ST KENTIGERN HOSPICE

Registered charity 519931 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

The provision of palliative and respite care to day and residential patients in a hospice environment for the people of North East Wales and providing support to our patients' families.

Objects

TO PROMOTE THE RELIEF OF SUFFERING (SO FAR AS SUCH PURPOSE IS CHARITABLE) IN SUCH WAYS AS THE ASSOCIATION SHALL FROM TIME TO TIME THINKFIT. (FOR FURTHER DETAILS SEE MEMORANDUM).

Area of benefit: WALES

The charity’s charitable objects and area of benefit, quoted from its governing document as held on the Charity Commission register.

Causes: The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives · website · Get email alerts

Registered contact address: Denbighshire, Wales (from the postcode on the register)

Latest income
£3.9m
Latest spending
£3.9m
Registered
1988
Accounts read
FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The charity reported a net surplus of £39,831 for the year ended 31 March 2025, with total unrestricted reserves standing at £5,756,595. The trustees confirmed that reserves are sufficient to support clinical services for more than twelve months and that the accounts are prepared on a going concern basis. The charity relies significantly on statutory funding, which accounted for 20% of costs, with the remainder generated through fundraising and trading activities.

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

What the accounts disclose

Highest-paid employee band: £70,001 - £80,000 — above the median for charities its size (£70k)
“During the year, one employee's emoluments exceeded £60,000. The total gross remuneration of this employee was £71,663, with employer pension contributions of £10,305. This falls within the £70,001-£80,000 remuneration band.” — page 19
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Employees paid over £60,000: 1
“During the year, one employee's emoluments exceeded £60,000.” — page 19
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Reserves policy: ensure that reserves and funding are sufficient to support the continuation of our clinical services for more than twelve months (held: £6.1m)
“The Trustees' policy is to ensure that reserves and funding are sufficient to support the continuation of our clinical services for more than twelve months.” — page 4
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Related-party transaction: St Kentigern Trading Ltd generated profits of which £27,861 (2024: £49,406) remained undistributed at the year end. Sales amounting to £7,970 (2024: £5,878) were transferred directly to the Hospice. At 31 March 2025, £12,680 (2024: £1,274) was due to the Hospice.
“St Kentigern Trading Ltd: During the year, St Kentigern Trading Ltd generated profits of which £27,861 (2024: £49,406) remained undistributed at the year end. Sales amounting to £7,970 (2024: £5,878) were transferred directly to the Hospice. At 31 March 2025, £12,680 (2024: £1,274) was due to the Hospice.”
“St Kentigern Promotions Ltd: St Kentigern Promotions Ltd made a profit of which £34,258 (2024: £33,789) was not transferred at the year end. Bank interest of £1,151 (2024: £875) was transferred to the Hospice during the year. In 2025, raffle proceeds of £17,888 (2024: £11,235) were transferred. At 31 March 2025, £17,921 (2024: £23,428) was due to the Hospice.”
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Related-party transaction: St Kentigern Promotions Ltd made a profit of which £34,258 (2024: £33,789) was not transferred at the year end. Bank interest of £1,151 (2024: £875) was transferred to the Hospice during the year. In 2025, raffle proceeds of £17,888 (2024: £11,235) were transferred. At 31 March 2025, £17,921 (2024: £23,428) was due to the Hospice.
“St Kentigern Trading Ltd: During the year, St Kentigern Trading Ltd generated profits of which £27,861 (2024: £49,406) remained undistributed at the year end. Sales amounting to £7,970 (2024: £5,878) were transferred directly to the Hospice. At 31 March 2025, £12,680 (2024: £1,274) was due to the Hospice.”
“St Kentigern Promotions Ltd: St Kentigern Promotions Ltd made a profit of which £34,258 (2024: £33,789) was not transferred at the year end. Bank interest of £1,151 (2024: £875) was transferred to the Hospice during the year. In 2025, raffle proceeds of £17,888 (2024: £11,235) were transferred. At 31 March 2025, £17,921 (2024: £23,428) was due to the Hospice.”
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Trading subsidiary: St Kentigern Trading Limited, St Kentigern Promotions Limited
“The charity has two wholly owned trading subsidiaries: St Kentigern Trading Limited, which operates shops selling donated goods and also Caffi Cariad, and St Kentigern Promotions Limited, which operates a lottery” — page 4
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts audited by Salisbury & Company Business Solutions Limited. Discloses 6 of 6 completeness components.

Year-over-year changes

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

In its annual return the charity told the Commission it is also regulated by: Healthcare Inspectorate Wales (HIW). This is the charity’s own declaration; it is not a rating and has not been verified by the Commission or by this site.

Policies the charity declares

In its annual return the charity told the Commission that it has the policies listed below. This is self-declared: it is not verified by the Commission or by this site, and it is not evidence of how a policy works in practice.

From the charity’s annual return (Part A, self-declared)

Answers and figures the charity gave in Part A of its annual return to the Charity Commission. They are self-declared: not verified by the Commission or by this site. Only positive answers and figures are listed; items not listed are simply not shown.

