St Oswald's Hospice Limited

Analysis

St Oswald's Hospice Limited is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Newcastle Upon Tyne. It was registered in June 1974, 52 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 01166239). It says it provides services and provides advocacy/advice/information.

In the financial year ending March 2025, St Oswald's Hospice Limited reported income of £17.6m and spending of £18.1m, spending 103% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income grew from £13.4m to £17.6m (+31%), an average of +6.9% a year. Over the whole period it spent 97% 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 Oswald's Hospice 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 The Gloucestershire Care Partnership (£17.5m), Mission Care (£17.6m) and Sheffcare Limited (£17.4m).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from charitable activities 37%, trading 32%, donations and legacies 30% and investments 1.0%. Gifts in wills alone brought in £2.8m. Charitable activities took 65% of spending and raising funds 33%. Reserves of £6.6m would cover about 4 months of spending at that rate. It employed 391 people.