Trustees’ Report for the year ended 31 March 2022

The trustees of Royal Trinity Hospice present their report, together with the consolidated financial statements of the charity and its subsidiary company for the year ended 31 March 2022.

Royal Trinity Hospice: why we are here

Trinity provides expert, compassionate specialist palliative and end of life care to around 2,500 people in central and southwest London every year. We care for adults with progressive, life-limiting illnesses, helping them make the very best of every moment they have left. We strive to enable people to have a ‘good death’ and we support those who are left behind when someone dies.

Our specialist services aim to support patients and their loved ones with their physical, emotional, spiritual and practical needs, wherever they are. Our teams provide nursing and medical care, emotional and practical support, welfare advice, occupational and physiotherapy, complementary therapies, spiritual care and bereavement support to those who have been affected by the death of someone under our care.

Our vision, mission and values remain unchanged:

Our vision

“To be the local hospice of choice for all those who need us, and an example of excellence in end of life care”

We care for people in our community and through inpatient and outpatient services in modern, welcoming facilities at our base in Clapham. Most of our care happens outside the hospice building, in our patients’ own homes, care homes, nursing homes, homeless hostels and prisons.

We share our specialist skills through education and support for other care providers, such as GPs, district nurses, hospitals and care homes, so that more people in our community have a better experience of care at the end of their lives.

It costs £16 million each year to run Trinity. All our care and services are free to patients and their loved ones. We receive around a quarter of our funding from the NHS and raise over £11 million each year through the generosity of our local communities and supporters, from legacies, trust and corporate funders, and those who donate to and shop in our high street and online shops.

Our mission

> To provide expert and compassionate end of life care, support, information and advice to patients and those close to them

> To provide education and information, working collaboratively with all health and social care providers, to ensure as many people as possible benefit from our expertise

> To improve communities’ relationship with death and dying, allowing them to live every moment

> To challenge and overcome barriers to equity, diversity and inclusion in our services

> To be true to our values and a good employer

Our values