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The Myton Hospices

Registered · see notesRegistered charity number 516287WarwickHealth and saving lives
Income£13.5m2025-03-31
Spending£14.3msame year
Spent / received99%5-year average
Size in its cause98th pctHealth and saving lives
Registered1985Charitable company
Employees308latest return

Analysis

The Myton Hospices is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Warwick. It was registered in April 1985, 41 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 01628455). It says it provides human resources, provides buildings/facilities/open space and provides services.

In the financial year ending March 2025, The Myton Hospices reported income of £13.5m and spending of £14.3m, spending 106% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income grew from £12.5m to £13.5m (+8.0%), an average of +1.9% a year. 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, The Myton Hospices 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 The Nelson Trust (£13.5m), Abbeycroft Leisure (£13.5m) and Cornwall Hospice Care Limited (£13.4m).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from donations and legacies 39%, trading 38%, charitable activities 21% and investments 1.3%. Gifts in wills alone brought in £1.0m. Charitable activities took 71% of spending and raising funds 29%. Reserves of £13.9m would cover about 12 months of spending at that rate. It employed 308 people.

Data notes from the register: Spending has exceeded income in each of the last three reported years, so the charity has been drawing on reserves or other funds.

Income and spending

£0£3.6m£7.2m£10.7m£14.3m2021 Income: £12,472,6192021 Spending: £10,634,72920212022 Income: £11,606,9762022 Spending: £11,167,01420222023 Income: £12,279,8102023 Spending: £12,284,55020232024 Income: £12,885,3022024 Spending: £13,574,44720242025 Income: £13,470,8742025 Spending: £14,323,7252025
IncomeSpending

Where the income comes from

  • Donations 32%
  • Legacies 7.6%
  • Charitable activities 21%
  • Trading 38%
  • Investments 1.3%
  • Other 0.5%

In the charity's own words

Specialist palliative and end of life care for the people of Coventry & Warwickshire. Provision of education in palliative and end of life care to healthcare professionals in Coventry & Warwickshire.

Similar-sized charities, same cause

CharityLocationIncome
The Nelson TrustGloucestershire£13.5m
Abbeycroft LeisureHaverhill£13.5m
Cornwall Hospice Care LimitedSt Austell£13.4m
Saint Francis HospiceRomford£13.5m