TREETOPS HOSPICE TRUST

Registered charity 519540 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as THE DRAYCOTT HOSPICE

Treetops Hospice provides Daycare, Complementary Therapy and Hospice at Home care for people suffering from life-limiting illnesses. We also provide Carers Support and Complementary Therapy for people involved in caring for people with life-limiting illnesses and Bereavement Support for people and families who have suffered a bereavement.

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

Latest income
£5.2m
Latest spending
£5.5m
Registered
1988
Accounts read
FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity operated at a net expenditure of £291,237 for the year, with total income falling to £5,162,288. Per the trustees' report, the charity entered the year operating under a deficit budget due to static statutory funding and rising costs, though unrestricted reserves of £2,401,924 remain above the stated policy range of £1.35m - £1.65m.

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

What the accounts disclose

Reserves policy: £1.35m - £1.65m (held: £2.4m)
“At the last review, this methodology produced a Free Reserves range of £1.35m - £1.65m. The Trustees are satisfied with the reserves level and feel it is at a satisfactory level for the organisation to discharge its obligations and long-term plans” — page 30
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Related-party transaction: Trustees made donations
“During the year, 3 trustees made donations totalling £3,437 (2024: 5 trustees, £382). A number of trustees also donate goods to the retail shops.” — page 76
“During the year the charity received income of £1,085,961 (2024: £2,418,891) from Treetops Funding Limited.” — page 76
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Related-party transaction: Subsidiary income
“During the year, 3 trustees made donations totalling £3,437 (2024: 5 trustees, £382). A number of trustees also donate goods to the retail shops.” — page 76
“During the year the charity received income of £1,085,961 (2024: £2,418,891) from Treetops Funding Limited.” — page 76
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Related-party transaction: Subsidiary debtors
“During the year, 3 trustees made donations totalling £3,437 (2024: 5 trustees, £382). A number of trustees also donate goods to the retail shops.” — page 76
“During the year the charity received income of £1,085,961 (2024: £2,418,891) from Treetops Funding Limited.” — page 76
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Related-party transaction: Subsidiary creditors
“During the year, 3 trustees made donations totalling £3,437 (2024: 5 trustees, £382). A number of trustees also donate goods to the retail shops.” — page 76
“During the year the charity received income of £1,085,961 (2024: £2,418,891) from Treetops Funding Limited.” — page 76
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Related-party transaction: Gift aid from subsidiary
“During the year, 3 trustees made donations totalling £3,437 (2024: 5 trustees, £382). A number of trustees also donate goods to the retail shops.” — page 76
“During the year the charity received income of £1,085,961 (2024: £2,418,891) from Treetops Funding Limited.” — page 76
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Trading subsidiary: Treetops Retail Limited, Treetops Funding Limited
“The Charity’s wholly owned trading subsidiaries carry out non-charitable trading activities for the Charity.” — page 29
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts audited by UHY Hacker Young LLP. Discloses 4 of 6 completeness components.

Corporate structure

TREETOPS RETAIL LIMITED — per its own Companies House accounts
  • Amounts owed to group undertakings: £153,673 (2025) vs £221,846 (2024); Amounts owed by group undertakings: £21,044 (2025) vs £- (2024)
TREETOPS FUNDING LIMITED — per its own Companies House accounts
  • Amounts owed by group undertakings: £526,604 (2025) vs £547,337 (2024). Amounts owed to group undertakings: £0 (2025) vs £30,284 (2024).

Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — Treetops Hospice Care (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 (2 freehold). All charity-held property. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright, OGL v3.0.

CQC provider record: Treetops Hospice Trust — Registered, 1 registered location, 1 regulated activity, last inspected 07/04/2016.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
£5.2m
Total spending
£5.5m
Cost of raising funds
£2.5m
Reserves (reported)
£1.5m
Employees
163

Reported reserves equal ~3.3 months of spending — below the median for charities its size (median 4.8 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, cost of raising funds: 48.6% of total income — above the 90th percentile for charities its size (median 5.2%) (benchmarks).

Care Quality Commission ratings

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Trustees · trustee networks

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

Operates in: Derbyshire · Nottingham City

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/03/2025£5.2m£5.5m
31/03/2024£5.5m£5.2m
31/03/2023£4.3m£4.8m
31/03/2022£5.0m£4.3m
31/03/2021£5.7m£4.0m

Common questions

Is TREETOPS HOSPICE TRUST financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity operated at a net expenditure of £291,237 for the year, with total income falling to £5,162,288. Per the trustees' report, the charity entered the year operating under a deficit budget due to static statutory funding and rising costs, though unrestricted reserves of £2,401,924 remain above the stated policy range of £1.35m - £1.65m. Its FY2025 accounts were audited by UHY Hacker Young LLP.

Who funds TREETOPS HOSPICE TRUST?

Funders whose own accounts filings name TREETOPS HOSPICE TRUST as a grant recipient include THE EDWARD GOSTLING FOUNDATION, THE THOMAS J HORNE MEMORIAL TRUST, THE HISCOX FOUNDATION, THE ARDWICK TRUST.

Known funders

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

Government & lottery funding

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

FunderDateAmountPurpose
Postcode Lottery29/11/2024£100kMillionaire Street 2024 10w3
The National Lottery Community Fund16/12/2014£347kSupporting families and individuals affected by life limiting conditio
The National Lottery Community Fund18/03/2005£3kCreative Therapy Sessions
The National Lottery Community Fund06/07/2004£25kScheme design study needed for new building

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 TREETOPS PRE-SCHOOL.

Side by side with its peers

CharityIncomeTop pay bandStaff >£60kReserves vs policyFundraising costGoing concern
TREETOPS HOSPICE TRUST£5.2m——unclear—no doubt
TREETOPS PRE-SCHOOL FY2025£248k—0unclear—no doubt
WOODLANDS HOSPICE CHARITABLE TRUST FY2025£1.5m——unclear56.1%no doubt
TEESSIDE HOSPICE CARE FOUNDATION FY2025£6.0m——above—no doubt
HOSPISCARE FY2025£17.4m£120,001 - £130,000—unclear—no doubt
PILGRIMS HOSPICES IN EAST KENT FY2025£18.9m£160,001 - £170,000—above25.9%no doubt

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