East Anglia's Children's Hospices

Analysis

East Anglia's Children's Hospices is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Cambridge. It was registered in April 1998, 28 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 03550187). It says it provides services and sponsors or undertakes research.

In the financial year ending March 2025, East Anglia's Children's Hospices reported income of £22.4m and spending of £19.8m, spending 88% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income grew from £14.3m to £22.4m (+56%), an average of +12% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2024, when income rose by 19%. Over the whole period it spent 87% of the income it received.

Among 24,651 England and Wales charities whose main cause is health and saving lives and that reported income, East Anglia's Children's Hospices sits at the 99th percentile: it is one of the largest 1% in its cause. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 100th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Street Child (£22.3m), Children's Hospice South West (£22.4m) and Moorfields Eye Charity (£22.2m).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from donations and legacies 43%, trading 40%, charitable activities 14% and investments 2.9%. Gifts in wills alone brought in £3.1m. Charitable activities took 53% of spending and raising funds 46%. Reserves of £35.1m would cover about 21 months of spending at that rate. It employed 418 people.