Boarbank Hall Convalescent Home, Grange-Over-Sands
Analysis
Boarbank Hall Convalescent Home, Grange-Over-Sands is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Cumbria. It was registered in June 1964, 62 years ago. Its declared purposes cover the advancement of health or saving of lives and religious activities, which this site groups under health and saving lives. It says it provides buildings/facilities/open space and provides services.
In the financial year ending December 2025, Boarbank Hall Convalescent Home, Grange-Over-Sands reported income of £2.4m and spending of £2.4m, spending 102% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2021 to December 2025, income fell from £3.2m to £2.4m (-27%), an average of -7.5% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2022, when income dropped by 33%. Over the whole period it spent 84% of the income it received.
Among 24,651 England and Wales charities whose main cause is health and saving lives and that reported income, Boarbank Hall Convalescent Home, Grange-Over-Sands sits at the 94th percentile: it is larger than about 94% 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 Kingston and Richmond NHS Foundation Trust General Charitable Fund (£2.4m), Wellbeing of Women (£2.4m) and The Childwick Trust (£2.3m).
In its latest detailed accounts, income came from charitable activities 91%, donations and legacies 5.2% and investments 2.1%. Gifts in wills alone brought in £23k. Charitable activities took 98% of spending and raising funds 0.0%. Reserves of £5.2m would cover about 25 months of spending at that rate. It employed 79 people.
Income and spending
Where the income comes from
- Donations 4.2%
- Legacies 1.0%
- Charitable activities 91%
- Trading 0.8%
- Investments 2.1%
- Other 0.9%
In the charity's own words
The principal activity is the running of a convalescent home and nursing home. There is also provision of pastoral and spiritual support.
Similar-sized charities, same cause
| Charity | Location | Income |
|---|---|---|
| Kingston and Richmond NHS Foundation Trust General Charitable Fund | Kingston upon Thames | £2.4m |
| Wellbeing of Women | London | £2.4m |
| The Childwick Trust | St Albans | £2.3m |
| We Are Survivors | Salford | £2.4m |