HOSPICE IN THE WEALD

Registered charity 280276 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as THE CARE FOUNDATION LIMITED

Hospice services provided to patients, carers and their families in West Kent and East Sussex

Objects

TO PROMOTE THE RELIEF OF SICKNESS IN SUCH CHARITABLE WAYS AS THE HOSPICE SHALL FROM TIME TO TIME THINK FIT, AND IN PARTICULAR:- (A) TO PROMOTE THE CARE WITHOUT LIMITATIONS OF SEX, RACE OR AGE, OF PERSONS SUFFERING FROM TERMINAL ILLNESS OR INTRACTABLE PAIN WHETHER IN HOSPITAL, NURSING HOMES, CLINICS OR THEIR OWN HOMES AND TO PROVIDE MEDICAL NURSING AND OTHER TREATMENT AND ATTENTION (B) TO CONDUCT, PROMOTE AND ENCOURAGE RESEARCH INTO THE CARE AND TREATMENT OF SUFFERERS FROM TERMINAL ILLNESS OR INTRACTABLE PAIN TO MAKE PUBLICLY AVAILABLE THE RESULTS OF SUCH RESEARCH. (FOR FURTHER DETAILS SEE CLAUSE 1 OF THE MEMORANDUM OF ASSOCIATION).

Area of benefit: KENT, EAST SUSSEX, WEST SUSSEX

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

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

Registered contact address: Tunbridge Wells, South East, England (from the postcode on the register)

Latest income

£15.9m

Latest spending

£15.4m

Registered

1980

Accounts read

FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported a surplus of £691k for the year ended 31 March 2025, with total income increasing to £15.9m. Free reserves stood at £11.8m, which is above the Board's target range of £8.5m-£10.5m, and the trustees confirmed there are no material uncertainties regarding the group's ability to continue as a going concern.

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

What the accounts disclose

Largest income source: Gifts in Wills (46% of income)

“Our fundraising community donated £7,261k in 2024/25, including £3,465k from Gifts in Wills, which made up 46% of our total income” — page 15

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Reserves policy: £8.5m-£10.5m (held: £11.8m)

“The Board have defined free reserves as cash and market investments less restricted and designated funds. As at 31 March 2025, the value of free reserves stood at £11,753k, which is above the target range of £8.5m-£10.5m set by the Board.” — page 17

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Related-party transaction: Administration charge of £482k from Charity to Trading Company.

“£516,424 (2024: £525,820) is the procurement charge in regard to sales made under the gift aid scheme referred to in note 5 and an administration charge of £482,000 (2024: £458,183) from the Charity to the Trading Company.”

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Trading subsidiary: Hospice in the Weald (Trading) Limited

“The subsidiary (trading) company has a Board of Directors and operates at arm’s length from the charity.” — page 8

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts audited by Saffery LLP. Discloses 4 of 6 completeness components.

In its annual return the charity told the Commission it is also regulated by: Care Quality Commission. This is the charity’s own declaration; it is not a rating and has not been verified by the Commission or by this site.

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
Conflicting interests
Financial reserves policy and procedures
Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
Internal risk management policy and procedures
Investing charity funds policy and procedures
Investment
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
Volunteer management

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 31/03/2025

Volunteers: 800
Government income: £2,118,587 — grants £2,118,587 (3); 13% of the £15,881,280 total gross income on the same return
Employees paid over £60,000: 16 (£60,001–£70,000: 5; £70,001–£80,000: 8; £80,001–£90,000: 1; £90,001–£100,000: 1; £120,001–£130,000: 1)
Has a trading subsidiary

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/03/2024

Volunteers: 1,000
Government income: £1,676,791 — grants £1,676,791 (2); 12% of the £13,862,761 total gross income on the same return
Employees paid over £60,000: 7 (£60,001–£70,000: 4; £70,001–£80,000: 2; £110,001–£120,000: 1)
Has a trading subsidiary

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/03/2023

Volunteers: 1,009
Government income: £1,524,948 — grants £1,524,948 (3); 12% of the £12,998,322 total gross income on the same return
Employees paid over £60,000: 5 (£60,001–£70,000: 2; £70,001–£80,000: 1; £80,001–£90,000: 1; £110,001–£120,000: 1)
Has a trading subsidiary

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

In the news

Recent coverage mentioning this charity by name (automated match; headlines belong to their publishers).

