St Benedict's Hospice, Sunderland

Analysis

St Benedict's Hospice, Sunderland is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Sunderland. It was registered in March 1993, 33 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 02803974). It says it provides services.

In the financial year ending March 2025, St Benedict's Hospice, Sunderland reported income of £1.9m and spending of £2.2m, spending 117% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from April 2021 to March 2025, income grew from £1.4m to £1.9m (+35%), an average of +7.7% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to April 2022, when income rose by 65%. Over the whole period it spent 93% of the income it received.

Among 24,651 England and Wales charities whose main cause is health and saving lives and that reported income, St Benedict's Hospice, Sunderland sits at the 93rd percentile: it is larger than about 93% 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 Q Charitable Trust (£1.9m), Sutton Borough Citizens' Advice Bureaux (£1.9m) and Richmond Borough Mind (£1.9m).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from trading 58%, donations and legacies 36%, investments 4.1% and charitable activities 1.8%. Gifts in wills alone brought in £260k. Charitable activities took 56% of spending and raising funds 12%. Reserves of £1.0m would cover about 6 months of spending at that rate. It employed 26 people.

Data notes from the register: The latest annual return was received after its deadline. Spending has exceeded income in each of the last three reported years, so the charity has been drawing on reserves or other funds.