CORNWALL HOSPICE CARE LIMITED

Registered charity 1113140 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as CORNWALL HOSPICE CARE, Cornwall Hospice

Cornwall Hospice Care provides help and relief to people suffering from cancer and other life threatening illnesses by providing and promoting specialist palliative care to the people of Cornwall and the Isles of Scilly.The charity achieves this by providing In Patient and Out Patient specialist palliative care at its two hospices, Mount Edgcumbe Hospice,St Austell and St Julia's Hospice,Hayle

Objects

THE HELP AND RELIEF OF PEOPLE SUFFERING FROM CANCER AND OTHER LIFE THREATENING ILLNESSES AND THE PROVISION AND PROMOTION OF SPECIALIST AND PALLIATIVE CARE.

Area of benefit: NOT DEFINED, IN PRACTICE CORNWALL

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: Cornwall, South West, England (from the postcode on the register)

Received the assets of Mount Edgcombe Hospice Ltd; Mount Edgcombe Hospice (1992) Ltd; St Julia's Hospice Ltd (as stated in the register file; not confirmed against the register) — merger registered 14/12/2007.
Source: Charity Commission register of merged charities (OGL v3.0).
Latest income
£13.4m
Latest spending
£13.0m
Registered
2006
Accounts read
FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported an overall surplus of £353,499 for the year ended 31 March 2025, with total income rising 14% to £13.4m. Per the trustees' report, free reserves stood at £6.6m, which the Board considers sufficient to cover six months of running costs given strategic risks and economic uncertainties.

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

What the accounts disclose

Employees paid over £60,000: 8
“Eight employees had annualised emoluments for the year in excess of £60,000” — page 35
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Reserves policy: 6 months running costs (reserves figure: £6.6m)
“Total free reserves of £6.6m were held by the charity at 31st March 2025. This comprises a general reserve equating to 6 months running costs, which the Trustees believe it is necessary to retain given the strategic risk factors identified above” — page 17
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Trading subsidiary: Cornwall Hospice Care Trading Limited, Cornwall Hospice Care Lottery Limited
“The charity has two wholly owned trading subsidiaries: Cornwall Hospice Care Trading Limited whose sole purpose is to raise funds for the charity by reselling purchased goods for profit, and Cornwall Hospice Care Lottery Limited, which raises funds through the operation of a lottery.” — page 7
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts audited by RRL LLP. Discloses 5 of 6 completeness components.

Year-over-year changes

Comparing this charity’s FY2024 and FY2025 accounts as analysed by this site.

In its annual return the charity told the Commission it is also regulated by: Care Quality Commission. This is the charity’s own declaration; it is not a rating and has not been verified by the Commission or by this site.

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.

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.

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/03/2025

  • Volunteers: 1,400
  • Government income: £1,413,511 — contracts £1,158,027 (1), grants £255,484 (2); 11% of the £13,443,098 total gross income on the same return
  • Employees paid over £60,000: 7 (£60,001–£70,000: 2; £70,001–£80,000: 1; £80,001–£90,000: 3; £90,001–£100,000: 1)
  • Has a trading subsidiary

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/03/2024

  • Volunteers: 1,150
  • Government income: £1,158,109 — contracts £1,158,109 (1); 10% of the £11,777,084 total gross income on the same return
  • Employees paid over £60,000: 4 (£60,001–£70,000: 1; £70,001–£80,000: 1; £80,001–£90,000: 1; £90,001–£100,000: 1)
  • Has a trading subsidiary

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/03/2023

  • Volunteers: 450
  • Government income: £1,102,884 — contracts £1,102,884 (1); 9% of the £12,523,198 total gross income on the same return
  • Employees paid over £60,000: 6 (£60,001–£70,000: 2; £70,001–£80,000: 2; £80,001–£90,000: 1; £90,001–£100,000: 1)
  • Has a trading subsidiary

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

Corporate structure

CORNWALL HOSPICE CARE LOTTERY LIMITED — per its own Companies House accounts
  • Turnover: £927k
  • Profit before tax: £513k
  • Donated/gift-aided to the charity: £480k
  • Note 7 discloses amounts due from the parent company of £456,066 (2024: £472,077). Note 4 discloses interest receivable on loan to parent company of £31,938 (2024: £20,014). Note 7 states: 'Interest is charged at 2% above the Bank of England base rate on the amount due from the parent undertaking.' Note 8 states: 'The parent undertaking has a debenture over the assets of the company.'
“Charitable distribution to parent company under gift aid (480,000)”
CORNWALL HOSPICE CARE TRADING LIMITED — per its own Companies House accounts
  • Turnover: £171k
  • Profit before tax: £41k
  • Donated/gift-aided to the charity: £80k
  • Creditors include £139,805 due to the parent undertaking (Cornwall Hospice Care Limited).
“During the year, £80k of profit was donated to Cornwall Hospice Care Limited by Gift Aid donation.”

Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — Cornwall 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.

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.

Property (HM Land Registry)

32 registered titles in England and Wales held by the charity’s company or corporate body (8 freehold); recorded price paid £30k. All charity-held property. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright, OGL v3.0.

CQC provider record: Cornwall Hospice Care Limited — Registered, 2 registered locations, 1 regulated activity, last inspected 24/08/2022.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
£13.4m
Total spending
£13.0m
Cost of raising funds
£5.0m
Reserves (reported)
£6.6m
Employees
270

Reported reserves equal ~6.1 months of spending — above the median for charities its size (median 4.6 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, cost of raising funds: 37.3% of total income — above the 90th percentile for charities its size (median 3.7%) (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: Cornwall

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/03/2025£13.4m£13.0m
31/03/2024£11.8m£11.7m
31/03/2023£12.5m£11.1m
31/03/2022£11.3m£10.3m
31/03/2021£9.7m£10.1m

Common questions

Is CORNWALL HOSPICE CARE LIMITED financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity reported an overall surplus of £353,499 for the year ended 31 March 2025, with total income rising 14% to £13.4m. Per the trustees' report, free reserves stood at £6.6m, which the Board considers sufficient to cover six months of running costs given strategic risks and economic uncertainties. Its FY2025 accounts were audited by RRL LLP.

Who funds CORNWALL HOSPICE CARE LIMITED?

Funders whose own accounts filings name CORNWALL HOSPICE CARE LIMITED as a grant recipient include THE ELWYN THOMAS MEMORIAL FUND, THE WILL CHARITABLE TRUST, DUCHY HEALTH CHARITY LIMITED, THE HOBSON CHARITY LIMITED, THE HEATHCOAT TRUST.

Known funders

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

FunderYearAmountPurpose (as stated by the funder)
THE ELWYN THOMAS MEMORIAL FUNDFY2022£1.0m
THE ELWYN THOMAS MEMORIAL FUNDFY2021£250k
THE PENNIES FOUNDATIONFY2025Unverified read£13kGrant to institution
THE WILL CHARITABLE TRUSTFY2021£10kCare of Cancer Patients
DUCHY HEALTH CHARITY LIMITEDFY2022£5k
THE HOBSON CHARITY LIMITEDFY2022£4kHospice
THE HEATHCOAT TRUSTFY2022£2k
THE GRACE TRUSTFY2021£2k
THE HEATHCOAT TRUSTFY2023£2kGeneral
W G EDWARDS CHARITABLE FOUNDATIONFY2022£1kDASH
THE HEATHCOAT TRUSTFY2025£1kCharitable organisations and general
THE GRAND CHARITYFY2022£1kCore Funding (Matched Provincial donation)
LISKEARD AND DISTRICT AGRICULTURAL ASSOCIATIONFY2024£100
LISKEARD AND DISTRICT AGRICULTURAL ASSOCIATIONFY2025amount not stated
THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF PADSTOWFY2021amount not statedSpecial Appeal Restricted Donations

Grants marked “Unverified read” were flagged by automated checks as possibly misread from the funder’s filed accounts. They are listed, but left out of the totals, counts and funder relationships this site computes.

Funders of similar charities

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Side by side with its peers

CharityIncomeTop pay bandStaff >£60kReserves vs policyFundraising costGoing concern
CORNWALL HOSPICE CARE LIMITED£13.4m—8within—no doubt
CORNWALL CARE LIMITED FY2025£34.6m—0unclear—not going concern
PENDLESIDE HOSPICE FY2025£5.7m——above—no doubt
DERWENTSIDE HOSPICE CARE FOUNDATION FY2025£2.0m—0above—no doubt
PHYLLIS TUCKWELL MEMORIAL HOSPICE LTD FY2026£24.9m£180,000 - £189,99916unclear—no doubt
CORBY AND DISTRICT CANCER CARE FY2025£433k—0unclear—no doubt

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