Demelza Hospice Care for Children

Analysis

Demelza Hospice Care for Children is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Kent. It was registered in July 1994, 32 years ago. Its declared purposes cover the advancement of health or saving of lives and disability, which this site groups under health and saving lives. Legally it is a charitable company (Companies House number 02948500). It says it provides services.

In the financial year ending March 2025, Demelza Hospice Care for Children reported income of £17.3m and spending of £18.6m, spending 107% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income grew from £12.8m to £17.3m (+36%), an average of +8.0% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2023, when income rose by 21%. Over the whole period it spent 103% of the income it received.

Among 24,651 England and Wales charities whose main cause is health and saving lives and that reported income, Demelza Hospice Care for Children sits at the 99th percentile: it is larger than about 99% 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 The Veterans' Foundation (£17.3m), The Nesta Trust (£17.3m) and Mission Aviation Fellowship UK (£17.2m).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from donations and legacies 38%, trading 36%, charitable activities 25% and investments 1.2%. Gifts in wills alone brought in £3.2m. Charitable activities took 59% of spending and raising funds 41%. Reserves of £12.0m would cover about 8 months of spending at that rate. It employed 378 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.