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ST DAVID'S FOUNDATION HOSPICE CARE

Registered charity 1010576 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as ST DAVID'S HOSPICE CARE, ST DAVIDS FOUNDATION, ST DAVIDS FOUNDATION HOSPICE CARE

To provide palliative care services throughout the unitary authorities of Caerphilly, Monmouthshire, Newport and Torfaen, and within South and Mid Powys, to people with a life-threatening illness, their families and carers.

Objects

TO RELIEVE SICKNESS AND PAIN AMONG PERSONS WHO ARE SUFFERING FROM ANY CHRONIC OR LIFE THREATENING ILLNESS IN ENGLAND AND WALES

Area of benefit: ENGLAND AND WALES

The charity’s charitable objects and area of benefit, quoted from its governing document as held on the Charity Commission register.

Causes: Education/training · The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives · website · Get email alerts

Registered contact address: Newport, Wales (from the postcode on the register)

Received the assets of USK HOUSE (POWYS) LIMITED (charity 1038509) — merger registered 06/10/2010.
Source: Charity Commission register of merged charities (OGL v3.0).
Latest income
£10.2m
Latest spending
£9.8m
Registered
1992
Accounts read
FY2026

Financial health, per its FY2026 accounts

The accounts state that total income increased to £10,184,000, with net income for the year at £666,000. Undesignated unrestricted reserves stood at £7,968,000, which is above the policy requirement of £4,479,000. The Trustees confirmed there are no material uncertainties regarding the charity's ability to continue as a going concern.

Automated summary of the FY2026 accounts; the evidenced findings below carry the verbatim passages.

What the accounts disclose

Employees paid over £60,000: 4
“The number of employees, whose total employee benefits (excluding employer pension costs) for the reporting period, fell within each banding of £10,000 from £60,000 were as follows: £60,001 - £70,000 £70,001 - £80,000 £80,001 - £90,000 £90,001 - £100,000 £100,001 - £110,000 2026 2 1 1” — page 31
Per its FY2026 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Fundraising cost ratio: 22.0% of fundraised income, as disclosed
“The net surplus from all fundraising, after the allocation of support costs, was £2,093,000 (2025 - £1,470,000). The surplus margin has increased to 78% (2025 - 74%).”
Per its FY2026 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Reserves policy: reserves of £3,400,000 (2025 £3,060,000) (held: £8.0m)
“From this exercise the Trustees have determined that the Hospice requires reserves of £3,400,000 (2025 £3,060,000).”
Per its FY2026 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Trading subsidiary: St David’s Trading Limited
“The Hospice owns the entire ordinary share capital in its subsidiary undertaking St David’s Trading Limited (company number 05734138).” — page 35
Per its FY2026 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts audited by Advantage Accountancy & Advisory Ltd. Discloses 5 of 6 completeness components.

In its annual return the charity told the Commission it is also regulated by: Care Inspectorate Wales (CIW); Healthcare Inspectorate Wales (HIW). This is the charity’s own declaration; it is not a rating and has not been verified by the Commission or by this site.

Policies the charity declares

In its annual return the charity told the Commission that it has the policies listed below. This is self-declared: it is not verified by the Commission or by this site, and it is not evidence of how a policy works in practice.

From the charity’s annual return (Part A, self-declared)

Answers and figures the charity gave in Part A of its annual return to the Charity Commission. They are self-declared: not verified by the Commission or by this site. Only positive answers and figures are listed; items not listed are simply not shown.

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/03/2026

  • Volunteers: 500
  • Government income: £3,815,000 — contracts £2,767,000 (3), grants £1,048,000 (5); 37% of the £10,184,000 total gross income on the same return
  • Employees paid over £60,000: 4 (£60,001–£70,000: 2; £70,001–£80,000: 1; £100,001–£110,000: 1)
  • Has a trading subsidiary

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/03/2025

  • Volunteers: 500
  • Government income: £2,707,000 — contracts £2,471,000 (3), grants £236,000 (2); 29% of the £9,279,000 total gross income on the same return
  • Employees paid over £60,000: 3 (£60,001–£70,000: 1; £70,001–£80,000: 1; £100,001–£110,000: 1)
  • Has a trading subsidiary

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/03/2024

  • Volunteers: 500
  • Government income: £2,600,000 — contracts £2,363,000 (3), grants £237,000 (2); 28% of the £9,258,000 total gross income on the same return
  • Employees paid over £60,000: 3 (£60,001–£70,000: 1; £70,001–£80,000: 1; £100,001–£110,000: 1)
  • Has a trading subsidiary

Source: this charity’s annual returns on the Charity Commission register.

In the news

Recent coverage mentioning this charity by name (automated match; headlines belong to their publishers).

Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — St David's Hospice Care (Gwent and S. Powys) (matched by registered charity number).

Leadership, per the charity’s website

Listed on the charity’s own website when we last crawled it; roles may have changed. Pay-band disclosures above are anonymous statutory disclosures and are not attributed to any named individual.

