BUTTERWICK LIMITED

Registered charity 1044816 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as BUTTERWICK, BUTTERWICK CHILDRENS HOSPICE, BUTTERWICK HOSPICE, BUTTERWICK HOSPICE AT BISHOP AUCKLAND, BUTTERWICK HOSPICE AT STOCKTON - BUTTERWICK HOSPICE AT BISHOP AUCKLAND, BUTTERWICK HOSPICE CARE

The charity's activities are the operation and provision of palliative care facilities and services for patients suffering from life threatening and limiting illness; along with related education into palliative care.

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Latest income

£3.6m

Latest spending

£4.7m

Registered

1995

Accounts read

FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity is no longer a going concern and has been prepared on the cessation basis due to severe financial strain and depleted working capital. Per the trustees' report, free reserves are in deficit, and the group operated at a significant deficit of £1,101,979 for the year ended 31 March 2025.

Automated summary of the FY2025 accounts; the evidenced findings below carry the verbatim passages.

What the accounts disclose

Highest-paid employee band: £80,001 - £90,000 — above the median for charities its size (£70k)

“In the band £80,001 - £90,000 1” — page 46

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Largest income source: Charitable activities (42% of income)

“In the year a total of £1,506,466 was received from the NHS and Commissioning Authorities which equates to 42% of the Groups total income in the year.” — page 18

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Fundraising cost ratio: 31.2% of fundraised income, as disclosed

“The fundraising and publicity costs are £551,584 equating to 31.2% of gross fundraising income (2023-2024 37.9%).” — page 18

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Reserves position: below the charity's own stated reserves policy (held: £776k; policy: three months operational costs)

“at 31st March 2025 free reserves were a deficit of £732k.” — page 20

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Going concern: accounts NOT prepared on a going-concern basis (closing, merging or winding up)

“The Trustees, having made due and careful enquiry, are of the opinion that the charity is no longer a going concern.” — page 35

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts audited by Waltons Business Advisers Limited. Discloses 5 of 6 completeness components.

Year-over-year changes

Going concern: material uncertainty (FY2024) → not a going concern (FY2025).

Comparing this charity’s FY2024 and FY2025 accounts as analysed by this site.

Corporate structure

Registered company of the charity Companies House 02979587

Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — Butterwick Hospice (matched by registered charity number).

Leadership, per the charity’s website

Mike Thornicroft — Group Chief Executive (source)
Ashleigh Trotter — Group Director of Retail (source)
Kyla de Lehenstein Collins — Group Director of Fundraising & Communications (source)
Charlotte Irving — Group Director of People & Governance (source)
Heather Stuart — Group Director of Nursing & Quality (source)
Katherine Frazer — Group Director of Resources (source)

Listed on the charity’s own website when we last crawled it; roles may have changed. Pay-band disclosures above are anonymous statutory disclosures and are not attributed to any named individual.

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.

GOODWIN, Amanda Jane, Dr — director, appointed 15/06/2026on trustee list
MORRIS, Richard Guy — director, appointed 15/06/2026on trustee list
WHITEHEAD, Gary — director, appointed 15/06/2026on trustee list

Official officers record.

Property (HM Land Registry)

1 registered title 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.

CQC provider record: Butterwick Limited — Registered, 3 registered locations, 3 regulated activities, last inspected 04/08/2022.charity number confirmed by CQC CQC record

Public profiles (found on the charity’s own website): facebook · instagram

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/03/2025)

Total income

£3.6m

Total spending

£4.7m

Cost of raising funds

£1.4m

Reserves (reported)

£0

Employees

102

Reported reserves equal ~0.0 months of spending — in the bottom quarter for charities its size (median 4.8 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, cost of raising funds: 37.6% of total income — above the 90th percentile 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).

Butterwick Hospice: Inadequate (05/05/2022) · CQC record
Butterwick Hospice Stockton: Good (03/01/2025) · CQC record
Butterwick House: Good (08/12/2022) · CQC record

Register events

Received assets from another charity (24/04/2024) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.

Trustees · trustee networks

Dr Amanda Jane Goodwin
Gary Whitehead · trustee of 1 other charity
Richard Morris · trustee of 1 other charity

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

Operates in: Durham · North Yorkshire · Stockton-on-tees · Sunderland

Income and spending

Financial year end	Income	Spending
31/03/2025	£3.6m	£4.7m
31/03/2024	£3.2m	£3.9m
31/03/2023	£2.8m	£2.9m
31/03/2022	£3.3m	£3.3m
31/03/2021	£4.4m	£3.5m

Common questions

Is BUTTERWICK LIMITED financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity is no longer a going concern and has been prepared on the cessation basis due to severe financial strain and depleted working capital. Per the trustees' report, free reserves are in deficit, and the group operated at a significant deficit of £1,101,979 for the year ended 31 March 2025. Its FY2025 accounts were audited by Waltons Business Advisers Limited.

