SEVERN HOSPICE LIMITED

Registered charity 512394 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as SEVERN HOSPICE, THE SEVERN HOSPICE LIMITED, THE SHROPSHIRE HOSPICE LIMITED

To provide treatment and care for people diagnosed with terminal illness in Shropshire, Telford & Wrekin, Powys and Ceredigion.

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Latest income
£16.2m
Latest spending
£15.7m
Registered
1982
Accounts read
FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported a net surplus of £374K for the year ended 31 March 2025, with total group income of £16,157K and total costs of £15,664K. Per the trustees' report, unrestricted general reserves stood at £13,144K, representing approximately 88% of the following year's estimated running costs, which is within the stated policy range of 75% to 125%. The trustees confirmed that the charity will continue as a going concern for the foreseeable future with no material uncertainties identified.

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

What the accounts disclose

Fundraising cost ratio: 16.0% of fundraised income, as disclosed
“This financial year it has remained at 16 pence in the pound (2023-24 at 16p/pound), because the proportionate increase in fundraising costs, mainly higher staff costs, has been matched by the same proportionate increase in fundraising income. The ratio excludes costs attributed to Retail, Severn Promotions Company Limited and Hospice Projects Limited.”
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Related-party transaction: Mike Tudor, husband of the Chief Executive, is employed by Thornton Firkin who provide Quantity Surveyor services to the Hospice. The charity paid a total of £18K in the year to Thornton Firkin.
“Mike Tudor is the husband of the Chief Executive and is employed by Thornton Firkin who provide Quantity Surveyor services to the Hospice. The charity paid a total of £18K in the year to Thornton Firkin (2024: £10K). There were no amounts owed at the year end.” — page 39
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Trading subsidiary: Severn Promotions Company Limited, Hospice Projects Limited
“The group accounts within these financial statements include the results of Severn Hospice Limited, the Charity, and the results of its wholly owned subsidiary companies, Severn Promotions Company Limited which operates a fund-raising lottery and Hospice Projects Limited which trades in new goods and undertakes other commercial activities.”
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts audited by HaysMac LLP. Discloses 3 of 6 completeness components.

Corporate structure

SEVERN PROMOTIONS COMPANY LIMITED — per its own Companies House accounts
  • Turnover: £1.2m
  • Profit before tax: £826k
  • Donated/gift-aided to the charity: £826k
  • Debtors include £1,290 (2024: £608) owed by group undertakings.
“In the financial year 2024-25 Severn Promotions Company Ltd, the hospice lottery company, donated £826,368 to Severn Hospice Ltd (2024: £831,660).”
HOSPICE PROJECTS LIMITED — per its own Companies House accounts
  • Turnover: £506k
  • Creditors include £130,207 (2024: £113,072) owed to group undertakings.

Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — Severn Hospice (matched by registered charity number).

Leadership, per the charity’s website

Listed on the charity’s own website when we last crawled it; roles may have changed. Pay-band disclosures above are anonymous statutory disclosures and are not attributed to any named individual.

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.

Property (HM Land Registry)

31 registered titles in England and Wales held by the charity’s company or corporate body (8 freehold). All charity-held property. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright, OGL v3.0.

CQC provider record: Severn Hospice Limited — Registered, 2 registered locations, 1 regulated activity, last inspected 19/11/2021.charity number confirmed by CQC CQC record

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

Total income
£16.2m
Total spending
£15.7m
Cost of raising funds
£5.2m
Reserves (reported)
£15.1m
Employees
449

Reported reserves equal ~11.6 months of spending — in the top quarter for charities its size (median 4.6 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, cost of raising funds: 32.0% of total income — in the top quarter for charities its size (median 3.8%) (benchmarks).

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Trustees · trustee networks

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

Operates in: Ceredigion · Powys · Shropshire · Telford & Wrekin

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/03/2025£16.2m£15.7m
31/03/2024£14.7m£14.7m
31/03/2023£14.1m£13.8m
31/03/2022£13.6m£12.9m
31/03/2021£13.2m£11.8m

Common questions

Is SEVERN HOSPICE LIMITED financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity reported a net surplus of £374K for the year ended 31 March 2025, with total group income of £16,157K and total costs of £15,664K. Per the trustees' report, unrestricted general reserves stood at £13,144K, representing approximately 88% of the following year's estimated running costs, which is within the stated policy range of 75% to 125%. The trustees confirmed that the charity will continue as a going concern for the foreseeable future with no material uncertainties identified. Its FY2025 accounts were audited by HaysMac LLP.

Who funds SEVERN HOSPICE LIMITED?

Funders whose own accounts filings name SEVERN HOSPICE LIMITED as a grant recipient include LINGEN DAVIES CANCER FUND CHARITABLE INCORPORATED ORGANISATION, THE FRANCIS WINHAM FOUNDATION, THE INMAN CHARITY, THE MILLICHOPE FOUNDATION, THE OWEN JENKINS TRUST.

Known funders

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Funders of similar charities

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Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with HOSPICE OF THE VALLEYS.

Side by side with its peers

CharityIncomeTop pay bandStaff >£60kReserves vs policyFundraising costGoing concern
SEVERN HOSPICE LIMITED£16.2m——within16.0%no doubt
HOSPICE OF THE VALLEYS FY2025£2.1m——unclear—no doubt
Salisbury Hospice Charity Limited FY2025£2.7m—0above—no doubt
LEICESTERSHIRE & RUTLAND ORGANISATION FOR THE RELIEF OF SUFFERING LIMITED FY2025£16.2m——below—no doubt
SOUTH BUCKS HOSPICE FY2024£1.9m——unclear—no doubt
ST LUKE'S CHESHIRE HOSPICE FY2025£8.7m——unclear—no doubt

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