Barnsley Hospice Appeal

Analysis

Barnsley Hospice Appeal is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in South Yorkshire. It was registered in October 1988, 38 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, 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 02274925). It says it provides buildings/facilities/open space and provides services.

In the financial year ending March 2025, Barnsley Hospice Appeal reported income of £5.0m and spending of £5.1m, spending 101% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income grew from £3.7m to £5.0m (+35%), an average of +7.8% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2022, when income rose by 67%. Over the whole period it spent 94% of the income it received.

Among 24,651 England and Wales charities whose main cause is health and saving lives and that reported income, Barnsley Hospice Appeal sits at the 96th percentile: it is larger than about 96% 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 Lighthouse Construction Industry Charity (£5.0m), Sutton's Hospital in Charterhouse (£5.0m) and The Chartered Institute for the Management of Sport and Physical Activity (£5.0m).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from donations and legacies 41%, charitable activities 39%, trading 17% and investments 3.4%. Gifts in wills alone brought in £959k. Charitable activities took 74% of spending and raising funds 23%. Reserves of £5.1m would cover about 12 months of spending at that rate. It employed 86 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.