ST CHRISTOPHERS HOSPICE

Charity overview
Activities - how the charity spends its money
St Christopher's Hospice exists to promote and provide skilled and compassionate palliative care of the highest quality. This high quality service is delivered to over 2,000 dying individuals and their families, friends and carers every year. We share our skills and expertise with others in the field through our extensive education and training programme and research into improving care.
Income and expenditure
Data for financial year ending 31 March 2024
Total income:
£27,541,000
Donations and legacies | £11.37m | |
Charitable activities | £10.03m | |
Other trading activities | £5.30m | |
Investments | £851.00k | |
Other | £0 |
Total expenditure:
£28,528,000
Raising funds | £5.59m | |
Charitable activities | £22.94m | |
Other | £0 |
£1,146,000 investments gains (losses)
Total income includes £9,357,000 from 10 government contract(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.
By clicking the investment gains checkbox the charitable spending bar is adjusted to take account of capital growth as well as income. This shows the balance the charity is striking, between spending on current beneficiaries and retaining resources for future beneficiaries.
Raising funds and other expenditure | £5.59m | |
Charitable expenditure | £22.94m |
Raising funds and other expenditure | £5.59m | |
Charitable expenditure | £22.94m | |
Retained for future use | £159.00k |
People

475 Employee(s)
17 Trustee(s)
1199 Volunteer(s)
Employees with total benefits over £60,000
Number of employees | |
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£60k to £70k | 15 |
£70k to £80k | 2 |
£80k to £90k | 4 |
£90k to £100k | 1 |
£100k to £110k | 1 |
£120k to £130k | 1 |
£140k to £150k | 1 |
£150k to £200k | 1 |
Fundraising
Trading
Trustee payments
What, who, how, where
- Education/training
- The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives
- Children/young People
- Elderly/old People
- People With Disabilities
- Provides Human Resources
- Provides Services
- Provides Advocacy/advice/information
- Sponsors Or Undertakes Research
- Bromley
- Croydon
- Lambeth
- Lewisham
- Southwark
Governance
- 23 October 1962: Standard registration
- 13 July 2016: Funds received from 1003903 HARRIS HOSPISCARE
- 26 July 2019: Funds received from 1063797 THE BARTHOLOMEW CHARITABLE TRUST
- 12 October 2020: Funds received from 298997 LEWISHAM BEREAVEMENT COUNSELLING
- 20 June 2025: Funds received from 1063599 THE BARNES OUZOUNIAN FOUNDATION
- ST CHRISTOPHER'S HOSPICE LIMITED (Previous name)
- Care Quality Commission
- Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
- Complaints handling
- Complaints policy and procedures
- Conflicting interests
- 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
17 Trustee(s)
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NEIL GOULDEN | Chair | 22 February 2021 |
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Philippa Martinelli | Trustee | 01 April 2025 |
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Rhoda Iranloye | Trustee | 01 April 2025 |
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Ann Kenrick | Trustee | 01 April 2025 |
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Simon Hall | Trustee | 01 April 2025 |
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David Lockyer | Trustee | 01 November 2024 |
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Satvinder Reyatt | Trustee | 01 July 2023 |
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Glenda Bonde | Trustee | 01 July 2023 |
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Anthony John Hunter | Trustee | 12 November 2020 |
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Nicholas Diamond | Trustee | 12 November 2020 |
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Deepti Townsend | Trustee | 12 November 2020 |
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John Andrew King | Trustee | 12 November 2020 |
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PROF DANIEL KELLY | Trustee | 27 September 2018 |
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Professor Ian Judson | Trustee | 06 April 2017 |
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Eleanor Mary Brown | Trustee | 27 October 2016 |
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Catherine Emma Jane McDonald | Trustee | 27 October 2016 |
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VIVIAN PAUL BAZALGETTE MA | Trustee | 27 October 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 | £22.85m | £27.34m | £29.49m | £27.23m | £27.54m | |
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Total expenditure | £22.89m | £22.87m | £22.55m | £25.32m | £28.53m | |
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Income from government contracts | £8.40m | £9.22m | £8.39m | £9.02m | £9.36m | |
