Darlington and District Hospice Movement

Analysis

Darlington and District Hospice Movement is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Darlington. It was registered in January 1987, 39 years ago. Its declared purposes cover disability, which this site groups under disability. Legally it is a charitable company (Companies House number 02080756). It says it provides buildings/facilities/open space, provides services and provides advocacy/advice/information.

In the financial year ending March 2025, Darlington and District Hospice Movement reported income of £3.6m and spending of £3.7m, spending 104% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income fell from £4.6m to £3.6m (-22%), an average of -6.1% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2023, when income dropped by 24%. Over the whole period it spent 88% of the income it received.

Among 12,871 England and Wales charities whose main cause is disability and that reported income, Darlington and District Hospice Movement 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 97th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Vision Homes Association (£3.6m), The Back-Up Trust (£3.6m) and Q+ (£3.5m).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from charitable activities 41%, donations and legacies 34%, trading 21% and investments 2.6%. Gifts in wills alone brought in £392k. Charitable activities took 70% of spending and raising funds 21%. Reserves of £2.8m would cover about 8 months of spending at that rate. It employed 122 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.