SAM BEARE HOSPICE

Registered charity 1115439 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as SAM BEARE HOSPICE WEYBRIDGE

The provision of palliative and other appropriate care to persons suffering from a terminal and/or chronic illness within a hospice(s) or within the community with the object of improving the conditions of life for such persons.To relieve the emotional and mental needs of the patients, families, carers, staff and volunteers who assist in the care of patients.

Objects

1) TO PROVIDE RELIEF BY PALLIATIVE AND OTHER APPROPRIATE CARE AND TREATMENT, AND SUPPORT, TO PERSONS SUFFERING FROM TERMINAL AND/OR CHRONIC ILLNESS AND/OR DISEASE AND/OR DISABILITY AND/OR BEREAVEMENT("THE PATIENTS") WITHIN A HOSPICE OR HOSPICES AND WITHIN THE COMMUNITY INCLUDING AT THE HOMES OF THE PATIENTS WITH THE OBJECT OF IMPROVING THE CONDITIONS OF LIFE FOR SUCH PERSONS.2) TO RELIEVE THE EMOTIONAL AND MENTAL AND SPIRITUAL NEEDS OF THE FAMILIES, CLOSE FRIENDS, CARERS, MEDICAL AND OTHER STAFF, PROVIDING OR ASSISTING IN THE CARE OF THE PATIENTS, BY THE PROVISION OF CARE, ADVICE, SUPPORT AND COUNSELLING, INCLUDING BEREAVEMENT COUNSELLING AND ASSOCIATED SERVICES TO ANY AND/OR ALL SUCH PERSONS.

Area of benefit: NOT DEFINED IN PRACTICE SURREY

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: Woking, South East, England (from the postcode on the register)

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that Sam Beare Hospice ceased its clinical operations in 2016 and now functions solely to raise funds for its parent charity, Woking Hospice. For the year ended 31 March 2025, the charity received £164,425 in donations and legacies, expending £182,301 as a grant to the parent. The charity holds no free reserves (£Nil) as all funds are transferred to the parent, and the trustees confirm there are no material uncertainties regarding its ability to continue as a going concern.

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

What the accounts disclose

Accounts independently examined (not a full audit). Discloses 3 of 6 completeness components.

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.

• 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
• 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)

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.

Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — Sam Beare Hospice (matched by registered charity number).

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/03/2023)

Reported reserves equal ~0.0 months of spending — in the bottom quarter for charities its size (median 7.2 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, cost of raising funds: 0.0% of total income — below the median for charities its size (3.2%) (benchmarks).

Register events

• Received assets from another charity (25/04/2023) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.

Trustees · trustee networks

• Anthony Burke · trustee of 1 other charity
• David Peet · trustee of 1 other charity
• Dr Keri Torney · trustee of 1 other charity
• Dr Philippa Hewish · trustee of 1 other charity
• Jennifer Way · trustee of 1 other charity
• Joanna Mitchell · trustee of 1 other charity
• Julie Callin · trustee of 1 other charity
• Ketan Amin · trustee of 1 other charity
• NUWEED RAZAQ · trustee of 1 other charity
• Paula van Beurden · trustee of 1 other charity
• Simon Moore · trustee of 2 other charities
• Suzanne Fuller · trustee of 1 other charity
• TIMOTHY ANDREW STOKES · trustee of 1 other charity
• YASMIN DINDAR · trustee of 1 other charity

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

Operates in: Surrey

Income and spending

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Known funders

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Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with WOKING HOSPICE.

• WOKING HOSPICE income £9.3m
• KEMP HOSPICE income £2.2m
• ST CLARE WEST ESSEX HOSPICE CARE TRUST income £9.3m

Side by side with its peers

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