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Hospice HE401

Hospice is a tag in the UK-CAT classification of charities in the UK. It is part of the Health categoryand the Healthcare provider subcategory.

558 charities have been tagged with this tag. This represents 0.27% of all charities.

Keywords to find charities

UK-CAT categories are applied to charities based on a set of keywords, in the form of a regular expression.

The regular expression used to find charities in this tag is:

\b(hospices?)\b

Distribution by size of charity

Income band Charities with tag Percent of all charities
Under £10k 153 0.21%
£10k - £100k 121 0.17%
£100k - £250k 45 0.20%
£250k - £500k 13 0.12%
£500k - £1m 22 0.33%
£1m - £10m 130 1.44%
Over £10m 62 2.85%
Total 546 0.28%

Distribution by charity regulator

Regulator Charities with tag Percent of all charities
ccew 500 0.29%
oscr 43 0.17%
ccni 15 0.21%
Total 558 0.27%

Ten largest charities (by income)

Name Latest income
MARIE CURIE [Charity number: 207994]
Marie Curie is a UK charity dedicated to the care of people with terminal illnesses:Provide specialist care for the terminally illHelp and support families and carers of the terminally illResearch the best ways to care for the terminally illCampaign for the terminally ill to be able to die in their place of choice
£169,666,000
Sue Ryder [Charity number: SC039578]
The Objects of the Charity are: 3.1 to provide or assist in the provision of care for persons suffering from any serious or permanent disability, incapacity or illness, whether physical or mental. 3.2 to relieve the needs of those people potentially excluded from society by reason of old age, ill health (physical or mental), disability, poverty, or criminal history, and to assist their integration into society for the public benefit. 3.3 to advance the education of the public about the causes of disability, incapacity or illness, whether physical or mental, and the means of relieving those needs. 3.4 to relieve the mental and physical suffering of persons affected by bereavement or loss, including by the provision of counselling and support for such persons.
£106,110,000
SUE RYDER [Charity number: 1052076]
Provide specialist palliative care in our hospices and in patients' homes.Provide health and social support via community services. Provide grief and bereavement support.
£106,110,000
THE HOSPITAL SATURDAY FUND [Charity number: 1123381]
The Charitable Company's principal activities are grant making to medical charities, hospices and hospitals and to individuals with health or disability problems. These donations and grants were made possible by the surplus profits of the Charitable Company's trading Company, HSF health plan, being gifted to The Hospital Saturday Fund.
£34,712,364
Southern Hospice Group [Charity number: 256789]
Providing end of life care for adults in our local community, in their home or at our adult hospice - St Barnabas House and caring for life limited children throughout Sussex at our children's hospice - Chestnut Tree House.
£33,031,000
ST CHRISTOPHERS HOSPICE [Charity number: 210667]
St Christopher's Hospice exists to promote and provide skilled and compassionate palliative care of the highest quality. This high quality service is delivered to over 2,000 dying individuals and their families, friends and carers every year. We share our skills and expertise with others in the field through our extensive education and training programme and research into improving care.
£27,541,000
FARLEIGH HOSPICE [Charity number: 284670]
Adult Hospice
£26,727,000
THE CHRIS BANTON FOUNDATION [Charity number: 1197936]
To pay or apply capital and income to or towards charities supporting the benefit of mankind, including but not limited to the support of medical research, cancer charities and children's hospices.
£26,107,000
THE HOSPICE CHARITY PARTNERSHIP [Charity number: 1156964]
The Company's objects are for the public benefit: the advancement of health, care and support for people living with a potentially life limiting illness who are, or who have been, patients of the hospice including the provision of support and advice to their family and friends and such other charitable activities as the Directors shall think fit.
£24,999,679
Children’s Hospices Across Scotland [Charity number: SC019724]
To promote the relief of illness and suffering in such ways as the Company shall from time to time think fit
£22,763,000

