HIGH PEAK HOSPICECARE
Registered charity 1031192 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as BLYTHE HOUSE, BLYTHE HOUSE HOSPICE
Specialist Palliative Care - Day Hospice
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Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts
The accounts state that the charity recorded a surplus of £67,000 for the year ended 31 March 2025, with total income rising to £2.739m. Per the trustees' report, general reserves stand at £2.070m, which is above the stated policy target of six months of budgeted unrestricted expenditure. The charity remains a going concern with adequate resources to meet its charitable obligations.
Automated summary of the FY2025 accounts; the evidenced findings below carry the verbatim passages.
What the accounts disclose
Reserves policy: 6 months of budgeted unrestricted expenditure (held: £2.1m)
“The reserves policy is to hold general reserves of 6 months of budgeted unrestricted expenditure.” — page 22
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Related-party transaction: Amount due from connected charity (Helen's Trust)
“High Peak Hospicecare has Trustees in common with a connected charity Helen's Trust which is dormant following a merger with High Peak Hospicecare in September 2020. At the balance sheet date, Helen's Trust owed £50k to the charity.” — page 50
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Trading subsidiary: High Peak Hospicecare Trading Co Ltd
“The charity’s wholly owned subsidiary, High Peak Hospicecare Trading Co Ltd, is established to operate our shops.”
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Accounts audited by DJH Audit Limited. Discloses 4 of 6 completeness components.
Corporate structure
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.
- DE NARDO, Jill Stafford — director, appointed 22/04/2026not on trustee list
- WATSON, Alastair James — director, appointed 22/04/2026on trustee list
- BUTLER, James Alexander Wragg — director, appointed 22/04/2026on trustee list
- GLOVER, Tyrone Frederick — director, appointed 25/11/2024on trustee list
- MODI, Rajesh Asvin — director, appointed 25/11/2024on trustee list
- KING, Antony Graham — director, appointed 15/05/2023on trustee list
- ROONEY, Paul Matthew Stuart — director, appointed 15/05/2023on trustee list
- BROWN, Ruth Olive — director, appointed 08/11/2021on trustee list
- CAWTHORN, Anne — director, appointed 11/11/2019on trustee list
- HARDMAN, Michael, Dr — director, appointed 06/11/2017on trustee list
- BUTLER, Delia Marie — director, appointed 09/11/2015on trustee list
Official officers record.
Public-sector contracts awarded
From the official Contracts Finder and Find a Tender notices (supplier matched by exact registered name). Contract income is distinct from grants.
Property (HM Land Registry)
3 registered titles in England and Wales held by the charity’s company or corporate body (2 freehold); recorded price paid £136k. All charity-held property. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright, OGL v3.0.
CQC provider record: High Peak Hospicecare — Registered, 1 registered location, 1 regulated activity, last inspected 28/06/2021.charity number confirmed by CQC CQC record
Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/03/2025)
Cost of raising funds
£829k
Reported reserves equal ~5.7 months of spending — above the median for charities its size (median 4.8 months; benchmarks).
Per its annual return, cost of raising funds: 30.3% 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).
- Blythe House Hospice: Good (17/08/2021) · CQC record
Register events
- Received assets from another charity (19/02/2025) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.
- Received assets from another charity (15/07/2014) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.
- ALASTAIR WATSON
- Anne Cawthorn · trustee of 1 other charity
- Antony Graham King
- DELIA BUTLER
- DR Michael Hardman
- Dr Sarah Margaret Parnacott
- James Butler
- Jill De Nardo
- Paul Matthew Stuart Rooney
- Rajesh Modi
- Ruth Brown
- Tyrone Fredrick Glover
Trustee list from the Charity Commission register (current, not historical).
Operates in: Cheshire East · Cheshire West & Chester · Derbyshire · Staffordshire
Income and spending
Common questions
Is HIGH PEAK HOSPICECARE financially healthy?
Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity recorded a surplus of £67,000 for the year ended 31 March 2025, with total income rising to £2.739m. Per the trustees' report, general reserves stand at £2.070m, which is above the stated policy target of six months of budgeted unrestricted expenditure. The charity remains a going concern with adequate resources to meet its charitable obligations. Its FY2025 accounts were audited by DJH Audit Limited.
Who funds HIGH PEAK HOSPICECARE?
Funders whose own accounts filings name HIGH PEAK HOSPICECARE as a grant recipient include THE FRANCIS WINHAM FOUNDATION, Royal Warrant Holders' Charity, THE GROCERS' CHARITY, THE EDGAR E LAWLEY FOUNDATION.
Known funders
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