St Nicholas Hospice Suffolk

Analysis

St Nicholas Hospice Suffolk is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Suffolk. It was registered in November 1983, 43 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 01748046). It says it provides human resources, provides buildings/facilities/open space and provides services.

In the financial year ending March 2025, St Nicholas Hospice Suffolk reported income of £8.8m and spending of £8.1m, spending 93% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income grew from £6.1m to £8.8m (+44%), an average of +9.5% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2025, when income rose by 18%. Over the whole period it spent 99% 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 Nicholas Hospice Suffolk 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 Saint Catherine's Hospice Trust (£8.8m), Contact a Family (£8.8m) and Mountbatten Hampshire Limited (£8.7m).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from donations and legacies 39%, charitable activities 32%, trading 27% and investments 2.2%. Gifts in wills alone brought in £1.6m. Charitable activities took 59% of spending and raising funds 40%. Reserves of £6.8m would cover about 10 months of spending at that rate. It employed 155 people.