Overall GiG Score: 10 ?
Finance Score: -1
Governance Score: 0
Support Score: 11
  • Liabilities <10%: +3
  • Excess reserves: -3
  • Volatile income: -3
  • Fundraising costs high: -3
  • Future income +5
    • Grant maker support: +11

    CHILTERNS NEURO CENTRE LTD 

    The charity provides a range of symptom management therapies and treatments to support people who have been diagnosed with Multiple Sclerosis (MS), Parkinson's Disease (PD) and Stroke survivors to give them better control over their lives. It also aims to provide direct care, support and counselling for patients, their carers and families, all conducted in a welcoming inclusive environment
    Analysis by Giving is Great

    Positives:

    • The charity has received backing from multiple prominent grant makers recently and there are significant future grants due to be received
    • This charity has a robust balance sheet
    • There have been no material income shortfalls in recent years

    Financial issues to consider:

    • This charity has substantial assets and unrestricted reserves of £2,788,877 available, equivalent to 34 months of spending and so may not be able to utilise additional funding
    • Income has been volatile recently
    • Fundraising costs are extremely high relative to funds raised
    Established: 35 years

    www.chilternsneurocentre.org

    info@chilternsneurocentre.org

    01296696133

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    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
    31/12/22£840£982£-142£238£2,812£2,78934.12687
    31/12/21£969£783£186£154£2,954£2,91144.62574
    31/12/20£1,012£923£89£128£2,768£2,66434.634150
    31/12/19£1,065£1,159£-93£260£2,679£2,57826.741200
    31/12/18£1,112£1,149£-37£244£2,772£2,5872739200
    31/12/17*£1,012£1,004£8£239£2,810£2,70532.3370
    31/12/16£897£921£-24£171£2,802£2,77636.2320
    31/12/15£818£833£-15£158£2,825£2,78640.100
    31/12/14£773£730£43£144£2,840£2,81446.3160
    31/12/13£523£748£-225£116£2,798£2,77144.5140
    31/12/12£2,643£607£2,036£114£3,022£3,00459.4120
    31/12/11£754£467£287£96£986£72018.5100
    31/12/10£553£467£86£110£699£2666.8130
    31/12/09£492£467£24£0£0£0n/a00
    31/12/08£682£404£278£71£589£34510.3140
    31/12/07£450£317£133£0£0£0n/a00
    31/12/06£302£290£12£0£0£0n/a00
    31/12/05£211£218£-7£0£0£0n/a00
    31/12/04£195£203£-8£0£0£0n/a00

    Financial Ratios
    Fundraising Costs/Relevant Income: 33.9%
    Fundraising Costs/Total Spending: 24.2%
    Highest pay band: Less than £60,000
    Liabilities/Assets: 6%
    Liabilities/Income: 21%
    Unrestricted Funds/Total Funds: 99%
    Reserves/Spending: 34.1 months
    Net Current Assets/Spending: 6 months
    Quick Ratio: 8.2
    Asset Split ?
    What it does
    • Disability
    • The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives
    Who works here?
    • 26 employees
    • 87 volunteers
    Who it helps
    • Elderly/Old People
    • Other Defined Groups
    • People With Disabilities
    How it operates
    • Provides advocacy/advice/information
    • Provides buildings/facilities/open space
    • Provides human resources
    • Provides services
    Where it operates
    • Buckinghamshire, Central Bedfordshire, Hertfordshire, Milton Keynes, Oxfordshire, Slough, Windsor And Maidenhead,

    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
    National Lottery Community Fund£750,000
    DCMS£50,000
    Rothschild Foundation£35,000
    Garfield Weston Foundation£15,000
    The Clothworkers Foundation£9,900
    Specific Donations
    Amount When
    Months
    To be used for
    National Lottery Community Fund - Treatment & support for adults with neurological conditions
    £450,000 11/05/2023
    This funding will be used to provide therapy to support adults with a variety of neurological conditions from across all of Buckinghamshire and parts of Bedfordshire Hertfordshire and Oxfordshire.
    The Clothworkers Foundation - Grant to Chilterns MS Centre
    £9,900 14/07/2022
    purchase and installation of sterilising equipment for a hydrotherapy pool for a charity supporting people with disabilities in Buckinghamshire
    Co-Operative Group - Grant to Chilterns MS Centre
    £4,701 23/10/2021
    We would like to develop our outreach service to enable us to access and support even more people living with MS in our community, to help those who may be isolated or vulnerable.
    Rothschild Foundation - Grant to Chilterns Multiple Sclerosis Centre
    £35,000 09/06/2021
    6
    Funding for Chilterns MS Centre’s well-being services providing counselling, nutrition advice, carers’ support, therapeutic leisure groups for 6 months.
    DCMS - Coronavirus Community Support Fund
    £50,000 29/09/2020
    "The fund aims to:1) To reduce closures of essential charities that provide essential services to vulnerable groups during the COVID-19 crisis by ensuring they have the financial resources to ....more
    Garfield Weston Foundation - Main Grants award - COVID19 response
    £15,000 29/05/2020
    Exercise Therapy for People with Multiple Sclerosis
    National Lottery Community Fund - Chilterns MS Centre Ltd
    £300,000 30/05/2019
    36
    This organisation supports more than 500 people with MS and their carers. This funding will be used to continue delivering and developing its specialist physiotherapy service.
    Bedfordshire and Luton Community Foundation - Grant to Chilterns MS Centre
    £7,500 27/09/2018
    11
    Treatment and support for people with multiple sclerosis
    Garfield Weston Foundation - Main Grants award
    £20,000 25/07/2018
    Specialist Physiotherapy for People with Multiple Sclerosis
    Masonic Trust - Specialist neuro-physiotherapy service
    £30,000 21/02/2018
    Specialist neuro-physiotherapy for people with multiple sclerosis
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    Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

    How is it governed?

    Trustees (9)
    Current Trustees appointed

    Age Range of Trustees: 52-79
    Legal constitution
    • Charitable company registered in England & Wales on 07/02/1989, number: 800853
    • Registered at Companies House on 09/09/1988, number: 02294557
    Gift Aid
    • Registered with HMRC for Gift Aid
    Policies in force
    • Complaints handling
    • Conflicting interests
    • Investment
    • Paying staff
    • Risk management
    • Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
    • Volunteer management
    Filing Record
    19 returns made; AR17: 14 days late,
    Main office

    OAKWOOD CLOSE
    WENDOVER
    AYLESBURY
    HP22 5LX

    Objectives

    TO AID AND IMPROVE FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT IN THE AREA OF BENEFIT THE CONDITION OF THOSE SUFFERING FROM MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS BY ANY LAWFUL MEANS. (FOR FULL DETAILS SEE CLAUSE 3 OF MEMORANDUM OF ASSOCIATION)

    Defined Area of Benefit:

    THE AREA OF THE THREE CHILTERN HUNDREDS OF AYLESBURY AND THE AREA OF THE CHILTERNS OR SUCH OTHER PART OR PARTS OF THE UNITED KINGDOM

    Data Sources

    Charity Commission for England and Wales
    360 Giving
    CharityBase
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