Arthur Rank Hospice Charity

Analysis

Arthur Rank Hospice Charity is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Cambridge. It was registered in December 2009, 17 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 07086155). It says it provides other finance, provides human resources and provides services.

In the financial year ending March 2025, Arthur Rank Hospice Charity reported income of £14.4m and spending of £12.8m, spending 89% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income grew from £9.3m to £14.4m (+55%), an average of +12% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2022, when income rose by 24%. Over the whole period it spent 92% of the income it received.

Among 24,651 England and Wales charities whose main cause is health and saving lives and that reported income, Arthur Rank Hospice Charity sits at the 99th 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 Active Nation UK Ltd (£14.4m), Pancreatic Cancer UK (£14.5m) and Combat Stress (£14.3m).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from charitable activities 58%, donations and legacies 23%, trading 15% and investments 1.7%. Gifts in wills alone brought in £2.0m. Charitable activities took 79% of spending and raising funds 20%. Reserves of £7.6m would cover about 7 months of spending at that rate. It employed 296 people.