Wirral Hospice St John's

Analysis

Wirral Hospice St John's is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Wirral. It was registered in November 1980, 46 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 01518364). It says it provides human resources, provides buildings/facilities/open space and provides services.

In the financial year ending March 2025, Wirral Hospice St John's reported income of £8.7m and spending of £8.1m, spending 92% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income grew from £6.6m to £8.7m (+33%), an average of +7.4% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2023, when income rose by 18%. Over the whole period it spent 87% of the income it received.

Among 24,651 England and Wales charities whose main cause is health and saving lives and that reported income, Wirral Hospice St John's 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 Brain Tumour Research (£8.7m), Association of Anaesthetists (Great Britain & Ireland) (£8.7m) and St Luke's Cheshire Hospice (£8.7m).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from charitable activities 37%, trading 31%, donations and legacies 28% and investments 3.2%. Gifts in wills alone brought in £1.9m. Charitable activities took 76% of spending and raising funds 23%. Reserves of £6.5m would cover about 10 months of spending at that rate. It employed 180 people.