The City Hospice Trust Limited

Analysis

The City Hospice Trust Limited is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Cardiff. It was registered in June 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 02651828). It says it provides services.

In the financial year ending March 2025, The City Hospice Trust Limited reported income of £3.2m and spending of £3.6m, spending 112% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income grew from £2.4m to £3.2m (+34%), an average of +7.6% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2025, when income rose by 16%. Over the whole period it spent 105% of the income it received.

Among 24,651 England and Wales charities whose main cause is health and saving lives and that reported income, The City Hospice Trust Limited sits at the 95th percentile: it is larger than about 95% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 97th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Hull and East Yorkshire Medical Research Centre (£3.2m), The Beit Trust (£3.2m) and Greater Manchester Sports Partnership (£3.2m).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from charitable activities 50%, trading 24%, donations and legacies 23% and investments 2.2%. Gifts in wills alone brought in £138k. Charitable activities took 69% of spending and raising funds 30%. Reserves of £1.5m would cover about 5 months of spending at that rate. It employed 64 people.

Data notes from the register: Spending has exceeded income in each of the last three reported years, so the charity has been drawing on reserves or other funds.