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HOSPISCARE

Registered charity 297798 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

Hospiscare provides a holistic palliative care service to patients with life-limiting illnesses. This includes symptom control, emotional, spiritual and social care. Hospiscare delivers care in the community, e.g. in patients' homes, care homes or community hospitals; in the hospice which has 12 in-patient beds and a daycare facility for up to 60 patients a week; and in the local acute hospital.

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Latest income
£17.4m
Latest spending
£12.4m
Registered
1987
Accounts read
FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity ended the year with an unrestricted operating loss of £65.2k, though total net assets increased to £16.7m largely due to a merger with BS&D Hospiscare. The trustees report a budgeted funding shortfall of £1.3m for the upcoming year and note that statutory NHS funding remains unclear, creating ongoing financial pressure. Despite these risks, the trustees and auditors confirm the charity is a going concern with adequate resources to continue operations for at least 12 months.

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

What the accounts disclose

Highest-paid employee band: £120,001 - £130,000 — below the median for charities its size (£130k)
“In the band £120,001 - £130,000 1” — page 35
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Reserves policy: six to twelve months expenditure within free reserves (held: £2.5m)
“Hospiscare’s current reserves policy is to keep six to twelve months expenditure within free reserves (total reserves less restricted and capital reserves)”
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts audited by PKF Francis Clark. Discloses 5 of 6 completeness components.

Corporate structure

HOSPISCARE (SHOPS) LIMITED — per its own Companies House accounts
  • Turnover: £182k
  • Profit before tax: £7k
  • Donated/gift-aided to the charity: £30k
  • Debtors include £41,494 owed by group undertakings. Creditors include £3,378 owed to group undertakings.
“Gift Aid payment (29,554)”

Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — Hospiscare (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.

CQC provider record: Hospiscare — Registered, 1 registered location, 1 regulated activity, last inspected 11/04/2016.charity number confirmed by CQC CQC record

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

Total income
£17.4m
Total spending
£12.4m
Cost of raising funds
£4.5m
Reserves (reported)
£6.9m
Employees
268

Reported reserves equal ~6.7 months of spending — above the median for charities its size (median 4.6 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, cost of raising funds: 25.6% of total income — in the top quarter for charities its size (median 3.8%) (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).

Register events

Trustees · trustee networks

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

Operates in: Devon

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/03/2025£17.4m£12.4m
31/03/2024£9.3m£11.9m
31/03/2023£9.5m£10.8m
31/03/2022£12.5m£9.7m
31/03/2021£9.3m£9.4m

Common questions

Is HOSPISCARE financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity ended the year with an unrestricted operating loss of £65.2k, though total net assets increased to £16.7m largely due to a merger with BS&D Hospiscare. The trustees report a budgeted funding shortfall of £1.3m for the upcoming year and note that statutory NHS funding remains unclear, creating ongoing financial pressure. Despite these risks, the trustees and auditors confirm the charity is a going concern with adequate resources to continue operations for at least 12 months. Its FY2025 accounts were audited by PKF Francis Clark.

What does the highest-paid employee of HOSPISCARE earn?

Per its FY2025 accounts, the highest-paid employee was in the £120,001 - £130,000 band.

Who funds HOSPISCARE?

Funders whose own accounts filings name HOSPISCARE as a grant recipient include EXETER CHIEFS FOUNDATION, H C D MEMORIAL FUND, THE CLARE MILNE TRUST, THE JAMES TUDOR FOUNDATION, THE ASHWORTH CHARITABLE TRUST.

Known funders

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

FunderYearAmountPurpose (as stated by the funder)
EXETER CHIEFS FOUNDATIONFY2023£84k
H C D MEMORIAL FUNDFY2025£20kHealth
H C D MEMORIAL FUNDFY2024£20kHealth
THE CLARE MILNE TRUSTFY2022£20k
THE CLARE MILNE TRUSTFY2024£20k
THE JAMES TUDOR FOUNDATIONFY2025£15kHospice at home service.
THE JAMES TUDOR FOUNDATIONFY2022£15kHospice services including community-based care
THE ASHWORTH CHARITABLE TRUSTFY2025£12kOther
THE ASHWORTH CHARITABLE TRUSTFY2026£12kPatients and Family Fund (Doctors Scheme)
THE ASHWORTH CHARITABLE TRUSTFY2024£12kPatients and Family Fund
EXETER CHIEFS FOUNDATIONFY2022£11k
THE ADRIAN SWIRE CHARITABLE TRUSTFY2022£10k
THE WILL CHARITABLE TRUSTFY2022£10kCancer Care
THE THOMAS J HORNE MEMORIAL TRUSTFY2025£9k
THE THOMAS J HORNE MEMORIAL TRUSTFY2024£9k
THE THOMAS J HORNE MEMORIAL TRUSTFY2023£8k
THE THOMAS J HORNE MEMORIAL TRUSTFY2022£8k
THE HOBSON CHARITY LIMITEDFY2024£6kHospice
THE HISCOX FOUNDATIONFY2024£5k
THE DAVID GIBBONS FOUNDATIONFY2023£5k
THE DAVID GIBBONS FOUNDATIONFY2025£3k
THE GORDON GRAY TRUSTFY2024£2k
THE DAVID GIBBONS FOUNDATIONFY2023£2k
THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF BUDLEIGH SALTERTONFY2022£1k
G F EYRE CHARITABLE TRUSTFY2024£1k
THE HISCOX FOUNDATIONFY2025£1k
DRAGON CHRISTMAS CHARITY SALEFY2022£1k
DRAGON CHRISTMAS CHARITY SALEFY2024£1kStaff Awards
THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF BUDLEIGH SALTERTONFY2025£820
THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF ST JAMES' EXETERFY2024£720UK based
THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF ST JAMES' EXETERFY2022£700UK based
THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF ST JAMES' EXETERFY2023£670
G F EYRE CHARITABLE TRUSTFY2023£500
THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF BUDLEIGH SALTERTONFY2024£245

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 GREEN HALL FOUNDATION4£27k
SKIPTON BUILDING SOCIETY CHARITABLE FOUNDATION4£7k
THE LINDER FOUNDATION3£40k
THE FRANCIS WINHAM FOUNDATION2£125k
THE ANNANDALE CHARITABLE TRUST2£32k
THE INMAN CHARITY2£10k
THE HILARY AWDRY CHARITABLE TRUST2£3k
Evelyn Partners Charitable Trust2£700

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with ISABEL HOSPICE LIMITED.

Side by side with its peers

CharityIncomeTop pay bandStaff >£60kReserves vs policyFundraising costGoing concern
HOSPISCARE£17.4m£120,001 - £130,000—unclear—no doubt
ISABEL HOSPICE LIMITED FY2025£10.4m——above—no doubt
Moya Cole Hospice FY2025£15.5m——unclear—no doubt
PILGRIMS HOSPICES IN EAST KENT FY2025£18.9m£160,001 - £170,000—above25.9%no doubt
HOSPICE OF THE GOOD SHEPHERD LTD FY2025£6.1m—0above32.0%no doubt
ST CLARE WEST ESSEX HOSPICE CARE TRUST FY2025£8.7m£140,001 - £150,000—unclear—no doubt

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