The Five Towns Plus Hospice Fund Limited

Registered charity 514999 Registered since 1984

Operates: City Of Wakefield

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Board DNA

How this board is put together, from Charity Commission trustee records and Companies House - deterministic, no AI.

trustees on the board

11.2y median 7y

average tenure

35y

longest tenure

trustees past 6 years

18.1y

average years in governance

7 vs 0 portfolio

first-time trustees

company-linked trustees

Sector coverage

The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives 7Education/training 2General Charitable Purposes 2Disability 1The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty 1

Commercial experience

Health and social care 16Business services 5Retail and trade 3

Gaps to watch

Several long-serving trustees could step down together

Boards that share trustees

Wakefield District Citizens Advice Bureaux 1 shared trustee
Smawthorne Community Project 1 shared trustee

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Wakefield District Citizens Advice Bureaux 1 shared trustee
Smawthorne Community Project 1 shared trustee
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Contact

Website	www.pwh.org.uk
Email	contact@pwh.org.uk
Phone	01977708868
Address	PRINCE OF WALES HOSPICE, HALFPENNY LANE, PONTEFRACT, WF8 4BG

Finances

£4,869,240 latest income

Year	Income	Spending
2021	£4,911,853	£4,021,372
2022	£4,624,438	£4,116,166
2023	£5,943,297	£4,427,087
2024	£4,226,860	£4,976,884
2025	£4,869,240	£5,399,480

What it does

What

The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives

Who

Elderly/old PeoplePeople With DisabilitiesThe General Public/mankind

How

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

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.

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

Trustees (9)

9trustees

64median age

3aged 70+

Succession outlook: 3 of 9 trustees are aged 70 or over.

Gordon Tollefsonage 80 Chair since 1991
Abigail Alexandra Leungage 37 since 2024
Brynton Stewart Parkesage 83 since 2002
Dr Phillip Earnshawage 64 since 2019
Dr Ruth Rocheage 62 since 2013
Heather Marie O'Donnellage 67 since 2022
Sandra Cheseldineage 73 since 2018
Simon Andrew Tophamage 62 since 2022
Stephen Dibbage 57 since 2022

Linked company (Companies House)

"Five Towns Plus" Hospice Fund Limited(the) · 01797810 · Active

PRI/LTD BY GUAR/NSC (Private, limited by guarantee, no share capital) · incorporated 07/03/1984

6 governing document(s) held from Companies House.

Connected charities (2)

Wakefield District Citizens Advice Bureaux 1 shared trustee
Smawthorne Community Project 1 shared trustee

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