DEMELZA HOSPICE CARE FOR CHILDREN

Charity overview
Activities - how the charity spends its money
Providing residential and community hospice care services and support for life-limited and life-threatened children, young people and their families.
Income and expenditure
Data for financial year ending 31 March 2024
Total income:
£17,260,000
Donations and legacies | £7.06m | |
Charitable activities | £3.48m | |
Other trading activities | £6.37m | |
Investments | £353.00k | |
Other | £0 |
Total expenditure:
£17,969,000
Raising funds | £7.43m | |
Charitable activities | £10.54m | |
Other | £0 |
£659,000 investments gains (losses)
Total income includes £590,218 from 10 government contract(s) and £1,890,442 from 5 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.
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 | £7.43m | |
Charitable expenditure | £10.54m |
People

385 Employee(s)
20 Trustee(s)
950 Volunteer(s)
Employees with total benefits over £60,000
Number of employees | |
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£60k to £70k | 7 |
£70k to £80k | 3 |
£80k to £90k | 1 |
£100k to £110k | 1 |
One or more of the employees were formerly trustees
Fundraising
Trading
Trustee payments
What, who, how, where
- The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives
- Disability
- Children/young People
- People With Disabilities
- Other Defined Groups
- Provides Services
- East Sussex
- Kent
- Throughout London
Governance
- 21 July 1994: Standard registration
- 30 September 2021: Funds received from 1184239 THE CORDON CHARITY
- 14 December 2021: Funds received from 1183966 STROOD COMMUNITY CENTRE
- 17 February 2022: Funds received from 1180509 CHILDREN ARE BUTTERFLIES LTD
- 07 June 2024: Funds received from 1150156 THE MILLY MOO RIGHT NOW FOUNDATION
- DEMELZA HOSPICE CARE FOR CHILDREN (Working name)
- DEMELZA HOUSE CHILDRENS HOSPICE (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
20 Trustee(s)
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Air Marshal Sean Keith Paul Reynolds | Chair | 22 May 2023 |
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Dr Jenneh Tarawally | Trustee | 27 March 2025 |
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Dr Richard Antony Patey | Trustee | 25 March 2025 |
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Heather Lucas | Trustee | 11 March 2025 |
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John Edward Simpson | Trustee | 16 January 2025 |
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Susan Tether | Trustee | 04 July 2024 |
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Aishah Tazkia Zaman Sameem | Trustee | 04 July 2024 |
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Paula Marion Wilkins | Trustee | 04 July 2024 |
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Dr Karl Thomas Holliman | Trustee | 04 July 2024 |
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Alexander Guy Parry-Jones | Trustee | 20 October 2022 |
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George Hunter | Trustee | 20 October 2022 |
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Richard Graham Finn | Trustee | 20 October 2022 |
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Paul John Hewish | Trustee | 20 October 2022 |
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Natasha Smith | Trustee | 20 October 2022 |
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Richard Douglas | Trustee | 06 October 2022 |
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Charlotte Beth Parry-Jones | Trustee | 19 January 2021 |
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Dr Nicola Porter | Trustee | 31 January 2020 |
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Pedro Avery | Trustee | 01 October 2019 |
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Dr Yvonne Alyson Parks | Trustee | 01 March 2019 |
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Paul Berkley Smith | Trustee | 06 November 2018 |
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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 | £16.68m | £12.76m | £12.00m | £14.49m | £17.26m | |
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Total expenditure | £11.63m | £10.76m | £12.64m | £16.15m | £17.97m | |
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Income from government contracts | £230.19k | £447.89k | £499.51k | £351.38k | £590.22k | |
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Income from government grants | £471.99k | £315.49k | £85.27k | £1.64m | £1.89m | |
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Income - Donations and legacies | £8.61m | £4.21m | £4.01m | £4.93m | £7.06m | |
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Income - Other trading activities | £4.58m | £2.95m | £4.89m | £5.98m | £6.37m | |
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Income - Charitable activities | £2.91m | £5.41m | £2.77m | £3.21m | £3.48m | |
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Income - Endowments | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | |
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Income - Investment | £107.00k | £197.00k | £273.00k | £354.00k | £353.00k | |
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Income - Other | £476.99k | £0 | £52.00k | £8.00k | £0 | |
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Income - Legacies | £5.75m | £1.91m | £1.36m | £1.82m | £2.15m | |
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Expenditure - Charitable activities | £6.75m | £6.34m | £7.37m | £9.36m | £10.54m | |
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Expenditure - Raising funds | £4.87m | £4.42m | £5.27m | £6.79m | £7.43m | |
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Expenditure - Governance | £65.20k | £68.00k | £72.00k | £89.00k | £83.00k | |
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Expenditure - Grants institution | £0 | £100.00k | £0 | £0 | £0 | |
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Expenditure - Investment management | £37.19k | £36.00k | £45.00k | £41.00k | £42.00k | |
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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 | £7.26m | £10.28m | £10.35m | £6.70m | £8.79m | |
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Long-term investments | £12.10m | £11.78m | £12.28m | £15.49m | £14.65m | |
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Other assets | £5.64m | £6.58m | £6.39m | £4.45m | £2.95m | |
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Defined benefit pension scheme asset or liability | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | |
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Total liabilities | £1.18m | £890.00k | £1.63m | £1.46m | £1.38m |
Accounts and annual returns
Title | Reporting year | Date received | Received | Download |
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Annual return | 31 March 2024 | 20 December 2024 | On Time | |
Accounts and TAR | 31 March 2024 | 20 December 2024 | On Time | Download Open in new window |
Annual return | 31 March 2023 | 25 January 2024 | On Time | |
Accounts and TAR | 31 March 2023 | 25 January 2024 | On Time | Download Open in new window |
Annual return | 31 March 2022 | 10 November 2022 | On Time | |
Accounts and TAR | 31 March 2022 | 10 November 2022 | On Time | Download Open in new window |
Annual return | 31 March 2021 | 24 December 2021 | On Time | |
Accounts and TAR | 31 March 2021 | 24 December 2021 | On Time | Download Open in new window |
Annual return | 31 March 2020 | 22 October 2020 | On Time | |
Accounts and TAR | 31 March 2020 | 22 October 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 INCORPORATED 14/07/1994 AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 14/02/1998 AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 25/03/2000 AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 26/06/2000 AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 09/03/2002 AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 22/03/2003 NOW ARTICLES ADOPTED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION DATED 03/05/2011 AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION REGISTERED AT COMPANIES HOUSE ON 07/06/2011 AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION REGISTERED AT COMPANIES HOUSE ON 25/03/2014 as amended on 06 Oct 2022 as amended on 30 Aug 2023 as amended on 03 Oct 2024
Charitable objects
TO PROMOTE THE RELIEF OF ILLNESS AND SUFFERING IN SUCH WAYS AS THE CHARITY SHALL FROM TIME TO TIME THINK FIT.
Area of benefit
NOT DEFINED
Contact information
- Address:
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Demelza Hospice Care for Children
Rook Lane
Bobbing
Sittingbourne
KENT
ME9 8DZ
- Phone:
- 01795 845200
- Email:
- info@demelza.org.uk
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