HOSPICE OF THE VALLEYS

Registered charity 517724 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as HOSBIS Y CYMOEDD, HOSPICE OF THE MARCHES, VALLEYS CANCER CARE

To provide a community Hospice and specialist palliative care service to the population of Blaenau Gwent.

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Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported a net deficit of £348,930 for the year ended 31 March 2025, driven by a loss on investment assets of £170,439 and total expenditure exceeding income. Per the trustees' report, unrestricted reserves stood at £353,364, which is below the stated policy target of maintaining reserves sufficient to cover 9 to 12 months of running costs. The trustees note a cash reserves deficit of £2.2m against required liquidity but confirm the ability to liquidate the investment portfolio to meet obligations.

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

What the accounts disclose

Accounts audited by HSJ Audit Limited. Discloses 4 of 6 completeness components.

Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — Hospice of the Valleys (matched by registered charity number).

Funders the charity credits

Named as funders/supporters on the charity’s own website (the charity’s claim, distinct from accounts-verified grants).

• Thomas Roberts Trust — “Thomas Roberts Trust” (source page)
• Beaufort Hill Miners Welfare Club Trust — “Beaufort Hill Miners Welfare Club Trust” (source page)
• The February Foundation — “The February Foundation” (source page)
• Ecclesiastical Movement for Good — “Ecclesiastical Movement for Good” (source page)
• Edgar J Lawley Foundation — “Edgar J Lawley Foundation” (source page)
• The GC Gibson Charitable Trust — “The GC Gibson Charitable Trust” (source page)
• The Hodge Foundation — “The Hodge Foundation” (source page)
• Masonic Freemasons Grand Charity — “Masonic Freemasons Grand Charity” (source page)
• The Health Foundation — “The Health Foundation” (source page)
• The Sun Readers Fund — “The Sun Readers Fund” (source page)
• The Sir Jules Thorne Charitable Trust — “The Sir Jules Thorne Charitable Trust” (source page)

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.

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

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

Reported reserves equal ~1.0 months of spending — in the bottom quarter for charities its size (median 4.8 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, cost of raising funds: 34.6% of total income — above the 90th percentile for charities its size (median 5.2%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

• Michael Bobbettchair
• Andrew Cooper · trustee of 1 other charity
• Dr Arthur Frank Turner
• Dr Joshua Thomas-Parr
• Dr Michael Jean Childs
• Mathew Morris-Parker
• Rhys Hutchings
• Verly Louise Inglis

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

Operates in: Blaenau Gwent · Caerphilly · Merthyr Tydfil · Rhondda Cynon Taff · Torfaen

Income and spending

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Known funders

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

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.

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with ST DAVID'S FOUNDATION HOSPICE CARE.

• ST DAVID'S FOUNDATION HOSPICE CARE income £9.3m
• SEVERN HOSPICE LIMITED income £16.2m
• EDEN VALLEY HOSPICE, CARLISLE income £6.5m
• ST LUKE'S HOSPICE (BASILDON AND DISTRICT) LIMITED income £16.1m
• SPRINGHILL HOSPICE (ROCHDALE) income £6.4m
• TRINITY HOSPICE AND PALLIATIVE CARE SERVICES LTD income £14.6m

Side by side with its peers

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