Overall GiG Score: 15 ?
Finance Score: 4
Governance Score: 9
Support Score: 2
  • Poor Liquidity: -1
  • Strong growth: +2
  • Fundraising costs low: +3
  • Good trustee age range: +3
  • Dynamic board: +3
  • Gender balanced board: +3
  • Grant maker support: +2

HIPZ (HEALTH IMPROVEMENT PROJECT ZANZIBAR) 

HIPZ supports the healthcare provision in Zanzibar. HIPZ is responsible for two rural hospitals, at Kivunge and Makunduchi, where they have improved the physical conditions of the hospitals, provided equipment, developed the infrastructure and administration and provided significant clinical training. The charity runs a mental health programme and works in multiple primary health facilities.
Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

  • The charity has received modest backing from a grant maker
  • There has been strong growth in spending over the last 5 years
  • There have been no material income shortfalls in recent years
  • Fundraising costs are low relative to funds raised
  • The Board appears to be well diversified in terms of age and gender and dynamic in terms of composition

Financial issues to consider:

  • Liquidity appears to have been slender at the latest year end
  • There has been a change of accounting period recently, so trends may be hard to determine
Established: 7 years

www.hipz.org.uk

admin@hipz.org.uk

07971242838

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Financial Data ?

Income & Spending ?
N.B. data has been adjusted to reflect year end change
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
30/06/23£898£880£19£51£134£220.3122
30/06/22£501£520£-20£74£115£651.5123
30/06/21?£366£346£21n/an/an/an/an/a6
31/03/20£276£298£-22n/an/an/an/an/a7
31/03/19£247£214£32n/an/an/an/an/a12
31/03/18£140£237£-97£0£0£0n/a00

Financial Ratios
Fundraising Costs/Relevant Income: 5.7%
Fundraising Costs/Total Spending: 5.8%
Highest pay band: Less than £60,000
Liabilities/Assets: 15%
Liabilities/Income: 3%
Unrestricted Funds/Total Funds: 16%
Reserves/Spending: 0.3 months
Net Current Assets/Spending: 2 months
Quick Ratio: 4.9
Asset Split ?
What it does
  • The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives
Who works here?
  • 12 employees
  • 2 volunteers
Who it helps
  • The General Public/Mankind
How it operates
  • Provides buildings/facilities/open space
  • Provides services
Where it operates
  • Tanzania,

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
Comic Relief - Developing proven and accessible community-based mental health services in Tanzania
£153,253 27/09/2017
36
This project aims to significantly improve the mental health care available on Unguja Island in Zanzibar, Tanzania. It will work closely with government healthcare providers to improve the awareness ....more

Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (6)
Current Trustees appointed
Gender Split
Based on 5/6 persons

Age Range of Trustees: 39-65
Legal constitution
  • Charitable company registered in England & Wales on 20/02/2017, number: 1171687
  • Registered at Companies House on 07/05/2016, number: 10168369
Gift Aid
  • Registered with HMRC for Gift Aid
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
  • Internal risk management policy and procedures
  • Investing charity funds policy and procedures
  • Risk management
  • Safeguarding policy and procedures
  • Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
  • Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
  • Social media policy and procedures
  • Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
  • Trustee expenses policy and procedures
  • Volunteer management
Filing Record
6 returns made; all on time
Main office

Applecombe Cottage
Wild Oak Lane
Trull
TAUNTON
Somerset
TA3 7JS

Objectives

1) THE RELIEF OF SICKNESS AND THE PRESERVATION OF HEALTH AMONG PEOPLE RESIDING PERMANENTLY OR TEMPORARILY IN ZANZIBAR.2) TO RELIEVE SICKNESS AND TO PRESERVE THE HEALTH OF PATIENTS OF ZANZIBAR BY PROVIDING AND ASSISTING IN THE PROVISION OF EQUIPMENT, FACILITIES AND SERVICES.

Data Sources

Charity Commission for England and Wales
360 Giving
CharityBase
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