Registered charity · Durham
Derwentside Hospice Care Foundation
- 14 trustees
- Income £2.0m (2025)
Official record Charity Commission · updated 27th September 2026 · Sources
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Who leads it
- Andrew AllonTrustee · since 2022
- Ian Alan BurkeTrustee · since 2021
- IAN James MurrayTrustee · since 2025
- Jane Allison RobinsonTrustee · since 2024
- Jessica Simpson RossTrustee · since 2025
- Kathryn Elizabeth BullenTrustee · since 2024
- Lesley Anne JeavonsTrustee · since 2025
- Lesley TelfordTrustee · since 2020
- Mark McardleTrustee · since 2017
- Nicola HansonTrustee · since 2025
- Patrick Alexander Joseph MortonTrustee · since 2024
- Philip Damien PollardTrustee · since 2022
- Tania Frances PriorTrustee · since 2025
- Yitka Nora Helena Graham Prof.Trustee · since 2025
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
- Durham, Northumberland
- Website
- www.willow-burn.co.uk (opens in a new tab)
- Linked company
- Derwentside Hospice Care Foundation
- Registered
- 1988
Income and spending
- YearIncomeSpending
- 2025£2.0m£1.6m
- 2024£1.6m£1.4m
- 2023£1.4m£1.3m
Earlier years
- 2022£1.2m£1.2m
- 2021£1.3m£1.1m
Income trend, 2021 to 2025.
Income source mix, 2025: Government contracts 30%. From the charity's annual return.
Charitable objects
TO PROMOTE THE RELIEF OF SICKNESS BY:A) PROVIDING APPROPRIATE CARE TO PEOPLE IN THE LIFE LIMITING PHASE OF THEIR ILLNESS AND TO SUPPORT THE WHOLE FAMILY DURING THIS TIME AND IN BEREAVEMENT B) ESTABLISHING, MAINTAINING AND CONDUCTING HOSPITALS, RESIDENTIAL NURSING HOMES AND CLINICS FOR THE RECEPTION AND CARE OF PERSONS SUFFERING FROM ANY ILLNESS, DISABILITY, DISEASE OR OTHER INFIRMITY WHETHER PHYSICAL OR MENTAL BY PROVIDING MEDICAL OR OTHER TREATMENT AND ATTENTION FOR ANY SUCH PERSONS EITHER IN THEIR OWN HOMES OR AT ANY INSTITUTION OF THE CHARITY. C) PROMOTING OR ASSISTING IN THE TEACHING OR TRAINING OF DOCTORS, NURSES, PHYSIOTHERAPISTS AND OTHER PERSONS ENGAGED IN ANY BRANCH OF MEDICINE, SURGERY, NURSING OR ALLIED SERVICES, AND IN THE TEACHING OR TRAINING OF STUDENTS IN ANY BRANCH OF MEDICINE, SURGERY, NURSING OR ALLIED SERVICES. D) CONDUCTING OR PROMOTING RESEARCH INTO PALLIATIVE CARE AND TREATMENT OF PERSONS SUFFERING FROM ANY SUCH ILLNESS, DISABILITY, DISEASE OR INFIRMITY AS AFORESAID AND PARTICULARLY INTO THE CARE AND TREATMENT OF PERSONS SUFFERING FROM CANCER OR TERMINAL ILLNESS AND TO DISSEMINATE THE USEFUL RESULTS THEREOF TO THE PUBLIC. E) PROVIDING SUCH MEDICAL SUPPLIES, EQUIPMENT AND APPARATUS,DRUGS AMENITIES, COMFORTS AND OTHER THINGS CONDUCIVE TO THE MATERIAL OR SPIRITUAL WELFARE OF ANY PERSON RESIDENT OR WORKING IN ANY INSTITUTION OF THE CHARITY OR ANY PERSON BEING TREATED OR ATTENDING IN THEIR OWN HOMES AS THE CHARITY MAY THINK FIT. F) ARRANGING LECTURES AND CONDUCTING TRAINING COURSES AND PUBLISHING PAMPHLETS, BOOKS, JOURNALS AND OTHER PUBLICATIONS RELATING TO THE WORK OF THE CHARITY
Grants received
21 grants · £238,704 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
- The National Lottery Community Fund · £104,624 (3 grants)
- Point North · £58,318 (9 grants)
- Masonic Charitable Foundation · £38,723 (6 grants)
- CAF · £18,644
- The James Tudor Foundation · £10,000
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.
14 trustees on the board
- Andrew Allon since 2022
- IAN James Murray since 2025
- Ian Alan Burke since 2021
- Jane Allison Robinson since 2024
- Jessica Simpson Ross since 2025
- Kathryn Elizabeth Bullen since 2024
- Lesley Anne Jeavons since 2025
- Lesley Telford since 2020
- Mark Mcardle since 2017
- Nicola Hanson since 2025
- Patrick Alexander Joseph Morton since 2024
- Philip Damien Pollard since 2022
- Tania Frances Prior since 2025
- Yitka Nora Helena Graham Prof. since 2025
Trustees past 6 years
- Mark Mcardle since 2017
First-time vs portfolio trustees
First-time (13)
- Andrew Allon since 2022
- IAN James Murray since 2025
- Ian Alan Burke since 2021
- Jane Allison Robinson since 2024
- Jessica Simpson Ross since 2025
- Kathryn Elizabeth Bullen since 2024
- Lesley Anne Jeavons since 2025
- Mark Mcardle since 2017
- Nicola Hanson since 2025
- Patrick Alexander Joseph Morton since 2024
- Philip Damien Pollard since 2022
- Tania Frances Prior since 2025
- Yitka Nora Helena Graham Prof. since 2025
Portfolio (1)
- Lesley Telford since 2020
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
9.6 months of spending held in free reserves · median for charities its size: 3.9 months · was 28.5 in 2021
Sources
Official record from the Charity Commission register for England and Wales. Governance Register calculates the connections.
Record details
- Registered charity number
- 519659
- Status
- Registered
- Governing document
- MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES INCORPORATED 02/06/1988AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 08/03/2013 as amended on 16 May 2022
- Companies House
- Company number 02263960 · Active
- Contact on the register
- 01207529224 · info@willowburnhospice.org.uk
- Edition
- Register edition compiled 27th 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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