ST MICHAEL'S HOSPICE HASTINGS AND ROTHER

Registered charity 288462 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as ST MICHAEL'S HOSPICE, ST MICHAEL'S HOSPICE (HASTINGS) LIMITED, ST MICHAEL'S HOSPICE HASTINGS

Providing healthcare for people with life-limiting disease in Hastings and Rother Districts.

Objects

TO PROMOTE THE RELIEF OF SICKNESS IN SUCH WAYS AS THE TRUSTEES SHALL FROM TIME TO TIME THINK FIT AND, IN PARTICULAR (BUT WITHOUT PREJUDICE TO THE GENERALITY OF THE FOREGOING), TO PROVIDE SERVICES SO AS TO SUPPORT THE PHYSICAL, PSYCHOLOGICAL, SOCIAL AND SPIRITUAL NEEDS OF THOSE AFFECTED BY LIFELIMITING ILLNESSES.

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: The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives · Disability · website · Get email alerts

Registered contact address: Hastings, South East, England (from the postcode on the register)

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity ended the year with a significant deficit of £1.08m before investment gains, resulting in a net deficit of £926,157. The Trustees note that the financial landscape remains challenging with reliance on local community support growing, as only 28% of running costs are covered by the NHS. Despite this, the Trustees maintain that the charity has adequate resources to continue in operational existence for the foreseeable future.

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

What the accounts disclose

Accounts audited by Saffery LLP. Discloses 5 of 6 completeness components.

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
• Complaints handling
• Complaints policy and procedures
• Conflicting interests
• 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.

Corporate structure

• Registered company of the charity Companies House 01776496 · Financial health read from its filings

Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — St Michael's Hospice (Hastings and Rother) (matched by registered charity number).

Leadership, per the charity’s website

• Kerry Gentleman — Interim Chairperson (source)
• Karen Clarke — Chief Executive (source)
• David Barclay — Medical Director (source)
• Fliss Rundle — Finance & IT Director (source)

Listed on the charity’s own website when we last crawled it; roles may have changed. Pay-band disclosures above are anonymous statutory disclosures and are not attributed to any named individual.

Funders the charity credits

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

• Sara Lee Trust — “Our Partners: Sara Lee Trust” (source page)

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.

• DOWNIE, Samantha-Jane — director, appointed 01/04/2026on trustee list
• RODGER, Alexander Gillison — director, appointed 01/04/2026on trustee list
• WALKER, David Michael, Dr — director, appointed 31/10/2024on trustee list
• ROGERS, David Maurice — director, appointed 27/08/2024on trustee list
• CRICK, Ian Michael — director, appointed 01/04/2024on trustee list
• DAVIS, Simon Andrew — director, appointed 24/09/2021on trustee list
• MENZIES, Ian Colin — director, appointed 24/09/2021on trustee list
• GENTLEMAN, Kerry Elizabeth — director, appointed 29/03/2019on trustee list
• BOARDMAN, Anthony Martyn — director, appointed 29/03/2019on 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)

2 registered titles in England and Wales held by the charity’s company or corporate body (1 freehold); recorded price paid £1.0m. All charity-held property. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright, OGL v3.0.

CQC provider record: St Michael's Hospice Hastings and Rother — Registered, 2 registered locations, 1 regulated activity, last inspected 13/01/2017.charity number confirmed by CQC CQC record

Public profiles (found on the charity’s own website): facebook

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

Reported reserves equal ~13.3 months of spending — in the top quarter for charities its size (median 4.7 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, cost of raising funds: 22.6% of total income — in the top quarter for charities its size (median 5.3%) (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 Michael's Hospice Hastings and Rother: Good (02/03/2017) · CQC record

Trustees · trustee networks

• Alexander Gillison Rodger
• Anthony Martyn Boardman
• David Maurice Rogers · trustee of 2 other charities
• David Michael Walker · trustee of 3 other charities
• Ian Colin Menzies Mr
• Ian Michael Crick
• Kerry Elisabeth Gentleman
• Samantha-Jane Downie
• Simon Andrew Davis

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

Operates in: East Sussex

Income and spending

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Known funders

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Government & lottery funding

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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 MICHAEL'S HOSPICE (INCORPORATING THE FREDA PEARCE FOUNDATION).

• ST MICHAEL'S HOSPICE (INCORPORATING THE FREDA PEARCE FOUNDATION) income £12.8m
• THE ST MICHAEL'S HOUSING TRUST income £47k
• ST. MICHAEL'S FELLOWSHIP income £2.6m
• ST NICHOLAS HOSPICE SUFFOLK income £8.8m
• ST RICHARDS HOSPICE FOUNDATION income £10.6m
• ST MICHAEL'S HOSPICE(NORTH HAMPSHIRE) income £7.2m

Side by side with its peers

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