Charity Accounts Intelreading the accounts so you don’t have to

BLUEBELL WOOD CHILDREN'S HOSPICE

Registered charity 1076958 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as BLUEBELL WOOD, BLUEBELL WOOD CHILDRENS HOSPICE, THE RICHARD FOUNDATION

To care for and support children with life limiting and life threatening conditions and their families, resident in South Yorkshire, some parts of North Lincolnshire, North East Derbyshire and North Nottinghamshire

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

Latest income
£6.0m
Latest spending
£5.7m
Registered
1999
Accounts read
FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity held £8.044m in free reserves, which exceeds its stated policy target of 9-12 months of running costs. The charity reported a net income increase to £386k and confirmed it is a going concern with no material uncertainties identified by the auditors.

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

What the accounts disclose

Reserves policy: 9 - 12 months (held: £8.0m)
“We aim to maintain sufficient free reserves to meet the ongoing running costs of the hospice for 9 - 12 months.” — page 11
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts audited by Azets Audit Services Limited. Discloses 4 of 6 completeness components.

Insolvency history (Companies House)

Trading subsidiary BLUEBELL WOOD TRADING COMPANY LIMITED has insolvency history on the Companies House record (company status: liquidation).
creditors-voluntary-liquidation — 2021-10-12
Official Companies House insolvency record. Insolvency of a subsidiary does not mean the charity is insolvent.

In the news

Recent coverage mentioning this charity by name (automated match; headlines belong to their publishers).

Corporate structure

BLUEBELL WOOD TRADING COMPANY LIMITED — per its own Companies House accounts
  • Turnover: £41k
  • Profit before tax: £-275k
  • 5000

Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — Bluebell Wood Children's Hospice (matched by registered charity number).

Leadership, per the charity’s website

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.

Funders the charity credits

Named as funders/supporters on the charity’s own website (the charity’s claim, distinct from accounts-verified grants).

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.

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.

BuyerContractAwardedValue
NHS DERBY AND DERBYSHIRE INTEGRATED CARE BOARDPalliative and End of Life Care Hospice Services——
NHS NOTTINGHAM AND NOTTINGHAMSHIRE INTEGRATED CARE BOARDHospice services for babies, children and young people (BCYP)——

Property (HM Land Registry)

1 registered title 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: Bluebell Wood Children's Hospice — Registered, 1 registered location, 1 regulated activity, last inspected 01/09/2016.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
£6.0m
Total spending
£5.7m
Cost of raising funds
£1.8m
Reserves (reported)
£8.0m
Employees
118

Reported reserves equal ~17.0 months of spending — in the top quarter for charities its size (median 4.8 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, cost of raising funds: 30.6% of total income — in the top quarter 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).

Register events

Trustees · trustee networks

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

Operates in: Barnsley · Derbyshire · Doncaster · North Lincolnshire · Nottinghamshire · Rotherham · Sheffield City

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/03/2025£6.0m£5.7m
31/03/2024£4.2m£4.9m
31/03/2023£4.4m£4.4m
31/03/2022£4.1m£4.4m
31/03/2021£5.7m£4.5m

Common questions

Is BLUEBELL WOOD CHILDREN'S HOSPICE financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity held £8.044m in free reserves, which exceeds its stated policy target of 9-12 months of running costs. The charity reported a net income increase to £386k and confirmed it is a going concern with no material uncertainties identified by the auditors. Its FY2025 accounts were audited by Azets Audit Services Limited.

Who funds BLUEBELL WOOD CHILDREN'S HOSPICE?

Funders whose own accounts filings name BLUEBELL WOOD CHILDREN'S HOSPICE as a grant recipient include CHURCH BURGESSES TRUST, THE SISTERS OF THE POOR CHILD JESUS, SSP FOUNDATION, THE MICHAEL AND ANNA WIX CHARITABLE TRUST.

Known funders

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

FunderYearAmountPurpose (as stated by the funder)
CHURCH BURGESSES TRUSTFY2024£3kGeneral charitable grant
THE SISTERS OF THE POOR CHILD JESUSFY2025£1k
THE SISTERS OF THE POOR CHILD JESUSFY2024£1k
THE SISTERS OF THE POOR CHILD JESUSFY2023£954Other donations
SSP FOUNDATIONFY2024£500
THE MICHAEL AND ANNA WIX CHARITABLE TRUSTFY2026£200
THE SISTERS OF THE POOR CHILD JESUSFY2022£127Other donations

Government & lottery funding

Grants to this charity published as open data by government and lottery funders (360Giving).

FunderDateAmountPurpose
The National Lottery Community Fund31/01/2025£19kTackling Isolation Programme
UK government01/04/2019£180kBluebell Wood Children's Hospice
The National Lottery Community Fund12/04/2018£10kEnhancement of Physiotherapy Service

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.

FunderSimilar charities fundedAmount to them
THE THOMAS J HORNE MEMORIAL TRUST4£108k
THE CHRIS BANTON FOUNDATION2£2.4m
THE PENNIES FOUNDATION2£27k
THE JOHN COATES CHARITABLE TRUST2£18k
ROCKCLIFFE CHARITABLE TRUST2£7k
THE HILARY AWDRY CHARITABLE TRUST2£4k
THE EDGAR E LAWLEY FOUNDATION2£4k
THE WILLIAM ALLEN YOUNG CHARITABLE TRUST2£4k

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with COPE CHILDRENS TRUST.

Side by side with its peers

CharityIncomeTop pay bandStaff >£60kReserves vs policyFundraising costGoing concern
BLUEBELL WOOD CHILDREN'S HOSPICE£6.0m——unclear—no doubt
COPE CHILDRENS TRUST FY2025£10.6m——unclear33.1%no doubt
THE FORGET ME NOT CHILDREN'S HOSPICE FY2025£6.8m——unclear—no doubt
EAST ANGLIA'S CHILDREN'S HOSPICES FY2025£22.4m——unclear—no doubt
Shooting Star Children's Hospices FY2025£13.1m—0unclear14.3%no doubt
ALEXANDER DEVINE CHILDREN'S CANCER TRUST FY2025£2.8m£80,001 - £90,0003below—no doubt

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