Common questions about St. Leonard's Hospice York's rating, finances, and Charity Commission status.
Is St. Leonard's Hospice York a good charity? +
St. Leonard's Hospice York scores 83 out of 100 (4 stars — Good) on CharityCompare's Clarity Score, our independent read of its UK regulator filings. Around 63% 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 St. Leonard's Hospice York a legitimate charity? +
The register data used for this profile lists St. Leonard's Hospice York as a registered charity (charity number 509294). Verify it on the official register: https://register-of-charities.charitycommission.gov.uk/charity-details/?regId=509294&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 St. Leonard's Hospice York's charity number? +
St. Leonard's Hospice York's charity number is 509294. 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 St. Leonard's Hospice York's charity rating? +
St. Leonard's Hospice York scores 83 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 St. Leonard's Hospice York have reviews and complaints? +
CharityCompare does not host public user reviews for St. Leonard's Hospice York. 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 St. Leonard's Hospice York? +
Across the recent disclosed accounts used for this score, 63% of St. Leonard's Hospice York'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 St. Leonard's Hospice York's overheads? +
Across the recent disclosed accounts used for this score, fundraising costs were about 37% of total expenditure and fundraising plus separately reported governance figures amount to about 37% of expenditure (2023–2025, disclosed years); these categories can overlap, so this is not a distinct total of all administration costs at St. Leonard's Hospice York. St. Leonard's Hospice York's annual return for the year ending 31 March 2025 reports 7 employees paid more than £60,000, including 2 employees paid more than £100,000. The highest reported pay band is £130,001–£140,000 (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 St. Leonard's Hospice York receive? +
St. Leonard's Hospice York reported £10m total income in its 2025 accounts, based on UK regulator filings. Five-year trend: growing.
Are St. Leonard's Hospice York's accounts up to date? +
Filing status: up to date (last filing 2025-12-16). CharityCompare flags late or missing accounts separately from the financial score.
Where is St. Leonard's Hospice York based? +
St. Leonard's Hospice York's registered contact address is in York (YO24 1GL). It tells the regulator it operates in North Yorkshire, East Riding of Yorkshire, City of York, with a focus on hospices.
How much is St. Leonard's Hospice York's chief executive paid? +
The Charity Commission register does not name individual salaries. St. Leonard's Hospice York's annual return for the year ending 31 March 2025 reports 7 employees paid more than £60,000, including 2 employees paid more than £100,000. The highest reported pay band is £130,001–£140,000 (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 St. Leonard's Hospice York's money come from? +
St. Leonard's Hospice York reported £10m total income for the year ending 31 March 2025. The largest sources were trading and fundraising events £3.8m (36%), donations and legacies £3.3m (32%), charitable activities £2.5m (24%). Legacies (gifts in wills) contributed £2m.
Can I claim Gift Aid on a donation to St. Leonard's Hospice York? +
The register records St. Leonard's Hospice York 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 St. Leonard's Hospice York's trustees paid? +
St. Leonard's Hospice York's annual return for the year ending 31 March 2025 reports that no trustee received remuneration or other benefits from the charity.
What was St. Leonard's Hospice York previously called? +
The register lists these previous names for St. Leonard's Hospice York: St Leonard's Hospice York; St Leonard's Hospice York Limited.
When was St. Leonard's Hospice York registered as a charity? +
St. Leonard's Hospice York was entered on the register on 20 December 1979. It is also a company registered at Companies House (company number 01451533).
How does CharityCompare score St. Leonard's Hospice York? +
We calculate a Clarity Score of 0–100 from four pillars in St. Leonard's Hospice York'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 St. Leonard's Hospice York'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.