WIGAN AND LEIGH HOSPICE
Registered charity 513400 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register
The Charity provides specialist palliative care services to enhance the quality of life of individuals living with a life threatening, incurable illness. Advice and support is also offered to carers during the illness of the patient and in bereavement. The Charity aims to provide evidence based palliative care education both in house and through out reach educational programmes.
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Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts
The accounts state that the charity generated a surplus of £234,923 for the year ended 31 March 2025, with total income of £7,236,980 against total expenditure of £7,044,906. Per the trustees' report, the charity operates within its reserves policy, maintaining freely available reserves of £5,750,894, which represents 9.5 months of running costs. The trustees note that while the hospice is overcoming a structural deficit, it continues to face significant financial challenges and relies on voluntary income.
Automated summary of the FY2025 accounts; the evidenced findings below carry the verbatim passages.
What the accounts disclose
Reserves policy: between 6 and 12 months running costs (held: £5.8m)
“The trustees will endeavour to maintain reserves at a level of between 6 and 12 months running costs.” — page 11
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Accounts audited by Xeinadin Audit Limited. Discloses 4 of 6 completeness components.
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Corporate structure
Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — Wigan & Leigh Hospice (matched by registered charity number).
Company officers (Companies House)
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- O'BRIEN, Deirdre — director, appointed 22/05/2025on trustee list
- MADDEN, Geoffrey — director, appointed 22/05/2025on trustee list
- GRAHAM, Zoe — director, appointed 22/05/2025on trustee list
- AINSCOUGH, Kerrie — director, appointed 24/04/2024on trustee list
- HOPKINSON, Christopher Paul — director, appointed 30/11/2023on trustee list
- HART, Marie — director, appointed 30/10/2023on trustee list
- WHITTAKER, Donna — director, appointed 08/12/2021on trustee list
- BRUTON, Sharon Linda — director, appointed 08/12/2021on trustee list
- GREENHALGH, Stephen — director, appointed 08/12/2021on trustee list
- FISHER, Sheila Eunice, Dr — director, appointed 18/11/2020on trustee list
- LAW, June Christine — director, appointed 12/09/2017on trustee list
- CARROLL, Paul Francis — director, appointed 12/09/2017on trustee list
- COOKE, Clare Louise — secretary, appointed 09/05/2023
Official officers record.
Property (HM Land Registry)
5 registered titles in England and Wales held by the charity’s company or corporate body (1 freehold); recorded price paid £31k. All charity-held property. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright, OGL v3.0.
CQC provider record: Wigan and Leigh Hospice — Registered, 1 registered location, 1 regulated activity, last inspected 06/10/2016.charity number confirmed by CQC CQC record
Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/03/2025)
Cost of raising funds
£1.1m
Reported reserves equal ~15.3 months of spending — in the top quarter for charities its size (median 4.8 months; benchmarks).
Per its annual return, cost of raising funds: 14.7% of total income — above the median for charities its size (5.2%) (benchmarks).
Care Quality Commission ratings
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- Wigan and Leigh Hospice: Outstanding (04/04/2017) · CQC record
Register events
- Received assets from another charity (07/03/2022) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.
Trustee list from the Charity Commission register (current, not historical).
Operates in: Wigan
Income and spending
Common questions
Is WIGAN AND LEIGH HOSPICE financially healthy?
Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity generated a surplus of £234,923 for the year ended 31 March 2025, with total income of £7,236,980 against total expenditure of £7,044,906. Per the trustees' report, the charity operates within its reserves policy, maintaining freely available reserves of £5,750,894, which represents 9.5 months of running costs. The trustees note that while the hospice is overcoming a structural deficit, it continues to face significant financial challenges and relies on voluntary income. Its FY2025 accounts were audited by Xeinadin Audit Limited.
Who funds WIGAN AND LEIGH HOSPICE?
Funders whose own accounts filings name WIGAN AND LEIGH HOSPICE as a grant recipient include CONSTRUCTION INDUSTRY RELIEF, ASSISTANCE AND SUPPORT FOR THE HOMELESS AND HOSPICES LIMITED, DUCHY OF LANCASTER BENEVOLENT FUND, SKIPTON BUILDING SOCIETY CHARITABLE FOUNDATION.
Known funders
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