Overall GiG Score: 13 ?
Finance Score: -1
Governance Score: 9
Support Score: 5
  • Liabilities <10%: +3
  • Excess liquidity: -1
  • Positive trading contribution: +2;Fundraising costs high: -5
  • Good trustee age range: +3
  • Dynamic board: +3
  • Gender balanced board: +3
  • Grant maker support: +5

ST PETER'S HOSPICE 

St Peter's Hospice is Bristol's only adult hospice caring for local people with life-limiting illnesses. Our commitment is to improve the quality of life of patients while extending care and support to their families and loved ones.
Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

  • This charity has a robust balance sheet
  • More than half of total income was derived from trading and fees in the latest year
  • 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 and a Community Foundation
  • The Board appears to be well diversified in terms of age and gender and dynamic in terms of composition

Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

  • Over half the Board have joined recently

Financial issues to consider:

  • Liquidity appeared to be in excess of CC guidelines at the latest year end especially considering the historic stability of income
  • Fundraising costs are extremely high relative to funds raised
Established: 49 years

www.stpetershospice.org

mail@stpetershospice.org

01179159400

Charity Commission for England and WalesCompanies House
UN SDGs
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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£18,255£17,908£347£7,965£37,483£24,12716.24591,250
31/03/22£17,099£15,602£1,497£6,875£37,826£24,25118.74381,500
31/03/21£15,243£14,594£649£6,208£33,497£21,48217.74441,500
31/03/20£16,687£16,145£542£6,870£28,958£19,58914.64731,500
31/03/19£16,340£15,969£371£7,239£29,375£19,54114.74441,500
31/03/18£17,658£14,909£2,749£7,015£28,105£18,78815.14320
31/03/17£15,736£14,641£1,095£6,581£25,189£15,904134190
31/03/16£13,293£13,233£60£6,035£21,786£13,258123870
31/03/15£12,967£12,709£258£5,785£21,731£13,00412.32980
31/03/14£13,645£12,105£1,540£5,671£20,193£11,99811.92970
31/03/13£11,942£11,834£108£5,453£13,696£10,45210.62830
31/03/12£11,794£11,801£-7£5,577£12,879£9,7819.92820
31/03/11£11,726£11,217£509£5,169£12,822£9,77710.52730
31/03/10£11,293£11,667£-374£5,150£11,643£9,0279.32630
31/03/09£10,821£10,696£125£4,806£10,819£8,4819.52660
31/03/08£10,997£9,974£1,023£4,562£11,798£9,61311.62740
31/03/07£9,751£9,447£304£4,303£11,048£7,5259.62670
31/03/06£9,485£8,948£537£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/05*£8,476£8,211£265£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/04£8,274£7,511£763£0£0£0n/a00

Financial Ratios
Fundraising Costs/Relevant Income: 98.4%
Fundraising Costs/Total Spending: 45.6%
Senior Staff Costs/Total Spending: 4%
Highest pay band: £90,000-£100,000
Liabilities/Assets: 3%
Liabilities/Income: 6%
Unrestricted Funds/Total Funds: 64%
Reserves/Spending: 16.2 months
Net Current Assets/Spending: 6 months
Quick Ratio: 1.7
Asset Split ?
What it does
  • Education/Training
  • The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives
Who works here?
  • 459 employees
  • 1,250 volunteers
Who it helps
  • Children/Young People
  • Elderly/Old People
  • People With Disabilities
  • The General Public/Mankind
How it operates
  • Provides advocacy/advice/information
  • Provides buildings/facilities/open space
  • Provides human resources
  • Provides services
  • Sponsors or undertakes research
Where it operates
  • Bristol City, North Somerset, South Gloucestershire,

