St David's Hospice

Analysis

St David's Hospice is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Llandudno. It was registered in June 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 02922828). It says it provides services.

In the financial year ending December 2025, St David's Hospice reported income of £6.4m and spending of £6.0m, spending 95% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2021 to December 2025, income fell from £7.3m to £6.4m (-12%), an average of -3.2% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2023, when income dropped by 22%. Over the whole period it spent 99% 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 David's Hospice sits at the 97th percentile: it is larger than about 97% 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 Edhi International Foundation UK (£6.3m), The Connection at St Martin-In-The-Fields (£6.4m) and Harlow and District Sports Trust (£6.3m).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from donations and legacies 34%, charitable activities 24%, trading 7.5% and investments 1.5%. Gifts in wills alone brought in £1.0m. Charitable activities took 73% of spending and raising funds 26%. Reserves of £3.3m would cover about 7 months of spending at that rate. It employed 88 people.