Ten random charities

Name Latest income
SIMON COOPER FOUNDATION [Charity number: 1174106]
The Foundation raises and provide funds to specialist medical care providers including hospitals and hospices associated with Cancer, Cystic Fibrosis and life limiting conditions.
£10,504
NOAH'S ARK - THE CHILDREN'S HOSPICE [Charity number: 1081156]
Noah's Ark Children's Hospice helps babies, children and young people who have life-limiting or life-threatening conditions, and their families, make the most of every day. The team provide clinical, emotional and practical support that is carefully adapted for every child and is offered in their home or in a new state-of-the art hospice facility (The Ark) set in a 7.5 acre nature reserve.
£6,676,448
LIVERPOOL ZOE'S PLACE [Charity number: 1211373]
THE OBJECTS OF THE CIO ARE THE RELIEF OF CHILDREN SPECIFICALLY BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY AGED 0 TO 5 YEARS SUFFERING FROM TERMINAL OR LIFE LIMITING ILLNESSES AND THEIR FAMILIES BY (BUT WITHOUT PREJUDICE TO THE GENERALITY OF THE FOREGOING) THE ESTABLISHMENT AND MAINTAINING OF A HOSPICE OR HOSPICES IN LIVERPOOL AND THE SURROUNDING AREAS. THIS CARE AND SUPPORT MAY BE EXTENDED TO CHILDREN UP TO THE AGE OF 8 WHERE THERE IS A CLINICAL OR FAMILY NEED.
QUEENSCOURT HOSPICE [Charity number: 518801]
Provide specialist palliative care free of charge to adults with a serious and life limiting illness. To promote the practice of palliative care by example and by teaching and training.
£6,229,064
ST. DAVID'S HOSPICE [Charity number: 1038543]
St David's Hospice is an adult palliative care facility with fourteen registered beds providing symptom relief, respite and end of life care. There is also a day unit for up to ten patients four days per week, and a bereavement and counselling service for one day per week. All care is free at the point of delivery.
£5,452,765
The Maggie Fleming Animal Hospice [Charity number: SC046918]
The organisation's purposes are: to provide safe, comforting, kind and tailored palliative care to terminally-ill abandoned animals, and to prevent and alleviate suffering of terminally-ill animals by providing them with appropriate personal and veterinary care to meet their physical and emotional needs in the final stages of their lives.
£130,051
The Miss Mary G Burnett Trust [Charity number: SC041266]
My Trustees may accumulate for such period or periods as they may deem appropriate (within the limits laid down by Statute) and apply the income of the Trust Fund at such times or intervals as they deem appropriate to and for the legally charitable purposes of all or any of the following charitable institutions namely.- (a) MACMILLAN CANCER RELIEF, Nine Castle Terrace, Edinburgh. (b) CANCER RESEARCH CAMPAIGN SCOTLAND, Two hundred and Twenty-six Queensferry Road, Edinburgh. (c) ALTZHEIMER SCOTLAND, Twenty-two Drumsheugh Gardens, Edinburgh. (d) RACHEL HOUSE CHILDREN'S HOSPICE, Avenue Road, Kinross, Perth. (e) HELP THE AGED SCOTLAND, Heriot House, Heriot Terrace, Edinburgh. (f) BRITISH RED CROSS, Alexandra House, Two hundred and Four Bath Street, Glasgow. (g) SALVATION ARMY, Deer Road, Woodside, Aberdeen. (h) ROYAL NATIONAL LIFEBOAT INSTITUTE, West Quay Road, Poole. (i) ARTHRITIS CARE, Eighteen Stephenson Way, London. and (j) . ROYAL NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR THE BLIND, Dunedin House, Twenty-five Ravelstone Terrace, Edinburgh. and any other similar charitable institutions or other bodies as may be decided by my Trustees in such shares and in such manner as my Trustees shall in their absolute discretion decide.
£15,112
FRAMEWORK FOUNDATION LIMITED [Charity number: 1144338]
Raising funds for Teenage Cancer Trust, The Hospice of St Francis and other good causes through sporting challenges and various other activities
£1,611
THE DENIS GREENWOOD CHARITABLE TRUST [Charity number: 274705]
Mainly concerned with General Charitable purposes, including payments to organisations such as hospices.
£8,533
THE CHRIS BANTON FOUNDATION [Charity number: 1197936]
To pay or apply capital and income to or towards charities supporting the benefit of mankind, including but not limited to the support of medical research, cancer charities and children's hospices.
£26,107,000