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BOLTON HOSPICE

Registered charity 518704 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

To promote the relief of all adults, without regard to race or creed, who are suffering from any chronic or terminal illness or from any disability or disease attributable to old age or from any other physical or mental infirmity, disability or disease in such ways as the Association shall from time to time think fit.

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Latest income
£7.1m
Latest spending
£7.0m
Registered
1987
Accounts read
FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity's general reserves stood at £7.8m, representing approximately 13 months of projected expenditure. Per the trustees' report, the net outflow of funds before investment gains was £63,000, a significant improvement from the previous year's £247,000 outflow, driven by higher legacy income and government support.

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

What the accounts disclose

Employees paid over £60,000: 7
“Of the employees whose emoluments exceeded £60,000, there are 7 employees (2024: 6)” — page 38
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Reserves policy: at least 12 months of budgeted expenditure (held: £7.8m)
“the trustees consider the general reserve should reflect at least 12 months of budgeted expenditure as well as for planned maintenance and dilapidation expenditure”
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts audited by MHA. Discloses 5 of 6 completeness components.

Year-over-year changes

Comparing this charity’s FY2024 and FY2025 accounts as analysed by this site.

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Corporate structure

BOLTON HOSPICE SUPPORT LIMITED — per its own Companies House accounts
  • Amounts owed to group undertakings: £115,389
BOLTON HOSPICE LOTTERY LIMITED — per its own Companies House accounts
  • Debtors include £1,914 owed by group undertakings (2024). Creditors include £1,995 owed to group undertakings (2025).

Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — Bolton 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)

15 registered titles in England and Wales held by the charity’s company or corporate body (5 freehold); recorded price paid £206k. All charity-held property. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright, OGL v3.0.

CQC provider record: Bolton Hospice — Registered, 1 registered location, 1 regulated activity, last inspected 21/12/2023.charity number confirmed by CQC CQC record

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

Total income
£7.1m
Total spending
£7.0m
Cost of raising funds
£2.1m
Reserves (reported)
£15.8m
Employees
105

Reported reserves equal ~27.1 months of spending — in the top quarter for charities its size (median 4.8 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, cost of raising funds: 29.7% of total income — in the top quarter for charities its size (median 5.2%) (benchmarks).

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Trustees · trustee networks

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

Operates in: Bolton

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/03/2025£7.1m£7.0m
31/03/2024£6.2m£6.5m
31/03/2023£5.3m£6.1m
31/03/2022£5.9m£5.3m
31/03/2021£5.2m£5.0m

Common questions

Is BOLTON HOSPICE financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity's general reserves stood at £7.8m, representing approximately 13 months of projected expenditure. Per the trustees' report, the net outflow of funds before investment gains was £63,000, a significant improvement from the previous year's £247,000 outflow, driven by higher legacy income and government support. Its FY2025 accounts were audited by MHA.

Who funds BOLTON HOSPICE?

Funders whose own accounts filings name BOLTON HOSPICE as a grant recipient include THE TIM BACON FOUNDATION, BOLTON COMMUNITY AND VOLUNTARY SERVICES, THE EAST LANCASHIRE MASONIC CHARITY, THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF ST PETER BOLTON-LE-MOORS, LIFE FOR A LIFE MEMORIAL FORESTS AND GARDENS.

Known funders

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

FunderYearAmountPurpose (as stated by the funder)
THE TIM BACON FOUNDATIONFY2024£18k
BOLTON COMMUNITY AND VOLUNTARY SERVICESFY2023£8k
BOLTON COMMUNITY AND VOLUNTARY SERVICESFY2022£4kGrant
BOLTON COMMUNITY AND VOLUNTARY SERVICESFY2023£3k
THE EAST LANCASHIRE MASONIC CHARITYFY2024£2kTo purchase Patient Care Simulator ‘Yaye Manikin
BOLTON COMMUNITY AND VOLUNTARY SERVICESFY2023£2k
THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF ST PETER BOLTON-LE-MOORSFY2024£1k
LIFE FOR A LIFE MEMORIAL FORESTS AND GARDENSFY2022£500
THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF ST PETER BOLTON-LE-MOORSFY2023£271Charitable Giving
THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF ST PETER BOLTON-LE-MOORSFY2022£227
THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF HOLY TRINITY, HORWICH, DIOCESE OF MANCHESTERFY2025£150

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
THE INMAN CHARITY2£7k
ASSOCIATION OF NHS CHARITIES1£780k
THE HERD LAWSON AND MURIEL LAWSON CHARITABLE TRUST1£81k
THE THOMPSON FAMILY CHARITABLE TRUST1£80k
LILIAN FRANCES HIND BEQUEST (TRUSTEES OF LADY HIND)1£59k
THE ROGER & DOUGLAS TURNER CHARITABLE TRUST1£57k
ANNE FRENCH MEMORIAL TRUST1£50k
THE KIRBY LAING FOUNDATION1£50k

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with Our Bolton NHS Charity.

Side by side with its peers

CharityIncomeTop pay bandStaff >£60kReserves vs policyFundraising costGoing concern
BOLTON HOSPICE£7.1m—7above—no doubt
Our Bolton NHS Charity FY2025£191k—0unclear—no doubt
Priscilla Bacon Hospice Charity FY2025£2.3m£70,001 - £80,000—unclear—no doubt
GREENWICH AND BEXLEY COMMUNITY HOSPICE LIMITED FY2025£13.3m£120,000 - £129,999—unclear—no doubt
Birmingham Hospice FY2025£19.1m£90,001 - £100,000—above—no doubt
THE BOLTON GUILD OF HELP FY2025£249k—0above—no doubt

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