Finance Score: 3
Governance Score: 9
Support Score: 9
  • Strong growth: +2
  • Deficit latest year: -2
  • Fundraising costs high: -2
  • Future income +5
  • Good trustee age range: +3
  • Dynamic board: +3
  • Gender balanced board: +3
  • Grant maker support: +9
Overall GiG Score: 21 ?

BRITISH LIVER TRUST 

Patient services, including information and our nationwide network of patient support groups.Improving awareness of the risks and causes of liver disease.Research into the causes and treatments of liver disease.Supporting health professionals to deliver high standards of care and support to those affectedEnsuring patients have a voice at local and national government level
Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

  • The charity has received backing from multiple prominent grant makers recently and there are significant future grants due to be received
  • There has been strong growth in spending over the last 5 years
  • There have been no material income shortfalls in recent years
  • The Board appears to be well diversified in terms of age and gender and dynamic in terms of composition

Financial issues to consider:

  • Income was lower than spending in the latest year
  • Fundraising costs are high relative to funds raised
Established: 36 years

www.britishlivertrust.org.uk

info@britishlivertrust.org.uk

01425481320

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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£1,572£1,758£-186£357£993£4973.43725
31/03/22£1,462£1,378£84£313£1,179£9728.52830
31/03/21£1,328£1,010£318£230£1,094£7789.22460
31/03/20£1,033£1,014£19£180£776£5356.32140
31/03/19£892£905£-13£125£757£4425.91940
31/03/18£912£900£12£117£769£4045.4140
31/03/17£514£640£-126£114£757£3616.8130
31/03/16£835£714£121£91£883£4357.3110
31/03/15£775£666£109£83£762£2434.490
31/03/14£900£654£246£95£653£1372.5120
31/03/13£1,052£1,013£39£208£407£600.7170
31/03/12£940£962£-22£259£368£1251.6170
31/03/11£776£713£63£232£390£2343.9140
31/03/10£657£632£25£211£327£2174.1140
31/03/09£700£960£-261£198£302£1511.9140
31/03/08£768£711£57£165£562£2794.7140
31/03/07*£596£524£72£93£505£2616140
31/03/06*£422£390£32£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/05£375£301£75£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/04*£320£352£-32£0£0£0n/a00

Financial Ratios
Fundraising Costs/Relevant Income: 22.8%
Fundraising Costs/Total Spending: 20.3%
Senior Staff Costs/Total Spending: 6%
Highest pay band: £80,000-£90,000
Liabilities/Assets: 15%
Liabilities/Income: 11%
Unrestricted Funds/Total Funds: 50%
Reserves/Spending: 3.4 months
Net Current Assets/Spending: 6 months
Quick Ratio: 2.3
Asset Split ?
Listed activities
  • The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives
How it operates
  • Acts as an umbrella or resource body
  • Provides advocacy/advice/information
  • Sponsors or undertakes research
Where it operates
  • Northern Ireland, Scotland, Throughout England And Wales,
Who it helps
  • Other Charities Or Voluntary Bodies
  • People With Disabilities
  • The General Public/Mankind
Who works here?
  • 37 employees
  • 25 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£509,159
Garfield Weston Foundation£75,000
The Shears Foundation£15,500
Sir Jules Thorn Charitable Trust£1,500
Specific Donations
Amount When
Months
To be used for
The Shears Foundation - British Liver Trust
£5,500 22/01/2024
Support services for patients and families affected by liver disease and liver cancer
National Lottery Community Fund - Patient Support Groups
£465,098 31/08/2023
Funding will be used to expand the reach of British Liver Trust’s Patient Support Groups. The sessions are proven to help people come to terms with their diagnosis through shared experiences ....more
National Lottery Community Fund - Love Your Liver Roadshow 2023
£9,897 10/02/2023
The British Liver Trust is using a £9897 grant to organise health roadshows in Belfast and Derry/Londonderry in May 2023. The project will use provide health checks liver disease screening and ....more
The Shears Foundation - British Liver Trust
£5,000 01/11/2022
Liver Patient information and support services
National Lottery Community Fund - Improving wellbeing of liver patients and their carers
£34,164 20/09/2022
This project will continue to provide group support sessions a helpline service webinars events and talks to patients and their families from across Scotland diagnosed or affected by liver disease or ....more
Garfield Weston Foundation - Main Grants award
£75,000 17/08/2021
Sounding the Alarm on Liver Disease
The Shears Foundation - British Liver Trust
£5,000 22/07/2021
Sounding the Alarm on liver disease
Sir Jules Thorn Charitable Trust - British Liver Trust - 29/04/21
£1,500 12/05/2021
Core Funding
National Lottery Community Fund - Love Your Liver Campaign and Community Screening Events
£10,000 04/12/2017
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This trust will use the funding to hold a ‘Love your liver’ campaign and to carry out screening from their mobile unit at community events in Glasgow, Dundee, Edinburgh and Aberdeen in 2018.
Garfield Weston Foundation - Multi-Year Grant (3 Years) award
£75,000 26/06/2017
Pioneering Liver Health
Masonic Trust - Recruitment of Liver Nurse Advisor
£41,842 19/10/2016
Dedicated Liver Nurse Advisor for people with liver disease.
National Lottery Community Fund - Liver Patient Support Group Network - Phase II
£465,942 09/02/2011
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This project aims to reduce the isolation of those with liver disease, provide emotional support and information, empower the beneficiaries to manage their condition and lead healthier lives through ....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: 29-68
Legal constitution
  • Charitable company registered in England & Wales on 28/03/1988, number: 298858
  • Registered at Companies House on 07/03/1988, number: 02227706
Gift Aid
  • Registered with HMRC for Gift Aid
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
  • 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: 21 days late, AR06: 1 days late, AR04: 1 days late,
Main office

1st Floor Offices
Venta Court
20 Jewry Street
Winchester
SO23 8FE

Objectives

To advance public education and awareness of liver diseases and conditions andliver cancer; To promote health education and improvements in care in subjects relating to theliver and to provide rehabilitation, support and relief to those who are affected byliver diseases or liver cancer; andTo promote, support and undertake medical and scientific research relating todiseases and disorders of the liver and subjects relative thereto including thecauses, effects, diagnosis, prevention, possible cures and treatment of all suchliver diseases and disorders including research into liver transplant techniques andother surgical techniques and the dissemination of such useful results of suchresearch by all possible means and as widely as possible to all who can benefitfrom it and so far as possible the co-ordination of such research.

Defined Area of Benefit:

UK

Data Sources

Charity Commission for England and Wales
360 Giving
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