THE MARTLETS HOSPICE LIMITED

Registered charity 802145 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · filing overdue (register status)

Martlets provides the very best care and support to terminally ill people in Brighton and Hove, and surrounding areas. Most people receive expert care from us in their own homes. Outpatients visit our hospice for pain relief and practical advice, and we also have an 18-bed inpatient unit.

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Financial health, per its FY2024 accounts

The accounts state that the charity is preparing its financial statements on a basis other than going concern because it is expected to be liquidated following an agreement to join St Barnabas Hospice. Despite this status, the group reported total unrestricted reserves of £10,914,329 and net current assets of £1,374,257 for the year ended 31 March 2024.

Automated summary of the FY2024 accounts; the evidenced findings below carry the verbatim passages.

What the accounts disclose

Accounts audited by Moore Kingston Smith LLP. Discloses 3 of 6 completeness components.

Year-over-year changes

• Going concern: no going-concern doubt (FY2023) → not a going concern (FY2024).

Comparing this charity’s FY2023 and FY2024 accounts as analysed by this site.

Corporate structure

• Registered company of the charity Companies House 02326410

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.

• JOHNSON, Steven Robert — director, appointed 07/07/2025not on trustee list
• BLATCHFORD, Karen Elizabeth — director, appointed 25/07/2018on trustee list

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)

4 registered titles in England and Wales held by the charity’s company or corporate body (4 freehold). All charity-held property. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright, OGL v3.0.

CQC provider record: The Martlets Hospice Limited — Deregistered, 3 registered locations, last inspected 22/12/2015.charity number confirmed by CQC CQC record

Public profiles (found on the charity’s own website): facebook · instagram

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/03/2024)

Reported reserves equal ~1.2 months of spending — in the bottom quarter for charities its size (median 4.6 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, cost of raising funds: 17.9% of total income — in the top quarter for charities its size (median 3.8%) (benchmarks).

Register events

• Received assets from another charity (20/01/2025) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.
• Received assets from another charity (05/11/2015) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.

Trustees · trustee networks

• Karen Elizabeth Blatchford

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

Operates in: Brighton And Hove

Income and spending

Common questions

Known funders

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

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 FRIENDS OF BRIGHTON AND HOVE HOSPITALS.

• FRIENDS OF BRIGHTON AND HOVE HOSPITALS income £79k
• PILGRIMS HOSPICES IN EAST KENT income £18.9m
• Weldmar Hospicecare income £12.4m
• MARTIN HOUSE income £17.0m
• HARLINGTON HOSPICE ASSOCIATION LIMITED income £6.2m
• THAMES HOSPICE income £21.2m

Side by side with its peers

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