Finance Score: -4

Governance Score: 9

Support Score: 6

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

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

Grant maker support: +6

Overall GiG Score: 11

GARDEN HOUSE HOSPICE CARE

To provide a wide range of services for patients, their carers and families facing life limiting illness through: the Hospice Inpatient Unit; Hawthorne Centre providing day services; Hospice at Home and Continuing Health Care team caring for patients in their own homes; Family Support Services providing support and counselling; 24/7 advice line for patients, families and healthcare professionals.

Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

This charity has a robust balance sheet
Spending has increased over the last 3 years relative to the previous period
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:

On several occasions in recent years income has been less than spending
Fundraising costs are extremely high relative to funds raised

Established: 38 years

www.ghhospicecare.org.uk

enquiries@ghhospicecare.org.uk

0146267940

Charity Commission for England and Wales

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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		£6,524	£7,270	£-745	£2,782	£10,939	£4,626	7.6	223	700
31/03/22		£6,970	£6,401	£569	£2,251	£11,792	£5,370	10.1	203	765
31/03/21		£7,693	£5,466	£2,227	£1,817	£11,182	£4,826	10.6	207	759
31/03/20		£5,642	£5,742	£-101	£1,981	£8,685	£8,538	17.8	207	740
31/03/19		£5,831	£5,682	£149	£1,741	£8,880	£8,459	17.9	186	650
31/03/18		£5,279	£4,576	£703	£1,433	£8,674	£8,474	22.2	177	0
31/03/17		£4,772	£4,275	£497	£1,308	£8,071	£8,044	22.6	148	0
31/03/16		£3,820	£3,921	£-101	£1,169	£7,571	£7,478	22.9	136	0
31/03/15		£3,786	£3,638	£147	£1,081	£7,700	£7,620	25.1	133	0
31/03/14		£3,629	£3,596	£33	£1,166	£7,551	£7,459	24.9	127	0
31/03/13		£3,445	£3,584	£-139	£1,110	£7,516	£7,432	24.9	123	0
31/03/12		£3,695	£3,177	£518	£986	£7,650	£7,626	28.8	121	0
31/03/11		£3,190	£3,179	£12	£995	£7,134	£7,103	26.8	118	0
31/03/10		£3,241	£2,997	£244	£166	£7,122	£7,090	28.4	89	0
31/03/09		£3,111	£2,751	£361	£141	£6,876	£6,774	29.6	82	0
31/03/08		£3,839	£2,537	£1,303	£897	£6,468	£6,444	30.5	107	0
31/03/07		£3,431	£2,523	£908	£793	£5,218	£5,168	24.6	120	0
31/03/06	*	£2,388	£1,717	£670	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/05		£1,905	£1,559	£345	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/04	*	£1,430	£1,130	£301	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0

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Financial Ratios

Fundraising Costs/Relevant Income: 84.4%
Fundraising Costs/Total Spending: 38.4%
Senior Staff Costs/Total Spending: 4%
Highest pay band: £90,000-£100,000
Liabilities/Assets: 5%
Liabilities/Income: 10%
Unrestricted Funds/Total Funds: 42%
Reserves/Spending: 7.6 months
Net Current Assets/Spending: 3 months
Quick Ratio: 2.8

Asset Split ?

Listed activities

The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives

How it operates

Provides buildings/facilities/open space
Provides human resources
Provides services

Where it operates

Central Bedfordshire, Hertfordshire,

Who it helps

Elderly/Old People
People With Disabilities

Who works here?

223 employees
700 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

Hertfordshire Community Foundation	£44,000
Masonic Trust	£15,002
DCMS	£14,745
National Lottery Community Fund	£10,000

Specific Donations

Amount	When Months	To be used for
National Lottery Community Fund - Children's and Young People's Bereavement Service
£10,000	26/11/2021	The funding will be used for the salary cost of an additional bereavement counsellor. The project aims to support young people and their parents prepare as much as they can for the death of a loved ....more The funding will be used for the salary cost of an additional bereavement counsellor. The project aims to support young people and their parents prepare as much as they can for the death of a loved one as well as provide post bereavement support.
Masonic Trust - MCF Hospice
£1,470	10/11/2021	Unrestricted funding for hospices
Bedfordshire and Luton Community Foundation - Specialist Dementia Nurse Salary
£10,000	13/09/2021	To help fund a specialist Dementia Nurse to ensure that people in North Hertfordshire, Stevenage and the surrounding areas of central Bedfordshire who are living with dementia, and their families, ....more To help fund a specialist Dementia Nurse to ensure that people in North Hertfordshire, Stevenage and the surrounding areas of central Bedfordshire who are living with dementia, and their families, have the best possible care at the end of their life.
Sir Jules Thorn Charitable Trust - Garden House Hospice Care - 26/04/21
£5,000	14/06/2021	Core Funding
DCMS - Coronavirus Community Support Fund
£14,745	19/08/2020	"The fund aims to:1) To reduce closures of essential charities that provide essential services to vulnerable groups during the COVID-19 crisis by ensuring they have the financial resources to ....more "The fund aims to:1) To reduce closures of essential charities that provide essential services to vulnerable groups during the COVID-19 crisis by ensuring they have the financial resources to operate, thereby reducing the burden on public services.2) To ensure essential services are provided to vulnerable people, both in the short and long term through increased community support through the work of charitable organisations."
Masonic Trust - MCF Hospice UK Partnership
£13,532	06/03/2020	Removing barriersfor people facing homelessness
Co-Operative Group - Grant to Garden House Hospice Care
£6,850	15/11/2019	We want to provide music therapy to support people facing life-limiting illnesses throughout Stevenage and North Hertfordshire.
Hertfordshire Community Foundation - Garden House Hospice Care - Royston Community Hub
£4,000	10/09/2019	Grant to Garden House Hospice
Hertfordshire Community Foundation - IPU Patient Lounge
£40,000	19/08/2019	Advised Grant
National Lottery Community Fund - Compassionate Neighbours and Community Hubs
£495,247	30/01/2019 432	This Partnership will use funding to reduce loneliness and isolation, and improve the wellbeing and quality of life for people facing life limiting illnesses and their families by increasing ....more This Partnership will use funding to reduce loneliness and isolation, and improve the wellbeing and quality of life for people facing life limiting illnesses and their families by increasing community-based support. This will happen through engaging members of the community to support those within their community who are facing loneliness. The partnership will also deliver hospice services within the community to improve the wellbeing of patients and carers.
Garfield Weston Foundation - Main Grants award
£20,000	29/11/2018	Garden House Hospice Care Core Services
Bedfordshire and Luton Community Foundation - GHHC Admiral Nurse
£10,000	07/12/2017 12	Grant to Garden House Hospice Care
Garfield Weston Foundation - Main Grants award
£20,000	06/07/2017	Core Costs
Wolfson Foundation - Grant to Garden House Hospice
£44,000	08/12/2016	Refurbishment
Masonic Trust - Hospice Grant
£2,718	19/10/2016	Core funding for hospices

