Hospice Aid UK
Income
£115k
▼ 39.9% on 2024
Expenditure
£149k
▼ 29.6% on 2024
Reserves
N/A
Small charityi
Runway
N/A
Small charityi
Spent on charitable work
N/A%
Small charityi
Trustees
4
4.8y av
Staff
N/A
Small charityi
Volunteers
1
no change on 2024
Overview
Hospice Aid UK's network
5 people6 organisationsi4 listed on the board plus 1 company secretary. 6 organisations share a board member with this charity.The large node is Hospice Aid UK. The map shows two steps out from the public record. Hover a node to focus its connections; click one to open it.The board
4 listed + 1 company secretaryiCurrent trustees as listed by the Charity Commission, which does not publish previous trustees.| Name | Role | Since | On the board |
|---|---|---|---|
| Barry Cherryman | Trustee | 2019 | 7 yrs |
| Jayne Meegan | Trustee | 2024 | 2 yrs |
| Matthew Gratze | Trustee | 2019 | 7 yrs |
| Robert Meakin | Trustee | 2024 | 2 yrs |
| Joanne Gratze | Company secretary (charitable company) | 2007 | 19 yrs |
Under 5 years5 to 6 years6 years or more
Board
The board
4 listed + 1 company secretaryiCurrent trustees as listed by the Charity Commission, which does not publish previous trustees.| Name | Role | Since | On the board |
|---|---|---|---|
| Barry Cherryman | Trustee | 2019 | 7 yrs |
| Jayne Meegan | Trustee | 2024 | 2 yrs |
| Matthew Gratze | Trustee | 2019 | 7 yrs |
| Robert Meakin | Trustee | 2024 | 2 yrs |
| Joanne Gratze | Company secretary (charitable company) | 2007 | 19 yrs |
Under 5 years5 to 6 years6 years or more
Former company secretaries of the charitable company: Clifford Charles Hubbard (2002-2003), Suneel Beri (2002-2007). Full officer list
Board DNA
iCounted from the dated Charity Commission trustee register: the current board only, past trustees excluded.How this board is put together, from Charity Commission trustee records and Companies House - deterministic, no AI.Average tenure
4.5y
median 4.5y
Longest tenure
7y
since 2019
Years in governance
9.4y
per person, across all their boards
Also company directors
4
also sit on company boards
Joined in the last 3 years
2
of 4 on the board
4 trustees on the board
- Barry Cherryman since 2019
- Jayne Meegan since 2024
- Matthew Gratze since 2019
- Robert Meakin since 2024
Trustees past 6 years
- Barry Cherryman since 2019
- Matthew Gratze since 2019
First-time vs portfolio trustees
First-time (4)
- Barry Cherryman since 2019
- Jayne Meegan since 2024
- Matthew Gratze since 2019
- Robert Meakin since 2024
Sector coverageiThe charitable fields this board's trustees govern in elsewhere, by Charity Commission classification. Excludes this charity.
Disability 4The Advancement of Health or Saving of Lives 4
Commercial experienceiThe industries this board's members are company directors in, by Companies House SIC code. Excludes this organisation's own company.
Health and social care 3Business services 1Education 1
Gaps to watch
- Several long-serving trustees could step down together
- Narrow spread of causes across the board
Succession forecast
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Network
Network
iThe large node is Hospice Aid UK. Red nodes are organisations, white nodes are people. Dashed links are historical or inferred. Dashed blue-grey links are company secretaries. Click any node to explore.Most connected
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Finances
5 financial years held, 2021 to 2025, years ending 31 March.
Income and expenditure
5 years · years end 31 MarchiHover over the chart, or focus it and use the left and right arrow keys, to read each year. Every figure is also in the table.Plain-English summaries of the Charity Commission's own definitions for the annual return. Figures are as the charity filed them.Detailed income and expenditure are filed only by charities with income over £500,000, so some years show the totals only.
