The Shakespeare Hospice

Analysis

The Shakespeare Hospice is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Stratford-upon-Avon. It was registered in August 1997, 29 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 03291683). It says it provides services and provides advocacy/advice/information.

In the financial year ending March 2025, The Shakespeare Hospice reported income of £2.2m and spending of £3.0m, spending 136% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income fell from £3.3m to £2.2m (-33%), an average of -9.6% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2023, when income dropped by 29%. Over the whole period it spent 92% of the income it received.

Among 24,651 England and Wales charities whose main cause is health and saving lives and that reported income, The Shakespeare Hospice sits at the 94th percentile: it is larger than about 94% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 96th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Pompey in the Community (£2.2m), Each Counselling and Support (£2.2m) and Safeline Warwick (£2.2m).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from trading 44%, donations and legacies 35%, charitable activities 18% and investments 2.6%. Gifts in wills alone brought in £97k. Charitable activities took 54% of spending and raising funds 46%. It employed 71 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.