Finance Score: -6

Governance Score: 3

Support Score: 0

Spending falling: -1
Multiple Deficits and declines: -5
No PartB

Dynamic board: +3

Large volunteers +3

Overall GiG Score: 0

FRIENDS OF DORSET COUNTY HOSPITAL

To relieve patients and former patients of Dorset County Hospital who are sick, convalescent, disabled, handicapped, infirm or in need of financial assistance and generally to support the charitable work of the said hospital.

Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

This charity has been successful in attracting volunteers relative to its size
The Board appears to be dynamic in terms of composition

Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

Over half the Board have joined recently

Financial issues to consider:

A PartB annual return has not been required and so detailed financial information is not available from the online data
Spending has fallen significantly over the last 5 years relative to the previous period
Income has been volatile and on several occasions in recent years less than spending

Financial Data ?

Income & Spending ?

Sources of Income ?

Y/E		Income £k	Spending £k	Surplus/ Deficit £k	Fundraising Cost £k	Total Funds £k	Unrestricted Funds £k	Mths Rsrvs	Staff	Volun- teers
31/12/23		£22	£44	£-21	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
31/12/22		£169	£123	£46	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
31/12/21	*	£38	£67	£-30	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
31/12/20		£56	£77	£-22	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
31/12/19	*	£178	£203	£-26	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
31/12/18		£155	£214	£-60	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
31/12/17		£161	£138	£22	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
31/12/16		£146	£229	£-83	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
31/12/15		£235	£165	£70	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
31/12/14		£136	£127	£9	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
31/12/13		£213	£155	£57	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
31/12/12		£136	£157	£-21	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
31/12/11		£0	£0	£0	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a

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Highest pay bracket: less than £60,000

Established: 14 years

friends@dchft.nhs.uk

01305264573

Charity Commission for England and Wales

Tweets

Listed activities

The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives

GiG Classification

General hospitals

How it operates

Makes grants to organisations
Provides services

Where it operates

Dorset,

Who it helps

Other Defined Groups

Who supports them? ?

We have no records of donations from grant makers.

How is it governed?

Trustees (7)

Current Trustees appointed

Gender Split

ANNETTE-MARIE KENT Appointed: 2014

BARBARA DORIS PURNELL (Chair) Appointed: 2013

JANE ELIZABETH PEARSON Appointed: 2022

KAREN MARGARET HOLT Appointed: 2022

KEITH EDWARD RUSSELL Appointed: 2023

PAUL JAMES KENT Appointed: 2023

SHARON PATRICIA MERRITT Appointed: 2023

Legal constitution

Charity registered in England & Wales on 20/01/2011, number: 1139970

Gift Aid

Registered with HMRC for Gift Aid

Policies in force

Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
Complaints handling
Complaints policy and procedures
Financial reserves policy and procedures
Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
Internal risk management 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

13 returns made; AR21: 4 days late, AR19: 31 days late,

Main office

Spirare Ltd
Mey House
Bridport Road
Poundbury
DORCHESTER
Dorset

Objectives

TO RELIEVE PATIENTS AND FORMER PATIENTS OF THE DORCHESTER HOSPITALS WHO RE SICK, CONVALESCENT, DISABLED, HANDICAPPED, INFIRM OR IN NEED OF FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE AND GENERALLY, TO SUPPORT THE CHARITABLE WORK OF THE SAID HOSPITALS

Defined Area of Benefit:

NOT DEFINED

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