Registered charity · Pontefract
The Five Towns Plus Hospice Fund Limited
- 12 trustees
- Income £4.9m (2025)
Official record Charity Commission · updated 20th September 2026 · Sources
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Who leads it
- Gordon TollefsonChair · since 1991
- Abigail Alexandra LeungTrustee · since 2024
- Brynton Stewart ParkesTrustee · since 2002
- Dr Phillip EarnshawTrustee · since 2019
- Dr Ruth RocheTrustee · since 2013
- Heather Marie O'DonnellTrustee · since 2022
- Jane Louise SadlerTrustee · since 2026
- Karen Lisa ParkinTrustee · since 2026
- Sandra CheseldineTrustee · since 2018
- Sarah Jayne HiscoeTrustee · since 2026
- Simon Andrew TophamTrustee · since 2022
- Stephen DibbTrustee · since 2022
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
- City Of Wakefield
- Website
- www.pwh.org.uk (opens in a new tab)
- Linked company
- The "Five Towns Plus" Hospice Fund Limited
- Registered
- 1984
Income and spending
- YearIncomeSpending
- 2025£4.9m£5.4m
- 2024£4.2m£5.0m
- 2023£5.9m£4.4m
Earlier years
- 2022£4.6m£4.1m
- 2021£4.9m£4.0m
Income trend, 2021 to 2025.
Income source mix, 2025: Government contracts 4% · Government grants 33%. From the charity's annual return.
Charitable objects
1. TO PROMOTE THE RELIEF OF SICKNESS BY SUCH CHARITABLE MEANS AS THE CHARITY SHALL FROM TIME TO TIME THINK FIT AND TO PROVIDE SUPPORT TO THE FAMILIES AND CARERS OF THOSE IN NEED BY REASON OF ILL HEALTH; AND2. TO RELIEVE THOSE IN NEED BY REASON OF ILL HEALTH AND/OR AGE THROUGH THE ESTABLISHMENT AND MAINTENANCE OF A CARE HOME WITH NURSING.
Grants received
17 grants · £194,194 total360Giving 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
- Henry Smith Foundation · £120,300
- Sir George Martin Trust · £15,400 (4 grants)
- The James Tudor Foundation · £10,000
- Garfield Weston Foundation · £10,000
- Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport · £9,965
Most recent
- The National Lottery Community Fund
Board analysis for researchers
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.
12 trustees on the board
- Gordon Tollefson Chair since 1991
- Abigail Alexandra Leung since 2024
- Brynton Stewart Parkes since 2002
- Dr Phillip Earnshaw since 2019
- Dr Ruth Roche since 2013
- Heather Marie O'Donnell since 2022
- Jane Louise Sadler since 2026
- Karen Lisa Parkin since 2026
- Sandra Cheseldine since 2018
- Sarah Jayne Hiscoe since 2026
- Simon Andrew Topham since 2022
- Stephen Dibb since 2022
Trustees past 6 years
- Gordon Tollefson Chair since 1991
- Brynton Stewart Parkes since 2002
- Dr Phillip Earnshaw since 2019
- Dr Ruth Roche since 2013
- Sandra Cheseldine since 2018
First-time vs portfolio trustees
First-time (8)
- Gordon Tollefson Chair since 1991
- Abigail Alexandra Leung since 2024
- Brynton Stewart Parkes since 2002
- Dr Ruth Roche since 2013
- Heather Marie O'Donnell since 2022
- Sarah Jayne Hiscoe since 2026
- Simon Andrew Topham since 2022
- Stephen Dibb since 2022
Portfolio (4)
- Dr Phillip Earnshaw since 2019
- Jane Louise Sadler since 2026
- Karen Lisa Parkin since 2026
- Sandra Cheseldine since 2018
Sector coverage iSector coverageThe charitable fields this board's trustees govern in elsewhere, by Charity Commission classification. Excludes this charity.
Commercial experience iCommercial experienceThe industries this board's members are company directors in, by Companies House SIC code. Excludes this organisation's own company.
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.
Health of the organisation facts side by side - the conclusion is yours
4.8 months of spending held in free reserves · median for charities its size: 3.9 months · was 12.4 in 2021
Sources
Official record from the Charity Commission register for England and Wales. Governance Register calculates the connections.
Record details
- Registered charity number
- 514999
- Status
- Registered
- Governing document
- MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES INCORPORATED 07/03/1984AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 31/01/2000AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 28/07/2003AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 25/07/2005AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 31/07/2006AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION REGISTERED AT COMPANIES HOUSE ON 17/12/2015 as amended on 04 Jun 2026
- Companies House
- Company number 01797810 · Active
- Contact on the register
- 01977708868 · contact@pwh.org.uk
- Edition
- Register edition compiled 20th September 2026
- Labels
- Official record from the register · Calculated derived by Governance Register. Anything added by an organisation or person is labelled as provided by them.
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