WOODLANDS HOSPICE CHARITABLE TRUST
Registered charity 1048934 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as WOODLANDS HOSPICE
Woodlands Hospice is an independent charity providing specialist palliative care to individuals with cancer and other life-limiting illnesses. Multi-professional care is accessed through day therapy, community outreach and specialist out-patient clinics plus an in-patient unit and Hospice at Home to enhance quality of life, enabling patients and families to live life as fully as possible.
Causes: Education/training · The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives · website · Get email alerts
Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts
The accounts state that the charity reported a net loss of £290,442 for the year ended 31 March 2025, resulting in a decrease in total reserves. The Trustees maintain that unrestricted funds are maintained at a level equivalent to approximately nine months of customary annual expenditure, a target which they consider has been maintained throughout the year despite the current financial loss.
Automated summary of the FY2025 accounts; the evidenced findings below carry the verbatim passages.
What the accounts disclose
Largest income source: Donations and legacies (49% of income)
“Income from: Donations and legacies 734,248”
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Fundraising cost ratio: 56.1% of fundraised income, as disclosed
“Expenditure on raising funds was £839,837 (2024: £666,193) of which all was unrestricted.” — page 30
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Reserves policy: approximately nine months of customary annual expenditure, being approximately £1.1m (held: £2.6m)
“The current reserves policy of the Woodlands Hospice Charitable Group is that unrestricted funds, which have not been designated for a specific use, should be maintained at a level equivalent to approximately nine months of customary annual expenditure, being approximately £1.1m.” — page 11
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Trading subsidiary: Woodlands Hospice Limited
“The charity has one wholly owned subsidiary, Woodlands Hospice Limited. The subsidiary operates a lottery and charity shops and uses this to support Woodlands Hospice Charitable Trust.” — page 13
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Accounts audited by Lonsdale and Marsh. Discloses 4 of 6 completeness components.
Corporate structure
Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — Woodlands Hospice Charitable Trust (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.
- MCKILLOP, Donagh — director, appointed 24/02/2026on trustee list
- COBAIN, Antony James — director, appointed 25/11/2025on trustee list
- O'NEILL, Lorna Jennifer — director, appointed 25/11/2025on trustee list
- WOOLISCROFT, Sarah — director, appointed 22/02/2022on trustee list
- HUDSON, Christopher John — director, appointed 22/02/2022on trustee list
- WALTHEW, Carl — director, appointed 22/02/2022on trustee list
- LEE, Robert Tsze Kwan — director, appointed 28/05/2019on trustee list
- JOHNSON, Annette — director, appointed 26/05/2015on trustee list
- BARTLETT, Barry James — director, appointed 27/05/2014on trustee list
- BRENNAND, Colin — director, appointed 22/12/1998not on trustee list
- HUBBERT, Catherine Marian — director, appointed 01/06/1995not on trustee list
- JOHNSTON, Robert Cameron — secretary, appointed 31/12/2021
Official officers record.
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: Woodlands Hospice Charitable Trust — Deregistered, 1 registered location, last inspected 12/04/2017.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)
Cost of raising funds
£840k
Reported reserves equal ~7.5 months of spending — above the median for charities its size (median 4.8 months; benchmarks).
Per its annual return, cost of raising funds: 56.1% of total income — above the 90th percentile for charities its size (median 5.2%) (benchmarks).
Register events
- Received assets from another charity (06/02/2019) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.
- Barry James Bartlettchair
- Annette Johnson
- Antony James Cobain · trustee of 1 other charity
- COLIN BRENNAND FCA
- Carl Walthew
- Christopher John Hudson · trustee of 1 other charity
- Donagh McKillop
- Dr CATHY HUBBERT
- Lorna Jennifer O'Neill
- Robert Tsze Kwan Lee
- Sarah Wooliscroft
Trustee list from the Charity Commission register (current, not historical).
Operates in: Knowsley · Liverpool City · Sefton
Income and spending
Common questions
Is WOODLANDS HOSPICE CHARITABLE TRUST financially healthy?
Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity reported a net loss of £290,442 for the year ended 31 March 2025, resulting in a decrease in total reserves. The Trustees maintain that unrestricted funds are maintained at a level equivalent to approximately nine months of customary annual expenditure, a target which they consider has been maintained throughout the year despite the current financial loss. Its FY2025 accounts were audited by Lonsdale and Marsh.
Who funds WOODLANDS HOSPICE CHARITABLE TRUST?
Funders whose own accounts filings name WOODLANDS HOSPICE CHARITABLE TRUST as a grant recipient include PILKINGTON CHARITIES FUND, THE THOMAS J HORNE MEMORIAL TRUST, THE INMAN CHARITY, MATTHEW GOOD FOUNDATION, SKIPTON BUILDING SOCIETY CHARITABLE FOUNDATION.
Known funders
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Government & lottery funding
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