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Registered charity · Colchester

ST Helena Hospice Limited

To improve the quality of life of people in North Essex and other areas who are approaching end of life, whether through a life limiting disease, multiple co-morbidities or frailty. This includes support for immediate family and carers, and those...

  • 8 trustees
  • Income £24m (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, Disability
Where
Essex
Website
www.sthelena.org.uk (opens in a new tab)
Linked company
ST. Helena Hospice Limited
Registered
1980

Income and spending

  • YearIncomeSpending
  • 2025£24m£23m
  • 2024£19m£20m
  • 2023£19m£20m
Earlier years
  • 2022£19m£18m
  • 2021£17m£16m

Income trend, 2021 to 2025.

Income source mix, 2025: Government contracts 4% · Government grants 24%. From the charity's annual return.

Charitable objects

To improve the quality of life of people in North Essex and other areas who are approaching end of life, whether through a life limiting disease, multiple co-morbidities or frailty. This includes support for immediate family and carers, and those affected by bereavement.

Grants received

27 grants · £360,360 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 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.

8 trustees on the board

6.1y median 4y
average tenure
14y
longest tenure

Trustees past 6 years

13.8y
average years in governance

First-time vs portfolio trustees

First-time (6)

Portfolio (2)

8
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 8The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives 8Disability 7Other 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 9Professional services 3Retail and trade 3

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£23.5m latest income
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.

6.1 months of spending held in free reserves · median for charities its size: 3.5 months · was 8.9 in 2021

332 from 303 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.
28%
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
280919
Status
Registered
Governing document
MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES OF ASSOCIATION INCORPORATED 11TH AUGUST 1980 AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTIONS PASSED ON 21ST SEPTEMBER 1998 AND 3 OCTOBER 2005AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 17 DEC 2015 as amended on 08 Dec 2016 as amended on 25 Oct 2023
Companies House
Company number 01511841 · Active
Contact on the register
01206845566 · kheslegrave@sthelena.org.uk
Edition
Register edition compiled 20th September 2026
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