LEICESTERSHIRE & RUTLAND ORGANISATION FOR THE RELIEF OF SUFFERING LIMITED
Registered charity 506120 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as LEICESTER ORGANISATION FOR THE RELIEF OF SUFFERING LIMITED, LEICESTERSHIRE AND RUTLAND HOSPICE, LOROS
Hospice care with the aim of enhancing the quality of life of patients with cancer, progressive neurological disease and other conditions, and for whom curative treatment is no longer possible. Patients are aged 18 years and upwards.Areas of activity:In-patient Ward (31 beds), Clinics:Community Nurse Specialists, DayTherapy, Counselling, Lymphoedema Clinics, Education/Training, Research
Causes: Education/training · The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives · website · Get email alerts
Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts
The accounts state that the charity recorded a deficit of £2,765,397 for the year ended 31 March 2025, having run in a deficit position for the last three years. Per the trustees' report, free reserves of £2.62 million were below the stated policy target of nine months' expenditure, prompting a financial recovery plan aimed at realizing £2 million in annualized savings.
Automated summary of the FY2025 accounts; the evidenced findings below carry the verbatim passages.
What the accounts disclose
Largest income source: Legacies (39% of income)
“This year legacy income of £2.46m represented 39% of LOROS’ total voluntary income” — page 15
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Reserves position: below the charity's own stated reserves policy (held: £2.6m; policy: nine months' current hospice expenditure)
“Current levels of reserves are below the policy” — page 15
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Accounts audited by The Rowleys Partnership Ltd. Discloses 4 of 6 completeness components.
Corporate structure
Funders the charity credits
Named as funders/supporters on the charity’s own website (the charity’s claim, distinct from accounts-verified grants).
- Coventry Building Society, Beaumont Leys — “LOROS currently works with over 50 organisations throughout the county which have chosen to make us their dedicated 'Charity of the Year', w…” (source page)
- British Gas National Distribution Centre — “LOROS currently works with over 50 organisations throughout the county which have chosen to make us their dedicated 'Charity of the Year', w…” (source page)
- Highcross Leicester — “LOROS currently works with over 50 organisations throughout the county which have chosen to make us their dedicated 'Charity of the Year', w…” (source page)
- Practical Car — “LOROS currently works with over 50 organisations throughout the county which have chosen to make us their dedicated 'Charity of the Year', w…” (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.
- PINCHEN, Andrea Claire — director, appointed 25/11/2024on trustee list
- O'CONNOR, Stephen — director, appointed 25/11/2024on trustee list
- HENRY, Claire Louise — director, appointed 22/11/2021on trustee list
- SMITH, Graham Andrew Frank — director, appointed 23/11/2020on trustee list
- BRADLEY, Katherine Mary — director, appointed 23/11/2020on trustee list
- OBRIEN, Rebecca Louise — director, appointed 23/11/2020on trustee list
- POOLE, Louisa Jane — director, appointed 23/11/2020on trustee list
- HURWOOD, Richard Sells, Dr — director, appointed 25/11/2019on trustee list
- MURRAY, Christopher John — director, appointed 25/11/2019on trustee list
- MEASOM, Andrew Richard — director, appointed 25/11/2019on trustee list
- STANT, Andrew Warren — directoron trustee list
- BARROW, Camilla — secretary, appointed 10/12/2025
Official officers record.
Property (HM Land Registry)
9 registered titles in England and Wales held by the charity’s company or corporate body (3 freehold); recorded price paid £360k. All charity-held property. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright, OGL v3.0.
CQC provider record: Leicestershire & Rutland Organisation for the Relief of Suffering Limited — Registered, 2 registered locations, 1 regulated activity, last inspected 10/01/2024.charity number confirmed by CQC CQC record
Public profiles (found on the charity’s own website): instagram
Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/03/2025)
Cost of raising funds
£6.3m
Reserves (reported)
£17.2m
Reported reserves equal ~10.9 months of spending — above the median for charities its size (median 4.6 months; benchmarks).
Per its annual return, cost of raising funds: 39.0% 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).
- LOROS The Leicestershire & Rutland Hospice: Good (05/04/2024) · CQC record
Register events
- Received assets from another charity (14/05/2024) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.
- Received assets from another charity (09/02/2023) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.
- Received assets from another charity (14/06/2022) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.
- Received assets from another charity (02/07/2020) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.
- Received assets from another charity (12/12/2016) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.
- ANDREW WARREN STANT
- Andrea Pinchen
- Andrew Measom
- Christopher Murray
- Claire Henry
- Dr Richard Hurwood
- Graham Andrew Smith
- Katherine Mary Bradley
- Louisa Jane Poole
- Rebecca Louise O'Brien
- Stephen O'Connor
Trustee list from the Charity Commission register (current, not historical).
Operates in: Leicester City · Leicestershire · Rutland
Income and spending
Common questions
Is LEICESTERSHIRE & RUTLAND ORGANISATION FOR THE RELIEF OF SUFFERING LIMITED financially healthy?
Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity recorded a deficit of £2,765,397 for the year ended 31 March 2025, having run in a deficit position for the last three years. Per the trustees' report, free reserves of £2.62 million were below the stated policy target of nine months' expenditure, prompting a financial recovery plan aimed at realizing £2 million in annualized savings. Its FY2025 accounts were audited by The Rowleys Partnership Ltd.
Who funds LEICESTERSHIRE & RUTLAND ORGANISATION FOR THE RELIEF OF SUFFERING LIMITED?
Funders whose own accounts filings name LEICESTERSHIRE & RUTLAND ORGANISATION FOR THE RELIEF OF SUFFERING LIMITED as a grant recipient include THE HELEN JEAN COPE CHARITY.
Known funders
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Government & lottery funding
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