CLAIRE HOUSE

Registered charity 1004058 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

Claire House helps seriously and terminally ill babies, children and young adults in Merseyside, Cheshire and North Wales. It provides end of life care, emergency respite, hospital support and day care, in addition to short breaks for children with complex needs. It also provides counselling, therapy and bereavement support for the whole family, while a child is living and after they die.

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Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported a deficit of unrestricted funds of £1,710,009 for the year ended 31 March 2025, driven by strategic investments in its Liverpool site and workforce. Despite this deficit, the trustees confirm the charity has sufficient resources to meet its liabilities and maintain operations, with free reserves held at approximately £4.2m. The charity's total income increased to £10.9m, supported by strong trading and fundraising performance.

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

What the accounts disclose

Accounts audited by Champion Accountants LLP. Discloses 4 of 6 completeness components.

Corporate structure

• Registered company of the charity Companies House 02620240

Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — Claire House Children's Hospice (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.

• RIORDAN, Frederick Andrew Ian, Dr — director, appointed 29/09/2025on trustee list
• MCKIE, Stewart — director, appointed 25/09/2023on trustee list
• GREENING, Catherine Laura Jane — director, appointed 27/03/2023on trustee list
• BAGLEY, Jonathan Robert — director, appointed 07/03/2022on trustee list
• SELBY, Andrew, Dr — director, appointed 07/03/2022on trustee list
• WILLIAMS, Leila Michele — director, appointed 22/05/2020on trustee list
• HARRISON, Tamsin Georgia — secretary, appointed 01/02/2024

Official officers record.

Property (HM Land Registry)

14 registered titles in England and Wales held by the charity’s company or corporate body (3 freehold); recorded price paid £550k. All charity-held property. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright, OGL v3.0.

CQC provider record: Claire House — Registered, 1 registered location, 2 regulated activities, last inspected 09/10/2019.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 ~14.6 months of spending — in the top quarter for charities its size (median 4.6 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, cost of raising funds: 37.6% 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).

• Claire House Children's Hospice: Outstanding (11/12/2019) · CQC record

Register events

• Received assets from another charity (28/11/2025) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.
• Received assets from another charity (27/11/2025) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.
• Received assets from another charity (22/04/2024) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.
• Received assets from another charity (02/01/2024) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.
• Received assets from another charity (06/08/2019) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.
• Received assets from another charity (13/04/2016) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.

Trustees · trustee networks

• Catherine Greening
• Dr Andrew Selby
• Dr Frederick Andrew Ian Riordan
• Jonathan Bagley
• Leila Williams
• Stewart McKie

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

Operates in: Throughout England And Wales

Income and spending

Common questions

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 HOPE HOUSE CHILDREN'S HOSPICES.

• HOPE HOUSE CHILDREN'S HOSPICES income £13.4m
• DERIAN HOUSE CHILDRENS HOSPICE income £7.7m
• HAVEN HOUSE FOUNDATION income £5.9m
• RICHARD HOUSE TRUST income £4.8m
• The Charlie & Carter Foundation Limited income £275k
• CHILDREN'S BEREAVEMENT CENTRE income £388k

Side by side with its peers

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