Garden House Hospice Care

Charity number: 295257
Charity reporting is up to date (on time)

Charity overview

Activities - how the charity spends its money

To provide a wide range of services for patients, their carers and families facing life limiting illness through: the Hospice Inpatient Unit; Hawthorne Centre providing day services; Hospice at Home and Continuing Health Care team caring for patients in their own homes; Family Support Services providing support and counselling; 24/7 advice line for patients, families and healthcare professionals.

Income and expenditure

Data for financial year ending 31 March 2024

Charitable expenditure

Charitable expenditure

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Investments can experience large swings in value so trustees may, in a particular year, decide to realise and spend part of their charity’s capital or to invest part of its income.

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Fundraising

No information available

Trading

One or more trustees are also directors of the subsidiaries

Trustee payments

No trustees receive any remuneration, payments or benefits from the charity.

What, who, how, where

What the charity does:
  • The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives
Who the charity helps:
  • Elderly/old People
  • People With Disabilities
How the charity helps:
  • Provides Human Resources
  • Provides Buildings/facilities/open Space
  • Provides Services
Where the charity operates:
  • Central Bedfordshire
  • Hertfordshire

Governance

Registration history:
  • 23 September 1986: Standard registration
  • 24 November 2021: Funds received from 1041800 ROTARY CLUB OF LETCHWORTH TRUST FUND
  • 01 December 2021: Funds received from 1029666 ROYSIA WOMENS CLUB
Organisation type:
Charitable company
Other names:
  • GARDEN HOUSE HOSPICE (Working name)
  • NORTH HERTS HOSPICE CARE ASSOCIATION (Previous name)
Company number:
Gift aid:
Recognised by HMRC for gift aid
Other regulators:
  • Care Quality Commission
Policies:
  • Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
  • Campaigns and political activity policy and procedures
  • Complaints handling
  • Complaints policy and procedures
  • Conflicting interests
  • Engaging external speakers at charity events policy and procedures
  • Financial reserves policy and procedures
  • Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
  • Internal risk management policy and procedures
  • Investing charity funds policy and procedures
  • Investment
  • Paying staff
  • Risk management
  • Safeguarding policy and procedures
  • Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
  • Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
  • Social media policy and procedures
  • Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
  • Trustee expenses policy and procedures
  • Volunteer management
Land and property:
This charity owns and/or leases land or property

Trustees

Trustees are the people responsible for controlling the work, management and administration of the charity on behalf of its beneficiaries. Generally trustees are treasurer, chair, board member etc. The trustees are responsible for keeping this list up to date and can do this by updating their details as they happen through the online service

11 Trustee(s)

Name Role Date of appointment Other trusteeships Reporting status of other trusteeships
Stephen Mellish Chair 06 June 2016
None on record
Jamie Sinclair Trustee 11 February 2025
None on record
Charles Medley Trustee 11 February 2025
None on record
Inderjit Sunner Trustee 21 August 2024
None on record
Joanna Heneker Trustee 26 March 2024
None on record
Chris Dare Trustee 29 November 2023
None on record
Jennie Susan Williams Trustee 07 June 2022
None on record
Dr Pauline Margaret Williams Trustee 04 October 2021
None on record
Richard Dearden Trustee 26 July 2021
None on record
Dr Simon Chatfield Trustee 26 July 2021
None on record
Rhona Seviour Trustee 26 September 2016
None on record

Financial history

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Financial period end date

Income / Expenditure 31/03/2020 31/03/2021 31/03/2022 31/03/2023 31/03/2024
Total gross income £5.64m £7.69m £6.97m £6.52m £7.84m
Total expenditure £5.74m £5.47m £6.40m £7.27m £8.55m
Income from government contracts N/A N/A N/A £2.11m £2.10m
Income from government grants £1.91m £4.10m £2.02m £2.02m £2.02m
Income - Donations and legacies £1.26m £1.36m £1.68m £1.20m £2.27m
Income - Other trading activities £2.36m £2.65m £2.82m £3.08m £3.25m
Income - Charitable activities £1.91m £2.04m £2.02m £2.11m £2.10m
Income - Endowments £0 £0 £0 £0 £0
Income - Investment £4.57k £45.95k £45.46k £63.18k £77.00k
Income - Other £99.38k £1.59m £412.19k £68.20k £137.92k
Income - Legacies £507.03k £729.78k £821.21k £674.70k £1.29m
Expenditure - Charitable activities £3.75m £3.64m £4.14m £4.48m £5.41m
Expenditure - Raising funds £1.99m £1.83m £2.26m £2.79m £3.14m
Expenditure - Governance £11.20k £20.27k £15.07k £18.29k £24.25k
Expenditure - Grants institution £0 £0 £0 £0 £0
Expenditure - Investment management £11.46k £10.94k £13.20k £12.79k £18.41k
Expenditure - Other £0 £0 £0 £0 £0

Assets and liabilities

Definitions for assets and liabilities
Own use assets

These are assets, other than investments, which are held for more than 12 months and used to run and administer the charity such as buildings, offices, exhibits and fixtures and fittings.

Long term Investments

Investments are assets held by the charity with the sole aim of generating income which will be used for their charitable purposes such as deposit accounts, shares, rental property and unit trusts.
Investment assets are re-valued every year and included in the balance sheet at their current market value.
Long term investments are held for more than 12 months.

Other assets

These are assets held generally for less than 12 months such as cash and bank balances, debtors, investments to be sold within the coming year and trading stock.

Defined benefit pension scheme asset or liability

This is a surplus or deficit in any defined benefit pension scheme operated and represents a potential long-term asset or liability.

Total liabilities

These are all the amounts owed by the charity at the balance sheet date to third parties such as bills due but not yet paid, bank overdrafts and loans and mortgages.

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Asset / Liability 31/03/2020 31/03/2021 31/03/2022 31/03/2023 31/03/2024
Own use assets £6.08m £6.18m £6.22m £6.28m £6.44m
Long-term investments £1.45m £1.75m £1.82m £2.75m £2.94m
Other assets £1.50m £3.68m £4.32m £2.54m £2.32m
Defined benefit pension scheme asset or liability £0 £0 £0 £0 £0
Total liabilities £338.70k £430.30k £567.57k £636.36k £1.39m

Accounts and annual returns

This table shows the charity's record of submitting annual returns, accounts and trustees' annual report (TAR) for the last five financial periods.
Title Reporting year Date received Received Download
Annual return 31 March 2024 25 October 2024 On Time
Accounts and TAR 31 March 2024 25 October 2024 On Time Download Open in new window
Annual return 31 March 2023 24 November 2023 On Time
Accounts and TAR 31 March 2023 24 November 2023 On Time Download Open in new window
Annual return 31 March 2022 13 December 2022 On Time
Accounts and TAR 31 March 2022 13 December 2022 On Time Download Open in new window
Annual return 31 March 2021 27 January 2022 On Time
Accounts and TAR 31 March 2021 27 January 2022 On Time Download Open in new window
Annual return 31 March 2020 01 December 2020 On Time
Accounts and TAR 31 March 2020 01 December 2020 On Time Download Open in new window
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Contact information

Address:
GARDEN HOUSE HOSPICE
GILLISON CLOSE
LETCHWORTH GARDEN CITY
SG6 1QU
Phone:
0146267940