TRINITY HOSPICE AND PALLIATIVE CARE SERVICES LTD

Company number

01537498

Status

Active

Incorporation

1981-01-07

Last accounts made up

2025-03-31

Account category

GROUP

Primary SIC

86101

Hubs

UK Healthcare

Accounting basis

FRS 102

Reporting scope

Consolidated (group)

Auditor

MHA

Audit opinion

Unqualified (clean)

Going concern

Affirmed

“The charity is projecting a deficit for the 2025/26 financial year and anticipates that these deficits will continue to grow in subsequent years. This outlook is primarily due to several years of ICB funding not matching payroll inflation, resulting in a reduced proportion of costs being covered for the delivery of care. Additionally, ongoing inflationary trends and cost-of-living increases have made it increasingly challenging to raise additional income through fundraising. The situation is further compounded by the significant impact of higher National Insurance rates effective from April 2025. In setting the reserves policy, the Trustees have considered maintaining reserves to a level that are sufficient to enable it to continue to operate as a going concern & that actions will be taken to implement a turnaround plan should reserves be forecast to fall below this level. The charity has no long-term debt, maintains adequate cash reserves to meet its financial obligations as they become due, and holds an investment portfolio that can be used to support the cash position if necessary. Based on these factors, the Trustees consider the going concern basis appropriate for the 2024/2025 accounts.”

Subsidiaries

• Trinity Hospice Trading Limited · 100% held · United Kingdom · non-primary purpose trading, namely the sale of donated goods through its shops

Significant events

• “The year 2024/25 was marked by both significant achievements and considerable challenges. Our staff and volunteers have demonstrated remarkable resilience and adaptability in the face of increased demand for services, workforce pressures, and ongoing financial uncertainty.”
• “Trinity Hospice and Brian House provided over 8,000 episodes of care across all services during the year.”
• “The In-Patient Unit admitted 356 patients, with an average stay of 11 nights and bed occupancy of 87%.”
• “Brian House provided 1,406 episodes of care, encompassing in-patient services, day care, neo-natal clinic attendance, and community-based support.”
• “Community Nurse Specialist Team received 1,828 referrals, an increase of 5% on the previous year and responded to 12,721 calls for care.”
• “The Community palliative care virtual ward continues to operate at a high level, consistently maintaining bed occupancy rates above the national average of 80 percent.”
• “The Hospice at Home team supported 1,131 patients, 49% of whom had a non-malignant primary diagnosis and enabling 91% of patients to die in their preferred place of care.”
• “With continued funding assistance from our Blackpool Teaching Hospitals partners, our team based at Blackpool Victoria Hospital supported 2,102 patients, enabling 50% of patients to be discharged and successfully preventing admissions for 43 patients.”
• “The Admiral Nurse team continued to provide community-based support for individuals living with dementia and their families, assisting an average of 52 people per month attending our dementia lounge.”
• “Linden Centre bereavement support received 515 new referrals, including 49 children, and provided 2,879 counselling sessions, with 93 group sessions.”
• “The charity maintained its CQC 'Outstanding' rating and Investors in People Gold accreditation, reflecting our commitment to excellence in care and staff development.”
• “The year saw the successful upgrade to the EMIS X digital clinical records system, enhancing clinical productivity, governance, and data sharing.”
• “Trinity also became the regional hub for palliative and end of life care training, supporting both internal and external colleagues.”
• “Income received from donations and gifts, including gift aid was £4,176,123 (2024 £2,738,280), an increase of 52.5%.”
• “A particular highlight of the year was the Elmer Art Trail, generating £0.5m gross income.”
• “Legacy income continues to be a vital component of our financial sustainability and following an exceptional year for legacy income in 2024, this income stream was 71.5% lower in this financial year at £722,294 (2024 £2,538,557).”
• “Lottery income increased by 5% to £739,410 (2024 £702,666) and net profit from the lottery was £510,204 (2024 £455,473).”
• “Trinity Hospice & Brian House's charity shops demonstrated strong performance both financially and operationally. Trading sales income rose by £219,417, representing an 8% increase. The total sales income, including retail gift aid from Trinity Trading, reached £3,803,640 (2024: £3,485,483), reflecting a rise of 9.3%.”
• “During the year, four new shops were opened, two of which commenced trading in the last quarter.”
• “Results indicated that 97% of respondents enjoy their work, with 95% expressing pride in being part of the organisation.”

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