ABERYSTWYTH & DISTRICT HOSPICE AT HOME VOLUNTEERS

Registered charity 1160645 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

The relief of sickness and suffering amongst people living in the North Ceredigion area who are living with advanced incurable and progressive illness and also their carers, by providing them with practical, social and emotional support, by providing community-based supportive end of life care and by raising awareness regarding all aspects of end of life care in the North Ceredigion area.

Objects

THE RELIEF OF SICKNESS AND SUFFERING AMONGST PEOPLE LIVING IN NORTH CEREDIGION AND THE IMMEDIATE SURROUNDING AREA WHO ARE LIVING WITH ADVANCED, INCURABLE, AND PROGRESSIVE ILLNESS, AND ALSO THEIR CARERS, BY PROVIDING THEM WITH PRACTICAL, SOCIAL AND EMOTIONAL SUPPORT, BY PROVIDING COMMUNITY-BASED SUPPORTIVE END OF LIFE CARE AND BY RAISING AWARENESS REGARDING ALL ASPECTS OF END OF LIFE CARE IN THE COMMUNITY OF NORTH CEREDIGION AND THE IMMEDIATE SURROUNDING AREA.

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

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Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity achieved a surplus of £161,545 for the year ended 31 March 2025, with total funds increasing to £1,027,786. Per the trustees' report, free reserves stood at £157,099, which fulfills the stated policy of maintaining at least six months of running costs. The charity is volunteer-led with a small team of paid employees and has no disclosed material uncertainties regarding its financial health.

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 5 of 6 completeness components.

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
• Complaints handling
• Complaints 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

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

Reported reserves equal ~4.5 months of spending — below the median for charities its size (median 5.2 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Donations and legacies (85% 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: 19.6% of total income — in the top quarter for charities its size (median 4.9%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

• Gwerfyl Pierce Joneschair
• Alun Pearson Thomas
• Deian Creunant · trustee of 1 other charity
• Dr Nia Manning
• Dr William Sion James
• Geraint Owen Pugh · trustee of 1 other charity
• June Margaret Wells
• Mark David Godsell
• Peter Barry Skitt
• Rhian Haf Evans

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

Operates in: Ceredigion

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Known funders

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Government & lottery funding

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