Tameside and Glossop Hospice Limited

Analysis

Tameside and Glossop Hospice Limited is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Ashton-Under-Lyne. It was registered in November 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 02854091). It says it provides human resources, provides services and provides advocacy/advice/information.

In the financial year ending March 2025, Tameside and Glossop Hospice Limited reported income of £3.6m and spending of £4.4m, spending 123% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from April 2021 to March 2025, income fell from £4.0m to £3.6m (-10%), an average of -2.6% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to April 2024, when income rose by 42%. Over the whole period it spent 100% of the income it received.

Among 24,651 England and Wales charities whose main cause is health and saving lives and that reported income, Tameside and Glossop Hospice 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 98th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Pramacare (£3.6m), Mothers2mothers (UK) Limited (£3.6m) and The Sussex Community Foundation (£3.6m).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from donations and legacies 50%, trading 45% and investments 3.5%. Gifts in wills alone brought in £223k. Charitable activities took 54% of spending and raising funds 29%. Reserves of £1.8m would cover about 5 months of spending at that rate. It employed 111 people.