Finance Score: -1
Governance Score: 3
Support Score: 4
  • Liabilities <10%: +3
  • Excess reserves: -2
  • Large legacies income: +1
  • Fundraising costs high: -3
  • Good trustee age range: +3
  • Grant maker support: +4
Overall GiG Score: 6 ?

ST MICHAEL'S HOSPICE HASTINGS AND ROTHER 

Providing healthcare for people with life-limiting disease in Hastings and Rother Districts.
Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

  • This charity has a robust balance sheet
  • This charity has received considerable income from legacies in recent years
  • 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

Financial issues to consider:

  • This charity has substantial assets and unrestricted reserves of £15,213,114 available, equivalent to 24 months of spending and so may not be able to utilise additional funding
  • Fundraising costs are 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£7,544£7,494£50£1,591£15,351£15,21324.4175400
31/03/22£6,837£6,954£-117£1,399£15,637£15,43726.6183400
31/03/21£6,698£6,542£155£1,151£15,764£15,65728.7193630
31/03/20£7,643£6,695£948£1,375£15,176£15,15127.2192600
31/03/19£7,701£6,725£976£1,327£14,447£14,40525.7183600
31/03/18£6,891£6,488£404£1,337£13,463£13,44124.91890
31/03/17£6,949£6,611£338£1,343£13,048£11,80121.41970
31/03/16£9,258£5,671£3,587£1,177£12,536£11,95925.31810
31/03/15£5,451£5,376£75£1,185£9,028£8,43018.81380
31/03/14£5,757£5,207£551£1,141£8,848£8,30219.11360
31/03/13£5,018£5,171£-153£1,433£8,264£8,25919.21260
31/03/12£5,655£4,770£885£1,054£8,287£8,28720.81210
31/03/11£6,288£4,598£1,690£827£7,406£7,39919.31200
31/03/10£5,184£5,002£182£746£5,709£5,69913.71180
31/03/09£5,452£5,752£-300£861£5,500£5,20410.91540
31/03/08£5,017£5,235£-217£850£5,835£5,18111.91630
31/03/07£5,581£4,602£979£756£6,072£5,67614.81680
31/03/06£4,240£4,007£232£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/05£3,945£3,868£78£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/04*£3,861£3,474£387£0£0£0n/a00

Financial Ratios
Fundraising Costs/Relevant Income: 29.7%
Fundraising Costs/Total Spending: 21.2%
Senior Staff Costs/Total Spending: 9%
Highest pay band: £90,000-£100,000
Liabilities/Assets: 2%
Liabilities/Income: 4%
Unrestricted Funds/Total Funds: 99%
Reserves/Spending: 24.4 months
Net Current Assets/Spending: 8 months
Quick Ratio: 14.3
Asset Split ?
Established: 40 years

www.stmichaelshospice.com

info@stmichaelshospice.com

01424445177

Charity Commission for England and WalesCompanies House
UN SDGs
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Listed activities
  • Disability
  • 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
Where it operates
  • East Sussex,
Who it helps
  • Elderly/Old People
  • People With Disabilities
Who works here?
  • 175 employees
  • 400 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£167,734
Sir Jules Thorn Charitable Trust£5,000
Masonic Trust£2,030
Specific Donations
Amount When
Months
To be used for
Sir Jules Thorn Charitable Trust - St Michael's Hospice - 01/10/21
£5,000 29/11/2021
Core Funding
Masonic Trust - MCF Hospice
£2,030 10/11/2021
Unrestricted funding for hospices
National Lottery Community Fund - Hospice Neighbours
£167,734 15/03/2021
35
The funding will help the charity work with local organisations businesses and institutions to break down the barriers and fear that surrounds talking about illness and end of life in communities. ....more
Masonic Trust - Hospice Grant
£3,340 18/10/2017
Core funding for hospices
Masonic Trust - Hospice Grant
£4,721 19/10/2016
Core funding for hospices
Wolfson Foundation - Grant to St Michael's Hospice, East Sussex
£120,000 16/06/2016
Renovation of Hospice
National Lottery Community Fund - St Michael's Hospice Days to Remember
£49,998 28/11/2013
12
_x000B_The project will enhance facilities at the hospice's day therapy centre, to provide an improved and more comfortable experience for its service users and their families. It intends to create ....more
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Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (10)
Current Trustees appointed
Gender Split

Age Range of Trustees: 33-76
Legal constitution
  • Charitable company registered in England & Wales on 20/01/1984, number: 288462
  • Registered at Companies House on 08/12/1983, number: 01776496
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; AR04: 88 days late,
Main office

ST. MICHAELS HOSPICE
25 UPPER MAZE HILL
ST. LEONARDS-ON-SEA
TN38 0LB

Objectives

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

Defined Area of Benefit:

NOT DEFINED

Data Sources

Charity Commission for England and Wales
360 Giving
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