The Hartlepool Hospice Limited

Analysis

The Hartlepool Hospice Limited is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Hartlepool. It was registered in December 1980, 46 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 01525658). It says it provides services.

In the financial year ending March 2025, The Hartlepool Hospice Limited reported income of £3.8m and spending of £3.6m, spending 94% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income grew from £3.7m to £3.8m (+3.4%), an average of +0.8% a year. Over the whole period it spent 98% of the income it received.

Among 24,651 England and Wales charities whose main cause is health and saving lives and that reported income, The Hartlepool Hospice Limited sits at the 96th percentile: it is larger than about 96% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 98th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include The Georg and Emily Von Opel Foundation (£3.8m), Milton Keynes Dons Football Club Sports & Education Trust (£3.9m) and Cris Cancer Foundation (£3.8m).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from charitable activities 41%, donations and legacies 31% and trading 28%. Gifts in wills alone brought in £177k. Charitable activities took 77% of spending and raising funds 23%. Reserves of £852k would cover about 3 months of spending at that rate. It employed 109 people.