ST OSWALD'S HOSPICE LIMITED

Registered charity 503386 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

The principal activity of the Hospice is to provide specialist palliative medical and nursing care to patients with life limiting illnesses.

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Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the group reported a net deficit of £479k for the year ended 31 March 2025, following a surplus in the prior year. Per the trustees' report, free reserves stood at £6.6 million, which is below the stated policy target of £8.9 million but remains within the acceptable range of £4.4 million to £13.3 million.

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

What the accounts disclose

Accounts audited by RSM UK Audit LLP. Discloses 5 of 6 completeness components.

Corporate structure

• Registered company of the charity Companies House 01166239

Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — St Oswald's Hospice 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.

• SAFDAR, Sahreen — director, appointed 08/09/2025on trustee list
• CUFF, Andrew Vincent, Dr — director, appointed 21/05/2025on trustee list
• CHARLEWOOD, Alison, Dr — director, appointed 28/04/2025on trustee list
• STEPHENSON, Nicola Jane, Dame — director, appointed 06/01/2025on trustee list
• WORLAND, Kirste Vicki — director, appointed 06/01/2025on trustee list
• REYNOLDS, David Iain — director, appointed 01/12/2022on trustee list
• TAYLOR, Richard — director, appointed 24/11/2021on trustee list
• SINTON, Sue — director, appointed 24/11/2021on trustee list
• HOLMES, James Forster — director, appointed 19/07/2021on trustee list
• HOLLAND, Imogen — director, appointed 03/02/2021on trustee list
• O'DRISCOLL, Laura Elizabeth — director, appointed 20/07/2020on trustee list
• JAMES, Stephen Peter — director, appointed 21/05/2019on trustee list
• PHILLIPS, Tricia — director, appointed 26/03/2019on trustee list
• HICKS, David Charles — director, appointed 25/09/2018on trustee list
• MALLEN, Christy — secretary, appointed 13/05/2024

Official officers record.

Property (HM Land Registry)

20 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. Oswald's Hospice Limited — Registered, 1 registered location, 1 regulated activity, last inspected 07/09/2015.charity number confirmed by CQC CQC record

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

Reported reserves equal ~4.4 months of spending — below the median for charities its size (median 4.6 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, cost of raising funds: 34.9% of total income — above the 90th percentile 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).

• St Oswalds Hospice: Good (26/01/2016) · CQC record

Register events

• Received assets from another charity (02/09/2026) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.
• Received assets from another charity (28/11/2025) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.
• Received assets from another charity (18/10/2022) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.

Trustees · trustee networks

• Dame Nicola Stephenson
• David Hicks
• David Iain Reynolds
• Dr Alison Charlewood
• Dr Andrew Cuff
• Dr Neil Morris
• Imogen Holland
• James Holmes
• Kirste Worland
• Laura O'Driscoll
• Richard Taylor · trustee of 1 other charity
• Sahreen Safdar
• Stephen James
• Sue Sinton
• Tricia Phillips

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

Operates in: Durham · Gateshead · Newcastle Upon Tyne City · North Tyneside · Northumberland · South Tyneside · Sunderland

Income and spending

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Known funders

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Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with ST LUKE'S HOSPICE (BASILDON AND DISTRICT) LIMITED.

• ST LUKE'S HOSPICE (BASILDON AND DISTRICT) LIMITED income £16.1m
• ISABEL HOSPICE LIMITED income £10.4m
• ST RICHARDS HOSPICE FOUNDATION income £10.6m
• WESTON HOSPICECARE LIMITED income £6.2m
• ST MICHAEL'S HOSPICE (INCORPORATING THE FREDA PEARCE FOUNDATION) income £12.8m
• ROYAL TRINITY HOSPICE income £17.8m

Side by side with its peers

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