Keech Hospice
Registered charity 1035089 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as KEECH COTTAGE CHILDREN'S HOSPICE, KEECH HOSPICE CARE, LUTON AND SOUTH BEDFORDSHIRE HOSPICE, PASQUE ADULT HOSPICE, PASQUE CHARITY
The provision of palliative and supportive care, and to support those with specific support needs, within Luton & South Bedfordshire (for adults) and within Bedfordshire, Hertfordshire and Milton Keynes (for children).
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Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts
The accounts state that the charity reported a consolidated deficit of £1,984,000 for the year ended 31 March 2025, driven by investment in care staffing and capital projects. Per the trustees' report, unrestricted undesignated reserves decreased to £6,934,000, which remains within the stated policy target range of six to nine months of budgeted operating costs.
Automated summary of the FY2025 accounts; the evidenced findings below carry the verbatim passages.
What the accounts disclose
Largest income source: Retail income (41% of income)
“Retail income remained static totalling £5,954,000” — page 23
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Accounts audited by HaysMac LLP. Discloses 3 of 6 completeness components.
In the news
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Corporate structure
Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — Keech Hospice (matched by registered charity number).
Funders the charity credits
Named as funders/supporters on the charity’s own website (the charity’s claim, distinct from accounts-verified grants).
- Luton Rising — “We’re grateful for the generous support of Luton Rising , whose investment helps us deliver specialist care to local children, families and …” (source page)
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.
- AKTHAR, Anisah — director, appointed 26/03/2025on trustee list
- CRADDOCK, Rowena Clare — director, appointed 26/03/2025on trustee list
- HURST, Philippa Susan — director, appointed 26/03/2025on trustee list
- MALCOLM, Iain David — director, appointed 17/11/2023on trustee list
- SMITH, Debra May — director, appointed 04/10/2023on trustee list
- GREEVY, Judith Christine — director, appointed 04/10/2023on trustee list
- OGDEN, Simon — director, appointed 16/03/2021on trustee list
- MCMAHON, Michael John — director, appointed 26/03/2020on trustee list
- HEYES, Miriam Stone — director, appointed 22/01/2019on trustee list
- CANNON, Peter Kevin — director, appointed 19/06/2018on 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)
1 registered title 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.
CQC provider record: Keech Hospice Care — Registered, 1 registered location, 1 regulated activity, last inspected 08/11/2023.charity number confirmed by CQC CQC record
Public profiles (found on the charity’s own website): facebook · instagram · linkedin
Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/03/2025)
Cost of raising funds
£6.9m
Reported reserves equal ~5.1 months of spending — above the median for charities its size (median 4.6 months; benchmarks).
Per its annual return, cost of raising funds: 47.7% of total income — above the 90th percentile for charities its size (median 3.8%) (benchmarks).
Register events
- Received assets from another charity (29/08/2024) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.
- Received assets from another charity (31/10/2023) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.
- Received assets from another charity (21/08/2023) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.
- Received assets from another charity (09/11/2021) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.
- Received assets from another charity (30/08/2019) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.
- Anisah Akthar · trustee of 1 other charity
- Debra Smith
- Iain David Malcolm
- Judith Greevy
- Michael John McMahon
- Miriam Heyes
- PETER CANNON
- Philippa Susan Hurst
- Rowena Clare Craddock
- Simon Ogden · trustee of 1 other charity
Trustee list from the Charity Commission register (current, not historical).
Operates in: Bedford · Central Bedfordshire · Hertfordshire · Luton · Milton Keynes
Income and spending
Common questions
Is Keech Hospice financially healthy?
Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity reported a consolidated deficit of £1,984,000 for the year ended 31 March 2025, driven by investment in care staffing and capital projects. Per the trustees' report, unrestricted undesignated reserves decreased to £6,934,000, which remains within the stated policy target range of six to nine months of budgeted operating costs. Its FY2025 accounts were audited by HaysMac LLP.
Who funds Keech Hospice?
Funders whose own accounts filings name Keech Hospice as a grant recipient include THE VALIANT CHARITABLE TRUST, THE PEPPER FOUNDATION, THE HARPUR TRUST, The Connolly Foundation (UK) Limited, THE AMATEURS TRUST.
Known funders
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Government & lottery funding
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