St Luke's Hospice (Basildon and District) Limited

Analysis

St Luke's Hospice (Basildon and District) Limited is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Basildon. It was registered in May 1984, 42 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 01812104). It says it provides services.

In the financial year ending March 2025, St Luke's Hospice (Basildon and District) Limited reported income of £16.1m and spending of £16.2m, spending 100% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income grew from £13.3m to £16.1m (+21%), an average of +4.9% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2025, when income rose by 36%. Over the whole period it spent 88% 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 (Basildon and District) Limited sits at the 99th percentile: it is larger than about 99% 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 Platfform for Change (£16.0m), Asthma and Lung UK (£16.1m) and The Congregation of the Daughters of the Cross of Liege (£16.0m).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from charitable activities 75%, donations and legacies 15%, trading 5.4% and investments 1.1%. Gifts in wills alone brought in £1.1m. Charitable activities took 96% of spending and raising funds 3.9%. Reserves of £11.3m would cover about 8 months of spending at that rate. It employed 231 people.