Registered charity · Merseyside
Willowbrook Hospice
- 15 trustees
- Income £6.3m (2025)
Official record Charity Commission · updated 4th October 2026 · Sources
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Who leads it
- Ian Ashley CraigChair · since 2020
- Allan SansburyTrustee · since 2023
- Carol NuttallTrustee · since 2025
- David Russell PughTrustee · since 2024
- Dr Alan BaronTrustee · since 2025
- Dr Karen BeebyTrustee
- DR Michael Van DesselTrustee · since 2014
- Dr Simon HargreavesTrustee · since 2025
- Elaine InglesbyTrustee
- James TooheyTrustee · since 2024
- Jonathan DobsonTrustee · since 2020
- Michelle PriceTrustee · since 2024
- Sarah CarberryTrustee · since 2025
- Sarah WilliamsTrustee · since 2025
- Stephen Richard FairhurstTrustee · since 2020
Current trustees as listed by the Charity Commission, which does not publish previous trustees.
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About
- What it does
- The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives
- Where
- Knowsley, Liverpool City, Sefton, St Helens and more
- Website
- www.willowbrook.org.uk (opens in a new tab)
- Linked company
- Willowbrook Hospice
- Registered
- 1993
Income and spending
- YearIncomeSpending
- 2025£6.3m£6.4m
- 2024£5.9m£5.9m
- 2023£6.1m£5.2m
Earlier years
- 2022£6.1m£4.6m
- 2021£6.3m£4.8m
Income trend, 2021 to 2025.
Income source mix, 2025: Government grants 34%. From the charity's annual return.
Charitable objects
THE RELIEF OF PERSONS WHO ARE SUFFERING FROM ANY ILLNESS, DISABILITY, DISEASE OR OTHER INFIRMITY WHETHER PHYSICAL OR MENTAL.
Grants received
9 grants · £124,178 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
- Postcode Community Trust · £80,000
- The National Lottery Community Fund · £39,153 (4 grants)
- Masonic Charitable Foundation · £5,025 (4 grants)
Most recent
- Postcode Community Trust
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.
15 trustees on the board
- Ian Ashley Craig Chair since 2020
- Allan Sansbury since 2023
- Carol Nuttall since 2025
- DR Michael Van Dessel since 2014
- David Russell Pugh since 2024
- Dr Alan Baron since 2025
- Dr Karen Beeby
- Dr Simon Hargreaves since 2025
- Elaine Inglesby
- James Toohey since 2024
- Jonathan Dobson since 2020
- Michelle Price since 2024
- Sarah Carberry since 2025
- Sarah Williams since 2025
- Stephen Richard Fairhurst since 2020
Trustees past 6 years
- Ian Ashley Craig Chair since 2020
- DR Michael Van Dessel since 2014
- Jonathan Dobson since 2020
- Stephen Richard Fairhurst since 2020
First-time vs portfolio trustees
First-time (14)
- Allan Sansbury since 2023
- Carol Nuttall since 2025
- DR Michael Van Dessel since 2014
- David Russell Pugh since 2024
- Dr Alan Baron since 2025
- Dr Karen Beeby
- Dr Simon Hargreaves since 2025
- Elaine Inglesby
- James Toohey since 2024
- Jonathan Dobson since 2020
- Michelle Price since 2024
- Sarah Carberry since 2025
- Sarah Williams since 2025
- Stephen Richard Fairhurst since 2020
Portfolio (1)
- Ian Ashley Craig Chair since 2020
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
10.5 months of spending held in free reserves · median for charities its size: 3.7 months · was 7.0 in 2021
Sources
Official record from the Charity Commission register for England and Wales. Governance Register calculates the connections.
Record details
- Registered charity number
- 1020240
- Status
- Registered
- Governing document
- MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES OF ASSOCIATION INCORPORATED 13 APRIL 1993. CERTIFICATE OF INCORPORATION ON CHANGE OF NAME DATED 1 JUNE 1999.
- Companies House
- Company number 02808633 · Active
- Contact on the register
- 0151 430 8736 · LESLEYS@WILLOWBROOKHOSPICE.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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