Registered charity · Letchworth Garden City
Garden House Hospice Care
- 8 trustees
- Income £8.4m (2025)
Official record Charity Commission · updated 27th September 2026 · Sources
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Who leads it
- Charles MedleyTrustee · since 2025
- Dr Pauline Margaret WilliamsTrustee · since 2021
- Dr Simon ChatfieldTrustee · since 2021
- Inderjit SunnerTrustee · since 2024
- Jennifer Susan MattinTrustee · since 2022
- Joanna Sarah McfarlaneTrustee · since 2024
- Richard DeardenTrustee · since 2021
- Tamsyn GillanTrustee · 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
- Hertfordshire, Central Bedfordshire
- Website
- www.ghhospicecare.org.uk (opens in a new tab)
- Linked company
- Garden House Hospice Care
- Registered
- 1986
Income and spending
- YearIncomeSpending
- 2025£8.4m£11m
- 2024£7.8m£8.5m
- 2023£6.5m£7.3m
Earlier years
- 2022£7.0m£6.4m
- 2021£7.7m£5.5m
Income trend, 2021 to 2025.
Income source mix, 2025: Government contracts 34% · Government grants 34%. From the charity's annual return.
Charitable objects
4. THE OBJECTS ARE THE RELIEF OF SICKNESS AND THE RELIEF OF THOSE IN NEED BY REASON OF AGE, ILL-HEALTH OR DISABILITY IN SUCH WAYS AS THE COMPANY SHALL FROM TIME TO TIME THINK FIT AND IN PARTICULAR (BUT WITHOUT PREJUDICE TO THE GENERALITY OF THE FOREGOING) BY:4.1 ESTABLISHING, MAINTAINING AND OPERATING HOSPICES AND RESIDENTIAL NURSING HOMES FOR THE RECEPTION AND CARE AND TREATMENT OF PERSONS SUFFERING FROM ANY ILLNESS (IN PARTICULAR, ANY LIFE-LIMITING ILLNESS), DISABILITY OR INFIRMITY;4.2 ESTABLISHING, MAINTAINING AND OPERATING CENTRES AND/OR OTHER PREMISES FOR THE PROVISION ON A NON-RESIDENTIAL BASIS OF MEDICAL CARE OR OTHER TREATMENT, CARE AND ADVICE FOR ANY SUCH PERSONS;4.3 PROVIDING MEDICAL CARE OR OTHER TREATMENTS, CARE, SUPPORT AND ADVICE (INCLUDING THE PROVISION OF PASTORAL SUPPORT, ASSISTANCE TO COMBAT LONELINESS AND SOCIAL ISOLATION, AND DOMICILIARY CARE SERVICES) FOR ANY SUCH PERSONS IN THEIR OWN HOME SETTINGS AND/OR BY TELEPHONE, VIDEO OR OTHER ELECTRONIC MEANS;4.4 PROVIDING RELATED SUPPORT AND/OR ADVICE TO THE RELATIVES AND CLOSE FRIENDS OF SUCH PERSONS;4.5 CONDUCTING OR PROMOTING RESEARCH INTO THE CARE AND TREATMENT OF ANY SUCH PERSONS AND OF THEIR RELATIVES AND CLOSE FRIENDS AND TO PUBLISH THE RESULTS OF SUCH RESEARCH FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT; AND4.6 PROMOTING OR ASSISTING IN THE TEACHING OR TRAINING OF DOCTORS, NURSES, PHYSIOTHERAPISTS AND OTHER HEALTH CARE PROFESSIONALS AND IN THE TEACHING OR TRAINING OF STUDENTS IN ANY FIELD OF HEALTHCARE.
Grants received
17 grants · £698,389 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 · £524,939 (3 grants)
- Garfield Weston Foundation · £70,000 (3 grants)
- Hertfordshire Community Foundation · £44,000 (2 grants)
- Bedfordshire and Luton Community Foundation · £20,000 (2 grants)
- Masonic Charitable Foundation · £19,705 (5 grants)
Most recent
- The National Lottery Community Fund
- The National Lottery Community Fund
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
- Charles Medley since 2025
- Dr Pauline Margaret Williams since 2021
- Dr Simon Chatfield since 2021
- Inderjit Sunner since 2024
- Jennifer Susan Mattin since 2022
- Joanna Sarah Mcfarlane since 2024
- Richard Dearden since 2021
- Tamsyn Gillan since 2025
First-time vs portfolio trustees
First-time (8)
- Charles Medley since 2025
- Dr Pauline Margaret Williams since 2021
- Dr Simon Chatfield since 2021
- Inderjit Sunner since 2024
- Jennifer Susan Mattin since 2022
- Joanna Sarah Mcfarlane since 2024
- Richard Dearden since 2021
- Tamsyn Gillan 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
1.5 months of spending held in free reserves · median for charities its size: 3.7 months · was 10.6 in 2021
Sources
Official record from the Charity Commission register for England and Wales. Governance Register calculates the connections.
Record details
- Registered charity number
- 295257
- Status
- Registered
- Governing document
- MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES OF ASSOCIATION INCORPORATED 25TH JULY 1986 AS AMENDED 17TH MARCH 1987 as amended on 17 Jun 2020 as amended on 29 Jul 2020 as amended on 30 Nov 2022
- Companies House
- Company number 02040989 · Active
- Contact on the register
- 0146267940 · enquiries@ghhospicecare.org.uk
- Edition
- Register edition compiled 27th 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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