ISLAND HOSPICE AND BEREAVEMENT SERVICE (UK)

Registered charity 1091353 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

The relief of persons suffering from a terminal illness

Objects

THE RELIEF OF PERSONS SUFFERING FROM A TERMINAL ILLNESS THROUGH THE PROVISION OF A HOSPICE SERVICE. THE ADVANCEMENT OF PUBLIC EDUCATION IN THE METHODS AND POLICIES RELATING TO DEATH AND BEREAVEMENT. THE RELIEF OF SICKNESS IN PARTICULAR THROUGH THE PROVISION OF A COUNSELLING SERVICE. THE PROMOTION OF RESEARCH INTO THE MEDICAL, PSYCHOLOGICAL AND RELATED ASPECTS OF DYING AND BEREAVEMENT AND THE PUBLICATION OF THE USEFUL RESULTS OF THAT RESEARCH.

Area of benefit: NOT DEFINED. IN PRACTICE ZIMBABWE IN AFRICA

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: Kingston upon Thames, London, England (from the postcode on the register)

Financial health, per its FY2024 accounts

The accounts state that total funds increased to £87,303, with unrestricted reserves rising to £11,078. The trustees confirmed that cash reserves of £88,456 are sufficient to meet liabilities and ongoing commitments. The charity reported a net income of £38,185 for the year, contrasting with a deficit in the prior period.

Automated summary of the FY2024 accounts; the evidenced findings below carry the verbatim passages.

What the accounts disclose

Accounts independently examined (not a full audit). 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.

• Complaints handling
• Complaints policy and procedures
• Conflicting interests
• Financial reserves policy and procedures
• Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
• Risk management
• Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
• Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
• Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
• Trustee expenses policy and procedures

From the charity’s annual return (Part A, self-declared)

Answers and figures the charity gave in Part A of its annual return to the Charity Commission. They are self-declared: not verified by the Commission or by this site. Only positive answers and figures are listed; items not listed are simply not shown.

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

Annual return filing dates (Charity Commission record)

Of its last 5 annual returns with a recorded received date, 1 was received after the due date: year ending 30/09/2025 (received 06/11/2026, 99 days after the 30/07/2026 due date).

Due and received dates as recorded in the Commission’s annual-return data; the data does not say whether an extension was agreed. Source: this charity’s annual returns on the Charity Commission register.

Trustees · trustee networks

• DEREK JAMES BODELLchair
• Dr Charles Mazhude
• Tawanda Washington Gwatidzo
• Valerie Ann Maasdorp

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

Operates in: Zimbabwe

Income and spending

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Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with THE HELPING FOUNDATION.

• THE HELPING FOUNDATION income £23.9m
• THE I S A CHARITY income £52k
• MARYGATE HOUSE HOLY ISLAND income £198k
• HOSPICE AID UK income £115k
• H M SASSOON CHARITABLE TRUST income £124k
• HEIRS income £34k

Side by side with its peers

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