Derwentside Hospice Care Foundation

Analysis

Derwentside Hospice Care Foundation is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Durham. It was registered in July 1988, 38 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 02263960). It says it provides services and provides advocacy/advice/information.

In the financial year ending March 2025, Derwentside Hospice Care Foundation reported income of £2.0m and spending of £1.6m, leaving 24% of income unspent that year. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income grew from £1.3m to £2.0m (+58%), an average of +12% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2025, when income rose by 27%. Over the whole period it spent 84% of the income it received.

Among 24,651 England and Wales charities whose main cause is health and saving lives and that reported income, Derwentside Hospice Care Foundation sits at the 93rd percentile: it is larger than about 93% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 96th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include British Friends of United Hatzalah Israel (£2.0m), St George's Lupset Ltd (£2.0m) and Laniado Hospital UK (£2.0m).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from donations and legacies 43%, charitable activities 32% and trading 24%. Gifts in wills alone brought in £584k. Charitable activities took 77% of spending and raising funds 22%. Reserves of £1.2m would cover about 10 months of spending at that rate. It employed 52 people.