COMPASSION IN DYING — Charity Commission profile

01 Identity

Registration and reporting

Registration status: Registered
Reporting status: Submission Received
Charity type: Charitable company
Registered: 23 July 2007
Removed: Not supplied
Company number supplied: 05856324
Financial period: 1 January 2025 – 31 December 2025
Latest income: £1,004,174
Latest expenditure: £810,859
Gift Aid: Yes
Owns or uses land: No
In administration: No
Insolvent: No
CIO: No

Public contact address: COMPASSION IN DYING, 181-183 OXFORD STREET, LONDON, W1D2JT

Website recorded by the regulator: www.compassionindying.org.uk (displayed as text)

02 Activities

What the charity does

Compassion in Dying is a national charity that supports people at the end of life to have what they consider to be a good death by providing advice and information around their rights and choices. We are the leading provider of free Advance Decisions in the UK and also conduct and review research around rights and choices in end-of-life care.

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Charity Annual Return History

Fin Period Start Date: 1 January 2025
Fin Period End Date: 31 December 2025
Ar Cycle Reference: AR25
Reporting Due Date: 31 October 2026
Date Annual Return Received: 21 September 2026
Date Accounts Received: 21 September 2026
Total Gross Income: £1,004,174
Total Gross Expenditure: £810,859

Fin Period Start Date: 1 January 2024
Fin Period End Date: 31 December 2024
Ar Cycle Reference: AR24
Reporting Due Date: 31 October 2025
Date Annual Return Received: 8 October 2025
Date Accounts Received: 8 October 2025
Total Gross Income: £971,367
Total Gross Expenditure: £817,103

Fin Period Start Date: 1 January 2023
Fin Period End Date: 31 December 2023
Ar Cycle Reference: AR23
Reporting Due Date: 31 October 2024
Date Annual Return Received: 27 September 2024
Date Accounts Received: 27 September 2024
Total Gross Income: £609,530
Total Gross Expenditure: £993,781

Fin Period Start Date: 1 January 2022
Fin Period End Date: 31 December 2022
Ar Cycle Reference: AR22
Reporting Due Date: 31 October 2023
Date Annual Return Received: 3 October 2023
Date Accounts Received: 3 October 2023
Total Gross Income: £744,989
Total Gross Expenditure: £923,584

Fin Period Start Date: 1 January 2021
Fin Period End Date: 31 December 2021
Ar Cycle Reference: AR21
Reporting Due Date: 31 October 2022
Date Annual Return Received: 16 June 2022
Date Accounts Received: 16 June 2022
Total Gross Income: £1,272,047
Total Gross Expenditure: £797,849

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Charity Annual Return Parta

Latest Fin Period Submitted Ind: Yes
Fin Period Order Number: 1
Ar Cycle Reference: AR25
Fin Period Start Date: 1 January 2025
Fin Period End Date: 31 December 2025
Ar Due Date: 31 October 2026
Ar Received Date: 21 September 2026
Total Gross Income: £1,004,174
Total Gross Expenditure: £810,859
Grant Making Is Main Activity: No
Count Govt Contracts: 0
Count Govt Grants: £0
Charity Has Trading Subsidiary: No
Does Trustee Receive Any Benefit: No
Trustee Payments Acting As Trustee: No
Trustee Receives Payments Services: No
Trustee Receives Other Benefit: No
Trustee Resigned Employment: No
Employees Salary Over 60k: Yes
Count Salary Band 90001 100000: 1
Count Volunteers: 1

Latest Fin Period Submitted Ind: No
Fin Period Order Number: 2
Ar Cycle Reference: AR24
Fin Period Start Date: 1 January 2024
Fin Period End Date: 31 December 2024
Ar Due Date: 31 October 2025
Ar Received Date: 8 October 2025
Total Gross Income: £971,367
Total Gross Expenditure: £817,103
Grant Making Is Main Activity: No
Count Govt Contracts: 0
Count Govt Grants: £0
Charity Has Trading Subsidiary: No
Does Trustee Receive Any Benefit: No
Trustee Payments Acting As Trustee: No
Trustee Receives Payments Services: No
Trustee Receives Other Benefit: No
Trustee Resigned Employment: No
Employees Salary Over 60k: Yes
Count Salary Band 70001 80000: 1
Count Volunteers: 1

