Charity Details

St.Columba’s Hospice Care

SC003634Registered charity from 12 November 1999

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Notes:

Previous Charity name St. Columba's Hospice Limited from 12 November 1999 to 25 August 2021.

Charity Information:

Address Challenger Lodge
15 Boswall Road
Edinburgh

Postcode EH5 3RW

Website www.stcolumbashospice.org.uk

Regulatory Type Standard

Link to Companies House https://beta.companieshouse.gov.uk/

Object:

7 The Hospice is established for Charitable Purposes only with the intention of providing public benefit in Scotland and elsewhere, and in particular the Hospice is established 7.1 to promote the relief of suffering (so far as such object is a Charitable Purpose) in such ways as the Hospice shall from time to time think fit, and including (but without prejudice to the generality of such object)- a) by the provision of palliative nursing, medical and other supportive care services for persons (without regard to race or creed) who are suffering (at any age) from any chronic or terminal illness or from any disability or disease attributable to old age or from any other physical or mental infirmity, disability or disease, , such care services to be provided at the Hospice or in any other facilities or in the homes of such persons. b) by conducting or promoting or encouraging research into the 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 illnesses; c) by providing or assisting in the teaching or training of doctors, nurses, physiotherapists and other persons engaged in any branch of medicine, surgery, nursing or supportive care services, and in the teaching or training of students in any branch of medicine, surgery, nursing or - supportive care services; d) by establishing, maintaining and conducting out-patients' departments for the provision of support, advice, care and treatment, whether by conventional means or otherwise, of persons suffering from any such illness, disability, disease or infirmity as aforesaid; and by arranging and providing transport to enable such persons to attend or make use of the same; e) by organising, administering and providing community care services by way of support, advice, care and treatment to patients and their families by conducting visits to the homes of such patients and their families for such purposes and! or within any other facilities; and f) by the provision of pastoral care services for the spiritual welfare and support of patients, their families and staff at the Hospice or at any other facilities or in the homes of such patients.

Operations:

What the charity is set up to do and how it does this:

St. Columba's exists to give everyone who needs it the very best hospice care. We're an independent charity at the heart of our local community, offering free, flexible and person-centred palliative care and support to our patients and their families. We're committed to supporting and empowering people, and those close to them, living with and dying from life-limiting illnesses. Our vision is that those facing life-limiting illnesses or bereavement feel empowered and are supported, with compassion, respect and dignity. Underpinning all the work carried out at the Hospice are our values of respect, partnership, care and compassion, and trust.

Charity Status: Active

Constitutional Form: Company (the charity is registered with Companies House)

Constitutional Form Date: 12 Nov 1999

Main Operating Location: City of Edinburgh

Number of Staff: 256

Number of Volunteers: over 250

Purposes: "the advancement of health", "the relief of those in need by reason of age, ill-health, disability, financial hardship or other disadvantage"

Beneficiaries: "People with disabilities or health problems"

Types Of Activity Undertaken: "It carries out activities or services itself"

Annual Submissions:

Year End	Income	Expenditure	Annual Return Received	Accounts Received	Latest Annual Reports and Accounts
31 Mar 2022	£9,520,164	£11,127,202	07 Dec 2022	Yes
31 Mar 2023	£10,334,836	£11,739,327	30 Nov 2023	Yes
31 Mar 2024	£9,687,569	£12,909,855	16 Dec 2024	Yes
31 Mar 2025	£12,081,492	£14,439,802	02 Dec 2025	Yes	Published accounts can be found on the Companies House website
31 Mar 2026			No	Annual Information due by 31 Dec 2026
If an annual return has been received on time (within nine months of the Year End Date), the 'Annual Return Received' box is green . If an annual return is late, the box is red .

Income and Expenditure:

Charity Trustees:

First Name	Last Name
David Dow	Brown
Carol Gray	Flockhart
Nicholas Robertson	Lanzl
Sarah Louise	Kerr
Eric Martin	Mackay
Lynsey Christine	Kerr
Jacqueline Joy	Macrae
Charles Colin Reid	Robertson
Louise	Masson
Aileen Margaret	Keel
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