# OXFORD CENTRE FOR EDUCATION AND RESEARCH IN PALLIATIVE CARE: SOBELL HOUSE

## Details

- **Country:** England & Wales
- **Charity number:** 1172165
- **Status:** Registered
- **Legal form:** Charitable company
- **Registered:** March 21, 2017
- **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=1172165


## Contact

- **Address:** OxCERPC, Palliative Care Department, Sobell House, Churchill Hospital
- **Postcode:** OX3 7LE
- **Phone:** 01865225886
- **Email:** ssc@ouh.nhs.uk
- **Website:** https://www.sobelleducation.org.uk



## Activities

**Objects:** 1.1 THE OBJECTS OF THE CHARITY ARE FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT: 1.1.1 TO ADVANCE THE EDUCATION OF THE PUBLIC IN GENERAL (AND PARTICULARLY AMONGST THOSE WORKING IN HEALTH AND SOCIAL CARE) IN ALL AREAS RELATING TO PALLIATIVE CARE AND/OR PAIN RELIEF; AND/OR1.1.2 TO PROMOTE RESEARCH FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT IN ALL ASPECTS OF PALLIATIVE CARE AND/OR PAIN RELIEF AND TO PUBLISH THE RESULTS AS THE TRUSTEES THINK FIT; AND/OR1.1.3 TO RELIEVE THE NEED AND/OR TO RELIEVE SICKNESS AND TO PRESERVE THE HEALTH OF THE PATIENTS OF SOBELL HOUSE IN OXFORDSHIRE, AND IN ANY OTHER PLACES AS THE TRUSTEES FROM TIME TO TIME DECIDE, BY ANY CHARITABLE MEANS AS THE TRUSTEES FROM TIME TO TIME DECIDE.

**Activities:** The aim of the Charity is to support patient care by developing and educating health and social care staff to deliver care of high quality. Research supports patient care by looking at evidence, posing questions and seeking to find answers which will change practice. This work happens at local, national and international level.




## Classification

- **How:** Makes Grants To Individuals, Makes Grants To Organisations, Provides Services, Sponsors Or Undertakes Research
- **What:** General Charitable Purposes, Education/training, The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives, Disability
- **Who:** Children/young People, Elderly/old People, The General Public/mankind



## Areas of operation

- Throughout England And Wales



## Finances

| Period end | Income | Expenditure | Assets | Employees |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| March 31, 2025 | £398566 | £354233 | — | — |
| March 31, 2024 | £398726 | £349624 | — | — |
| March 31, 2023 | £347945 | £425048 | — | — |
| March 31, 2022 | £408490 | £306131 | — | — |
| March 31, 2021 | £152018 | £234965 | — | — |



## Trustees

- **Kay Symons** (Chair) — appointed April 25, 2023
- Dr Tim Harrison — appointed April 1, 2020
- Professor Anne Laurence — appointed Jan. 24, 2024
- SHARON YATES — appointed March 2, 2017