THE HOSPITAL OF ST JOHN THE EVANGELIST AND OF ST ANNE IN OKEHAM

Registered charity 218931 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as ST JOHN & ST ANNE

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Latest income

£1.2m

Latest spending

£1.1m

Registered

1963

Accounts read

FY2026

Financial health, per its FY2026 accounts

The accounts state that unrestricted general reserves stood at £810,833 at the year end, which is equivalent to approximately 8.8 months of operating cash expenditure. This figure remains above the charity's stated policy target of maintaining reserves equivalent to a minimum of six months' operating expenditure. The charity reports being financially and operationally resilient with total net assets of £12.8 million.

Automated summary of the FY2026 accounts; the evidenced findings below carry the verbatim passages.

What the accounts disclose

Highest-paid employee band: £70,001 - £80,000 — above the median for charities its size (£70k)

“Staff earning in excess of £60,000 per annum was 1, in the bracket of £70,000 — £80,000 (2025: 1).” — page 29

Per its FY2026 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Employees paid over £60,000: 1

“Staff earning in excess of £60,000 per annum was 1, in the bracket of £70,000 — £80,000 (2025: 1).” — page 29

Per its FY2026 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Reserves policy: six months’ operating expenditure (held: £811k)

“SJSA's annual operating expenditure, excluding depreciation as a non-cash charge, is approximately £1.1 million. at 31 March 2026, unrestricted general reserves (including designated reserves) stood at £810,833 (2025: £1,167,923), equivalent to approximately 8.8 months’ operating cash expenditure. The Governors have adopted a policy of maintaining unrestricted general reserves equivalent to a minimum of six months’ operating expenditure.” — page 14

Per its FY2026 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts audited by TC Group. Discloses 6 of 6 completeness components.

Year-over-year changes

Reserves position vs the charity's own policy moved from "within" (FY2025) to "above" (FY2026).

Comparing this charity’s FY2025 and FY2026 accounts as analysed by this site.

Leadership, per the charity’s website

Doreen Woodward — CEO (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.

Property (HM Land Registry)

1 registered title in England and Wales held by the charity’s company or corporate body (0 freehold). All charity-held property. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright, OGL v3.0.

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

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/03/2026)

Total income

£1.2m

Total spending

£1.1m

Cost of raising funds

£26k

Reserves (reported)

£811k

Employees

Reported reserves equal ~8.9 months of spending — above the median for charities its size (median 4.8 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Charitable activities (90% 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: 2.1% of total income — below the median for charities its size (5.2%) (benchmarks).

Register events

Received assets from another charity (07/08/2012) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.

Trustees · trustee networks

Andy Parker
Carolyn Davies
David Leonard Johnson
Derek Richard Cook · trustee of 1 other charity
Geoff Thompson
Hugh Riddlesdell
Mark Reihill
Rev Allison Twigg
Rev Peter Collins · trustee of 1 other charity
Ruth Elizabeth Gilbert
Sarah Furness DR · trustee of 4 other charities
Sian Cheverton
The Very Revd Christopher Charles Dalliston · trustee of 2 other charities
Val harvey

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

Operates in: Rutland

Income and spending

Financial year end	Income	Spending
31/03/2026	£1.2m	£1.1m
31/03/2025	£1.2m	£1.1m
31/03/2024	£959k	£863k
06/04/2023	£872k	£808k
06/04/2022	£802k	£704k

Common questions

Is THE HOSPITAL OF ST JOHN THE EVANGELIST AND OF ST ANNE IN OKEHAM financially healthy?

Per its FY2026 accounts: The accounts state that unrestricted general reserves stood at £810,833 at the year end, which is equivalent to approximately 8.8 months of operating cash expenditure. This figure remains above the charity's stated policy target of maintaining reserves equivalent to a minimum of six months' operating expenditure. The charity reports being financially and operationally resilient with total net assets of £12.8 million. Its FY2026 accounts were audited by TC Group.

What does the highest-paid employee of THE HOSPITAL OF ST JOHN THE EVANGELIST AND OF ST ANNE IN OKEHAM earn?

Per its FY2026 accounts, the highest-paid employee was in the £70,001 - £80,000 band, and 1 employees earned over £60,000.

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
JOHN SWIRE 1989 CHARITABLE TRUST	1	£67k
THE FRANCIS WINHAM FOUNDATION	1	£31k
THE MERCERS CHARITABLE FOUNDATION	1	£15k
COVENTRY CHURCH (MUNICIPAL) CHARITIES	1	£14k
THE WILLIAM DELAFIELD CHARITABLE TRUST	1	£10k
THE HOBSON CHARITY LIMITED	1	£10k
THE BRITFORD BRIDGE TRUST	1	£5k
THE LESLIE MARY CARTER CHARITABLE TRUST	1	£5k

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with ST NICHOLAS HOSPITAL.

ST NICHOLAS HOSPITAL income £313k
ST MARY MAGDALEN AND ST JOHN THE BAPTIST HOSPITALS CHARITY income £109k
ST JOHN'S LICHFIELD income £538k
HOSPITAL OF ST JOHN THE BAPTIST CIO income £218k
THE ALMSHOUSE OF ST JOHN THE BAPTIST AND ST JOHN THE EVANGELIST income £160k
THE ALMSHOUSES OF JOHN ISBURY AND JACOB HARDRETT income £103k

Side by side with its peers

Charity	Income	Top pay band	Staff >£60k	Reserves vs policy	Fundraising cost	Going concern
THE HOSPITAL OF ST JOHN THE EVANGELIST AND OF ST ANNE IN OKEHAM	£1.2m	£70,001 - £80,000	1	above	—	no doubt
ST NICHOLAS HOSPITAL FY2024	£313k	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt
ST MARY MAGDALEN AND ST JOHN THE BAPTIST HOSPITALS CHARITY FY2025	£109k	—	0	above	—	no doubt
ST JOHN'S LICHFIELD FY2025	£538k	—	0	above	—	no doubt
HOSPITAL OF ST JOHN THE BAPTIST CIO FY2024	£218k	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt
THE ALMSHOUSE OF ST JOHN THE BAPTIST AND ST JOHN THE EVANGELIST FY2024	£160k	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt

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