The Butterfly Hospice Trust

Analysis

The Butterfly Hospice Trust is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Boston. It was registered in April 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 05325476). It says it provides services.

In the financial year ending July 2025, The Butterfly Hospice Trust reported income of £1.3m and spending of £1.2m, spending 94% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from July 2021 to July 2025, income grew from £816k to £1.3m (+61%), an average of +13% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to July 2023, when income rose by 55%. Over the whole period it spent 83% of the income it received.

Among 24,651 England and Wales charities whose main cause is health and saving lives and that reported income, The Butterfly Hospice Trust sits at the 91st percentile: it is larger than about 91% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 95th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Health Action Local Engagement (£1.3m), 4louis (£1.3m) and Money and Mental Health Policy Institute (£1.3m).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from charitable activities 57%, donations and legacies 35%, trading 6.4% and investments 1.6%. Gifts in wills alone brought in £18k. Charitable activities took 50% of spending and raising funds 49%. Reserves of £820k would cover about 8 months of spending at that rate. It employed 43 people.