Sobell House Hospice Charity Limited

Analysis

Sobell House Hospice Charity Limited is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Oxford. It was registered in April 2007, 19 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 05989017). It says it makes grants to organisations, provides human resources and provides buildings/facilities/open space.

In the financial year ending March 2026, Sobell House Hospice Charity Limited reported income of £4.8m and spending of £6.6m, spending 139% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2022 to March 2026, income grew from £3.3m to £4.8m (+44%), an average of +9.5% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2023, when income rose by 47%. Over the whole period it spent 123% of the income it received.

Among 24,651 England and Wales charities whose main cause is health and saving lives and that reported income, Sobell House Hospice Charity Limited 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 St Cuthbert's Hospice, Durham (£4.8m), International Society for Krishna Consciousness London (£4.8m) and Richard House Trust (£4.8m).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from donations and legacies 51%, trading 45% and investments 3.5%. Gifts in wills alone brought in £615k. Charitable activities took 59% of spending and raising funds 41%. Grants to other organisations totalled £3.3m. Reserves of £4.2m would cover about 8 months of spending at that rate. It employed 65 people.

Data notes from the register: Spending has exceeded income in each of the last three reported years, so the charity has been drawing on reserves or other funds.