Property (HM Land Registry)

20 registered titles 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.

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Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/03/2026)

Total income
£10.2m
Total spending
£9.8m
Cost of raising funds
£3.8m

Per its annual return, cost of raising funds: 37.8% of total income — above the 90th percentile for charities its size (median 3.7%) (benchmarks).

Register events

Trustees · trustee networks

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

Operates in: Caerphilly · Gloucestershire · Monmouthshire · Newport City · Powys · Torfaen

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/03/2026£10.2m£9.8m
31/03/2025£9.3m£9.3m
31/03/2024£9.3m£9.2m
31/03/2023£9.7m£8.3m
31/03/2022£8.7m£7.9m

Common questions

Is ST DAVID'S FOUNDATION HOSPICE CARE financially healthy?

Per its FY2026 accounts: The accounts state that total income increased to £10,184,000, with net income for the year at £666,000. Undesignated unrestricted reserves stood at £7,968,000, which is above the policy requirement of £4,479,000. The Trustees confirmed there are no material uncertainties regarding the charity's ability to continue as a going concern. Its FY2026 accounts were audited by Advantage Accountancy & Advisory Ltd.

Who funds ST DAVID'S FOUNDATION HOSPICE CARE?

Funders whose own accounts filings name ST DAVID'S FOUNDATION HOSPICE CARE as a grant recipient include THE HOBSON CHARITY LIMITED, THE JENOUR FOUNDATION, SKIPTON BUILDING SOCIETY CHARITABLE FOUNDATION, THE EDGAR E LAWLEY FOUNDATION, THE OAKDALE TRUST.

Known funders

Grants to this charity found in funders’ own accounts filings.

FunderYearAmountPurpose (as stated by the funder)
THE HOBSON CHARITY LIMITEDFY2022£7kHospice
THE JENOUR FOUNDATIONFY2022£3k
SKIPTON BUILDING SOCIETY CHARITABLE FOUNDATIONFY2025£3k
THE HOBSON CHARITY LIMITEDFY2024£3kHospice
THE JENOUR FOUNDATIONFY2023£2k
THE EDGAR E LAWLEY FOUNDATIONFY2022£2k
THE OAKDALE TRUSTFY2024£2k
THE OAKDALE TRUSTFY2025£1k
THE GIBBS CHARITABLE TRUSTSFY2024£1kOther Christian
THE MASON BIBBY 1981 TRUSTFY2023£1k
THE OAKDALE TRUSTFY2022£1k
THE GIBBS CHARITABLE TRUSTSFY2023£1kSocial, educational and environmental need
THE ARDWICK TRUSTFY2024£200
THE MICHAEL AND ANNA WIX CHARITABLE TRUSTFY2026£200

Government & lottery funding

Grants to this charity published as open data by government and lottery funders (360Giving).

FunderDateAmountPurpose
The National Lottery Community Fund20/03/2025£42kMemorial Garden
Crowdfunder05/05/2022£4kLocal Action Fund
The National Lottery Community Fund29/07/2021£10kDay Hospice Refurbishment
The National Lottery Community Fund29/09/2016£5kPilot Choir
The National Lottery Community Fund17/09/2015£500kNew In-Patient Hospice
The National Lottery Community Fund08/03/2012£5kGAG - St David's Foundation Hospice Care Creative Living Groups
The National Lottery Community Fund08/07/2009£5kCaring for carers: St David's Foundation Hospice Care Carers' Groups

Funders of similar charities

Funders whose accounts show grants to charities similar to this one (and no recorded grant to this charity) — a starting list for fundraisers.

FunderSimilar charities fundedAmount to them
THE THOMAS J HORNE MEMORIAL TRUST3£60k
THE REED FOUNDATION2£30k
PINK RIBBON FOUNDATION2£2k
The Squire Patton Boggs Charitable Trust2£1k
JOHN MARTIN'S CHARITY1£122k
THE EDWARD CADBURY CHARITABLE TRUST1£75k
THE ROGER & DOUGLAS TURNER CHARITABLE TRUST1£72k
THE SHEARS FOUNDATION1£60k

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Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with ST RICHARDS HOSPICE FOUNDATION.

Side by side with its peers

CharityIncomeTop pay bandStaff >£60kReserves vs policyFundraising costGoing concern
ST DAVID'S FOUNDATION HOSPICE CARE£10.2m—4unclear22.0%no doubt
ST RICHARDS HOSPICE FOUNDATION FY2025£10.6m——above—no doubt
ST. DAVID'S HOSPICE FY2025£6.4m——unclear—no doubt
DERWENTSIDE HOSPICE CARE FOUNDATION FY2025£2.0m—0above—no doubt
ST MICHAEL'S HOSPICE (INCORPORATING THE FREDA PEARCE FOUNDATION) FY2025£12.8m——unclear48.1%no doubt
TEESSIDE HOSPICE CARE FOUNDATION FY2025£6.0m——above—no doubt

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