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Registered charity · Oxford

Sobell House Hospice Charity Limited

1.to support the work of Sobell House Hospice, formerly known as Sir Michael Sobell House, Oxford, generally, and in particular in offering palliative and end-of-life care, pain relief, support and friendship together with additional services and...

  • 13 trustees
  • Income £4.8m (2026)

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
Oxfordshire
Website
www.sobellhouse.org (opens in a new tab)
Linked company
Sobell House Hospice Charity Limited
Registered
2007

Income and spending

  • YearIncomeSpending
  • 2026£4.8m£6.6m
  • 2025£5.0m£6.7m
  • 2024£4.3m£5.9m
Earlier years
  • 2023£4.9m£4.8m
  • 2022£3.3m£3.5m
Charitable objects

1.to support the work of Sobell House Hospice, formerly known as Sir Michael Sobell House, Oxford, generally, and in particular in offering palliative and end-of-life care, pain relief, support and friendship together with additional services and facilities for those with life-limiting illness and their families and carers whether at Sobell House Hospice or in their home or other place of residence, throughout an illness and during a period of bereavement;2. for the advancement of palliative and end-of-life care through the provision of funds and facilities for research, educational facilities and training.

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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.

13 trustees on the board

6.9y median 2y
average tenure
19y
longest tenure

Trustees past 6 years

17.8y
average years in governance

First-time vs portfolio trustees

First-time (8)

Portfolio (5)

13
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 13Other Charitable Purposes 1Religious Activities 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.

Retail and trade 15Education 4Health and social care 3

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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£5.0m 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.

7.8 months of spending held in free reserves · median for charities its size: 3.7 months · was 21.1 in 2021

62 from 70 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.

Sources

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

Record details
Registered charity number
1118646
Status
Registered
Governing document
MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES INCORPORATED 6 NOVEMBER 2006 AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION DATED 7 JULY 2008 as amended on 04 Nov 2025
Companies House
Company number 05989017 · Active
Contact on the register
01865857007 · mail@sobellhospice.org
Edition
Register edition compiled 13th September 2026
Labels
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