GREAT OAKS HOSPICE

Registered charity 1078186 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as DEAN FOREST HOSPICE, DEAN FOREST HOSPICE GREAT OAKS, GREAT OAKS DEAN FOREST HOSPICE

We provide supportive & palliative care on a 24 hour basis for adults in the community whose quality of life is affected by any life limiting condition. Family and friends are included in this care.

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Latest income

£1.7m

Latest spending

£1.6m

Registered

1999

Accounts read

FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that unrestricted reserves stood at £2,373,712, while the trustees' report notes that costs have been increasing due to service expansion. The trustees confirm they have a reasonable expectation that the charity has adequate resources to continue in operational existence for the foreseeable future.

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

What the accounts disclose

Highest-paid employee band: £80,001 - £90,000 — above the median for charities its size (£70k)

“£80,001 - £90,000 1 -” — page 26

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts audited by Griffiths Marshall Business Advisory Limited. Discloses 4 of 6 completeness components.

Corporate structure

Registered company of the charity Companies House 03821527

Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — Great Oaks Hospice (matched by registered charity number).

Leadership, per the charity’s website

Mrs Susan Williams RGN — Chairperson (source)
Mr Geoffrey Capps — Finance Director (source)
Dr Roy Sharma — Medical director (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.

WEISS, Paul David, Dr — director, appointed 28/07/2026on trustee list
ARMSTRONG, Lisa Dawn — director, appointed 28/07/2026on trustee list
BURLOW, Emma — director, appointed 28/07/2026on trustee list
WALKER, Mike — director, appointed 29/07/2025on trustee list
BOUVERIE, Juliet — director, appointed 29/07/2025not on trustee list
ALDRIDGE, Hugh Ronald — director, appointed 27/03/2018on trustee list
ALDRIDGE, Lorraine Elise — director, appointed 27/03/2018on trustee list
ROBINSON, Alan Frank — director, appointed 27/03/2018on trustee list
WILLIAMS, Susan Elisabeth — director, appointed 27/03/2018on trustee list
ELLIS, Gary John David — director, appointed 13/09/2016on trustee list
SHARMA, Sushil Roy, Dr — director, appointed 13/04/2014on trustee list
SHARMA, Julie — director, appointed 21/09/2011on trustee list
CAPPS, Geoffrey Charles — director, appointed 13/10/2004on trustee list

Official officers record.

Property (HM Land Registry)

1 registered title in England and Wales held by the charity’s company or corporate body (0 freehold). All charity-held property. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright, OGL v3.0.

CQC provider record: Great Oaks Hospice — Registered, 1 registered location, 1 regulated activity, last inspected 28/10/2016.charity number confirmed by CQC CQC record

Public profiles (found on the charity’s own website): facebook

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 30/09/2025)

Total income

£1.7m

Total spending

£1.6m

Cost of raising funds

£207k

Reserves (reported)

£2.4m

Employees

Reported reserves equal ~18.2 months of spending — in the top quarter for charities its size (median 4.8 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, cost of raising funds: 12.2% of total income — above the median for charities its size (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).

Great Oaks Hospice: Not Rated · CQC record

Trustees · trustee networks

Susan Williamschair
Alan Frank Robinson
Dr Paul Weiss
Dr SUSHIL ROY SHARMA · trustee of 1 other charity
Emma Burlow
GEOFFREY CAPPS · trustee of 1 other charity
Gary John David Ellis
Hugh Ronald Aldridge
JULIE SHARMA
Jeremy Hemus
Juliet Bouvarie
Lisa Armstrong
Lorraine Elise Aldridge
Mike Walker

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

Operates in: Gloucestershire

Income and spending

Financial year end	Income	Spending
30/09/2025	£1.7m	£1.6m
30/09/2024	£1.5m	£1.4m
30/09/2023	£1.7m	£1.3m
30/09/2022	£1.3m	£1.1m
30/09/2021	£1.1m	£1.0m

Common questions

Is GREAT OAKS HOSPICE financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that unrestricted reserves stood at £2,373,712, while the trustees' report notes that costs have been increasing due to service expansion. The trustees confirm they have a reasonable expectation that the charity has adequate resources to continue in operational existence for the foreseeable future. Its FY2025 accounts were audited by Griffiths Marshall Business Advisory Limited.

What does the highest-paid employee of GREAT OAKS HOSPICE earn?

Per its FY2025 accounts, the highest-paid employee was in the £80,001 - £90,000 band.

Who funds GREAT OAKS HOSPICE?

Funders whose own accounts filings name GREAT OAKS HOSPICE as a grant recipient include THE THOMAS J HORNE MEMORIAL TRUST, THE MONTAL CHARITABLE TRUST, THE GORDON GRAY TRUST, SKIPTON BUILDING SOCIETY CHARITABLE FOUNDATION.

Known funders

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

Funder	Year	Amount
THE THOMAS J HORNE MEMORIAL TRUST	FY2025	£7k
THE THOMAS J HORNE MEMORIAL TRUST	FY2024	£7k
THE THOMAS J HORNE MEMORIAL TRUST	FY2023	£7k
THE THOMAS J HORNE MEMORIAL TRUST	FY2022	£7k
THE MONTAL CHARITABLE TRUST	FY2024	£3k
THE GORDON GRAY TRUST	FY2022	£2k
THE GORDON GRAY TRUST	FY2024	£2k
THE GORDON GRAY TRUST	FY2023	£2k
SKIPTON BUILDING SOCIETY CHARITABLE FOUNDATION	FY2025	£1k
THE GORDON GRAY TRUST	FY2025	£150

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 GREEN HALL FOUNDATION	3	£15k
THE ORR MACKINTOSH FOUNDATION LIMITED	2	£80k
THE HILARY AWDRY CHARITABLE TRUST	2	£8k
THE LANCASHIRE FOUNDATION	2	£6k
SSP FOUNDATION	2	£3k
The Squire Patton Boggs Charitable Trust	2	£1k
Evelyn Partners Charitable Trust	2	£700
THE MICHAEL AND ANNA WIX CHARITABLE TRUST	2	£400

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with Moya Cole Hospice.

Moya Cole Hospice income £15.5m
HOSPICE OF THE GOOD SHEPHERD LTD income £6.1m
PILGRIMS HOSPICES IN EAST KENT income £18.9m
ISABEL HOSPICE LIMITED income £10.4m
THE OAKHAVEN TRUST income £10.2m
DR KERSHAW'S HOSPICE income £6.0m

Side by side with its peers

Charity	Income	Top pay band	Staff >£60k	Reserves vs policy	Fundraising cost	Going concern
GREAT OAKS HOSPICE	£1.7m	£80,001 - £90,000	—	unclear	—	no doubt
Moya Cole Hospice FY2025	£15.5m	—	—	unclear	—	no doubt
HOSPICE OF THE GOOD SHEPHERD LTD FY2025	£6.1m	—	0	above	32.0%	no doubt
PILGRIMS HOSPICES IN EAST KENT FY2025	£18.9m	£160,001 - £170,000	—	above	25.9%	no doubt
ISABEL HOSPICE LIMITED FY2025	£10.4m	—	—	above	—	no doubt
THE OAKHAVEN TRUST FY2025	£10.2m	—	—	above	—	no doubt

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