St Joseph's Hospice Association

Analysis

St Joseph's Hospice Association is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Merseyside. It was registered in January 2002, 24 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 04267625). It says it provides services.

In the financial year ending March 2025, St Joseph's Hospice Association reported income of £4.1m and spending of £4.2m, spending 102% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income grew from £3.4m to £4.1m (+23%), an average of +5.3% a year. Over the whole period it spent 95% 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 Joseph's Hospice Association 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 Age Concern Wirral (£4.1m), Thurrock and Brentwood Mind (£4.1m) and Willow Foundation (£4.1m).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from charitable activities 43%, donations and legacies 29% and trading 28%. Gifts in wills alone brought in £754k. Charitable activities took 76% of spending and raising funds 24%. Reserves of £1.5m would cover about 4 months of spending at that rate. It employed 105 people.