THE MICHAEL SOBELL HOSPICE CHARITY

Registered charity 1079638 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as FOMSH, FRIENDS OF MICHAEL SOBELL HOUSE, LEAGUE OF FRIENDS OF MICHAEL SOBELL HOUSE, MICHAEL SOBELL HOUSE

The FoMSH supports Michael Sobell House the hospice and centre for palliative care at Mount Vernon Hospital. The unit embraces a philosophy that is compatible with hospice care and is supported by a multidisciplinary team of doctors, nurses, chaplains, social workers, counsellors, physiotherapists, occupational and complementary therapists, housekeepers and administration staff.

Objects

1.1 THE OBJECTS OF THE CHARITY ARE THE RELIEF OF SICKNESS AND SUFFERING OF RESIDENTS OF THE LONDON BOROUGH OF HILLINGDON AND THE SURROUNDING AREAS AND THE PROVISION OF ASSOCIATED CARE AND SUPPORT TO THEIR CARERS, DEPENDANTS AND FAMILIES, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO: (1) PROVIDING FINANCIAL AND OTHER SUPPORT TO ORGANISATIONS PROVIDING PALLIATIVE AND END OF LIFE CARE; (2) ADVANCING THE EDUCATION OF MEMBERS OF THE COMMUNITY ON THE WORK OF SUCH ORGANISATIONS TO RAISE AWARENESS OF PALLIATIVE AND END OF LIFE CARE; AND (3) SUPPORTING RESEARCH INTO HIGH QUALITY PALLIATIVE AND END OF LIFE CARE AND DISSEMINATING THE RESULTS OF SUCH RESEARCH THROUGH THE COMMUNITY

Area of benefit: NORTHWOOD

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 · website · Get email alerts

Registered contact address: Hillingdon, London, England (from the postcode on the register)

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported a deficit of £57,673 for the year ended 31 March 2025, a significant improvement from the £291,785 deficit in the prior year, driven by a 32% reduction in expenditure. Per the trustees' report, unrestricted reserves stood at £411,895, which is comfortably above the stated operating reserve policy target of £250,000 required to manage retail wind-down risks.

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

What the accounts disclose

Accounts audited by Sayer Vincent LLP. Discloses 5 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
• Campaigns and political activity policy and procedures
• Complaints handling
• Complaints policy and procedures
• Conflicting interests
• Engaging external speakers at charity events 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
• Paying staff
• Risk management
• Safeguarding policy and procedures
• Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
• 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 03677413 · Financial health read from its filings

Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — Michael Sobell 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.

• BONSER, Andrew Mark — director, appointed 23/09/2025on trustee list
• CHURCHILL, Laura Ann — director, appointed 23/09/2025on trustee list
• SCANNELL, Sarah Francis — director, appointed 23/09/2025on trustee list
• SHAH, Pravinchandra Kanji — director, appointed 23/09/2025on trustee list
• WADSWORTH, Marie Claire — director, appointed 23/09/2025on trustee list
• GLOOR, Charles — director, appointed 18/06/2024on trustee list
• GORDON-DARK, Carmel Mary — director, appointed 18/06/2024on trustee list
• RAJA, Shreena — director, appointed 18/06/2024on trustee list
• DEVANI, Ashish — director, appointed 18/06/2024on trustee list
• EDWARDS, Michael — director, appointed 18/04/2023on trustee list
• BREEN, Michael John — director, appointed 05/12/2018on trustee list

Official officers record.

Property (HM Land Registry)

2 registered titles 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.

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

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: 29.7% of total income — in the top quarter for charities its size (median 5.3%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

• Michael Breenchair
• Andrew Mark Bonser
• Ashish Devani · trustee of 1 other charity
• Carmel Mary Gordon-Dark · trustee of 1 other charity
• Charles Gloor · trustee of 1 other charity
• Laura Ann Churchill · trustee of 1 other charity
• MICHAEL EDWARDS · trustee of 1 other charity
• Marie Claire Wadsworth · trustee of 1 other charity
• Pravinchandra Kanji Mepa Shah · trustee of 1 other charity
• Sarah Francis Scannell · trustee of 2 other charities
• Shreena Raja · trustee of 1 other charity

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

Operates in: Bedford · Buckinghamshire · Central Bedfordshire · Harrow · Hertfordshire · Hillingdon · Hounslow · Luton

Income and spending

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Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with SOBELL HOUSE HOSPICE CHARITY LIMITED.

• SOBELL HOUSE HOSPICE CHARITY LIMITED income £4.8m
• ST MICHAEL'S HOSPICE (INCORPORATING THE FREDA PEARCE FOUNDATION) income £12.8m
• OXFORD CENTRE FOR EDUCATION AND RESEARCH IN PALLIATIVE CARE: SOBELL HOUSE income £474k
• THE ROEBUCK MEMORIAL HOMES income £44k
• THE SOBELL FOUNDATION income £1.1m
• THE FOUNDATION FOR RIBBLE VALLEY FAMILIES income £49k

Side by side with its peers

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