The Governance RegisterEdition 2026 · Compiled 12th July 2026

St Elizabeth Hospice

Registered charity 289154 Registered since 1984

Operates: Norfolk, Suffolk

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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

3.6y median 3.5y
average tenure
7y
longest tenure

Trustees past 6 years

9.6y
average years in governance

First-time vs portfolio trustees

First-time (10)

6
company-linked trustees

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 4Finance 3Professional 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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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£19.3m latest income · income exceeded spending 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.

3.6 months of spending held in free reserves · median for charities its size: 3.7 months · was 6.9 in 2021

500 from 409 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.
33%
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.

Also active in the same field

Deterministic, from public records.

Contact

Websitewww.stelizabethhospice.org.uk
Emailenquiries@stelizabethhospice.org.uk
Phone01473707023
AddressST. ELIZABETH HOSPICE, 565 FOXHALL ROAD, IPSWICH, IP3 8LX

Finances

£19,252,174 latest income

YearIncomeSpending
2021£14,881,929£12,595,667
2022£23,240,715£13,588,303
2023£16,333,376£16,077,812
2024£18,904,670£17,224,828
2025£19,252,174£18,365,464

What it does

What

Education/trainingThe Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of LivesDisability

Who

Children/young PeopleElderly/old PeoplePeople With Disabilities

How

Provides Buildings/facilities/open SpaceProvides Services

Charitable objects

2.1 The Charity’s objects are restricted specifically, only for the public benefit to:2.1.1 promote the relief of persons (without prejudice to age, race, religion or belief, sex, sexual orientation or gender reassignment) who are suffering from:2.1.1.1 any chronic, life limiting or terminal illness; or 2.1.1.2 any disability or disease attributable to old age; or2.1.1.3 physical or mental illness, disability or disease of any other description(the Patients)in such ways as the Charity shall from time to time think fit.2.1.2 relieve the emotional and mental and spiritual needs of 2.1.2.1 Patients; 2.1.2.2 the families, close friends, carers, medical and other staff, providing or assisting in the care of the Patients; and2.1.2.3 other individuals who have suffered a bereavement and are in particular need of relief as the Charity shall from time to time think fit; by the provision of care, advice, support and counselling, including (but not limited to) bereavement counselling and associated services to any and/or all such persons.

Governing document: MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES OF ASSOCIATION INCORPORATED 24TH FEBRUARY 1984 AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION 13TH MARCH 1989 AND 19 SEPTEMBER 2005AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 22 SEP 2016 as amended on 27 Jan 2022 as amended on 27 Jan 2022 as amended on 25 May 2023

Trustees (12)

10trustees
64median age
2aged 70+

Linked company (Companies House)

ST Elizabeth Hospice · 01794927 · Active

PRI/LTD BY GUAR/NSC (Private, limited by guarantee, no share capital) · incorporated 24/02/1984

6 governing document(s) held from Companies House.

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