What does the highest-paid employee of BUTTERWICK LIMITED earn?

Per its FY2025 accounts, the highest-paid employee was in the £80,001 - £90,000 band.

Who funds BUTTERWICK LIMITED?

Funders whose own accounts filings name BUTTERWICK LIMITED as a grant recipient include THE THOMAS J HORNE MEMORIAL TRUST, THE GREEN HALL FOUNDATION, SKIPTON BUILDING SOCIETY CHARITABLE FOUNDATION.

Known funders

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

Funder	Year	Amount	Purpose (as stated by the funder)
THE THOMAS J HORNE MEMORIAL TRUST	FY2024	£8k
THE THOMAS J HORNE MEMORIAL TRUST	FY2022	£8k
THE THOMAS J HORNE MEMORIAL TRUST	FY2023	£7k
THE GREEN HALL FOUNDATION	FY2023	£3k
SKIPTON BUILDING SOCIETY CHARITABLE FOUNDATION	FY2025	£3k
THE THOMAS J HORNE MEMORIAL TRUST	FY2025	£0

Government & lottery funding

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

Funder	Date	Amount	Purpose
Postcode Lottery	02/07/2025	£50k	Millionaire Street 2025 07w1
Community Foundation North East	22/05/2025	£4k	Grant to Butterwick
UK government	04/04/2023	£297k	Children and Young Peoples Hospice Grant 2023-24 Bluebell Wood Children's Hospice
The National Lottery Community Fund	05/11/2021	£10k	Butterwick Children's Hospice Sibling Support
Community Foundation North East	21/10/2021	£3k	A grant to Butterwick Hospice Care (trading as Butterwick Ltd)
UK government	23/07/2020	£69k	Coronavirus Community Support Fund
The National Lottery Community Fund	22/05/2020	£10k	Butterwick Hospice Care COVID Response
The National Lottery Community Fund	31/01/2013	£8k	Ceiling Hoist for Soft Play Area
The National Lottery Community Fund	21/12/2010	£4k	Windows/Doors Infrastructure
The National Lottery Community Fund	02/07/2009	£6k	Soft Play Area

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.

Funder	Similar charities funded	Amount to them
THE HOBSON CHARITY LIMITED	2	£10k
THE SAM AND BELLA SEBBA CHARITABLE FOUNDATION	1	£140k
JOHN MARTIN'S CHARITY	1	£92k
THE EDWARD CADBURY CHARITABLE TRUST	1	£75k
THE ROGER & DOUGLAS TURNER CHARITABLE TRUST	1	£72k
CONSTRUCTION INDUSTRY RELIEF, ASSISTANCE AND SUPPORT FOR THE HOMELESS AND HOSPICES LIMITED	1	£50k
THE INLIGHT TRUST	1	£42k
THE RIVER FARM FOUNDATION	1	£32k

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with LINDSEY LODGE LIMITED.

LINDSEY LODGE LIMITED income £5.0m
HALTON HAVEN HOSPICE income £2.7m
WIGAN AND LEIGH HOSPICE income £7.2m
MOUNTBATTEN HAMPSHIRE LIMITED income £8.7m
SPRINGHILL HOSPICE (ROCHDALE) income £6.4m
ST RICHARDS HOSPICE FOUNDATION income £10.6m

Side by side with its peers

Charity	Income	Top pay band	Staff >£60k	Reserves vs policy	Fundraising cost	Going concern
BUTTERWICK LIMITED	£3.6m	£80,001 - £90,000	—	below	31.2%	not going concern
LINDSEY LODGE LIMITED FY2025	£5.0m	—	—	within	—	no doubt
HALTON HAVEN HOSPICE FY2025	£2.7m	—	—	unclear	—	no doubt
WIGAN AND LEIGH HOSPICE FY2025	£7.2m	—	—	within	—	no doubt
MOUNTBATTEN HAMPSHIRE LIMITED FY2025	£8.7m	—	0	below	15.1%	no doubt
SPRINGHILL HOSPICE (ROCHDALE) FY2025	£6.4m	£100,001 - £110,000	—	unclear	—	no doubt

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