Hospice in the Weald and Chevening Gardens Summer Fete kentonline.co.uk · 31/08/2026
Hospice in the Weald: Open Garden Season kentonline.co.uk · 19/04/2026
Sevenoaks students "bring joy" to Hospice in the Weald art sessions bbc.com · 28/03/2026
Dedicate a daisy for Hospice in the Weald’s Meadow of Memories kentonline.co.uk · 16/03/2026
Hospice in the Weald in Pembury unveils major refurbishment bbc.com · 16/10/2025
In pictures: First look at transformation planned for Hospice in the Weald in Tunbridge Wells kentlive.news · 15/10/2025
‘I’m Still Me’: Hospice in the Weald launches campaign celebrating identity through hospice care ehospice.com · 26/08/2025
Hospice in the Weald Moonlight Walk 2025 kentonline.co.uk · 14/06/2025

Corporate structure

Registered company of the charity Companies House 01499846
Trading subsidiary: HOSPICE IN THE WEALD (TRADING) LIMITED Companies House 01886504

HOSPICE IN THE WEALD (TRADING) LIMITED — per its own Companies House accounts

Turnover: £636k
Profit before tax: £107k
Donated/gift-aided to the charity: £154k
Debtors include amounts owed by group undertakings of £116,778 (2024: £154,380).

“An amount of £153,967 was distributed to the parent charity by way of corporate gift aid (2024: £145,026).”

Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — Hospice in the Weald (matched by registered charity number).

Leadership, per the charity’s website

Jill Thompson — Chair of Trustees (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.

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.

THOMPSON, Jill Margaret — director, appointed 21/07/2026on trustee list
NEWMAN, Iain Bernard — director, appointed 11/02/2025on trustee list
CHURCHWARD-CARDIFF, Jacqueline Nicola — director, appointed 11/02/2025on trustee list
NELSON, Sara Jane — director, appointed 11/02/2025on trustee list
PULLEN, Helen Margaret — director, appointed 14/05/2024on trustee list
PALMER, Tim, Dr — director, appointed 05/12/2023on trustee list
LONG, Andrew Martin, Dr — director, appointed 18/07/2023on trustee list
STEVENSON, Paul, Mr. — director, appointed 18/07/2023on trustee list
KING, Linda — director, appointed 01/11/2022on trustee list
WITHERS, Gary Nigel — director, appointed 01/09/2020on trustee list
GRIEVE, Susan Jane, Dr — director, appointed 19/06/2020on trustee list
WINN, Sarah — secretary, appointed 25/04/2023

Official officers record.

Property (HM Land Registry)

24 registered titles in England and Wales held by the charity’s company or corporate body (4 freehold); recorded price paid £1.9m. All charity-held property. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright, OGL v3.0.

CQC provider record: Hospice in the Weald — Registered, 2 registered locations, 1 regulated activity, last inspected 02/08/2021.charity number confirmed by CQC CQC record

Public profiles (found on the charity’s own website): facebook (14,742 followers) · instagram (3,944 followers)

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

Total income

£15.9m

Total spending

£15.4m

Cost of raising funds

£4.8m

Reserves (reported)

£11.8m

Employees

248

Reported reserves equal ~9.2 months of spending — above the median for charities its size (median 4.6 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, cost of raising funds: 30.0% of total income — in the top quarter for charities its size (median 3.7%) (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).

Hospice in the Weald: Not Rated · CQC record
The Cottage Hospice: Outstanding (27/09/2021) · CQC record

Register events

Received assets from another charity (21/11/2023) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.
Received assets from another charity (20/04/2023) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.

