The Governance RegisterEdition 2026 · Compiled 13th September 2026

Hospiscare

Registered charity 297798 Registered since 1987

Operates: Devon

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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.

11 trustees on the board

2.1y median 2y
average tenure
6y
longest tenure

Trustees past 6 years

7.9y
average years in governance

First-time vs portfolio trustees

First-time (1)

Portfolio (10)

11
company-linked trustees

Sector coverage iSector coverageThe charitable fields this board's trustees govern in elsewhere, by Charity Commission classification. Excludes this charity.

The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives 11

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 12Professional services 3Education 1

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.

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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£17.4m 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.

6.7 months of spending held in free reserves · median for charities its size: 3.7 months · was 1.0 in 2021

268 from 260 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.

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.

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Contact

Websitewww.hospiscare.co.uk
Emailinfo@hospiscare.co.uk
Phone01392688000
AddressHospiscare, Searle House, Dryden Road, EXETER, EX2 5JJ

Finances

£17,422,669 latest income

YearIncomeSpending
2021£9,282,104£9,447,338
2022£12,512,267£9,732,952
2023£9,542,036£10,773,845
2024£9,272,643£11,932,211
2025£17,422,669£12,406,135

What it does

What

The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives

Who

The General Public/mankind

How

Provides Services

Charitable objects

THE CHARITY‘S OBJECTS ARE TO PROMOTE THE RELIEF AND CARE OF THOSE WHO HAVE A LIFE SHORTENING ILLNESS IN PARTICULAR BY:(A) THE PROVISION AS THE CHARITY SHALL FROM TIME TO TIME DETERMINE OF NURSING FOR THE RELIEF AND CARE AT HOME AND ELSEWHERE OF PERSONS SUFFERING FROM A LIFE SHORTENING ILLNESS (HEREINAFTER CALLED ?PATIENTS?)(B) THE PROVISION OF A COMPREHENSIVE SUPPORT AND COUNSELLING SERVICE FOR THE PATIENTS AND THEIR FAMILIES AND ALL OTHERS ENGAGED IN OR CONCERNED WITH THE CARE OF THE PATIENTS.(C) THE PROVISION OF PREMISES (INCLUDING A RESIDENTIAL HOSPICE OR HOSPICES) FACILITIES EQUIPMENT MATERIALS DRUGS MEDICINES AND SERVICES FOR THE PATIENTS.(D) THE PROVISION OF TRAINING AND EDUCATION FOR ALL PERSONS IN ALL ASPECTS OF THE RELIEF AND CARE OF THOSE WITH A LIFE SHORTENING ILLNESS AND OF THE PROVISION OF SUPPORT AND COUNSELLING AS AFORESAID.(E) THE PROVISION OF INFORMATION AND ADVICE CONCERNING THE CHARITY AND ALL ASPECTS OF ITS WORK AS AFORESAID AND THE PROMOTION AND DEVELOPMENT OF ALL ASPECTS OF THE WORK OF RELIEF AND CARE OF THOSE WITH A LIFE SHORTENING ILLNESS.(F) THE PROVISION OF PREMISES, FACILITIES, EQUIPMENT, DRUGS AND SERVICES FOR PATIENTS USING THE CHARITY‘S DAY SERVICES.(G) THE PROVISION OF SUPPORT SERVICES AS AFORESAID IN THE COMMUNITY TO PATIENTS AND THEIR FAMILIES IN THEIR OWN HOMES BY COMMUNITY NURSING TEAMS.

Governing document: MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES INCORPORATED 15 SEP 1987AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 26 AUG 1991AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 15 APR 1997AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 20 MAR 2007AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 01 OCT 2014AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION REGISTERED AT COMPANIES HOUSE ON 24 JUL 2018 as amended on 28 Mar 2023 as amended on 27 Nov 2024

Trustees (11)

11trustees
60median age
2aged 70+

Linked company (Companies House)

Hospiscare · 02164215 · Active

PRI/LTD BY GUAR/NSC (Private, limited by guarantee, no share capital) · incorporated 15/09/1987

6 governing document(s) held from Companies House.

Connected charities (1)

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