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Registered charity · Oldham

DR Kershaw's Hospice

  • 15 trustees
  • Income £6.0m (2025)
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Official record Charity Commission · updated 13th September 2026 · Sources

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About

What it does
The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives
Where
Oldham
Website
www.drkh.org.uk (opens in a new tab)
Linked company
DR Kershaw's Hospice
Registered
2004

Income and spending

  • YearIncomeSpending
  • 2025£6.0m£5.3m
  • 2024£5.8m£4.9m
  • 2023£4.6m£4.4m
Earlier years
  • 2022£4.3m£3.7m
  • 2021£4.4m£3.4m
Charitable objects

TO PROMOTE THE RELIEF OF ILLNESS AND SUFFERING IN SUCH WAYS AS THE TRUSTEES THINK FIT:-3(1) BY ESTABLISHING, MAINTAINING AND CONDUCTING RESIDENTIAL NURSING AND CONVALESCENT HOMES FOR THE RECEPTION AND CARE OF PERSONS OF EITHER SEX WHO ARE SUFFERING AT ANY AGE FROM ANY CHRONIC OR TERMINAL ILLNESS OR FROM ANY DISABILITY OR DISEASE ATTRIBUTABLE TO OLD AGE OR FROM ANY OTHER PHYSICAL OR MENTAL INFIRMITY, DISABILITY OR DISEASE AND SO THAT ANY SUCH HOME MAY BE RESTRICTED AS AFORESAID TO PATIENTS SUFFERING FROM ANY PARTICULAR TYPE OR TYPES OF ILLNESS, DISABILITY OR INFIRMITY AND BY PROVIDING MEDICAL OR OTHER TREATMENT OR ATTENTION FOR ANY SUCH PERSONS AS AFORESAID IN THEIR OWN HOME;3(2) BY CONDUCTING AND PROMOTING OR ENCOURAGING RESEARCH IN TO THE CARE AND TREATMENT OF PERSONS SUFFERING FROM ANY SUCH ILLNESS, DISABILITY, DISEASE OR INFIRMITY AND PARTICULARLY IN TO THE CARE AND TREATMENT OF PERSONS SUFFERING FROM CANCER OR TERMINAL ILLNESSES AND BY PROVIDING FOR THE DISSEMINATION OF THE RESULTS OF SUCH RESEARCH;3(3) 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 OR NURSING OR ALLIED SERVICES

Board analysis for researchers

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

3.2y median 2y
average tenure
12y
longest tenure

Trustees past 6 years

7.3y
average years in governance

First-time vs portfolio trustees

First-time (14)

Portfolio (1)

11
company-linked trustees

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

The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives 15General Charitable Purposes 1Recreation 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 12Business services 2Construction 2

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£6.0m latest income · income exceeded spending 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.

2.4 months of spending held in free reserves · median for charities its size: 3.7 months · was 20.4 in 2021

130 from 101 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.
43%
Income from governmentiIncome from governmentGovernment contracts plus government grants as a share of total gross income, latest Part A annual return.

Sources

Official record from the Charity Commission register for England and Wales. Governance Register calculates the connections.

Record details
Registered charity number
1105924
Status
Registered
Governing document
MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES OF ASSOCIATION INCORPORATED 3 SEPTEMBER 2004 as amended on 18 Jan 2024 as amended on 18 Jan 2024
Companies House
Company number 05221414 · Active
Contact on the register
0161-624-2727 · info@drkh.org.uk
Edition
Register edition compiled 13th September 2026
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