THE FIVE TOWNS PLUS HOSPICE FUND LIMITED

Registered charity 514999 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as THE "FIVE TOWNS PLUS" HOSPICE FUND LIMITED, THE PRINCE OF WALES HOSPICE

To operate the Prince of Wales Hospice, Pontefract as a centre for specialist palliative care available and accessible to all from the local community and particularly the five towns area east of Wakefield.

Objects

1. TO PROMOTE THE RELIEF OF SICKNESS BY SUCH CHARITABLE MEANS AS THE CHARITY SHALL FROM TIME TO TIME THINK FIT AND TO PROVIDE SUPPORT TO THE FAMILIES AND CARERS OF THOSE IN NEED BY REASON OF ILL HEALTH; AND2. TO RELIEVE THOSE IN NEED BY REASON OF ILL HEALTH AND/OR AGE THROUGH THE ESTABLISHMENT AND MAINTENANCE OF A CARE HOME WITH NURSING.

Area of benefit: SEE OBJECTS

The charity’s charitable objects and area of benefit, quoted from its governing document as held on the Charity Commission register.

Causes: The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives · website · Get email alerts

Registered contact address: Wakefield, Yorkshire and The Humber, England (from the postcode on the register)

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the group reported a net expenditure of £526,616 for the year ended 31 March 2025, a reduction from the previous year's deficit of £702,277. Per the trustees' report, free reserves stood at £2,163,112, which the trustees consider sufficient for the current economic environment despite inflationary pressures on costs.

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

What the accounts disclose

Accounts audited by BHP LLP. Discloses 4 of 6 completeness components.

In its annual return the charity told the Commission it is also regulated by: Care Quality Commission. This is the charity’s own declaration; it is not a rating and has not been verified by the Commission or by this site.

Policies the charity declares

In its annual return the charity told the Commission that it has the policies listed below. This is self-declared: it is not verified by the Commission or by this site, and it is not evidence of how a policy works in practice.

• Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
• Campaigns and political activity policy and procedures
• Complaints handling
• Complaints policy and procedures
• Conflicting interests
• Engaging external speakers at charity events policy and procedures
• Financial reserves policy and procedures
• Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
• Internal risk management policy and procedures
• Investing charity funds policy and procedures
• Investment
• Paying staff
• Risk management
• Safeguarding policy and procedures
• Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
• Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
• Social media policy and procedures
• Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
• Trustee expenses policy and procedures
• Volunteer management

From the charity’s annual return (Part A, self-declared)

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Source: this charity’s annual returns on the Charity Commission register.

In the news

Recent coverage mentioning this charity by name (automated match; headlines belong to their publishers).

• Wakefield Hospice, Mid Yorks NHS, Prince of Wales Hospice, and Age UK join forces to drive Dying Matters campaign wakefieldexpress.co.uk · 06/05/2024

Corporate structure

• Registered company of the charity Companies House 01797810

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.

• LEUNG, Abigail Alexandra — director, appointed 05/12/2024on trustee list
• DIBB, Stephen — director, appointed 20/10/2022on trustee list
• TOPHAM, Simon Andrew — director, appointed 20/10/2022on trustee list
• O'DONNELL, Heather Marie — director, appointed 20/10/2022on trustee list
• EARNSHAW, Phillip, Dr — director, appointed 13/08/2019on trustee list
• CHESELDINE, Sandra — director, appointed 22/10/2018on trustee list
• ROCHE, Ruth Elizabeth, Dr — director, appointed 28/01/2013on trustee list
• EDDEN, Robert James — secretary, appointed 11/09/2025

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.

Property (HM Land Registry)

6 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: Five Towns Plus Hospice Fund Limited — Registered, 1 registered location, 1 regulated activity, last inspected 04/10/2016.charity number confirmed by CQC CQC record

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

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

Reported reserves equal ~4.8 months of spending — above the median for charities its size (median 4.7 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Other trading activities (40% of income) — components as reported reconcile to the return’s total income; not from the accounts narrative.

Per its annual return, cost of raising funds: 12.0% of total income — above the median for charities its size (5.3%) (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).

• The Prince of Wales Hospice: Good (19/05/2026) · CQC record

Register events

• Received assets from another charity (10/08/2022) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.

Trustees · trustee networks

• GORDON TOLLEFSONchair
• Abigail Alexandra Leung
• BRYNTON STEWART PARKES
• Dr PHILLIP EARNSHAW · trustee of 1 other charity
• Dr Ruth Roche
• Heather Marie O'Donnell
• Jane Louise Sadler · trustee of 1 other charity
• Karen Lisa Parkin · trustee of 1 other charity
• SANDRA CHESELDINE · trustee of 1 other charity
• Sarah Jayne Hiscoe
• Simon Andrew Topham
• Stephen Dibb

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

Operates in: City Of Wakefield

Income and spending

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Known funders

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Grants marked “Unverified read” were flagged by automated checks as possibly misread from the funder’s filed accounts. They are listed, but left out of the totals, counts and funder relationships this site computes.

Government & lottery funding

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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 IN ROSSENDALE.

• HOSPICE IN ROSSENDALE income £1.1m
• WESTON HOSPICECARE LIMITED income £6.2m
• HOSPICE IN THE WEALD income £15.9m
• THE CITY HOSPICE TRUST LIMITED income £3.2m
• ST KENTIGERN HOSPICE income £3.9m
• WILLOWBROOK HOSPICE income £6.3m

Side by side with its peers

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