The East Lancashire Hospice

Analysis

The East Lancashire Hospice is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Blackburn. It was registered in May 1999, 27 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 03755216). It says it provides human resources, provides services and provides advocacy/advice/information.

In the financial year ending March 2025, The East Lancashire Hospice reported income of £4.3m and spending of £4.6m, spending 106% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income grew from £4.1m to £4.3m (+7.1%), an average of +1.7% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2025, when income rose by 17%. Over the whole period it spent 104% 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 East Lancashire Hospice sits at the 96th percentile: it is larger than about 96% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 98th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Buckinghamshire Community Foundation (£4.3m), Tameside, Oldham, Glossop and Stockport Mind Ltd (£4.3m) and Focus Birmingham (£4.3m).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from charitable activities 47%, trading 28%, donations and legacies 18% and investments 3.6%. Gifts in wills alone brought in £460k. Charitable activities took 77% of spending and raising funds 22%. Reserves of £15.3m would cover about 40 months of spending at that rate. It employed 116 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.