ST RAPHAEL'S HOSPICE

Registered charity 1182636 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

AS SPECIALISTS IN END OF LIFE CARE, OUR PRIMARY OBJECTIVE IS THE CARE AND SUPPORT OF OUR PATIENTS, THEIR FAMILIES AND THEIR FRIENDS. THIS TAKES PLACE IN BOTH OUR EXTENSIVE COMMUNITY AND WITHIN OUR PURPOSE BUILT HOSPICE. EDUCATION AND RESEARCH ARE IMPORTANT SECONDARY OBJECTIVES IN OUR WORK, AND LIKE OUR PATIENT CARE THEY ARE SUPPORTED THROUGH OUR FUNDRAISING ACTIVITIES AND OUR HIGH STREET SHOPS.

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Latest income

£9.5m

Latest spending

£9.2m

Registered

2019

Accounts read

FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity generated a surplus of £334k for the year ended 31 March 2025, following a significant increase in total income to £9.52m. The Trustees report that free reserves of £3.6m are within the stated policy target of three to six months' operating expenditure, providing sufficient resources to continue operations for the foreseeable future.

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

What the accounts disclose

Reserves policy: three- and six-months’ operating expenditure (held: £3.6m)

“The Trustees have decided that the required level of free reserves should be between three- and six-months’ operating expenditure which is between £2.3m and £4.6m.”

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Related-party transaction: Lease of land and buildings at peppercorn rent from Congregation of the Daughters of the Cross of Liege (DoC), a related party. Trustees Sr Veronica Hagen and Sr Kathleen O'Reilly are also trustees of DoC.

“The freehold of the land and buildings that comprise the St Raphael's Hospice site are owned by DoC. These have been leased to St Raphael's Hospice under three separate leases for the three plots (the Hospice, St Bede’s and 759 London Road) each for twenty years and at a peppercorn rental of £100 per annum. A total of £300 was paid in the period in respect of these leases (2024: £300). The leases are valued at £315k per annum and a gift-in-kind is recognised in these financial statements for this amount (2024: £315k). The notional rental of £315k is also recognised in these financial statements (2024: £315K). A grant of £1m was given in June 2024 to support the ongoing work of the charity as it reduced costs in the face of increased inflationary impact. No grants were received in the prior year.” — page 32

“During the previous financial year, services were provided at a market rate of £4,990 by Darnelle Consulting Ltd. Grahame Darnelle is a Trustee and also Director of Darnelle Consulting Ltd. None were provided in the current year.” — page 32

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Related-party transaction: Services provided by Darnelle Consulting Ltd, a company directed by Trustee Grahame Darnell. No services provided in current year.

“The freehold of the land and buildings that comprise the St Raphael's Hospice site are owned by DoC. These have been leased to St Raphael's Hospice under three separate leases for the three plots (the Hospice, St Bede’s and 759 London Road) each for twenty years and at a peppercorn rental of £100 per annum. A total of £300 was paid in the period in respect of these leases (2024: £300). The leases are valued at £315k per annum and a gift-in-kind is recognised in these financial statements for this amount (2024: £315k). The notional rental of £315k is also recognised in these financial statements (2024: £315K). A grant of £1m was given in June 2024 to support the ongoing work of the charity as it reduced costs in the face of increased inflationary impact. No grants were received in the prior year.” — page 32

“During the previous financial year, services were provided at a market rate of £4,990 by Darnelle Consulting Ltd. Grahame Darnelle is a Trustee and also Director of Darnelle Consulting Ltd. None were provided in the current year.” — page 32

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts audited by Crowe U.K. LLP. Discloses 4 of 6 completeness components.

Corporate structure

Registered company of the charity Companies House 11732567

Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — St Raphael's Hospice (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.

CHAMBERS, Steve — director, appointed 24/07/2024on trustee list
CHILL, Caroline Samantha, Dr — director, appointed 07/02/2023on trustee list
LALL, Manjit Kaur — director, appointed 04/05/2022on trustee list
DARNELL, Grahame Philip John — director, appointed 24/11/2021on trustee list
MARLEY, Bernard — director, appointed 22/09/2021on trustee list
HOLMES, Paul Anthony — director, appointed 22/05/2019on trustee list
COGBILL, Alan — director, appointed 22/05/2019on trustee list
MCWHINNEY, Norman Arthur — director, appointed 18/12/2018on trustee list

Official officers record.

Property (HM Land Registry)

6 registered titles 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: St. Raphael's Hospice — Registered, 1 registered location, 1 regulated activity.charity number confirmed by CQC CQC record

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

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

Total income

£9.5m

Total spending

£9.2m

Cost of raising funds

£3.4m

Reserves (reported)

£3.6m

Employees

181

Reported reserves equal ~4.7 months of spending — below the median for charities its size (median 4.8 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, cost of raising funds: 35.3% 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).

