DARLINGTON AND DISTRICT HOSPICE MOVEMENT
Registered charity 518394 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as ST TERESA'S HOSPICE
Our facilities are available free to all terminally ill patients, regardless of the nature of the disease. We are non-denominational and respect the different cultures of all. We believe that a person has the right to choose where they die - in hospital, hospice or at home. We look at the whole person and take into account their physical, psychological, social and spiritual needs.
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Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts
The accounts state that the charity reported a deficit of £126,914 for the year ended 31 March 2025, requiring the use of reserves to maintain service continuity. Per the trustees' report, unrestricted reserves of £4,555,282 remain above the stated policy target of six months' operational costs, though the charity is operating within a planned deficit for the upcoming year. The independent auditor confirmed that the financial statements are prepared on a going concern basis with no material uncertainties identified.
Automated summary of the FY2025 accounts; the evidenced findings below carry the verbatim passages.
What the accounts disclose
Employees paid over £60,000: 1
“The number of employees whose annual remuneration was more than £60,000 is as follows: 2025 Number £70,001 to £80,000 1” — page 29
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Largest income source: Staff costs (75% of income)
“Staff costs remain our largest expense equating to 75.36% of total expenditure”
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Reserves policy: six months of operational expenditure (held: £4.6m)
“In previous years the Trustees have agreed that a minimum reserve equivalent to six months’ operational costs should be maintained. This would equate to a reserve in the range of £1.8m to £2m as at 31 March 2025.” — page 8
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Accounts audited by Azets Audit Services. Discloses 5 of 6 completeness components.
Corporate structure
Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — St Teresa's Hospice (matched by registered charity number).
Leadership, per the charity’s website
- Carol Charlton — Chair of Trustees (source)
- Nicola Myers — Chief Executive Officer (source)
- Deborah Robinson — Director of Service Development (source)
- Louise Shutt — 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.
- KIRKPATRICK, Graeme Millar — director, appointed 05/12/2024on trustee list
- BARRON, Christopher Philip — director, appointed 05/12/2024on trustee list
- PROBERT, Janet Linda — director, appointed 05/12/2024on trustee list
- METCALFE, Stephen John — director, appointed 07/12/2023on trustee list
- MURPHY, Diane — director, appointed 30/11/2021on trustee list
- CHARLTON, Carol Susan — director, appointed 28/11/2019on trustee list
- BROWN, Martin William — director, appointed 28/11/2019on trustee list
- CLINKARD, Charles Jonathan — director, appointed 22/11/2018on trustee list
- MYERS, Nicola Jane — secretary, appointed 29/11/2012
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.
CQC provider record: Darlington & District Hospice Movement — Registered, 1 registered location, 1 regulated activity, last inspected 30/08/2022.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
£848k
Reported reserves equal ~9.2 months of spending — above the median for charities its size (median 4.8 months; benchmarks).
Per its annual return, cost of raising funds: 23.9% of total income — in the top quarter for charities its size (median 5.2%) (benchmarks).
- Carol Charltonchair
- Charles Clinkard
- Christopher Barron
- Diane Murphy
- Graeme Millar Kirkpatrick
- Janet Linda Probert
- Martin Brown
- Stephen John Metcalfe
Trustee list from the Charity Commission register (current, not historical).
Operates in: Darlington · Durham · North Yorkshire
Income and spending
Common questions
Is DARLINGTON AND DISTRICT HOSPICE MOVEMENT financially healthy?
Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity reported a deficit of £126,914 for the year ended 31 March 2025, requiring the use of reserves to maintain service continuity. Per the trustees' report, unrestricted reserves of £4,555,282 remain above the stated policy target of six months' operational costs, though the charity is operating within a planned deficit for the upcoming year. The independent auditor confirmed that the financial statements are prepared on a going concern basis with no material uncertainties identified. Its FY2025 accounts were audited by Azets Audit Services.
Who funds DARLINGTON AND DISTRICT HOSPICE MOVEMENT?
Funders whose own accounts filings name DARLINGTON AND DISTRICT HOSPICE MOVEMENT as a grant recipient include THE JGW PATTERSON FOUNDATION, THE HOBSON CHARITY LIMITED, THE A M FENTON TRUST, SIR JOHN PRIESTMAN CHARITY TRUST, THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF ALL SAINTS' AND SALUTATION, BLACKWELL, DARLINGTON.
Known funders
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Government & lottery funding
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