Finance Score: -1

Governance Score: 9

Support Score: 5

Liabilities <10%: +3
Income diversified: +3
Multiple Deficits: -2
Fundraising costs high: -5

Good trustee age range: +3
Dynamic board: +3
Gender balanced board: +3

Grant maker support: +5

Overall GiG Score: 13

ST NICHOLAS HOSPICE SUFFOLK

Care and support to people with life threatening diseases and conditions together with their carers and families including: 12 bedded inpatient unit, day hospice and patient groups, community care, counselling and bereavement support, medical outpatient support, spiritual care.

Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

This charity has a robust balance sheet
Income generation is well diversified
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:

Over half the Board have joined recently

Financial issues to consider:

On several occasions in recent years income has been less than spending
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		£6,931	£7,043	£-112	£2,670	£8,381	£8,230	14	163	593
31/03/22		£6,947	£6,352	£595	£2,591	£8,783	£8,682	16.4	151	525
31/03/21		£6,081	£6,754	£-673	£2,469	£7,999	£7,895	14	175	618
31/03/20	*	£6,197	£7,759	£-1,563	£2,787	£7,999	£7,895	12.2	156	657
31/03/19		£6,088	£7,611	£-1,523	£2,642	£9,773	£9,423	14.9	190	648
31/03/18		£6,109	£6,931	£-822	£2,422	£11,304	£10,969	19	142	0
31/03/17		£6,306	£6,599	£-292	£2,313	£12,181	£11,809	21.5	170	0
31/03/16		£6,235	£6,221	£14	£2,100	£11,969	£11,440	22.1	157	0
31/03/15		£5,959	£6,160	£-201	£2,051	£12,169	£11,457	22.3	121	0
31/03/14		£5,856	£5,535	£321	£1,800	£11,614	£10,790	23.4	115	0
31/03/13		£5,788	£4,912	£877	£1,558	£11,187	£10,623	26	106	0
31/03/12		£5,299	£4,761	£538	£1,533	£9,798	£9,326	23.5	102	0
31/03/11		£5,114	£4,347	£767	£1,355	£9,251	£8,700	24	91	0
31/03/10		£4,832	£3,906	£926	£1,205	£8,301	£7,903	24.3	86	0
31/03/09		£4,459	£4,254	£205	£1,379	£6,608	£5,578	15.7	90	0
31/03/08		£4,630	£3,781	£849	£997	£7,359	£6,440	20.4	86	0
31/03/07		£4,437	£3,486	£951	£920	£6,966	£6,305	21.7	84	0
31/03/06	*	£3,235	£3,117	£118	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/05	*	£3,005	£2,897	£108	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/04		£2,706	£2,653	£53	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0

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Financial Ratios

Fundraising Costs/Relevant Income: 60.5%
Fundraising Costs/Total Spending: 38.4%
Senior Staff Costs/Total Spending: 9%
Highest pay band: £100,000-£110,000
Liabilities/Assets: 6%
Liabilities/Income: 7%
Unrestricted Funds/Total Funds: 98%
Reserves/Spending: 14 months
Net Current Assets/Spending: 4 months
Quick Ratio: 1.9

Asset Split ?

Established: 41 years

www.stnicholashospice.org.uk

enquiries@stnh.org.uk

01284766133

Charity Commission for England and Wales

Tweets

Listed activities

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

Norfolk, Suffolk,

Who it helps

The General Public/Mankind

Who works here?

163 employees
593 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

Suffolk Community Foundation	£41,836
Sir Jules Thorn Charitable Trust	£5,000
Cheshire Community Foundation	£5,000
DCMS	£5,000