St. Raphaels Hospice: Good (07/04/2020) · CQC record

Trustees · trustee networks

Norman Arthur McWhinneychair
ALAN COGBILL
BERNARD MARLEY · trustee of 1 other charity
Dr Caroline Chill
Grahame Darnell
Manjit Lall
Paul Anthony Holmes
Steve Chambers

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

Operates in: Merton · Sutton

Income and spending

Financial year end	Income	Spending
31/03/2025	£9.5m	£9.2m
31/03/2024	£7.5m	£8.9m
31/03/2023	£7.5m	£7.8m
31/03/2022	£7.6m	£7.0m
31/03/2021	£8.1m	£3.0m

Common questions

Is ST RAPHAEL'S HOSPICE financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity generated a surplus of £334k for the year ended 31 March 2025, following a significant increase in total income to £9.52m. The Trustees report that free reserves of £3.6m are within the stated policy target of three to six months' operating expenditure, providing sufficient resources to continue operations for the foreseeable future. Its FY2025 accounts were audited by Crowe U.K. LLP.

Who funds ST RAPHAEL'S HOSPICE?

Funders whose own accounts filings name ST RAPHAEL'S HOSPICE as a grant recipient include THE ABDALLA FOUNDATION, TOM AND SHEILA SPRINGER CHARITY, THE HOBSON CHARITY LIMITED, THE THOMAS J HORNE MEMORIAL TRUST, THE FRANCIS WINHAM FOUNDATION.

Known funders

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

Funder	Year	Amount	Purpose (as stated by the funder)
THE ABDALLA FOUNDATION	FY2025	£45k
TOM AND SHEILA SPRINGER CHARITY	FY2023	£35k
TOM AND SHEILA SPRINGER CHARITY	FY2024	£35k
TOM AND SHEILA SPRINGER CHARITY	FY2022	£35k
TOM AND SHEILA SPRINGER CHARITY	FY2025	£35k
THE HOBSON CHARITY LIMITED	FY2022	£10k	Hospice
THE THOMAS J HORNE MEMORIAL TRUST	FY2025	£8k
THE THOMAS J HORNE MEMORIAL TRUST	FY2024	£8k
THE THOMAS J HORNE MEMORIAL TRUST	FY2023	£8k
THE FRANCIS WINHAM FOUNDATION	FY2022	£5k
THE JOHN HORSEMAN TRUST	FY2024	£5k
W G EDWARDS CHARITABLE FOUNDATION	FY2022	£2k	Age UK Bath
THE CHARLES LEWIS FOUNDATION	FY2025	£2k	Funding for four Community Palative Care home visitsand some other organisational overheads.
TRINITY UNITED REFORMED CHURCH (WIMBLEDON) CHARITY	FY2024	£500
TRINITY UNITED REFORMED CHURCH (WIMBLEDON) CHARITY	FY2021	£500
THE CHARLES LEWIS FOUNDATION	FY2026	£500	Part funding of new syringe drivers for palliative care.
TRINITY UNITED REFORMED CHURCH (WIMBLEDON) CHARITY	FY2022	£500
TRINITY UNITED REFORMED CHURCH (WIMBLEDON) CHARITY	FY2023	£500
THE ABDALLA FOUNDATION	FY2024	£301
THE ARDWICK TRUST	FY2024	£200
THE MICHAEL AND ANNA WIX CHARITABLE TRUST	FY2026	£200
THE JOHN HORSEMAN TRUST	FY2025	£0

Government & lottery funding

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

Funder	Date	Amount	Purpose
The National Lottery Community Fund	25/11/2022	£9k	WellBeing Centre Access Project

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
THE EDWARD GOSTLING FOUNDATION	2	£60k
THE INLIGHT TRUST	2	£51k
THE ADINT CHARITABLE TRUST	2	£35k
THE WILLIAM ALLEN YOUNG CHARITABLE TRUST	2	£11k
PINK RIBBON FOUNDATION	2	£11k
THE DIXIE ROSE FINDLAY CHARITABLE TRUST	2	£9k
THE HILARY AWDRY CHARITABLE TRUST	2	£8k
SKIPTON BUILDING SOCIETY CHARITABLE FOUNDATION	2	£5k

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with PRINCESS ALICE HOSPICE.

PRINCESS ALICE HOSPICE income £19.1m
GREENWICH AND BEXLEY COMMUNITY HOSPICE LIMITED income £13.3m
ST CATHERINE'S HOSPICE LIMITED income £13.3m
HOSPICE OF THE GOOD SHEPHERD LTD income £6.1m
ST LUKE'S HOSPICE (HARROW AND BRENT) LTD income £13.0m
ST RICHARDS HOSPICE FOUNDATION income £10.6m

Side by side with its peers

Charity	Income	Top pay band	Staff >£60k	Reserves vs policy	Fundraising cost	Going concern
ST RAPHAEL'S HOSPICE	£9.5m	—	—	unclear	—	no doubt
PRINCESS ALICE HOSPICE FY2025	£19.1m	—	—	above	—	no doubt
GREENWICH AND BEXLEY COMMUNITY HOSPICE LIMITED FY2025	£13.3m	£120,000 - £129,999	—	unclear	—	no doubt
ST CATHERINE'S HOSPICE LIMITED FY2025	£13.3m	—	—	unclear	24.4%	noted
HOSPICE OF THE GOOD SHEPHERD LTD FY2025	£6.1m	—	0	above	32.0%	no doubt
ST LUKE'S HOSPICE (HARROW AND BRENT) LTD FY2025	£13.0m	—	—	above	—	no doubt

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