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
Masonic Trust£30,405
Tudor Trust£10,000
Quartet Community Foundation£2,600
Specific Donations
Amount When
Months
To be used for
Quartet Community Foundation - Grant to St Peter's Hospice
£100 10/02/2023
As directed by the donor towards St Pete's Hospice's work improving the quality of life of patients while extending care and support to their families and loved ones.
Quartet Community Foundation - Grant to St Peter's Hospice
£500 18/11/2022
As requested by the donor towards the work of St Peter's Hospice in Bristol. St Peter's Hospice provides specialist palliative care to adults with life-limiting illnesses, including support to their ....more
Quartet Community Foundation - Grant to St Peter's Hospice
£250 11/04/2022
A one off donation towards the work of St Peter's Hospice, in memory of former OC staff member, Jill Davis. St Peter's Hospice provides specialist palliative care to adults with life-limiting ....more
Quartet Community Foundation - Grant to St Peter's Hospice
£1,500 27/01/2022
As directed by the donor towards the work of the organisation.
Masonic Trust - MCF Hospice
£1,705 10/11/2021
Unrestricted funding for hospices
Quartet Community Foundation - Grant to St Peter's Hospice
£250 03/06/2021
As directed by the donor towards the work of the organisation
Masonic Trust - MCF Hospice UK Partnership
£28,700 06/03/2020
To improve the access and equality to St Peter’s Hospice services for people experiencing street homelessness and living in hostels
Tudor Trust - Grant to St Peter's Hospice
£10,000 28/02/2020
12
as a combined staff grant, providing unrestricted funding for this hospice in Bristol, in memory of Hannah King
Quartet Community Foundation - Grant to St Peter's Hospice
£5,000 25/05/2018
As directed by the donor towards their capital appeal.
National Lottery Community Fund - Improving Access to services for patients supporting hearing loss
£9,593 07/03/2018
12
The funding will be used to run workshops to address communication barriers between hospice staff and people who are deaf or living with hearing issues. The project aims to bring people together and ....more
Garfield Weston Foundation - Major Grants award
£100,000 29/01/2018
Room to Care - Building a 21st Century Hospice
Wolfson Foundation - Grant to St Peter's Hospice
£130,000 04/12/2017
Inpatient Unit
Quartet Community Foundation - Grant to St Peter's Hospice
£5,000 01/12/2017
As requested by the donor.
Quartet Community Foundation - Grant to St Peter's Hospice
£5,000 06/11/2017
As requested by the donor towards caring for local people with life-limiting illnesses.
Masonic Trust - Hospice Grant
£2,620 18/10/2017
Core funding for hospices
Masonic Trust - Hospice Grant
£3,576 19/10/2016
Core funding for hospices
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Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (7)
Current Trustees appointed
Gender Split

Age Range of Trustees: 44-67
  • ROBERT TAFFINDER Appointed: 2022, Occupation: Assistant Director Careers Service (External Engag
Legal constitution
  • Charitable company registered in England & Wales on 07/04/1975, number: 269177
  • Registered at Companies House on 20/11/1974, number: 01191227
Gift Aid
  • Registered with HMRC for Gift Aid
Event History
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; AR05: 1 days late,
Recent reorganisation events:
  • Asset transfer in from ST VINCENT LODGE CHARITABLE TRUST on 11/01/2021
  • Asset transfer in from THE BRISTOL PATCHWAY 'E' TOWNSWOMEN'S GUILD on 09/06/2023
  • Asset transfer in from NAILSEA LIONS CLUB on 19/12/2023
Main office

ST. PETERS HOSPICE
CHARLTON ROAD
BRENTRY
BRISTOL
BS10 6NL

Objectives

TO PROMOTE THE RELIEF OF SICKNESS IN SUCH WAYS AS THE CHARITY SHALL FROM TIME TO TIME THINK FIT AND, IN PARTICULAR (BUT WITHOUT PREJUDICE TO THE GENERALITY OF THIS OBJECT), TO PROVIDE SERVICES SO AS TO SUPPORT THE PHYSICAL, PSYCHOLOGICAL, SOCIAL AND SPIRITUAL NEEDS OF THOSE AFFECTED BY LIFE-LIMITING ILLNESSES.

Defined Area of Benefit:

NOT DEFINED

Data Sources

Charity Commission for England and Wales
360 Giving
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