St Clare West Essex Hospice Care Trust

Analysis

St Clare West Essex Hospice Care Trust is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Essex. It was registered in July 1997, 29 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 03398955). It says it provides human resources, provides buildings/facilities/open space and provides services.

In the financial year ending March 2026, St Clare West Essex Hospice Care Trust reported income of £9.3m and spending of £10.2m, spending 110% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2022 to March 2026, income grew from £7.4m to £9.3m (+25%), an average of +5.7% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2024, when income rose by 19%. 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 Clare West Essex Hospice Care Trust 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 Magen David Adom UK (£9.3m), The London Community Foundation (£9.3m) and Katharine House Hospice (£9.2m).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from donations and legacies 33%, trading 32%, charitable activities 32% and investments 2.2%. Gifts in wills alone brought in £333k. Charitable activities took 64% of spending and raising funds 35%. Reserves of £6.7m would cover about 8 months of spending at that rate. It employed 190 people.