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Garden House Hospice Care

Registered charity 295257 Registered since 1986

Operates: Hertfordshire, Central Bedfordshire

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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.

8 trustees on the board

3.1y median 3y
average tenure
5y
longest tenure
0
trustees past 6 years
4.5y
average years in governance

First-time vs portfolio trustees

First-time (8)

2
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.

Finance 1Retail and trade 1

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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£8.4m latest income · spending exceeded income 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.

1.5 months of spending held in free reserves · median for charities its size: 3.7 months · was 10.6 in 2021

225 from 207 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.
68%
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.ghhospicecare.org.uk
Emailenquiries@ghhospicecare.org.uk
Phone0146267940
AddressGARDEN HOUSE HOSPICE, GILLISON CLOSE, LETCHWORTH GARDEN CITY, SG6 1QU

Finances

£8,412,428 latest income

YearIncomeSpending
2021£7,692,829£5,465,815
2022£6,970,309£6,401,451
2023£6,524,253£7,269,714
2024£7,841,556£8,545,161
2025£8,412,428£10,532,622

What it does

What

The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives

Who

Elderly/old PeoplePeople With Disabilities

How

Provides Human ResourcesProvides Buildings/facilities/open SpaceProvides Services

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.

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

Trustees (8)

8trustees
59median age
1aged 70+

Linked company (Companies House)

Garden House Hospice Care · 02040989 · Active

PRI/LBG/NSC (Private, Limited by guarantee, no share capital, use of 'Limited' exemption) · incorporated 25/07/1986

6 governing document(s) held from Companies House.

Connected charities (0)

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