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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Latest income
£5.5m
Latest spending
£6.0m
Registered
1994
Accounts read
FY2024

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

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)

Total income
£5.5m
Total spending
£6.0m
Cost of raising funds
£1.9m
Reserves (reported)
£2.8m
Employees
103

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).

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Trustees · trustee networks

Trustee list from the Charity Commission register (current, not historical).

Operates in: Conwy · Gwynedd · Isle Of Anglesey

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/12/2024£5.5m£6.0m
31/12/2023£5.5m£6.8m
31/12/2022£7.0m£6.5m
31/12/2021£7.3m£5.9m
31/12/2020£5.4m£5.0m

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

Grants to this charity found in funders’ own accounts filings.

FunderYearAmountPurpose (as stated by the funder)
THE RATCLIFF FOUNDATIONFY2024£17k
THE REED FOUNDATIONFY2022£15kChristmas Challenge
THE JOHN HORSEMAN TRUSTFY2025£10k
THE NORTHWICK TRUSTFY2025£10k
PINK RIBBON FOUNDATIONFY2024£8k
THE JOHN HORSEMAN TRUSTFY2024£6k
THE NORTHWICK TRUSTFY2024£5k
THE RATCLIFF FOUNDATIONFY2022£3k
THE OAKDALE TRUSTFY2025£2k
HOBDEN FOUNDATIONFY2024£2kNot specified
PINK RIBBON FOUNDATIONFY2023£1k
THE BLAKEY FOUNDATIONFY2022—
THE JENOUR FOUNDATIONFY2026—

Government & lottery funding

Grants to this charity published as open data by government and lottery funders (360Giving).

FunderDateAmountPurpose
The National Lottery Community Fund05/01/2026£20kEmployment of an Art Psychotherapist
The National Lottery Community Fund30/09/2024£276kLlandudno Day Centre Modernisation Project
The National Lottery Community Fund27/08/2015£5kGAG - St David's Hospice FAB Group

Funders of similar charities

Funders whose accounts show grants to charities similar to this one (and no recorded grant to this charity) — a starting list for fundraisers.

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with ST DAVID'S FOUNDATION HOSPICE CARE.

Side by side with its peers

CharityIncomeTop pay bandStaff >£60kReserves vs policyFundraising costGoing concern
ST. DAVID'S HOSPICE£5.5m——below—no doubt
ST DAVID'S FOUNDATION HOSPICE CARE FY2025£9.3m——above26.0%no doubt
ISABEL HOSPICE LIMITED FY2025£10.4m——above—no doubt
HOSPICE OF THE GOOD SHEPHERD LTD FY2025£6.1m—0above32.0%no doubt
ST LUKE'S HOSPICE (BASILDON AND DISTRICT) LIMITED FY2025£16.1m—4unclear80.0%no doubt
PILGRIMS HOSPICES IN EAST KENT FY2025£18.9m£160,001 - £170,000—above25.9%no doubt

Each row is that charity’s latest analysed filing; every value is quote-backed on its own page.