In December 2024, the government announced a £100m funding package to help hospices deliver “major upgrades and enhancements to facilities”.
It could not be spent on day-to-day running costs, so Farleigh used its share – worth £800,000 – to refurbish its kitchen and café, add new rooms to its inpatient unit and build a new website.
Kabia said the money “did not alleviate financial pressures”, which the charity said had been caused by a lack of NHS funding, tax and wage increases, and rising costs.
According to the charity’s latest financial statements, external for the year ending March 2025, it received £8.13m from two government contracts and £283,000 from two government grants.
Its total income was £30.25m, but its total expenditure was £31.18m, marking a £0.9m deficit bigger than the £0.5m deficit recorded in 2023/24.
“Trustees had budgeted for a deficit for the 2024/25 financial year, as there are sufficient reserves to fund deficits in the short-term,” the report said.