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

ST LUKE'S HOSPICE PLYMOUTH 

The principal object of the charity is to promote the relief of sickness amongst people suffering from terminal illness.
Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

  • This charity has a robust balance sheet
  • 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

Financial issues to consider:

  • Fundraising costs are extremely high relative to funds raised
Established: 44 years

www.stlukes-hospice.org.uk

info@stlukes-hospice.org.uk

01752401172

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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£11,889£11,665£224£4,820£13,900£13,77514.2294595
31/03/22£11,961£10,250£1,711£3,994£13,766£13,69516284619
31/03/21£11,933£9,698£2,235£3,811£11,907£11,85614.7309675
31/03/20£13,582£10,954£2,629£4,975£9,193£9,16310305941
31/03/19£10,790£10,175£615£4,484£7,086£7,0008.3290959
31/03/18£10,069£9,803£266£4,277£6,386£6,3237.72730
31/03/17£9,391£9,474£-83£4,085£6,127£6,1097.72710
31/03/16£8,822£9,549£-727£3,921£5,910£5,8737.42770
31/03/15£9,077£9,350£-273£3,847£6,704£6,5918.52370
31/03/14£9,989£8,925£1,064£3,644£6,864£6,7719.12170
31/03/13£8,729£8,662£68£3,504£5,770£5,5687.71200
31/03/12£7,837£8,351£-514£3,463£5,578£3,8095.52030
31/03/11£8,070£7,922£148£3,123£6,076£4,2126.42010
31/03/10£7,149£7,053£96£2,332£5,851£4,4017.51900
31/03/09£6,741£6,815£-73£1,978£5,539£4,0767.21830
31/03/08£6,673£6,227£446£1,708£5,781£4,13781730
31/03/07*£5,261£5,344£-83£1,529£5,405£3,98991580
31/03/06*£3,679£4,104£-425£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/05£3,283£3,728£-445£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/04£3,487£3,258£229£0£0£0n/a00

Financial Ratios
Fundraising Costs/Relevant Income: 70.5%
Fundraising Costs/Total Spending: 41.5%
Senior Staff Costs/Total Spending: 5%
Highest pay band: £130,000-£140,000
Liabilities/Assets: 7%
Liabilities/Income: 8%
Unrestricted Funds/Total Funds: 99%
Reserves/Spending: 14.2 months
Net Current Assets/Spending: 8 months
Quick Ratio: 9.2
Asset Split ?
Listed activities
  • Education/Training
  • The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives
How it operates
  • Provides advocacy/advice/information
  • Provides services
Where it operates
  • Cornwall, Devon, Plymouth City,
Who it helps
  • Other Defined Groups
  • People With Disabilities
Who works here?
  • 294 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.

Specific Donations
Amount When
Months
To be used for
Masonic Trust - MCF Hospice
£1,065 10/11/2021
Unrestricted funding for hospices
Garfield Weston Foundation - Main Grants award
£50,000 18/12/2018
The Crisis Team
Wolfson Foundation - Grant to St Luke's Hospice, Plymouth
£50,000 16/06/2017
Roof Replacement
National Lottery Community Fund - St Luke's Day hospice Accessibility Minibus
£10,000 19/02/2010
12
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Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (12)
Current Trustees appointed
Gender Split

Age Range of Trustees: 27-68
  • FIONA FIELD Appointed: 2017, Occupation: Executive Director For Transformation (Retired)
  • FREDA ALLEN Appointed: 2022, Occupation: Retired Registered Nurse, Nhs Manager
  • JEMMA EDGE Appointed: 2022, Occupation: Senior Manager Healthcare
Legal constitution
  • Charitable company registered in England & Wales on 25/09/1980, number: 280681
  • Registered at Companies House on 03/07/1980, number: 01505753
Gift Aid
  • Registered with HMRC for Gift Aid
Other Regulators
  • Care Quality Commission
Policies in force
  • Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
  • Campaigns and political activity 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; AR07: 2 days late, AR06: 1 days late,
Recent reorganisation events:
  • Asset transfer in from DAVE SHARP YOUNG MUSICIANS FUND on 28/07/2022
Main office

ST. LUKES HOSPICE
STAMFORD ROAD
PLYMOUTH
PL9 9XA

Objectives

THE RELIEF OF SICKNESS AMONGST PEOPLE SUFFERING FROM TERMINAL DISEASE IN SUCH WAYS AS THE CHARITY SHALL FROM TIME TO TIME THINK FIT, AND IN PARTICULAR IN THE CITY OF PLYMOUTH AND THE SURROUNDING DISTRICTS (BUT WITHOUT PREJUDICE TO THE GENERALITY WHETHER GEOGRAPHICAL OR OTHERWISE OF SUCH OBJECT)

Defined Area of Benefit:

PLYMOUTH AND SURROUNDING DISTRICTS

Data Sources

Charity Commission for England and Wales
360 Giving
CharityBase
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