Common questions about Hospice in the Weald's rating, finances, and Charity Commission status.
Is Hospice in the Weald a good charity? +
Hospice in the Weald scores 89 out of 100 (4 stars — Good) on CharityCompare's Clarity Score, our independent read of its UK regulator filings. Around 69% of its spending goes to charitable activities (3-yr avg) and its accounts are up to date. That reflects how transparent and financially healthy it looks on paper — it does not measure the real-world impact of its work, so treat it as one factor alongside the cause you care about. CharityCompare never tells you where to donate.
Is Hospice in the Weald a legitimate charity? +
The register data used for this profile lists Hospice in the Weald as a registered charity (charity number 280276). Verify it on the official register: https://register-of-charities.charitycommission.gov.uk/charity-details/?regId=280276&subId=0. Check the current entry and the identity of anyone requesting money. Registration does not verify a particular appeal; Clarity Score summarises filing transparency, not programme impact.
What is Hospice in the Weald's charity number? +
Hospice in the Weald's charity number is 280276. Check that number on the official register (Charity Commission, OSCR or CCNI) or this CharityCompare profile before you donate — scammers sometimes reuse real numbers on fake appeals.
What is Hospice in the Weald's charity rating? +
Hospice in the Weald scores 89 out of 100 on CharityCompare (4 stars — Good). The Clarity Score (method v1.1) sums four pillars from UK regulator filings: Accountability & Transparency (40 pts), Financial Health (30), Financial Efficiency (20), and Community Support (10). Stars use the same bands as those labels — 90+ is 5★ Exceptional. It is not an impact ranking.
Does Hospice in the Weald have reviews and complaints? +
CharityCompare does not host public user reviews for Hospice in the Weald. Instead you get a filing-based Clarity Score, cause spend, reserves and red flags such as late accounts (one red flag on this profile: high fundraising costs). For formal complaints about a charity, contact the Charity Commission, OSCR, CCNI or the Fundraising Regulator as appropriate.
How much of my donation reaches Hospice in the Weald? +
Across the recent disclosed accounts used for this score, 69% of Hospice in the Weald's total spending went to charitable activities (3-yr avg across disclosed years). That is the closest official figure to "how much of your donation reaches the cause" — it is an average across all spending in the filing, not a pound-by-pound breakdown of an individual gift.
What are Hospice in the Weald's overheads? +
Across the recent disclosed accounts used for this score, fundraising costs were about 31% of total expenditure and fundraising plus separately reported governance figures amount to about 31% of expenditure (2023–2025, disclosed years); these categories can overlap, so this is not a distinct total of all administration costs at Hospice in the Weald. Hospice in the Weald's annual return for the year ending 31 March 2025 reports 16 employees paid more than £60,000, including 1 employee paid more than £100,000. The highest reported pay band is £120,001–£130,000 (1 employee). Individual salaries, including the chief executive's, are disclosed in the trustees' annual report rather than on the register.
How much income does Hospice in the Weald receive? +
Hospice in the Weald reported £16m total income in its 2025 accounts, based on UK regulator filings. Five-year trend: growing.
Are Hospice in the Weald's accounts up to date? +
Filing status: up to date (last filing 2026-01-08). CharityCompare flags late or missing accounts separately from the financial score.
Where is Hospice in the Weald based? +
Hospice in the Weald's registered contact address is in Tunbridge Wells (TN2 4TA). It tells the regulator it operates in East Sussex, Kent, with a focus on hospices.
How much is Hospice in the Weald's chief executive paid? +
The Charity Commission register does not name individual salaries. Hospice in the Weald's annual return for the year ending 31 March 2025 reports 16 employees paid more than £60,000, including 1 employee paid more than £100,000. The highest reported pay band is £120,001–£130,000 (1 employee). Charities normally disclose the chief executive's pay, or the pay of their highest-paid staff, in the remuneration note of the trustees' annual report and accounts.
Where does Hospice in the Weald's money come from? +
Hospice in the Weald reported £16m total income for the year ending 31 March 2025. The largest sources were donations and legacies £9.4m (59%), trading and fundraising events £5.6m (35%), investments £871k (5%). Legacies (gifts in wills) contributed £3.5m.
Can I claim Gift Aid on a donation to Hospice in the Weald? +
The register records Hospice in the Weald as registered with HMRC for Gift Aid, so a UK taxpayer can usually add 25p to every £1 they give by making a Gift Aid declaration.
Are Hospice in the Weald's trustees paid? +
Hospice in the Weald's annual return for the year ending 31 March 2025 reports that no trustee received remuneration or other benefits from the charity.
What was Hospice in the Weald previously called? +
The register lists this previous name for Hospice in the Weald: The Care Foundation Limited.
When was Hospice in the Weald registered as a charity? +
Hospice in the Weald was entered on the register on 27 June 1980. It is also a company registered at Companies House (company number 01499846).
How does CharityCompare score Hospice in the Weald? +
We calculate a Clarity Score of 0–100 from four pillars in Hospice in the Weald's regulator filings: Accountability & Transparency (40 points — filing history, trustees, policies), Financial Health (30 — reserves, income trend, debt), Financial Efficiency (20 — cause spend and fundraising cost, on a graduated scale) and Community Support (10 — volunteer-to-staff ratio). An open statutory inquiry scores 0. The score measures reporting on paper, not programme impact. CharityCompare is free for donors, takes no commission on donations, and scores cannot be bought.
How often is this page updated? +
This profile was last updated on 6 September 2026 from the latest UK regulator data available to CharityCompare, and Hospice in the Weald's most recent accounts cover 2025. Scores and figures refresh whenever we re-ingest the register, so the page reflects our latest data pull rather than a one-off review.