ELLENOR

Registered charity 1121561 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as ELLENOR LIONS HOSPICES, ELLENORLIONS CHYPS, ELLENORLIONS HOSPICES

ellenor's provides & coordinates the best personalised care for all ages, sharing our expertise to ensure that all families facing terminal illness get the right support in the best place possible, enabling them to make the most of the time they have. Providing Specialist Palliative Care and Hospice Care for adults and children. Raising awareness of end of life issues and promoting good practice.

Objects

1 TO PROMOTE THE RELIEF OF SUFFERING AND SICKNESS AND THE TREATMENT OF ILLNESS IN SUCH WAYS AS THE CHARITY SHALL FROM TIME O TIME THINK FIT, AND IN PARTICULAR (BUT WITHOUT PREJUDICE TO THE GENERALITY OF THIS OBJECT):1.1 TO PROMOTE THE CARE, WITHOUT LIMITATIONS WITH REGARD TO COLOUR, RACE, RELIGION OR SIMILAR BELIEF, NATIONALITY, ETHNIC OR NATIONAL ORIGIN, SEX, SEXUAL ORIENTATION, GENDER REASSIGNMENT, AGE, MARITAL STATUS OR DISABILITY OF PERSONS WITH LIFE-LIMITING OR LIFE-THREATENING CONDITIONS WHETHER IN HOSPICES, HOSPITALS, NURSING HOMES, CLINICS OR THEIR OWN HOMES AND TO PROVIDE MEDICAL, NURSING AND OTHER TREATMENT AND ATTENTION ACCORDING TO THEIR NEEDS, TOGETHER WITH GUIDANCE AND ASSISTANCE FOR THOSE CARING FOR THEM;1.2 TO CONDUCT, PROMOTE AND ENCOURAGE RESEARCH INTO THE CARE AND TREATMENT OF SUFFERERS FROM ANY ILLNESS, DISABILITY, DISEASE, HANDICAP OR INFIRMITY, AND IN PARTICULAR LIFE-LIMITING OR LIFE-THREATENING CONDITIONS, TO MAKE PUBLICLY AVAILABLE THE RESULTS OF SUCH RESEARCH (BY WHATEVER MEANS) AND TO PROMOTE, ENCOURAGE AND ASSIST IN THE TEACHING AND TRAINING OF DOCTORS, NURSES, PHYSIOTHERAPISTS, PSYCHOLOGISTS AND OTHER PERSONS ENGAGED IN THE CARE OF SUCH SUFFERERS.2 TO RELIEVE PERSONS SUFFERING FROM CONDITIONS OF SEVERE OR PROLONGED SCHECK OR DEPRESSION ARISING FROM BEREAVEMENT, BY THE PROVISION OF COUNSELLING FOR THE FAMILY, RELATIVES AND FRIENDS OF THOSE WHO HAVE DIED AFTER SUFFERING FROM TERMINAL ILLNESS OR INTRACTABLE PAIN..

Area of benefit: UNDEFINED. IN PRACTICE KENT

The charity’s charitable objects and area of benefit, quoted from its governing document as held on the Charity Commission register.

Causes: Education/training · The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives · website · Get email alerts

Latest income
£8.5m
Latest spending
£10.2m
Registered
2007
Accounts read
FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that ellenor generated a surplus of £1,248k for the year ended 31 March 2025, with total income increasing to £10,045k. Per the trustees' report, the charity maintains a reserves policy targeting six months of operating costs, holding unrestricted general funds of £4,794,000 against this target. The trustees consider the charity well-placed to manage financial risks and continue as a going concern despite challenging economic conditions.

