HOPE HOUSE CHILDREN'S HOSPICES

Registered charity 1003859 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as HOPE HOUSE, HOPE HOUSE -THE BRADBURY CHILDREN'S RESPITE HOSPICE, HOPE HOUSE CHILDREN'S RESPITE HOSPICE

Hope House Children's Hospices provides palliative care for babies and children up to the age of 18 and support for their family. Care can be provided at home, in hospital and at two specially designed hospices, Hope House in Shropshire and Ty Gobaith in North Wales. Services include respite, crisis care, neo-natal support, end of life care, social work, family support and counselling.

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Financial health, per its FY2024 accounts

The accounts state that total income increased by 10% to £13.4 million, while total expenditure reached £13.6 million, resulting in a small surplus aided by investment income. The charity holds unrestricted reserves of £15.4 million, which are substantially above the stated policy target of £4.2 million for 2024. The trustees confirm that the charity has adequate resources to continue in operational existence for the foreseeable future.

Automated summary of the FY2024 accounts; the evidenced findings below carry the verbatim passages.

What the accounts disclose

Accounts audited by DRE & Co (Audit) Limited. Discloses 4 of 6 completeness components.

Property (HM Land Registry)

18 registered titles in England and Wales held by the charity’s company or corporate body (4 freehold); recorded price paid £200k. All charity-held property. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright, OGL v3.0.

CQC provider record: Hope House Children's Hospices — Registered, 1 registered location, 1 regulated activity, last inspected 29/01/2020. CQC record

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Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/12/2024)

Reported reserves equal ~5.0 months of spending — above the median for charities its size (median 4.6 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, cost of raising funds: 12.3% of total income — above the median for charities its size (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).

• Hope House Children's Hospice: Good (06/04/2020) · CQC record

Register events

• Received assets from another charity (06/06/2024) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.
• Received assets from another charity (23/08/2022) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.
• Received assets from another charity (16/02/2022) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.
• Received assets from another charity (01/02/2022) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.
• Received assets from another charity (17/11/2021) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.
• Received assets from another charity (05/06/2013) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.

Trustees · trustee networks

• STEPHEN HENLYchair
• Andrew Hunter
• DR David Sharp
• Dr Supriya Kapas
• Gary Morton
• Graeme Harkness
• Huw McKee
• Jane Depledge
• Kelly Miller
• Nicola Scott
• Victoria May Hazeldine

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

Operates in: Cheshire East · Cheshire West & Chester · Conwy · Denbighshire · Flintshire · Isle Of Anglesey · Powys · Shropshire · Telford & Wrekin · Wrexham

Income and spending

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Known funders

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Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with HOPE HOUSE SCHOOL LIMITED.

• HOPE HOUSE SCHOOL LIMITED income £2.0m
• CLAIRE HOUSE income £10.9m
• Hospices of Hope Limited income £4.1m
• HOPE AND HOMES FOR CHILDREN income £8.0m
• HOPE AT HOME income £245k
• DERIAN HOUSE CHILDRENS HOSPICE income £7.7m

Side by side with its peers

Each row is that charity’s latest analysed filing; every value is quote-backed on its own page.