Finance Score: -4
Governance Score: 5
Support Score: 5
  • Liabilities <10%: +3
  • Excess reserves: -3
  • Large legacies income: +1
  • Fundraising costs high: -5
  • 12+ Trustees: -1
  • Good trustee age range: +3
  • Dynamic board: +3
  • Grant maker support: +5
Overall GiG Score: 6 ?

ST. LEONARD'S HOSPICE YORK 

St Leonard's Hospice's mission is to provide excellent care and support to those living with life-limiting illness and to the people they are about, to enrich their lives and to contribute to the ongoing development of end-of-life care.
Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

  • This charity has a robust balance sheet
  • This charity has received considerable income from legacies in recent years
  • Spending has increased over the last 3 years relative to the previous period
  • 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 and dynamic in terms of composition

Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

  • There are 14 trustees whereas the Charities Commission recommends a maximum of 12

Financial issues to consider:

  • This charity has substantial assets and unrestricted reserves of £23,639,000 available, equivalent to 33 months of spending and so may not be able to utilise additional funding
  • Fundraising costs are extremely 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£8,596£8,690£-94£3,049£24,483£23,63932.6227380
31/03/22£10,944£7,869£3,075£2,631£25,128£24,01036.6216403
31/03/21£7,583£7,326£257£2,219£21,581£21,47135.2210408
31/03/20£6,890£7,157£-267£2,366£19,068£18,98931.8207629
31/03/19£7,773£6,352£1,421£2,169£19,671£19,65237.1200577
31/03/18£8,115£5,975£2,141£1,842£17,930£17,900361910
31/03/17£5,836£5,643£193£1,670£15,788£15,76733.51970
31/03/16£5,700£5,323£377£1,609£14,609£14,56132.81250
31/03/15£5,712£5,049£664£1,519£14,174£14,17133.71160
31/03/14£5,117£4,751£366£1,393£12,760£9,878251140
31/03/13£5,406£4,329£1,077£1,144£12,134£9,56326.51040
31/03/12£4,081£4,013£68£980£10,441£7,81123.41160
31/03/11£4,064£3,797£268£896£10,557£7,86124.8930
31/03/10£3,142£3,537£-395£747£10,033£7,42025.2900
31/03/09£3,570£3,407£163£746£9,287£6,60623.3850
31/03/08£3,390£3,145£244£757£10,041£7,16927.4860
31/03/07£3,037£3,007£30£713£10,027£7,34329.3860
31/03/06£2,979£2,920£59£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/05£3,811£2,521£1,290£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/04*£2,448£2,408£40£0£0£0n/a00

Financial Ratios
Fundraising Costs/Relevant Income: 62.1%
Fundraising Costs/Total Spending: 36%
Senior Staff Costs/Total Spending: 8%
Highest pay band: £110,000-£120,000
Liabilities/Assets: 2%
Liabilities/Income: 6%
Unrestricted Funds/Total Funds: 97%
Reserves/Spending: 32.6 months
Net Current Assets/Spending: 4 months
Quick Ratio: 1.7
Asset Split ?
Established: 44 years

www.stleonardshospice.org.uk

enquiries@stleonardshospice.org.uk

01904708553

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UN SDGs
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Listed activities
  • The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives
GiG Classification
  • Hospice services
How it operates
  • Provides services
Where it operates
  • City Of York, East Riding Of Yorkshire, North Yorkshire,
Who it helps
  • People With Disabilities
  • The General Public/Mankind
Who works here?
  • 227 employees
  • 380 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
Masonic Trust£31,940
Two Ridings Community Foundation£11,000
Co-Operative Group£4,048
Specific Donations
Amount When
Months
To be used for
Co-Operative Group - Grant to St Leonard's Hospice
£4,048 21/10/2023
We aim to help over 100 families – including sons, daughters, husbands, wives, friends – to receive bereavement support free of charge. Last year we delivered over 900 sessions to 190 families.
Two Ridings Community Foundation - A Night to Remember
£7,000 25/10/2022
Grant to St Leonard's Hospice
Two Ridings Community Foundation - St Leonard's
£4,000 27/04/2022
Funding to support their annual walk meaning all monies raised during the event will go to directly support St Leonard's
Masonic Trust - MCF Hospice
£1,940 10/11/2021
Unrestricted funding for hospices
Masonic Trust - MCF Hospice UK Partnership
£30,000 06/03/2020
Prioritising support for people who are homeless at end of life
Masonic Trust - Hospice Grant
£2,800 18/10/2017
Core funding for hospices
Masonic Trust - Hospice Grant
£3,863 19/10/2016
Core funding for hospices
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Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (14)
Current Trustees appointed
Gender Split

Age Range of Trustees: 38-69
Legal constitution
  • Charitable company registered in England & Wales on 20/12/1979, number: 509294
  • Registered at Companies House on 01/10/1979, number: 01451533
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: 1 days late,
Recent reorganisation events:
  • Asset transfer in from CHARITY SOUL on 20/02/2023
Main office

ST. LEONARDS HOSPICE
185 TADCASTER ROAD
DRINGHOUSES
YORK
YO24 1GL

Objectives

TO PROMOTE THE RELIEF OF SICKNESS BY SUCH CHARITABLE MEANS AS THE ASSOCIATION SHALL FROM TIME TO TIME THINK FIT.

Defined Area of Benefit:

NOT DEFINED

Data Sources

Charity Commission for England and Wales
360 Giving
CharityBase
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