Registered charity · Sheffield
Bluebell Wood Children's Hospice
Bluebell Wood Children's Hospice is a registered charity (number 1076958) based in Sheffield, governed by 7 trustees and chaired by Nicola Didlock since 2023. Latest income £6.0m (2025). Source: Charity Commission register, updated 18th October 2026.
Also known as Bluebell Wood, Bluebell Wood Childrens Hospice (Charity Commission)
The Charity’s objects are the relief of sickness and suffering of children and young people in the Midlands, North of England and adjacent areas in such ways as the Trustees shall from time to time think fit and in particular but not so as to limit...
- 7 trustees
- Income £6.0m (2025)
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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
- Where
- Barnsley, Doncaster, Rotherham, Sheffield City and more
- Website
- www.bluebellwood.org (opens in a new tab)
- Linked company
- Bluebell Wood Children's Hospice
- Registered
- 1999
Income and spending
- YearIncomeSpending
- 2025£6.0m£5.7m
- 2024£4.2m£4.9m
- 2023£4.4m£4.4m
Earlier years
- 2022£4.1m£4.4m
- 2021£5.7m£4.5m
Income trend, 2021 to 2025.
Income source mix, 2025: Government grants 19%. From the charity's annual return.
Charitable objects
The Charity’s objects are the relief of sickness and suffering of children and young people in the Midlands, North of England and adjacent areas in such ways as the Trustees shall from time to time think fit and in particular but not so as to limit the generality of the foregoing:1. To provide medical, material, emotional, educational and spiritual care for and accommodation for children and young people suffering from life limiting and life threatening illnesses and conditions, including in circumstances of sudden or unexpected death.2. To support the needs of the families of such children and young people as are occasioned by the sickness, disability or death of such children and young people, in particular needs of counselling and accommodation. 3. To promote, encourage, provide or assist in the teaching or training of doctors, nurses, physiotherapists, administrators, social workers and other persons engaged in any branch of medicine, surgery, nursing or allied services. 4. To promote, carry out or take part in research into palliative care or other care for any terminal or chronic sickness or disability, or sudden or unexpected death which may affect children and young people and to publish the useful results of such research.
Grants received
9 grants · £2,236,558 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
- Department of Health and Social Care · £2,202,651 (4 grants)
- The National Lottery Community Fund · £29,375 (2 grants)
- Masonic Charitable Foundation · £4,532 (3 grants)
Most recent
- The National Lottery Community Fund
- Department of Health and Social Care
- Department of Health and Social Care
- Department of Health and Social Care
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.
7 trustees on the board
- Nicola Didlock Chair since 2023
- Catherine Winfield since 2025
- Dr Jonathan Gordon Wright since 2026
- Joanne Snell since 2026
- Kate Reich since 2026
- Louise Beaumont since 2022
- Richard Simpson since 2023
First-time vs portfolio trustees
First-time (7)
- Nicola Didlock Chair since 2023
- Catherine Winfield since 2025
- Dr Jonathan Gordon Wright since 2026
- Joanne Snell since 2026
- Kate Reich since 2026
- Louise Beaumont since 2022
- Richard Simpson 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
17.0 months of spending held in free reserves · median for charities its size: 3.7 months · was 21.7 in 2021
Sources
Official record from the Charity Commission register for England and Wales. Governance Register calculates the connections.
Record details
- Registered charity number
- 1076958
- Status
- Registered
- Governing document
- MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES INCORPORATED 19/07/1999AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 13/03/2006AS AMENDED BY CERTIFICATE OF INCORPORATION ON CHANGE OF NAME DATED 23/09/2013 as amended on 06 Sept 2025 as amended on 06 Sept 2025
- Companies House
- Company number 03809663 · Active
- Contact on the register
- 01909517360 · info@bluebellwood.org
- Edition
- Register edition compiled 18th 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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