ISABEL HOSPICE LIMITED

Registered charity 1046826 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as ISABEL HOSPICE

Hospice services providing specialist palliative care across home, day centre, outpatient and inpatient settings comprising multi-disciplinary medical, nursing, pre and post bereavement counselling and family support, spiritual care and benefit advice.

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Latest income

£10.4m

Latest spending

£10.0m

Registered

1995

Accounts read

FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported a consolidated surplus of £405,000 for the year ended 31 March 2025, largely driven by a £1.5 million profit on the sale of freehold property. The trustees confirm that available unrestricted reserves of £3.189 million exceed the stated policy target of £2.8 million, providing sufficient funds to meet financial responsibilities and continue trading for the foreseeable future.

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

What the accounts disclose

Reserves policy: £2,800,000 (held: £3.2m)

“the Trustees have calculated a desired reserves level of £2,800,000.”

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Trading subsidiary: Isabel Hospice Trading Limited, IHL Services Limited

“The financial statements include the results of the Charity’s trading subsidiaries, Isabel Hospice Trading Limited and IHL Services Limited.”

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts audited by Sayer Vincent LLP. Discloses 4 of 6 completeness components.

Corporate structure

Registered company of the charity Companies House 03056823

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

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.

OSBORN, Peter Gordon — director, appointed 10/06/2026on trustee list
ANDREWS, Mark, Dr — director, appointed 10/06/2026on trustee list
COSGRAVE, Fern Elysia — director, appointed 03/12/2025on trustee list
MARCHANT, Janet Maria — director, appointed 03/11/2025on trustee list
SALE, Lisa — director, appointed 05/08/2024on trustee list
MILLS, John Michael — director, appointed 05/07/2023on trustee list
JACKSON, Claire — director, appointed 01/04/2023on trustee list
ELLIS, Ian — director, appointed 15/12/2022on trustee list
CROME, Renata — director, appointed 01/12/2021on trustee list
COTTRELL, Melanie — director, appointed 01/12/2021on trustee list
CHOLAK, Ozlem — director, appointed 01/12/2021on trustee list
PHILPOTT, Terence John — director, appointed 06/11/2019on trustee list
GLENISTER, Helen — secretary, appointed 01/03/2020

Official officers record.

Property (HM Land Registry)

12 registered titles in England and Wales held by the charity’s company or corporate body (2 freehold); recorded price paid £3.8m. All charity-held property. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright, OGL v3.0.

CQC provider record: Isabel Hospice Limited — Registered, 2 registered locations, 1 regulated activity, last inspected 26/01/2016.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

£10.4m

Total spending

£10.0m

Cost of raising funds

£4.3m

Reserves (reported)

£2.8m

Employees

248

Reported reserves equal ~3.3 months of spending — below the median for charities its size (median 4.6 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, cost of raising funds: 41.5% of total income — above the 90th percentile for charities its size (median 3.8%) (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).

Isabel Hospice: Good (14/09/2016) · CQC record

Register events

Received assets from another charity (13/01/2026) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.

Trustees · trustee networks

Terence John Philpottchair
Claire Jackson
Dr Mark Andrews
Fern Elysia Cosgrave
Ian Ellis
Janet Maria Marchant
John Michael Mills
Lisa Sale
Melanie Cottrell
Ozlem Cholak
Renata Crome · trustee of 1 other charity

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

Operates in: Hertfordshire

Income and spending

Financial year end	Income	Spending
31/03/2025	£10.4m	£10.0m
31/03/2024	£9.4m	£9.2m
31/03/2023	£8.4m	£7.9m
31/03/2022	£8.5m	£7.1m
31/03/2021	£9.4m	£7.1m

Common questions

Is ISABEL HOSPICE LIMITED financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity reported a consolidated surplus of £405,000 for the year ended 31 March 2025, largely driven by a £1.5 million profit on the sale of freehold property. The trustees confirm that available unrestricted reserves of £3.189 million exceed the stated policy target of £2.8 million, providing sufficient funds to meet financial responsibilities and continue trading for the foreseeable future. Its FY2025 accounts were audited by Sayer Vincent LLP.

Who funds ISABEL HOSPICE LIMITED?

Funders whose own accounts filings name ISABEL HOSPICE LIMITED as a grant recipient include THE ANNANDALE CHARITABLE TRUST, THE 3 TS CHARITABLE TRUST, THE JOHN APTHORP CHARITY, THE GREEN HALL FOUNDATION, THE INMAN CHARITY.

