The Greatham Foundation Ltd

Registered charity 1123540 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as THE HOSPITAL OF GOD AT GREATHAM

The Greatham Foundation provides:Residential care for older people at Stichell House in Greatham near HartlepoolDay care and community services for people with dementia at its day centres in Hartlepool and County DurhamAlmshouses in Greatham, Stockton, Norton and the wider north eastGrants to charities

Causes: Disability · The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty · Accommodation/housing · Religious Activities · Grant history (this charity is a funder) · website · Get email alerts

Latest income

£4.5m

Latest spending

£5.4m

Registered

2008

Accounts read

FY2024

Financial health, per its FY2024 accounts

The accounts state that total funds increased by £6.0m to £52.0m, driven by a £5.9m gain on investments, despite an operating deficit of £0.4m on charitable activities. The charity holds £3.7m in unrestricted reserves, which is significantly higher than its stated policy target of three months of core operating costs (£1.3m). The pension scheme is in surplus, and the trustees report no material uncertainties regarding the charity's ability to continue as a going concern.

Automated summary of the FY2024 accounts; the evidenced findings below carry the verbatim passages.

What the accounts disclose

Largest income source: Charitable activities (73% of income)

“The principal source of funding for the charity's activities continues to be income received from fees, contract payments and grants for its care and community services. This income stream remained consistent at 73% (£3.0m) of total income during the year” — page 24

Per its FY2024 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Reserves policy: three months of core operating costs (held: £3.7m)

“The trustees have adopted a reserves policy to ensure operational continuity in the unlikely event of a sudden loss of income. The policy sets a target of holding unrestricted reserves equivalent to three months of core operating costs—currently estimated at £1.3m.” — page 27

Per its FY2024 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Related-party transaction: Robert Eden, a trustee, was an employer-nominated trustee of the Greatham Hospital Pension Scheme.

“Robert Eden, who served as trustee during the year, was during the year an employer-nominated trustee of the Greatham Hospital Pension Scheme, of which the charity is the sponsoring employer.” — page 59

Per its FY2024 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts audited by JBC Accountants. Discloses 4 of 6 completeness components.

Corporate structure

Registered company of the charity Companies House 06533385

Leadership, per the charity’s website

Deborah Lewis-Bynoe — Chief Executive Officer (source)
Lawrence McAnelly — Director (source)
Margaret Bousfield — Chair of the Board of Trustees (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.

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.

BUTTERWORTH, Jacqueline — director, appointed 20/01/2026on trustee list
FENNY, Nigel Michael — director, appointed 21/12/2023on trustee list
WOOD, Rachel Astrid, Venerable — director, appointed 01/11/2021on trustee list
HANCOCK, Isla Patricia — director, appointed 28/04/2020on trustee list
EDEN, Robert John — director, appointed 12/12/2018on trustee list
BOUSFIELD, Margaret Elizabeth — director, appointed 08/03/2017on trustee list
SINCLAIR, Philippa Lucy — director, appointed 10/06/2009on trustee list
LEWIS-BYNOE, Deborah — secretary, appointed 26/01/2026

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: The Greatham Foundation Ltd — Registered, 5 registered locations, 1 regulated activity, last inspected 21/04/2023.charity number confirmed by CQC CQC record

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

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/10/2025)

Total income

£4.5m

Total spending

£5.4m

Cost of raising funds

£1.1m

Reserves (reported)

£3.8m

Employees

101

Reported reserves equal ~8.5 months of spending — above the median for charities its size (median 4.8 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Charitable activities (71% of income) — components as reported reconcile to the return’s total income; not from the accounts narrative.

Per its annual return, cost of raising funds: 23.8% of total income — in the top quarter 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).

Stichell House: Good (15/06/2023) · CQC record

Trustees · trustee networks

Jacqueline Butterworth
Margaret Bousfield
Nigel Fenny
PHILIPPA SINCLAIR
Patricia Hancock
Rev Rachel Wood · trustee of 1 other charity
Robert Eden

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

Operates in: Darlington · Durham · Gateshead · Hartlepool · Newcastle Upon Tyne City · North Tyneside · Northumberland · South Tyneside · Stockton-on-tees · Sunderland

Income and spending

Financial year end	Income	Spending
31/10/2025	£4.5m	£5.4m
31/10/2024	£4.1m	£4.5m
31/10/2023	£3.7m	£4.3m
31/10/2022	£3.9m	£5.1m
31/10/2021	£5.0m	£5.7m

Common questions

Is The Greatham Foundation Ltd financially healthy?

Per its FY2024 accounts: The accounts state that total funds increased by £6.0m to £52.0m, driven by a £5.9m gain on investments, despite an operating deficit of £0.4m on charitable activities. The charity holds £3.7m in unrestricted reserves, which is significantly higher than its stated policy target of three months of core operating costs (£1.3m). The pension scheme is in surplus, and the trustees report no material uncertainties regarding the charity's ability to continue as a going concern. Its FY2024 accounts were audited by JBC Accountants.

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.

Funder	Similar charities funded	Amount to them
PINK RIBBON FOUNDATION	1	£418k
HEVENINGHAM HALL COUNTRY FAIR TRUST	1	£60k
SIR JOHN PRIESTMAN CHARITY TRUST	1	£21k
THE BALLINGER CHARITABLE TRUST	1	£20k
THE JGW PATTERSON FOUNDATION	1	£20k
HOSPICE AID UK	1	£10k
THE DUKE OF NORTHUMBERLAND'S CHARITY	1	£10k
THE GREEN HALL FOUNDATION	1	£9k

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with HARTLEPOOL NDC TRUST.

HARTLEPOOL NDC TRUST income £109k
ST. JOHN'S FOUNDATION EST. 1174 income £5.4m
GREETHAM JUBILEE COMMUNITY CENTRE income £109k
THE HARTLEPOOL HOSPICE LIMITED income £3.8m
AGE UK EAST GRINSTEAD & DISTRICT income £274k
NORTH TEES AND HARTLEPOOL NHS FOUNDATION TRUST GENERAL CHARITABLE FUND income £638k

Side by side with its peers

Charity	Income	Top pay band	Staff >£60k	Reserves vs policy	Fundraising cost	Going concern
The Greatham Foundation Ltd	£4.5m	—	—	unclear	—	no doubt
HARTLEPOOL NDC TRUST FY2025	£109k	—	0	below	—	no doubt
ST. JOHN'S FOUNDATION EST. 1174 FY2025	£5.4m	—	—	unclear	—	no doubt
GREETHAM JUBILEE COMMUNITY CENTRE FY2025	£109k	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt
THE HARTLEPOOL HOSPICE LIMITED FY2025	£3.8m	£70,001 - £80,000	—	above	—	no doubt
AGE UK EAST GRINSTEAD & DISTRICT FY2025	£274k	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt

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