ST MARGARET'S SOMERSET HOSPICE

Charity number: 279473
Charity reporting is up to date (on time)

Charity overview

Activities - how the charity spends its money

St Margaret's Hospice Care delivers and supports high quality, responsive and compassionate care to patients and their families facing a life-limiting illness within the community of Somerset. With hospice sites in Yeovil and Taunton, a community team caring for patients in their own homes and a 24-hour advice line, we strive to reach everyone that needs our care and expertise.

Income and expenditure

Data for financial year ending 31 March 2025

Charitable expenditure

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.

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:
  • The General Public/mankind
How the charity helps:
  • Provides Services
Where the charity operates:
  • North Somerset
  • Somerset

Governance

Registration history:
  • 05 March 1980: Standard registration
  • 12 August 2022: Funds received from 1029794 INNER WHEEL CLUB OF LANGPORT AND SOMERTON BENEVOLE...
  • 06 February 2024: Funds received from 1118257 YEOVIL COUNSELLING AND PREGNANCY CRISIS TRUST
Organisation type:
Charitable company
Other names:
  • ST MARGARET'S IN TAUNTON (Working name)
  • ST MARGARET'S IN YEOVIL (Working name)
  • ST MARGARETS SOMERSET HOSPICE LIMITED (Previous name)
Company number:
Gift aid:
Recognised by HMRC for gift aid
Other regulators:
  • Care Quality Commission
  • Financial Conduct Authority
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

15 Trustee(s)

Name Role Date of appointment Other trusteeships Reporting status of other trusteeships
Caroline Susan Upton Trustee 04 March 2026
None on record
Daniel John Magnus Brooks Trustee 30 October 2025
None on record
Mark Daniel Howlett Trustee 29 October 2025
None on record
Dr Sarah Lynne Allford Trustee 17 November 2023
THE MARY JOSLIN TRUST
Received: On time
James Michael Don Carolis Trustee 09 August 2023
None on record
Katy Webley Trustee 25 July 2023
None on record
Triston Greenhow Trustee 28 September 2022
None on record
Sue Steen Trustee 12 September 2022
None on record
Dr Nicholas Julian Kennedy Trustee 23 April 2021
None on record
Rev Timothy Treanor Trustee 10 March 2021
None on record
Nicky McClean Trustee 20 November 2019
None on record
Kevin Jones Trustee 21 May 2019
None on record
Pip Tucker Trustee 06 February 2019
None on record
PATRICK JOSEPH COLTON Trustee 18 June 2015
None on record
Tom Samuel Trustee 12 September 2013
None on record

Financial history

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Financial period end date

Income / Expenditure 31/03/2021 31/03/2022 31/03/2023 31/03/2024 31/03/2025
Total gross income £13.10m £14.62m £14.29m £14.18m £15.36m
Total expenditure £11.26m £12.68m £13.96m £14.83m £15.64m
Income from government contracts £2.34m N/A £2.80m £2.96m N/A
Income from government grants £3.50m £3.60m N/A N/A £3.43m
Income - Donations and legacies £4.35m £4.71m £4.21m £3.62m £4.47m
Income - Other trading activities £2.52m £5.86m £6.64m £6.94m £7.11m
Income - Charitable activities £4.89m £3.64m £3.04m £3.11m £3.24m
Income - Endowments £0 £0 £0 £0 £0
Income - Investment £183.43k £268.82k £376.17k £499.70k £520.16k
Income - Other £1.15m £150.95k £18.29k £14.30k £24.12k
Income - Legacies £2.72m £3.27m £2.83m £2.23m £2.70m
Expenditure - Charitable activities £6.90m £7.24m £8.25m £8.89m £9.25m
Expenditure - Raising funds £4.36m £5.45m £5.71m £5.95m £6.40m
Expenditure - Governance £31.57k £81.50k £151.21k £124.28k £292.80k
Expenditure - Grants institution £0 £0 £0 £0 £0
Expenditure - Investment management £43.21k £48.02k £45.35k £45.98k £57.67k
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 31/03/2021 31/03/2022 31/03/2023 31/03/2024 31/03/2025
Own use assets £7.92m £7.73m £7.33m £7.53m £7.33m
Long-term investments £7.65m £8.08m £7.92m £9.65m £9.75m
Other assets £8.08m £8.55m £8.83m £7.19m £7.01m
Defined benefit pension scheme asset or liability £0 £0 £0 £0 £0
Total liabilities £2.73m £1.01m £1.11m £1.30m £1.21m

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 2025 28 January 2026 On time
Accounts and TAR 31 March 2025 28 January 2026 On time Download Open in new window
Annual return 31 March 2024 31 January 2025 On time
Accounts and TAR 31 March 2024 31 January 2025 On time Download Open in new window
Annual return 31 March 2023 11 January 2024 On time
Accounts and TAR 31 March 2023 11 January 2024 On time Download Open in new window
Annual return 31 March 2022 09 December 2022 On time
Accounts and TAR 31 March 2022 09 December 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
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Contact information

Address:
ST. MARGARETS SOMERSET HOSPICE
HERON DRIVE
BISHOPS HULL
TAUNTON
TA1 5HA
Phone:
01823365603