ST. DAVID'S HOSPICE
Registered charity 1038543 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as ST DAVID'S HOSPICE
St David's Hospice is an adult palliative care facility with fourteen registered beds providing symptom relief, respite and end of life care. There is also a day unit for up to ten patients four days per week, and a bereavement and counselling service for one day per week. All care is free at the point of delivery.
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Financial health, per its FY2024 accounts
The accounts state that the charity reported a consolidated deficit of £479,911 for the year ended 31 December 2024, an improvement from the £1.2m deficit in 2023. The trustees note that despite this improvement, the hospice faces a difficult financial future due to health inflation outstripping income and stalling fundraising efforts, requiring onerous decisions to ensure stability. Free reserves amounted to £2,796,794, which the trustees consider reasonable given the current economic climate.
Automated summary of the FY2024 accounts; the evidenced findings below carry the verbatim passages.
What the accounts disclose
Reserves position: below the charity's own stated reserves policy (held: £2.8m; policy: just under six months of expenditure)
“The free reserves of the group amounted to £2,796,794 (2023; £3,454,955) which equates to just under six months of expenditure.” — page 9
Per its FY2024 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Trading subsidiary: St David's Promotions Limited
“St David's Hospice has one trading subsidiary, St David's Promotions Limited. St David's Promotions Limited runs a lottery to raise funds for the benefit of the Hospice and donates all profits to St David's Hospice.” — page 6
Per its FY2024 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Accounts audited by Pritchett & Co Business Advisers Limited. Discloses 4 of 6 completeness components.
Year-over-year changes
- Reserves position vs the charity's own policy moved from "within" (FY2023) to "below" (FY2024).
Comparing this charity’s FY2023 and FY2024 accounts as analysed by this site.
Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — St David's Hospice (North Wales) (matched by registered charity number).
Property (HM Land Registry)
4 registered titles in England and Wales held by the charity’s company or corporate body (1 freehold). All charity-held property. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright, OGL v3.0.
Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/12/2024)
Cost of raising funds
£1.9m
Reported reserves equal ~5.6 months of spending — above the median for charities its size (median 4.8 months; benchmarks).
Per its annual return, cost of raising funds: 35.2% of total income — above the 90th percentile for charities its size (median 5.2%) (benchmarks).
Register events
- Received assets from another charity (30/05/2023) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.
- Received assets from another charity (23/08/2022) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.
- Received assets from another charity (11/01/2020) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.
- Charles Alastair Mackay Hawkins Mr
- Dafydd Hardy
- David Richard Matthew Thomas
- Dr STEPHEN MACVICAR · trustee of 4 other charities
- Elaine Susan Gilbert
- Eleri Jones
- Kelly Marie Owen
- Michael Edward Hobday
- Sarah Louise Schofield · trustee of 1 other charity
- Stuart Paul Haynes
- Wyn Thomas · trustee of 1 other charity
Trustee list from the Charity Commission register (current, not historical).
Operates in: Conwy · Gwynedd · Isle Of Anglesey
Income and spending
Common questions
Is ST. DAVID'S HOSPICE financially healthy?
Per its FY2024 accounts: The accounts state that the charity reported a consolidated deficit of £479,911 for the year ended 31 December 2024, an improvement from the £1.2m deficit in 2023. The trustees note that despite this improvement, the hospice faces a difficult financial future due to health inflation outstripping income and stalling fundraising efforts, requiring onerous decisions to ensure stability. Free reserves amounted to £2,796,794, which the trustees consider reasonable given the current economic climate. Its FY2024 accounts were audited by Pritchett & Co Business Advisers Limited.
Who funds ST. DAVID'S HOSPICE?
Funders whose own accounts filings name ST. DAVID'S HOSPICE as a grant recipient include THE RATCLIFF FOUNDATION, THE REED FOUNDATION, THE JOHN HORSEMAN TRUST, THE NORTHWICK TRUST, PINK RIBBON FOUNDATION.
Known funders
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Government & lottery funding
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