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

What the accounts disclose

Fundraising cost ratio: 14.3% of fundraised income, as disclosed
“Excluding our trading activities, for every £1 spent on our fundraising income generating activities, £6.98 was raised for our charitable activities, (2024: £7.06).” — page 24
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Related-party transaction: Intercompany balances with wholly owned subsidiaries
“In 2025 the following transactions took place between the Charity and its wholly owned subsidiaries Ellenor Lions Hospices Trading Limited and Ellenor Lions Lottery Company : Inter company operating transaction balances of £-15,379.04 (Lottery) and £40,327.87 (Trading) and £-24,948.83 (ellenor) respectively.” — page 55
“The Trustees support the charity throughout the year and are regularly involved in fundraising and events. It is not possible for the charity to quantify the aggregate donations and fundraising by Trustees in the year.” — page 55
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Related-party transaction: Trustee fundraising support
“In 2025 the following transactions took place between the Charity and its wholly owned subsidiaries Ellenor Lions Hospices Trading Limited and Ellenor Lions Lottery Company : Inter company operating transaction balances of £-15,379.04 (Lottery) and £40,327.87 (Trading) and £-24,948.83 (ellenor) respectively.” — page 55
“The Trustees support the charity throughout the year and are regularly involved in fundraising and events. It is not possible for the charity to quantify the aggregate donations and fundraising by Trustees in the year.” — page 55
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Trading subsidiary: Ellenor Lions Hospices Trading Limited, Ellenor Lions Hospice Lottery Company Limited
“ellenor group has two subsidiaries. Ellenor Lions Hospices Trading Limited (registered number 5985820) conducts the trading elements of the charity, mainly through the sale of new goods from ellenor’s charity shops. The other subsidiary is Ellenor Lions Hospice Lottery Company Limited (registered number 03116416).” — page 8
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts audited by Moore Kingston Smith LLP. 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.

Corporate structure

Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — ellenor (matched by registered charity number).

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.

CQC provider record: Ellenor — Registered, 2 registered locations, 1 regulated activity, last inspected 27/07/2017.charity number confirmed by CQC CQC record

Public profiles (found on the charity’s own website): facebook · instagram

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/03/2026)

Total income
£8.5m
Total spending
£10.2m
Cost of raising funds
£3.5m

Per its annual return, cost of raising funds: 41.5% of total income — above the 90th percentile for charities its size (median 5.2%) (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: Bexley · Kent

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/03/2026£8.5m£10.2m
31/03/2025£10.0m£8.9m
31/03/2024£8.2m£7.8m
31/03/2023£7.9m£7.2m
31/03/2022£13.4m£7.2m

Common questions

Is ELLENOR financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that ellenor generated a surplus of £1,248k for the year ended 31 March 2025, with total income increasing to £10,045k. Per the trustees' report, the charity maintains a reserves policy targeting six months of operating costs, holding unrestricted general funds of £4,794,000 against this target. The trustees consider the charity well-placed to manage financial risks and continue as a going concern despite challenging economic conditions. Its FY2025 accounts were audited by Moore Kingston Smith LLP.

Who funds ELLENOR?

Funders whose own accounts filings name ELLENOR as a grant recipient include THE LINDER FOUNDATION, THE HOBSON CHARITY LIMITED, THE CHRISTOPHER AND HENRY OLDFIELD TRUST, THE THOMAS J HORNE MEMORIAL TRUST, THE WILL CHARITABLE TRUST.

Known funders

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

Government & lottery funding

Grants to this charity published as open data by government and lottery funders (360Giving).

FunderDateAmountPurpose
UK government04/04/2023£180kChildren and Young Peoples Hospice Grant 2023-24 East Anglia's Children's Hospices (EACH)
The National Lottery Community Fund28/10/2021£8kIT & Biscuits
The National Lottery Community Fund04/07/2019£10kSitting Well

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.

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with PHYLLIS TUCKWELL MEMORIAL HOSPICE LTD.

Side by side with its peers

CharityIncomeTop pay bandStaff >£60kReserves vs policyFundraising costGoing concern
ELLENOR£8.5m——unclear14.3%no doubt
PHYLLIS TUCKWELL MEMORIAL HOSPICE LTD FY2025£24.9m£170,000 - £179,999—unclear—no doubt
DERIAN HOUSE CHILDRENS HOSPICE FY2025£7.7m——above—no doubt
ST HELENA HOSPICE LIMITED FY2025£23.5m——unclear—no doubt
HELEN & DOUGLAS HOUSE FY2025£10.7m——unclear—no doubt
THE END OF LIFE PARTNERSHIP LIMITED FY2026£1.1m——above—no doubt

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