Finance Score: -5
Governance Score: 8
Support Score: 6
  • Fundraising costs high: -5
  • 12+ Trustees: -1
  • Good trustee age range: +3
  • Dynamic board: +3
  • Gender balanced board: +3
  • Grant maker support: +6
Overall GiG Score: 9 ?

ST LUKE'S HOSPICE 

St Luke's exists to give free, expert care to local people aged 18 and over who have active, progressive and advanced life-threatening illness - with extended support to families and carers.
Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

  • There have been no material income shortfalls in recent years
  • A significant proportion of recent income was derived from major grant makers including the Government
  • The Board appears to be well diversified in terms of age and gender and dynamic in terms of composition

Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

  • There are 15 trustees whereas the Charities Commission recommends a maximum of 12

Financial issues to consider:

  • 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 Volun-
teers
31/03/23£11,537£12,386£-849£3,663£13,861£13,86113.4253595
31/03/22£13,695£10,093£3,601£3,009£15,129£15,12918240533
31/03/21£12,764£9,775£2,989£2,456£11,509£11,50914.1238571
31/03/20£10,535£9,967£568£2,879£8,955£8,95510.8249744
31/03/19£10,765£10,039£726£2,826£8,746£8,74610.5246744
31/03/18£10,054£9,733£321£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/17£9,854£9,722£131£2,795£14,105£10,92213.52360
31/03/16£8,905£8,683£222£2,591£13,429£10,19614.12190
31/03/15£8,906£8,208£698£2,389£13,323£10,05914.71680
31/03/14£9,682£7,429£2,253£2,107£12,503£9,34415.11650
31/03/13£10,602£7,546£3,056£1,996£10,187£8,65113.81650
31/03/12£6,872£6,364£508£1,660£7,132£7,13213.42120
31/03/11£6,332£6,769£-437£1,394£6,657£6,65711.82420
31/03/10£6,713£7,249£-536£1,393£7,029£6,90211.42680
31/03/09£6,525£6,871£-346£1,373£7,459£7,33012.82640
31/03/08£7,626£6,936£690£1,286£7,851£7,69113.32600
31/03/07£5,738£5,474£264£890£7,236£7,07415.52490
31/03/06£5,534£5,430£104£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/05£5,740£5,286£454£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/04£5,515£4,987£528£0£0£0n/a00

Financial Ratios
Fundraising Costs/Relevant Income: 64.2%
Fundraising Costs/Total Spending: 29.8%
Senior Staff Costs/Total Spending: 3%
Highest pay band: £100,000-£110,000
Liabilities/Assets: 19%
Liabilities/Income: 29%
Unrestricted Funds/Total Funds: 100%
Reserves/Spending: 13.4 months
Net Current Assets/Spending: 3 months
Quick Ratio: 1
Asset Split ?
Established: 56 years

www.stlukeshospice.org.uk

info@hospicesheffield.co.uk

01142369911

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UN SDGs
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Listed activities
  • Education/Training
  • The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives
GiG Classification
  • Hospice services
How it operates
  • Provides advocacy/advice/information
  • Provides buildings/facilities/open space
  • Provides human resources
  • Provides services
  • Sponsors or undertakes research
Where it operates
  • Sheffield City,
Who it helps
  • Elderly/Old People
  • Other Defined Groups
  • The General Public/Mankind
Who works here?
  • 253 employees
  • 595 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
Wolfson Foundation£43,400
Sir Jules Thorn Charitable Trust£5,000
Masonic Trust£1,940
Specific Donations
Amount When
Months
To be used for
Wolfson Foundation - Grant to St Luke's Hospice
£43,400 09/12/2021
Installation of technology to increase mobile phone signal. Grant awarded through 'rapid route' in response to Covid-19 pandemic.
Masonic Trust - MCF Hospice
£1,940 10/11/2021
Unrestricted funding for hospices
Sir Jules Thorn Charitable Trust - St Luke's Hospice - 04/05/21
£5,000 14/06/2021
Core Funding
Masonic Trust - Hospice Grant
£2,800 18/10/2017
Core funding for hospices
Masonic Trust - Hospice Grant
£3,863 19/10/2016
Core funding for hospices
Henry Smith Charity - Grant to St Lukes Hospice
£75,000 05/12/2013
towards the refurbishment costs of an in-patient unit at a hospice in Sheffield

Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (15)
Current Trustees appointed
Gender Split
Based on 14/15 persons

Age Range of Trustees: 41-67
  • ADRIAN BELTON (Chair) Appointed: 2023, Occupation: Company Director
Legal constitution
  • Charitable company registered in England & Wales on 24/11/1967, number: 254402
  • Registered at Companies House on 15/11/1967, number: 00922448
Gift Aid
  • Registered with HMRC for Gift Aid
Other Regulators
  • Care Quality Commission
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
  • Social media policy and procedures
  • Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
  • Trustee expenses policy and procedures
  • Volunteer management
Filing Record
20 returns made; all on time
Recent reorganisation events:
  • Asset transfer in from THE GRAVEL ROAD TRUST on 04/11/2022
Main office

ST. LUKES HOSPICE
LITTLE COMMON LANE
SHEFFIELD
S11 9NE

Objectives

THE COMPANY'S OBJECTS ARE TO RELIEVE SICKNESS AND ASSIST IN THE TREATMENT AND CARE OF PERSONS SUFFERING FROM MENTAL OR PHYSICAL ILLNESS OF ANY DESCRIPTION AND IN PARTICULAR:- A ) BY PROVIDING AN ESTABLISHMENT OR ESTABLISHMENTS FOR SICK PERSONS WHERE THEY CAN BE GIVEN THE ACCOMMODATION, ATTENDANCE, MEDICAL CARE AND TREATMENT AND NURSING WHICH BY REASONS OF THEIR SICKNESS THEY REQUIRE; B) BY CONDUCTING, EXPLORING OR ENCOURAGING RESEARCH AND THE EVALUATION OF IMPROVEMENTS IN THE CARE OF THE TERMINALLY ILL PERSON AND THAT PERSON'S CARERS AND RELATIVES AND TO DISSEMINATE THE USEFUL RESULTS OF SUCH RESEARCH; C) BY PROVIDING PALLIATIVE CARE IN THE COMMUNITY AND BY PROVIDING SUPPORT FOR THE CARERS AND RELATIVES OF TERMINALLY ILL PERSONS.

Defined Area of Benefit:

NATIONAL

Data Sources

Charity Commission for England and Wales
360 Giving
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