Rowans Hospice

Registered charity 299731 Registered since 1988

Operates: Hampshire, Portsmouth City

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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.

7 trustees on the board

Deborah Paris Chair since 2022
Alexander Christian Wallis George since 2026
Dr John Knighton since 2026
Dr John Watkins since 2019
Mark Power since 2024
Peter Youngs since 2024
Vicki Tracey since 2023

2.6y median 2y

average tenure

longest tenure

Trustees past 6 years

Dr John Watkins since 2019

6.7y

average years in governance

First-time vs portfolio trustees

First-time (7)

Deborah Paris Chair since 2022
Alexander Christian Wallis George since 2026
Dr John Knighton since 2026
Dr John Watkins since 2019
Mark Power since 2024
Peter Youngs since 2024
Vicki Tracey since 2023

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.

Retail and trade 3Manufacturing 2Tech and media 2

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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Health of the organisation facts side by side - the conclusion is yours

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£10.7m 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.

6.2 months of spending held in free reserves · median for charities its size: 3.7 months · was 4.8 in 2021

244 from 219 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.

13%

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

The Cochrane Collaboration Similar size; both Health
Isabel Hospice Limited Similar size; both Health
County AIR Ambulance Trust Similar size; both Health
The Dorset and Somerset AIR Ambulance Charity Similar size; both Health
The Great North AIR Ambulance Service Similar size; both Health
Magic Breakfast Similar size; both Health

Deterministic, from public records.

Contact

Website	www.rowanshospice.co.uk
Email	info@rowanshospice.co.uk
Phone	02392250001
Address	Rowans Hospice, Purbrook Heath Road, Purbrook, WATERLOOVILLE, PO7 5RU

Finances

£10,735,940 latest income

Year	Income	Spending
2021	£10,418,430	£9,001,653
2022	£9,566,583	£8,299,210
2023	£8,143,069	£9,700,148
2024	£9,169,101	£10,276,185
2025	£10,735,940	£9,807,239

What it does

What

The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives

Who

The General Public/mankind

How

Provides Human ResourcesProvides Buildings/facilities/open SpaceProvides ServicesProvides Advocacy/advice/information

Charitable objects

The Object of the Charity as established is the relief of sickness, suffering and distress of persons with a terminal illness, progressive chronic illness or increasing and irreversible frailty, in particular by the provision of medical and nursing care and facilities for their care, treatment and benefit.

Governing document: MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES OF ASSOCIATION INCORPORATED 7TH JULY 1988, AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION DATED THE 11TH OCTOBER 2002.AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 25/02/2015AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 28/06/2008 as amended on 04 May 2018 as amended on 14 Sep 2018 as amended on 14 Sep 2018 as amended on 16 Sept 2024

Trustees (7)

7trustees

64median age

1aged 70+

Deborah Parisage band 65-69 Chair since 2022
Alexander Christian Wallis Georgeage band 50-54 since 2026
Dr John Knightonage band 60-64 since 2026
Dr John Watkinsage band 75-79 since 2019
Mark Powerage band 60-64 since 2024
Peter Youngsage band 65-69 since 2024
Vicki Traceyage band 55-59 since 2023

Linked company (Companies House)

Rowans Hospice · 02275068 · Active

PRI/LBG/NSC (Private, Limited by guarantee, no share capital, use of 'Limited' exemption) · incorporated 07/07/1988

6 governing document(s) held from Companies House.

Connected charities (0)

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