ST CATHERINE'S HOSPICE LIMITED

Registered charity 281362 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as ST CATHERINE'S HOSPICE, ST CATHERINE'S SPECIALIST PALLIATIVE CARE CENTRE

St Catherine's Hospice is a charity dedicated to providing specialised end of life care, support and information to local people, their families, friends and carers. We are committed to helping people achieve the best possible quality of life, whatever their lifespan. All our care is free but only made possible thanks to the generosity of supporters and volunteers.

Objects

THE OBJECTS OF THE CHARITY ARE:1. TO ADVANCE RESEARCH AND EDUCATION IN PALLIATIVE AND END OF LIFE CARE;2. TO RELIEVE SUFFERING, PROVIDE COMFORT AND IMPROVE QUALITY OF LIFE FOR PEOPLE WITH PROGRESSIVE LIFE-LIMITING ILLNESS;3. TO RELIEVE THE SUFFERING OF PEOPLE FACING OR EXPERIENCING BEREAVEMENT BY THE PROVISION OF COUNSELLING.

Area of benefit: NOT DEFINED

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: Mid Sussex, South East, England (from the postcode on the register)

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity ended the financial year with a net deficit of £0.9m, having forecast a larger deficit of £2.3m at the start of the year. Per the trustees' report, free general reserves stood at £6.3m, which is below the newly agreed reserves policy target range of £3.1m to £9.1m. The trustees note that the charity remains a going concern for at least 12-18 months despite facing significant financial challenges and reliance on NHS funding.

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

What the accounts disclose

Accounts audited by Kreston Reeves LLP. Discloses 4 of 6 completeness components.

Year-over-year changes

• Going concern: no going-concern doubt (FY2024) → going-concern doubt noted (FY2025).

Comparing this charity’s FY2024 and FY2025 accounts as analysed by this site.

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
• Campaigns and political activity policy and procedures
• Complaints handling
• Complaints policy and procedures
• 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
• Trustee expenses 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.

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

Annual return filing dates (Charity Commission record)

Of its last 5 annual returns with a recorded received date, 1 was received after the due date: year ending 31/03/2022 (received 13/04/2023, 72 days after the 31/01/2023 due date).

Due and received dates as recorded in the Commission’s annual-return data; the data does not say whether an extension was agreed. Source: this charity’s annual returns on the Charity Commission register.

Corporate structure

• Registered company of the charity Companies House 01525404 · Financial health read from its filings
• Trading subsidiary: ST CATHERINE'S HOSPICE TRADING (SUSSEX) LIMITED Companies House 02822933

Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — St Catherine’s Hospice (Crawley) (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.

• GEORGE, Tina Elizabeth, Dr — director, appointed 02/12/2025on trustee list
• MCALPINE, Stephanie Anne — director, appointed 02/12/2025on trustee list
• DE LA BEDOYERE, Sally Jean, Countess — director, appointed 10/06/2025not on trustee list
• MCKINNEY, Elaine Susan — director, appointed 10/06/2025on trustee list
• ELLIS, Jonathan Robert — director, appointed 26/06/2024on trustee list
• LAY, Thomas Mark — director, appointed 26/06/2024on trustee list
• NEEDLE, Gary James — director, appointed 26/06/2024on trustee list
• HOBSON, Renee — director, appointed 25/06/2024on trustee list
• ELLIOTT, Julia — director, appointed 25/06/2024on trustee list
• INGLEBY, Philip Alexander — director, appointed 30/11/2020on trustee list
• ANDREWS, Gregory — director, appointed 19/11/2019on trustee list

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.

Property (HM Land Registry)

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

CQC provider record: St. Catherine's Hospice Limited — Registered, 2 registered locations, 1 regulated activity, last inspected 18/02/2016.charity number confirmed by CQC CQC record

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

Reported reserves equal ~5.4 months of spending — above the median for charities its size (median 4.6 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, cost of raising funds: 36.4% of total income — above the 90th percentile 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).

• St Catherine's Hospice: Outstanding (01/07/2016) · CQC record

Register events

• Received assets from another charity (17/10/2026) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.
• Received assets from another charity (15/10/2026) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.
• Received assets from another charity (12/08/2026) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.
• Received assets from another charity (13/12/2024) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.
• Received assets from another charity (29/08/2023) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.

Trustees · trustee networks

• Countess Sally Jean De La Bedoyere
• Dr Tina Elizabeth George
• Elaine Susan McKinney
• Gary James Needle · trustee of 1 other charity
• Gregory Andrews
• Jonathan Robert Ellis
• Julia Elliott
• Philip Alexander Ingleby
• Renee Hobson
• Stephanie Anne McAlpine
• Thomas Mark Lay

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

Operates in: East Sussex · Surrey · West Sussex

Income and spending

Common questions

Known funders

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

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).

Funders of similar charities

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Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with ST CATHERINES HOSPICE (LANCASHIRE) LIMITED.

• ST CATHERINES HOSPICE (LANCASHIRE) LIMITED income £10.4m
• KATHARINE HOUSE HOSPICE TRUST income £3.3m
• ST CHRISTOPHERS HOSPICE income £29.4m
• ST PETER'S HOSPICE income £20.0m
• ST WILFRID'S HOSPICE (EASTBOURNE) income £8.5m
• ST CLARE WEST ESSEX HOSPICE CARE TRUST income £9.3m

Side by side with its peers

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