ST JOSEPH'S HOSPICE HACKNEY
Registered charity 1113125 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register
The Charity provides end of life palliative care, support and advice to all communities in the East and North East of London.
Causes: General Charitable Purposes · The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives · Disability · The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty · website · Get email alerts
Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts
The accounts state that the charity achieved an operational surplus for the year, reversing a previous deficit through strong legacy income and statutory funding uplifts. The Trustees report that the balance sheet has strengthened by 16% over four years, providing resilience against risks such as NHS funding gaps and investment volatility. While the charity faces ongoing challenges including staff recruitment pressures and retail sector headwinds, it maintains healthy reserves and a stable financial position.
Automated summary of the FY2025 accounts; the evidenced findings below carry the verbatim passages.
What the accounts disclose
Reserves policy: nine months’ unrestricted reserves (held: £43.1m)
“The Trustees have set expenditure equivalent to nine months’ unrestricted reserves as a policy.”
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Trading subsidiary: Five Sisters Managed Services Limited
“The financial statements consolidate the accounts of St Joseph’s Hospice with those of its fully owned trading subsidiary, Five Sisters Managed Services Limited, which was established on 22 October 2021.” — page 7
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Accounts audited by Buzzacott Audit LLP. Discloses 4 of 6 completeness components.
Corporate structure
Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — St Joseph's Hospice Hackney (matched by registered charity number).
Leadership, per the charity’s website
- Carolyne Barber — Head of Mission (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.
Funders the charity credits
Named as funders/supporters on the charity’s own website (the charity’s claim, distinct from accounts-verified grants).
- Sky Cares — “Sky Cares have given their time and skills to bring our bereaved community together, supporting the installation and safe running of our key…” (source page)
- National Australia Bank — “National Australia Bank have shared in our mission to give everyone in East London and the City access to the highest quality of palliative …” (source page)
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.
- BUNCE, Simon Christopher — director, appointed 16/09/2025on trustee list
- HEFFERNAN, Jane Pauline — director, appointed 23/08/2023not on trustee list
- HOWARD, Nick — director, appointed 23/08/2023on trustee list
- DAVIES, Edward — director, appointed 23/08/2023on trustee list
- DOHERTY, Margaret Mary — director, appointed 19/09/2017on trustee list
- MCGUINNESS, Patrick Joseph — director, appointed 19/09/2017not on trustee list
- MCMANUS, James, Prof — director, appointed 23/05/2017on trustee list
- MORAN, Michael — director, appointed 05/04/2017on trustee list
- MCGUIGAN, Edward Brian — director, appointed 20/09/2016on trustee list
- MCGUIGAN, Edward Brian — secretary, appointed 04/09/2019
Official officers record.
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: St Joseph's Hospice Hackney — Registered, 3 registered locations, 2 regulated activities, last inspected 03/08/2016.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)
Cost of raising funds
£2.3m
Reserves (reported)
£43.1m
Reported reserves equal ~30.9 months of spending — in the top quarter for charities its size (median 4.6 months; benchmarks).
Per its annual return, cost of raising funds: 13.7% of total income — above the median for charities its size (3.8%) (benchmarks).
Care Quality Commission ratings
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Register events
- Received assets from another charity (17/09/2026) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.
- Patrick Joseph McGuinness CMG OBEchair
- EDWARD DAVIES
- Edward Brian McGuigan
- JANE HEFFERMAN
- James McManus
- Margaret Mary Doherty
- Michael Moran
- NICK HOWARD
- Simon Christopher Bunce
Trustee list from the Charity Commission register (current, not historical).
Operates in: Camden · City Of London · Enfield · Hackney · Haringey · Islington · Newham · Redbridge · Tower Hamlets · Waltham Forest
Income and spending
Common questions
Is ST JOSEPH'S HOSPICE HACKNEY financially healthy?
Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity achieved an operational surplus for the year, reversing a previous deficit through strong legacy income and statutory funding uplifts. The Trustees report that the balance sheet has strengthened by 16% over four years, providing resilience against risks such as NHS funding gaps and investment volatility. While the charity faces ongoing challenges including staff recruitment pressures and retail sector headwinds, it maintains healthy reserves and a stable financial position. Its FY2025 accounts were audited by Buzzacott Audit LLP.
Who funds ST JOSEPH'S HOSPICE HACKNEY?
Funders whose own accounts filings name ST JOSEPH'S HOSPICE HACKNEY as a grant recipient include Flat Iron Trust, THE JOHN R. MURRAY CHARITABLE TRUST, SIR HAROLD HOOD'S CHARITABLE TRUST, THE HOBSON CHARITY LIMITED, THE MARY KINROSS CHARITABLE TRUST.
Known funders
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Government & lottery funding
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