ST HELENA HOSPICE LIMITED

Registered charity 280919 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as JOAN TOMKINS DAY CENTRE, MYLAND HALL EDUCATION CENTRE, TENDRING DAY CENTRE

Serving North Essex. Providing specialist palliative end of life care & bereavement services to patients, families and friends, advice & education to colleagues working in palliative care. Co-ordination of end of life services 24/7 including hosting an electronic end of life register. Education short courses & conferences.

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

Latest income
£23.5m
Latest spending
£22.8m
Registered
1980
Accounts read
FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity ended the year with a surplus of £623k and free reserves of £3,942k, which comfortably exceed the agreed collar threshold of £3,300k. Per the trustees' report, the organisation remains a going concern with no material uncertainties, despite facing ongoing cost pressures and planned service reductions in the coming year.

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

What the accounts disclose

Accounts audited by Larking Gowen LLP. Discloses 3 of 6 completeness components.

Regulator actions

Fundraising Regulator: British Limbless Ex Service Mens Association Blesma April 2026

Corporate structure

Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — St Helena Hospice (matched by registered charity number).

Funders the charity credits

Named as funders/supporters on the charity’s own website (the charity’s claim, distinct from accounts-verified grants).

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.

Property (HM Land Registry)

31 registered titles in England and Wales held by the charity’s company or corporate body (2 freehold). All charity-held property. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright, OGL v3.0.

CQC provider record: St. Helena Hospice Limited — Registered, 2 registered locations, 1 regulated activity, last inspected 24/11/2016.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
£23.5m
Total spending
£22.8m
Cost of raising funds
£11.4m
Reserves (reported)
£11.6m
Employees
332

Reported reserves equal ~6.1 months of spending — above the median for charities its size (median 4.6 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, cost of raising funds: 48.3% 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).

Register events

Trustees · trustee networks

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

Operates in: Essex

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/03/2025£23.5m£22.8m
31/03/2024£18.9m£20.0m
31/03/2023£19.2m£20.1m
31/03/2022£19.0m£17.8m
31/03/2021£17.0m£16.1m

Common questions

Is ST HELENA HOSPICE LIMITED financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity ended the year with a surplus of £623k and free reserves of £3,942k, which comfortably exceed the agreed collar threshold of £3,300k. Per the trustees' report, the organisation remains a going concern with no material uncertainties, despite facing ongoing cost pressures and planned service reductions in the coming year. Its FY2025 accounts were audited by Larking Gowen LLP.

Who funds ST HELENA HOSPICE LIMITED?

Funders whose own accounts filings name ST HELENA HOSPICE LIMITED as a grant recipient include COLCHESTER CATALYST CHARITY, THE HAREBELL CENTENARY FUND, THE FRANCIS WINHAM FOUNDATION, THE INLIGHT TRUST, THE LESLIE MARY CARTER CHARITABLE TRUST.

Known funders

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

Government & lottery funding

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

FunderDateAmountPurpose
Postcode Lottery31/05/2024£150kA new model of care for people in the last phase of life
The National Lottery Heritage Fund24/05/2019£73k"St Helena Heritage Stories"
The National Lottery Community Fund15/07/2015£9kA4A - Remaining independent Team

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.

Charities like this

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

Side by side with its peers

CharityIncomeTop pay bandStaff >£60kReserves vs policyFundraising costGoing concern
ST HELENA HOSPICE LIMITED£23.5m——unclear—no doubt
ISABEL HOSPICE LIMITED FY2025£10.4m——above—no doubt
PILGRIMS HOSPICES IN EAST KENT FY2025£18.9m£160,001 - £170,000—above25.9%no doubt
WESTON HOSPICECARE LIMITED FY2025£6.2m——unclear—no doubt
ST GILES HOSPICE FY2025£12.8m£90,001 - £100,000—above—no doubt
HOSPICE OF THE GOOD SHEPHERD LTD FY2025£6.1m—0above32.0%no doubt

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