ST NICHOLAS HOSPICE SUFFOLK
Registered charity 287773 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register
Care and support to people with life threatening diseases and conditions together with their carers and families including: 12 bedded inpatient unit, day hospice and patient groups, community care, counselling and bereavement support, medical outpatient support, spiritual care.
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Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts
The accounts state that the charity ended the financial year with a net operating surplus of £606k and total reserves of £9.32m, which exceeds the trustees' stated policy target of six months' running costs. The trustees consider that adequate resources continue to be available to fund activities for the foreseeable future, with no material uncertainties identified regarding going concern.
Automated summary of the FY2025 accounts; the evidenced findings below carry the verbatim passages.
What the accounts disclose
Reserves policy: approximately six months’ worth of total running costs, circa £4.7m (held: £6.8m)
“The reserves policy, agreed by the Trustees, remains unchanged and requires that the Charity must hold a minimum level of free reserves equivalent to approximately six months’ worth of total running costs, circa £4.7m.” — page 27
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Related-party transaction: Trustee lottery subscriptions
“Two trustees were St Nicholas Hospice Care Lottery subscribers in the year (2024: 3), and in total paid £131 (2024: £208).” — page 58
“During the year, 5 trustees and associates (2024: 9) made donations totalling £13,284 (2024: £2,812).” — page 58
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Related-party transaction: Trustee donations
“Two trustees were St Nicholas Hospice Care Lottery subscribers in the year (2024: 3), and in total paid £131 (2024: £208).” — page 58
“During the year, 5 trustees and associates (2024: 9) made donations totalling £13,284 (2024: £2,812).” — page 58
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Trading subsidiary: St Nicholas Hospice Trading Limited
“The financial statements consolidate the results of the Charity and its wholly owned subsidiary, St Nicholas Hospice Trading Limited” — page 47
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Accounts audited by Lovewell Blake LLP. Discloses 4 of 6 completeness components.
Corporate structure
ST NICHOLAS HOSPICE TRADING LIMITED — per its own Companies House accounts
- Donated/gift-aided to the charity: £68k
- Amounts owed to group undertakings: £64,977 (current) and £25,000 (non-current).
“Gift aid was payable to the parent company in the year of £67,656 (2024: £45,879).”
Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — St Nicholas 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.
- JOPLING, Helena, Dr — director, appointed 27/02/2025on trustee list
- DRINKWATER, Max, Reverend — director, appointed 25/04/2024on trustee list
- EVANS, David James — director, appointed 27/04/2023on trustee list
- FAULKNER, Anthony Dominick Hugh — director, appointed 27/04/2023on trustee list
- SIKLOS, Paul William Leopold, Dr — director, appointed 27/04/2023on trustee list
- HOWLETT, Joanne Jeanette — director, appointed 27/04/2023on trustee list
- PEARSON, Anita — director, appointed 27/04/2023on trustee list
- VAUGHTON, Katherine — director, appointed 26/05/2022on trustee list
- FORSTER, Donna — director, appointed 10/12/2020on trustee list
- FISHER, Anne Lisa — director, appointed 10/12/2020on trustee list
- CHANDLER-MALE, Karen Louise — director, appointed 28/09/2017on trustee list
- DICK, Lisa Elizabeth — secretary, appointed 21/03/2025
Official officers record.
Property (HM Land Registry)
7 registered titles in England and Wales held by the charity’s company or corporate body (0 freehold); recorded price paid £135k. All charity-held property. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright, OGL v3.0.
CQC provider record: St. Nicholas Hospice (Suffolk) — Registered, 1 registered location, 1 regulated activity, last inspected 20/04/2016.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)
Cost of raising funds
£3.3m
Reported reserves equal ~10.1 months of spending — above the median for charities its size (median 4.8 months; benchmarks).
Per its annual return, cost of raising funds: 37.7% of total income — above the 90th percentile for charities its size (median 5.2%) (benchmarks).
Care Quality Commission ratings
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- St Nicholas Hospice: Outstanding (06/08/2016) · CQC record
Register events
- Received assets from another charity (07/11/2022) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.
- Received assets from another charity (23/09/2022) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.
- Anita Pearson
- Anne Fisher
- Anthony Dominick Hugh Faulkner
- David James Evans
- Donna Forster
- Dr Helena Jopling
- Dr Paul William Leopold Siklos
- Joanne Jeanette Howlett · trustee of 1 other charity
- Karen Chandler-Male
- Katherine Vaughton
- Rev Max Drinkwater
Trustee list from the Charity Commission register (current, not historical).
Operates in: Norfolk · Suffolk
Income and spending
Common questions
Is ST NICHOLAS HOSPICE SUFFOLK financially healthy?
Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity ended the financial year with a net operating surplus of £606k and total reserves of £9.32m, which exceeds the trustees' stated policy target of six months' running costs. The trustees consider that adequate resources continue to be available to fund activities for the foreseeable future, with no material uncertainties identified regarding going concern. Its FY2025 accounts were audited by Lovewell Blake LLP.
Who funds ST NICHOLAS HOSPICE SUFFOLK?
Funders whose own accounts filings name ST NICHOLAS HOSPICE SUFFOLK as a grant recipient include THE THOMAS J HORNE MEMORIAL TRUST, MILLS AND REEVE CHARITABLE TRUST.
Known funders
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