EAST COAST HOSPICE LIMITED

Registered charity 1129631 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

The Charity is preparing to build a ten bed hospice, with day care facilities and ancillary services, to serve the areas of Great Yarmouth and Waveney. The Charity owns 7.54 acres of land, full planning permission has been granted for the construction of the hospice on the site and work has now commenced.The Charity continues to expand the number of charity shops which provide an income.

Objects

THE CHARITY'S OBJECTS ("THE OBJECTS") ARE TO PROMOTE THE RELIEF OFPERSONS OF EITHER SEX WHO ARE SUFFERING FROM ANY CHRONIC ORTERMINAL ILLNESS OR FROM ANY DISABILITY OR DISEASE ATTRIBUTABLE TOOLD AGE OR FROM ANY OTHER PHYSICAL OR MENTAL INFIRMITY, DISABILITYOR DISEASE, IN THE BOROUGH OF GREAT YARMOUTH IN THE COUNTY OFNORFOLK AND IN THE WAVENEY DISTRICT COUNCIL AREA IN THE COUNTYOF SUFFOLK AND IN THE IMMEDIATELY SURROUNDING AREAS OF BOTH.

Area of benefit: GREAT YARMOUTH

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 · Get email alerts

Merged into St Elizabeth Hospice (charity 289154) — merger registered 06/11/2025.
Source: Charity Commission register of merged charities (OGL v3.0).
Latest income
£562k
Latest spending
£3.0m
Registered
2009

We have not yet analysed this charity’s accounts. Register data shown below.

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)

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

  • Volunteers: 30

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/03/2022

  • Volunteers: 125
  • Government income: £41,139 — grants £41,139 (11); 8% of the £520,812 total gross income on the same return

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/03/2021

  • Volunteers: 118
  • Government income: £398,636 — grants £398,636 (40); 67% of the £593,421 total gross income on the same return

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

Annual return filing dates (Charity Commission record)

Of its last 3 annual returns with a recorded received date, 1 was received after the due date: year ending 31/03/2021 (received 02/02/2022, 2 days after the 31/01/2022 due date).

Due and received dates as recorded in the Commission’s annual-return data; the data does not say whether an extension was agreed. Source: this charity’s annual returns on the Charity Commission register.

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

Total income
£562k
Total spending
£3.0m
Cost of raising funds
£441k
Reserves (reported)
£271k
Employees
18

Reported reserves equal ~1.1 months of spending — in the bottom quarter for charities its size (median 5.2 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Other trading activities (92% 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: 78.5% of total income — above the 90th percentile for charities its size (median 4.9%) (benchmarks).

Register events

Operates in: Norfolk · Suffolk

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/03/2025——
31/03/2024——
31/03/2023£562k£3.0m
31/03/2022£521k£411k
31/03/2021£593k£523k