WAKEFIELD HOSPICE
Registered charity 518392 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register
Provision of the highest level of symptom management and care for people who have advanced active, progressive and life threatening illness., through the provision of a Specialist Palliative Care Team. The Hospice endorses a holistic approach in promoting quality of life for patients as well as providing the continuing support that is offered to families and carers.
Causes: The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives · website · Get email alerts
Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts
The accounts state that total income increased to £7,248,720, driven largely by significant legacies and NHS grants, resulting in a net surplus of £1,209,616. The charity holds consolidated unrestricted reserves of £6,627,189, which significantly exceeds its stated target range of £2.28m - £3.29m. The trustees confirm the charity has adequate resources to continue as a going concern for at least 12 months.
Automated summary of the FY2025 accounts; the evidenced findings below carry the verbatim passages.
What the accounts disclose
Reserves policy: £2.28m - £3.29m (held: £6.6m)
“The Trustees have used this exercise to agree on a free reserves level of £2.28m - £3.29m (currently £3,011,580) to be maintained over the next ten years.” — page 12
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Going concern: noted by the trustees or auditor
“The trustees do however recognise that uncertainty exists surrounding the duration and impact of the current economic pressures and hence there is inherent risk regarding the success and sustainability of these plans.” — page 13
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Related-party transaction: Gift Aid distribution from subsidiary
“During the year, the charity received a Gift Aid donation of £7,997 (2024: £4,729) from its wholly owned subsidiary, Wakefield Hospice Trading Limited, representing the distributable profits for the year ended 31 March 2025.” — page 36
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Accounts audited by BHP LLP. Discloses 4 of 6 completeness components.
Year-over-year changes
- Going concern: no going-concern doubt (FY2024) → going-concern doubt noted (FY2025).
Comparing this charity’s FY2024 and FY2025 accounts as analysed by this site.
Corporate structure
Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — Wakefield Hospice (matched by registered charity number).
Leadership, per the charity’s website
- Janet Millard — Director of Clinical Services (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.
- DEAN, Faris — director, appointed 11/11/2024on trustee list
- HAYAT, Saadia, Dr — director, appointed 11/11/2024on trustee list
- CROSSE, Barbara, Dr — director, appointed 19/06/2024on trustee list
- BANWAIT, Perminderjeet Kaur — director, appointed 03/04/2023on trustee list
- BECK, Christopher Robert — director, appointed 12/12/2022on trustee list
- KENDALL, Claire — director, appointed 12/12/2022on trustee list
- MILNE, John Gordon — director, appointed 01/02/2021on trustee list
- OTTER, Robert James — director, appointed 27/07/2020on trustee list
- HAMILTON, Alan Thomas — director, appointed 27/07/2020on trustee list
- HIRST, Helen Jane — director, appointed 25/03/2019on trustee list
- BEEDLE, Andrew Craig — secretary, appointed 11/01/2022
Official officers record.
Property (HM Land Registry)
15 registered titles in England and Wales held by the charity’s company or corporate body (5 freehold). All charity-held property. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright, OGL v3.0.
CQC provider record: Wakefield Hospice — Registered, 1 registered location, 1 regulated activity, last inspected 14/11/2023.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)
Cost of raising funds
£2.3m
Reported reserves equal ~6.0 months of spending — above the median for charities its size (median 4.8 months; benchmarks).
Per its annual return, cost of raising funds: 32.3% of total income — in the top quarter for charities its size (median 5.2%) (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).
Register events
- Received assets from another charity (10/08/2022) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.
- Received assets from another charity (06/03/2019) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.
- Alan Thomas Hamilton
- CHRISTOPHER ROBERT BECK
- Claire Kendall
- Dr Barbara Crosse
- Dr Saadia Hayat
- Faris Dean
- Helen Jane Hirst
- JOHN GORDON MILNE · trustee of 1 other charity
- John William Knox
- Karen Lisa Parkin · trustee of 1 other charity
- Perminderjeet Kaur Banwait · trustee of 1 other charity
- Robert James Otter
- Sarah Charlotte Black
Trustee list from the Charity Commission register (current, not historical).
Operates in: City Of Wakefield
Income and spending
Common questions
Is WAKEFIELD HOSPICE financially healthy?
Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that total income increased to £7,248,720, driven largely by significant legacies and NHS grants, resulting in a net surplus of £1,209,616. The charity holds consolidated unrestricted reserves of £6,627,189, which significantly exceeds its stated target range of £2.28m - £3.29m. The trustees confirm the charity has adequate resources to continue as a going concern for at least 12 months. Its FY2025 accounts were audited by BHP LLP.
Who funds WAKEFIELD HOSPICE?
Funders whose own accounts filings name WAKEFIELD HOSPICE as a grant recipient include THE LIZ AND TERRY BRAMALL FOUNDATION, COMMUNITY FOUNDATION FOR WAKEFIELD, THE WILL CHARITABLE TRUST, THE LINDER FOUNDATION, THE PIERREPONT TRUST.
Known funders
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