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Finance Score: 3
Governance Score: 3
Support Score: 3
  • Liabilities <10%: +3
  • Excess reserves: -5
  • Large legacies income: +2
  • Fundraising costs low: +3
  • No volunteer policy: -2
  • 12+ Trustees: -1
  • Dynamic board: +3
  • Gender balanced board: +3
  • Gov Income
  • Grant maker support: +3
Overall GiG Score: 9 ?

FRIENDS OF VICTORIA HOSPITAL WIMBORNE 

To provide support to patients and staff at the hospital and to raise funds for equipment, resources and staff training which are not available through NHS funding.
Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

  • The charity has received Government grants
  • This charity has a robust balance sheet
  • This charity has received more than half of its income from legacies in recent years
  • Fundraising costs are unusually low relative to funds raised
  • The Board appears to be well diversified in terms of gender and dynamic in terms of composition

Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

  • Although this charity works with volunteers it does not have a Volunteer Management policy
  • There are 13 trustees whereas the Charities Commission recommends a maximum of 12

Financial issues to consider:

  • This charity has substantial assets and unrestricted reserves of £5,762,692 available, equivalent to 190 months of spending and so may not be able to utilise additional funding
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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£1,454£363£1,090£1£5,763£5,763190.4235
31/03/22£1,041£103£938£1£4,949£4,949576.8220
31/03/21£293£73£220n/an/an/an/an/a40
31/03/20£442£146£296n/an/an/an/an/a40
31/03/19£153£351£-199n/an/an/an/an/a39
31/03/18£282£109£172£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/17£926£69£856£2£3,016£3,016522.220
31/03/16£474£95£379£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/15£164£356£-192£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/14£483£139£345£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/13£545£94£451£55£1,628£1,628208.310
31/03/12£380£177£203£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/11£249£2,674£-2,425£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/10£299£135£164£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/09£498£124£374£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/08£654£151£503£59£2,860£2,860227.110
31/03/07£1,222£100£1,122£52£2,358£2,358282.810
31/03/06*£851£386£465£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/05£182£19£162£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/04£184£268£-84£0£0£0n/a00
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Financial Ratios
Fundraising Costs/Relevant Income: 0.1%
Fundraising Costs/Total Spending: 0.4%
Highest pay band: Less than £60,000
Liabilities/Assets: 5%
Liabilities/Income: 23%
Unrestricted Funds/Total Funds: 100%
Reserves/Spending: 190.4 months
Net Current Assets/Spending: 190 months
Quick Ratio: 14.5
Asset Split ?
Established: 36 years

www.friendswimbornehospital.org.uk

dhc.fvhw@nhs.net

01202856484

Charity Commission for England and WalesFacebook
UN SDGs
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Listed activities
  • The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives
GiG Classification
  • General hospitals
How it operates
  • Makes Grants to Organisations
Where it operates
  • Dorset,
Who it helps
  • The General Public/Mankind
Who works here?
  • 2 employees
  • 35 volunteers

Who's supporting them? ?

We have no records of donations from grant makers.

How is it governed?

Trustees (13)
Current Trustees appointed
Gender Split
Based on 12/13 persons

Legal constitution
  • Charity registered in England & Wales on 10/05/1988, number: 299230
Gift Aid
  • Registered with HMRC for Gift Aid
Policies in force
  • 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
  • Risk management
  • Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
  • Trustee expenses policy and procedures
Filing Record
20 returns made; AR06: 6 days late,
Main office

Friends -Victoria Hospital Wimborne
Victoria Road
Wimborne
Dorset
BH21 1ER

Objectives

TO RELIEVE PATIENTS AND FORMER PATIENTS OF THE HOSPITAL AND OTHER INVALIDS IN THE COMMUNITY WHO ARE SICK,CONVALESCENT,DISABLED,HANDICAPPED,INFIRM OR IN NEED OF FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE AND GENERALLY TO SUPPORT THE CHARITABLE WORK OF THE SAID HOSPITAL.

Defined Area of Benefit:

DORSET

Data Sources

Charity Commission for England and Wales
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