THE SHAKESPEARE HOSPICE

Registered charity 1064091 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as SHAKESPEARE HOSPICE LIMITED

We provide expert, holistic, specialist care and support for every young person and adult living in our community with a life limiting illness, and for those who matter to them. Care is delivered on a non-residential basis at the Hospice and in the community by specialist nursing and care teams.

Objects

THE OBJECTS OF THE CHARITY (THE ?OBJECTS?) ARE FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT: - 3.2.1 TO PROMOTE THE RELIEF OF SICKNESS AND THE ADVANCEMENT OF HEALTH IN SUCH WAYS AS THE CHARITY SHALL FROM TIME TO TIME THINK FIT AND IN PARTICULAR, BUT WITHOUT PREJUDICE TO THE GENERALITY OF SUCH OBJECT: - (A) BY ESTABLISHING, MAINTAINING AND CONDUCTING A DAY CENTRE OR RESIDENTIAL HOME IN THE COUNTY OF WARWICKSHIRE, FOR THE RECEPTION AND CARE OF PERSONS OF ANY AGE AND EITHER SEX, WITHOUT REGARD TO RACE OR CREED, WHO ARE SUFFERING FROM ANY CHRONIC OR LIFE LIMITING ILLNESS OR FROM ANY DISABILITY OR DISEASE, AND BY PROVIDING MEDICAL OR OTHER TREATMENT AND ATTENTION FOR SUCH PERSONS; AND BY PROVIDING THERAPIES AND OTHER SERVICES TO RELIEVE SUFFERING OF THE MEMBERS OF THE FAMILIES OF SUCH PERSONS AND ANY WHO PROVIDE UNPAID CARE TO THEM. (B) BY CONDUCTING OR PROMOTING OR ENCOURAGING RESEARCH INTO THE CARE AND TREATMENT OF PERSONS SUFFERING FROM ANY SUCH ILLNESS, DISABILITY, DISEASE OR INFIRMITY AND PARTICULARLY INTO THE CARE AND TREATMENT OF PERSONS SUFFERING FROM LIFE LIMITING ILLNESS, AND TO DISSEMINATE THE RESULTS THEREOF TO THE PUBLIC. (C) BY PROMOTING OR ENCOURAGING OR ASSISTING IN THE TEACHING OR TRAINING OF DOCTORS, NURSES, PHYSIOTHERAPISTS AND OTHER PERSONS ENGAGED IN ANY BRANCH OF MEDICINE, SURGERY, NURSING OR ALLIED SERVICES AND IN THE TEACHING OR TRAINING OF STUDENTS IN ANY BRANCH OF MEDICINE, SURGERY, NURSING OR ALLIED SERVICES. (D) BY PROVIDING OR ASSISTING OR ENCOURAGING THE PROVISION OF SPIRITUAL HELP AND GUIDANCE FOR ANY PATIENTS, THEIR FAMILIES, CARERS AND MEMBERS OF STAFF.

Area of benefit: NOT DEFINED

The charity’s charitable objects and area of benefit, quoted from its governing document as held on the Charity Commission register.

Causes: Education/training · The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives · website · Get email alerts

Registered contact address: Stratford-on-Avon, West Midlands, England (from the postcode on the register)

Latest income

£2.2m

Latest spending

£3.0m

Registered

1997

Accounts read

FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the hospice ended the year with a deficit of £804,111, which is an increase from the previous year's deficit of £300,371. The trustees note that while current cash reserves are good, deficits of this size are not sustainable in the medium term, though they believe the charity will continue as a going concern for the foreseeable future.

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

What the accounts disclose

Reserves policy: six and twelve months forecast annual operating costs (held: £2.4m)

“our policy is to hold cash reserves of between six and twelve months forecast annual operating costs.”

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts audited by Burgis and Bullock. Discloses 4 of 6 completeness components.

In its annual return the charity told the Commission it is also regulated by: Care Quality Commission. This is the charity’s own declaration; it is not a rating and has not been verified by the Commission or by this site.

Policies the charity declares

In its annual return the charity told the Commission that it has the policies listed below. This is self-declared: it is not verified by the Commission or by this site, and it is not evidence of how a policy works in practice.

Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
Complaints handling
Complaints policy and procedures
Conflicting interests
Financial reserves policy and procedures
Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
Internal risk management policy and procedures
Investing charity funds policy and procedures
Investment
Risk management
Safeguarding policy and procedures
Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
Social media policy and procedures
Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
Trustee expenses policy and procedures
Volunteer management

From the charity’s annual return (Part A, self-declared)

Answers and figures the charity gave in Part A of its annual return to the Charity Commission. They are self-declared: not verified by the Commission or by this site. Only positive answers and figures are listed; items not listed are simply not shown.

