Charity Accounts Intelreading the accounts so you don’t have to

THE MARY STEVENS HOSPICE

Registered charity 517656 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

The Charity's formal object is specifically restricted to the relief of sickness and the preservation of health. In practice, this means its principal activity is the provision of care for those suffering from chronic or terminal illness.

Causes: Education/training · The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives · Disability · website · Get email alerts

Latest income
£6.5m
Latest spending
£6.2m
Registered
1986
Accounts read
FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the hospice generated a financial surplus of £356,000 for the year ended 31 March 2025, strengthening its balance sheet with total liquid funds increasing to £3,372,000. Per the trustees' report, unrestricted free reserves stood at £2,072,000, which the trustees acknowledge is insufficient to meet their stated policy target of six months' running costs, representing only about five months' costs. The trustees confirmed there is no material uncertainty 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

Highest-paid employee band: £80,001 - £90,000 — above the median for charities its size (£70k)
“In the band £80,001 - £90,000” — page 76
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Reserves position: below the charity's own stated reserves policy (held: £2.1m; policy: 6 months' running costs)
“The current level of reserves is insufficient to attain that target, representing only about 5 months’ running costs” — page 51
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Related-party transaction: Management charge paid by subsidiary to Charity
“There was a management charge of £12,000 (2024 - £12,000) paid by each subsidiary to the Charity.” — page 89
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts audited by Crowe U.K. LLP. Discloses 5 of 6 completeness components.

In the news

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

Corporate structure

Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — Mary Stevens 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.

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: Mary Stevens Hospice(The) — Registered, 1 registered location, 2 regulated activities, last inspected 26/02/2020.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)

Total income
£6.5m
Total spending
£6.2m
Cost of raising funds
£2.1m
Reserves (reported)
£2.1m
Employees
157

Reported reserves equal ~4.0 months of spending — below the median for charities its size (median 4.8 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, cost of raising funds: 32.8% of total income — in the top quarter for charities its size (median 5.2%) (benchmarks).

Register events

Trustees · trustee networks

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

Operates in: Dudley · Sandwell · Staffordshire · Worcestershire

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/03/2025£6.5m£6.2m
31/03/2024£6.4m£5.7m
31/03/2023£4.9m£5.2m
31/03/2022£4.8m£4.8m
31/03/2021£5.2m£5.0m

Common questions

Is THE MARY STEVENS HOSPICE financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the hospice generated a financial surplus of £356,000 for the year ended 31 March 2025, strengthening its balance sheet with total liquid funds increasing to £3,372,000. Per the trustees' report, unrestricted free reserves stood at £2,072,000, which the trustees acknowledge is insufficient to meet their stated policy target of six months' running costs, representing only about five months' costs. The trustees confirmed there is no material uncertainty regarding the charity's ability to continue as a going concern. Its FY2025 accounts were audited by Crowe U.K. LLP.

What does the highest-paid employee of THE MARY STEVENS HOSPICE earn?

Per its FY2025 accounts, the highest-paid employee was in the £80,001 - £90,000 band.

Who funds THE MARY STEVENS HOSPICE?

Funders whose own accounts filings name THE MARY STEVENS HOSPICE as a grant recipient include LILLIE JOHNSON CHARITABLE TRUST, THE ROGER & DOUGLAS TURNER CHARITABLE TRUST, BLUE LIGHT CARD FOUNDATION, C B AND H H TAYLOR 1984 TRUST, THE INLIGHT TRUST.

