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FLORENCE NIGHTINGALE HOSPICE CHARITY

Registered charity 1119499 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

The Charity supports the work of Florence Nightingale Hospice through total funding of specific services such as the Children's Hospice at Home, Day Hospice, Lymphoedema service, and part-funding of inpatient nursing, Nightingale 24/7 service and community palliative care nurses. We raise £790,000 per annum through donations, fundraising, gifts in a will, shops and a local hospices' lottery.

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Latest income
£4.9m
Latest spending
£4.9m
Registered
2007
Accounts read
FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported a net movement in funds of -£224,933 for the year ended 31 March 2025, primarily due to an unrealised investment loss of £162,530 and a drop in legacy income. Total reserves stood at £8,140,337, with free reserves of £1,171,334, which the trustees note is slightly below their stated policy target range of £1,630,000 to £3,259,000. The trustees confirm that the charity remains a going concern with adequate resources to continue operations.

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

What the accounts disclose

Reserves position: below the charity's own stated reserves policy (held: £1.2m; policy: between six and twelve-months running costs)
“Target free reserves are in the range £1,630,000-£3,259,000. At 31 March 2025 free reserves were £1,171,334 (2024: £2,370,992), a little under the range.” — page 17
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Related-party transaction: The charity received donations under the gift aid scheme of £214,896 from its wholly owned trading subsidiary, Florence Nightingale Hospice Shops Limited.
“As a result of donated goods, the charity received donations under the gift aid scheme of £214,896 (2024: £672,883). A further transfer of approximately £800,000 will be made in 2025/26 relating to this financial year.” — page 9
“The group and the charitable company received income from The Hospice Lottery Partnership Limited of which it is a shareholder, totalling £209,926 in the year (2024: £200,184).” — page 39
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Related-party transaction: The charity received £209,926 from The Hospice Lottery Partnership Limited, a company in which it holds shares and where the CEO is a director.
“As a result of donated goods, the charity received donations under the gift aid scheme of £214,896 (2024: £672,883). A further transfer of approximately £800,000 will be made in 2025/26 relating to this financial year.” — page 9
“The group and the charitable company received income from The Hospice Lottery Partnership Limited of which it is a shareholder, totalling £209,926 in the year (2024: £200,184).” — page 39
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Related-party transaction: APS Accountancy Limited, a company where Trustee Mr C Shennan is a Director, donated £1,460 to the charity.
“As a result of donated goods, the charity received donations under the gift aid scheme of £214,896 (2024: £672,883). A further transfer of approximately £800,000 will be made in 2025/26 relating to this financial year.” — page 9
“The group and the charitable company received income from The Hospice Lottery Partnership Limited of which it is a shareholder, totalling £209,926 in the year (2024: £200,184).” — page 39
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Trading subsidiary: Florence Nightingale Hospice Shops Limited
“Florence Nightingale Hospice Shops Limited (FNHS) is the wholly owned trading subsidiary of Florence Nightingale Hospice Charity.” — page 9
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts audited by Azets Audit Services. Discloses 4 of 6 completeness components.

Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — Florence Nightingale Hospice Charity (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.

Property (HM Land Registry)

15 registered titles in England and Wales held by the charity’s company or corporate body (2 freehold); recorded price paid £650k. All charity-held property. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright, OGL v3.0.

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

Total income
£4.9m
Total spending
£4.9m
Cost of raising funds
£3.3m
Reserves (reported)
£1.2m
Employees
85

Reported reserves equal ~2.9 months of spending — below the median for charities its size (median 4.8 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, cost of raising funds: 67.1% of total income — above the 90th percentile for charities its size (median 5.2%) (benchmarks).

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Trustees · trustee networks

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

Operates in: Bedford · Buckinghamshire · Oxfordshire

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/03/2025£4.9m£4.9m
31/03/2024£4.6m£4.1m
31/03/2023£3.9m£3.4m
31/03/2022£4.3m£2.9m
31/03/2021£1.9m£2.3m

Common questions

Is FLORENCE NIGHTINGALE HOSPICE CHARITY financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity reported a net movement in funds of -£224,933 for the year ended 31 March 2025, primarily due to an unrealised investment loss of £162,530 and a drop in legacy income. Total reserves stood at £8,140,337, with free reserves of £1,171,334, which the trustees note is slightly below their stated policy target range of £1,630,000 to £3,259,000. The trustees confirm that the charity remains a going concern with adequate resources to continue operations. Its FY2025 accounts were audited by Azets Audit Services.

Who funds FLORENCE NIGHTINGALE HOSPICE CHARITY?

Funders whose own accounts filings name FLORENCE NIGHTINGALE HOSPICE CHARITY as a grant recipient include WILLIAM HARDING'S CHARITY, THE ANNANDALE CHARITABLE TRUST, THE WILLIAM ALLEN YOUNG CHARITABLE TRUST, THE CARMELA & RONNIE PIGNATELLI FOUNDATION.

Known funders

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

FunderYearAmountPurpose (as stated by the funder)
WILLIAM HARDING'S CHARITYFY2023£9k
THE ANNANDALE CHARITABLE TRUSTFY2025£5k
THE WILLIAM ALLEN YOUNG CHARITABLE TRUSTFY2025£5k
THE ANNANDALE CHARITABLE TRUSTFY2024£3k
THE CARMELA & RONNIE PIGNATELLI FOUNDATIONFY2025£3k
THE WILLIAM ALLEN YOUNG CHARITABLE TRUSTFY2024£2k

Funders of similar charities

Funders whose accounts show grants to charities similar to this one (and no recorded grant to this charity) — a starting list for fundraisers.

FunderSimilar charities fundedAmount to them
THE MICHAEL AND ANNA WIX CHARITABLE TRUST3£600
THE BURDETT TRUST FOR NURSING2£300k
THE THOMAS J HORNE MEMORIAL TRUST2£49k
THE CHARLES LEWIS FOUNDATION2£5k
THE ARDWICK TRUST2£400
THE REED FOUNDATION1—
GLOBAL HEALTH PARTNERSHIPS1£274k
THE DORFMAN FOUNDATION1£250k

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

Side by side with its peers

CharityIncomeTop pay bandStaff >£60kReserves vs policyFundraising costGoing concern
FLORENCE NIGHTINGALE HOSPICE CHARITY£4.9m——below—no doubt
THE FLORENCE NIGHTINGALE FOUNDATION FY2025£3.9m——above—no doubt
NIGHTINGALE HAMMERSON FY2025£30.8m——within—no doubt
NIGHTINGALE HOUSE HOSPICE FY2024£6.0m——above—no doubt
ST RAPHAEL'S HOSPICE FY2025£9.5m——unclear—no doubt
ST LUKE'S HOSPICE (HARROW AND BRENT) LTD FY2025£13.0m——above—no doubt

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