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/03/2025

Volunteers: 165
Government income: £422,608 — contracts £405,318 (4), grants £17,290 (3); 19% of the £2,196,844 total gross income on the same return
Employees paid over £60,000: 2 (£60,001–£70,000: 1; £80,001–£90,000: 1)

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/03/2024

Volunteers: 160
Government income: £402,575 — contracts £394,324 (4), grants £8,251 (3); 18% of the £2,280,369 total gross income on the same return
Employees paid over £60,000: 2 (£60,001–£70,000: 1; £70,001–£80,000: 1)
Trustee benefits, answered Yes to: any trustee benefit; payments to trustees for services to the charity

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/03/2023

Volunteers: 155
Government income: £363,110 — grants £363,110 (5); 17% of the £2,091,137 total gross income on the same return
Employees paid over £60,000: 2 (£60,001–£70,000: 2)

Source: this charity’s annual returns on the Charity Commission register.

Corporate structure

Registered company of the charity Companies House 03291683

Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — The Shakespeare 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.

PINKS, Amanda — director, appointed 31/03/2025on trustee list
DUNCAN, Alistair — director, appointed 14/01/2025on trustee list
COLTMAN, Larry — director, appointed 28/11/2024on trustee list
ROLFE, Catherine Lisbeth — director, appointed 05/11/2024on trustee list
MAYES, Peter Kane — director, appointed 29/07/2024on trustee list
GOODALL, Richard Philip — director, appointed 05/06/2023on trustee list
LAMBERT, Richard Anthony, Dr — director, appointed 05/06/2023on trustee list
FRIZZELL, Fiona Jayne — director, appointed 05/06/2023on trustee list
GOTREL, Nicola Susan — director, appointed 16/11/2021on trustee list
TAYLOR, Ross Malcolm — director, appointed 17/08/2021on trustee list
TAYLOR, Ross Malcolm — secretary, appointed 25/05/2022

Official officers record.

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: The Shakespeare Hospice — Registered, 1 registered location, 1 regulated activity, last inspected 08/04/2016.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

£2.2m

Total spending

£3.0m

Cost of raising funds

£1.4m

Reserves (reported)

£0

Employees

Reported reserves equal ~0.0 months of spending — in the bottom quarter for charities its size (median 4.7 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, cost of raising funds: 62.4% of total income — above the 90th percentile for charities its size (median 5.3%) (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).

The Shakespeare Hospice: Outstanding (20/05/2026) · CQC record

Register events

Received assets from another charity (11/07/2025) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.

Trustees · trustee networks

Alistair Duncan
Amanda Pinks
CATHERINE ROLFE · trustee of 1 other charity
Dr Richard Anthony Lambert
Fiona Jayne Frizzell
LARRY COLTMAN · trustee of 1 other charity
Nicola Gotrel
Peter Mayes
Richard Philip Goodall
Ross Malcolm Taylor

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

Operates in: Gloucestershire · Warwickshire

Income and spending

Financial year end	Income	Spending
31/03/2025	£2.2m	£3.0m
31/03/2024	£2.3m	£2.6m
31/03/2023	£2.1m	£2.3m
31/03/2022	£2.9m	£2.0m
31/03/2021	£3.3m	£1.8m

Common questions

Is THE SHAKESPEARE HOSPICE financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the hospice ended the year with a deficit of £804,111, which is an increase from the previous year's deficit of £300,371. The trustees note that while current cash reserves are good, deficits of this size are not sustainable in the medium term, though they believe the charity will continue as a going concern for the foreseeable future. Its FY2025 accounts were audited by Burgis and Bullock.

Who funds THE SHAKESPEARE HOSPICE?

Funders whose own accounts filings name THE SHAKESPEARE HOSPICE as a grant recipient include THE CHRIS BANTON FOUNDATION, STRATFORD-UPON-AVON TOWN TRUST, THE SIR PETER RIGBY CHARITABLE TRUST, THE ALAN EDWARD HIGGS CHARITY, THE E H SMITH CHARITABLE TRUST.

