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Registered charity · Chester

Hospice of the Good Shepherd LTD

Hospice of the Good Shepherd LTD is a registered charity (number 515516) based in Chester, governed by 10 trustees and chaired by Caroline Mary Elizabeth Mosley since 2025. Latest income £6.1m (2025). Source: Charity Commission register, updated 18th October 2026.

  • 10 trustees
  • Income £6.1m (2025)
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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
Flintshire, Cheshire West & Chester
Website
www.hospiceofthegoodshepherd.com (opens in a new tab)
Linked company
Hospice of the Good Shepherd
Registered
1984

Income and spending

  • YearIncomeSpending
  • 2025£6.1m£5.5m
  • 2024£5.3m£5.2m
  • 2023£4.6m£4.9m
Earlier years
  • 2022£4.6m£4.0m
  • 2021£4.1m£3.6m

Income trend, 2021 to 2025.

Income source mix, 2025: Government grants 17%. From the charity's annual return.

Charitable objects

3.1 TO PROMOTE THE RELIEF OF ILLNESS AND SUFFERING, ESPECIALLY OF THE DYING, IN SUCH WAYS AS THE CHARITY SHALL FROM TIME TO TIME THINK FIT; 3.2 TO PROVIDE EDUCATION AND TRAINING FOR PROFESSIONALS AND VOLUNTEERS ENGAGED IN PALLIATIVE CARE AND INCREASE AWARENESS AMONG THE GENERAL PUBLIC OF THE VALUES, PRINCIPLES AND PRACTICE OF HOSPICE AND PALLIATIVE CARE

Grants received

22 grants · £279,967 total

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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.

10 trustees on the board

3.1y median 3y
average tenure
9y
longest tenure

Trustees past 6 years

7.4y
average years in governance

First-time vs portfolio trustees

First-time (9)

Portfolio (1)

8
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 10The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty 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 9Arts and leisure 1Education 1

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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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£6.1m latest income · income exceeded spending in 2024 and 2025
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.

13.1 months of spending held in free reserves · median for charities its size: 3.7 months · was 4.7 in 2021

134 from 106 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.

Sources

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

Record details
Registered charity number
515516
Status
Registered
Governing document
MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES OF ASSOCIATION INCORPORATED 24 AUGUST 1984AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 05 DEC 1988AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 03 DEC 1990AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION REGISTERED AT COMPANIES HOUSE ON 16 NOV 2016 as amended on 07 Jul 2020
Companies House
Company number 01843427 · Active
Contact on the register
01244851091 · mainoffice@hospicegs.com
Edition
Register edition compiled 18th October 2026
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