St Luke's Hospice

Analysis

St Luke's Hospice is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Sheffield. It was registered in November 1967, 59 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training and 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 00922448). It says it provides human resources, provides buildings/facilities/open space and provides services.

In the financial year ending March 2025, St Luke's Hospice reported income of £14.5m and spending of £15.6m, spending 107% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income grew from £12.8m to £14.5m (+14%), an average of +3.3% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2023, when income dropped by 16%. Over the whole period it spent 94% 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 Luke's Hospice sits at the 99th 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 Kirklees Active Leisure (£14.5m), Trinity Hospice and Palliative Care Services Ltd (£14.6m) and Keech Hospice (£14.5m).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from trading 36%, charitable activities 29%, donations and legacies 29% and investments 1.4%. Gifts in wills alone brought in £2.8m. Charitable activities took 68% of spending and raising funds 31%. Reserves of £4.0m would cover about 3 months of spending at that rate. It employed 296 people.

Data notes from the register: Spending has exceeded income in each of the last three reported years, so the charity has been drawing on reserves or other funds.