Finance Score: -6
Governance Score: 0
Support Score: 0
  • Liabilities <10%: +3
  • Excess reserves: -5
  • Large legacies income: +1
  • Fundraising costs high: -5
    • No supporters identified
    Overall GiG Score: -6 ?

    THE HOSPICE OF THE GOOD SHEPHERD 

    The Bassetlaw Hospice, working in partnership with the Nottinghamshire Foundation NHS Trust, provides facilities and services to support palliative care for the local community. It exists to enable patients living with a progressive life limiting illness and their carers, to achieve the best quality of life.
    Analysis by Giving is Great

    Positives:

    • The charity has received modest backing from a grant maker
    • 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, despite a decline more recently

    Financial issues to consider:

    • This charity has substantial assets and unrestricted reserves of £6,529,659 available, equivalent to 144 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£599£545£53£167£6,530£6,530143.8750
    31/03/22£620£437£183£146£6,831£6,831187.4660
    31/03/21£557£419£138£115£6,390£6,390183.2660
    31/03/20£419£888£-470n/an/an/an/an/a100
    31/03/19£1,234£402£832£114£6,146£6,146183.36100
    31/03/18£931£360£570£64£5,314£5,31417760
    31/03/17£932£334£598£109£4,807£4,807172.660
    31/03/16£941£295£646£96£3,946£3,946160.360
    31/03/15£478£310£168£0£0£0n/a00
    31/03/14£636£414£223£108£2,992£2,99286.860
    31/03/13£533£414£119£100£2,646£2,64676.770
    31/03/12£483£397£86£0£0£0n/a00
    31/03/11£432£321£111£0£0£0n/a00
    31/03/10£568£314£254£79£2,252£2,25286.160
    31/03/09£548£302£246£95£1,848£1,84873.560
    31/03/08£397£295£103£0£0£0n/a00
    31/03/07£393£246£147£0£0£0n/a00
    31/03/06£463£262£201£0£0£0n/a00
    31/03/05*£334£133£202£0£0£0n/a00
    31/03/04£310£302£8£0£0£0n/a00

    Financial Ratios
    Fundraising Costs/Relevant Income: 67.5%
    Fundraising Costs/Total Spending: 34.1%
    Highest pay band: Less than £60,000
    Liabilities/Assets: 0%
    Liabilities/Income: 1%
    Unrestricted Funds/Total Funds: 100%
    Reserves/Spending: 143.8 months
    Net Current Assets/Spending: 6 months
    Quick Ratio: 30.1
    Asset Split ?
    Established: 35 years

    www.bassetlawhospice.org

    give@bassetlawhospice.org

    01777863270

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    UN SDGs
    ?
    Listed activities
    • The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives
    GiG Classification
    • Hospice services
    How it operates
    • Provides advocacy/advice/information
    • Provides buildings/facilities/open space
    • Provides services
    Where it operates
    • Nottinghamshire,
    Who it helps
    • The General Public/Mankind
    Who works here?
    • 7 employees
    • 50 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.

    Specific Donations
    Amount When
    Months
    To be used for
    Masonic Trust - MCF Hospice
    £875 10/11/2021
    Unrestricted funding for hospices

    Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

    How is it governed?

    Trustees (10)
    Current Trustees appointed
    Gender Split

    Legal constitution
    • Charity registered in England & Wales on 09/08/1989, number: 701876
    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
    • Investment
    • Paying staff
    • Risk management
    • Safeguarding policy and procedures
    • Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
    • Social media policy and procedures
    • Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
    • Volunteer management
    Filing Record
    20 returns made; AR05: 1 days late,
    Main office

    BASSETLAW HOSPICE OF THE GOOD SHEPH
    NORTH ROAD
    RETFORD
    DN22 7XF

    Objectives

    THE RELIEF OF PAIN SUFFERING AND DISEASE AMONGST TERMINALLY ILL PERSONS IN RETFORD, WORKSOP AND DISTRICTS BY SUPPORTING THE CHARITABLE WORK OF ANY INSTITUTION THAT PROVIDES SUCH CARE

    Defined Area of Benefit:

    RETFORD, WORKSOP AND DISTRICTS

    Data Sources

    Charity Commission for England and Wales
    360 Giving
    CharityBase
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