# DERWENTSIDE HOSPICE CARE FOUNDATION

## Details

- **Country:** England & Wales
- **Charity number:** 519659
- **Other names:** WILLOW BURN HOSPICE
- **Status:** Registered
- **Legal form:** Charitable company
- **Registered:** July 12, 1988
- **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=519659


## Contact

- **Address:** WILLOW BURN HOSPICE, MAIDEN LAW HOSPITAL, LANCHESTER, DURHAM
- **Postcode:** DH7 0QN
- **Phone:** 01207529224
- **Email:** info@willowburnhospice.org.uk
- **Website:** www.willow-burn.co.uk



## Activities

**Objects:** TO PROMOTE THE RELIEF OF SICKNESS BY:A) PROVIDING APPROPRIATE CARE TO PEOPLE IN THE LIFE LIMITING PHASE OF THEIR ILLNESS AND TO SUPPORT THE WHOLE FAMILY DURING THIS TIME AND IN BEREAVEMENT B) ESTABLISHING, MAINTAINING AND CONDUCTING HOSPITALS, RESIDENTIAL NURSING HOMES AND CLINICS FOR THE RECEPTION AND CARE OF PERSONS SUFFERING FROM ANY ILLNESS, DISABILITY, DISEASE OR OTHER INFIRMITY WHETHER PHYSICAL OR MENTAL BY PROVIDING MEDICAL OR OTHER TREATMENT AND ATTENTION FOR ANY SUCH PERSONS EITHER IN THEIR OWN HOMES OR AT ANY INSTITUTION OF THE CHARITY. C) 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, AND IN THE TEACHING OR TRAINING OF STUDENTS IN ANY BRANCH OF MEDICINE, SURGERY, NURSING OR ALLIED SERVICES. D) CONDUCTING OR PROMOTING RESEARCH INTO PALLIATIVE 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 ILLNESS AND TO  DISSEMINATE THE USEFUL RESULTS THEREOF TO THE PUBLIC. E) PROVIDING SUCH MEDICAL SUPPLIES, EQUIPMENT AND APPARATUS,DRUGS AMENITIES, COMFORTS AND OTHER THINGS CONDUCIVE TO THE MATERIAL OR SPIRITUAL WELFARE OF ANY PERSON RESIDENT OR WORKING IN ANY INSTITUTION OF THE CHARITY OR ANY PERSON BEING TREATED OR ATTENDING IN THEIR OWN HOMES AS THE CHARITY MAY THINK FIT. F) ARRANGING LECTURES AND CONDUCTING TRAINING COURSES AND PUBLISHING PAMPHLETS, BOOKS, JOURNALS AND OTHER PUBLICATIONS RELATING TO THE WORK OF THE CHARITY

**Activities:** Provides generalist palliative care in a six-bed inpatient and day hospice facility for individuals with life limiting illnesses

**Area of benefit:** DERWENTSIDE




## Classification

- **How:** Provides Services, Provides Advocacy/advice/information
- **What:** The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives
- **Who:** The General Public/mankind



## Areas of operation

- Durham
- Northumberland



## Finances

| Period end | Income | Expenditure | Assets | Employees |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| March 31, 2025 | £2044252 | £1552179 | £4966985 | 52 |
| March 31, 2024 | £1614220 | £1387068 | £4499756 | 50 |
| March 31, 2023 | £1437551 | £1275736 | £4272604 | 49 |
| March 31, 2022 | £1243859 | £1186367 | £4110789 | 37 |
| March 31, 2021 | £1276493 | £1052802 | £4053297 | 35 |



## Trustees

- Andrew Allon — appointed Nov. 9, 2022
- IAN JAMES MURRAY — appointed Nov. 12, 2025
- Ian Alan Burke — appointed Dec. 8, 2021
- Jane Allison Robinson — appointed Nov. 6, 2024
- Jessica Simpson Ross — appointed Nov. 12, 2025
- Kathryn Elizabeth Bullen — appointed Nov. 6, 2024
- Lesley Anne Jeavons — appointed May 14, 2025
- Lesley Telford — appointed Oct. 7, 2020
- MARK MCARDLE — appointed Oct. 30, 2017
- Nicola Hanson — appointed May 14, 2025
- Patrick Alexander Joseph Morton — appointed Nov. 6, 2024
- Philip Damien Pollard — appointed Nov. 9, 2022
- Tania Frances Prior — appointed May 14, 2025
- Yitka Nora Helena Graham Prof. — appointed Nov. 12, 2025