St Michael's Hospice (Incorporating the Freda Pearce Foundation)

Analysis

St Michael's Hospice (Incorporating the Freda Pearce Foundation) is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Herefordshire. It was registered in June 1982, 44 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 01634942). It says it provides human resources, provides buildings/facilities/open space and provides services.

In the financial year ending March 2025, St Michael's Hospice (Incorporating the Freda Pearce Foundation) reported income of £12.8m and spending of £12.8m, spending 100% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income grew from £9.4m to £12.8m (+36%), an average of +7.9% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2025, when income rose by 26%. Over the whole period it spent 95% 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 Michael's Hospice (Incorporating the Freda Pearce Foundation) 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 St Giles Hospice (£12.8m), Northpoint Wellbeing Limited (£12.9m) and Thames Valley Air Ambulance (£12.8m).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from trading 49%, donations and legacies 29%, charitable activities 19% and investments 2.6%. Gifts in wills alone brought in £1.5m. Charitable activities took 61% of spending and raising funds 39%. Reserves of £9.6m would cover about 9 months of spending at that rate. It employed 321 people.