BLUEBELL WOOD CHILDREN'S HOSPICE

Charity overview
Activities - how the charity spends its money
To care for and support children with life limiting and life threatening conditions and their families, resident in South Yorkshire, some parts of North Lincolnshire, North East Derbyshire and North Nottinghamshire
Income and expenditure
Data for financial year ending 31 March 2024
Total income:
£4,228,000
Donations and legacies | £2.84m | |
Charitable activities | £1.19m | |
Other trading activities | £0 | |
Investments | £170.00k | |
Other | £32.00k |
Total expenditure:
£4,893,000
Raising funds | £1.70m | |
Charitable activities | £3.19m | |
Other | £0 |
£208,000 investments gains (losses)
Total income includes £1,188,000 from 6 government grant(s)
Charitable expenditure
Charitable expenditure with investment gains
Charitable expenditure
Some charities generate all, or a substantial part, of their income from investments which may have been donated to the charity as endowment or set aside by the charity from its own resources in the past. Such investments usually take the form of stocks and shares but may include other assets, such as property, that are capable of generating income and/or capital growth.
In managing their spending and investments charities need to strike a balance between the needs of future and current beneficiaries. They also need to take account of spending commitments that may stretch over a number of future years. To do this, charities will normally adopt an investment strategy designed to generate both income and capital growth. To maximise returns trustees may commit to investment strategies for several years.
Investments can experience large swings in value so trustees may, in a particular year, decide to realise and spend part of their charity’s capital or to invest part of its income.
By clicking the investment gains checkbox the charitable spending bar is adjusted to take account of capital growth as well as income. This shows the balance the charity is striking, between spending on current beneficiaries and retaining resources for future beneficiaries.
Raising funds and other expenditure | £1.70m | |
Charitable expenditure | £3.19m |
People

104 Employee(s)
8 Trustee(s)
243 Volunteer(s)
Employees with total benefits over £60,000
Number of employees | |
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£80k to £90k | 2 |
Fundraising
Trading
Trustee payments
What, who, how, where
- Education/training
- The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives
- Disability
- Children/young People
- People With Disabilities
- Provides Human Resources
- Provides Buildings/facilities/open Space
- Provides Services
- Barnsley
- Derbyshire
- Doncaster
- North Lincolnshire
- Nottinghamshire
- Rotherham
- Sheffield City
Governance
- BLUEBELL WOOD (Working name)
- BLUEBELL WOOD CHILDRENS HOSPICE (Working name)
- THE RICHARD FOUNDATION (Previous name)
- Care Quality Commission
- Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
- Campaigns and political activity 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
Trustees
Trustees are the people responsible for controlling the work, management and administration of the charity on behalf of its beneficiaries. Generally trustees are treasurer, chair, board member etc. The trustees are responsible for keeping this list up to date and can do this by updating their details as they happen through the online service
8 Trustee(s)
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Nicola Didlock | Chair | 17 January 2023 |
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Jim Cooper | Trustee | 02 January 2025 |
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Catherine Winfield | Trustee | 02 January 2025 |
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Richard Simpson | Trustee | 26 October 2023 |
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Rachael Kinder | Trustee | 14 August 2023 |
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Rebecca Chapman | Trustee | 01 December 2022 |
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Louise Beaumont | Trustee | 01 December 2022 |
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Dr Ramani David Thomas | Trustee | 05 May 2020 |
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Financial history
Financial period end date
Income / Expenditure | 31/03/2020 | 31/03/2021 | 31/03/2022 | 31/03/2023 | 31/03/2024 | ||
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Total gross income | £5.01m | £5.74m | £4.12m | £4.39m | £4.23m | |
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Total expenditure | £5.04m | £4.53m | £4.35m | £4.36m | £4.89m | |
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Income from government contracts | £281.31k | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | |
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Income from government grants | £573.00k | £707.00k | £541.00k | £999.97k | £1.19m | |
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Income - Donations and legacies | £2.39m | £3.17m | £1.83m | £2.93m | £2.84m | |
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Income - Other trading activities | £1.54m | £99.00k | £195.00k | £0 | £0 | |
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Income - Charitable activities | £853.77k | £1.26m | £600.00k | £1.29m | £1.19m | |
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Income - Endowments | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | |
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Income - Investment | £142.00k | £139.00k | £128.00k | £156.00k | £170.00k | |
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Income - Other | £89.00k | £1.08m | £1.36m | £13.00k | £32.00k | |
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Income - Legacies | £768.01k | £2.34m | £1.44m | £1.02m | £631.00k | |
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Expenditure - Charitable activities | £2.41m | £2.45m | £2.37m | £2.88m | £3.19m | |
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Expenditure - Raising funds | £2.63m | £1.58m | £1.72m | £1.48m | £1.70m | |
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Expenditure - Governance | £97.00k | £52.00k | £53.00k | £89.00k | £31.00k | |
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Expenditure - Grants institution | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | |
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Expenditure - Investment management | £30.00k | £37.00k | £44.00k | £42.00k | £40.00k | |
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Expenditure - Other | £0 | £493.00k | £263.00k | £0 | £0 |
Assets and liabilities
Definitions for assets and liabilities
These are assets, other than investments, which are held for more than 12 months and used to run and administer the charity such as buildings, offices, exhibits and fixtures and fittings.
Long term InvestmentsInvestments are assets held by the charity with the sole aim of generating income which will be used for their charitable purposes such as deposit accounts, shares, rental property and unit trusts.
Investment assets are re-valued every year and included in the balance sheet at their current market value.
Long term investments are held for more than 12 months.
These are assets held generally for less than 12 months such as cash and bank balances, debtors, investments to be sold within the coming year and trading stock.