Trustees · trustee networks

Gary Witherschair
Dr Andrew LONG
Dr Susan Jane Grieve
Dr TIM PALMER
Helen Pullen
Iain Bernard Newman
Jacqueline Nicola Churchward-Cardiff
Jill Margaret Thompson
Linda King
Paul Stevenson
Sara Jane Nelson

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

Operates in: East Sussex · Kent

Income and spending

Financial year end	Income	Spending
31/03/2025	£15.9m	£15.4m
31/03/2024	£13.9m	£12.6m
31/03/2023	£13.0m	£11.5m
31/03/2022	£11.0m	£11.1m
31/03/2021	£10.9m	£10.4m

Common questions

Is HOSPICE IN THE WEALD financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity reported a surplus of £691k for the year ended 31 March 2025, with total income increasing to £15.9m. Free reserves stood at £11.8m, which is above the Board's target range of £8.5m-£10.5m, and the trustees confirmed there are no material uncertainties regarding the group's ability to continue as a going concern. Its FY2025 accounts were audited by Saffery LLP.

Who funds HOSPICE IN THE WEALD?

Funders whose own accounts filings name HOSPICE IN THE WEALD as a grant recipient include THE EDWARD GOSTLING FOUNDATION, THE FREDDIE GREEN AND FAMILY CHARITABLE FOUNDATION, THE CLARKSON FOUNDATION, THE THOMPSON6 CHARITABLE TRUST, THE HOSKING CHARITABLE TRUST.

Known funders

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

Funder	Year	Amount	Purpose (as stated by the funder)
THE EDWARD GOSTLING FOUNDATION	FY2025	£180k	Grant
THE FREDDIE GREEN AND FAMILY CHARITABLE FOUNDATION	FY2025	£70k
THE CLARKSON FOUNDATION	FY2023	£68k
THE EDWARD GOSTLING FOUNDATION	FY2024	£40k
THE FREDDIE GREEN AND FAMILY CHARITABLE FOUNDATION	FY2024	£30k
THE THOMPSON6 CHARITABLE TRUST	FY2025	£24k
THE FREDDIE GREEN AND FAMILY CHARITABLE FOUNDATION	FY2023	£20k
THE HOSKING CHARITABLE TRUST	FY2023	£20k
The Johnson Family Charitable Trust	FY2025	£18k	Medical
The Johnson Family Charitable Trust	FY2024	£15k	Medical
THE THOMAS J HORNE MEMORIAL TRUST	FY2025	£11k
THE THOMAS J HORNE MEMORIAL TRUST	FY2024	£11k
THE THOMAS J HORNE MEMORIAL TRUST	FY2023	£11k
THE THOMAS J HORNE MEMORIAL TRUST	FY2022	£10k
THE FREDDIE GREEN AND FAMILY CHARITABLE FOUNDATION	FY2022	£10k
THE THOMPSON6 CHARITABLE TRUST	FY2022	£10k
THE HOSKING CHARITABLE TRUST	FY2025	£10k
The Johnson Family Charitable Trust	FY2022	£10k	Medical
THE HOSKING CHARITABLE TRUST	FY2022	£10k
MOORE KINGSTON SMITH COMMUNITY FOUNDATION	FY2024	£7k	Unrestricted
THE LAWSON TRUST CIO	FY2023	£5k
THE BRIAN MITCHELL CHARITABLE SETTLEMENT	FY2022	Unverified read£5k
THE LAWSON TRUST CIO	FY2024	£5k	Other grants
THE LAWSON TRUST CIO	FY2025	£5k
THE BRIAN MITCHELL CHARITABLE SETTLEMENT	FY2024	£5k
The Peter Willmott Foundation	FY2025	£5k	Providing care, advice, and support for everyone in the community living with terminal or life limiting illness, together with their loved ones
THE LAWSON TRUST CIO	FY2022	£5k
FRIENDS OF SUSSEX HOSPICES	FY2023	£4k
FRIENDS OF SUSSEX HOSPICES	FY2025	£3k
SKIPTON BUILDING SOCIETY CHARITABLE FOUNDATION	FY2025	£3k
THE S M B TRUST	FY2022	£3k
THE S M B TRUST	FY2025	£3k
THE S M B TRUST	FY2024	£3k
THE S M B TRUST	FY2023	£3k
THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF ST MARK, TUNBRIDGE WELLS	FY2022	£3k	Christmas Charities
FRIENDS OF SUSSEX HOSPICES	FY2022	£3k
FRAZER TRUST	FY2024	£3k	Hospitals and home (and connected activities)
MOORE KINGSTON SMITH COMMUNITY FOUNDATION	FY2023	£2k	Honouring Robin Long
FRAZER TRUST	FY2022	£2k
FRAZER TRUST	FY2023	£2k	Children
CANTIACORUM FOUNDATION	FY2024	£2k
THE EDGAR E LAWLEY FOUNDATION	FY2024	£2k
FRAZER TRUST	FY2025	£2k	Hospitals and home (and connected activities)
THE EDGAR E LAWLEY FOUNDATION	FY2025	£2k
HOSPICE AID UK	FY2021	£2k
FRIENDS OF SUSSEX HOSPICES	FY2024	£1k
THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF ST PHILIP, TUNBRIDGE WELLS	FY2021	£1k	Home mission and other charitable giving
THE IAN ASKEW CHARITABLE TRUST	FY2025	£1k	Estate Fund
THE IAN ASKEW CHARITABLE TRUST	FY2024	£1k
GOWLING WLG (UK) CHARITABLE TRUST	FY2025	£1k

