ASHGATE HOSPICECARE
Registered charity 700636 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as ASHGATE HOSPICE, THE ASHGATE HOSPICE
The Charity enables people with palliative care requirements to have access to appropriate professional assistance and care and helps patients achieve the best possible quality of life in accordance with their wishes.The Charity provides care related services in a variety of settings: In Patient, Day Care, Home Care, Hospital Care, Therapy, Social Work, Family Support & an Out Patient service.
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Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts
The accounts state that the charity reported a net deficit of £757,569 for the year, with free reserves standing at £3,052,000, which is above the stated risk-based target of £2,340,000. Per the trustees' report, the hospice faces significant financial pressure due to rising costs and an NHS funding shortfall, leading to announced proposals for service reductions and job losses to save £2.6 million. Despite these challenges and inherent risks regarding future funding, the trustees maintain that the charity remains a going concern with sufficient reserves to continue operations.
Automated summary of the FY2025 accounts; the evidenced findings below carry the verbatim passages.
What the accounts disclose
Reserves policy: risk-based target of £2,340k (held: £3.1m)
“The risk-based target for free reserves on 31 March 2025 was £2,340k” — page 59
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Going concern: noted by the trustees or auditor
“The Board do however recognise that uncertainty exists around the global economy, and impacts on NHS funding for Specialist Palliative end of Life Care and hence there is inherent risk regarding the success and sustainability of future plans, however the Board have concluded that the company remains a going concern whilst such viable options are available to it.”
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Related-party transaction: Ashgate Hospicecare Shops Limited is a subsidiary of Ashgate Hospicecare. During 2024/25, it operated seventeen shops and two coffee shops, the profits of which are spent wholly supporting the work of Ashgate Hospicecare.
“Ashgate Hospicecare Shops Limited is a subsidiary of Ashgate Hospicecare. During 2024/25, it operated seventeen shops and two coffee shops, the profits of which are spent wholly supporting the work of Ashgate Hospicecare.”
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Accounts audited by Azets Audit Services Limited. 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.
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Corporate structure
Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — Ashgate 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.
- MUSGROVE, Richard — director, appointed 08/06/2026on trustee list
- LAXTON-KANE, Christopher — director, appointed 29/01/2026on trustee list
- KIRKHAM, Philip David — director, appointed 29/01/2026on trustee list
- WASTENEY, Alison Clare — director, appointed 24/07/2025on trustee list
- ALLEN, Louise Marie — director, appointed 24/07/2025on trustee list
- JOHNSON, Helen — director, appointed 24/07/2025on trustee list
- SARGEANT, Jonathan Edward — director, appointed 24/07/2025on trustee list
- SIMMS, John Michael — director, appointed 24/07/2025on trustee list
- HALLAM, Christopher John — director, appointed 21/05/2024on trustee list
- BRENNAN-COLLIS, Steven — director, appointed 14/12/2023on trustee list
- COOPER, Ruth Elizabeth, Dr — director, appointed 29/09/2022on trustee list
- GOLDEN, Heidi — secretary, appointed 23/10/2018
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.
Property (HM Land Registry)
2 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: Ashgate Hospicecare Limited — Registered, 1 registered location, 1 regulated activity, last inspected 23/09/2014.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
£6.1m
Reported reserves equal ~2.2 months of spending — below the median for charities its size (median 4.6 months; benchmarks).
Per its annual return, cost of raising funds: 38.9% of total income — above the 90th percentile for charities its size (median 3.8%) (benchmarks).
Care Quality Commission ratings
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Register events
- Received assets from another charity (16/04/2025) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.
- Received assets from another charity (12/03/2025) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.
- Received assets from another charity (07/12/2023) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.
- Received assets from another charity (28/11/2022) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.
- Christopher John Hallamchair
- Alison Wasteney
- Christopher Laxton-Kane
- Dr Ruth Elizabeth Cooper
- Helen Johnson
- John Simms
- Jonathan Sargeant
- Louise Allen
- Philip David Kirkham
- Richard Musgrove
- Steven Brennan-Collis
Trustee list from the Charity Commission register (current, not historical).
Operates in: Derbyshire
Income and spending
Common questions
Is ASHGATE HOSPICECARE financially healthy?
Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity reported a net deficit of £757,569 for the year, with free reserves standing at £3,052,000, which is above the stated risk-based target of £2,340,000. Per the trustees' report, the hospice faces significant financial pressure due to rising costs and an NHS funding shortfall, leading to announced proposals for service reductions and job losses to save £2.6 million. Despite these challenges and inherent risks regarding future funding, the trustees maintain that the charity remains a going concern with sufficient reserves to continue operations. Its FY2025 accounts were audited by Azets Audit Services Limited.
Who funds ASHGATE HOSPICECARE?
Funders whose own accounts filings name ASHGATE HOSPICECARE as a grant recipient include THE HOBSON CHARITY LIMITED, THE WILL CHARITABLE TRUST, THE ORR MACKINTOSH FOUNDATION LIMITED, DUKE OF DEVONSHIRE'S CHARITABLE TRUST, THE HARRY BOTTOM CHARITABLE TRUST.
Known funders
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