EDEN VALLEY HOSPICE, CARLISLE
Registered charity 1008796 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as EDEN VALLEY HOSPICE, CARLISE LTD
Eden Valley Hospice is a charity dedicated to providing specialist care to adults from the local area and children throughout Cumbria, as well as caring for their families, friends and carers. We believe that every detail, every moment and every person matters. This belief allows us to achieve the highest of standards of nursing and medical care, to sustain life and dignity when it is needed.
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Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts
The accounts state that the charity entered the period with significant positive reserves and reported a surplus of £1,165,470 for the year ended 31 March 2025. Per the trustees' report, free reserves of £7,463,653 are equivalent to circa 15 months' operating costs, exceeding the stated policy target of 8 to 12 months. The trustees forecast a deficit for the upcoming year but designate £1 million in reserves to support the charity through anticipated medium-term deficits.
Automated summary of the FY2025 accounts; the evidenced findings below carry the verbatim passages.
What the accounts disclose
Largest income source: Legacies and bequests (23% of income)
“Legacies and bequests 23%”
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Reserves policy: 8 to 12 months’ operating costs (held: £7.5m)
“Our Reserves Policy aims for free reserves equivalent to 8 to 12 months’ operating costs.”
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Related-party transaction: One member of key management personnel's spouse is also employed by the charity, as a bank member of staff. Their remuneration in the year totalled £1,674 (2024: £1,668).
“One member of key management personnel's spouse is also employed by the charity, as a bank member of staff. Their remuneration in the year totalled £1,674 (2024: £1,668). One trustee was a partner at Muckle LLP, a local firm of solicitors. During the current year the LLP made a donation of £1,000 to the charity. During the previous year the LLP acted for the charity in respect of a land transaction, legal fees charged totalled £2,305.” — page 51
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Trading subsidiary: Eden Valley Hospice (Shop) Limited
“The charity has one wholly owned subsidiary, Eden Valley Hospice (Shop) Limited which operates various retail outlets and a lottery.”
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Accounts audited by Saint & Co.. Discloses 4 of 6 completeness components.
Corporate structure
Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — Eden Valley 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.
- JOHNSTON, Jill — director, appointed 13/04/2026on trustee list
- MCGREGOR, Gordon Leslie — director, appointed 13/04/2026on trustee list
- SCOUGAL, Barrie Mark — director, appointed 13/04/2026on trustee list
- ROUND, Wendy Jayne — director, appointed 13/04/2026on trustee list
- NIXON, Richard — director, appointed 01/10/2024on trustee list
- HALL, Matt — director, appointed 15/01/2024on trustee list
- LISHMAN, Gwyn — director, appointed 15/01/2024on trustee list
- AGNEW, Paul Gareth James — director, appointed 15/01/2024on trustee list
- NOBLETT, Ann — director, appointed 15/01/2024on trustee list
- ELLIOTT, Mark Linton — director, appointed 01/05/2023on trustee list
- KERR, Bronwyn, Professor — director, appointed 30/04/2021on trustee list
- DUFFELL, Mark Christopher — director, appointed 23/04/2021on trustee list
- ROBERTSON, Eve — secretary, appointed 01/10/2024
Official officers record.
Property (HM Land Registry)
3 registered titles in England and Wales held by the charity’s company or corporate body (3 freehold); recorded price paid £220k. All charity-held property. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright, OGL v3.0.
CQC provider record: Eden Valley Hospice, Carlisle — Registered, 1 registered location, 1 regulated activity, last inspected 19/05/2016.charity number confirmed by CQC CQC record
Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/03/2025)
Cost of raising funds
£1.1m
Reported reserves equal ~16.9 months of spending — in the top quarter for charities its size (median 4.8 months; benchmarks).
Per its annual return, cost of raising funds: 16.1% of total income — above the median for charities its size (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).
- Eden Valley Hospice: Good (15/07/2016) · CQC record
Register events
- Received assets from another charity (27/06/2025) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.
- Received assets from another charity (08/04/2021) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.
- Ann Noblett
- Barrie Mark Scougal
- Gordon McGregor
- Gwyn Lishman
- Jill Johnston
- Mark Duffell
- Mark Linton Elliott
- Matt Hall
- Paul Agnew · trustee of 1 other charity
- Professor Bronwyn Kerr
- Richard Nixon
- Wendy Round
Trustee list from the Charity Commission register (current, not historical).
Operates in: Cumbria
Income and spending
Common questions
Is EDEN VALLEY HOSPICE, CARLISLE financially healthy?
Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity entered the period with significant positive reserves and reported a surplus of £1,165,470 for the year ended 31 March 2025. Per the trustees' report, free reserves of £7,463,653 are equivalent to circa 15 months' operating costs, exceeding the stated policy target of 8 to 12 months. The trustees forecast a deficit for the upcoming year but designate £1 million in reserves to support the charity through anticipated medium-term deficits. Its FY2025 accounts were audited by Saint & Co..
Government & lottery funding
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