The Governance RegisterEdition 2026 · Compiled 13th September 2026

Wessex Children's Hospice Trust

Registered charity 1002832 Registered since 1991

Operates: West Berkshire, Dorset, Hampshire, Isle Of Wight, Surrey, West Sussex, Wiltshire

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Board DNA

How this board is put together, from Charity Commission trustee records and Companies House - deterministic, no AI.iBoard compositionCounted from the dated Charity Commission trustee register: the current board only, past trustees excluded.

12 trustees on the board

3.8y median 3.5y
average tenure
8y
longest tenure

Trustees past 6 years

10.4y
average years in governance

First-time vs portfolio trustees

First-time (12)

11
company-linked trustees

Sector coverage iSector coverageThe charitable fields this board's trustees govern in elsewhere, by Charity Commission classification. Excludes this charity.

The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives 12

Commercial experience iCommercial experienceThe industries this board's members are company directors in, by Companies House SIC code. Excludes this organisation's own company.

Health and social care 13Retail and trade 11Business services 4

Gaps to watch

  • Narrow spread of causes across the board

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Income v spending, filed accountsiIncome v spendingTotal gross income and expenditure from filed annual returns, Charity Commission, last 5 years.
2021
2022
2023
2024
2025
incomespending£9.1m latest income
ReservesiReserves12 x free reserves / annual expenditure, from the Part B annual return. The sector median is computed across all Part B filers in the same income band.

13.9 months of spending held in free reserves · median for charities its size: 3.7 months · was 6.0 in 2021

177 from 173 in 2021
EmployeesiEmployeesHeadcount as filed in Part B annual returns, per financial year. Shown exactly as filed; year-on-year figures may be filed on different bases, so a comparison is only shown when the filings are plausibly comparable.
11%
Income from governmentiIncome from governmentGovernment contracts plus government grants as a share of total gross income, latest Part A annual return.

Related organisations iRelated organisationsTwo groups, both deterministic from public records. Related organisations share two or more trustees with this board - a real structural link, such as a subsidiary or sister charity. Connected through a shared trustee share exactly one person - a genuine connection, but not the same group. A board with no shared trustee at all may still appear here when it is active in the same charitable field.

Also active in the same field

Deterministic, from public records.

Contact

Websitewww.naomihouse.org.uk
EmailMICHAEL.WARE@NAOMIHOUSE.ORG.UK
Phone01962 760060
AddressWESSEX CHILDRENS HOSPICE TRUST, NAOMI HOUSE, STOCKBRIDGE ROAD, SUTTON SCOTNEY, WINCHESTER, SO21 3JE

Finances

£9,052,177 latest income

YearIncomeSpending
2021£7,631,096£7,118,960
2022£7,978,796£7,195,492
2023£7,945,068£8,071,508
2024£9,131,460£8,806,645
2025£9,052,177£9,485,272

What it does

What

The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives

Who

Children/young People

How

Provides Buildings/facilities/open SpaceProvides Services

Charitable objects

THE RELIEF OF SICKNESS AMONGST CHILDREN AND YOUNG PEOPLE.

Governing document: MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES INCORPORATED 15/04/1991AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 03/02/1997AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 23/11/1998AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 24/07/2001AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 27/03/2007NOW ARTICLES ADOPTED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION DATED 27/11/2012AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 17/09/2013AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 15 NOV 2016 as amended on 09 Oct 2018

Trustees (12)

12trustees
62median age
2aged 70+

Linked company (Companies House)

Wessex Children's Hospice Trust · 02601495 · Active

PRI/LBG/NSC (Private, Limited by guarantee, no share capital, use of 'Limited' exemption) · incorporated 15/04/1991

6 governing document(s) held from Companies House.

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No charities share a trustee (from current data).

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