Mary Ann Evans Hospice

Analysis

Mary Ann Evans Hospice is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Nuneaton. It was registered in October 1992, 34 years ago. Its declared purposes cover the advancement of health or saving of lives, which this site groups under health and saving lives. Legally it is a charitable company (Companies House number 02750734). It says it provides services and provides advocacy/advice/information.

In the financial year ending December 2025, Mary Ann Evans Hospice reported income of £2.2m and spending of £3.0m, spending 133% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2021 to December 2025, income fell from £2.3m to £2.2m (-1.6%), an average of -0.4% a year. Over the whole period it spent 107% of the income it received.

Among 24,651 England and Wales charities whose main cause is health and saving lives and that reported income, Mary Ann Evans Hospice sits at the 94th percentile: it is larger than about 94% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 96th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Impact Foundation (£2.2m), Headway Suffolk and Norfolk LTD (£2.2m) and Kemp Hospice (£2.2m).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from charitable activities 36%, trading 35%, donations and legacies 28% and investments 1.4%. Gifts in wills alone brought in £106k. Charitable activities took 71% of spending and raising funds 29%. Reserves of £1.1m would cover about 5 months of spending at that rate. It employed 80 people.

Data notes from the register: The regulator lists this charity's latest annual return or accounts as overdue. Spending has exceeded income in each of the last three reported years, so the charity has been drawing on reserves or other funds.