Garden House Hospice Care

Analysis

Garden House Hospice Care is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Letchworth Garden City. It was registered in September 1986, 40 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 02040989). It says it provides human resources, provides buildings/facilities/open space and provides services.

In the financial year ending March 2025, Garden House Hospice Care reported income of £8.4m and spending of £10.5m, spending 125% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income grew from £7.7m to £8.4m (+9.4%), an average of +2.3% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2024, when income rose by 20%. Over the whole period it spent 102% of the income it received.

Among 24,651 England and Wales charities whose main cause is health and saving lives and that reported income, Garden House Hospice Care 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 Encompass Care Organisation UK (£8.4m), The Company of Biologists (£8.4m) and Healthcare Financial Management Association (£8.4m).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from trading 39%, charitable activities 34%, donations and legacies 21% and investments 3.0%. Gifts in wills alone brought in £833k. Charitable activities took 65% of spending and raising funds 34%. Reserves of £1.3m would cover about 1 months of spending at that rate. It employed 225 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.