Latest Fin Period Submitted Ind: No
Fin Period Order Number: 3
Ar Cycle Reference: AR23
Fin Period Start Date: 1 January 2023
Fin Period End Date: 31 December 2023
Ar Due Date: 31 October 2024
Ar Received Date: 27 September 2024
Total Gross Income: £609,530
Total Gross Expenditure: £993,781
Grant Making Is Main Activity: No
Count Govt Contracts: 0
Count Govt Grants: £0
Charity Has Trading Subsidiary: No
Does Trustee Receive Any Benefit: No
Trustee Payments Acting As Trustee: No
Trustee Receives Payments Services: No
Trustee Receives Other Benefit: No
Trustee Resigned Employment: No
Employees Salary Over 60k: Yes
Count Salary Band 60001 70000: 1
Count Volunteers: 1

Latest Fin Period Submitted Ind: No
Fin Period Order Number: 4
Ar Cycle Reference: AR22
Fin Period Start Date: 1 January 2022
Fin Period End Date: 31 December 2022
Ar Due Date: 31 October 2023
Ar Received Date: 3 October 2023
Total Gross Income: £744,989
Total Gross Expenditure: £923,584
Charity Raises Funds From Public: Yes
Charity Professional Fundraiser: No
Charity Commercial Participator: No
Charity Receives Govt Funding Contracts: No
Charity Receives Govt Funding Grants: Yes
Count Govt Grants: £1
Income From Government Grants: £36,809
Charity Has Trading Subsidiary: No
Does Trustee Receive Any Benefit: No
Trustee Resigned Employment: No
Employees Salary Over 60k: Yes
Count Salary Band 70001 80000: 1
Count Volunteers: 1

Latest Fin Period Submitted Ind: No
Fin Period Order Number: 5
Ar Cycle Reference: AR21
Fin Period Start Date: 1 January 2021
Fin Period End Date: 31 December 2021
Ar Due Date: 31 October 2022
Ar Received Date: 16 June 2022
Total Gross Income: £1,272,047
Total Gross Expenditure: £797,849
Charity Raises Funds From Public: Yes
Charity Professional Fundraiser: No
Charity Commercial Participator: No
Charity Receives Govt Funding Contracts: No
Charity Receives Govt Funding Grants: No
Charity Has Trading Subsidiary: No
Does Trustee Receive Any Benefit: No
Trustee Resigned Employment: No
Employees Salary Over 60k: No
Count Volunteers: 1

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Charity Annual Return Partb

Latest Fin Period Submitted Ind: Yes
Fin Period Order Number: 1
Ar Cycle Reference: AR25
Fin Period Start Date: 1 January 2025
Fin Period End Date: 31 December 2025
Ar Due Date: 31 October 2026
Ar Received Date: 21 September 2026
Income Donations And Legacies: 986771
Income Other Trading Activities: 0
Income Charitable Activities: 0
Income Investments: 17403
Income Other: 0
Income Total Income And Endowments: 1004174
Income Legacies: 519840
Income Endowments: 0
Expenditure Raising Funds: £29,223
Expenditure Charitable Expenditure: £781,636
Expenditure Other: 0
Expenditure Total: 810859
Expenditure Investment Management: 0
Expenditure Grants Institution: 0
Expenditure Governance: 63574
Expenditure Support Costs: 214909
Expenditure Depreciation: 388
Gain Loss Investment: 0
Gain Loss Pension Fund: 0
Gain Loss Revaluation Fixed Investment: 0
Gain Loss Other: 0
Reserves: £1,039,876
Assets Total Fixed: 2185
Assets Own Use: 2185
Assets Long Term Investment: 0
Defined Benefit Pension Scheme: 0
Assets Other Assets: £1,079,622
Assets Total Liabilities: £41,931
Assets Current Investment: 0
Assets Total Assets And Liabilities: £1,039,876
Creditors One Year Total Current: 41931
Creditors Falling Due After One Year: 0
Assets Cash: £1,049,103
Funds Endowment: 0
Funds Unrestricted: 1039876
Funds Restricted: 0
Funds Total: 1039876
Count Employees: 22
Charity Only Accounts: Yes

