Hospice of the Valleys

To provide a community Hospice and specialist palliative care service to the population of Blaenau Gwent.

In the charity's own words, from the register.

In Wales

• Blaenau Gwent
• Caerphilly
• Merthyr Tydfil
• Torfaen
• Rhondda Cynon Taf

Area of benefit in its governing document: Not Defined

The places the charity told the Commission it works in.

In the year ending 31 March 2025, it had income of £2,087,155 and spent £2,265,646.

Figures as the charity reported them to the Charity Commission. Staff and volunteer numbers are only asked of charities with income over £10,000. A year with no row was not reported.

Separate measures from the charity's own returns and accounts, each with its year. Read them together: no single measure says how well a charity is run.

Income over time

Up 10%, from £1,898,646 in the year to 31 March 2021 to £2,087,155 in the year to 31 March 2025.

Spending against income

It spent 109% of its income in the year to 31 March 2025. It spent more than its income in 4 of the 5 years shown.

Money from government

48% of its income in the year to 31 March 2025 came from government grants and contracts (£1,001,688).

Largest funder

Local Health Board Service Level Agreement gave £382,435 in the year to 31 March 2025, 18% of that year's income.Read by AI from the charity's accounts.

From the annual returns the charity filed with the Charity Commission. The largest funder comes from its accounts, read by AI.

Government grants in the year ending 31 March 2025: £248,163 from 1 grant. Government contracts: £753,525 from 2 contracts.

From the charity's annual return to the Charity Commission, which asks every charity with income over £10,000 how much came from government grants and contracts. It does not say which part of government. These totals are separate from the named funders read from its accounts and the grants published on 360Giving, and are not added to them.

In its accounts for the year ending 31 March 2025, the charity named 3 funders who gave £753,525 between them. £753,525 of that came from public bodies.

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Funders that publish to 360Giving list 6 grants to this charity since 2018, worth at least £38,423.

Only funders that publish their grants to 360Giving are included, and many do not. These are amounts funders awarded, which can differ from what the charity received in a given year, so they are shown apart from the accounts figures above.

Public bodies' published spending shows 3 payments to this charity worth £534,967 between 24 April 2024 and 31 March 2026.

Councils and Welsh Government publish what they pay suppliers and grant holders above a threshold, usually £500 for councils and £25,000 for Welsh Government, so smaller payments are missing. A payment is shown only when OpenEconomy matched it to this charity with certainty. These figures come from the payer's records. They are a separate measure from the charity's own accounts, 360Giving grants and its annual return, and are never added to them.

Council business that names this charity, from the records councils publish, gathered by OpenCouncil. Newest first.

• 21 January 2026, Newport

  Named in an agenda item or minute of Greater Gwent Cremation Joint Committee

  Recycled Metal Scheme

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• 23 October 2025, Blaenau Gwent

  Named in an agenda item or minute of Ordinary Meeting of the Council

  Presiding Member's Announcements

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• 29 January 2025, Newport

  Named in an agenda item or minute of Greater Gwent Cremation Joint Committee

  Recycled Metal Scheme

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• 1 March 2023, Blaenau Gwent

  Named in an agenda item or minute of Cabinet

  Grants to Organisations

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Senedd and Welsh Government records that name this charity, gathered by OpenSenedd. Newest first.

• 21 January 2026

  Named by Peter Fox in the Senedd

  …at. Can I thank all of those charities who do so much outstanding work in the field—charities in my area, such as St David's Hospice, the Hospice of the Valleys, Helping Hands, Tŷ Hafan and others operating in the constituency, providing that invaluable support to patients and their families during…

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• 17 April 2024

  Named by Huw Irranca-Davies in the Senedd

  …deos, including of the type of organisations you refer to. So, for example, there's one of the case studies on a third sector charity, the Hospice of the Valleys charity shop up in Blaenau Gwent, indeed, showing how they've dealt with it without major upheaval, but just making the change very easily…

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8 trustees run the charity.

• Michael BobbettChairAppointed 9 November 2023
• Andrew CooperAppointed 14 November 2024
• Dr Arthur Frank TurnerAppointed 14 November 2024
• Dr Joshua Thomas-ParrAppointed 27 January 2025
• Dr Michael Jean ChildsAppointed 14 November 2024
• Mathew Morris-ParkerAppointed 25 September 2018
• Rhys HutchingsAppointed 1 May 2026
• Verly Louise InglisAppointed 20 March 2023

Trustees are responsible in law for the charity. Names are as they appear on the public register.

Of the last 5 annual returns that were due, 5 arrived by the deadline.

Charities with income over £10,000 send an annual return within 10 months of their year end, and those over £25,000 also send their accounts. Smaller charities only update their income and spending on the register. The dates are when the Commission received each document.

Charity number

517724

Status

Registered

Registered with the Commission

7 July 1986

Governing document

MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES OF ASSOCIATION INCORPORATED 4TH APRIL 1986 AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTIONS DATED 1 JULY 1986, 24 FEBRUARY 2000, 6 MAY 2003 AND 20 MAY 2004. as amended on 15 Jul 2021 as amended on 22 Jun 2026

Company number

02007005This company on OpenEconomyThis company on Companies House

Website

www.hospiceofthevalleys.org.ukAs the charity gave it on the register.

Council area of its contact address

Blaenau Gwent

• Register details, income, spending, trustees and filing dates: Charity Commission for England and Wales, register of charities. Loaded by OpenEconomy on 2 November 2026.
• Funding from accounts: the charity's filed accounts, read by OpenEconomy's AI accounts reader on 1 November 2026.
• Grants awarded: 360Giving open grants data, from funders that publish there. Loaded by OpenEconomy on 2 November 2026.
• Payments from public bodies: each body's own published spending data, matched to the charity by OpenEconomy. 5 public bodies' data is included so far.
• In council meetings: councils' published meeting records, gathered by OpenCouncil and matched to the charity by OpenEconomy on 4 November 2026.
• In the Senedd and Welsh Government: records gathered by OpenSenedd and matched to the charity by OpenEconomy on 5 November 2026.

• This charity on the Charity Commission register
• Its accounts and annual returns on the register
• 360Giving open grants data
• This charity on OpenEconomy

• OpenCouncil: council records that name this charity
• OpenSenedd: Senedd records that name this charity
• OpenCouncil: Blaenau Gwent Council's meetings and decisions
• OpenEconomy: Blaenau Gwent's economy in figures
• OpenSenedd: the Members of the Senedd for Blaenau Gwent Caerffili Rhymni