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| Financial year | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Totals | |||||
| Total income | £516.94k | £368.53k | £183.68k | £190.96k | £114.75k |
| Total expenditure | £312.37k | £409.37k | £236.68k | £212.33k | £149.47k |
| Government income | |||||
| Government contracts | Not reported | Not reported | Not reported | Not reported | Not reported |
| Government grants | Not reported | Not reported | Not reported | Not reported | Not reported |
| Income by source | |||||
| Donations and legacies | £516.90k | Not reported | Not reported | Not reported | Not reported |
| Legaciespart of donations and legacies | £164.04k | Not reported | Not reported | Not reported | Not reported |
| Charitable activities | £0 | Not reported | Not reported | Not reported | Not reported |
| Other trading activities | £0 | Not reported | Not reported | Not reported | Not reported |
| Investments | £42 | Not reported | Not reported | Not reported | Not reported |
| Endowments | £0 | Not reported | Not reported | Not reported | Not reported |
| Other income | £0 | Not reported | Not reported | Not reported | Not reported |
| Expenditure by type | |||||
| Charitable activities | £269.50k | Not reported | Not reported | Not reported | Not reported |
| Raising funds | £42.87k | Not reported | Not reported | Not reported | Not reported |
| Grants to institutionspart of charitable activities | £91.93k | Not reported | Not reported | Not reported | Not reported |
| Governance | £37.16k | Not reported | Not reported | Not reported | Not reported |
| Investment management | £0 | Not reported | Not reported | Not reported | Not reported |
| Other expenditure | £0 | Not reported | Not reported | Not reported | Not reported |
Definitions
- Total income
- Everything the charity received in the year, from all sources, as shown on its annual return.
- Total expenditure
- Everything the charity spent in the year.
- Government contracts
- Income from contracts with central or local government or other public bodies, as the charity declared it. Not reported means the register shows no amount (N/A), which can mean none or that the question was not answered.
- Government grants
- Grants received from central or local government or other public bodies, as declared.
- Donations and legacies
- Gifts and donations, including Gift Aid, and money left to the charity in wills.
- Legacies
- Money left to the charity in wills. Legacies are part of donations and legacies, not extra to them.
- Charitable activities (income)
- Income earned by doing the charity's work, such as fees and contracts for services.
- Other trading activities
- Fundraising trading, such as charity shops, events and sponsorship.
- Investments
- Dividends, interest and rent from the charity's investments.
- Endowments
- New endowment funds received in the year.
- Charitable activities (expenditure)
- Spending on the charity's purposes, including any grants it makes.
- Raising funds
- The cost of fundraising and trading.
- Grants to institutions
- Grants paid to other organisations. Part of spending on charitable activities.
- Governance
- The cost of running the charity as an organisation, such as the audit and trustee meetings.
- Investment management
- The cost of managing the charity's investments.
Source: Charity Commission for England and Wales, register of charities (extract of 25 October 2026), annual returns, Open Government Licence v3.0.
Assets and liabilities
1 year with detailiPlain-English summaries of the Charity Commission's own definitions for the annual return. Figures are as the charity filed them.Only one financial year is on the register so far, so there is no chart yet. The figures are in the table.
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| Financial year | 2021 |
|---|---|
| Own use assets | £0 |
| Long-term investments | £0 |
| Other assets | £171.83k |
| Defined benefit pension schemea minus figure is a deficit | £0 |
| Total liabilities | £0 |
| Net assetsassets minus liabilities | £171.83k |
Definitions
- Own use assets
- Land, buildings, equipment and other fixed assets the charity uses for its work.
- Long-term investments
- Investments held for the long term, such as shares, bonds or property let to others.
- Other assets
- Current assets: cash, money owed to the charity and short-term investments.
- Defined benefit pension scheme
- The surplus (above zero) or deficit (below zero) on a final-salary type pension scheme.
- Total liabilities
- What the charity owes: creditors due within a year and after a year, and provisions. Drawn below zero in the chart and shown as a positive figure in the table, as the register does.
- Net assets
- Assets minus liabilities, including any pension surplus or deficit. Equal to total funds.
Source: Charity Commission for England and Wales, register of charities (extract of 25 October 2026), annual returns, Open Government Licence v3.0.
Funds and reserves
1 year with detailiPlain-English summaries of the Charity Commission's own definitions for the annual return. Figures are as the charity filed them.Scroll sideways for earlier years
| Financial year | 2021 |
|---|---|
| Unrestricted funds | £171.83k |
| Restricted funds | £0 |
| Endowment funds | £0 |
| Total funds | £171.83k |
| Reservesas declared by the charity | £50.00k |
| Assets besides buildingsinvestments, cash and money owed to it, before debts | £171.83k |
Definitions
- Unrestricted funds
- Money the trustees can spend on any of the charity's purposes, including funds they have set aside (designated) themselves.
- Restricted funds
- Money that must be spent on particular purposes set by the donor or the terms of an appeal.