Specific Donations

Amount	When Months	To be used for
Masonic Trust - MCF Hospice
£1,065	10/11/2021	Unrestricted funding for hospices
Suffolk Community Foundation - Core costs
£2,000	30/06/2021	Towards core costs of St Nicholas Hospice.
Sir Jules Thorn Charitable Trust - St Nicholas Hospice (Suffolk) - 04/05/21
£5,000	14/06/2021	Core Funding
Suffolk Community Foundation - Music Therapy
£2,800	01/12/2020 4	Towards delivering music therapy.
Cheshire Community Foundation - Hospice Neighbours Haverhill
£5,000	04/11/2020	St Nicholas Hospice Care provides help and support to people living with dying, caring, death and bereavement in West Suffolk and Thetford. Hospice Neighbours is a project which links patients with ....more St Nicholas Hospice Care provides help and support to people living with dying, caring, death and bereavement in West Suffolk and Thetford. Hospice Neighbours is a project which links patients with end of life conditions with volunteers from the local community who help in practical ways (cutting grass, collecting shopping or prescriptions, ironing etc) or simply by providing companionship. We are looking for funding to help pay for the staff costs of the small team which co-ordinates the scheme. Covid-19 has meant that many people with serious illnesses are confined to home and Hospice Neighbours help to reduce isolation, build community links and reduce interventions from healthcare professions (GPs, trips to A & E etc).
Suffolk Community Foundation - For core costs to support Covid-19 work.
£5,000	21/08/2020 12	Towards the overall core running costs of St Nicholas Hospice during Covid 19 and beyond.
DCMS - VSCE CMC Fund
£5,000	21/08/2020	NET, Comic Relief and Children in Need will use this funding to provide: increased support to vulnerable people and hidden groups, thus reducing the burden on public services; reach local grassroots ....more NET, Comic Relief and Children in Need will use this funding to provide: increased support to vulnerable people and hidden groups, thus reducing the burden on public services; reach local grassroots and small organisations who can provide an on-the-ground community response to the crisis; and, support local charitable organisations to mobilise volunteers to enable better targeted support in communities through empowered local groups.
Suffolk Community Foundation - Hospice Neighbours
£5,000	29/06/2020 11	Towards the running of the Hospice Neighbour Scheme operated by St Nicholas Hospice during the Covid 19 lock down.
Suffolk Community Foundation - Therapy Chair for Sylvan Ward
£3,383	13/11/2019 12	To provide a Therapy Chair for Sylvan Ward.
Suffolk Community Foundation - Information sessions for people caring for patients at end of life.
£3,653	20/09/2019 12	Supporting information sessions for people caring for patients at end of life.
Suffolk Community Foundation - Grant to St Nicholas Hospice
£20,000	05/09/2019 11	Grant to St Nicholas Hospice
Suffolk Community Foundation - Open House Botesdale (and other work in the area)
£2,607	23/11/2017 11	Towards Open House - a drop in service for people facing long term and life threatening illnesses, loved ones, carers or those struggling with bereavement.
Masonic Trust - Hospice Grant
£2,718	19/10/2016	Core funding for hospices
National Lottery Community Fund - The Garden of Life
£46,682	27/11/2014 12	Not Available
National Lottery Community Fund - Community Hospice Service
£431,212	19/09/2012 24	This project aims to improve quality of life and wellbeing of terminally ill patients and their families by widening access to 24-hour home-based care. A 'First Contact Team' will seek and manage ....more This project aims to improve quality of life and wellbeing of terminally ill patients and their families by widening access to 24-hour home-based care. A 'First Contact Team' will seek and manage patient referrals, nursing assistants will be trained to be healthcare assistants, online support will be established, hard to reach groups will be targeted and regular meetings will be held with partners to discuss need and share knowledge. Additional volunteers will be trained to become befrienders.
National Lottery Community Fund - HospiceNet
£10,000	26/08/2010 12	This is a project by a charity in Suffolk who will use the funding to transform their website into an online support centre with 24 hour online support. This will help people dealing with bereavement ....more This is a project by a charity in Suffolk who will use the funding to transform their website into an online support centre with 24 hour online support. This will help people dealing with bereavement and improve their wellbeing.

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How is it governed?

Trustees (10)

Current Trustees appointed

Gender Split

Age Range of Trustees: 25-76

ANITA PEARSON Appointed: 2023, Occupation: Director Of Integration

ANTHONY DOMINICK HUGH FAULKNER Appointed: 2023, Occupation: Company Director

DAVID JAMES EVANS Appointed: 2023, Occupation: Retired

DR PAUL WILLIAM LEOPOLD SIKLOS Appointed: 2023, Occupation: Retired

KATHERINE VAUGHTON Appointed: 2022, Occupation: Director

SAM WILLIAM TURNER Appointed: 2021, Occupation: Civil Servant

ANNE FISHER Appointed: 2020, Occupation: Independent Education Advisor

DONNA FORSTER Appointed: 2020, Occupation: Digital Marketing Officer

JOANNE JEANETTE HOWLETT Appointed: 2023, Occupation: Retired, Other trusteeship: BURY ST EDMUNDS THEATRE MANAGEMENT LIMITED,

KAREN CHANDLER-MALE Appointed: 2017, Occupation: Business Executive

Legal constitution

Charitable company registered in England & Wales on 04/11/1983, number: 287773
Registered at Companies House on 24/08/1983, number: 01748046

Gift Aid

Registered with HMRC for Gift Aid

Event History

23/09/2022 - Asset transfer in from WEST SUFFOLK AND DISTRICT STOMA GROUP
07/11/2022 - Asset transfer in from NEWMARKET BREAST CANCER SUPPORT GROUP

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; AR20: 57 days late, AR06: 1 days late, AR05: 1 days late,

Recent reorganisation events:

Asset transfer in from WEST SUFFOLK AND DISTRICT STOMA GROUP on 23/09/2022
Asset transfer in from NEWMARKET BREAST CANCER SUPPORT GROUP on 07/11/2022

Main office

St. Nicholas Hospice Care
Hardwick Lane
BURY ST. EDMUNDS
Suffolk
IP33 2QY

Objectives

TO PROMOTE THE RELIEF OF PERSONS OF EITHER SEX (WITHOUT REGARD TO RACE OR CREED) WHO ARE SUFFERING FROM ANY OTHER PHYSICAL OR MENTAL INFIRMITY DISABILITY OR DISEASE IN SUCH WAYS AS THE ASSOCIATION SHALL FROM TIME TO TIME THINK FIT.

Defined Area of Benefit:

ENGLAND

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