HOYLAKE COTTAGE

Registered charity 515591 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as THE HOYLAKE COTTAGE HOSPITAL TRUST LIMITED

A registered nursing home providing long-term nursing care, including for those suffering from dementia and short-term respite care for older persons, with a Day Centre providing services to older persons suffering from dementia.

Objects

(1) THE RELIEF CARE AND ASSISTANCE OF PERSONS IRRESPECTIVE OF COLOUR, RACE OR CREED SUFFERING FROM ANY FORM OF SICKNESS OR INCAPACITY; (2) THE ADVANCEMENT OF EDUCATION; (3) PROVISION OF FACILITIES IN THE INTERESTS OF SOCIAL WELFARE FOR RECREATION AND LEISURE TIME OCCUPATION FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE COMMUNITY; AND IN PARTICULAR BUT WITHOUT PREJUDICE TO THE GENERALITY OF THE FOREGOING WITH THE OBJECT OF IMPROVING THE CONDITION OF LIFE OF THE INHABITANTS OF THE AREA FORMERLY COMPRISED IN THE HOYLAKE URBAN DISTRICT AND THE SURROUNDING NEIGHBOURHOOD.

Area of benefit: FORMER URBAN DISTRICT OF HOYLAKE

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

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Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity achieved a year-end surplus of £449,000, driven by an 8% increase in total fees from nursing home occupancy. Unrestricted funds stood at £4,572,853, significantly exceeding the stated policy target of £250,000 for working capital requirements. The trustees confirmed that free reserves and cash reserves were considered acceptable, with no material uncertainties identified regarding the charity's ability to continue as a going concern.

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

What the accounts disclose

Accounts audited by Xeinadin Audit Limited. Discloses 5 of 6 completeness components.

Insolvency history (Companies House)

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
• Complaints handling
• Complaints policy and procedures
• Conflicting interests
• 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.

Corporate structure

• Registered company of the charity Companies House 01844549
• Trading subsidiary: BROOKFIELD HOMECARE LIMITED Companies House 02933526 · Financial health read from its filings

Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — Hoylake Cottage (matched by registered charity number).

Leadership, per the charity’s website

• Sarah Cliffe — Manager (source)
• Emma Mathison — Nursing Unit Manager / Registered Manager (source)
• Denise McGuigan — Business and Operations Manager (source)

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.

• HUMPHREY, Peter Ronald David, Dr — director, appointed 29/10/2024on trustee list
• PEEL, Hilary Catherine — director, appointed 29/10/2024on trustee list
• COOPER, Gareth — director, appointed 21/06/2022on trustee list
• HESELTINE, Lesley Anne Mary — director, appointed 27/08/2019on trustee list
• SUTTON, Michael David — director, appointed 23/11/2016on trustee list
• HOLMES, Richard Norman — director, appointed 18/08/2016on trustee list
• HEYWOOD, Stephen — director, appointed 06/04/2016on trustee list
• OAKDEN, Russell Stanley — director, appointed 16/07/2013on trustee list
• SOUTHWORTH, James Alexander — director, appointed 18/01/2010on trustee list
• MITCHELL, Albert Thomas — director, appointed 21/11/2006on trustee list
• HEYWOOD, Stephen — secretary, appointed 07/12/2005

Official officers record.

Property (HM Land Registry)

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

CQC provider record: Hoylake Cottage — Registered, 1 registered location, 2 regulated activities, last inspected 08/01/2021.charity number confirmed by CQC CQC record

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

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

Reported reserves equal ~11.4 months of spending — in the top quarter for charities its size (median 4.7 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, cost of raising funds: 0.3% of total income — below 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).

• Hoylake Cottage: Good (01/03/2018) · CQC record

Trustees · trustee networks

• James Southworthchair
• Albert Mitchell
• Dr Peter Ronald David Humphrey
• Gareth Cooper · trustee of 1 other charity
• Hilary Catherine Peel
• Lesley Anne Mary Heseltine
• Michael David Sutton
• Richard Norman Holmes
• Russell Stanley Oakden
• Stephen Heywood · trustee of 1 other charity

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

Operates in: Cheshire West & Chester · Wirral

Income and spending

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Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with BROADENING CHOICES FOR OLDER PEOPLE.

• BROADENING CHOICES FOR OLDER PEOPLE income £10.0m
• HAYLE DAY CARE CENTRE TRUST COMMITTEE income £354k
• FAMILY CARE TRUST income £4.1m
• DERWENTSIDE HOSPICE CARE FOUNDATION income £2.0m
• THE FREMANTLE TRUST income £51.9m
• PRAMACARE income £3.6m

Side by side with its peers

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