Florence Nightingale Hospice Charity

Analysis

Florence Nightingale Hospice Charity is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Aylesbury. It was registered in June 2007, 19 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training, the advancement of health or saving of lives and disability, which this site groups under health and saving lives. Legally it is a charitable company (Companies House number 06187174). It says it provides other finance.

In the financial year ending March 2025, Florence Nightingale Hospice Charity reported income of £4.9m and spending of £4.9m, spending 101% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income grew from £1.9m to £4.9m (+149%), an average of +26% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2022, when income rose by 123%. Over the whole period it spent 90% of the income it received.

Among 24,651 England and Wales charities whose main cause is health and saving lives and that reported income, Florence Nightingale Hospice Charity 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 Coeliac UK (£4.8m), Sussex Community Development Association (£4.9m) and New Pathways Family Friendly Therapeutic Centre of Excellence (£4.8m).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from trading 69%, donations and legacies 25% and investments 5.7%. Gifts in wills alone brought in £189k. Charitable activities took 33% of spending and raising funds 64%. Grants to other organisations totalled £1.3m. Reserves of £1.2m would cover about 3 months of spending at that rate. It employed 85 people.