Grants marked “Unverified read” were flagged by automated checks as possibly misread from the funder’s filed accounts. They are listed, but left out of the totals, counts and funder relationships this site computes.

Government & lottery funding

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

Funder	Date	Amount	Purpose
ARCADIA	25/12/2024	£25k	Towards core costs
ARCADIA	25/12/2023	£25k	Towards core costs
ARCADIA	01/12/2022	£25k	Towards core costs
ARCADIA	15/12/2021	£25k	Towards core costs

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 ORR MACKINTOSH FOUNDATION LIMITED	2	£75k
THE PIERREPONT TRUST	2	£55k
THE FRANCIS WINHAM FOUNDATION	2	£30k
THE GREEN HALL FOUNDATION	2	£16k
ARDONAGH COMMUNITY TRUST	2	£10k
THE HILARY AWDRY CHARITABLE TRUST	2	£3k
HOLLYHOCK CHARITABLE FOUNDATION	1	£302k
THE CHRIS BANTON FOUNDATION	1	£250k

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with DERWENTSIDE HOSPICE CARE FOUNDATION.

DERWENTSIDE HOSPICE CARE FOUNDATION income £2.0m
HOSPICE AID UK income £115k
ST KENTIGERN HOSPICE income £3.9m
THE HEART OF KENT HOSPICE income £11.4m
ST LUKE'S HOSPICE (HARROW AND BRENT) LTD income £13.0m
WAKEFIELD HOSPICE income £7.2m

Side by side with its peers

Charity	Income	Top pay band	Staff >£60k	Reserves vs policy	Fundraising cost	Going concern
HOSPICE IN THE WEALD	£15.9m	—	—	above	—	no doubt
DERWENTSIDE HOSPICE CARE FOUNDATION FY2025	£2.0m	—	0	above	—	no doubt
HOSPICE AID UK FY2025	£115k	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt
ST KENTIGERN HOSPICE FY2025	£3.9m	£70,001 - £80,000	1	above	—	no doubt
THE HEART OF KENT HOSPICE FY2025	£11.4m	£100,001 - £110,000	—	unclear	—	no doubt
ST LUKE'S HOSPICE (HARROW AND BRENT) LTD FY2025	£13.0m	£100,001 - £110,000	9	above	—	no doubt

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