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.

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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.

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 4.8 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, cost of raising funds: 62.4% of total income — above the 90th percentile for charities its size (median 5.2%) (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 ALAN EDWARD HIGGS CHARITY, THE SIR PETER RIGBY CHARITABLE TRUST, 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	£1.0m
THE CHRIS BANTON FOUNDATION	FY2024	£110k
THE CHRIS BANTON FOUNDATION	FY2023	£110k
STRATFORD-UPON-AVON TOWN TRUST	FY2022	£35k	Core costs for Strafford residents
THE ALAN EDWARD HIGGS CHARITY	FY2022	£20k	To support the Day Hospice
THE SIR PETER RIGBY CHARITABLE TRUST	FY2025	£20k
THE ALAN EDWARD HIGGS CHARITY	FY2023	£20k	To support the Day Hospice
THE E H SMITH CHARITABLE TRUST	FY2022	£8k
THE THOMAS J HORNE MEMORIAL TRUST	FY2023	£6k
THE THOMAS J HORNE MEMORIAL TRUST	FY2024	£6k
THE THOMAS J HORNE MEMORIAL TRUST	FY2022	£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 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	FY2021	£4k
THE WARWICKSHIRE MASONIC CHARITABLE ASSOCIATION LIMITED	FY2024	£4k
THE W E DUNN TRUST	FY2025	£3k
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 W E DUNN TRUST	FY2024	£2k
THE MASON BIBBY 1981 TRUST	FY2023	£1k
THE EDWARD AND DOROTHY CADBURY TRUST	FY2023	£1k	Compassionate Support
WARWICKSHIRE FREEMASONS' CHARITABLE FOUNDATION	FY2025	£1k
DUMBRECK CHARITY	FY2022	£1k	Medical
THE MASON BIBBY 1981 TRUST	FY2025	£1k
THE EDWARD AND DOROTHY CADBURY TRUST	FY2022	£1k	Compassionate Support
THE WARWICKSHIRE MASONIC CHARITABLE ASSOCIATION LIMITED	FY2023	£1k
THE MICHAEL AND ANNA WIX CHARITABLE TRUST	FY2026	£200
THE ARDWICK TRUST	FY2024	£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	£0
THE LESLIE AND DORIS SECCOMBE CHARITABLE TRUST	FY2024	—
THE REED FOUNDATION	FY2021	—

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
THE HOBSON CHARITY LIMITED	4	£48k
SKIPTON BUILDING SOCIETY CHARITABLE FOUNDATION	3	£6k
THE WILL CHARITABLE TRUST	2	£20k
THE ANTON JURGENS CHARITABLE TRUST	1	—
CHOBHAM POOR ALLOTMENTS	1	£1.9m
M J CAMP CHARITABLE FOUNDATION	1	£217k
THE JONES 1986 CHARITABLE TRUST	1	£150k
SUTTON COLDFIELD CHARITABLE TRUST	1	£104k

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with ST OSWALD'S HOSPICE LIMITED.

ST OSWALD'S HOSPICE LIMITED income £17.6m
HOSPISCARE income £17.4m
Rowans Hospice income £10.7m
THE NOTTINGHAMSHIRE HOSPICE LIMITED income £3.7m
WOKING HOSPICE income £9.3m
WILLEN HOSPICE income £11.8m

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
ST OSWALD'S HOSPICE LIMITED FY2025	£17.6m	—	10	unclear	—	no doubt
HOSPISCARE FY2025	£17.4m	£120,001 - £130,000	—	unclear	—	no doubt
Rowans Hospice FY2025	£10.7m	—	—	above	—	no doubt
THE NOTTINGHAMSHIRE HOSPICE LIMITED FY2025	£3.7m	£90,001 - £100,000	—	unclear	—	no doubt
WOKING HOSPICE FY2025	£9.3m	—	—	unclear	12.8%	no doubt

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