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title: "Top rated UK Hospice charities — Clarity Score leaderboard"
description: "Highest-rated UK hospice charities ranked by CharityCompare Clarity Score."
source: https://www.charitycompare.org.uk/top-rated/hospice
retrieved: 2026-08-18T01:24:34.573Z
license: "Charity data © Crown copyright, Open Government Licence v3.0"
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The highest Clarity Scores for hospice charities in our directory are listed below. Scores combine charitable spend efficiency, regulatory return filing history, and public transparency disclosures. Information only, not donation advice.

## Top 10 hospice charities by Clarity score

- 1 [DR KERSHAW'S HOSPICE £6.0m · oldham Give with confidence 96/100 ★★★★★](https://www.charitycompare.org.uk/charity/dr-kershaw-s-hospice)

Efficiency Excellent 85% to cause

Governance On Time CCEW return status

Transparency Verified 11 trustees

Reserves 3.0 Mo Financial cushion

- 2 [THE COUNTESS OF BRECKNOCK HOSPICE TRUST £1.3m · salisbury Give with confidence 96/100 ★★★★★](https://www.charitycompare.org.uk/charity/the-countess-of-brecknock-hospice-trust)

Efficiency Excellent 92% to cause

Governance On Time CCEW return status

Transparency Verified 7 trustees

Reserves 23.0 Mo Financial cushion

- 3 [THE ROTHERHAM HOSPICE TRUST £8.4m · sheffield Give with confidence 96/100 ★★★★★](https://www.charitycompare.org.uk/charity/the-rotherham-hospice-trust)

Efficiency Excellent 81% to cause

Governance On Time CCEW return status

Transparency Verified 13 trustees

Reserves 11.0 Mo Financial cushion

- 4 [WIGAN AND LEIGH HOSPICE £7.2m · Local Give with confidence 96/100 ★★★★★](https://www.charitycompare.org.uk/charity/wigan-and-leigh-hospice)

Efficiency Excellent 87% to cause

Governance On Time CCEW return status

Transparency Verified 12 trustees

Reserves 17.0 Mo Financial cushion

- 5 [ARTHUR RANK HOSPICE CHARITY £14m · cambridge Give with confidence 95/100 ★★★★★](https://www.charitycompare.org.uk/charity/arthur-rank-hospice-charity)

Efficiency Excellent 87% to cause

Governance On Time CCEW return status

Transparency Verified 10 trustees

Reserves 8.0 Mo Financial cushion

- 6 [DARLINGTON AND DISTRICT HOSPICE MOVEMENT £3.6m · Local Give with confidence 95/100 ★★★★★](https://www.charitycompare.org.uk/charity/darlington-and-district-hospice-movement)

Efficiency Excellent 93% to cause

Governance On Time CCEW return status

Transparency Verified 8 trustees

Reserves 10.0 Mo Financial cushion

- 7 [ST LUKE'S HOSPICE (BASILDON AND DISTRICT) LIMITED £16m · southend Give with confidence 94/100 ★★★★★](https://www.charitycompare.org.uk/charity/st-luke-s-hospice-basildon-and-district-limited)

Efficiency Excellent 95% to cause

Governance On Time CCEW return status

Transparency Verified 9 trustees

Reserves 11.0 Mo Financial cushion

- 8 [ST JOSEPH'S HOSPICE HACKNEY £17m · UK-wide Give with confidence 93/100 ★★★★★](https://www.charitycompare.org.uk/charity/st-joseph-s-hospice-hackney)

Efficiency Excellent 94% to cause

Governance On Time CCEW return status

Transparency Verified 9 trustees

Reserves 33.0 Mo Financial cushion

- 9 [THE HOSPICE CHARITY PARTNERSHIP £19m · UK-wide Give with confidence 93/100 ★★★★★](https://www.charitycompare.org.uk/charity/the-hospice-charity-partnership)

Efficiency Excellent 92% to cause

Governance On Time CCEW return status

Transparency Verified 13 trustees

Reserves 8.0 Mo Financial cushion

- 10 [DERWENTSIDE HOSPICE CARE FOUNDATION £2.0m · durham Give with confidence 92/100 ★★★★★](https://www.charitycompare.org.uk/charity/derwentside-hospice-care-foundation)

Efficiency Excellent 86% to cause

Governance On Time CCEW return status

Transparency Verified 14 trustees

Reserves 11.0 Mo Financial cushion

Scores combine Accountability & Finance and Transparency beacons.
[How we score](https://www.charitycompare.org.uk/methodology)