Hospice at Home Carlisle and North Lakeland

Analysis

Hospice at Home Carlisle and North Lakeland is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Cumbria. It was registered in January 2003, 23 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 04609579). It says it provides human resources and provides services.

In the financial year ending March 2025, Hospice at Home Carlisle and North Lakeland reported income of £2.0m and spending of £2.1m, spending 107% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income grew from £1.9m to £2.0m (+3.0%), an average of +0.7% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2024, when income rose by 39%. 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, Hospice at Home Carlisle and North Lakeland sits at the 93rd percentile: it is larger than about 93% 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 Advocacy Project (£1.9m), One to One Children's Fund (£2.0m) and Alcohol Research UK (£1.9m).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from donations and legacies 51%, trading 26%, charitable activities 21% and investments 1.9%. Gifts in wills alone brought in £460k. Charitable activities took 71% of spending and raising funds 14%. Reserves of £3.2m would cover about 18 months of spending at that rate. It employed 62 people.