Bury Hospice

Analysis

Bury Hospice is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Bury. It was registered in July 2010, 16 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 07299003). It says it provides services.

In the financial year ending March 2025, Bury Hospice reported income of £4.8m and spending of £4.7m, spending 99% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income grew from £2.9m to £4.8m (+65%), an average of +13% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2022, when income rose by 43%. 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, Bury Hospice 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 John of Jerusalem Eye Hospital (£4.8m), Richard House Trust (£4.8m) and Wiltshire and Bath Air Ambulance Charity (£4.8m).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from trading 47%, charitable activities 30% and donations and legacies 21%. Gifts in wills alone brought in £616k. Charitable activities took 58% of spending and raising funds 42%. Reserves of £1.9m would cover about 5 months of spending at that rate. It employed 111 people.