Finance Score: -2

Governance Score: 9

Support Score: 7

Multiple Deficits: -2
No PartB

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

Grant maker support: +7

Overall GiG Score: 14

ST.COLUMBA’S HOSPICE CARE

Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

The charity has received backing from a grant maker recently
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

Financial Data

Income & Spending ?

Period ending	31/03/18	31/03/19	31/03/20	31/03/21	31/03/22	31/03/23
Charitable activities	£2,178,249	£2,211,374	£2,306,070	£2,291,096		£2,553,516
Donations & Legacies	£4,980,644	£3,364,793	£3,663,860	£3,562,400		£5,544,279
Other Income				£1,196,331
Investment Income	£1,463,812	£1,106,974	£1,228,879	£894,791		£696,468
Total income	£9,678,155	£7,944,038	£8,454,319	£8,742,819	£9,520,164	£10,334,836
Charitable activities spending	£8,395,204	£8,403,935	£8,793,423	£9,102,716		£9,803,703
Fundraising costs	18%	26%	26%	25%	19%	20%
Other spending
Total spending	£9,833,913	£10,204,755	£10,700,671	£10,760,476	£11,127,202	£11,739,327
Surplus/deficit	-£155,758	-£2,260,717	-£2,246,352	-£2,017,657	-£1,607,038	-£1,404,491

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Established: 25 years
(53 years as a company)

www.stcolumbashospice.org.uk

Listed activities

It carries out activities or services itself

GiG Classification

Hospice services

Purposes

The advancement of health
The relief of those in need by reason of age, ill-health, disability, financial hardship or other disadvantage

Where it operates

More than one local authority area in Scotland, main operating location: City of Edinburgh

Who it helps

People with disabilities or health problems

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	£67,868
Scottish Government	£33,984
Foundation Scotland	£5,230

Specific Donations

Amount	When Months	To be used for
National Lottery Community Fund - Part-time Family Support Worker for St Columba's Hospice
£67,868	11/08/2021 24	This group will use the funding over two years to provide pre and post bereavement support to 192 families in Edinburgh working with seven volunteers. This will be open to families both known to the ....more This group will use the funding over two years to provide pre and post bereavement support to 192 families in Edinburgh working with seven volunteers. This will be open to families both known to the hospice and those currently not accessing hospice services.
Foundation Scotland - Grant to St. Columba's Hospice Care
£250	29/03/2021 0	This donation is via the ScotRail Employee Charitable Giving Fund and is to contribute towards funds already raised for St Columbas Hospice by Scott Wood taking part in a 350km walkathon in January.
Foundation Scotland - Grant to St. Columba's Hospice Care
£4,980	03/02/2021 4	To contribute towards the cost of providing staff counseling and mental health first aid training for clinical managers.
Scottish Government - St Columbas Hospice
£33,984	18/05/2020	Detailed description not provided.
Co-Operative Group - Grant to St Columba's Hospice
£2,663	04/08/2017	Funding will allow us to provide more care and support to children by including bereavement counselling as a service.
National Lottery Community Fund - Transport for St Columba's Day Hospice Patients
£10,000	20/10/2011 12	The hospice will purchase a new people carrier which will be adapted to comfortably accommodate all sizes of wheelchair. The new vehicle will replace the group's old minibus and enable its volunteer ....more The hospice will purchase a new people carrier which will be adapted to comfortably accommodate all sizes of wheelchair. The new vehicle will replace the group's old minibus and enable its volunteer drivers to deliver a more efficient patient transport service to users of the day hospice facility. The grant will be used to help purchase a new wheelchair adapted people carrier.

Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Directors (12)

Current Directors appointed

Gender Split

Age Range of Directors: 37-73

BROWN, David Dow
Appointed: 2022
Occupation: Commercial Director

CAMERON, Uilleam Fraser
Appointed: 2022
Occupation: Financial Consultant

COWIE, Audrey
Appointed: 2021
Occupation: Retired Nurse And Civil Servant

DUNSIRE, David Ness
Appointed: 2014
Occupation: Solicitor

FLOCKHART, Carol Gray
Appointed: 2024
Occupation: Chartered Accountant

KEEL, Aileen Margaret, Professor
Appointed: 2023
Occupation: Retired

KEIR, Sarah Louise, Dr
Appointed: 2020
Occupation: Doctor

KERR, Lynsey
Appointed: 2022
Occupation: Solicitor

LANZL, Nicholas Robertson
Appointed: 2018
Occupation: Senior Investment Director

MACRAE, John Grant
Appointed: 2015
Occupation: Retired Chartered Accountant

MASSON, Louise
Appointed: 2017
Occupation: General Manager

SELMAN, Linda Margaret
Appointed: 2017
Occupation: Retired

Legal constitution

Charity registered in Scotland on 12/11/1999, number: SC003634
Registered at Companies House on 14/05/1971, number: SC048700

Filing Record

5 returns made; all on time

Main office

Challenger Lodge, 15 Boswall Road, Edinburgh, EH5 3RW

Objectives

7 The Hospice is established for Charitable Purposes only with the intention of providing public benefit in Scotland and elsewhere, and in particular the Hospice is established 7.1 to promote the relief of suffering (so far as such object is a Charitable Purpose) in such ways as the Hospice shall from time to time think fit, and including (but without prejudice to the generality of such object)- a) by the provision of palliative nursing, medical and other supportive care services for persons (without regard to race or creed) who are suffering (at any age) from any chronic or terminal illness or from any disability or disease attributable to old age or from any other physical or mental infirmity, disability or disease, , such care services to be provided at the Hospice or in any other facilities or in the homes of such persons. b) by conducting or promoting or encouraging research into the care and treatment of persons suffering from any such illness, disability, disease or infirmity as aforesaid and particularly into the care and treatment of persons suffering from cancer or terminal illnesses. c) by providing or assisting in the teaching or training of doctors, nurses, physiotherapists and other persons engaged in any branch of medicine, surgery, nursing or supportive care services, and in the teaching or training of students in any branch of medicine, surgery, nursing or - supportive care services. d) by establishing, maintaining and conducting out-patients' departments for the provision of support, advice, care and treatment, whether by conventional means or otherwise, of persons suffering from any such illness, disability, disease or infirmity as aforesaid. and by arranging and providing transport to enable such persons to attend or make use of the same. e) by organising, administering and providing community care services by way of support, advice, care and treatment to patients and their families by conducting visits to the homes of such patients and their families for such purposes and! or within any other facilities. and f) by the provision of pastoral care services for the spiritual welfare and support of patients, their families and staff at the Hospice or at any other facilities or in the homes of such patients.

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