ST ROCCO'S HOSPICE

Registered charity 511592 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as ST ROCCO'S HOSPICE LIMITED

St Rocco's Hospice aims to provide quality care and support for those people and their loved ones with life limiting disease who live in the Warrington area to enable each person to find comfort, hope, strength and peace. We provide Specialist in-patient palliative care, day unit therapies and Outpatient services and Family Support, and offer general Hospice at Home care.

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Latest income
£6.0m
Latest spending
£6.8m
Registered
1981
Accounts read
FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported a consolidated loss of £564,749 for the 15-month period ended 31 March 2025, with total consolidated reserves decreasing to £8,958,905. The trustees confirm that the charity has adequate resources to continue in operational existence for the foreseeable future, maintaining a going concern basis. Free/unrestricted reserves stood at £8,146,808, which is above the stated minimum free reserves policy of £3.5m.

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

What the accounts disclose

Reserves policy: Free Reserves of £3.5m (held: £8.1m)
“In total, we required as of 31 March 2025, Free Reserves of £3.5m, with an Absolute Minimum of £2.5m” — page 33
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts audited by Xeinadin Audit Ltd. Discloses 4 of 6 completeness components.

Corporate structure

Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — St Rocco's Hospice (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.

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.

BuyerContractAwardedValue
Cheshire and Merseyside Integrated Care BoardHospice, Palliative and End of Life Care Services in Warrington——
NHS CHESHIRE AND MERSEYSIDE INTEGRATED CARE BOARDContinuing Health Service in Cheshire & Merseyside——

Property (HM Land Registry)

1 registered title in England and Wales held by the charity’s company or corporate body (0 freehold). All charity-held property. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright, OGL v3.0.

CQC provider record: St. Rocco's Hospice — Registered, 1 registered location, 3 regulated activities, last inspected 20/11/2019.charity number confirmed by CQC CQC record

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

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

Total income
£6.0m
Total spending
£6.8m
Cost of raising funds
£1.9m
Reserves (reported)
£645k
Employees
129

Reported reserves equal ~1.1 months of spending — in the bottom quarter for charities its size (median 4.8 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, cost of raising funds: 31.5% of total income — in the top quarter for charities its size (median 5.2%) (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).

Trustees · trustee networks

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

Operates in: Warrington

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/03/2025£6.0m£6.8m
31/12/2023£4.9m£5.3m
31/12/2022£5.6m£5.2m
31/12/2021£4.8m£4.6m
31/12/2020£5.4m£4.5m

Common questions

Is ST ROCCO'S HOSPICE financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity reported a consolidated loss of £564,749 for the 15-month period ended 31 March 2025, with total consolidated reserves decreasing to £8,958,905. The trustees confirm that the charity has adequate resources to continue in operational existence for the foreseeable future, maintaining a going concern basis. Free/unrestricted reserves stood at £8,146,808, which is above the stated minimum free reserves policy of £3.5m. Its FY2025 accounts were audited by Xeinadin Audit Ltd.

Who funds ST ROCCO'S HOSPICE?

Funders whose own accounts filings name ST ROCCO'S HOSPICE as a grant recipient include THE HEALTH FOUNDATION, THE EQUILIBRIUM FOUNDATION.

Known funders

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

FunderYearAmountPurpose (as stated by the funder)
THE HEALTH FOUNDATIONFY2023£28kSupporting radical innovation and improvement in health and care services
THE EQUILIBRIUM FOUNDATIONFY2023£5kShare of £25,000 donation

Government & lottery funding

Grants to this charity published as open data by government and lottery funders (360Giving).

FunderDateAmountPurpose
The National Lottery Community Fund30/04/2020£9kCOVID-19 Critical Community Outreach
The National Lottery Community Fund21/10/2004£5kHoist system

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.

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with ROWCROFT HOUSE FOUNDATION LIMITED.

Side by side with its peers

CharityIncomeTop pay bandStaff >£60kReserves vs policyFundraising costGoing concern
ST ROCCO'S HOSPICE£6.0m——unclear—no doubt
ROWCROFT HOUSE FOUNDATION LIMITED FY2025£12.0m£110,001 - £120,000—above37.0%no doubt
Rowans Hospice FY2025£10.7m——above—no doubt
Moya Cole Hospice FY2025£15.5m——unclear—no doubt
ST NICHOLAS HOSPICE SUFFOLK FY2025£8.8m——unclear—no doubt
WIRRAL HOSPICE ST JOHN'S FY2025£8.7m——within—no doubt

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