Cornwall Hospice Care Limited

Analysis

Cornwall Hospice Care Limited is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in St Austell. It was registered in March 2006, 20 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 05660401). It says it provides services.

In the financial year ending March 2025, Cornwall Hospice Care Limited reported income of £13.4m and spending of £13.0m, spending 97% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income grew from £9.7m to £13.4m (+39%), an average of +8.6% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2022, when income rose by 17%. Over the whole period it spent 96% of the income it received.

Among 24,651 England and Wales charities whose main cause is health and saving lives and that reported income, Cornwall Hospice Care Limited sits at the 98th percentile: it is larger than about 98% 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 The English Dominican Congregation (Stone) Charitable Fund (£13.4m), The Nelson Trust (£13.5m) and Greenwich and Bexley Community Hospice Limited (£13.3m).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from trading 54%, donations and legacies 33%, charitable activities 8.6% and investments 1.9%. Gifts in wills alone brought in £2.4m. Charitable activities took 61% of spending and raising funds 38%. Reserves of £6.6m would cover about 6 months of spending at that rate. It employed 270 people.