Keech Hospice

Analysis

Keech Hospice is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Bedfordshire. It was registered in March 1994, 32 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 02904446). It says it provides buildings/facilities/open space, provides services and provides advocacy/advice/information.

In the financial year ending March 2025, Keech Hospice reported income of £14.5m and spending of £16.3m, spending 113% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income grew from £12.6m to £14.5m (+15%), an average of +3.5% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2022, when income rose by 26%. Over the whole period it spent 90% of the income it received.

Among 24,651 England and Wales charities whose main cause is health and saving lives and that reported income, Keech Hospice sits at the 99th percentile: it is larger than about 98% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 99th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Kidney Research UK (£14.5m), Kirklees Active Leisure (£14.5m) and The Congregation of the Little Sisters of the Poor - English Province (£14.5m).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from trading 48%, charitable activities 27%, donations and legacies 22% and investments 3.4%. Gifts in wills alone brought in £1.3m. Charitable activities took 57% of spending and raising funds 42%. Reserves of £6.9m would cover about 5 months of spending at that rate. It employed 361 people.