DERIAN HOUSE CHILDRENS HOSPICE

Registered charity 1005165 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

To provide hospice care and support for children and young people with palliative care needs including support for the whole family. This includes; specialist respite including symptom management, hospice at home, end of life care and bereavement support after death. This care and support is provided in partnership with individual children's local health, social and education professionals.

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Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity generated a net surplus of £1,830,789 for the year ended 31 March 2025, with total income of £7,740,115 against total expenditure of £6,381,874. Per the trustees' report, free unrestricted reserves stood at £19.9m, which the trustees consider adequate to cover their stated policy target of 24 months' running costs (approximately £12m). The charity holds a significant investment portfolio valued at £17.55m and reports no material uncertainties regarding its ability to continue as a going concern.

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

What the accounts disclose

Accounts audited by MHA. Discloses 3 of 6 completeness components.

Corporate structure

• Registered company of the charity Companies House 02650110

Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — Derian 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.

• WHITEHEAD, Lorraine Catherine — director, appointed 04/06/2026not on trustee list
• MORTON, Paul Harvey — director, appointed 05/08/2025on trustee list
• GRANATO, Claire — director, appointed 17/05/2024on trustee list
• RAFIQ, Arshad, Dr — director, appointed 05/04/2023on trustee list
• BOLTON, Richard Paul — director, appointed 05/04/2023on trustee list
• MONK, Christopher — director, appointed 26/07/2018on trustee list
• ROTHERAM, Helen — director, appointed 04/12/2017on trustee list
• EDWARDS, Karen — secretary, appointed 25/11/2024

Official officers record.

Property (HM Land Registry)

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

CQC provider record: Derian House Childrens Hospice — Registered, 1 registered location, 2 regulated activities, last inspected 20/09/2019.charity number confirmed by CQC CQC record

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

Reported reserves equal ~37.4 months of spending — in the top quarter for charities its size (median 4.8 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, cost of raising funds: 21.7% of total income — in the top quarter for charities its size (median 5.2%) (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).

• Derian House Children's Hospice: Good (12/03/2026) · CQC record

Register events

• Received assets from another charity (02/06/2026) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.
• Received assets from another charity (22/01/2026) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.
• Received assets from another charity (15/07/2025) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.
• Received assets from another charity (08/04/2025) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.
• Received assets from another charity (11/12/2023) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.
• Received assets from another charity (19/04/2023) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.

Trustees · trustee networks

• ANDREW CHATTERJEE
• Arshad Rafiq
• CHRISTOPHER MONK
• Claire Granato
• HELEN ROTHERAM
• Paul Morton
• Richard Paul Bolton

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

Operates in: Blackburn With Darwen · Bolton · Cumbria · Lancashire · Oldham · Rochdale · Salford City · Sefton · Warrington · Wigan

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 HAVEN HOUSE FOUNDATION.

• HAVEN HOUSE FOUNDATION income £5.9m
• NIGHTINGALE HOUSE HOSPICE income £6.0m
• CHILDREN'S HOSPICE SOUTH WEST income £22.4m
• PILGRIMS HOSPICES IN EAST KENT income £18.9m
• ISABEL HOSPICE LIMITED income £10.4m
• HOSPICE OF THE GOOD SHEPHERD LTD income £6.1m

Side by side with its peers

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