THE COUNTESS OF BRECKNOCK HOSPICE TRUST

Registered charity 1067238 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

The charity supports the work of the Hospice which provides respite and palliative care to patients suffering from all forms of cancer and other non-malignant serious illnesses, who reside in the area of benefit (Andover and its surrounding villages) or have a real and substantial connection with the area of benefit. Together with comfort and support for their families, friends and carers.

Objects

THE RELIEF OF PATIENTS SUFFERING FROM CANCER AND OTHER SERIOUS ILLNESSES WHO RESIDE IN THE AREA OF BENEFIT OR WHO HAVE A REAL AND SUBSTANTIAL CONNECTION WITH IT OR WHO RECEIVING TREATMENT OR CARE AT HOSPITALS HOSPICES OR HOMES IN THE AREA OF BENEFIT AND, ANCILLARY TO SUCH RELIEF, THE PROTECTION AND PRESERVATION OF THE HEALTH OF THEIR FAMILIES FRIENDS AND HELPERS

Area of benefit: ANDOVER AND NORTH HAMPSHIRE

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

Causes: The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives · Grant history (this charity is a funder) · website · Get email alerts

Registered contact address: Test Valley, South East, England (from the postcode on the register)

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that free reserves were £2,263,432, which the trustees consider adequate as it represents twice the current annual expenditure. The charity reports a net income of £454,816 and maintains a positive unrestricted fund balance of £2,324,703, indicating strong financial stability.

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

What the accounts disclose

Accounts audited by Banks & Co Limited. Discloses 4 of 6 completeness components.

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 policy and procedures
• 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
• Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
• 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)

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

Corporate structure

• Registered company of the charity Companies House 03481737 · Financial health read from its filings

Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — Countess of Brecknock 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.

• TUFNELL, Simon Charles — director, appointed 02/11/2023not on trustee list
• CHILDS, Robert Simon — director, appointed 20/10/2022on trustee list
• HYSON, Mark Edmund Keedwell — director, appointed 26/04/2022not on trustee list
• BOISSIER, Robin Paul — director, appointed 29/10/2019not on trustee list
• SANDY, Emma Katrina — director, appointed 25/10/2018on trustee list
• SCHECKTER, Clare Mary — director, appointed 08/03/2016on trustee list
• HENDERSON, Iain Robert, Rear Admiral — director, appointed 15/09/2008not on trustee list

Official officers record.

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/03/2025)

Reported reserves equal ~21.6 months of spending — in the top quarter for charities its size (median 4.7 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, cost of raising funds: 12.0% of total income — above the median for charities its size (5.3%) (benchmarks).

Register events

• Received assets from another charity (10/07/2024) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.
• Received assets from another charity (22/02/2023) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.

Trustees · trustee networks

• CLARE SCHECKTERchair
• Emma Katrina Sandy
• Mark Hyson FCA
• REAR ADMIRAL IAIN ROBERT HENDERSON CB CBE DL
• Robert Childs
• Simon Charles Tufnell DL
• Vice Admiral Robin Paul Boissier CB

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

Operates in: Hampshire

Income and spending

Common questions

Known funders

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Funders of similar charities

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Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with THAMES HOSPICE.

• THAMES HOSPICE income £21.2m
• CORBY AND DISTRICT CANCER CARE income £433k
• NORTH DEVON HOSPICE income £9.8m
• THE CHARLTON BEQUEST AND DISPENSARY TRUST income £76k
• Havens Hospices income £20.6m
• CORNWALL HOSPICE CARE LIMITED income £13.4m

Side by side with its peers

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