St Giles Hospice

Analysis

St Giles Hospice is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Lichfield. It was registered in July 1979, 47 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training and 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 01430090). It says it provides services and sponsors or undertakes research.

In the financial year ending March 2025, St Giles Hospice reported income of £12.8m and spending of £13.0m, spending 102% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income fell from £16.8m to £12.8m (-24%), an average of -6.6% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2022, when income dropped by 18%. Over the whole period it spent 94% 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 Giles Hospice 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 Thames Valley Air Ambulance (£12.8m), St Michael's Hospice (Incorporating the Freda Pearce Foundation) (£12.8m) and The Terrence Higgins Trust (£12.8m).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from trading 38%, donations and legacies 35%, charitable activities 25% and investments 1.8%. Gifts in wills alone brought in £1.4m. Charitable activities took 63% of spending and raising funds 34%. Reserves of £10.2m would cover about 9 months of spending at that rate. It employed 262 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.