CHILDREN'S HOSPICE SOUTH WEST

Registered charity 1003314 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as CHARLTON FARM, LITTLE BRIDGE HOUSE, LITTLE HARBOUR

Provision of hospice care for life-limited children and their families

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Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity achieved an operational surplus of £690,136, driven by a one-off exceptionally large donation of £1,115,949; without this, the charity would have made a material operating deficit. The trustees report that unrestricted general reserves of £18,302,836 are just outside the target range of £20,076,369 to £22,972,804, and the sector is facing an acute funding crisis with increased costs driven by inflationary pressures.

Automated summary of the FY2025 accounts; the evidenced findings below carry the verbatim passages.

What the accounts disclose

Accounts audited by Crowe U.K. LLP. Discloses 5 of 6 completeness components.

Corporate structure

• Registered company of the charity Companies House 02620879

Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — Children's Hospice South West (matched by registered charity number).

Company officers (Companies House)

Current officers of the charity’s own company per the Companies House register, cross-checked against the Charity Commission trustee list by name. A director not on the trustee list is usually a timing or naming difference between the two registers — check both records before drawing conclusions.

• TILLEY, Caroline — director, appointed 10/10/2024on trustee list
• BASHFORD, Ethna — director, appointed 10/10/2024on trustee list
• BEDFORD, Samuel Martyn — director, appointed 10/10/2024on trustee list
• STEEVENS, Jessica Saranne — director, appointed 10/10/2024on trustee list
• GOULD, Andrew Mark — director, appointed 26/01/2023on trustee list
• KNIGHT, Roger John — director, appointed 13/07/2018on trustee list
• BROUGHTON, Alan — director, appointed 13/07/2018on trustee list
• MORRIS, Patricia Mary — director, appointed 23/02/2016on trustee list
• TURNER, David Mark — director, appointed 30/09/2014on trustee list
• WEBBER, Jonathan Charles — secretary, appointed 08/03/2016

Official officers record.

Public-sector contracts awarded

From the official Contracts Finder and Find a Tender notices (supplier matched by exact registered name). Contract income is distinct from grants.

Property (HM Land Registry)

30 registered titles in England and Wales held by the charity’s company or corporate body (2 freehold). All charity-held property. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright, OGL v3.0.

CQC provider record: Children's Hospice South West — Registered, 3 registered locations, 1 regulated activity, last inspected 11/01/2017.charity number confirmed by CQC CQC record

Public profiles (found on the charity’s own website): facebook · instagram

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/03/2025)

Reported reserves equal ~10.1 months of spending — above the median for charities its size (median 4.6 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, cost of raising funds: 38.4% of total income — above the 90th percentile for charities its size (median 3.8%) (benchmarks).

Care Quality Commission ratings

CQC inspection ratings for services run by a provider matching this charity’s name (matched by name; verify provider identity on CQC’s site).

• Little Bridge House: Not Rated · CQC record
• Charlton Farm: Not Rated · CQC record
• Little Harbour: Not Rated · CQC record

Register events

• Received assets from another charity (18/09/2026) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.
• Received assets from another charity (04/12/2025) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.
• Received assets from another charity (12/05/2025) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.
• Received assets from another charity (21/10/2022) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.
• Received assets from another charity (19/10/2020) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.
• Received assets from another charity (29/10/2019) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.

Trustees · trustee networks

• Patricia Morrischair
• Alan Broughton · trustee of 1 other charity
• Andrew Mark Gould
• Caroline Tilley
• David Mark Turner
• Ethna Bashford
• Jessica Steevens
• Roger John Knight
• Samuel Bedford

Trustee list from the Charity Commission register (current, not historical).

Operates in: Bath And North East Somerset · Bristol City · Cornwall · Devon · Isles Of Scilly · North Somerset · Somerset · South Gloucestershire · Wiltshire

Income and spending

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Known funders

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Government & lottery funding

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Funders of similar charities

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Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with EAST ANGLIA'S CHILDREN'S HOSPICES.

• EAST ANGLIA'S CHILDREN'S HOSPICES income £22.4m
• DERIAN HOUSE CHILDRENS HOSPICE income £7.7m
• ACORNS CHILDREN'S HOSPICE TRUST income £22.2m
• Havens Hospices income £20.6m
• ALEXANDER DEVINE CHILDREN'S CANCER TRUST income £2.8m
• DEMELZA HOSPICE CARE FOR CHILDREN income £17.3m

Side by side with its peers

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