ST WILFRID'S HOSPICE (EASTBOURNE)
Registered charity 283686 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as ST WILFORD'S HOSPICE (EASTBOURNE) LIMITED, ST WILFRID'S HOSPICE (EASTBOURNE) LTD, ST WILFRID'S HOSPICE (EASTBOURNE)TRADING COMPANY LIMITED
St Wilfrid's Hospice is a local charity providing skilled and compassionate care and treatment for all patients with complex needs as they near end of life.
Causes: Education/training · The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives · website · Get email alerts
Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts
The accounts state that the charity reported a consolidated net deficit of £2,850k for the year ended 31 March 2025, primarily driven by a significant under-performance in legacy income. Despite the deficit, the trustees confirm the charity remains a going concern with strong cash flow and free reserves equivalent to six months of total expenditure. The charity's reserves policy targets four months of total expenditure, and the actual free reserves at year-end were £15,096k, which is above this target.
Automated summary of the FY2025 accounts; the evidenced findings below carry the verbatim passages.
What the accounts disclose
Reserves policy: four months of total expenditure (held: £15.1m)
“The Trustees have agreed to target an overall free reserves figure of 4 months of total expenditure”
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Accounts audited by HaysMac LLP. Discloses 5 of 6 completeness components.
Corporate structure
Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — St Wilfrid's Hospice (Eastbourne) Ltd (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.
- SUCKLING, Julia Lesley — director, appointed 28/07/2026on trustee list
- BEECHING, Lisa Louise — director, appointed 28/07/2026on trustee list
- LLOYD, Andrew William — director, appointed 28/07/2026on trustee list
- COLLINS, Fiona Lisbeth — director, appointed 28/07/2026on trustee list
- OWEN THOMAS, Louise — director, appointed 07/10/2025not on trustee list
- BUTT, Lucy Rebecca — director, appointed 07/10/2025on trustee list
- SMITH, Edward Robert Henry — director, appointed 24/09/2024on trustee list
- HOBSON, Beryl — director, appointed 13/09/2022on trustee list
- O'LEARY, Michael Shaun — director, appointed 28/09/2021on trustee list
- BARNES, Mark Hodson, Dr — director, appointed 01/10/2019on trustee list
- ADAMS, Duncan John — director, appointed 25/07/2017on trustee list
- BUTLER, Jane Margaret — director, appointed 25/07/2017on trustee list
Official officers record.
Property (HM Land Registry)
8 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 Wilfrid's Hospice (Eastbourne) — Registered, 2 registered locations, 1 regulated activity, last inspected 07/08/2014.charity number confirmed by CQC CQC record
Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/03/2025)
Cost of raising funds
£1.7m
Reported reserves equal ~5.8 months of spending — above the median for charities its size (median 4.8 months; benchmarks).
Per its annual return, cost of raising funds: 20.0% of total income — in the top quarter for charities its size (median 5.2%) (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 Wilfrid's Hospice: Outstanding (26/02/2015) · CQC record
Register events
- 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 (13/02/2024) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.
- Michael Shaun O'Learychair
- Andrew William Lloyd Mr
- Beryl Hobson
- DUNCAN ADAMS
- Dr Mark Hodson Barnes
- Edward Robert Henry Smith
- Fiona Lisbeth Collins Mrs
- JANE BUTLER
- Julia Suckling Ms
- LUCY BUTT
- Lisa Louise Beeching Ms
- Louise Owen Thomas
Trustee list from the Charity Commission register (current, not historical).
Operates in: East Sussex
Income and spending
Common questions
Is ST WILFRID'S HOSPICE (EASTBOURNE) financially healthy?
Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity reported a consolidated net deficit of £2,850k for the year ended 31 March 2025, primarily driven by a significant under-performance in legacy income. Despite the deficit, the trustees confirm the charity remains a going concern with strong cash flow and free reserves equivalent to six months of total expenditure. The charity's reserves policy targets four months of total expenditure, and the actual free reserves at year-end were £15,096k, which is above this target. Its FY2025 accounts were audited by HaysMac LLP.
Who funds ST WILFRID'S HOSPICE (EASTBOURNE)?
Funders whose own accounts filings name ST WILFRID'S HOSPICE (EASTBOURNE) as a grant recipient include THE BURDETT TRUST FOR NURSING, THE BREWERS FOUNDATION, FRIENDS OF SUSSEX HOSPICES, THE HOBSON CHARITY LIMITED, THE FORTE CHARITABLE FOUNDATION.
Known funders
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Government & lottery funding
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