St Joseph's Hospice Hackney

Analysis

St Joseph's Hospice Hackney is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in London. It was registered in March 2006, 20 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, the advancement of health or saving of lives, disability and the prevention or relief of poverty, which this site groups under health and saving lives. Legally it is a charitable company (Companies House number 05513914). It says it provides human resources and provides services.

In the financial year ending March 2025, St Joseph's Hospice Hackney reported income of £16.8m and spending of £16.8m, spending 100% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income grew from £14.6m to £16.8m (+15%), an average of +3.6% a year. Over the whole period it spent 98% 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 Hackney sits at the 99th percentile: it is larger than about 99% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 99th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Fairfield Independent Hospital (£16.6m), Essex & Herts Air Ambulance Trust (£16.9m) and Trident Reach the People Charity (£16.6m).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from charitable activities 61%, donations and legacies 29%, investments 6.8% and trading 3.3%. Gifts in wills alone brought in £3.5m. Charitable activities took 86% of spending and raising funds 14%. Reserves of £43.1m would cover about 31 months of spending at that rate. It employed 265 people.