Lewis-Manning Hospice Care

Analysis

Lewis-Manning Hospice Care is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Poole. It was registered in July 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 06278709). It says it provides services and provides advocacy/advice/information.

In the financial year ending March 2025, Lewis-Manning Hospice Care reported income of £3.6m and spending of £3.9m, spending 107% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income grew from £2.7m to £3.6m (+36%), an average of +7.9% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2024, when income rose by 34%. Over the whole period it spent 99% of the income it received.

Among 24,651 England and Wales charities whose main cause is health and saving lives and that reported income, Lewis-Manning Hospice Care sits at the 95th percentile: it is larger than about 95% 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 International Federation of Gynecology and Obstetrics (£3.6m), Life 2009 (£3.6m) and World Confederation for Physical Therapy (£3.6m).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from donations and legacies 45%, trading 40%, charitable activities 13% and investments 1.8%. Gifts in wills alone brought in £443k. Charitable activities took 63% of spending and raising funds 4.0%. Grants to other organisations totalled £15k. Reserves of £3.1m would cover about 10 months of spending at that rate. It employed 82 people.