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Registered charity · Bradford-on-Avon

Dorothy House

The objects for which the Charity is established are, for the public benefit, to promote by such charitable means as the Trustees shall from time to time think fit the relief of sickness among people suffering from any chronic or life limiting...

  • 11 trustees
  • Income £18m (2025)
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Official record Charity Commission · updated 20th September 2026 · Sources

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About

What it does
Education/training, The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives
Where
Somerset, Wiltshire, Bath And North East Somerset
Website
www.dorothyhouse.org.uk (opens in a new tab)
Linked company
Dorothy House
Registered
1978

Income and spending

  • YearIncomeSpending
  • 2025£18m£19m
  • 2024£16m£19m
  • 2023£15m£17m
Earlier years
  • 2022£16m£14m
  • 2021£14m£14m

Income trend, 2021 to 2025.

Income source mix, 2025: Government contracts under 1% · Government grants 4%. From the charity's annual return.

Charitable objects

The objects for which the Charity is established are, for the public benefit, to promote by such charitable means as the Trustees shall from time to time think fit the relief of sickness among people suffering from any chronic or life limiting illnesses of any description through the provision of treatment, holistic care, financial assistance, support, education and practical advice for such individuals, their families, dependants and carers and to advance the education of the general public in all areas relating to such conditions.

Grants received

31 grants · £458,589 total

360Giving data, published by funders. Coverage only includes funders who publish their grants to 360Giving, so these figures are a floor, not a complete picture.

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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.

11 trustees on the board

3.2y median 2y
average tenure
9y
longest tenure

Trustees past 6 years

12.1y
average years in governance

First-time vs portfolio trustees

First-time (10)

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.

Education/training 11The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives 11Arts/culture/heritage/science 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 13Retail and trade 4Other services 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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Health of the organisation facts side by side - the conclusion is yours

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£18.3m 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.

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

322 from 290 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.
4%
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
275745
Status
Registered
Governing document
MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES INCORPORATED 03 APR 1978AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 26 SEP 1995AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 05 OCT 1999AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 22 JAN 2008AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 18 MAY 2010AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 14 MAR 2017 as amended on 15 Apr 2019 as amended on 26 Mar 2019 as amended on 07 May 2019 as amended on 26 Mar 2019 as amended on 22 Sep 2020
Companies House
Company number 01360961 · Active
Contact on the register
01225722988 · info@dorothyhouse-hospice.org.uk
Edition
Register edition compiled 20th September 2026
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