- Endowment funds
- Capital the charity must keep, either permanently or until the terms allow it to be spent.
- Total funds
- All funds together. Equal to net assets.
- Reserves
- The charity's own figure for unrestricted funds that are freely available, after setting aside fixed assets and designated funds. Charities explain their reserves policy in their annual report.
- Assets besides buildings
- Long-term investments plus other assets (cash, money owed to the charity and short-term investments), before its debts are paid. If declared reserves are larger than this, they must include buildings.
Source: Charity Commission for England and Wales, register of charities (extract of 25 October 2026), annual returns, Open Government Licence v3.0.
Accounts and annual returns
Register page (opens in a new tab)iPlain-English summaries of the Charity Commission's own definitions for the annual return. Figures are as the charity filed them.Reporting up to date
On time for the last 4 years. 1 earlier year arrived late.
| Year ending | Due by | Annual return | Accounts | Status | Documents |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 31 March 2025 | 31 January 2026 | 16 January 2026 | 16 January 2026 | On time | On the register (opens in a new tab)Charity CommissionAccounts (opens in a new tab)Companies House, PDF |
| 31 March 2024 | 31 January 2025 | 18 December 2024 | 18 December 2024 | On time | On the register (opens in a new tab)Charity CommissionAccounts (opens in a new tab)Companies House, PDF |
| 31 March 2023 | 31 January 2024 | 3 January 2024 | 3 January 2024 | On time | On the register (opens in a new tab)Charity CommissionAccounts (opens in a new tab)Companies House, PDF |
| 31 March 2022 | 31 January 2023 | 30 January 2023 | 30 January 2023 | On time | On the register (opens in a new tab)Charity CommissionAccounts (opens in a new tab)Companies House, PDF |
| 31 March 2021 | 31 January 2022 | 31 August 2022212 days late | 31 August 2022212 days late | Late by 212 days | On the register (opens in a new tab)Charity CommissionAccounts (opens in a new tab)Companies House, PDF |
Accounts filed at Companies House
Company 04400127 has made 24 accounts filings (1 amended filing included) since 2004. Each links to the copy at Companies House where it has been published online.
| Made up to | Filed on | Type | Document |
|---|---|---|---|
| 31 March 2025 | 16 December 2025 | Total exemption full accounts | View PDF (opens in a new tab)18 pages |
| 31 March 2024 | 2 January 2025 | Total exemption full accounts | View PDF (opens in a new tab)19 pages |
| 31 March 2023 | 28 December 2023 | Total exemption full accounts | View PDF (opens in a new tab)20 pages |
| 31 March 2022 | 8 February 2023 | Total exemption full accounts | View PDF (opens in a new tab)22 pages |
| 31 March 2021 | 6 September 2022 | Total exemption full accounts | View PDF (opens in a new tab)23 pages |
| 31 March 2020 | 5 February 2021 | Total exemption full accounts | View PDF (opens in a new tab)22 pages |
| 31 March 2019 | 4 May 2020 | Amended: total exemption full accounts | View PDF (opens in a new tab)21 pages |
| 31 March 2019 | 26 November 2019 | Total exemption full accounts | View PDF (opens in a new tab)19 pages |
| 31 March 2018 | 5 January 2019 | Total exemption full accounts | View PDF (opens in a new tab)16 pages |
| 31 March 2017 | 2 January 2018 | Total exemption full accounts | View PDF (opens in a new tab)15 pages |
| 31 March 2016 | 7 January 2017 | Total exemption full accounts | View PDF (opens in a new tab)17 pages |
| 31 March 2015 | 9 January 2016 | Total exemption full accounts | View PDF (opens in a new tab)29 pages |
| 31 March 2014 | 17 May 2015 | Full accounts | View PDF (opens in a new tab)16 pages |
| 31 March 2013 | 17 September 2013 | Total exemption full accounts | View PDF (opens in a new tab)13 pages |
| 31 March 2012 | 21 December 2012 | Total exemption full accounts | View PDF (opens in a new tab)14 pages |
| 31 March 2011 | 4 January 2012 | Total exemption full accounts | View PDF (opens in a new tab)14 pages |
| 31 March 2010 | 29 December 2010 | Full accounts | View PDF (opens in a new tab)14 pages |
| 31 March 2009 | 1 February 2010 | Full accounts | View PDF (opens in a new tab)14 pages |
| 31 March 2008 | 8 December 2008 | Full accounts | View PDF (opens in a new tab)14 pages |
| 31 March 2007 | 1 February 2008 | Full accounts | View PDF (opens in a new tab)14 pages |
| 31 March 2006 | 2 February 2007 | Full accounts | View PDF (opens in a new tab)14 pages |
| 31 March 2005 | 13 February 2006 | Full accounts | View PDF (opens in a new tab)14 pages |
| 31 March 2004 | 2 February 2005 | Full accounts | View PDF (opens in a new tab)14 pages |
| 31 March 2003 | 22 January 2004 | Dormant accounts | View PDF (opens in a new tab)2 pages |
Definitions
- Annual return
- The yearly return a charity sends to the Charity Commission. It is due 10 months after the end of the financial year. Charities with income over £10,000, and every CIO, must send one.