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Income from government grants | £569.50k | £3.90m | £1.66m | N/A | N/A | |
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Income - Donations and legacies | £8.10m | £10.35m | £14.00m | £12.17m | £11.37m | |
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Income - Other trading activities | £5.63m | £3.24m | £4.44m | £5.01m | £5.30m | |
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Income - Charitable activities | £8.78m | £13.61m | £10.90m | £9.69m | £10.03m | |
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Income - Endowments | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | |
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Income - Investment | £339.00k | £143.00k | £153.00k | £368.00k | £851.00k | |
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Income - Other | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | |
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Income - Legacies | £3.74m | £6.10m | £9.96m | £7.66m | £6.54m | |
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Expenditure - Charitable activities | £16.80m | £17.78m | £17.79m | £20.39m | £22.94m | |
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Expenditure - Raising funds | £6.09m | £5.08m | £4.77m | £4.93m | £5.59m | |
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Expenditure - Governance | £0 | £40.79k | £76.75k | £100.70k | £146.83k | |
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Expenditure - Grants institution | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | |
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Expenditure - Investment management | £0 | £35.19k | £47.61k | £46.51k | £55.30k | |
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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 | £15.04m | £10.37m | £10.50m | £10.22m | £10.40m | |
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Long-term investments | £8.84m | £14.18m | £19.01m | £19.36m | £25.36m | |
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Other assets | £8.77m | £14.31m | £17.17m | £18.58m | £13.35m | |
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Defined benefit pension scheme asset or liability | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | |
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Total liabilities | £1.73m | £1.47m | £2.11m | £2.63m | £2.35m |
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 | 15 December 2023 | On Time | |
Accounts and TAR | 31 March 2023 | 15 December 2023 | On Time | Download Open in new window |
Annual return | 31 March 2022 | 19 December 2022 | On Time | |
Accounts and TAR | 31 March 2022 | 19 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 | 22 February 2021 | 22 days late | |
Accounts and TAR | 31 March 2020 | 22 February 2021 | 22 days late | 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 27TH JANUARY 1961 AND AMENDED 31ST OCTOBER 1980 AND 21ST MAY 1987 AND AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION DATED 27TH OCTOBER 1994, 18TH OCTOBER 2001 AND 14 JULY 2005 as amended on 12 Sep 2018 as amended on 12 Sep 2018
Charitable objects
The objects for which the Charity is established (the "Objects") are to promote the relief of suffering (so far as such purpose is charitable) in such ways as the Trustees shall from time to time think fit, and in particular (but without prejudice to the generality of such object) by: 3.1 establishing, maintaining and providing hospice care and home care services in England and Wales for the reception and care of people of who are suffering (at any age) from any chronic or terminal illness, or from any disability of disease attributable to old age, or from any other physical or mental infirmity, disability or disease; 3.2 providing or assisting in or encouraging the provision of spiritual help and guidance for such people, their families and carers; 3.3 providing such other care, support and assistance to the families and carers of such people as the Trustees shall from time to time think fit; 3.4 conducting, promoting or encouraging research into the care of such people, particularly but not exclusively those who are suffering from cancer or terminal illness; 3.5 promoting, encouraging or assisting in the teaching or training of doctors, nurses, physiotherapists and other persons engaged in health and social care, and of students in any branch of medicine, surgery, nursing, health and social care or allied services; and 3.6 providing bereavement counselling services for adults and children.
Area of benefit
ENGLAND AND WALES
Contact information
- Address:
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51-59 LAWRIE PARK ROAD
SYDENHAM
LONDON
SE26 6DZ
- Phone:
- 02087684500
- Email:
- info@stchristophers.org.uk
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