The Governance RegisterEdition 2026 · Compiled 6th September 2026

The Shakespeare Hospice

Registered charity 1064091 Registered since 1997

Operates: Gloucestershire, Warwickshire

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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.

10 trustees on the board

2.7y median 2.5y
average tenure
5y
longest tenure
0
trustees past 6 years
11.3y
average years in governance

First-time vs portfolio trustees

First-time (8)

Portfolio (2)

10
company-linked trustees

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

Education/training 10The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives 8Recreation 2General Charitable Purposes 1Other Charitable Purposes 1

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 10Finance 9Education 4

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.

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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£2.2m latest income · spending exceeded income in 2024 and 2025
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.

0.0 months of spending held in free reserves · median for charities its size: 3.9 months · was 16.5 in 2021

71 from 56 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.
19%
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.

Connected through a shared trustee

Also active in the same field

Deterministic, from public records.

Contact

Websitewww.theshakespearehospice.org.uk
Emailenquiries@theshakespearehospice.org.uk
Phone01789266852
AddressThe Shakespeare Hospice, Church Lane, Shottery, Stratford-upon-Avon, CV37 9UL

Finances

£2,196,844 latest income

YearIncomeSpending
2021£3,294,235£1,844,806
2022£2,934,712£2,026,509
2023£2,091,137£2,335,425
2024£2,280,369£2,643,860
2025£2,196,844£2,992,859

What it does

What

Education/trainingThe Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives

Who

Children/young PeopleElderly/old PeopleOther Defined Groups

How

Provides ServicesProvides Advocacy/advice/information

Charitable objects

THE OBJECTS OF THE CHARITY (THE ?OBJECTS?) ARE FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT: - 3.2.1 TO PROMOTE THE RELIEF OF SICKNESS AND THE ADVANCEMENT OF HEALTH IN SUCH WAYS AS THE CHARITY SHALL FROM TIME TO TIME THINK FIT AND IN PARTICULAR, BUT WITHOUT PREJUDICE TO THE GENERALITY OF SUCH OBJECT: - (A) BY ESTABLISHING, MAINTAINING AND CONDUCTING A DAY CENTRE OR RESIDENTIAL HOME IN THE COUNTY OF WARWICKSHIRE, FOR THE RECEPTION AND CARE OF PERSONS OF ANY AGE AND EITHER SEX, WITHOUT REGARD TO RACE OR CREED, WHO ARE SUFFERING FROM ANY CHRONIC OR LIFE LIMITING ILLNESS OR FROM ANY DISABILITY OR DISEASE, AND BY PROVIDING MEDICAL OR OTHER TREATMENT AND ATTENTION FOR SUCH PERSONS; AND BY PROVIDING THERAPIES AND OTHER SERVICES TO RELIEVE SUFFERING OF THE MEMBERS OF THE FAMILIES OF SUCH PERSONS AND ANY WHO PROVIDE UNPAID CARE TO THEM. (B) BY CONDUCTING OR PROMOTING OR ENCOURAGING RESEARCH INTO THE CARE AND TREATMENT OF PERSONS SUFFERING FROM ANY SUCH ILLNESS, DISABILITY, DISEASE OR INFIRMITY AND PARTICULARLY INTO THE CARE AND TREATMENT OF PERSONS SUFFERING FROM LIFE LIMITING ILLNESS, AND TO DISSEMINATE THE RESULTS THEREOF TO THE PUBLIC. (C) BY PROMOTING OR ENCOURAGING OR ASSISTING IN THE TEACHING OR TRAINING OF DOCTORS, NURSES, PHYSIOTHERAPISTS AND OTHER PERSONS ENGAGED IN ANY BRANCH OF MEDICINE, SURGERY, NURSING OR ALLIED SERVICES AND IN THE TEACHING OR TRAINING OF STUDENTS IN ANY BRANCH OF MEDICINE, SURGERY, NURSING OR ALLIED SERVICES. (D) BY PROVIDING OR ASSISTING OR ENCOURAGING THE PROVISION OF SPIRITUAL HELP AND GUIDANCE FOR ANY PATIENTS, THEIR FAMILIES, CARERS AND MEMBERS OF STAFF.

Governing document: MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES INCORPORATED 13/12/1996AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 02/03/1998AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 07/02/2007AS AMENDED BY CERTIFICATE OF INCORPORATION ON CHANGE OF NAME DATED 15/07/2013AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 05/07/2014AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 21 MAR 2016

Trustees (10)

10trustees
61median age
1aged 70+

Linked company (Companies House)

The Shakespeare Hospice · 03291683 · Active

PRI/LBG/NSC (Private, Limited by guarantee, no share capital, use of 'Limited' exemption) · incorporated 13/12/1996

6 governing document(s) held from Companies House.

Connected charities (3)

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