WILLEN HOSPICE

Registered charity 270194 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as HOSPICE OF OUR LADY AND ST JOHN

To provide Specialist Palliative Care to people with cancer and other life limiting illnesses(symptom relief and support) who are over the age of 18 years living in Milton Keynes and surrounding communities. Depending upon the patients needs and their choice, care can be provided as an In patient, in the patients home or Day Hospice.

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Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity's unrestricted funds stood at £12,500,000 at the year end, representing a net increase from the previous year. The trustees confirm that the charity is operating on a going concern basis with adequate resources to meet its obligations as they fall due.

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

What the accounts disclose

Accounts audited by BDO. Discloses 3 of 6 completeness components.

Corporate structure

• Registered company of the charity Companies House 01231909

Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — Willen 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.

• MCNEILL-RICHARDSON, David — director, appointed 11/06/2026on trustee list
• SIMPSON, Helen — director, appointed 11/09/2025on trustee list
• WEATHERUP, Penolope — director, appointed 28/02/2025not on trustee list
• MOHAMED, Shahida — director, appointed 21/11/2024on trustee list
• MEDILL, Rachel Mary — director, appointed 10/06/2024not on trustee list
• MARSH, Anthony James — director, appointed 15/02/2024on trustee list
• COOPER, Paul Andrew — director, appointed 04/08/2022on trustee list
• BALL, Philip Ronald Arthur — director, appointed 01/04/2021on trustee list
• ESAM, Marihelen — director, appointed 06/02/2020on trustee list
• WOOD, Jan-Denise — director, appointed 02/11/2017on trustee list
• ALSOP, Richard — secretary, appointed 25/07/2024

Official officers record.

Property (HM Land Registry)

6 registered titles 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.

CQC provider record: Willen Hospice — Registered, 1 registered location, 1 regulated activity, last inspected 24/03/2015.charity number confirmed by CQC CQC record

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

Reported reserves equal ~18.4 months of spending — in the top quarter for charities its size (median 4.6 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, cost of raising funds: 35.0% of total income — above the 90th percentile for charities its size (median 3.8%) (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).

• The Hospice of Our Lady and St John: Good (03/06/2015) · CQC record

Register events

• Received assets from another charity (23/12/2020) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.

Trustees · trustee networks

• Rachel Medill MBEchair
• Anthony James Marsh
• David McNeill-Richardson
• Helen Simpson
• Marihelen Esam
• Paul Andrew Cooper
• Penelope Weatherup
• Philip Ronald Arthur Ball
• Shahida Mohamed

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

Operates in: Bedford · Buckinghamshire · Central Bedfordshire · Milton Keynes · Northamptonshire

Income and spending

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Known funders

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Government & lottery funding

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Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with HOSPICE AT HOME CARLISLE AND NORTH LAKELAND.

• HOSPICE AT HOME CARLISLE AND NORTH LAKELAND income £2.0m
• WOODLANDS HOSPICE CHARITABLE TRUST income £1.5m
• WAKEFIELD HOSPICE income £7.2m
• PILGRIMS HOSPICES IN EAST KENT income £18.9m
• Moya Cole Hospice income £15.5m
• PHYLLIS TUCKWELL MEMORIAL HOSPICE LTD income £19.2m

Side by side with its peers

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