Registered charity · Aylesbury
Florence Nightingale Hospice Charity
- 12 trustees
- Income £4.9m (2025)
Official record Charity Commission · updated 27th September 2026 · Sources
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Who leads it
- Noel John RatcliffeChair · since 2016
- Christopher John ShennanTrustee · since 2022
- Deborah Anne EarnshawTrustee · since 2018
- Dr Diana StrakerTrustee · since 2024
- Jo KerridgeTrustee · since 2025
- Mark Robert FabesTrustee · since 2020
- Nigel ThompsonTrustee · since 2024
- Peter CottonTrustee · since 2018
- Peter Lindley Bridgman BSC FricsTrustee · since 2017
- Simon Jonathan JonesTrustee · since 2020
- Susan ProcterTrustee · since 2025
- Tracey O'HaraTrustee · since 2023
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
- Buckinghamshire, Oxfordshire, Bedford
- Website
- www.fnhospice.org.uk (opens in a new tab)
- Linked company
- Florence Nightingale Hospice Charity
- Registered
- 2007
Income and spending
- YearIncomeSpending
- 2025£4.9m£4.9m
- 2024£4.6m£4.1m
- 2023£3.9m£3.4m
Earlier years
- 2022£4.3m£2.9m
- 2021£1.9m£2.3m
Income trend, 2021 to 2025.
Income source mix, 2023: Government grants 6%. From the charity's annual return.
Charitable objects
(1) TO PROMOTE THE RELIEF OF PEOPLE WHO ARE SUFFERING FROM ANY CHRONIC OR TERMINAL ILLNESS, DISABILITY OR DISEASE, OR OTHER PHYSICAL OR MENTAL INFIRMITY.(A) BY PROVIDING CARE FOR PERSONS WHO ARE SUFFERING AS AFORESAID BY ESTABLISHING, MAINTAINING AND CONDUCTING ONE OR MORE RESIDENTIAL NURSING HOMES IN ENGLAND OR WALES AND BY PROVIDING MEDICAL OR OTHER TREATMENT AND ATTENTION FOR ANY PERSONS IN THEIR OWN HOMES AND TO PROVIDE ASSISTANCE TO OTHER BODIES OR PERSONS IN ACHIEVING SUCH PROVISION.(B) BY CONDUCTING, PROMOTING OR ENCOURAGING RESEARCH INTO CARE AND TREATMENT OF PERSONS SUFFERING FROM ANY ILLNESS, DISABILITY, DISEASE OR INFIRMITY, PARTICULARLY INTO THE CARE AND TREATMENT OF PERSONS SUFFERING FROM CANCER OR TERMINAL ILLNESS.(C) BY PROMOTING, ENCOURAGING OR ASSISTING IN THE TEACHING OR TRAINING OF THE MEDICAL AND CLINICAL PROFESSIONS OR ALLIED SERVICES.(D) BY PROVIDING, ASSISTING OR ENCOURAGING THE PROVISION OF SPIRITUAL HELP AND GUIDANCE FOR ANY PERSONS RESIDENT (EITHER AS PATIENTS OTHERWISE) VISITING, OR WORKING IN ANY SUCH HOME OR HOMES AS AFORESAID.(E) BY PROVIDING, ENCOURAGING OR ACCESSING THE PROVISION OF PHYSCOSOCIAL SUPPORT TO FAMILIES WHEN NEEDED.
Grants received
11 grants · £51,350 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
- Rothschild Foundation · £30,950 (4 grants)
- SHAREGIFT · £15,000 (2 grants)
- Masonic Charitable Foundation · £5,400 (5 grants)
Most recent
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.
12 trustees on the board
- Noel John Ratcliffe Chair since 2016
- Christopher John Shennan since 2022
- Deborah Anne Earnshaw since 2018
- Dr Diana Straker since 2024
- Jo Kerridge since 2025
- Mark Robert Fabes since 2020
- Nigel Thompson since 2024
- Peter Lindley Bridgman BSC Frics since 2017
- Peter Cotton since 2018
- Simon Jonathan Jones since 2020
- Susan Procter since 2025
- Tracey O'Hara since 2023
Trustees past 6 years
- Noel John Ratcliffe Chair since 2016
- Deborah Anne Earnshaw since 2018
- Mark Robert Fabes since 2020
- Peter Lindley Bridgman BSC Frics since 2017
- Peter Cotton since 2018
- Simon Jonathan Jones since 2020
First-time vs portfolio trustees
First-time (11)
- Noel John Ratcliffe Chair since 2016
- Christopher John Shennan since 2022
- Deborah Anne Earnshaw since 2018
- Dr Diana Straker since 2024
- Jo Kerridge since 2025
- Mark Robert Fabes since 2020
- Nigel Thompson since 2024
- Peter Lindley Bridgman BSC Frics since 2017
- Peter Cotton since 2018
- Simon Jonathan Jones since 2020
- Tracey O'Hara since 2023
Portfolio (1)
- Susan Procter since 2025
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.
Gaps to watch
- Several long-serving trustees could step down together
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
2.9 months of spending held in free reserves · median for charities its size: 3.9 months · was 7.7 in 2021
Sources
Official record from the Charity Commission register for England and Wales. Governance Register calculates the connections.
Record details
- Registered charity number
- 1119499
- Status
- Registered
- Governing document
- MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLE OF ASSOCIATION INCORPORATED 27 MARCH 2007 as amended on 02 Sept 2026
- Companies House
- Company number 06187174 · Active
- Contact on the register
- 01296429975 · reception@fnhospice.org.uk
- Edition
- Register edition compiled 27th September 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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