# DR KERSHAW'S HOSPICE

## Details

- **Country:** England & Wales
- **Charity number:** 1105924
- **Other names:** THE OLDHAM HOSPICE APPEAL
- **Status:** Registered
- **Legal form:** Charitable company
- **Registered:** Sept. 16, 2004
- **Register:** https://register-of-charities.charitycommission.gov.uk/en/charity-search/?p_p_id=uk_gov_ccew_onereg_charitydetails_web_portlet_CharityDetailsPortlet&p_p_lifecycle=0&p_p_state=maximized&p_p_mode=view&_uk_gov_ccew_onereg_charitydetails_web_portlet_CharityDetailsPortlet_regId=1105924


## Contact

- **Address:** Dr Kershaws Hospice, Turf Lane, Royton, OLDHAM
- **Postcode:** OL2 6EU
- **Phone:** 0161-624-2727
- **Email:** info@drkh.org.uk
- **Website:** www.drkh.org.uk



## Activities

**Objects:** TO PROMOTE THE RELIEF OF ILLNESS AND SUFFERING IN SUCH WAYS AS THE TRUSTEES THINK FIT:-3(1) BY ESTABLISHING, MAINTAINING AND CONDUCTING RESIDENTIAL NURSING AND CONVALESCENT HOMES FOR THE RECEPTION AND CARE OF PERSONS OF EITHER SEX 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 AND SO THAT ANY SUCH HOME MAY BE RESTRICTED AS AFORESAID TO PATIENTS SUFFERING FROM ANY PARTICULAR TYPE OR TYPES OF ILLNESS, DISABILITY OR INFIRMITY AND BY PROVIDING MEDICAL OR OTHER TREATMENT OR ATTENTION FOR ANY SUCH PERSONS AS AFORESAID IN THEIR OWN HOME;3(2) BY CONDUCTING AND PROMOTING OR ENCOURAGING RESEARCH IN TO THE CARE AND TREATMENT OF PERSONS SUFFERING FROM ANY SUCH ILLNESS, DISABILITY, DISEASE OR INFIRMITY AND PARTICULARLY IN TO THE CARE AND TREATMENT OF PERSONS SUFFERING FROM CANCER OR TERMINAL ILLNESSES AND BY PROVIDING FOR THE DISSEMINATION OF THE RESULTS OF SUCH RESEARCH;3(3) BY PROMOTING OR ENCOURAGING 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 AND IN THE TEACHING OR TRAINING OF STUDENTS IN ANY BRANCH OF MEDICINE, SURGERY OR NURSING OR ALLIED SERVICES

**Activities:** Provides palliative care services for local people with  life limiting illness

**Area of benefit:** OLDHAM AND DISTRICT




## Classification

- **How:** Provides Services, Provides Advocacy/advice/information
- **What:** The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives
- **Who:** Elderly/old People, People With Disabilities



## Areas of operation

- Oldham



## Finances

| Period end | Income | Expenditure | Assets | Employees |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| March 31, 2025 | £5977268 | £5346862 | £12584351 | 130 |
| March 31, 2024 | £5840084 | £4870117 | £11850035 | 112 |
| March 31, 2023 | £4573336 | £4381733 | £10543775 | 110 |
| March 31, 2022 | £4324141 | £3687717 | £10383661 | 102 |
| March 31, 2021 | £4374094 | £3377819 | £9692894 | 101 |



## Trustees

- DARYL IAN MARTIN KITCHENER — appointed Nov. 21, 2024
- David Macdonald — appointed Nov. 17, 2022
- Dr PAUL RUSSELL COOK — appointed Jan. 11, 2018
- Eileen Jones — appointed Nov. 17, 2022
- JULIE HESSELGROVE WARD — appointed Nov. 21, 2024
- Jonathan Richard Lipton — appointed Nov. 13, 2014
- KATHRYN TAYLOR — appointed Nov. 21, 2024
- MATTHEW FLEMING — appointed Nov. 21, 2024
- Mark Hadfield — appointed Nov. 17, 2022
- NICOLA NICHOLLS — appointed Nov. 21, 2024
- Rachel Louise Damianou — appointed Oct. 9, 2019
- Richard Buchanan — appointed Nov. 17, 2022
- Stephen Schofield — appointed Jan. 27, 2021