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FARLEIGH HOSPICE

Registered charity 284670 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as CHELMSFORD HOSPICE SERVICE

Adult Hospice

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Latest income
£30.2m
Latest spending
£31.2m
Registered
1982
Accounts read
FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the group reported a net deficit of £0.9m for the year ended 31st March 2025, an increase from the previous year's £0.5m loss. Per the trustees' report, free unrestricted reserves stood at £5.4m, which is above the stated policy target of £3.4m, providing a buffer against future deficit budgets.

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

What the accounts disclose

Highest-paid employee band: £110,000 - £119,999 — below the median for charities its size (£130k)
“£110,000 - £119,999 1”
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts audited by Crowe UK LLP. Discloses 4 of 6 completeness components.

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Corporate structure

Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — Farleigh Hospice (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.

Property (HM Land Registry)

19 registered titles in England and Wales held by the charity’s company or corporate body (2 freehold); recorded price paid £263k. All charity-held property. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright, OGL v3.0.

CQC provider record: Farleigh Hospice — Registered, 2 registered locations, 1 regulated activity, last inspected 10/01/2017.charity number confirmed by CQC CQC record

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

Total income
£30.2m
Total spending
£31.2m
Cost of raising funds
£8.6m
Reserves (reported)
£9.3m
Employees
352

Reported reserves equal ~3.6 months of spending — below the median for charities its size (median 4.6 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Other trading activities (62% of income) — components as reported reconcile to the return’s total income; not from the accounts narrative.

Per its annual return, cost of raising funds: 28.4% of total income — in the top quarter for charities its size (median 3.8%) (benchmarks).

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Trustees · trustee networks

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Operates in: Essex

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/03/2025£30.2m£31.2m
31/03/2024£26.7m£27.3m
31/03/2023£22.6m£23.2m
31/03/2022£20.7m£19.6m
31/03/2021£20.3m£16.9m

Common questions

Is FARLEIGH HOSPICE financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the group reported a net deficit of £0.9m for the year ended 31st March 2025, an increase from the previous year's £0.5m loss. Per the trustees' report, free unrestricted reserves stood at £5.4m, which is above the stated policy target of £3.4m, providing a buffer against future deficit budgets. Its FY2025 accounts were audited by Crowe UK LLP.

What does the highest-paid employee of FARLEIGH HOSPICE earn?

Per its FY2025 accounts, the highest-paid employee was in the £110,000 - £119,999 band.

Who funds FARLEIGH HOSPICE?

Funders whose own accounts filings name FARLEIGH HOSPICE as a grant recipient include THE CHARIS TRUST, FOWLER SMITH AND JONES TRUST, THE HOBSON CHARITY LIMITED, THE THOMAS J HORNE MEMORIAL TRUST, THE WILLIAM ALLEN YOUNG CHARITABLE TRUST.

Known funders

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

FunderYearAmountPurpose (as stated by the funder)
THE CHARIS TRUSTFY2022£46kto assist with funding for hospice
FOWLER SMITH AND JONES TRUSTFY2025£25kTowards essential and urgent work to the charity’s hospice
THE HOBSON CHARITY LIMITEDFY2025£10kHospice
THE CHARIS TRUSTFY2023£10kto assist with funding for hospice
THE HOBSON CHARITY LIMITEDFY2022£9kHospice
THE THOMAS J HORNE MEMORIAL TRUSTFY2024£8k
THE THOMAS J HORNE MEMORIAL TRUSTFY2023£8k
THE THOMAS J HORNE MEMORIAL TRUSTFY2022£8k
THE WILLIAM ALLEN YOUNG CHARITABLE TRUSTFY2025£5k
THE HAWTHORNE CHARITABLE TRUSTFY2025£5kGrants to institutions for medical, health and sickness
CHARLES S FRENCH CHARITABLE TRUSTFY2023£4k
THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF SPRINGFIELD, DIOCESE OF CHELMSFORDFY2024£4k
THE FRANK LITCHFIELD GENERAL CHARITABLE TRUSTFY2022£3k
THE HAWTHORNE CHARITABLE TRUSTFY2022£2kGrants to institutions for medical, health and sickness
THE HAWTHORNE CHARITABLE TRUSTFY2023£2kGrants to institutions for medical, health and sickness
THE HAWTHORNE CHARITABLE TRUSTFY2024£2kGrants to institutions for medical, health and sickness
THE WILLIAM ALLEN YOUNG CHARITABLE TRUSTFY2024£2k
THE ANNIE TRANMER CHARITABLE TRUSTFY2023£1k
SSP FOUNDATIONFY2024£1k
THE ANNIE TRANMER CHARITABLE TRUSTFY2024£1k
SSP FOUNDATIONFY2025£1k
GOWLING WLG (UK) CHARITABLE TRUSTFY2024£500
GOWLING WLG (UK) CHARITABLE TRUSTFY2023£500
SSP FOUNDATIONFY2022£500
THE HISCOX FOUNDATIONFY2024£0
THE HISCOX FOUNDATIONFY2025£0
THE THOMAS J HORNE MEMORIAL TRUSTFY2025£0

Government & lottery funding

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

FunderDateAmountPurpose
UK government03/06/2020£2kVSCE CMC Fund
The National Lottery Community Fund24/08/2006£10kFarleigh Hospice Arts Project
The National Lottery Community Fund30/11/2005£135kHospice Healing Garden

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 REED FOUNDATION1—
DAVID & RUTH LEWIS FAMILY CHARITABLE TRUST1£225k
THE LINDER FOUNDATION1£75k
THE SHEARS FOUNDATION1£60k
LINGEN DAVIES CANCER FUND CHARITABLE INCORPORATED ORGANISATION1£38k
A P TAYLOR TRUST1£30k
THE FRANCIS WINHAM FOUNDATION1£23k
COUNTY OF GLOUCESTERSHIRE COMMUNITY FOUNDATION1£23k

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with SOCIAL CARE IN ACTION.

Side by side with its peers

CharityIncomeTop pay bandStaff >£60kReserves vs policyFundraising costGoing concern
FARLEIGH HOSPICE£30.2m£110,000 - £119,999—unclear—no doubt
SOCIAL CARE IN ACTION FY2024£5.4m£130,001 - £140,0006unclear—no doubt
LONGFIELD HOSPICE CARE FY2025£5.4m£70,001 - £80,0001unclear—no doubt
ST OSWALD'S HOSPICE LIMITED FY2025£17.6m—10unclear—no doubt
ST MICHAEL'S HOSPICE (INCORPORATING THE FREDA PEARCE FOUNDATION) FY2025£12.8m——unclear48.1%no doubt
HARLINGTON HOSPICE ASSOCIATION LIMITED FY2025£6.2m——below—no doubt

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