ST CUTHBERT'S HOSPICE, DURHAM

Charity overview
Activities - how the charity spends its money
St Cuthbert's Hospice promotes the relief of sickness of persons from Co Durham and NE England suffering from a life-limiting or other illness, provision of care and support to their families & carers, and the advancement of health and education by the promotion and development of knowledge, attitudes and behaviours which enable people to prepare for death and/or live with life-limiting illnesses.
Income and expenditure
Data for financial year ending 31 March 2024
Total income:
£4,194,324
Donations and legacies | £1.27m | |
Charitable activities | £1.39m | |
Other trading activities | £1.50m | |
Investments | £29.31k | |
Other | £8.99k |
Total expenditure:
£4,669,408
Raising funds | £1.69m | |
Charitable activities | £2.98m | |
Other | £0 |
£68,535 investments gains (losses)
Total income includes £1,385,938 from 6 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 | £1.69m | |
Charitable expenditure | £2.98m |
People

120 Employee(s)
14 Trustee(s)
450 Volunteer(s)
Employees with total benefits over £60,000
Number of employees | |
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£60k to £70k | 1 |
£90k to £100k | 1 |
Fundraising
Trading
Trustee payments
What, who, how, where
- The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives
- Elderly/old People
- People With Disabilities
- Other Defined Groups
- Provides Human Resources
- Provides Buildings/facilities/open Space
- Provides Services
- Provides Advocacy/advice/information
- Durham
Governance
- 28 January 1988: Standard registration
No other names
- 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
14 Trustee(s)
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ANGELA LAMB | Chair | 22 May 2014 |
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Susan Butler | Trustee | 12 December 2024 |
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Joanne Bell | Trustee | 12 December 2024 |
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JOyce Drummond-Hill | Trustee | 12 December 2024 |
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Duncan Allen | Trustee | 26 September 2024 |
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Dr Angela Galloway | Trustee | 26 September 2024 |
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George Bell | Trustee | 26 September 2024 |
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Karen Forsyth | Trustee | 22 June 2023 |
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Peter Harding | Trustee | 01 May 2023 |
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Richard James Painter | Trustee | 01 May 2023 |
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Dr Karen Roberts | Trustee | 01 May 2023 |
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Victoria Walton | Trustee | 15 December 2022 |
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linda Wight | Trustee | 14 December 2022 |
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Dr Patricia Anne Flanagan | Trustee | 03 March 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 | £3.01m | £3.39m | £3.35m | £4.25m | £4.19m | |
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Total expenditure | £3.44m | £3.34m | £3.41m | £4.19m | £4.67m | |
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Income from government contracts | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | |
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Income from government grants | N/A | £1.25m | £46.09k | £1.32m | £1.39m | |
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Income - Donations and legacies | £674.29k | £1.66m | £811.64k | £1.62m | £1.27m | |
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Income - Other trading activities | £1.03m | £462.29k | £1.12m | £1.29m | £1.50m | |
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Income - Charitable activities | £1.24m | £1.25m | £1.38m | £1.32m | £1.39m | |
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Income - Endowments | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | |
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Income - Investment | £51.60k | £21.58k | £21.75k | £24.85k | £29.31k | |
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Income - Other | £16.03k | £11.95k | £9.46k | £3.70k | £8.99k | |
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Income - Legacies | £250.52k | £126.22k | £224.50k | £1.12m | £643.73k | |
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Expenditure - Charitable activities | £2.48m | £2.36m | £2.38m | £2.68m | £2.98m | |
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Expenditure - Raising funds | £959.59k | £983.89k | £1.04m | £1.51m | £1.69m | |
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Expenditure - Governance | £0 | £32.02k | £11.78k | £14.10k | £14.69k | |
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Expenditure - Grants institution | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | |
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Expenditure - Investment management | £11.63k | £7.65k | £8.02k | £7.67k | £7.90k | |
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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 | £3.67m | £3.55m | £3.46m | £3.42m | £3.41m | |
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Long-term investments | £3 | £2 | £2 | £2 | £2 | |
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Other assets | £1.80m | £2.46m | £2.27m | £2.74m | £2.37m | |
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Defined benefit pension scheme asset or liability | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | |
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Total liabilities | £134.92k | £482.53k | £222.84k | £627.19k | £656.65k |
Accounts and annual returns
Title | Reporting year | Date received | Received | Download |
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Annual return | 31 March 2024 | 20 January 2025 | On Time | |
Accounts and TAR | 31 March 2024 | 20 January 2025 | On Time | Download Open in new window |
Annual return | 31 March 2023 | 26 January 2024 | On Time | |
Accounts and TAR | 31 March 2023 | 30 January 2024 | On Time | Download Open in new window |
Annual return | 31 March 2022 | 04 November 2022 | On Time | |
Accounts and TAR | 31 March 2022 | 04 November 2022 | On Time | Download Open in new window |
Annual return | 31 March 2021 | 15 November 2021 | On Time | |
Accounts and TAR | 31 March 2021 | 15 November 2021 | On Time | Download Open in new window |
Annual return | 31 March 2020 | 10 December 2020 | On Time | |
Accounts and TAR | 31 March 2020 | 10 December 2020 | On Time | Download Open in new window |
Governing document
It is not the full text of the charity's governing document.
CIO - FOUNDATION CONVERSION DATED 03 MAY 2022
Charitable objects
TO PROMOTE THE RELIEF OF SICKNESS OF PERSONS FROM COUNTY DURHAM AND THE NORTH EAST OF ENGLAND GENERALLY SUFFERING FROM A LIFE LIMITING OR OTHER ILLNESSES AND THE PROVISION OF CARE AND SUPPORT TO THEIR FAMILIES AND CARERS, AND THE ADVANCEMENT OF HEALTH AND EDUCATION BY THE PROMOTION AND DEVELOPMENT OF KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES AND BEHAVIOURS WHICH ENABLE PEOPLE TO PREPARE FOR DEATH AND/OR LIVE WITH LIFE LIMITING ILLNESSES.
Area of benefit
COUNTY DURHAM AND OTHER PARTS OF THE NORTH EAST ENGLAND
Contact information
- Address:
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Park House Road
Durham
DH1 3QF
- Phone:
- 01913861170
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