HOSPICE ETHIOPIA UK

Registered charity 1171781 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

Promote the provision of palliative care in order to relieve the suffering of the terminally ill in Ethiopia by providing financial, educational and practical support

Objects

TO PROMOTE THE PROVISION OF PALLIATIVE CARE AND TO RELIEVE THE SUFFERING OF THE TERMINAL ILL IN ETHIOPIA BY PROVIDING FINANCIAL AND PRACTICAL SUPPORT.

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

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

Registered contact address: North Norfolk, East of England, England (from the postcode on the register)

Latest income
£73k
Latest spending
£82k
Registered
2017
Accounts read
FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity had a total income of £72,952 for the year and allocated £30,000 to its Reserve Fund. The trustees report that the charity employs no staff and incurs very low administrative costs, allowing the majority of funds to be transferred to its partner in Ethiopia.

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

What the accounts disclose

Reserves policy: nine month’s funding of Hospice Ethiopia by HEUK (held: £30k)
“The Trustees have agreed to allocate £30,000 to the Reserve Fund, which equates to nine month’s funding of Hospice Ethiopia by HEUK, as a general reserve for emergency funding for Hospice Ethiopia.” — page 5
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts independently examined (not a full audit). Discloses 4 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.

From the charity’s annual return (Part A, self-declared)

Answers and figures the charity gave in Part A of its annual return to the Charity Commission. They are self-declared: not verified by the Commission or by this site. Only positive answers and figures are listed; items not listed are simply not shown.

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/12/2025

  • Volunteers: 45
  • Grant-making is its main activity

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/12/2024

  • Volunteers: 43
  • Grant-making is its main activity

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/12/2023

  • Volunteers: 40
  • Grant-making is its main activity

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

Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — Hospice Ethiopia UK (matched by registered charity number).

Trustees · trustee networks

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

Operates in: Throughout England And Wales

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/12/2025£73k£82k
31/12/2024£61k£62k
31/12/2023£59k£29k
31/12/2022£87k£66k
31/12/2021£68k£53k

Common questions

Is HOSPICE ETHIOPIA UK financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity had a total income of £72,952 for the year and allocated £30,000 to its Reserve Fund. The trustees report that the charity employs no staff and incurs very low administrative costs, allowing the majority of funds to be transferred to its partner in Ethiopia. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.

Who funds HOSPICE ETHIOPIA UK?

Funders whose own accounts filings name HOSPICE ETHIOPIA UK as a grant recipient include THE FORRESTER FAMILY TRUST, THE BAND AID 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)
THE FORRESTER FAMILY TRUSTFY2023£5kSmaller Grants
THE BAND AID CHARITABLE TRUSTFY2025£5kHealth Improvement
THE CARMELA & RONNIE PIGNATELLI FOUNDATIONFY2025£3k
THE FORRESTER FAMILY TRUSTFY2026amount not statedSmaller Grants

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 THE MISSION OF HOPE.

Side by side with its peers

CharityIncomeTop pay bandStaff >£60kReserves vs policyFundraising costGoing concern
HOSPICE ETHIOPIA UK£73k—0above—no doubt
THE MISSION OF HOPE FY2025£55k—0unclear—no doubt
ETHIOPIAID FY2025£3.1m—0above—no doubt
SALTERGATE CHILDREN'S HOME, ETHIOPIA FY2025£47k—0unclear—no doubt
HOSPICE AFRICA LIMITED FY2026£193k—0below23.0%no doubt
HOSPICE AID UK FY2025£115k—0unclear—no doubt

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