Hospice Africa Limited

Analysis

Hospice Africa Limited is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Liverpool. It was registered in August 1993, 33 years ago. Its declared purposes cover the advancement of health or saving of lives and overseas aid/famine relief, which this site groups under health and saving lives. Legally it is a charitable company (Companies House number 02835469). It says it makes grants to organisations, provides services and provides advocacy/advice/information.

In the financial year ending March 2026, Hospice Africa Limited reported income of £193k and spending of £210k, spending 109% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2022 to March 2026, income fell from £206k to £193k (-6.2%), an average of -1.6% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2023, when income rose by 45%. Over the whole period it spent 96% of the income it received.

Among 24,651 England and Wales charities whose main cause is health and saving lives and that reported income, Hospice Africa Limited sits at the 72nd percentile: it is larger than about 72% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 80th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Hector's House (£193k), Al-Huda Cultural Centre & Mosque (£193k) and The Alan and Sheila Diamond Charitable Trust (£193k).

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.