Pendleside Hospice

Analysis

Pendleside Hospice is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Burnley. It was registered in December 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 02280991). It says it provides services.

In the financial year ending March 2025, Pendleside Hospice reported income of £5.7m and spending of £5.7m, spending 102% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income grew from £5.2m to £5.7m (+8.7%), an average of +2.1% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2023, when income rose by 19%. Over the whole period it spent 93% of the income it received.

Among 24,651 England and Wales charities whose main cause is health and saving lives and that reported income, Pendleside 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 Hospice of St Mary of Furness (£5.6m), Bristol Drugs Project Limited (£5.7m) and North Halifax Partnership Limited (£5.6m).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from donations and legacies 31%, charitable activities 26%, trading 18% and investments 7.5%. Gifts in wills alone brought in £633k. Charitable activities took 78% of spending and raising funds 21%. Reserves of £17.0m would cover about 35 months of spending at that rate. It employed 116 people.