Cransley Hospice Trust

Analysis

Cransley Hospice Trust is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Northamptonshire. It was registered in February 2013, 13 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 08102611). It says it makes grants to organisations.

In the financial year ending March 2025, Cransley Hospice Trust reported income of £3.1m and spending of £1.3m, leaving 57% of income unspent that year. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income grew from £898k to £3.1m (+243%), an average of +36% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2025, when income rose by 258%. Over the whole period it spent 87% of the income it received.

Among 24,651 England and Wales charities whose main cause is health and saving lives and that reported income, Cransley Hospice Trust 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 97th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Teshuvoh Tefilloh Tzedokoh (£3.1m), The Elmhurst Foundation (£3.1m) and Multiple Sclerosis Trust (£3.1m).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from donations and legacies 78%, charitable activities 19% and investments 2.5%. Gifts in wills alone brought in £183k. Charitable activities took 55% of spending and raising funds 42%. Reserves of £2.7m would cover about 24 months of spending at that rate. It employed 13 people.