Finance Score: -2
Governance Score: 9
Support Score: 7
  • Liabilities <10%: +3
  • Positive trading contribution: +2;Multiple Deficits: -2
  • Fundraising costs high: -5
  • Good trustee age range: +3
  • Dynamic board: +3
  • Gender balanced board: +3
  • Grant maker support: +7
Overall GiG Score: 14 ?

KIRKWOOD HOSPICE 

Kirkwood Hospice provides specialist care free of charge to adults in Kirklees with advanced, progressive illnesses at any time from diagnosis to the end of life, respecting their individual needs and wishes. care and support is also provided for their family members, friends and carers, both during the illness and after death.
Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

  • This charity has a robust balance sheet
  • More than half of total income was derived from trading and fees in the latest year
  • 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£9,255£10,224£-969£3,653£10,691£10,54812.4262998
31/03/22£8,862£8,817£45£2,833£12,078£11,97816.3260985
31/03/21£7,838£8,439£-601£2,302£11,895£11,82616.8254864
31/03/20£7,324£8,059£-735£2,705£11,141£11,04316.4269853
31/03/19£7,184£7,425£-241£2,400£12,440£12,42220.1258880
31/03/18£7,016£7,241£-225£2,434£12,452£12,41420.62330
31/03/17£6,949£6,701£249£2,373£12,685£12,67222.71530
31/03/16£7,083£6,318£765£2,447£11,597£11,576221390
31/03/15£5,588£5,952£-363£2,274£10,965£10,922221350
31/03/14£5,970£5,598£372£2,102£11,049£9,36320.11300
31/03/13£5,867£5,208£659£1,932£10,478£9,72022.41200
31/03/12*£5,318£4,754£564£1,689£9,290£9,00122.71180
31/03/11£4,846£4,488£357£1,518£8,783£8,49722.71160
31/03/10£4,125£4,218£-93£1,368£8,112£7,87122.41090
31/03/09£3,986£4,063£-76£1,279£7,012£6,73619.91050
31/03/08£4,256£3,756£500£1,060£8,024£7,70624.61040
31/03/07£3,378£3,434£-57£878£7,914£7,68726.91000
31/03/06?*£4,307£3,919£387£0£0£0n/a00
31/12/04£3,285£2,825£461£0£0£0n/a00

Financial Ratios
Fundraising Costs/Relevant Income: 82.6%
Fundraising Costs/Total Spending: 36%
Senior Staff Costs/Total Spending: 5%
Highest pay band: £120,000-£130,000
Liabilities/Assets: 9%
Liabilities/Income: 11%
Unrestricted Funds/Total Funds: 99%
Reserves/Spending: 12.4 months
Net Current Assets/Spending: 2 months
Quick Ratio: 0.8
Asset Split ?
Established: 42 years

www.kirkwoodhospice.co.uk

info@kirkwoodhospice.co.uk

01484557900

Charity Commission for England and WalesCompanies House
UN SDGs
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Listed activities
  • Education/Training
  • The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives
GiG Classification
  • Hospice services
How it operates
  • Provides advocacy/advice/information
  • Provides services
Where it operates
  • Kirklees,
Who it helps
  • The General Public/Mankind
Who works here?
  • 262 employees
  • 998 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
Wolfson Foundation£60,000
National Lottery Community Fund£14,460
Sir George Martin Trust£13,000
Co-Operative Group£8,855
Specific Donations
Amount When
Months
To be used for
Wolfson Foundation - Grant to Kirkwood Hospice
£60,000 07/12/2022
Development of outside area to support people with life limiting illnesses
Co-Operative Group - Grant to Music Therapy at The Kirkwood
£2,431 22/10/2022
Music Therapy offers a friendly environment and promotes discussion of difficult topics. It helps to alleviate the stress and anxiety patients feel, while also offering some physical/mental respite.
Masonic Trust - MCF Hospice
£1,750 10/11/2021
Unrestricted funding for hospices
Sir George Martin Trust - Grant to Kirkwood Hospice
£5,000 15/10/2021
Core costs for Advancement of Health/Saving Lives
Sir George Martin Trust - Grant to Kirkwood Hospice
£5,000 15/10/2021
Core costs for Advancement of Health/Saving Lives
National Lottery Community Fund - Music Therapy
£4,500 11/06/2021
The funding will be used to deliver online one to one and group singing sessions for people with life limiting illness their families and carers. Participants will receive advice and support whilst ....more
Co-Operative Group - Grant to Kirkwood Hospice
£3,341 24/10/2020
We would like to provide specialist care to people living with life-limiting illnesses in Kirklees, and to support their loved ones.
National Lottery Community Fund - Kirkwood Hospice response to COVID19 - Community Nursing
£9,960 30/04/2020
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The funding will be used to purchase clinical laptops. This will enable the group to efficiently support the most vulnerable people during the COVID-19 pandemic remotely.
Sir George Martin Trust - Grant to Kirkwood Hospice
£3,000 23/03/2020
Core costs for Advancement of Health/Saving Lives
Co-Operative Group - Grant to Kirkwood Hospice
£3,082 15/11/2019
We would like to implement a project that helps to better coordinate the care of patients with life-limiting illnesses.
Co-Operative Group - Grant to Kirkwood Hospice
£3,384 19/11/2018
Money would go towards providing world class specialist care for people who are living with a life-limiting illness.
Co-Operative Group - Grant to Kirkwood Hospice
£5,977 04/08/2017
This project will ensure the safety of our patients at all times by significantly reducing, if not eliminating, the risk of patient falls.
Masonic Trust - Hospice Grant
£3,290 19/10/2016
Core funding for hospices
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Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (11)
Current Trustees appointed
Gender Split

Age Range of Trustees: 43-69
Legal constitution
  • Charitable company registered in England & Wales on 03/08/1982, number: 512987
  • Registered at Companies House on 23/06/1982, number: 01645888
Gift Aid
  • Registered with HMRC for Gift Aid
Event History
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
  • 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
19 returns made; AR12: 14 days late, AR06: 1 days late,
Recent reorganisation events:
  • Asset transfer in from HUDDERSFIELD COMMERCIAL TRAVELLERS' ASSOCIATION BENEVOLENT INSTITUTION on 07/06/2023
  • Asset transfer in from THE F.V. AND E. BROOK CHARITABLE TRUST on 13/12/2023
Main office

KIRKWOOD HOSPICE
21 ALBANY ROAD
DALTON
HUDDERSFIELD
HD5 9UY

Objectives

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

Defined Area of Benefit:

ENGLAND AND WALES

Data Sources

Charity Commission for England and Wales
360 Giving
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