Defined benefit pension scheme asset or liabilityThis is a surplus or deficit in any defined benefit pension scheme operated and represents a potential long-term asset or liability.
Total liabilitiesThese are all the amounts owed by the charity at the balance sheet date to third parties such as bills due but not yet paid, bank overdrafts and loans and mortgages.
Asset / Liability | 31/03/2020 | 31/03/2021 | 31/03/2022 | 31/03/2023 | 31/03/2024 | ||
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Own use assets | £4.29m | £4.10m | £3.94m | £3.71m | £3.58m | |
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Long-term investments | £4.42m | £6.17m | £6.01m | £5.91m | £6.16m | |
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Other assets | £2.33m | £2.81m | £2.77m | £2.67m | £2.11m | |
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Defined benefit pension scheme asset or liability | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | |
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Total liabilities | £421.20k | £505.00k | £342.00k | £363.00k | £382.00k |
Accounts and annual returns
Title | Reporting year | Date received | Received | Download |
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Annual return | 31 March 2024 | 06 December 2024 | On Time | |
Accounts and TAR | 31 March 2024 | 06 December 2024 | On Time | Download Open in new window |
Annual return | 31 March 2023 | 23 January 2024 | On Time | |
Accounts and TAR | 31 March 2023 | 30 November 2023 | On Time | Download Open in new window |
Annual return | 31 March 2022 | 15 January 2023 | On Time | |
Accounts and TAR |
31 March 2022
(These accounts |
15 January 2023 | On Time | Download Open in new window |
Annual return | 31 March 2021 | 01 February 2022 | 1 days late | |
Accounts and TAR | 31 March 2021 | 31 January 2022 | On Time | Download Open in new window |
Annual return | 31 March 2020 | 30 January 2021 | On Time | |
Accounts and TAR | 31 March 2020 | 30 January 2021 | On Time | Download Open in new window |
Governing document
It is not the full text of the charity's governing document.
MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES INCORPORATED 19/07/1999 AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 13/03/2006 AS AMENDED BY CERTIFICATE OF INCORPORATION ON CHANGE OF NAME DATED 23/09/2013
Charitable objects
TO PROMOTE THE RELIEF OF SICKNESS AND SUFFERING IN SUCH WAYS AS THE FOUNDATION SHALL FROM TIME TO TIME THINK FIT, AND IN PARTICULAR IN THE MIDLANDS AND NORTH OF ENGLAND AND ADJACENT AREAS AND IN PARTICULAR (BUT WITHOUT PREJUDICE TO THE GENERALITY WHETHER GEOGRAPHICAL OR OTHERWISE OF SUCH OBJECT): 1) BY ESTABLISHING, MAINTAINING AND CONDUCTING RESIDENTIAL NURSING AND CONVALESCENT HOMES FOR THE RECEPTION AND CARE OF YOUNG PERSONS OF EITHER SEX AND WHETHER OR NOT A MEMBER OF THE FOUNDATION (WITHOUT REGARD TO RACE OR CREED) WHO ARE SUFFERING FROM ANY CHRONIC OR TERMINAL ILLNESS OR FROM ANY OTHER PHYSICAL OR MENTAL INFIRMITY, DISABILITY OR DISEASE AND FOR THE RECEPTION AND CARE OF THE MEMBERS AND THE FAMILY OF SUCH PERSONS WHETHER ADULT OR OTHERWISE, AND SO THAT ANY SUCH HOME MAY BE RESTRICTED TO PATIENTS (AND THE FAMILIES OF PATIENTS) OF UNDER A CERTAIN AGE LIMIT OR OF ONE SEX ONLY OR (WHETHER OR NOT SO RESTRICTED AS AFORESAID) TO PATIENTS SUFFERING FROM ANY PARTICULAR TYPE OR TYPES OF ILLNESS, DISABILITY, DISEASE OR INFIRMITY, AND BY PROVIDING MEDICAL OR OTHER TREATMENT OR ATTENTION FOR ANY SUCH PERSONS AND THEIR FAMILIES AS AFORESAID IN THEIR OWN HOMES; 2) BY CONDUCTING OR PROMOTING OR ENCOURAGING RESEARCH INTO THE CARE AND TREATMENT OF PERSONS SUFFERING FROM ANY SUCH ILLNESS, DISABILITY, DISEASE OR INFIRMITY AS AFORESAID AND PARTICULARLY INTO THE CARE AND TREATMENT OF PERSONS SUFFERING FROM TERMINAL ILLNESS AND THE CARE OF THE FAMILIES OF SUCH PERSONS AND BY PROVIDING FOR THE DISSEMINATION OF THE RESULTS OF SUCH RESEARCH; 3)BY PROMOTING OR ENCOURAGING OR ASSISTING IN THE TEACHING OR TRAINING OF DOCTORS, NURSES, PHYSIOTHERAPISTS, ADMINISTRATORS, SOCIAL WORKERS AND OTHER PERSONS ENGAGED IN ANY BRANCH OF MEDICINE, SURGERY, NURSING OR ALLIED SERVICES; 4) BY PROMOTING OR ENCOURAGING OR ASSISTING IN THE PROVISION OF COUNSELLING OR SUPPORT SERVICES FOR ANY YOUNG PERSONS RESIDENT, (OR FOR FAMILIES OF SUCH PERSONS OR OTHERWISE) OR ASSOCIATED IN ANY WAY WITH ANY SUCH HOME OR HOMES AS AFORESAID.
Area of benefit
IN THE MIDLANDS AND NORTH OF ENGLAND
Contact information
- Address:
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BLUEBELL WOOD CHILDRENS HOSPICE
CRAMFIT ROAD
NORTH ANSTON
SHEFFIELD
S25 4AJ
- Phone:
- 01909517360
- Email:
- info@bluebellwood.org
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