Garden House Hospice Care

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
Total income:
£7,841,556
Donations and legacies | £2.27m | |
Charitable activities | £2.10m | |
Other trading activities | £3.25m | |
Investments | £77.00k | |
Other | £137.92k |
Total expenditure:
£8,545,161
Raising funds | £3.14m | |
Charitable activities | £5.41m | |
Other | £0 |
£0 investments gains (losses)
Total income includes £2,103,416 from 41 government contract(s) and £2,016,889 from 41 government grant(s)
Charitable expenditure
Charitable expenditure with investment gains
Charitable expenditure
Some charities generate all, or a substantial part, of their income from investments which may have been donated to the charity as endowment or set aside by the charity from its own resources in the past. Such investments usually take the form of stocks and shares but may include other assets, such as property, that are capable of generating income and/or capital growth.
In managing their spending and investments charities need to strike a balance between the needs of future and current beneficiaries. They also need to take account of spending commitments that may stretch over a number of future years. To do this, charities will normally adopt an investment strategy designed to generate both income and capital growth. To maximise returns trustees may commit to investment strategies for several years.
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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Raising funds and other expenditure | £3.14m | |
Charitable expenditure | £5.41m |
People

226 Employee(s)
11 Trustee(s)
715 Volunteer(s)
Employees with total benefits over £60,000
Number of employees | |
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£60k to £70k | 1 |
£80k to £90k | 3 |
£100k to £110k | 1 |
£110k to £120k | 1 |
Fundraising
Trading
Trustee payments
What, who, how, where
- The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives
- Elderly/old People
- People With Disabilities
- Provides Human Resources
- Provides Buildings/facilities/open Space
- Provides Services
- Central Bedfordshire
- Hertfordshire
Governance
- GARDEN HOUSE HOSPICE (Working name)
- NORTH HERTS HOSPICE CARE ASSOCIATION (Previous name)
- Care Quality Commission
- 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
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)
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Stephen Mellish | Chair | 06 June 2016 |
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Jamie Sinclair | Trustee | 11 February 2025 |
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Charles Medley | Trustee | 11 February 2025 |
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Inderjit Sunner | Trustee | 21 August 2024 |
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Joanna Heneker | Trustee | 26 March 2024 |
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Chris Dare | Trustee | 29 November 2023 |
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Jennie Susan Williams | Trustee | 07 June 2022 |
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Dr Pauline Margaret Williams | Trustee | 04 October 2021 |
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Richard Dearden | Trustee | 26 July 2021 |
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Dr Simon Chatfield | Trustee | 26 July 2021 |
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Rhona Seviour | Trustee | 26 September 2016 |
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Financial history
Financial period end date
Income / Expenditure | 31/03/2020 | 31/03/2021 | 31/03/2022 | 31/03/2023 | 31/03/2024 | ||
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Total gross income | £5.64m | £7.69m | £6.97m | £6.52m | £7.84m | |
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Total expenditure | £5.74m | £5.47m | £6.40m | £7.27m | £8.55m | |
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Income from government contracts | N/A | N/A | N/A | £2.11m | £2.10m | |
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Income from government grants | £1.91m | £4.10m | £2.02m | £2.02m | £2.02m | |
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Income - Donations and legacies | £1.26m | £1.36m | £1.68m | £1.20m | £2.27m | |
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Income - Other trading activities | £2.36m | £2.65m | £2.82m | £3.08m | £3.25m | |
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Income - Charitable activities | £1.91m | £2.04m | £2.02m | £2.11m | £2.10m | |
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Income - Endowments | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | |
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Income - Investment | £4.57k | £45.95k | £45.46k | £63.18k | £77.00k | |
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Income - Other | £99.38k | £1.59m | £412.19k | £68.20k | £137.92k | |
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Income - Legacies | £507.03k | £729.78k | £821.21k | £674.70k | £1.29m | |
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Expenditure - Charitable activities | £3.75m | £3.64m | £4.14m | £4.48m | £5.41m | |
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Expenditure - Raising funds | £1.99m | £1.83m | £2.26m | £2.79m | £3.14m | |
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Expenditure - Governance | £11.20k | £20.27k | £15.07k | £18.29k | £24.25k | |
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Expenditure - Grants institution | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | |
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Expenditure - Investment management | £11.46k | £10.94k | £13.20k | £12.79k | £18.41k | |
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Expenditure - Other | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 |
Assets and liabilities
Definitions for assets and liabilities
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 InvestmentsInvestments 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.
