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The Martlets Hospice Limited

  • 1 trustee

Official record Charity Commission · updated 27th September 2026 · Sources

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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
Brighton And Hove
Website
www.themartlets.org.uk (opens in a new tab)
Linked company
The Martlets Hospice Limited
Registered
1989

Income and spending

  • YearIncomeSpending
  • 2025--
  • 2024£14m£14m
  • 2023£8.9m£12m
Earlier years
  • 2022£10m£10m
  • 2021£12m£10m

Income trend, 2021 to 2025.

Income source mix, 2024: Government contracts 1% · Government grants 18%. From the charity's annual return.

Charitable objects

TO PROMOTE THE RELIEF OF SICKNESS BY ESTABLISHING MAINTAINING AND CONDUCTING A DAY CENTRE OR RESIDENTIAL HOME FOR THE RECEPTION AND CARE OF PERSONS OR EITHER SEX WHO ARE SUFFERING FROM ANY CHRONIC OR TERMINAL ILLNESS.

Grants received

10 grants · £144,876 total

360Giving 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

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.

1 trustees on the board

8y median 8y
average tenure
8y
longest tenure

Trustees past 6 years

8.2y
average years in governance

First-time vs portfolio trustees

First-time (1)

1
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 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.

Professional services 6Business services 4Health and social care 4

Gaps to watch

  • Small board - little cover if a trustee leaves

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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Health of the organisation facts side by side - the conclusion is yours

Income v spending, filed accountsiIncome v spendingTotal gross income and expenditure from filed annual returns, Charity Commission, last 4 years.
2021
2022
2023
2024
incomespending£14.1m latest income
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.

1.2 months of spending held in free reserves · median for charities its size: 3.7 months · was 4.3 in 2021

254 from 271 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.
19%
Income from governmentiIncome from governmentGovernment contracts plus government grants as a share of total gross income, latest Part A annual return.

Sources

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

Record details
Registered charity number
802145
Status
Registered
Governing document
MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES OF ASSOCIATION INCORPORATED 8TH DECEMBER 1988 AS AMENDED BY RESOLUTION DATED 17TH JULY 1996 AND 23 APRIL 1997
Companies House
Company number 02326410 · Active - Proposal to Strike off
Contact on the register
01273273400 · enquiries@martlets.org.uk
Edition
Register edition compiled 27th September 2026
Labels
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