St John's Hospice North Lancashire and South Lakes

Analysis

St John's Hospice North Lancashire and South Lakes is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Lancaster. It was registered in May 2014, 12 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training, the advancement of health or saving of lives, disability and other charitable purposes, which this site groups under health and saving lives. Legally it is a charitable incorporated organisation (CIO). It says it provides human resources, provides buildings/facilities/open space and provides services.

In the financial year ending March 2025, St John's Hospice North Lancashire and South Lakes reported income of £8.4m and spending of £8.0m, spending 95% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income grew from £6.9m to £8.4m (+22%), an average of +5.2% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2023, when income dropped by 19%. 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, St John's Hospice North Lancashire and South Lakes sits at the 98th 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 The Company of Biologists (£8.4m), Turning Lives Around Ltd (£8.4m) and Garden House Hospice Care (£8.4m).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from trading 41%, donations and legacies 28%, charitable activities 28% and investments 2.7%. Gifts in wills alone brought in £1.3m. Charitable activities took 72% of spending and raising funds 27%. Reserves of £15.9m would cover about 24 months of spending at that rate. It employed 221 people.