Springhill Hospice (Rochdale)

Analysis

Springhill Hospice (Rochdale) is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Rochdale. It was registered in July 1989, 37 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 02325905). It says it provides services.

In the financial year ending March 2025, Springhill Hospice (Rochdale) reported income of £6.4m and spending of £6.5m, spending 102% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income grew from £5.1m to £6.4m (+26%), an average of +5.9% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2024, when income rose by 28%. Over the whole period it spent 99% of the income it received.

Among 24,651 England and Wales charities whose main cause is health and saving lives and that reported income, Springhill Hospice (Rochdale) 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 Connection at St Martin-In-The-Fields (£6.4m), Norwich City Community Sports Foundation (£6.4m) and St David's Hospice (£6.4m).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from charitable activities 47%, donations and legacies 27%, trading 23% and investments 2.3%. Gifts in wills alone brought in £726k. Charitable activities took 75% of spending and raising funds 19%. Reserves of £5.4m would cover about 9 months of spending at that rate. It employed 179 people.