Registered charity · Chelmsford
Farleigh Hospice
- 10 trustees
- Income £30m (2025)
Official record Charity Commission · updated 20th September 2026 · Sources
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Who leads it
- Sarah GlewChair · since 2024
- Caroline Jane RassellTrustee · since 2021
- Dr Donald McgeachyTrustee · since 2019
- Jake MasonTrustee · since 2025
- John SweeneyTrustee · since 2023
- Julie WithnallTrustee · since 2023
- Mark LeachTrustee · since 2023
- Nina SmallerTrustee · since 2023
- Simon WatersTrustee · since 2025
- Sonia WattsTrustee · since 2025
Current trustees as listed by the Charity Commission, which does not publish previous trustees.
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About
- What it does
- The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives
- Where
- Essex
- Website
- www.farleighhospice.org (opens in a new tab)
- Linked company
- Farleigh Hospice
- Registered
- 1982
Income and spending
- YearIncomeSpending
- 2025£30m£31m
- 2024£27m£27m
- 2023£23m£23m
Earlier years
- 2022£21m£20m
- 2021£20m£17m
Income trend, 2021 to 2025.
Income source mix, 2025: Government contracts 27% · Government grants under 1%. From the charity's annual return.
Charitable objects
TO ADVANCE THE HEALTH, AND TO RELIEVE THE NEEDS BY REASON OF ILL-HEALTH, OF PEOPLE WITH LIFE-LIMITING ILLNESSES (“SUCH PEOPLE”), IN PARTICULAR, BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY, BY: (1) THE PROVISION OF CARE, ADVICE AND SERVICES TO SUCH PEOPLE, AND TO THEIR FAMILY, FRIENDS AND CARERS.(2) THE PROVISION OF SERVICES FOR THOSE WHO HAVE UNDERGONE A BEREAVEMENT OR LOSS, AND THE PROVISION OF EDUCATION, TRAINING, ADVICE AND SUPPORT TO OTHERS WHO ARE IN CONTACT WITH SUCH PEOPLE.(3) CONDUCTING, PROMOTING, AND ENCOURAGING THE TEACHING AND TRAINING OF STAFF AND INFORMAL CARERS ENGAGED IN THE CARE OF SUCH PEOPLE. (4) CONDUCTING AND PROMOTING RESEARCH INTO THE CARE AND TREATMENT OF, OR SERVICES FOR SUCH PEOPLE AND TO DISSEMINATE THE RESULTS THEREOF. (5) PROMOTING AWARENESS OF ISSUES FACE BY SUCH PEOPLE AND THOSE APPROACHING DEATH.
Grants received
27 grants · £380,484 total360Giving data, published by funders. Coverage only includes funders who publish their grants to 360Giving, so these figures are a floor, not a complete picture.
Top funders
- The National Lottery Community Fund · £145,024 (2 grants)
- BBC Children in Need · £97,500 (2 grants)
- Essex Community Foundation · £84,700 (15 grants)
- Masonic Charitable Foundation · £38,860 (5 grants)
- SHAREGIFT · £12,000 (2 grants)
Most recent
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.
10 trustees on the board
- Sarah Glew Chair since 2024
- Caroline Jane Rassell since 2021
- Dr Donald Mcgeachy since 2019
- Jake Mason since 2025
- John Sweeney since 2023
- Julie Withnall since 2023
- Mark Leach since 2023
- Nina Smaller since 2023
- Simon Waters since 2025
- Sonia Watts since 2025
Trustees past 6 years
- Dr Donald Mcgeachy since 2019
First-time vs portfolio trustees
First-time (10)
- Sarah Glew Chair since 2024
- Caroline Jane Rassell since 2021
- Dr Donald Mcgeachy since 2019
- Jake Mason since 2025
- John Sweeney since 2023
- Julie Withnall since 2023
- Mark Leach since 2023
- Nina Smaller since 2023
- Simon Waters since 2025
- Sonia Watts since 2025
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
- Narrow spread of causes across the board
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.
Health of the organisation facts side by side - the conclusion is yours
3.6 months of spending held in free reserves · median for charities its size: 3.5 months
Sources
Official record from the Charity Commission register for England and Wales. Governance Register calculates the connections.
Record details
- Registered charity number
- 284670
- Status
- Registered
- Governing document
- MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES INCORPORATED 04/03/1982AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 05/12/2002AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION REGISTERED AT COMPANIES HOUSE ON 12/12/2011AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION REGISTERED AT COMPANIES HOUSE ON 31 JAN 2017
- Companies House
- Company number 01619905 · Active
- Contact on the register
- 01245457300 · info@farleighhospice.org
- Edition
- Register edition compiled 20th 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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