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 liabilityThis is a surplus or deficit in any defined benefit pension scheme operated and represents a potential long-term asset or liability.
Total liabilitiesThese 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.
Asset / Liability | 31/03/2020 | 31/03/2021 | 31/03/2022 | 31/03/2023 | 31/03/2024 | ||
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Own use assets | £6.08m | £6.18m | £6.22m | £6.28m | £6.44m | |
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Long-term investments | £1.45m | £1.75m | £1.82m | £2.75m | £2.94m | |
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Other assets | £1.50m | £3.68m | £4.32m | £2.54m | £2.32m | |
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Defined benefit pension scheme asset or liability | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | |
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Total liabilities | £338.70k | £430.30k | £567.57k | £636.36k | £1.39m |
Accounts and annual returns
Title | Reporting year | Date received | Received | Download |
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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 |
Governing document
It is not the full text of the charity's governing document.
MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES OF ASSOCIATION INCORPORATED 25TH JULY 1986 AS AMENDED 17TH MARCH 1987 as amended on 17 Jun 2020 as amended on 29 Jul 2020 as amended on 30 Nov 2022
Charitable objects
4. THE OBJECTS ARE THE RELIEF OF SICKNESS AND THE RELIEF OF THOSE IN NEED BY REASON OF AGE, ILL-HEALTH OR DISABILITY IN SUCH WAYS AS THE COMPANY SHALL FROM TIME TO TIME THINK FIT AND IN PARTICULAR (BUT WITHOUT PREJUDICE TO THE GENERALITY OF THE FOREGOING) BY: 4.1 ESTABLISHING, MAINTAINING AND OPERATING HOSPICES AND RESIDENTIAL NURSING HOMES FOR THE RECEPTION AND CARE AND TREATMENT OF PERSONS SUFFERING FROM ANY ILLNESS (IN PARTICULAR, ANY LIFE-LIMITING ILLNESS), DISABILITY OR INFIRMITY; 4.2 ESTABLISHING, MAINTAINING AND OPERATING CENTRES AND/OR OTHER PREMISES FOR THE PROVISION ON A NON-RESIDENTIAL BASIS OF MEDICAL CARE OR OTHER TREATMENT, CARE AND ADVICE FOR ANY SUCH PERSONS; 4.3 PROVIDING MEDICAL CARE OR OTHER TREATMENTS, CARE, SUPPORT AND ADVICE (INCLUDING THE PROVISION OF PASTORAL SUPPORT, ASSISTANCE TO COMBAT LONELINESS AND SOCIAL ISOLATION, AND DOMICILIARY CARE SERVICES) FOR ANY SUCH PERSONS IN THEIR OWN HOME SETTINGS AND/OR BY TELEPHONE, VIDEO OR OTHER ELECTRONIC MEANS; 4.4 PROVIDING RELATED SUPPORT AND/OR ADVICE TO THE RELATIVES AND CLOSE FRIENDS OF SUCH PERSONS; 4.5 CONDUCTING OR PROMOTING RESEARCH INTO THE CARE AND TREATMENT OF ANY SUCH PERSONS AND OF THEIR RELATIVES AND CLOSE FRIENDS AND TO PUBLISH THE RESULTS OF SUCH RESEARCH FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT; AND 4.6 PROMOTING OR ASSISTING IN THE TEACHING OR TRAINING OF DOCTORS, NURSES, PHYSIOTHERAPISTS AND OTHER HEALTH CARE PROFESSIONALS AND IN THE TEACHING OR TRAINING OF STUDENTS IN ANY FIELD OF HEALTHCARE.
Area of benefit
NOT DEFINED
Contact information
- Address:
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GARDEN HOUSE HOSPICE
GILLISON CLOSE
LETCHWORTH GARDEN CITY
SG6 1QU
- Phone:
- 0146267940
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