Teesside Hospice Care Foundation

Analysis

Teesside Hospice Care Foundation is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Middlesbrough. It was registered in July 1982, 44 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 01642201). It says it provides services.

In the financial year ending March 2025, Teesside Hospice Care Foundation reported income of £6.0m and spending of £6.2m, spending 103% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income grew from £5.7m to £6.0m (+5.7%), an average of +1.4% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2024, when income rose by 17%. Over the whole period it spent 93% of the income it received.

Among 24,651 England and Wales charities whose main cause is health and saving lives and that reported income, Teesside Hospice Care Foundation 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 Francis House Family Trust (£6.0m), St Rocco's Hospice (£6.0m) and Dr Kershaw's Hospice (£6.0m).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from trading 34%, donations and legacies 33%, charitable activities 29% and investments 4.1%. Gifts in wills alone brought in £658k. Charitable activities took 61% of spending and raising funds 39%. Reserves of £3.4m would cover about 7 months of spending at that rate. It employed 159 people.