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/03/2025

  • Volunteers: 355
  • Government income: £1,378,007 — contracts £760,048 (1), grants £617,959 (2); 35% of the £3,929,520 total gross income on the same return
  • Employees paid over £60,000: 1 (£70,001–£80,000: 1)
  • Has a trading subsidiary

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/03/2024

  • Volunteers: 225
  • Government income: £1,264,036 — grants £1,264,036 (2); 37% of the £3,379,096 total gross income on the same return
  • Has a trading subsidiary

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/03/2023

  • Volunteers: 229
  • Government income: £971,472 — contracts £663,460 (1), grants £308,012 (1); 31% of the £3,176,707 total gross income on the same return
  • Has a trading subsidiary

Source: this charity’s annual returns on the Charity Commission register.

Corporate structure

ST. KENTIGERN TRADING LIMITED — latest Companies House iXBRL filing (balance sheet 31.3.26)
  • Equity: £2
  • Average employees: 26
ST. KENTIGERN PROMOTIONS LIMITED — latest Companies House iXBRL filing (balance sheet 31.3.26)
  • Equity: £2
  • Average employees: 1
ST. KENTIGERN TRADING LIMITED — per its own Companies House accounts
  • Amounts owed to group undertakings 12,680
ST. KENTIGERN PROMOTIONS LIMITED — per its own Companies House accounts
  • Donated/gift-aided to the charity: £17.9m
  • Amounts owed to group undertakings: £17,921,000
“Amounts owed to group undertakings 17,921”

Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — St Kentigern Hospice (matched by registered charity number).

Leadership, per the charity’s website

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.

Official officers record.

Property (HM Land Registry)

4 registered titles 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): instagram · linkedin

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

Total income
£3.9m
Total spending
£3.9m
Cost of raising funds
£1.1m
Reserves (reported)
£6.1m
Employees
90

Reported reserves equal ~18.9 months of spending — in the top quarter for charities its size (median 4.7 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, cost of raising funds: 28.4% of total income — in the top quarter for charities its size (median 5.3%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

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

Operates in: Conwy · Denbighshire · Flintshire

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/03/2025£3.9m£3.9m
31/03/2024£3.4m£3.5m
31/03/2023£3.2m£3.0m
31/03/2022£2.3m£2.7m
31/03/2021£2.9m£2.5m

Common questions

Is ST KENTIGERN HOSPICE financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The charity reported a net surplus of £39,831 for the year ended 31 March 2025, with total unrestricted reserves standing at £5,756,595. The trustees confirmed that reserves are sufficient to support clinical services for more than twelve months and that the accounts are prepared on a going concern basis. The charity relies significantly on statutory funding, which accounted for 20% of costs, with the remainder generated through fundraising and trading activities. Its FY2025 accounts were audited by Salisbury & Company Business Solutions Limited.

What does the highest-paid employee of ST KENTIGERN HOSPICE earn?

Per its FY2025 accounts, the highest-paid employee was in the £70,001 - £80,000 band, and 1 employees earned over £60,000.

Who funds ST KENTIGERN HOSPICE?

Funders whose own accounts filings name ST KENTIGERN HOSPICE as a grant recipient include MOONDANCE FOUNDATION, THE FORRESTER FAMILY TRUST, TOYOTA MANUFACTURING UK CHARITABLE TRUST, THE OAKDALE TRUST.

Known funders

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

FunderYearAmountPurpose (as stated by the funder)
MOONDANCE FOUNDATIONFY2022£50kHealth
MOONDANCE FOUNDATIONFY2023£23k
THE FORRESTER FAMILY TRUSTFY2022£5kSMALLER GRANTS
TOYOTA MANUFACTURING UK CHARITABLE TRUSTFY2022£2k
THE OAKDALE TRUSTFY2023£2k

Government & lottery funding

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

FunderDateAmountPurpose
The National Lottery Community Fund23/10/2020£10kCOVID-19 - St Kentigern Hospice Break Out Cabin
The National Lottery Community Fund25/05/2004£5kUnspecified

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 DERWENTSIDE HOSPICE CARE FOUNDATION.

Side by side with its peers

CharityIncomeTop pay bandStaff >£60kReserves vs policyFundraising costGoing concern
ST KENTIGERN HOSPICE£3.9m£70,001 - £80,0001above—no doubt
DERWENTSIDE HOSPICE CARE FOUNDATION FY2025£2.0m—0above—no doubt
HOSPICE IN THE WEALD FY2025£15.9m——above—no doubt
THE HEART OF KENT HOSPICE FY2025£11.4m£100,001 - £110,000—unclear—no doubt
ST LUKE'S HOSPICE (HARROW AND BRENT) LTD FY2025£13.0m£100,001 - £110,0009above—no doubt
ST CLARE WEST ESSEX HOSPICE CARE TRUST FY2026£9.3m£140,001 - £150,00013unclear—no doubt

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