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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.

555 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 151 0.21%
£10k - £100k 122 0.17%
£100k - £250k 44 0.20%
£250k - £500k 10 0.09%
£500k - £1m 22 0.32%
£1m - £10m 116 1.26%
Over £10m 75 3.33%
Total 540 0.28%

Distribution by charity regulator

Regulator Charities with tag Percent of all charities
ccew 497 0.29%
oscr 43 0.17%
ccni 15 0.21%
Total 555 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
£181,101,000
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
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
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.
£36,886,680
Hospice UK [Charity number: SC041112]
Objects 3. The objects of the Charity are: 3.1 to facilitate and promote the relief, care and treatment of the sick, especially of the dying, and the support and care of their families and carers and of the bereaved 3.2 to facilitate and promote the charitable activities of Independent Hospices. 3.3 to provide or facilitate 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
£34,097,000
HOSPICE UK [Charity number: 1014851]
Hospice UK is the national charity working for those experiencing death, dying and bereavement. Our strategic goals underpin our programmes and aim to ensure hospice quality care is delivered in any setting; tackle inequality and widen access to hospice care; build community capacity and resilience and empower a strong, dynamic and responsive hospice sector.
£34,097,000
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.
£30,337,000
FARLEIGH HOSPICE [Charity number: 284670]
Adult Hospice
£30,248,000
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.
£29,419,000
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
£26,244,000

Ten random charities

Name Latest income
Timothy & Charlotte Laing Charitable Trust [Charity number: SC012323]
(a) the advancement of education including payments to the funds or trusts of any school or university or other educational institution or body recognised as a Charity for income tax purposes, and assistance to any individual in need of financial aid to undertake any worthwhile course of education or research project: (b) the relief of poverty or physical or mental infirmity: (c) medical research, hospitals or homes, training institutions or hospices for the physically or mentally handicapped or terminally ill: (d) the payment to any religious body, including any particular church, minister, mission, fund, congregation or committee connected with the Church of Scotland or the Church of England: (e) the relief of famine or disease anywhere in the world provided that any charitable corporation or body to which money may be paid for this object is established in the United Kingdom. (f) the care, education or training of handicapped children:
£2,181
LONGFIELD HOSPICE CARE [Charity number: 298627]
Specialist Palliative and Supportive Care
£5,401,937
Bethesda Care Home and Hospice [Charity number: SC015783]
The purposes of the SCIO are:- (i) to promote the advancement of health and the relief of those in need by reason of age, ill health, disability, or other disadvantage, through (without prejudice to the foregoing generality) the Care Home and Hospice known as the Bethesda Care Home and Hospice which shall be used to provide: (a) a convalescent home for patients on leaving hospital. (b) a private nursing home for patients who do not require to be admitted to the hospital. (c) a hospice for the provision of specialist palliative care. and (d) a residence for the aged and infirm, all in accordance with the Admission and Referral Policy, to be approved and revised from time to time as may be necessary by the Trustees. and (ii) to promote similar charitable purposes, objects or institutions in such proportions and manner as the Trustees think fit.
£2,857,415
EPWORTH & ISLE OF AXHOLME ROTARY CLUB TRUST FUND [Charity number: 1144424]
Working locally, nationally ,and Internationally as part of Rotary International, the club responds to needs in the community and further afield as the occasions arise. Recent monies have been raised for relief of famine in the Horn of Africa, mosquito nets for anti malarial use , the RNLI, water aid, A local Hospice and the RI ,end polio now campaign
£3,172
ST LUKE'S HOSPICE (BASILDON AND DISTRICT) LIMITED [Charity number: 289466]
Provision of high quality specialist palliative care services to meet the physical, social, emotional and spiritual needs of patients and their families both within the hospice environment and their own homes.
£16,075,938
SWAFFHAM AND LITCHAM HOME HOSPICE SUPPORT LIMITED [Charity number: 1104166]
Providing home hospice services and related care.
£120,710
PILGRIMS HOSPICES IN EAST KENT [Charity number: 293968]
The charity runs three hospices providing specialist palliative care services to patients through inpatient and day care, clinics, support at home from teams of community nurses and a 24-hour helpline. Families receive social, pastoral and bereavement support from teams of professionals at all three hospices. An education centre provides training and education for professionals and the public.
£18,946,000
4LOUIS [Charity number: 1172212]
To support hospitals, hospices and bereaved families.
£1,317,604
AFRICAN HEALTH FOUNDATION [Charity number: 1165391]
Create awareness of and fund raise for Rose Ananse Memorial Hospice Care in Kumasi, Ghana who provide Palliative and Emotional education awareness and support to the local community
£15,839
THE LEXI DOLL CHARITY [Charity number: 1194495]
The Lexi Doll Charity provide and donate Lexi dolls to bereavement teams in hospitals & hospices across the country to offer to children who have lost a sibling or relatives baby
£8,148