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.
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Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts
The accounts state that total income increased to £9,279,000 while total expenditure rose to £9,327,000, resulting in a net deficit for the year. The charity holds undesignated unrestricted reserves of £7,880,000, which significantly exceed its stated policy requirement of £3,060,000.
Automated summary of the FY2025 accounts; the evidenced findings below carry the verbatim passages.
What the accounts disclose
Fundraising cost ratio: 26.0% of fundraised income, as disclosed
“The net surplus from all fundraising, after the allocation of support costs, was £1,483,000 (2024 - £1,825,000). The surplus margin has decreased to 74% (2024 - 80%).”
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Trading subsidiary: St David’s Trading Limited
“The financial statements consolidate the results of the Hospice and its wholly owned subsidiary St David’s Trading Limited on a line by line basis.” — page 23
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Accounts audited by Advantage Accountancy & Advisory Ltd. Discloses 3 of 6 completeness components.
In the news
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Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — St David's Hospice Care (Gwent and S. Powys) (matched by registered charity number).
Leadership, per the charity’s website
- Adrian Hadley — Deputy CEO (source)
- Kris Broome — Director of Fundraising & Lottery (source)
- Jim Thompson — Chairman (source)
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 31/03/2025)
Cost of raising funds
£3.7m
Reported reserves equal ~10.8 months of spending — above the median for charities its size (median 4.8 months; benchmarks).
Per its annual return, largest income source: Other trading activities (45% of income) — components as reported reconcile to the return’s total income; not from the accounts narrative.
Per its annual return, cost of raising funds: 39.7% of total income — above the 90th percentile for charities its size (median 5.2%) (benchmarks).
Register events
- Received assets from another charity (23/04/2024) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.
- Received assets from another charity (03/06/2021) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.
- Received assets from another charity (11/04/2017) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.
- DAME Rosemary Janet Mair Butler DBE
- DR CHRISTOPHER CHARLES GAFFNEY
- DR JOHN WILLIAM HOLLAND
- Donald James Waters
- Dr Robert Christopher Guy Bracchi
- JAMES OSBORNE THOMPSON
- Jeremy Llewellyn Morgan Felvus
- Judith Elizabeth Child
- MARGARET VAN DE WEYER
- Michael Henry Hine · trustee of 1 other charity
- Robert Tovey
- Robin Stuart Hall
- THE REVEREND ELAINE HILLS
Trustee list from the Charity Commission register (current, not historical).
Operates in: Caerphilly · Gloucestershire · Monmouthshire · Newport City · Powys · Torfaen
Income and spending
Common questions
Is ST DAVID'S FOUNDATION HOSPICE CARE financially healthy?
Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that total income increased to £9,279,000 while total expenditure rose to £9,327,000, resulting in a net deficit for the year. The charity holds undesignated unrestricted reserves of £7,880,000, which significantly exceed its stated policy requirement of £3,060,000. Its FY2025 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.
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