St Rocco's Hospice

Analysis

St Rocco's Hospice is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Warrington. It was registered in November 1981, 45 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 01565543). It says it provides services.

In the financial year ending March 2025, St Rocco's Hospice reported income of £6.0m and spending of £6.8m, spending 114% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2020 to March 2025, income grew from £5.4m to £6.0m (+12%), an average of +2.8% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2025, when income rose by 24%. Over the whole period it spent 99% 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 Rocco's Hospice sits at the 97th percentile: it is larger than about 97% 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 Teesside Hospice Care Foundation (£6.0m), The Advocacy People (£6.0m) and Francis House Family Trust (£6.0m).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from charitable activities 38%, trading 32%, donations and legacies 26% and investments 3.8%. Gifts in wills alone brought in £320k. Charitable activities took 71% of spending and raising funds 27%. Reserves of £645k would cover about 1 months of spending at that rate. It employed 129 people.