# Weldmar Hospicecare

## Details

- **Country:** England &amp; Wales
- **Charity number:** 1000414
- **Other names:** JOSEPH WELD &amp; TRIMAR HOSPICE AND CANCERCARE DORSET, JOSEPH WELD AND TRIMAR HOSPICE TRUST, JOSEPH WELD HOSPICE TRUST, THE DORSET RESPITE AND HOSPICE TRUST, WELDMAR HOSPICECARE TRUST
- **Status:** Registered
- **Legal form:** Charitable company
- **Registered:** Sept. 28, 1990
- **Register:** https://register-of-charities.charitycommission.gov.uk/en/charity-search/?p_p_id=uk_gov_ccew_onereg_charitydetails_web_portlet_CharityDetailsPortlet&amp;p_p_lifecycle=0&amp;p_p_state=maximized&amp;p_p_mode=view&amp;_uk_gov_ccew_onereg_charitydetails_web_portlet_CharityDetailsPortlet_regId=1000414


## Contact

- **Address:** Weldmar Hospicecare, Herringston Road, DORCHESTER, Dorset
- **Postcode:** DT1 2SL
- **Phone:** 01305 215300
- **Email:** sarah.harbige@weld-hospice.org.uk
- **Website:** www.weldmarhospicecare.org



## Activities

**Objects:** TO PROMOTE THE RELIEF OF SICKNESS BY SUCH CHARITABLE MEANS AS THE COMPANY SHALL FROM TIME TO TIME THINK FIT AND IN PARTICULAR (BUT WITHOUT PREJUDICE TO THE GENERALITY OF SUCH OBJECTS) A) BY ESTABLISHING, MAINTAINING AND CONDUCTING A RESPITE CARE CENTRE AND HOSPICE TO BE KNOWN AS THE DORSET RESPITE AND HOSPICE CENTRE B) BY ESTABLISHING, MAINTAINING AND CONDUCTING OTHER HOSPITALS, RESIDENTIAL NURSING HOMES AND CLINICS IN ENGLAND OR WALES FOR THE RECEPTION AND CARE OF PERSONS OF EITHER SEX WHO ARE SUFFERING FROM ANY ILLNESS, DISABILITY, DISEASE OR OTHER INFIRMITY WHETHER PHYSICAL OR MENTAL AND BY PROVIDING MEDICAL OR OTHER TREATMENT AND ATTENTION FOR ANY SUCH PERSONS AS AFORESAID C) BY PROMOTING OR ASSISTING IN THE TEACHING OR TRAINING OF DOCTORS, NURSES, PHYSIOTHERAPISTS AND OTHER PERSONS ENGAGED IN ANY BRANCH OF MEDICINE, SURGERY, NURSING OR ALLIED SERVICES D) BY CONDUCTING OR PROMOTING RESEARCH INTO THE CARE AND TREATMENT OF PERSONS SUFFERING FROM ANY ILLNESS, DISABILITY, DISEASE OR INFIRMITY AND PARTICULARLY INTO THE CARE AND TREATMENT OF PERSONS SUFFERING FROM CANCER OR TERMINAL ILLNESSES AND TO DISSEMINATE THE RESULTS THEREOF TO THE PUBLIC E) BY PROVIDING OR ASSISTING IN THE PROVISION OF SPIRITUAL HELP AND GUIDANCE FOR ANY PERSONS RESIDENT (EITHER AS PATIENTS OR OTHERWISE) OR WORKING IN ANY SUCH CENTRE HOSPICE HOSPITAL OR HOME AS A AFORESAID

**Activities:** Provision of specialist palliative care to adults and their families, principally in the north, south, and west of Dorset. The charity has locally based community nurses who visit patients at home, a twelve bed Inpatient Unit in Dorchester, and a hospice at home service, as well as a range of support including physiotherapy, occupational therapy, and wellbeing services for patients and loved ones,

**Area of benefit:** NOT DEFINED IN PRACTICE DORSET




## Classification

- **How:** Provides Services
- **What:** The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives
- **Who:** Elderly/old People, Other Defined Groups, The General Public/mankind



## Areas of operation

- Dorset



## Finances

| Period end | Income | Expenditure | Assets | Employees |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| March 31, 2025 | £12383281 | £11791123 | £22430248 | 260 |
| March 31, 2024 | £10444185 | £11540076 | £21624613 | 261 |
| March 31, 2023 | £10354267 | £10400016 | £22245680 | 261 |
| March 31, 2022 | £13990261 | £9375766 | £23094274 | 242 |
| March 31, 2021 | £10804778 | £8602501 | £17989136 | 217 |



## Trustees

- **STEPHEN BAYNARD** (Chair)
- Angela Potter — appointed March 26, 2026
- DAVINA SMITH — appointed July 24, 2013
- David John French — appointed May 16, 2019
- Dr Huw David Llewellyn — appointed May 29, 2025
- Dr Jonathan de Kretser — appointed Sept. 15, 2023
- JAMES DAVID EDWARD JOICEY-CECIL
- Mark Addison — appointed Sept. 15, 2023
- Peter Locke Lovibond — appointed June 15, 2021
- Professor Alastair James Hutchison — appointed Nov. 20, 2025
- THE VISCOUNT FITZHARRIS
- Tanya Grant — appointed July 23, 2015


