Wisdom Hospice Support

Analysis

Wisdom Hospice Support is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Rochester. It was registered in February 2014, 12 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 08130595). It says it makes grants to organisations.

In the financial year ending March 2025, Wisdom Hospice Support reported income of £672k and spending of £618k, spending 92% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income grew from £309k to £672k (+117%), an average of +21% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2022, when income rose by 35%. Over the whole period it spent 86% of the income it received.

Among 24,651 England and Wales charities whose main cause is health and saving lives and that reported income, Wisdom Hospice Support sits at the 86th percentile: it is larger than about 86% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 92nd percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Give a Gift (£671k), Age UK Hull and East Yorkshire (£672k) and East London Out Project (£671k).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from trading 92% and donations and legacies 7.0%. Charitable activities took 0.0% of spending and raising funds 100%. Reserves of £397k would cover about 8 months of spending at that rate. It employed 16 people.