Finance Score: -6

Governance Score: 9

Support Score: 5

Multiple Deficits: -2
Fundraising costs high: -4

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

Grant maker support: +5

Overall GiG Score: 8

THE HARTLEPOOL HOSPICE LIMITED

Established in 1980 Alice House Hospice is an independent registered charity providing free specialist palliative care for adults diagnosed with severe and progressive life limiting illnesses. Registered as Hartlepool Hospice Ltd (known locally as Alice House Hospice and formerly Hartlepool & District Hospice), is a charity within England and Wales.

Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

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

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		£3,846	£4,068	£-221	£972	£3,005	£2,579	7.6	150	118
31/03/22		£3,820	£3,960	£-140	£1,095	£3,225	£2,786	8.4	159	120
31/03/21		£3,711	£3,419	£292	£604	£3,361	£2,915	10.2	128	120
31/03/20		£3,599	£3,588	£12	£693	£3,069	£2,603	8.7	95	190
31/03/19		£3,298	£3,448	£-150	£711	£3,057	£2,583	9	95	200
31/03/18		£3,400	£3,306	£94	£740	£3,207	£2,716	9.9	91	0
31/03/17		£3,205	£3,010	£194	£673	£3,118	£2,442	9.7	84	0
31/03/16		£3,013	£2,901	£112	£631	£2,923	£2,163	8.9	80	0
31/03/15		£3,201	£2,673	£527	£883	£2,818	£2,114	9.5	71	0
31/03/14		£2,723	£2,537	£186	£809	£2,291	£1,954	9.2	65	0
31/03/13		£2,608	£2,455	£152	£851	£2,105	£2,081	10.2	65	0
31/03/12		£2,434	£2,344	£90	£711	£1,953	£1,946	10	66	0
31/03/11	*	£2,688	£2,601	£88	£774	£1,863	£1,857	8.6	67	0
31/03/10		£2,604	£2,734	£-130	£767	£1,776	£1,741	7.6	77	0
31/03/09		£2,805	£2,682	£123	£743	£1,906	£1,895	8.5	73	0
31/03/08		£2,331	£2,469	£-138	£758	£1,782	£1,724	8.4	69	0
31/03/07	*	£2,669	£2,463	£207	£739	£1,920	£1,894	9.2	65	0
31/03/06	*	£2,131	£2,141	£-9	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/05		£2,085	£2,128	£-43	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/04		£2,484	£1,877	£607	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0

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Financial Ratios

Fundraising Costs/Relevant Income: 35.5%
Fundraising Costs/Total Spending: 23.9%
Senior Staff Costs/Total Spending: 3%
Highest pay band: £90,000-£100,000
Liabilities/Assets: 22%
Liabilities/Income: 22%
Unrestricted Funds/Total Funds: 86%
Reserves/Spending: 7.6 months
Net Current Assets/Spending: 1 months
Quick Ratio: 1.5

Asset Split ?

Established: 43 years

www.alicehousehospice.co.uk

enquiries@alicehousehospice.co.uk

01429855555

Charity Commission for England and Wales

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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

Durham, Hartlepool, Stockton-on-tees,

Who it helps

Elderly/Old People
Other Defined Groups
People With Disabilities

Who works here?

150 employees
118 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

Garfield Weston Foundation	£20,000
County Durham Community Foundation	£12,096
Sir Jules Thorn Charitable Trust	£5,000
Community Foundation Tyne & Wear & Nthmbrlnd	£5,000

Specific Donations

Amount	When Months	To be used for
County Durham Community Foundation - N?A
£2,100	14/02/2022	To support patient care.
Garfield Weston Foundation - Main Grants award
£20,000	04/02/2022	Specialist Palliative Care at Alice House Inpatient Unit
Sir Jules Thorn Charitable Trust - The Hartlepool Hospice Limited - 27/09/21
£5,000	29/11/2021	Core Funding
County Durham Community Foundation - Alice House Hospice Therapeutic Counselling and Bereavement Service
£5,000	19/11/2021	To support Alice House Hospice Therapeutic Counselling and Bereavement Service.
Masonic Trust - MCF Hospice
£1,345	10/11/2021	Unrestricted funding for hospices
Community Foundation Tyne & Wear & Nthmbrlnd - Towards the organisations charitable purposes
£5,000	24/09/2020	Towards the organisations charitable purposes
County Durham Community Foundation - Keeping in Touch Project
£4,996	27/04/2020	To support the Keeping in Touch Project.
Community Foundation serving Tyne & Wear and Northumberland - Alice House Hospice Specialist Bed Replacement Project
£2,656	15/10/2018	Alice House Hospice Specialist Bed Replacement Project
National Lottery Community Fund - Alice House Hospice Patient Enrichment Programme
£10,000	03/08/2018 12	The funding will be used to organise a programme of enrichment activities for palliative care patients, families and the community. The project aims to reduce anxiety through calming therapeutic ....more The funding will be used to organise a programme of enrichment activities for palliative care patients, families and the community. The project aims to reduce anxiety through calming therapeutic activities and encourage community engagement with patients to reduce isolation.
Garfield Weston Foundation - Main Grants award
£20,000	30/08/2017	Specialist Palliative Care at the Inpatient Unit
National Lottery Community Fund - Activity Programme for Alice House Day Hospice
£10,000	09/11/2016 12	The project will deliver social, creative and recreational activities for palliative care patients when they visit the day hospice. This will help patients develop their skills and help reduce their ....more The project will deliver social, creative and recreational activities for palliative care patients when they visit the day hospice. This will help patients develop their skills and help reduce their social isolation. The activities will involve family and friends, local groups and schools to help dispel negative stereotyping about hospices.

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How is it governed?

Trustees (11)

Current Trustees appointed

Gender Split

Age Range of Trustees: 40-89

CLAIR DUNKERLEY Appointed: 2024, Occupation: Solicitor

DR ANGELA BROWN Appointed: 2023, Occupation: Chief Executive

DR JAMES DRUCE Appointed: 2021, Occupation: Gp

LORNA JONES, Occupation: Lecturer

PETER BOWES Appointed: 2023, Occupation: Managing Director

VIKKI JACKSON SMITH Appointed: 2024

CLIVE SHOTTON Appointed: 2014, Occupation: Retail Business Man

JOANNE REGAN Appointed: 2006, Occupation: Chartered Accountant

RAYMOND PRIESTMAN (Chair) Appointed: 2002, Occupation: Chartered Accountant

FRANCIS MATTHEW GIBBON, Occupation: Solicitor, Other trusteeship: RICHMONDSHIRE LANDSCAPE TRUST,

JAMES FREDERICK AINSLIE Appointed: 2014, Occupation: Retired, Other trusteeship: TEES VALLEY ARTS,

Legal constitution

Charitable company registered in England & Wales on 19/12/1980, number: 510824
Registered at Companies House on 31/10/1980, number: 01525658

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
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; AR11: 1 days late, AR07: 59 days late, AR06: 3 days late,

Main office

ALICE HOUSE HOSPICE
ALICE HOUSE
WELLS AVENUE
HARTLEPOOL
TS24 9DA

Objectives

TO PROMOTE THE RELIEF OF SICKNESS BY SUCH CHARITABLE MEANS AS THE ASSOCIATION SHALL FORM TIME TO TIME THINK FIT. (FOR FURTHER DETAILS SEE CLAUSE 3 OF THE MEMORANDUM.

Defined Area of Benefit:

NOT DEFINED

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