Great Oaks Hospice

Analysis

Great Oaks Hospice is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Coleford. It was registered in November 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 03821527). It says it provides human resources, provides buildings/facilities/open space and provides services.

In the financial year ending September 2025, Great Oaks Hospice reported income of £1.7m and spending of £1.6m, spending 92% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from September 2021 to September 2025, income grew from £1.1m to £1.7m (+61%), an average of +13% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to September 2023, when income rose by 31%. Over the whole period it spent 88% of the income it received.

Among 24,651 England and Wales charities whose main cause is health and saving lives and that reported income, Great Oaks Hospice sits at the 92nd percentile: it is larger than about 92% 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 The Springfield Project (£1.7m), Epilepsy Research Institute UK (£1.7m) and Energise Me (£1.7m).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from trading 42%, donations and legacies 33%, charitable activities 22% and investments 2.0%. Gifts in wills alone brought in £299k. Charitable activities took 81% of spending and raising funds 13%. Reserves of £2.4m would cover about 17 months of spending at that rate. It employed 66 people.