- Accounts
- The accounts and trustees' annual report. Required from charities with income over £25,000 and from every CIO; otherwise shown as Not required.
- On time
- Received on or before the due date.
- Late
- Received after the due date. The number of days is counted from the due date.
- Overdue
- Not received, and the due date has passed. Counted to today, or to the date a removed charity left the register.
- Qualified accounts
- The auditor or examiner raised a reservation about the accounts.
Source: Charity Commission for England and Wales, register of charities (annual return history), Open Government Licence v3.0. The register keeps the latest five years; earlier years come from older copies we hold. Accounts documents link to the Charity Commission register and to Companies House (filing history, Open Government Licence v3.0). Days late and overdue are worked out from the dates, as of 30 October 2026.
Grants
Funding received
1 grantiFrom grants published by funders to 360Giving. Not every funder publishes, so this is not a complete record of a charity's income.Total from published grants
£3k
£2,500
Grants
1
published to 360Giving
Funders
1
distinct funders
Latest grant
Mar 2021
24 March 2021
Grants awarded 24 March 2021.
By year
iBy year the grant was awarded, in pounds.£3k2021
Funders
1 funder| Funder | Grants | Total | Years |
|---|---|---|---|
| The Grocers' Charity | 1 | £2,500 | 2021 |
Grants
newest first| Date | Funder | Title | Amount |
|---|---|---|---|
| 24 March 2021 | The Grocers' Charity | 2021 - New Forest Basics Bank | £2,500 |
Who published this data
Grant records are published by the funders named below to 360Giving, each under the open licence shown. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0 where that licence is shown. Governance Register has reformatted the data, removed duplicate rows and matched recipients and funders to register records; it has not changed the amounts or dates published.
About
Purposes and governing document
Register page (opens in a new tab)Charitable objectsiAs filed with the Charity Commission. Clause breaks added for reading; the wording and capitals are unchanged.
- (A)
TO
FACILITATE AND PROMOTE THE RELIEF, CARE AND TREATMENT OF THE SICK, ESPECIALLY OF THE DYING, AND THE SUPPORT AND CARE OF THEIR FAMILIES AND CARERS AND OF THE BEREAVED; - (B)
TO
FACILITATE AND PROMOTE THE CHARITABLE ACTIVITIES OF INDEPENDENT HOSPICES; - (C)
TO
UNDERTAKE ANY OTHER CHARITABLE PURPOSE.
What it does
Who it helps
How it helps
- Where it operates
- Throughout England and Wales
- Area of benefit
- NOT
DEFINED. IN PRACTICE ENGLAND AND WALES as filed - Governing document
- MEMORANDUM
AND ARTICLES OF ASSOCIATION INCORPORATED 21 MARCH 2002 AS AMENDED BY WRITTEN RESOLUTION DATED 5 JULY 2006. as amended on 21 Feb 2024 as filed - Register history
- 24 June 2002Registered
- Previous name
- Community Aid UK
Policies the charity says it has
Governing documents at Companies House
- 26 March 2024Memorandum and articles
- 18 March 2024Memorandum and articles
- 3 March 2024Resolution
- 26 February 2024Resolution
- 17 July 2006Resolution
- 12 October 2005Certificate of change of name
Read them in the filing history at Companies House (opens in a new tab)
Source: Charity Commission for England and Wales, register of charities (governing document, classification, area of operation, register history and policies), and Companies House filing history, Open Government Licence v3.0.
About
- Website
- www.hospiceaid.org.uk (opens in a new tab)
- Linked company
- Hospice Aid UK
- Registered
- 2002