ST LUKE'S HOSPICE (BASILDON AND DISTRICT) LIMITED
Registered charity 289466 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as ST LUKE'S HOSPICE
Provision of high quality specialist palliative care services to meet the physical, social, emotional and spiritual needs of patients and their families both within the hospice environment and their own homes.
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Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts
The accounts state that the charity reported a deficit for the year of £74,147, a significant increase from the previous year's deficit of £13,799. Despite this, the trustees confirm that unrestricted funds held are between three and six months of annual expenditure, with free reserves equating to approximately 5.2 months of total expenditure. The auditor concluded that the use of the going concern basis of accounting is appropriate with no material uncertainties identified.
Automated summary of the FY2025 accounts; the evidenced findings below carry the verbatim passages.
What the accounts disclose
Employees paid over £60,000: 4
“The highest paid member of staff salary is £88,558 (2024 £85,770), there were 3 other members of staff with a salary higher than £60,000 per annum.” — page 52
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Fundraising cost ratio: 80.0% of fundraised income, as disclosed
“Expenditure on raising funds Fundraising 627,534”
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Reserves policy: three to six months of annual expenditure (held: £5.4m)
“determined that unrestricted funds held by the charity should, where possible, continue to be between three and six months of the annual expenditure.”
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Trading subsidiary: SLH Trading Limited
“The Trustees of the charity are also Directors of an associated company, SLH Trading Limited that exists purely for generating income for the Hospice through the sale of donated goods in retail properties and social sites including eBay.”
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Accounts audited. Discloses 4 of 6 completeness components.
Year-over-year changes
- Employees paid over £60,000: 3 (FY2024) → 4 (FY2025).
Comparing this charity’s FY2024 and FY2025 accounts as analysed by this site.
Corporate structure
Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — St Luke's Hospice (Basildon And District) Limited (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.
- JOBE, Greg — director, appointed 30/06/2026on trustee list
- WILKINS, Joe — director, appointed 10/06/2026on trustee list
- CHESTER, Lee — director, appointed 30/07/2025on trustee list
- RODGERS, Geraldine Mary — director, appointed 23/11/2022not on trustee list
- LAWRENCE, Daniel Mark — director, appointed 18/02/2020on trustee list
- WELLMAN, Brian Douglas — director, appointed 30/09/2016on trustee list
- PEATY, Gerald William — directoron trustee list
Official officers record.
Property (HM Land Registry)
2 registered titles in England and Wales held by the charity’s company or corporate body (2 freehold). All charity-held property. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright, OGL v3.0.
CQC provider record: St. Luke's Hospice (Basildon & District) Limited — Registered, 2 registered locations, 2 regulated activities, last inspected 14/02/2023.charity number confirmed by CQC CQC record
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Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/03/2025)
Cost of raising funds
£628k
Reserves (reported)
£11.3m
Reported reserves equal ~8.4 months of spending — above the median for charities its size (median 4.6 months; benchmarks).
Per its annual return, cost of raising funds: 3.9% of total income — above the median for charities its size (3.8%) (benchmarks).
- GERALD WILLIAM PEATYchair
- Brian Wellman
- Daniel Lawrence · trustee of 1 other charity
- Geraldine Rodgers OBE
- Greg Jobe
- Joe Wilkins
- Lee Chester
Trustee list from the Charity Commission register (current, not historical).
Operates in: Essex
Income and spending
Common questions
Is ST LUKE'S HOSPICE (BASILDON AND DISTRICT) LIMITED financially healthy?
Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity reported a deficit for the year of £74,147, a significant increase from the previous year's deficit of £13,799. Despite this, the trustees confirm that unrestricted funds held are between three and six months of annual expenditure, with free reserves equating to approximately 5.2 months of total expenditure. The auditor concluded that the use of the going concern basis of accounting is appropriate with no material uncertainties identified. Its FY2025 accounts were audited.
Who funds ST LUKE'S HOSPICE (BASILDON AND DISTRICT) LIMITED?
Funders whose own accounts filings name ST LUKE'S HOSPICE (BASILDON AND DISTRICT) LIMITED as a grant recipient include THE THOMAS J HORNE MEMORIAL TRUST.
Known funders
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