Known funders

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

FunderYearAmountPurpose (as stated by the funder)
LILLIE JOHNSON CHARITABLE TRUSTFY2023£108k
THE ROGER & DOUGLAS TURNER CHARITABLE TRUSTFY2023£30k
BLUE LIGHT CARD FOUNDATIONFY2023£23k
C B AND H H TAYLOR 1984 TRUSTFY2022£22k
THE INLIGHT TRUSTFY2022£17k
THE ROGER & DOUGLAS TURNER CHARITABLE TRUSTFY2024£15k
THE E H SMITH CHARITABLE TRUSTFY2023£15k
THE ROGER & DOUGLAS TURNER CHARITABLE TRUSTFY2025£15k
THE FRANCIS WINHAM FOUNDATIONFY2025£10k
THE EDWARD AND DOROTHY CADBURY TRUSTFY2023£10kCompassionate Support
THE ROGER & DOUGLAS TURNER CHARITABLE TRUSTFY2022£10k
BLUE LIGHT CARD FOUNDATIONFY2024£10k
THE FRANCIS WINHAM FOUNDATIONFY2024£8k
THE HOBSON CHARITY LIMITEDFY2022£8kHospice
THE FRANCIS WINHAM FOUNDATIONFY2022£5k
THE EDWARD CADBURY CHARITABLE TRUSTFY2025£5kCompassionate Support
THE FRANCIS WINHAM FOUNDATIONFY2023£5k
THE ALBERT GUBAY CHARITABLE FOUNDATIONFY2023£4k
SKIPTON BUILDING SOCIETY CHARITABLE FOUNDATIONFY2022£3k
THE MICHAEL MARSH CHARITABLE TRUSTFY2023£3kGeneral Charitable Purposes
THE EDWARD CADBURY CHARITABLE TRUSTFY2024£3kCompassionate Support
The Squire Patton Boggs Charitable TrustFY2022£3kEducation/Training
THE GRIMMITT TRUSTFY2023£3k
THE GRIMMITT TRUSTFY2024£2k
THE MICHAEL MARSH CHARITABLE TRUSTFY2022£2k
THE W E DUNN TRUSTFY2025£2k
THE W E DUNN TRUSTFY2024£2k
THE HILARY AWDRY CHARITABLE TRUSTFY2022£2k
THE EDGAR E LAWLEY FOUNDATIONFY2025£2k
THE EDGAR E LAWLEY FOUNDATIONFY2022£2k
THE EDGAR E LAWLEY FOUNDATIONFY2023£2k
W G EDWARDS CHARITABLE FOUNDATIONFY2022£2kBethel Church
DUMBRECK CHARITYFY2022£1kMedical
DUMBRECK CHARITYFY2025£1kMedical
LILLIE JOHNSON CHARITABLE TRUSTFY2025£1k
DUMBRECK CHARITYFY2024£1kMedical
THE W E DUNN TRUSTFY2023£1k
DUMBRECK CHARITYFY2023£1kMedical
THE HILARY AWDRY CHARITABLE TRUSTFY2023£1k
LILLIE JOHNSON CHARITABLE TRUSTFY2022£1k
LILLIE JOHNSON CHARITABLE TRUSTFY2026£1k
WATES FAMILY ENTERPRISE TRUSTFY2021£500Minor Awards - Benefidary organisations of Match funding not otherwise listed above
THE MICHAEL AND ANNA WIX CHARITABLE TRUSTFY2026£200
HOSPICE AID UKFY2023£0
HOSPICE AID UKFY2024£0Grants made to provide facilities to hospices
HOSPICE AID UKFY2025£0Grants made to provide facilities to hospices
THE FRANCIS WINHAM FOUNDATIONFY2026£0

Government & lottery funding

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

FunderDateAmountPurpose
The National Lottery Community Fund14/04/2026£20kCreative Wellbeing
The National Lottery Community Fund21/03/2024£20kCreative Crafting
The National Lottery Community Fund17/06/2022£10kNo Barriers Here - People excluded by culture identity and race
The National Lottery Community Fund17/02/2022£113kCommunity Hospice Care and Wellbeing Service
UK government15/09/2020£50kCoronavirus Community Support Fund
The National Lottery Community Fund23/11/2010£31kMary Stevens SPACES Sensory Garden

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.

FunderSimilar charities fundedAmount to them
Moto Foundation2£2k
THE CHANDRIS FOUNDATION2£2k
THE THOMPSON FAMILY CHARITABLE TRUST1£80k
THE BALCOMBE CHARITABLE TRUST1£46k
THE THOMAS J HORNE MEMORIAL TRUST1£35k
Matchroom Charitable Foundation1£30k
SUTTON COLDFIELD CHARITABLE TRUST1£25k
WILLIAM ADLINGTON CADBURY CHARITABLE TRUST1£20k

Charities like this

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

Side by side with its peers

CharityIncomeTop pay bandStaff >£60kReserves vs policyFundraising costGoing concern
THE MARY STEVENS HOSPICE£6.5m£80,001 - £90,000—below—no doubt
BURY HOSPICE FY2025£4.8m——below—no doubt
HOSPICE AID UK FY2025£115k—0unclear—no doubt
GREENWICH AND BEXLEY COMMUNITY HOSPICE LIMITED FY2025£13.3m£120,000 - £129,999—unclear—no doubt
Havens Hospices FY2025£20.6m£110,000 - £119,999—unclear—no doubt
ST LUKE'S HOSPICE PLYMOUTH FY2025£13.0m——above—no doubt

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