Tapping House
Registered charity 1062800 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as TAPPING HOUSE HOSPICE, THE NORFOLK HOSPICE, Tapping House Limited
Provision of holistic day therapy, outpatients, including lymphoedema care, bereavement support, carer support, home care, equipment loan, information and telephone support to communities in North, West and mid Norfolk and surrounding areas
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Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts
The accounts state that total income increased to £6,504,087, resulting in a net movement in funds of £640,593. The charity holds unrestricted funds of £1,211,191, which the trustees note is just over two months of running costs, below their stated policy target of six months. The trustees maintain a going concern basis, citing adequate resources and budgeting processes to support future operations.
Automated summary of the FY2025 accounts; the evidenced findings below carry the verbatim passages.
What the accounts disclose
Reserves policy: six months gross annual running costs (held: £1.2m)
“It is the ambition of the organisation to accrue and maintain reserves equivalent to six months gross annual running costs.” — page 16
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Trading subsidiary: Norfolk Hospice (Trading) Limited
“The company has one dormant subsidiary company: Norfolk Hospice (Trading) Limited” — page 20
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Accounts audited by Saffery LLP. Discloses 4 of 6 completeness components.
Corporate structure
NORFOLK HOSPICE (TRADING) LIMITED — per its own Companies House accounts
- The balance sheet shows 'Called up share capital not paid' of £2,000 (2024) and £2,000 (2023), indicating an unpaid capital contribution likely from the parent charity.
Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — Tapping House (matched by registered charity number).
Leadership, per the charity’s website
- Niki Ellis — Chief Executive Officer (source)
- Tim How — Chair of Trustees (source)
- Amanda De La Motte — Director of Care (source)
- Samantha Loveday — Director of Strategy & Engagement (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.
- WEBSTER, Alice Imogen — director, appointed 06/08/2026on trustee list
- COLE, Anne Elizabeth — director, appointed 31/10/2024on trustee list
- MACDONALD, Lesley June, Dr — director, appointed 08/02/2024on trustee list
- EDWARDS, Mary-Jane — director, appointed 18/05/2023on trustee list
- CRAIG, Andrea Harvey, Ms. — director, appointed 05/08/2021on trustee list
- ATKINSON, Laurence Kingsley — director, appointed 06/02/2020on trustee list
- HOW, Timothy Francis — director, appointed 25/07/2019on trustee list
- CROSSMAN, Susan Christine, Dr — director, appointed 21/03/2018on trustee list
- O'DONNELL, Abbie — secretary, appointed 13/05/2024
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)
2 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.
CQC provider record: Tapping House — Registered, 3 registered locations, 2 regulated activities, last inspected 16/05/2017.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
£432k
Reported reserves equal ~2.5 months of spending — below the median for charities its size (median 4.8 months; benchmarks).
Per its annual return, cost of raising funds: 6.6% of total income — above the median for charities its size (5.2%) (benchmarks).
Care Quality Commission ratings
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Register events
- Received assets from another charity (11/12/2025) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.
Trustee list from the Charity Commission register (current, not historical).
Operates in: Norfolk
Income and spending
Common questions
Is Tapping House financially healthy?
Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that total income increased to £6,504,087, resulting in a net movement in funds of £640,593. The charity holds unrestricted funds of £1,211,191, which the trustees note is just over two months of running costs, below their stated policy target of six months. The trustees maintain a going concern basis, citing adequate resources and budgeting processes to support future operations. Its FY2025 accounts were audited by Saffery LLP.
Who funds Tapping House?
Funders whose own accounts filings name Tapping House as a grant recipient include NORFOLK COMMUNITY FOUNDATION, THE INLIGHT TRUST, THE GEOFFREY WATLING CHARITY, THE WILL CHARITABLE TRUST, THE AUBREY ORCHARD-LISLE CHARITABLE TRUST.
Known funders
Grants to this charity found in funders’ own accounts filings.
Government & lottery funding
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