Finance Score: -3

Governance Score: 9

Support Score: 4

Fundraising costs high: -3
No PartB

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

Grant maker support: +4

Overall GiG Score: 10

ARDGOWAN HOSPICE LTD

Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

The charity has received backing from a grant maker
There have been no material income shortfalls in recent years
The Board appears to be well diversified in terms of age and gender and dynamic in terms of composition
This charity is based in an area of extremely high deprivation

Financial issues to consider:

Fundraising costs are high relative to funds raised

Established: 43 years

https://ardgowanhospice.org.uk/

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	£1,310,403	£1,315,245	£1,423,390	£1,502,980		£1,514,470
Donations & Legacies	£878,156	£1,114,835	£1,142,208	£1,265,113		£1,284,401
Other Income				£101,327		£74,109
Investment Income	£30,588	£32,719	£37,448	£18,241		£32,780
Total income	£3,383,303	£3,596,719	£3,217,888	£3,426,245	£3,840,210	£3,825,047
Charitable activities spending	£2,597,446	£2,694,842	£2,713,962	£2,612,793		£2,694,143
Fundraising costs	33%	26%	27%	26%	20%	28%
Other spending				£2,018
Total spending	£3,693,229	£3,616,005	£3,568,750	£3,466,657	£3,372,939	£3,723,129
Surplus/deficit	-£309,926	-£19,286	-£350,862	-£40,412	£467,271	£101,918

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Listed activities

It carries out activities or services itself

Purposes

The advancement of health

Where it operates

Wider, but within one local authority area, main operating location: Inverclyde

This charity is based in an area of extremely high deprivation

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.

Specific Donations

Amount	When Months	To be used for
Scottish Government - Ardgowan Hospice
£94,390	02/04/2020	Detailed description not provided.
Robertson Trust - The Running Costs of the Hospice
£30,000	11/09/2018	The Running Costs of the Hospice
Co-Operative Group - Grant to Ardgowan Hospice
£4,042	29/11/2017	Resources will raise awareness of childhood bereavement services via schools, GPs, local community groups and agencies.
Co-Operative Group - Grant to Ardgowan Hospice
£3,194	04/08/2017	Train peer support educational professionals and volunteers to help young people 6-18 affected by bereavement to cope with loss and grief
Robertson Trust - The Running Costs of the Hospice
£30,000	25/07/2017	The Running Costs of the Hospice
Robertson Trust - the Running Costs of the Hospice
£20,000	30/06/2016	the Running Costs of the Hospice
National Lottery Community Fund - The Inside-Out Hospice
£448,328	19/05/2016 48	The project will change the way in which people are able to interact with the hospice, making services more responsive and accessible. It will allow the organisation to transform its day support ....more The project will change the way in which people are able to interact with the hospice, making services more responsive and accessible. It will allow the organisation to transform its day support service in order to reach underrepresented groups in Inverclyde through the use of satellite sites and community hubs.
Robertson Trust - the core running costs of the hospice
£20,000	30/06/2015	the core running costs of the hospice

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How is it governed?

Directors (11)

Current Directors appointed

Gender Split

Age Range of Directors: 46-73

BARRON, Derek T
Appointed: 2021
Occupation: Director Of Care, Erskine (The Veterans Charity)

BENNETT, Peter Fothergill
Appointed: 2019
Occupation: Accountant

HYSLOP, Isla Telfer Brownlie
Appointed: 2023
Occupation: Leadership Coach And Psychotherapist

MACFARLANE, Sheena
Appointed: 2016
Occupation: Retired Head Teacher

MARSHALL, Trudi
Appointed: 2022
Occupation: Nurse Director

MAXWELL, Gillian Kirsteen
Appointed: 2023
Occupation: Community Engagement Manager

MCALISTER, Fraser
Appointed: 2021
Occupation: Retired

MCALPINE, Pauline
Appointed: 2022
Occupation: Specialist Community Physiotherapist

NUGENT, John C, Dr
Appointed: 2021
Occupation: Retired

REBECCHI, Marco Gino
Appointed: 2022
Occupation: Architectural Technologist

WILSON, John Blair
Appointed: 2023
Occupation: Retired

Legal constitution

Charity registered in Scotland on 13/07/1981, number: SC011541
Registered at Companies House on 13/07/1981, number: SC075515

Filing Record

4 returns made; AR20: 63 days late,

Main office

12 Nelson Street, Greenock, Renfrewshire, PA15 1TS

Objectives

To promote the relief of suffering (so far as such purpose is charitable) in such ways as the Company shall from time to time think fit, and in particular (but without prejudice to the generality of such objects): (A) By the provision of care and support for patients and families living with a life-limiting illness through the establishment, maintenance, and conduct of nursing and similar facilities, residential or otherwise for the reception and care of persons of either sex (without regard to race or creed) who are suffering (at any age) as a result of any chronic or terminal illness or as a result of any disability or disease attributable to old age or as a result of any other physical or mental infirmity, disability or disease, and so that any such facilities may be restricted to patients of one sex only or (whether or not so restricted as aforesaid) to persons suffering as a result of any particular type or types of illness, disability, disease or infirmity and by providing medical or other treatment and attention for any such persons as aforesaid in their own homes. (B) By conducting or promoting or encouraging research into the care and treatment of persons suffering as a result of any such illness, disability, disease or infirmity as aforesaid and particularly into the care and treatment of persons suffering as a result of cancer or terminal illnesses. (C) By promoting or encouraging or assisting in the teaching or training of doctors, nurses, physiotherapists and other persons engaged in any branch of medicine, surgery, nursing or allied services, and in the teaching or training of students in any branch of medicine, surgery, nursing or allied services. (0) By providing or assisting or encouraging the provision of spiritual help and guidance for any persons resident (either as patients or otherwise) or working in any such facility or facilities as aforesaid

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