Finance Score: -4

Governance Score: 5

Support Score: 5

Positive trading contribution: +2;Reasonable growth: +1
Multiple Deficits: -2
Fundraising costs high: -5

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

Grant maker support: +5

Overall GiG Score: 6

FARLEIGH HOSPICE

Adult Hospice

Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

More than half of total income was derived from trading and fees in the latest year
There has been reasonable growth in spending over the last 3 years relative to the previous period
A significant proportion of recent income was derived from major grant makers including the Government
The Board appears to be well diversified in terms of age and dynamic in terms of composition

Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

There are 13 trustees whereas the Charities Commission recommends a maximum of 12
Over half the Board have joined recently

Financial issues to consider:

On several occasions in recent years income has been less than spending
Fundraising costs are extremely high relative to funds raised

Established: 42 years

www.farleighhospice.org

info@farleighhospice.org

01245457300

Charity Commission for England and Wales

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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
31/03/23	£22,552	£23,202	£-650	£6,773	£13,519	£10,695	5.5	321	700
31/03/22	£20,739	£19,572	£1,167	£5,956	£14,176	£11,169	6.8	309	700
31/03/21	£20,337	£16,905	£3,432	£4,882	£12,990	£8,737	6.2	286	703
31/03/20	£16,008	£16,791	£-783	£5,951	£9,520	£39	0	289	754
31/03/19	£14,834	£15,280	£-446	£5,181	£10,309	£7,411	5.8	283	728
31/03/18	£14,972	£13,532	£1,440	£4,958	£10,741	£7,701	6.8	262	0
31/03/17	£12,280	£12,305	£-25	£7,334	£9,299	£6,172	6	257	0
31/03/16	£10,706	£10,704	£2	£3,922	£9,301	£6,181	6.9	252	0
31/03/15	£9,121	£8,952	£169	£4,323	£10,074	£6,293	8.4	221	0
31/03/14	£8,402	£7,732	£670	£3,171	£9,891	£6,078	9.4	198	0
31/03/13	£6,586	£6,602	£-15	£2,396	£9,218	£5,358	9.7	181	0
31/03/12	£5,956	£6,099	£-143	£1,918	£9,218	£5,337	10.5	185	0
31/03/11	£6,055	£5,702	£353	£1,801	£9,362	£5,431	11.4	162	0
31/03/10	£5,479	£5,487	£-8	£1,757	£9,005	£5,578	12.2	164	0
31/03/09	£5,428	£5,184	£243	£1,713	£8,987	£5,493	12.7	167	0
31/03/08	£5,597	£4,493	£1,103	£1,466	£8,780	£5,192	13.9	168	0
31/03/07	£4,706	£4,340	£366	£1,366	£7,689	£4,342	12	163	0
31/03/06	£3,516	£3,556	£-41	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/05	£4,731	£3,480	£1,251	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/04	£4,360	£2,817	£1,543	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0

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Financial Ratios

Fundraising Costs/Relevant Income: 84.3%
Fundraising Costs/Total Spending: 29.2%
Senior Staff Costs/Total Spending: 4%
Highest pay band: £80,000-£90,000
Liabilities/Assets: 21%
Liabilities/Income: 16%
Unrestricted Funds/Total Funds: 79%
Reserves/Spending: 5.5 months
Net Current Assets/Spending: 3 months
Quick Ratio: 1.6

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Listed activities

The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives

How it operates

Provides advocacy/advice/information
Provides buildings/facilities/open space
Provides services

Where it operates

Essex,

Who it helps

Other Defined Groups
The General Public/Mankind

Who works here?

321 employees
700 volunteers

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

Essex Community Foundation	£63,000
Masonic Trust	£34,470
BBC Children in Need	£2,400

