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Registered charity · Herefordshire

ST Michael's Hospice (Incorporating the Freda Pearce Foundation)

The objects of the Charity are to improve the quality of life of adults with life-limiting conditions and their families through the provision of palliative and end of life care in such ways as the Charity shall from time to time think fit, and in...

  • 10 trustees
  • Income £13m (2025)
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Official record Charity Commission · updated 27th 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
Education/training, The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives
Where
Gloucestershire, Powys, Shropshire, Monmouthshire and more
Website
www.st-michaels-hospice.org.uk (opens in a new tab)
Linked company
ST Michael's Hospice (Incorporating the Freda Pearce Foundation)
Registered
1982

Income and spending

  • YearIncomeSpending
  • 2025£13m£13m
  • 2024£10m£11m
  • 2023£10m£9.5m
Earlier years
  • 2022£10m£8.7m
  • 2021£9.4m£7.9m

Income trend, 2021 to 2025.

Income source mix, 2025: Government contracts 9% · Government grants 10%. From the charity's annual return.

Charitable objects

The objects of the Charity are to improve the quality of life of adults with life-limiting conditions and their families through the provision of palliative and end of life care in such ways as the Charity shall from time to time think fit, and in particular (but without prejudice to the generality of such object):1. By establishing, maintaining, and conducting a specialist palliative care in-patient unit in Herefordshire.2. By providing, assisting, and encouraging the provision of palliative care in out-patient settings and/or in the usual place of residence of individuals.3. By providing, assisting, and encouraging the provision of supportive care and psycho-spiritual support in all appropriate settings.4. By influencing, promoting, encouraging, and improving the provision of palliative and end of life care services through innovation, education, and best practice.5. By influencing and educating our community on palliative and end of life care, death and dying.

Grants received

9 grants · £41,915 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.

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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.

10 trustees on the board

3.3y median 1y
average tenure
20y
longest tenure

Trustees past 6 years

11.8y
average years in governance

First-time vs portfolio trustees

First-time (10)

7
company-linked trustees

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

Education/training 10The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives 10

Commercial experience iCommercial experienceThe industries this board's members are company directors in, by Companies House SIC code. Excludes this organisation's own company.

Agriculture 11Health and social care 7Business services 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£12.8m 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.

9.0 months of spending held in free reserves · median for charities its size: 3.7 months · was 14.8 in 2021

321 from 229 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.
19%
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
511179
Status
Registered
Governing document
MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES INCORPORATED 12/05/1982AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 11/09/1986AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 13/09/1993AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 02/11/1998AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 02/10/2002AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 15/04/2009AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 24/03/2011AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 07 NOV 2012AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 27 SEP 2017 as amended on 25 Mar 2020 as amended on 11 Mar 2026
Companies House
Company number 01634942 · Active
Contact on the register
01432851000 · info@smhospicehereford.org
Edition
Register edition compiled 27th September 2026
Labels
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