Known funders

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

Funder	Year	Amount	Purpose (as stated by the funder)
THE CHRIS BANTON FOUNDATION	FY2025	Unverified read£1.0m
THE CHRIS BANTON FOUNDATION	FY2023	£110k
THE CHRIS BANTON FOUNDATION	FY2024	Unverified read£110k
STRATFORD-UPON-AVON TOWN TRUST	FY2025	£45k	Core costs
STRATFORD-UPON-AVON TOWN TRUST	FY2022	£35k	Core costs for Strafford residents
THE SIR PETER RIGBY CHARITABLE TRUST	FY2025	£20k
THE ALAN EDWARD HIGGS CHARITY	FY2023	£20k	To support the Day Hospice
THE ALAN EDWARD HIGGS CHARITY	FY2022	£20k	To support the Day Hospice
THE E H SMITH CHARITABLE TRUST	FY2022	£8k
THE THOMAS J HORNE MEMORIAL TRUST	FY2024	£6k
THE THOMAS J HORNE MEMORIAL TRUST	FY2022	£6k
THE THOMAS J HORNE MEMORIAL TRUST	FY2023	£6k
THE SAINTBURY TRUST	FY2025	£5k	Relief of those in Need by reason of Youth, Age, Ill-Health, Disability, Financial Hardship or other Disadvantage
THE KING HENRY VIII ENDOWED TRUST, WARWICK	FY2024	£5k
THE EDWARD AND DOROTHY CADBURY TRUST	FY2024	£5k	Compassionate Support
THE EDWARD AND DOROTHY CADBURY TRUST	FY2025	£5k	Compassionate Support
WARWICKSHIRE FREEMASONS' CHARITABLE FOUNDATION	FY2025	£5k
THE WARWICKSHIRE MASONIC CHARITABLE ASSOCIATION LIMITED	FY2022	£4k
THE WARWICKSHIRE MASONIC CHARITABLE ASSOCIATION LIMITED	FY2021	£4k
THE SAINTBURY TRUST	FY2023	£4k	The Relief of those in Need by reason of Youth, Age, Ill-Health, Disability, Financial Hardship or Other Disadvantage
THE SAINTBURY TRUST	FY2022	£4k	Care of the Dying
THE WARWICKSHIRE MASONIC CHARITABLE ASSOCIATION LIMITED	FY2024	£4k
THE W E DUNN TRUST	FY2025	£3k
THE EDWARD AND DOROTHY CADBURY TRUST	FY2021	£3k	Compassionate Support
THE W E DUNN TRUST	FY2024	£2k
THE SAINTBURY TRUST	FY2024	£2k	Relief of those in Need by reason of Youth, Age, Ill-Health, Disability, Financial Hardship or other Disadvantage
THE EDGAR E LAWLEY FOUNDATION	FY2024	£2k
WILFRID AND CONSTANCE CAVE FOUNDATION	FY2025	£2k
THE MASON BIBBY 1981 TRUST	FY2025	£1k
DUMBRECK CHARITY	FY2026	£1k	Medical
THE EDWARD AND DOROTHY CADBURY TRUST	FY2023	£1k	Compassionate Support
THE MASON BIBBY 1981 TRUST	FY2023	£1k
THE EDWARD AND DOROTHY CADBURY TRUST	FY2022	£1k	Compassionate Support
DUMBRECK CHARITY	FY2022	£1k	Medical
WARWICKSHIRE FREEMASONS' CHARITABLE FOUNDATION	FY2025	£1k
THE WARWICKSHIRE MASONIC CHARITABLE ASSOCIATION LIMITED	FY2023	£1k
THE ARDWICK TRUST	FY2024	£200
THE MICHAEL AND ANNA WIX CHARITABLE TRUST	FY2026	£200
THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF STRATFORD-UPON-AVON	FY2025	£100	Missionary and charitable giving
THE THOMAS J HORNE MEMORIAL TRUST	FY2025	amount not stated
THE REED FOUNDATION	FY2021	amount not stated
THE LESLIE AND DORIS SECCOMBE CHARITABLE TRUST	FY2024	amount not stated

Grants marked “Unverified read” were flagged by automated checks as possibly misread from the funder’s filed accounts. They are listed, but left out of the totals, counts and funder relationships this site computes.

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	25/01/2017	£4k	The Echoes Video Project
The National Lottery Community Fund	16/04/2014	£9k	Children and Family Support Service - Equipment
The National Lottery Community Fund	08/12/2008	£10k	The Shakespeare Hospice Garden

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
SKIPTON BUILDING SOCIETY CHARITABLE FOUNDATION	4	£11k
THE WILL CHARITABLE TRUST	3	£80k
THE INMAN CHARITY	3	£15k
THE HILARY AWDRY CHARITABLE TRUST	3	£5k
THE ORR MACKINTOSH FOUNDATION LIMITED	2	£75k
THE HOBSON CHARITY LIMITED	2	£31k
THE PIERREPONT TRUST	2	£20k
THE HISCOX FOUNDATION	2	£7k

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with ASHGATE HOSPICECARE.

ASHGATE HOSPICECARE income £15.6m
HOSPISCARE income £17.4m
THE NOTTINGHAMSHIRE HOSPICE LIMITED income £3.7m
QUEENSCOURT HOSPICE income £5.8m
ST CATHERINE'S HOSPICE LIMITED income £13.3m
WESTON HOSPICECARE LIMITED income £6.2m

Side by side with its peers

Charity	Income	Top pay band	Staff >£60k	Reserves vs policy	Fundraising cost	Going concern
THE SHAKESPEARE HOSPICE	£2.2m	—	—	unclear	—	no doubt
ASHGATE HOSPICECARE FY2025	£15.6m	—	—	unclear	—	noted
HOSPISCARE FY2025	£17.4m	£120,001 - £130,000	—	unclear	—	no doubt
THE NOTTINGHAMSHIRE HOSPICE LIMITED FY2025	£3.7m	£90,001 - £100,000	—	unclear	—	no doubt
QUEENSCOURT HOSPICE FY2025	£5.8m	—	—	unclear	—	no doubt
ST CATHERINE'S HOSPICE LIMITED FY2025	£13.3m	—	—	unclear	24.4%	noted

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