Katharine House Hospice Trust

Analysis

Katharine House Hospice Trust is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Banbury. It was registered in June 1987, 39 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 02133391). It says it provides human resources, provides buildings/facilities/open space and provides services.

In the financial year ending March 2025, Katharine House Hospice Trust reported income of £3.3m and spending of £3.5m, spending 106% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income fell from £4.9m to £3.3m (-32%), an average of -9.4% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2022, when income dropped by 38%. Over the whole period it spent 104% of the income it received.

Among 24,651 England and Wales charities whose main cause is health and saving lives and that reported income, Katharine House Hospice Trust sits at the 95th percentile: it is larger than about 95% 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 The Bridge Renewal Trust (£3.3m), Salisbury District Hospital Charitable Fund (£3.3m) and Charity Global (UK) Limited (£3.3m).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from donations and legacies 48%, charitable activities 36%, trading 13% and investments 2.8%. Gifts in wills alone brought in £655k. Charitable activities took 67% of spending and raising funds 32%. Grants to other organisations totalled £1.2m. Reserves of £3.6m would cover about 12 months of spending at that rate. It employed 49 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.