Registered charity · London
The Worldwide Hospice Palliative Care Alliance
- 15 trustees
- Income £81k (2025)
Official record Charity Commission · updated 13th September 2026 · Sources
Who leads it
- Cheryl SpencerTrustee · since 2026
- Dr Babe Eunice Gorata GaolebaleTrustee · since 2020
- Dr Douglas CrispimTrustee · since 2023
- Dr Eve NamisangoTrustee · since 2026
- Dr Frank Patrick BrennanTrustee · since 2016
- Dr Ghauri AggarwalTrustee · since 2024
- DR James Francis ClearyTrustee · since 2016
- DR Julia Dorothy DowningTrustee · since 2017
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- Dr Raghu ThotaTrustee · since 2026
- Dr Stephen WatitiTrustee · since 2019
- Dr Yoshiyuki KizawaTrustee · since 2020
- Joanne BrennanTrustee · since 2025
- Maria Mercedes MarroquinTrustee · since 2020
- Professor Richard Harding-SwaleTrustee · since 2016
- Toby PorterTrustee · since 2023
Current trustees as listed by the Charity Commission, which does not publish previous trustees.
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People on this board also serve on 3 other charities:
- Marie Curie · 1 shared trustee
- African Palliative Care Association UK · 1 shared trustee
- Aids Impact · 1 shared trustee
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About
- What it does
- Education/training, The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives, Overseas Aid/famine Relief, Human Rights/religious Or Racial Harmony/equality Or Diversity
- Where
- Argentina, Australia, Bangladesh, Canada and more
- Website
- www.thewhpca.org (opens in a new tab)
- Linked company
- The Worldwide Hospice Palliative Care Alliance
- Registered
- 2009
Income and spending
- YearIncomeSpending
- 2025£81k£175k
- 2024£206k£201k
- 2023£194k£257k
Earlier years
- 2022£181k£156k
- 2021£327k£309k
Charitable objects
TO FACILITATE AND PROMOTE THE RELIEF, CARE AND TREATMENT OF THE SICK, ESPECIALLY THE CHRONICALLY AND INCURABLY ILL AND THE DYING, AND THE SUPPORT AND CARE OF THEIR FAMILIES AND CARERS AND OF THE BEREAVED, IN PARTICULAR BY:1 IMPROVING ACCESS TO, AND THE QUALITY OF PALLIATIVE CARE, WORLDWIDE AND IMPROVING THE EFFICIENCY AND EFFICACY OF INSTITUTIONS CONCERNED WITH THE CHARITABLE PROVISION OF PALLIATIVE CARE; AND2 PROVIDING OR FACILITATING EDUCATION AND TRAINING IN PALLIATIVE CARE AND INCREASING AWARENESS AND UNDERSTANDING AMONG THE GENERAL PUBLIC OF THE VALUES, PRINCIPLES AND PRACTICE OF HOSPICE AND PALLIATIVE CARE
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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.
15 trustees on the board
- Cheryl Spencer since 2026
- DR James Francis Cleary since 2016
- DR Julia Dorothy Downing since 2017
- Dr Babe Eunice Gorata Gaolebale since 2020
- Dr Douglas Crispim since 2023
- Dr Eve Namisango since 2026
- Dr Frank Patrick Brennan since 2016
- Dr Ghauri Aggarwal since 2024
- Dr Raghu Thota since 2026
- Dr Stephen Watiti since 2019
- Dr Yoshiyuki Kizawa since 2020
- Joanne Brennan since 2025
- Maria Mercedes Marroquin since 2020
- Professor Richard Harding-Swale since 2016
- Toby Porter since 2023
Trustees past 6 years
- DR James Francis Cleary since 2016
- DR Julia Dorothy Downing since 2017
- Dr Frank Patrick Brennan since 2016
- Dr Stephen Watiti since 2019
- Maria Mercedes Marroquin since 2020
- Professor Richard Harding-Swale since 2016
First-time vs portfolio trustees
First-time (13)
- Cheryl Spencer since 2026
- DR James Francis Cleary since 2016
- DR Julia Dorothy Downing since 2017
- Dr Babe Eunice Gorata Gaolebale since 2020
- Dr Douglas Crispim since 2023
- Dr Frank Patrick Brennan since 2016
- Dr Ghauri Aggarwal since 2024
- Dr Raghu Thota since 2026
- Dr Stephen Watiti since 2019
- Dr Yoshiyuki Kizawa since 2020
- Joanne Brennan since 2025
- Maria Mercedes Marroquin since 2020
- Toby Porter since 2023
Portfolio (2)
- Dr Eve Namisango since 2026
- Professor Richard Harding-Swale since 2016
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.
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Sources
Official record from the Charity Commission register for England and Wales. Governance Register calculates the connections.
Record details
- Registered charity number
- 1127569
- Status
- Registered
- Governing document
- MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES INCORPORATED 28/10/2008AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 16/11/2008AS AMENDED BY CERTIFICATE OF INCORPORATION ON CHANGE OF NAME DATED 19/11/2013
- Companies House
- Company number 06735120 · Active
- Contact on the register
- +17039808737 · info@thewhpca.org
- Edition
- Register edition compiled 13th 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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