The Governance RegisterEdition 2026 · Compiled 13th September 2026

Hospice of ST Francis (Berkhamsted) LTD

Registered charity 280825 Registered since 1980

Operates: Buckinghamshire, Hertfordshire

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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.

10 trustees on the board

3.1y median 2y
average tenure
8y
longest tenure

Trustees past 6 years

13.1y
average years in governance

First-time vs portfolio trustees

First-time (9)

Portfolio (1)

9
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 10The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives 10General Charitable Purposes 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 12Education 7Manufacturing 6

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£8.7m 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.

7.6 months of spending held in free reserves · median for charities its size: 3.7 months · was 8.7 in 2021

131 from 120 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.
17%
Income from governmentiIncome from governmentGovernment contracts plus government grants as a share of total gross income, latest Part A annual return.

Related organisations iRelated organisationsTwo groups, both deterministic from public records. Related organisations share two or more trustees with this board - a real structural link, such as a subsidiary or sister charity. Connected through a shared trustee share exactly one person - a genuine connection, but not the same group. A board with no shared trustee at all may still appear here when it is active in the same charitable field.

Connected through a shared trustee

Also active in the same field

Deterministic, from public records.

Contact

Websitewww.stfrancis.org.uk
Emailsharon.white@stfrancis.org.uk
Phone01442869550
AddressSpring Garden Lane, Off Shootersway, Northchurch, Berkhamsted, Hertfordshire, HP4 3GW

Finances

£8,736,000 latest income

YearIncomeSpending
2021£7,891,000£6,809,000
2022£6,801,000£7,385,000
2023£7,759,000£8,245,000
2024£7,777,000£8,540,000
2025£8,736,000£8,828,000

What it does

What

Education/trainingThe Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives

Who

Children/young PeopleElderly/old PeoplePeople With DisabilitiesThe General Public/mankind

How

Provides ServicesSponsors Or Undertakes Research

Charitable objects

TO PROMOTE THE RELIEF OF PERSONS OF EITHER SEX (WITHOUT REGARD TO RACE OR CREED) WHO ARE SUFFERING 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 THEIR CARERS, FAMILIES AND FRIENDS

Governing document: MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES INCORPORATED 14/07/1980AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 05/09/2007AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION REGISTERED AT COMPANIES HOUSE ON 07/05/2013 as amended on 04 Oct 2023

Trustees (10)

10trustees
63median age
2aged 70+

Linked company (Companies House)

Hospice of ST. Francis (Berkhamsted) Limited · 01507474 · Active

PRI/LTD BY GUAR/NSC (Private, limited by guarantee, no share capital) · incorporated 14/07/1980

6 governing document(s) held from Companies House.

Connected charities (1)

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