Finance Score: 0

Governance Score: 9

Support Score: 4

Liabilities <10%: +3
Excess reserves: -5
Income diversified: +3
Large legacies income: +1
Multiple Deficits: -2

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

Overall weighted support: +4

Overall GiG Score: 13

FRANCIS HOUSE FAMILY TRUST

Francis House Family Trust exists to manage & fund Francis House & Francis Lodge Children & Young Peoples Hospice. Providing respite & end of life care for children & young people with life limiting conditions, and the necessary support and short term care for their families. Care is available to families regardless of cultural or religious backgrounds. Care is family and child /young person led.

Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

This charity has a robust balance sheet
Income generation is well diversified
This charity has received considerable income from legacies 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 and gender and dynamic in terms of composition

Financial issues to consider:

This charity has substantial assets and unrestricted reserves of £27,222,537 available, equivalent to 55 months of spending and so may not be able to utilise additional funding
On several occasions in recent years income has been less than spending

Financial Data ?

Income & Spending ?

Sources of Income ?

Y/E		Income £k	Spending £k	Surplus/ Deficit £k	Fundraising Cost £k	Total Funds £k	Unrestricted Funds £k	Mths Rsrvs	Staff	Volun- teers
31/03/23		£5,293	£5,993	£-700	£320	£27,229	£27,223	54.5	103	80
31/03/22		£4,187	£5,115	£-928	£225	£30,337	£30,272	71	101	76
31/03/21		£4,446	£4,990	£-544	£253	£30,611	£30,581	73.5	103	71
31/03/20	*	£4,453	£5,331	£-878	£461	£24,091	£24,042	54.1	98	82
31/03/19		£4,924	£5,055	£-131	£393	£28,922	£28,874	68.5	86	67
31/03/18		£4,207	£4,661	£-454	£524	£29,454	£29,454	75.8	79	0
31/03/17		£4,156	£4,733	£-577	£522	£28,561	£28,561	72.4	81	0
31/03/16		£4,171	£4,301	£-130	£583	£26,046	£25,796	72	89	0
31/03/15		£3,819	£4,173	£-354	£634	£24,991	£24,991	71.9	86	0
31/03/14		£4,372	£3,801	£571	£595	£24,196	£23,418	73.9	83	0
31/03/13		£4,095	£3,628	£467	£524	£21,535	£21,535	71.2	84	0
31/03/12		£3,959	£3,310	£649	£562	£19,021	£19,021	69	80	0
31/03/11		£4,400	£3,026	£1,373	£558	£18,689	£18,689	74.1	76	0
31/03/10		£3,505	£2,595	£911	£546	£15,848	£15,848	73.3	62	0
31/03/09		£4,231	£2,568	£1,662	£585	£10,944	£10,944	51.1	49	0
31/03/08		£3,808	£2,658	£1,150	£756	£14,015	£14,015	63.3	54	0
31/03/07		£3,652	£2,653	£999	£879	£15,928	£15,928	72	49	0
31/03/06	*	£3,762	£2,477	£1,285	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
31/03/05		£4,616	£2,231	£2,385	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
31/03/04		£3,387	£2,366	£1,021	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a

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Financial Ratios

Fundraising Costs/Relevant Income: 10.7%
Fundraising Costs/Total Spending: 7.1%
Senior Staff Costs/Total Spending: 6%
Highest pay band: £80,000-£90,000
Liabilities/Assets: 1%
Liabilities/Income: 6%
Unrestricted Funds/Total Funds: 100%
Reserves/Spending: 54.5 months
Net Current Assets/Spending: 2 months
Quick Ratio: 2.6

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Balance Sheet History

Established: 34 years

www.francishouse.org.uk

david.ireland@francishouse.org.uk

01614344118

Charity Commission for England and Wales

Tweets

Listed activities

Disability
The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives

GiG Classification

Hospice & bereavement 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

Throughout England,

Who it helps

Children/Young People
People With Disabilities

Who supports them? ?

Donations from Grant Makers ?

We have details on the following donations. Multi-year donations are allocated to the years for which they are earmarked.

Major supporters in last 5 years

Department of Health	£1,247,683
Co-Operative Group	£4,407
Masonic Trust	£1,790

Specific Donations

Amount	When Months	To be used for
Department of Health - Francis House Children's Hospice
£634,284	01/06/2022	The grant supports the sustainable hospice service offer of palliative and end of life care for children and young people
Masonic Trust - MCF Hospice
£1,790	10/11/2021	Unrestricted funding for hospices
Co-Operative Group - Grant to Francis House Children's Hospice
£4,407	23/10/2021	With an increased requirement for children's hospice care following Covid-19, we need to provide emotional and bereavement support for families in the community following the death of their child.
Department of Health - Francis House Children's Hospice
£613,399	14/09/2021	The grant supports the sustainable hospice service offer of palliative and end of life care for children and young people.
Masonic Trust - Hospice Grant
£3,004	18/10/2017	Core funding for hospices
Masonic Trust - Hospice Grant
£3,700	19/10/2016	Core funding for hospices

Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (11)

Current Trustees appointed

Gender Split

Age Range of Trustees: 40-81

AYSHA RANGREZ Appointed: 2021, Occupation: Certified Accountant

CHARLES LEDIGO Appointed: 2015, Occupation: Company Director

DR SUSAN KIRK, Occupation: Doctor

DR SUSAN MARY O'HALLORAN Appointed: 2012, Occupation: Doctor

DR ANDREW TAYLOR Appointed: 2018, Occupation: Company Director

DR EDWARD ROBERT GASIOROWSKI Appointed: 2021, Occupation: Consultant Neonatologist

EAMONN SEAN O'NEAL Appointed: 2023, Occupation: Retired

JANE AMANDA KEMPLER (Chair) Appointed: 2023, Occupation: Director

JUDITH AMOSI-KHODADAD Appointed: 2013, Occupation: Company Director

REV JOSEPH CARNEY Appointed: 2021, Occupation: Retired Catholic Parish Priest

VIJAY ANDREW KUMAR SRIVASTAVA LLB Appointed: 2015

Legal constitution

Charitable company registered in England & Wales on 05/07/1990, number: 328659
Registered at Companies House on 05/07/1990, number: 02519173

Gift Aid

Registered with HMRC for Gift Aid

Event History

08/02/2023 - Asset transfer in from THE JOSHUA WILSON BRAIN TUMOUR CHARITY
13/02/2023 - Asset transfer in from ROTARY CLUB OF SALFORD WITH SWINTON CHARITABLE TRUST

Other Regulators

Care Quality Commission

Policies in force

Bullying and harassment 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
Risk management
Safeguarding policy and procedures
Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
Social media policy and procedures
Volunteer management

Filing Record

20 returns made; AR20: 5 days late, AR06: 1 days late,

Recent reorganisation events:

Asset transfer in from THE JOSHUA WILSON BRAIN TUMOUR CHARITY on 08/02/2023
Asset transfer in from ROTARY CLUB OF SALFORD WITH SWINTON CHARITABLE TRUST on 13/02/2023

Main office

Francis House Family Trust
390 Parrs Wood Road
East Didsbury
Manchester
M20 5NA

Objectives

TO PROMOTE THE RELIEF OF ILLNESS AND DISABILITY AND SUFFERING ARISING THEREFROM IN SUCH WAYS AS THE ASSOCIATION SHALL FROM TIME TO TIME THINK FIT.

Defined Area of Benefit:

NORTH WEST ENGLAND

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