Queenscourt Hospice

Analysis

Queenscourt Hospice is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Southport. It was registered in June 1987, 39 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 02102320). It says it provides services.

In the financial year ending March 2025, Queenscourt Hospice reported income of £5.8m and spending of £7.5m, spending 130% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income fell from £5.9m to £5.8m (-2.9%), an average of -0.7% a year. Over the whole period it spent 110% of the income it received.

Among 24,651 England and Wales charities whose main cause is health and saving lives and that reported income, Queenscourt 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 The Eranda Rothschild Foundation (£5.7m), Acorn Recovery Projects (£5.8m) and The Mainstay Foundation (£5.7m).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from charitable activities 47%, donations and legacies 28%, trading 18% and investments 4.5%. Gifts in wills alone brought in £197k. Charitable activities took 84% of spending and raising funds 13%. Reserves of £3.8m would cover about 6 months of spending at that rate. It employed 179 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.