Common questions about North London Hospice's rating, finances, and Charity Commission status.
Is North London Hospice a good charity? +
North London Hospice scores 90 out of 100 (5 stars — Exceptional) on CharityCompare's Clarity Score, our independent read of its UK regulator filings. Around 74% 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 North London Hospice a legitimate charity? +
The register data used for this profile lists North London Hospice as a registered charity (charity number 285300). Verify it on the official register: https://register-of-charities.charitycommission.gov.uk/charity-details/?regId=285300&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 North London Hospice's charity number? +
North London Hospice's charity number is 285300. 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 North London Hospice's charity rating? +
North London Hospice scores 90 out of 100 on CharityCompare (5 stars — Exceptional). 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 North London Hospice have reviews and complaints? +
CharityCompare does not host public user reviews for North London Hospice. 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 North London Hospice? +
Across the recent disclosed accounts used for this score, 74% of North London Hospice'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 North London Hospice's overheads? +
Across the recent disclosed accounts used for this score, fundraising costs were about 25% of total expenditure and fundraising plus separately reported governance figures amount to about 25% of expenditure (2023–2025, disclosed years); these categories can overlap, so this is not a distinct total of all administration costs at North London Hospice. North London Hospice's annual return for the year ending 31 March 2025 reports 24 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 North London Hospice receive? +
North London Hospice reported £15m total income in its 2025 accounts, based on UK regulator filings. Five-year trend: stable.
Are North London Hospice's accounts up to date? +
Filing status: up to date (last filing 2025-10-02). CharityCompare flags late or missing accounts separately from the financial score.
Where is North London Hospice based? +
North London Hospice's registered contact address is in London (N12 8TT). It tells the regulator it operates in Barnet, Enfield, Haringey, Camden, Islington, with a focus on hospices.
How much is North London Hospice's chief executive paid? +
The Charity Commission register does not name individual salaries. North London Hospice's annual return for the year ending 31 March 2025 reports 24 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 North London Hospice's money come from? +
North London Hospice reported £15m total income for the year ending 31 March 2025. The largest sources were charitable activities £6.6m (45%), trading and fundraising events £4.2m (29%), donations and legacies £3.5m (23%). Legacies (gifts in wills) contributed £940k.
Can I claim Gift Aid on a donation to North London Hospice? +
The register records North London Hospice 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 North London Hospice's trustees paid? +
North London Hospice's annual return for the year ending 31 March 2025 reports that no trustee received remuneration or other benefits from the charity.
What was North London Hospice previously called? +
The register lists this previous name for North London Hospice: North London Hospice Group.
When was North London Hospice registered as a charity? +
North London Hospice was entered on the register on 22 October 1982. It is also a company registered at Companies House (company number 01654807).
How does CharityCompare score North London Hospice? +
We calculate a Clarity Score of 0–100 from four pillars in North London Hospice'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 North London Hospice'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.