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ST LUKE'S HOSPICE PLYMOUTH

Registered charity 280681 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

The principal object of the charity is to promote the relief of sickness amongst people suffering from terminal illness.

Objects

THE RELIEF OF SICKNESS AMONGST PEOPLE SUFFERING FROM TERMINAL DISEASE IN SUCH WAYS AS THE CHARITY SHALL FROM TIME TO TIME THINK FIT, AND IN PARTICULAR IN THE CITY OF PLYMOUTH AND THE SURROUNDING DISTRICTS (BUT WITHOUT PREJUDICE TO THE GENERALITY WHETHER GEOGRAPHICAL OR OTHERWISE OF SUCH OBJECT)

Area of benefit: PLYMOUTH AND SURROUNDING DISTRICTS

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 · website · Get email alerts

Registered contact address: Plymouth, South West, England (from the postcode on the register)

Latest income
£13.0m
Latest spending
£13.8m
Registered
1980
Accounts read
FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported a deficit of £648,886 for the year ended 31 March 2025, resulting in a reduction of total reserves to £12,976,971. The trustees acknowledge an underlying budget deficit of approximately £1m per annum due to rising staff costs and have implemented a Deficit Recovery Plan to return to break-even by 2027/28. Despite the deficit, the charity holds free and uncommitted reserves equivalent to nine months of expenditure, which is in line with its stated minimum risk requirement of £3m.

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

What the accounts disclose

Reserves policy: £3m minimum risk requirement (held: £12.9m)
“It is now at a level of £3m minimum risk requirement as we address the perceived risks within the hospice's finances.” — page 11
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Trading subsidiary: SLH Ventures Limited
“Three trustees are also directors of the wholly owned trading subsidiary: i. SLH Ventures Ltd” — page 5
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts audited by Bishop Fleming 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.

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: 576
  • Government income: £3,217,695 — contracts £296,482 (2), grants £2,921,213 (8); 25% of the £13,005,753 total gross income on the same return
  • Employees paid over £60,000: 14 (£60,001–£70,000: 9; £70,001–£80,000: 2; £80,001–£90,000: 1; £90,001–£100,000: 2)
  • Has a trading subsidiary

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

  • Volunteers: 596
  • Government income: £3,212,057 — contracts £467,675 (1), grants £2,744,382 (8); 25% of the £13,005,807 total gross income on the same return
  • Employees paid over £60,000: 12 (£60,001–£70,000: 8; £80,001–£90,000: 4)
  • Has a trading subsidiary

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

  • Volunteers: 595
  • Government income: £3,092,241 — contracts £463,045 (1), grants £2,629,196 (11); 26% of the £11,888,866 total gross income on the same return
  • Employees paid over £60,000: 4 (£60,001–£70,000: 2; £70,001–£80,000: 1; £130,001–£140,000: 1)
  • Has a trading subsidiary

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

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Corporate structure

SLH VENTURES LIMITED — per its own Companies House accounts

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

    Official officers record.

    Public-sector contracts awarded

    From the official Contracts Finder and Find a Tender notices (supplier matched by exact registered name). Contract income is distinct from grants.

    BuyerContractAwardedValue
    NHS DEVON INTEGRATED CARE BOARD4 End of Life D2A beds in Plymouth——

    Property (HM Land Registry)

    23 registered titles in England and Wales held by the charity’s company or corporate body (9 freehold); recorded price paid £638k. All charity-held property. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright, OGL v3.0.

    CQC provider record: St. Luke's Hospice Plymouth — Registered, 3 registered locations, 1 regulated activity, last inspected 09/06/2016.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
    £13.0m
    Total spending
    £13.8m
    Cost of raising funds
    £6.0m
    Reserves (reported)
    £3.7m
    Employees
    332

    Reported reserves equal ~3.2 months of spending — below the median for charities its size (median 4.6 months; benchmarks).

    Per its annual return, cost of raising funds: 45.8% of total income — above the 90th percentile for charities its size (median 3.7%) (benchmarks).

    Care Quality Commission ratings

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    Register events

    Trustees · trustee networks

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

    Operates in: Cornwall · Devon · Plymouth City

    Income and spending

    Financial year endIncomeSpending
    31/03/2025£13.0m£13.8m
    31/03/2024£13.0m£13.6m
    31/03/2023£11.9m£11.7m
    31/03/2022£12.0m£10.3m
    31/03/2021£11.9m£9.7m

    Common questions

    Is ST LUKE'S HOSPICE PLYMOUTH financially healthy?

    Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity reported a deficit of £648,886 for the year ended 31 March 2025, resulting in a reduction of total reserves to £12,976,971. The trustees acknowledge an underlying budget deficit of approximately £1m per annum due to rising staff costs and have implemented a Deficit Recovery Plan to return to break-even by 2027/28. Despite the deficit, the charity holds free and uncommitted reserves equivalent to nine months of expenditure, which is in line with its stated minimum risk requirement of £3m. Its FY2025 accounts were audited by Bishop Fleming LLP.

    Who funds ST LUKE'S HOSPICE PLYMOUTH?

    Funders whose own accounts filings name ST LUKE'S HOSPICE PLYMOUTH as a grant recipient include CLARK FOUNDATION, SKIPTON BUILDING SOCIETY CHARITABLE FOUNDATION, THE DAVID GIBBONS FOUNDATION, SSP FOUNDATION, Moto Foundation.

    Known funders

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

    FunderYearAmountPurpose (as stated by the funder)
    CLARK FOUNDATIONFY2024£6k
    SKIPTON BUILDING SOCIETY CHARITABLE FOUNDATIONFY2024£3k
    THE DAVID GIBBONS FOUNDATIONFY2022£3k
    CLARK FOUNDATIONFY2023£3kMedicine
    THE DAVID GIBBONS FOUNDATIONFY2023£2k
    SSP FOUNDATIONFY2025£1k
    SSP FOUNDATIONFY2024£1k
    Moto FoundationFY2021£150Community Grant

    Government & lottery funding

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

    FunderDateAmountPurpose
    The National Lottery Community Fund19/02/2010£10kSt Luke's Day hospice Accessibility Minibus

    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.

    FunderSimilar charities fundedAmount to them
    THE THOMAS J HORNE MEMORIAL TRUST2£50k
    The Squire Patton Boggs Charitable Trust2£750
    JOHN MARTIN'S CHARITY1£122k
    ST ALDATES PAROCHIAL CHARITY1£112k
    THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF HOLY TRINITY WITH SAINT PAUL ONSLOW SQUARE AND SAINT AUGUSTINE SOUTH KENSINGTON1£105k
    THE EDWARD CADBURY CHARITABLE TRUST1£75k
    THE ROGER & DOUGLAS TURNER CHARITABLE TRUST1£72k
    THE SHEARS FOUNDATION1£60k

    Charities like this

    Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with ST LUKE'S HOSPICE.

    Side by side with its peers

    CharityIncomeTop pay bandStaff >£60kReserves vs policyFundraising costGoing concern
    ST LUKE'S HOSPICE PLYMOUTH£13.0m——above—no doubt
    ST LUKE'S HOSPICE FY2025£14.5m—11unclear24.6%no doubt
    ST RICHARDS HOSPICE FOUNDATION FY2025£10.6m——above—no doubt
    ST LUKE'S CHURCH FY2025£980k—0below—noted
    ST LUKE'S HOSPICE (BASILDON AND DISTRICT) LIMITED FY2025£16.1m—4unclear80.0%no doubt
    BEAUMOND HOUSE COMMUNITY HOSPICE FY2025£1.8m£60,000 - £69,9991below—no doubt

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