TAMESIDE AND GLOSSOP HOSPICE LIMITED
Registered charity 1029318 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as WILLOW WOOD HOSPICE
To provide, free of charge, the highest quality supportive and end of life care to patients with life limiting illnesses, along with love, care and support to the families and carers during illness and continuing after bereavement. Hospice services also support patients newly diagnosed with a life limiting illness through treatments aiming for a full recovery.
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Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts
The accounts state that the charity reported an operating deficit of £777,482 for the 11-month period ended 31 March 2025, driven by a significant drop in legacy income and rising costs. Per the trustees' report, the charity faces ongoing financial challenges due to a funding model that provides only 23% of its funding from the NHS, necessitating a Sustainability Plan to manage budgetary pressures. Despite the deficit, the trustees maintain that the going concern basis of accounting is appropriate.
Automated summary of the FY2025 accounts; the evidenced findings below carry the verbatim passages.
What the accounts disclose
Reserves position: below the charity's own stated reserves policy (held: £1.8m; policy: 12-months running costs)
“At the balance sheet date, we fell just short by £110,000 on Company expenditure (excluding the Trading Company) or £420,000 when adjusted for the 11-month period.”
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Trading subsidiary: Willow Wood Hospice Promotions Limited
“The Company operates a wholly owned subsidiary trading company known as Willow Wood Hospice Promotions Limited.” — page 16
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Accounts audited by Moss & Williamson Limited. Discloses 4 of 6 completeness components.
Corporate structure
Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — Willow Wood 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.
- BOKHARI, Faisal Husnain — director, appointed 01/09/2025on trustee list
- GIBLIN, Stephen — director, appointed 01/09/2025on trustee list
- BROWN, Phillip Geoffrey — director, appointed 28/01/2025on trustee list
- RICHARDSON, Karen Lesley — director, appointed 28/01/2025on trustee list
- HINDS, Christopher Mark — director, appointed 28/01/2025on trustee list
- SCHOFIELD, Paul — director, appointed 22/06/2021on trustee list
- JACKSON, Timothy — director, appointed 27/04/2021on trustee list
- MILLSON, Philip Joseph — director, appointed 06/08/2020on trustee list
- NEEDHAM, Elizabeth — director, appointed 26/03/2019on trustee list
- FLANAGAN, Stephen — director, appointed 05/02/2014on trustee list
- WILLESCROFT, Martin John — director, appointed 16/09/1993on trustee list
- MALTBY, John Hadfield — director, appointed 16/09/1993on trustee list
Official officers record.
Property (HM Land Registry)
4 registered titles in England and Wales held by the charity’s company or corporate body (3 freehold); recorded price paid £255k. All charity-held property. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright, OGL v3.0.
CQC provider record: Tameside & Glossop Hospice Limited — Registered, 1 registered location, 1 regulated activity, last inspected 04/10/2016.charity number confirmed by CQC CQC record
Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/03/2025)
Cost of raising funds
£1.3m
Reported reserves equal ~4.8 months of spending — above the median for charities its size (median 4.8 months; benchmarks).
Per its annual return, cost of raising funds: 35.9% of total income — above the 90th percentile for charities its size (median 5.2%) (benchmarks).
Register events
- Received assets from another charity (20/11/2023) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.
- Received assets from another charity (16/03/2022) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.
- Received assets from another charity (07/11/2018) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.
- Philip Joseph Millsonchair
- Christopher Mark Hinds
- Elizabeth Needham
- Faisal Bokhari
- John Hadfield Maltby
- Karen Lesley Richardson
- Martin John Willescroft
- Paul Schofield
- Phillip Geoffrey Brown · trustee of 1 other charity
- Stephen Flanagan
- Stephen Giblin
- Timothy Jackson
Trustee list from the Charity Commission register (current, not historical).
Operates in: Cheshire East · Derbyshire · Tameside
Income and spending
Common questions
Is TAMESIDE AND GLOSSOP HOSPICE LIMITED financially healthy?
Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity reported an operating deficit of £777,482 for the 11-month period ended 31 March 2025, driven by a significant drop in legacy income and rising costs. Per the trustees' report, the charity faces ongoing financial challenges due to a funding model that provides only 23% of its funding from the NHS, necessitating a Sustainability Plan to manage budgetary pressures. Despite the deficit, the trustees maintain that the going concern basis of accounting is appropriate. Its FY2025 accounts were audited by Moss & Williamson Limited.
Who funds TAMESIDE AND GLOSSOP HOSPICE LIMITED?
Funders whose own accounts filings name TAMESIDE AND GLOSSOP HOSPICE LIMITED as a grant recipient include LIFE FOR A LIFE MEMORIAL FORESTS AND GARDENS, THE HOBSON CHARITY LIMITED, DUCHY OF LANCASTER BENEVOLENT FUND, THE MANCHESTER GUARDIAN SOCIETY CHARITABLE TRUST, THE GREEN HALL FOUNDATION.
Known funders
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