The Governance RegisterEdition 2026 · Compiled 6th September 2026

Hospice of the Good Shepherd LTD

Registered charity 515516 Registered since 1984

Operates: Flintshire, Cheshire West & Chester

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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

7.3y
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

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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.

Related organisations iRelated organisationsTwo groups, both deterministic from public records. Related organisations share two or more trustees with this board - a real structural link, such as a subsidiary or sister charity. Connected through a shared trustee share exactly one person - a genuine connection, but not the same group. A board with no shared trustee at all may still appear here when it is active in the same charitable field.

Connected through a shared trustee

Also active in the same field

Deterministic, from public records.

Contact

Websitewww.hospiceofthegoodshepherd.com
Emailmainoffice@hospicegs.com
Phone01244851091
AddressGordon Lane, Backford, Chester, CH2 4DG

Finances

£6,142,884 latest income

YearIncomeSpending
2021£4,114,210£3,619,021
2022£4,604,204£4,036,462
2023£4,578,404£4,911,632
2024£5,260,517£5,160,135
2025£6,142,884£5,459,283

What it does

What

The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives

Who

People With Disabilities

How

Provides Human ResourcesProvides Buildings/facilities/open SpaceProvides Services

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

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

Trustees (10)

10trustees
64median age
2aged 70+

Linked company (Companies House)

Hospice of the Good Shepherd · 01843427 · Active

PRI/LTD BY GUAR/NSC (Private, limited by guarantee, no share capital) · incorporated 24/08/1984

6 governing document(s) held from Companies House.

Connected charities (1)

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