Woodlands Hospice Charitable Trust

Analysis

Woodlands Hospice Charitable Trust is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Liverpool. It was registered in September 1995, 31 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training and 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 03063721). It says it provides services.

In the financial year ending March 2025, Woodlands Hospice Charitable Trust reported income of £1.5m and spending of £1.8m, spending 119% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income fell from £4.1m to £1.5m (-63%), an average of -22% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2022, when income dropped by 70%. Over the whole period it spent 106% of the income it received.

Among 24,651 England and Wales charities whose main cause is health and saving lives and that reported income, Woodlands Hospice Charitable Trust sits at the 92nd percentile: it is larger than about 92% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 95th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include League of Friends Musgrove Park Hospital (£1.5m), South Bristol Sports Centre (£1.5m) and The Association for Child and Adolescent Mental Health (£1.5m).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from donations and legacies 49%, trading 35%, charitable activities 10.0% and investments 1.8%. Gifts in wills alone brought in £103k. Charitable activities took 53% of spending and raising funds 47%. Reserves of £1.1m would cover about 8 months of spending at that rate. It employed 43 people.