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Registered charity · Newcastle upon Tyne

ST Oswald's Hospice Limited

  • 15 trustees
  • Income £18m (2025)
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Official record Charity Commission · updated 20th September 2026 · Sources

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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
Gateshead, Newcastle Upon Tyne City, North Tyneside, South Tyneside and more
Website
www.stoswaldsuk.org (opens in a new tab)
Linked company
ST. Oswald's Hospice Limited
Registered
1974

Income and spending

  • YearIncomeSpending
  • 2025£18m£18m
  • 2024£17m£16m
  • 2023£15m£15m
Earlier years
  • 2022£14m£13m
  • 2021£13m£13m

Income trend, 2021 to 2025.

Income source mix, 2025: Government contracts 35% · Government grants 3%. From the charity's annual return.

Charitable objects

THE OBJECTS OF THE CHARITY ARE TO PROMOTE THE RELIEF OF SICKNESS IN SUCH WAYS AS THE CHARITY SHALL FROM TIME TO TIME THINK FIT INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO: 1. THE PROVISION OF RESIDENTIAL AND DAY CARE AND CARE IN THE COMMUNITY FOR PERSONS SUFFERING FROM A LIFE THREATENING OR CHRONIC ILLNESS; 2. THE PROVISION OF CARE AND SUPPORT TO PATIENT'S FAMILIES, FRIENDS, CARERS AND OTHERS IN NEED; 3. THE ADVANCEMENT OF EDUCATION AND TRAINING FOR PROFESSIONALS AND VOLUNTEERS ENGAGED IN PALLIATIVE AND END OF LIFE CARE; 4. THE PROMOTION OF AWARENESS OF THE VIRTUES, PRINCIPLES AND PRACTICE OF HOSPICES AND PALLIATIVE AND END OF LIFE CARE AND SUPPORT; 5. THE PROVISION OF SPIRITUAL HELP TO PATIENTS, THEIR FAMILIES, CARERS AND STAFF.

Grants received

83 grants · £2,025,066 total

360Giving 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

Most recent

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.

15 trustees on the board

4.1y median 5y
average tenure
8y
longest tenure

Trustees past 6 years

6.8y
average years in governance

First-time vs portfolio trustees

First-time (14)

Portfolio (1)

15
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 15Recreation 1

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 15Education 3Arts and leisure 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£17.6m 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.

4.4 months of spending held in free reserves · median for charities its size: 3.7 months · was 6.0 in 2021

391 from 337 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.
37%
Income from governmentiIncome from governmentGovernment contracts plus government grants as a share of total gross income, latest Part A annual return.

Sources

Official record from the Charity Commission register for England and Wales. Governance Register calculates the connections.

Record details
Registered charity number
503386
Status
Registered
Governing document
MEMORANDUM & ARTICLES OF ASSOCIATION 26/03/74 AMENDED 23/11/99, 28/11/00, 27/11/01 AND 26/09/06, NOW ARTICLES OF ASSOCIATION ADOPTED & AMENDED 24/11/09, REGISTERED AT COMPANIES HOUSE ON 17/12/09 & AMENDED 30/11/10.AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 29 NOV 2016
Companies House
Company number 01166239 · Active
Contact on the register
01912850063 · enquiries@stoswaldsuk.org
Edition
Register edition compiled 20th September 2026
Labels
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