Finance Score: -10

Governance Score: 8

Support Score: 6

Multiple Deficits and declines: -5
Fundraising costs high: -5
No PartB

12+ Trustees: -1
Good trustee age range: +3
Dynamic board: +3
Gender balanced board: +3

Grant maker support: +6

Overall GiG Score: 4

EDINBURGH CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL CHARITY

Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

The charity has received backing from several prominent grant makers recently
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 high deprivation

Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

There are 14 trustees whereas the Charities Commission recommends a maximum of 12

Financial issues to consider:

Income has been volatile and on several occasions in recent years less than spending
Fundraising costs are extremely high relative to funds raised

Financial Data

Income & Spending ?

Period ending	31/12/17	31/12/18	31/12/19	31/12/20	31/12/21	31/12/22
Charitable activities						£685
Donations & Legacies		£2,290,618	£1,869,903	£1,506,032	£1,508,065
Other Income			£400	£1,017
Investment Income		£7,291	£11,028	£6,351	£1,447	£4,330
Total income	£1,784,765	£2,508,444	£2,760,697	£1,681,781	£1,799,513	£1,701,745
Charitable activities spending		£1,044,715	£1,270,067	£1,183,919	£1,040,185	£1,165,839
Fundraising costs	31%	28%	45%	38%	38%	53%
Other spending
Total spending	£2,181,096	£1,754,837	£2,507,071	£1,821,503	£1,726,121	£2,073,672
Surplus/deficit	-£396,331	£753,607	£253,626	-£139,722	£73,392	-£371,927

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Established: 32 years

www.echcharity.org

Listed activities

It makes grants, donations, loans, gifts or pensions to individuals
It makes grants, donations or gifts to organisations
It carries out activities or services itself

GiG Classification

General hospitals

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

One or a few bases or facilities serving people who come from a broad area, main operating location: City of Edinburgh

This charity is based in an area of high deprivation

Who it helps

Children or young people
People with disabilities or health problems

Who supports 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

Scottish Government	£98,500
BBC Children in Need	£30,061
National Lottery Community Fund	£30,000
RS Macdonald Charitable Trust	£8,000

Specific Donations

Amount	When Months	To be used for
Co-Operative Group - Grant to Edinburgh Children's Hospital Charity
£1,240	21/10/2023	We would like funding for our ECHC Children's Wellbeing Programme. This uses art, youth work and family support to improve children's emotional wellbeing and bring fun to clinical environments.
Co-Operative Group - Grant to Edinburgh Children's Hospital Charity
£1,189	22/10/2022	We aim to support young people in hospital struggling with their mental health; helping them to build resilience, confidence and positive relationships with care teams to enable their recovery.
BBC Children in Need - Grant to Edinburgh Children's Hospital Charity
£500	20/10/2022 0	‘Cost of Living uplift: £500 to help projects meet their rising costs and respond to increased demand 31/10/2022’
National Lottery Community Fund - Supporting Children's Wellbeing in Hospital
£10,000	11/08/2021	This group will use the funding to deliver their Children’s Wellbeing Programme in Edinburgh Royal Hospital working with 2000 children and young people with long term chronic conditions or with ....more This group will use the funding to deliver their Children’s Wellbeing Programme in Edinburgh Royal Hospital working with 2000 children and young people with long term chronic conditions or with severe mental health conditions.
BBC Children in Need - Grant to Edinburgh Children's Hospital Charity
£29,561	30/07/2021	Support for seriously ill children and young people in hospital, via a range of individual and group support and activities. They will have improved emotional wellbeing and relationships, and feel ....more Support for seriously ill children and young people in hospital, via a range of individual and group support and activities. They will have improved emotional wellbeing and relationships, and feel positively empowered.
Foundation Scotland - Grant to Edinburgh Children's Hospital Charity
£5,000	12/10/2020 59	To fund 8 laptops and 1 Mac book to enhance remote, flexible working and enabling ECHC to deliver zoom group sessions for young people and art sessions to support children in hospital and at home
RS Macdonald Charitable Trust - Children with Neurological Conditions in Hospital
£8,000	09/07/2020	Funding will provide additional help through hospital based youth work, family support service and arts and activities programme. This funding will help children and families cope with their ....more Funding will provide additional help through hospital based youth work, family support service and arts and activities programme. This funding will help children and families cope with their circumstances and assist their recovery.
Scottish Government - Edinburgh Children's Hospital Charity
£98,500	15/05/2020	Detailed description not provided.
National Lottery Community Fund - Reducing Isolation of Children in Hospital
£10,000	28/04/2020 12	This group will use the funding to offer additional support to vulnerable children and families shielding due to ongoing health conditions.
National Lottery Community Fund - Complementary Therapy Service for Children in Hospital and their Families
£10,000	16/01/2020 11	This project will continue to provide a complementary therapy service to children and young people who receive treatment at Edinburgh's Royal Hospital for Sick Children, and their families/carers.
Robertson Trust - the Capital Appeal for the New Children's Hospital in Edinburgh
£250,000	30/04/2015	the Capital Appeal for the New Children's Hospital in Edinburgh
Foundation Scotland - Grant to Edinburgh Children's Hospital Charity
£1,000	10/07/2013	To contribute towards the cost of buying a Gamma Camera which will help to test the function of organs in sick children.

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Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Directors (14)

Current Directors appointed

Gender Split

Based on 12/14 persons

Age Range of Directors: 20-67

ANDERSON, Keith Stuart
Appointed: 2016
Occupation: Chief Corporate Officer

ASHWORTH-DAVIES, Tracey Anne
Appointed: 2017
Occupation: Company Director

BLACKLOCK, Angus
Appointed: 2022
Occupation: Student

BRODIE, John Ross
Appointed: 2016
Occupation: Chief Executive

COWIE, Lynda Angela
Appointed: 2018
Occupation: Company Director

GARDINER, Lindsay
Appointed: 2015
Occupation: Retired

KHAN, Shujaat Saeed
Appointed: 2023
Occupation: Partner

LINKLATER, Fiona Margaret
Appointed: 2019
Occupation: Lawyer

MCCORMACK, Jon, Dr
Appointed: 2021
Occupation: Consultant Paediatric Anaesthetist

POTTER, Louise Charlotte, Dr
Appointed: 2021
Occupation: Clinical Psychologist

SHEPHERD, Rhona Allison
Appointed: 2024
Occupation: Performance Coach

THOMAS, Angela Eleine, Prof.
Appointed: 2018
Occupation: Retired

THOMSON, Christy Emma
Appointed: 2022
Occupation: Volunteer Manager

TUMILTY, Michael
Appointed: 2016
Occupation: Company Director

Legal constitution

Charity registered in Scotland on 07/12/1992, number: SC020862
Registered at Companies House on 08/09/2010, number: SC385020

Filing Record

5 returns made; all on time

Main office

, EH16 4TJ

Objectives

The objects of the Charity are:- (a) to support the aims and work of the Royal Hospital for Children and Young People, Edinburgh on its present or any other site on which it may operate in the future ('the Hospital') and to relieve the sickness, ill health, distress and suffering of children who are patients in the Hospital and in the community.

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