Known funders

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

Funder	Year	Amount	Purpose (as stated by the funder)
THE ANNANDALE CHARITABLE TRUST	FY2022	£13k
THE ANNANDALE CHARITABLE TRUST	FY2024	£11k
THE 3 TS CHARITABLE TRUST	FY2022	£10k
THE JOHN APTHORP CHARITY	FY2021	£5k	Towards the replacement of fridges and freezers
THE GREEN HALL FOUNDATION	FY2025	£5k
THE INMAN CHARITY	FY2023	£5k	Social - Hospices
THE ANNANDALE CHARITABLE TRUST	FY2023	£5k
THE SIMON GIBSON CHARITABLE TRUST	FY2023	£5k
THE LINDER FOUNDATION	FY2022	£5k	General Charitable Causes
THE SIMON GIBSON CHARITABLE TRUST	FY2022	£5k
THE LANCASHIRE FOUNDATION	FY2021	£4k
THE DIXIE ROSE FINDLAY CHARITABLE TRUST	FY2023	£3k
THE HILARY AWDRY CHARITABLE TRUST	FY2025	£2k
THE CHRISTOPHER LAING FOUNDATION	FY2024	£1k
SSP FOUNDATION	FY2025	£1k
SSP FOUNDATION	FY2024	£1k
THE SALISBURY POOL CHARITY COMPRISING THE FIRST MOIETY ESTABLISHED BY CLAUSE 2 OF THE DEED OF DECLARATION DATED 23RD MARCH 1976	FY2024	£1k	Social welfare
THE SALISBURY POOL CHARITY COMPRISING THE FIRST MOIETY ESTABLISHED BY CLAUSE 2 OF THE DEED OF DECLARATION DATED 23RD MARCH 1976	FY2023	£1k	Social welfare
THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF ALL SAINTS WITH ST JOHN, HERTFORD	FY2023	£630	Isabel Hospice
THE TOMPKINS FOUNDATION	FY2025	£500
THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF ALL SAINTS WITH ST JOHN, HERTFORD	FY2022	£163	Grants and donations
THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF ALL SAINTS WITH ST JOHN, HERTFORD	FY2024	£0	Amount not specified in note 7 list, but included in total grants
Evelyn Partners Charitable Trust	FY2024	£0	Employee grant support programme

Government & lottery funding

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

Funder	Date	Amount	Purpose
The National Lottery Community Fund	22/10/2021	£10k	Meeting the practical needs of your loved one at end of life
The National Lottery Community Fund	11/06/2020	£48k	(C19 BLF) Continuation funding for hospice at home
The National Lottery Community Fund	23/01/2020	£9k	Help patients who are hard of hearing
The National Lottery Community Fund	20/12/2018	£6k	You spoke- We listened.
The National Lottery Community Fund	09/03/2015	£490k	Enhancing End of Life Care at Home
The National Lottery Community Fund	30/07/2014	£8k	Installation of Electronic Patient Safety and Risk Management System
The National Lottery Community Fund	11/10/2012	£4k	Installation of hand was stations at Isabel Hospice's in-patient unit
The National Lottery Community Fund	24/11/2006	£10k	Replacement of 4 beds at Isabel Hospice In-Patients Unit
The National Lottery Community Fund	15/11/2006	£50k	Carers' Lifelines

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	3	£23k
SKIPTON BUILDING SOCIETY CHARITABLE FOUNDATION	3	£7k
THE MICHAEL AND ANNA WIX CHARITABLE TRUST	2	£400
OGLESBY CHARITABLE TRUST	1	£295k
THE WILL CHARITABLE TRUST	1	£250k
THE VALIANT CHARITABLE TRUST	1	£250k
THE FRANCIS WINHAM FOUNDATION	1	£105k
THE ORR MACKINTOSH FOUNDATION LIMITED	1	£70k

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with HOSPICE OF THE GOOD SHEPHERD LTD.

HOSPICE OF THE GOOD SHEPHERD LTD income £6.1m
ST LUKE'S HOSPICE (HARROW AND BRENT) LTD income £13.0m
PILGRIMS HOSPICES IN EAST KENT income £18.9m
Moya Cole Hospice income £15.5m
NIGHTINGALE HOUSE HOSPICE income £6.0m
BURY HOSPICE income £4.8m

Side by side with its peers

Charity	Income	Top pay band	Staff >£60k	Reserves vs policy	Fundraising cost	Going concern
ISABEL HOSPICE LIMITED	£10.4m	—	—	above	—	no doubt
HOSPICE OF THE GOOD SHEPHERD LTD FY2025	£6.1m	—	0	above	32.0%	no doubt
ST LUKE'S HOSPICE (HARROW AND BRENT) LTD FY2025	£13.0m	—	—	above	—	no doubt
PILGRIMS HOSPICES IN EAST KENT FY2025	£18.9m	£160,001 - £170,000	—	above	25.9%	no doubt
Moya Cole Hospice FY2025	£15.5m	—	—	unclear	—	no doubt
NIGHTINGALE HOUSE HOSPICE FY2024	£6.0m	—	—	above	—	no doubt

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