The Rotherham Hospice Trust

Analysis

The Rotherham Hospice Trust is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Rotherham. It was registered in June 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 02234222). It says it provides buildings/facilities/open space and provides services.

In the financial year ending March 2025, The Rotherham Hospice Trust reported income of £8.4m and spending of £8.3m, spending 99% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income grew from £8.1m to £8.4m (+3.5%), an average of +0.9% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2025, when income rose by 40%. Over the whole period it spent 85% 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 Rotherham Hospice Trust 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 Restless Development (£8.4m), Handicap International UK (£8.4m) and Borough Market (Southwark) (£8.4m).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from charitable activities 46%, donations and legacies 36%, trading 15% and investments 3.0%. Gifts in wills alone brought in £1.6m. Charitable activities took 78% of spending and raising funds 22%. Reserves of £6.1m would cover about 9 months of spending at that rate. It employed 175 people.