ST BARNABAS HOSPICE TRUST (LINCOLNSHIRE)
Registered charity 1053814 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as ST BARNABAS HOSPICE
To provide specialist palliative care through provision of inpatient, day therapy services, hospice at home, Welfare and Family Support Services to the people of Lincolnshire. To support local provision of general palliative care through provision of the Palliative Care Co-Ordination Centre, education and advice.
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Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts
The accounts state that the Trust posted a net deficit of £1.217m for the year ended 31 March 2025, driven by an operating deficit and an unrealised loss on investments. Per the trustees' report, the Trust anticipates temporarily breaching its base reserves policy in the short to medium term to fund a recovery plan, though it maintains strong reserves and a resilient balance sheet to navigate these challenges.
Automated summary of the FY2025 accounts; the evidenced findings below carry the verbatim passages.
What the accounts disclose
Reserves position: below the charity's own stated reserves policy (held: £17.2m; policy: at least six months’ running costs)
“the Board acknowledged that there is a strong likelihood that the Trust will temporarily breach this in the short to medium term as the Recovery Plan is implemented.”
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Related-party transaction: Indemnity insurance purchased on behalf of Trustees
“Indemnity insurance has been purchased on behalf of the Trustees at a cost of £1,726 (2024: £1,726) for the year.” — page 57
“During the year the charitable company made purchases from Lindum Sports Association Limited, a charitable company in which Mr A Maltby, Trustee, is also a Trustee. The total purchases made during the year were £2,000” — page 57
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Related-party transaction: Purchases from Lindum Sports Association Limited (Trustee Mr A Maltby is also a Trustee there)
“Indemnity insurance has been purchased on behalf of the Trustees at a cost of £1,726 (2024: £1,726) for the year.” — page 57
“During the year the charitable company made purchases from Lindum Sports Association Limited, a charitable company in which Mr A Maltby, Trustee, is also a Trustee. The total purchases made during the year were £2,000” — page 57
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Accounts audited by Streets Audit LLP. Discloses 4 of 6 completeness components.
Corporate structure
Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — St Barnabas Hospice Trust (Lincolnshire) (matched by registered charity number).
Leadership, per the charity’s website
- Michelle Webb — Deputy Chief Executive (source)
- Rebecca Franks — Director of Patient Care (source)
- Dr Georgina Keenleyside — Medical Director (source)
- St.John Sutcliffe — Director of Finance and Performance (source)
- Lisa Phillips — Director for People and Education (source)
- Charlie Thompson — Director of Income Generation (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.
- WORRALL, Philip John — director, appointed 21/08/2026not on trustee list
- INGALL, Daniel — director, appointed 01/09/2025on trustee list
- CURTIS, Beth — director, appointed 01/09/2025on trustee list
- HEMPSALL, Sophie — director, appointed 01/09/2025on trustee list
- PUNTON, John Stephen — director, appointed 15/08/2025on trustee list
- WYLE, Stuart — director, appointed 11/10/2023on trustee list
- HEPBURN, Neill Christopher, Dr — director, appointed 21/10/2021on trustee list
- ELKINGTON, Simon James — director, appointed 06/03/2019on trustee list
- KNIGHT, Sylvia — director, appointed 29/05/2018on trustee list
- LEGATE, Amanda Jane — director, appointed 03/04/2017on trustee list
- MALTBY, Anthony John Martin — director, appointed 01/07/2013on trustee list
- LIBISZEWSKI, David — director, appointed 01/07/2013on trustee list
- MALTBY, Anthony John Martin — secretary, appointed 13/09/2016
Official officers record.
Public-sector contracts awarded
From the official Contracts Finder and Find a Tender notices (supplier matched by exact registered name). Contract income is distinct from grants.
Property (HM Land Registry)
16 registered titles in England and Wales held by the charity’s company or corporate body (9 freehold); recorded price paid £336k. All charity-held property. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright, OGL v3.0.
CQC provider record: St Barnabas Hospice Trust (Lincolnshire) — Registered, 1 registered location, 1 regulated activity, last inspected 08/08/2019.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
£4.3m
Reserves (reported)
£17.2m
Reported reserves equal ~13.9 months of spending — in the top quarter for charities its size (median 4.6 months; benchmarks).
Per its annual return, cost of raising funds: 31.1% of total income — in the top quarter 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).
- St Barnabas Hospice - Specialist Palliative Care Unit: Outstanding (07/11/2019) · CQC record
Register events
- Received assets from another charity (19/05/2025) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.
- Received assets from another charity (02/05/2024) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.
- Received assets from another charity (08/03/2023) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.
- Received assets from another charity (01/12/2021) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.
- Received assets from another charity (22/02/2017) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.
- Philip John Worrallchair
- Beth Curtis
- Daniel Ingall
- David Brendan Geoghegan
- Dr Joanna Mary Blackwell
- Dr Neill Christopher Hepburn · trustee of 1 other charity
- John Stephen Punton
- Robert James Hurst
- SYLVIA KNIGHT
- Simon James Elkington
- Sophie Hempsall
- Stuart Wyle
Trustee list from the Charity Commission register (current, not historical).
Operates in: Lincolnshire
Income and spending
Common questions
Is ST BARNABAS HOSPICE TRUST (LINCOLNSHIRE) financially healthy?
Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the Trust posted a net deficit of £1.217m for the year ended 31 March 2025, driven by an operating deficit and an unrealised loss on investments. Per the trustees' report, the Trust anticipates temporarily breaching its base reserves policy in the short to medium term to fund a recovery plan, though it maintains strong reserves and a resilient balance sheet to navigate these challenges. Its FY2025 accounts were audited by Streets Audit LLP.
Who funds ST BARNABAS HOSPICE TRUST (LINCOLNSHIRE)?
Funders whose own accounts filings name ST BARNABAS HOSPICE TRUST (LINCOLNSHIRE) as a grant recipient include THE MEDLOCK CHARITABLE TRUST, THE ORR MACKINTOSH FOUNDATION LIMITED, THE FRANCIS WINHAM FOUNDATION, THE THOMAS J HORNE MEMORIAL TRUST, MICHAEL AND SHIRLEY HUNT CHARITABLE TRUST.
Known funders
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