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Registered charity · West Sussex

ST Catherine's Hospice Limited

  • 11 trustees
  • Income £13m (2025)
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Official record Charity Commission · updated 13th September 2026 · Sources

Who leads it

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
Where
East Sussex, Surrey, West Sussex
Website
www.stch.org.uk (opens in a new tab)
Linked company
ST. Catherine's Hospice Limited
Registered
1980

Income and spending

  • YearIncomeSpending
  • 2025£13m£14m
  • 2024£15m£13m
  • 2023£13m£11m
Earlier years
  • 2022£12m£10m
  • 2021£12m£11m
Charitable objects

THE OBJECTS OF THE CHARITY ARE:1. TO ADVANCE RESEARCH AND EDUCATION IN PALLIATIVE AND END OF LIFE CARE;2. TO RELIEVE SUFFERING, PROVIDE COMFORT AND IMPROVE QUALITY OF LIFE FOR PEOPLE WITH PROGRESSIVE LIFE-LIMITING ILLNESS;3. TO RELIEVE THE SUFFERING OF PEOPLE FACING OR EXPERIENCING BEREAVEMENT BY THE PROVISION OF COUNSELLING.

Board analysis for researchers

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.

2.5y median 2y
average tenure
7y
longest tenure

Trustees past 6 years

8y
average years in governance

First-time vs portfolio trustees

First-time (10)

Portfolio (1)

10
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 10Amateur Sport 1Environment/conservation/heritage 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.

Public administration 10Professional services 5Property 5

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£13.3m 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.

5.4 months of spending held in free reserves · median for charities its size: 3.7 months · was 7.4 in 2021

198 from 213 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.
30%
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
281362
Status
Registered
Governing document
MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES INCORPORATED 30 OCT 1980AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 04 APR 2000AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 17 OCT 2011AS REGISTERED AT COMPANIES HOUSE ON 12 SEP 2017NOW ARTICLES ADOPTED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION DATED 15 AUG 2017 as amended on 11 Jun 2024 as amended on 11 Jun 2024
Companies House
Company number 01525404 · Active
Contact on the register
01293447333 · kerrystanford@stch.org.uk
Edition
Register edition compiled 13th September 2026
Labels
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