St Barnabas Hospice Trust (Lincolnshire)

Analysis

St Barnabas Hospice Trust (Lincolnshire) is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Lincoln. It was registered in March 1996, 30 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training, the advancement of health or saving of lives and other charitable purposes, which this site groups under health and saving lives. Legally it is a charitable company (Companies House number 03166056). It says it provides services and provides advocacy/advice/information.

In the financial year ending March 2025, St Barnabas Hospice Trust (Lincolnshire) reported income of £13.7m and spending of £14.8m, spending 108% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income grew from £12.9m to £13.7m (+6.7%), an average of +1.6% a year. Over the whole period it spent 101% 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 Barnabas Hospice Trust (Lincolnshire) sits at the 98th 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 St Cuthbert's Care (£13.6m), The Royal Society of Medicine (£13.7m) and The Smile Train UK (£13.6m).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from charitable activities 44%, trading 29%, donations and legacies 24% and investments 2.7%. Gifts in wills alone brought in £1.4m. Charitable activities took 71% of spending and raising funds 29%. Reserves of £17.2m would cover about 14 months of spending at that rate. It employed 315 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.