Specific Donations

Amount	When Months	To be used for
Essex Community Foundation - Grant to Farleigh Hospice
£1,000	18/04/2023	providing care for people with cancer and other life limiting illnesses
Essex Community Foundation - Grant to Farleigh Hospice
£20,000	07/04/2022	towards the costs of a virtual ward service supporting terminally ill patients from Mid Essex in their own homes
Essex Community Foundation - Grant to Farleigh Hospice
£1,000	31/01/2022	providing care for people with cancer and other life limiting illnesses
Masonic Trust - MCF Hospice
£1,470	10/11/2021	Unrestricted funding for hospices
Essex Community Foundation - Grant to Farleigh Hospice
£20,000	03/06/2021	to fund the delivery of a virtual ward at end of life, reducing transmission and demand on acute services during winter (repurposed)
Masonic Trust - MCF Hospice UK Partnership
£33,000	31/03/2021	Enhancing End of Life and palliative care access to Care Home residents in Mid Essex
Essex Community Foundation - Grant to Farleigh Hospice
£10,000	18/03/2021	towards an information, support and befriending service for the local community in mid-Essex using trained volunteers
Essex Community Foundation - Grant to Farleigh Hospice
£1,000	15/03/2021	providing care for people with cancer and other life limiting illnesses
BBC Children in Need - Grant to Farleigh Hospice - Yo Yo Project
£2,400	17/06/2020	COVID19 - This grant will fund 3 laptops to enable the organisation to provide online support to children and young people who have been bereaved and feel further isolated through Covid-19, to ....more COVID19 - This grant will fund 3 laptops to enable the organisation to provide online support to children and young people who have been bereaved and feel further isolated through Covid-19, to support their grieving process and their overall mental wellbeing.
Essex Community Foundation - Grant to Farleigh Hospice
£5,000	22/05/2020	to support the core costs of providing adult hospice care across Mid Essex during the COVID19 crisis
Essex Community Foundation - Yo Yo Children's bereavement Counselling Service
£5,000	16/12/2019 5	Towards the salary of a counsellor for children and young people, in mid Essex, that have suffered a bereavement
Essex Community Foundation - Grant to Farleigh Hospice
£10,000	01/04/2019	Providing care for people with cancer and other life limiting illnesses including a Hospital Outreach Service
BBC Children in Need - Grant to Farleigh Hospice - Yo Yo Project
£95,100	23/10/2018 36	This project will provide 1-1 counselling, group sessions and activities to recently bereaved children and young people, to reduce anxiety levels, increase their self-esteem and enable them to ....more This project will provide 1-1 counselling, group sessions and activities to recently bereaved children and young people, to reduce anxiety levels, increase their self-esteem and enable them to communicate their feelings and emotions.
Essex Community Foundation - Room 9
£5,000	09/09/2016 12	Towards the entertainment equipment and IT equipment for a multi-purpose clinical room for young adults with life limiting illnesses

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How is it governed?

Trustees (13)

Current Trustees appointed

Age Range of Trustees: 33-67

CAROLINE JANE RASSELL Appointed: 2021, Occupation: Charity Director

CHRISTOPHER TILLEY Appointed: 2023, Occupation: Chartered Accountant

DR DONALD MCGEACHY Appointed: 2019, Occupation: Gp/Medical Director

ELIZABETH FOX Appointed: 2020, Occupation: Care Quality Inspector

JOANNA PITTMAN Appointed: 2015, Occupation: Chartered Accountant

JOHN SWEENEY Appointed: 2023, Occupation: Retired

JULIE WITHNALL Appointed: 2023, Occupation: Reward Director

KEITH SPILLER Appointed: 2016, Occupation: Retired Banker

KATIE LOCKWOOD Appointed: 2019, Occupation: Solicitor

MARK LEACH Appointed: 2023, Occupation: Associate Director Of A Learned Society

NINA SMALLER Appointed: 2023, Occupation: Account Manager

ROSEANNE GEORGINA OFFORD Appointed: 2023, Occupation: Accountant

TRACEY DICKENS Appointed: 2023, Occupation: Solicitor

Legal constitution

Charitable company registered in England & Wales on 05/05/1982, number: 284670
Registered at Companies House on 04/03/1982, number: 01619905

Gift Aid

Registered with HMRC for Gift Aid

Other Regulators

Care Quality Commission

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
Investment
Paying staff
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

20 returns made; all on time

Main office

FARLEIGH HOSPICE
NORTH COURT ROAD
BROOMFIELD
CHELMSFORD
CM1 7FH

Objectives

TO ADVANCE THE HEALTH, AND TO RELIEVE THE NEEDS BY REASON OF ILL-HEALTH, OF PEOPLE WITH LIFE-LIMITING ILLNESSES (“SUCH PEOPLE”), IN PARTICULAR, BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY, BY: (1) THE PROVISION OF CARE, ADVICE AND SERVICES TO SUCH PEOPLE, AND TO THEIR FAMILY, FRIENDS AND CARERS.(2) THE PROVISION OF SERVICES FOR THOSE WHO HAVE UNDERGONE A BEREAVEMENT OR LOSS, AND THE PROVISION OF EDUCATION, TRAINING, ADVICE AND SUPPORT TO OTHERS WHO ARE IN CONTACT WITH SUCH PEOPLE.(3) CONDUCTING, PROMOTING, AND ENCOURAGING THE TEACHING AND TRAINING OF STAFF AND INFORMAL CARERS ENGAGED IN THE CARE OF SUCH PEOPLE. (4) CONDUCTING AND PROMOTING RESEARCH INTO THE CARE AND TREATMENT OF, OR SERVICES FOR SUCH PEOPLE AND TO DISSEMINATE THE RESULTS THEREOF. (5) PROMOTING AWARENESS OF ISSUES FACE BY SUCH PEOPLE AND THOSE APPROACHING DEATH.

Defined Area of Benefit:

NOT DEFINED

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