HOPE FOR KIDS WITH TRICKY ILLNESSES

GOSH sees over 150,000 children each year with rare conditions that no other hospital can treat. The hospital's associated charity provides grants for specialist equipment, and renovation work including, in 2007/08, a donation towards a new heart and lung centre. The charity also supports research into childhood illnesses, and in 2007/08 stepped up its efforts in this area, after funding from the NHS was reduced. The informative annual report gives admirable detail about the charity's achievements, but falls short when it comes to financial commentary.

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QUALITY OF REPORTING

What is this? 		73 %
How much info does the charity want to share? This score, taken from our search for 43 key points in the annual report, gives the answer. Top mark is 100%. Anything over 70% is a good effort.

SIZE OF CHARITY...

What is this? 		Large
We only profile the largest charities in England & Wales, and our sizes are relative to the largest and smallest among them. So where we describe a charity as 'Small', it is still much larger than the national average.

HIGHEST SALARY

What is this? 		Over £150k
Taken from the vague bandings given in annual reports; note that 'Under £60k' could be £9k or £59k. Nonetheless the number of bars should roughly correlate with the 'Size of charity' bars.

ETHICAL INVESTMENT POLICY

What is this? 		Unknown
We asked the charity if it has an ethical investment policy. If yes, it gets an angel. Those with no policy but which don't invest in tobacco/arms get a halo. Those without investments, or who didn't respond, appear neutral. Those with stakes in arms/tobacco get a fallen angel.
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Reviewed: 2009-02-11     Accounts ending: 2008-03-31

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IN SHORT

Who/what it helps

  • Children suffering from complex illnesses
  • Children suffering from rare illnesses
  • Their families

Where

  • UK

Providing

  • Research into childhood illnesses
  • Medical equipment
  • Hospital refurbishment
  • Grants to healthcare professionals

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VITAL STATISTICS

ANNUAL EXPENDITURE
£40,672,000
What is this?
Of all the charities we profile...
- Less than £1m is tiny
- £1m to £5m is small
- £6m to £10m is medium
- £11m to £50m is large
- Above that is very rare
SPENT ON CHARITABLE WORK
66%
The rest usually goes into raising more income. A little covers legal requirements.


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Great Ormond Street Hospital
Submitted by Great Ormond Street (not verified) on Thu, 26/11/2009 - 7:54am.

Great Ormond Street Hospital relies on fundraising to maintain state of the art care for its patients. The X Factor single provided much needed funding for the hospital.If people are interested in further donations to the hospital the charity t-shirts that were seen on television are now onsale at the hospital website, http://bit.ly/7VrSqb , for only £7.50!

Great Christmas gift idea that supports a great cause!


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