVE BEEN IDENTIFIED AS AT THE END OF LIFE.

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