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How is it governed?

Trustees (10)

Current Trustees appointed

Gender Split

Based on 9/10 persons

Age Range of Trustees: 41-75

CHRIS DARE Appointed: 2023, Occupation: It Director

DR PAULINE MARGARET WILLIAMS Appointed: 2021, Occupation: Pharmaceutical Physician

DR SIMON CHATFIELD Appointed: 2021, Occupation: Retired Gp

GEMMA MANNING Appointed: 2022, Occupation: People And Operations Director

JENNIE SUSAN MATTIN Appointed: 2022, Occupation: Registered Nurse

MELANIE LOUISE FLYNN Appointed: 2021, Occupation: Internal Auditor

PROFESSOR SHAHID KHAN Appointed: 2022, Occupation: Consultant Physician

RHONA SEVIOUR Appointed: 2016, Occupation: Consultant

RICHARD DEARDEN Appointed: 2021, Occupation: Managing Director

STEPHEN MELLISH (Chair) Appointed: 2016, Occupation: Risk And Resilience Professional

Legal constitution

Charitable company registered in England & Wales on 23/09/1986, number: 295257
Registered at Companies House on 25/07/1986, number: 02040989

Gift Aid

Registered with HMRC for Gift Aid

Event History

24/11/2021 - Asset transfer in from ROTARY CLUB OF LETCHWORTH TRUST FUND
01/12/2021 - Asset transfer in from ROYSIA WOMENS CLUB

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
Engaging external speakers at charity events policy and procedures
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; AR06: 1 days late, AR04: 41 days late,

Recent reorganisation events:

Asset transfer in from ROTARY CLUB OF LETCHWORTH TRUST FUND on 24/11/2021
Asset transfer in from ROYSIA WOMENS CLUB on 01/12/2021

Main office

GARDEN HOUSE HOSPICE
GILLISON CLOSE
LETCHWORTH GARDEN CITY
SG6 1QU

Objectives

4. THE OBJECTS ARE THE RELIEF OF SICKNESS AND THE RELIEF OF THOSE IN NEED BY REASON OF AGE, ILL-HEALTH OR DISABILITY IN SUCH WAYS AS THE COMPANY SHALL FROM TIME TO TIME THINK FIT AND IN PARTICULAR (BUT WITHOUT PREJUDICE TO THE GENERALITY OF THE FOREGOING) BY:4.1 ESTABLISHING, MAINTAINING AND OPERATING HOSPICES AND RESIDENTIAL NURSING HOMES FOR THE RECEPTION AND CARE AND TREATMENT OF PERSONS SUFFERING FROM ANY ILLNESS (IN PARTICULAR, ANY LIFE-LIMITING ILLNESS), DISABILITY OR INFIRMITY;4.2 ESTABLISHING, MAINTAINING AND OPERATING CENTRES AND/OR OTHER PREMISES FOR THE PROVISION ON A NON-RESIDENTIAL BASIS OF MEDICAL CARE OR OTHER TREATMENT, CARE AND ADVICE FOR ANY SUCH PERSONS;4.3 PROVIDING MEDICAL CARE OR OTHER TREATMENTS, CARE, SUPPORT AND ADVICE (INCLUDING THE PROVISION OF PASTORAL SUPPORT, ASSISTANCE TO COMBAT LONELINESS AND SOCIAL ISOLATION, AND DOMICILIARY CARE SERVICES) FOR ANY SUCH PERSONS IN THEIR OWN HOME SETTINGS AND/OR BY TELEPHONE, VIDEO OR OTHER ELECTRONIC MEANS;4.4 PROVIDING RELATED SUPPORT AND/OR ADVICE TO THE RELATIVES AND CLOSE FRIENDS OF SUCH PERSONS;4.5 CONDUCTING OR PROMOTING RESEARCH INTO THE CARE AND TREATMENT OF ANY SUCH PERSONS AND OF THEIR RELATIVES AND CLOSE FRIENDS AND TO PUBLISH THE RESULTS OF SUCH RESEARCH FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT; AND4.6 PROMOTING OR ASSISTING IN THE TEACHING OR TRAINING OF DOCTORS, NURSES, PHYSIOTHERAPISTS AND OTHER HEALTH CARE PROFESSIONALS AND IN THE TEACHING OR TRAINING OF STUDENTS IN ANY FIELD OF HEALTHCARE.

Defined Area of Benefit:

NOT DEFINED

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