The Five Towns Plus Hospice Fund Limited

Analysis

The Five Towns Plus Hospice Fund Limited is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Pontefract. It was registered in April 1984, 42 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 01797810). It says it provides buildings/facilities/open space, provides services and provides advocacy/advice/information.

In the financial year ending March 2025, The Five Towns Plus Hospice Fund Limited reported income of £4.9m and spending of £5.4m, spending 111% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income fell from £4.9m to £4.9m (-0.9%), an average of -0.2% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2024, when income dropped by 29%. 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, The Five Towns Plus Hospice Fund 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 Sussex Community Development Association (£4.9m), Chain of Hope (£4.9m) and Florence Nightingale Hospice Charity (£4.9m).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from trading 40%, charitable activities 39%, donations and legacies 18% and investments 3.2%. Gifts in wills alone brought in £96k. Charitable activities took 60% of spending and raising funds 11%. Reserves of £2.2m would cover about 5 months of spending at that rate. It employed 96 people.