Registered charity · London
Greenwich and Bexley Community Hospice Limited
- 13 trustees
- Income £13m (2025)
Official record Charity Commission · updated 4th October 2026 · Sources
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Who leads it
- Sarah HigginsChair · since 2023
- Alison RobertsTrustee · since 2023
- Claire Drury-AxfordTrustee · since 2025
- David Atterbury ThomasTrustee · since 2019
- Estelle KerridgeTrustee · since 2020
- Helen RowntreeTrustee · since 2025
- Kate Sinead Mcgranaghan ChowTrustee · since 2021
- Komal Whittaker-AxonTrustee · since 2020
- Professor Francis Drobniewski MA FrcpathTrustee · since 2023
- Rebecca MiddletonTrustee · since 2020
- Siobhan Phillipa HolmesTrustee · since 2025
- Sylvia OsajiTrustee · since 2023
- Timothy GreenTrustee · since 2025
Current trustees as listed by the Charity Commission, which does not publish previous trustees.
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About
- What it does
- Education/training, The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives, Disability, Other Charitable Purposes
- Where
- Bexley, Greenwich
- Website
- communityhospice.org.uk (opens in a new tab)
- Linked company
- Greenwich & Bexley Community Hospice LTD.
- Registered
- 1993
Income and spending
- YearIncomeSpending
- 2025£13m£13m
- 2024£12m£13m
- 2023£12m£11m
Earlier years
- 2022£11m£9.7m
- 2021£9.7m£9.0m
Income trend, 2021 to 2025.
Income source mix, 2025: Government grants 46%. From the charity's annual return.
Charitable objects
THE COMPANY IS ESTABLISHED FOR CHARITABLE PURPOSES, FOR THE RELIEF OF PAIN AND SUFFERING AMONG THE ILL, THE PROVISION, MANAGEMENT AND MAINTENANCE OF A HOSPICE AND ASSOCIATED COMMUNITY AND OUTREACH SERVICES FOR PEOPLE WITH LIFE LIMITING ILLNESS AND THEIR FAMILIES AND FRIENDS, THE PROTECTION AND PRESERVATION OF THE HEALTH OF THOSE AFFECTED BY BEREAVEMENT AND THE ADVANCEMENT OF EDUCATION OF PROFESSIONALS AND THE PUBLIC IN THE RELIEF OF PAIN AND SUFFERING.
Grants received
24 grants · £456,031 total360Giving data, published by funders. Coverage only includes funders who publish their grants to 360Giving, so these figures are a floor, not a complete picture.
Top funders
- The National Lottery Community Fund · £226,891 (3 grants)
- Mercers' Charitable Foundation · £90,000
- The Charity of Sir Richard Whittington · £49,378
- The National Lottery Heritage Fund · £25,000
- Masonic Charitable Foundation · £24,706 (5 grants)
Most recent
Board analysis
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.
13 trustees on the board
- Sarah Higgins Chair since 2023
- Alison Roberts since 2023
- Claire Drury-Axford since 2025
- David Atterbury Thomas since 2019
- Estelle Kerridge since 2020
- Helen Rowntree since 2025
- Kate Sinead Mcgranaghan Chow since 2021
- Komal Whittaker-Axon since 2020
- Professor Francis Drobniewski MA Frcpath since 2023
- Rebecca Middleton since 2020
- Siobhan Phillipa Holmes since 2025
- Sylvia Osaji since 2023
- Timothy Green since 2025
Trustees past 6 years
- David Atterbury Thomas since 2019
First-time vs portfolio trustees
First-time (12)
- Sarah Higgins Chair since 2023
- Alison Roberts since 2023
- Claire Drury-Axford since 2025
- David Atterbury Thomas since 2019
- Estelle Kerridge since 2020
- Helen Rowntree since 2025
- Kate Sinead Mcgranaghan Chow since 2021
- Komal Whittaker-Axon since 2020
- Rebecca Middleton since 2020
- Siobhan Phillipa Holmes since 2025
- Sylvia Osaji since 2023
- Timothy Green since 2025
Portfolio (1)
- Professor Francis Drobniewski MA Frcpath since 2023
Sector coverage iSector coverageThe charitable fields this board's trustees govern in elsewhere, by Charity Commission classification. Excludes this charity.
Commercial experience iCommercial experienceThe industries this board's members are company directors in, by Companies House SIC code. Excludes this organisation's own company.
Succession forecast iSuccession forecastThe number of board seats likely to open in the next twelve months - summed across the board from each dated trustee’s tenure - and the profile worth recruiting next. From the filed record, deterministic.
Health of the organisation facts side by side - the conclusion is yours
4.4 months of spending held in free reserves · median for charities its size: 3.7 months · was 6.0 in 2021
Sources
Official record from the Charity Commission register for England and Wales. Governance Register calculates the connections.
Record details
- Registered charity number
- 1017406
- Status
- Registered
- Governing document
- MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES INCORPORATED 15/09/1992AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 15/01/1993AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 08/01/2011AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 10/07/2006AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 09/03/2011AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 08/06/2011AS REGISTERED AT COMPANIES HOUSE ON 11/07/2011 as amended on 11 Nov 2020 as amended on 12 Aug 2026
- Companies House
- Company number 02747475 · Active
- Contact on the register
- 02083122244 · info@gbch.org.uk
- Edition
- Register edition compiled 4th October 2026
- Labels
- Official record from the register · Calculated derived by Governance Register. Anything added by an organisation or person is labelled as provided by them.
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