Latest Fin Period Submitted Ind: No
Fin Period Order Number: 2
Ar Cycle Reference: AR24
Fin Period Start Date: 1 January 2024
Fin Period End Date: 31 December 2024
Ar Due Date: 31 October 2025
Ar Received Date: 8 October 2025
Income Donations And Legacies: 926751
Income Other Trading Activities: 0
Income Charitable Activities: 13500
Income Investments: 31116
Income Other: 0
Income Total Income And Endowments: 971367
Income Legacies: 197036
Income Endowments: 0
Expenditure Raising Funds: £25,724
Expenditure Charitable Expenditure: £791,379
Expenditure Other: 0
Expenditure Total: 817103
Expenditure Investment Management: 0
Expenditure Grants Institution: 3909
Expenditure Governance: 56325
Expenditure Support Costs: 228759
Expenditure Depreciation: 0
Gain Loss Investment: 0
Gain Loss Pension Fund: 0
Gain Loss Revaluation Fixed Investment: 0
Gain Loss Other: 0
Reserves: £846,561
Assets Total Fixed: 0
Assets Own Use: 0
Assets Long Term Investment: 0
Defined Benefit Pension Scheme: 0
Assets Other Assets: £873,266
Assets Total Liabilities: £26,705
Assets Current Investment: 0
Assets Total Assets And Liabilities: £846,561
Creditors One Year Total Current: 26705
Creditors Falling Due After One Year: 0
Assets Cash: £791,473
Funds Endowment: 0
Funds Unrestricted: 846561
Funds Restricted: 0
Funds Total: 846561
Count Employees: 27
Charity Only Accounts: Yes

Latest Fin Period Submitted Ind: No
Fin Period Order Number: 3
Ar Cycle Reference: AR23
Fin Period Start Date: 1 January 2023
Fin Period End Date: 31 December 2023
Ar Due Date: 31 October 2024
Ar Received Date: 27 September 2024
Income Donations And Legacies: 557255
Income Other Trading Activities: 0
Income Charitable Activities: 25514
Income Investments: 26761
Income Other: 0
Income Total Income And Endowments: 609530
Income Legacies: 96679
Income Endowments: 0
Expenditure Raising Funds: £52,493
Expenditure Charitable Expenditure: £941,288
Expenditure Other: 0
Expenditure Total: 993781
Expenditure Investment Management: 0
Expenditure Grants Institution: 540
Expenditure Governance: 62611
Expenditure Support Costs: 155375
Expenditure Depreciation: 0
Gain Loss Investment: 0
Gain Loss Pension Fund: 0
Gain Loss Revaluation Fixed Investment: 0
Gain Loss Other: 0
Reserves: £692,297
Assets Total Fixed: 0
Assets Own Use: 0
Assets Long Term Investment: 0
Defined Benefit Pension Scheme: 0
Assets Other Assets: £874,391
Assets Total Liabilities: £182,094
Assets Current Investment: 340000
Assets Total Assets And Liabilities: £692,297
Creditors One Year Total Current: 182094
Creditors Falling Due After One Year: 0
Assets Cash: £412,571
Funds Endowment: 0
Funds Unrestricted: 692297
Funds Restricted: 0
Funds Total: 692297
Count Employees: 27
Charity Only Accounts: Yes

Latest Fin Period Submitted Ind: No
Fin Period Order Number: 4
Ar Cycle Reference: AR22
Fin Period Start Date: 1 January 2022
Fin Period End Date: 31 December 2022
Ar Due Date: 31 October 2023
Ar Received Date: 3 October 2023
Income Donations And Legacies: 585862
Income Other Trading Activities: 0
Income Charitable Activities: 144324
Income Investments: 11803
Income Other: 3000
Income Total Income And Endowments: 744989
Income Legacies: 41300
Income Endowments: 0
Expenditure Raising Funds: £47,001
Expenditure Charitable Expenditure: £876,583
Expenditure Other: 0
Expenditure Total: 923584
Expenditure Investment Management: 0
Expenditure Grants Institution: 60670
Expenditure Governance: 60888
Expenditure Support Costs: 160520
Expenditure Depreciation: 0
Gain Loss Investment: 0
Gain Loss Pension Fund: 0
Gain Loss Revaluation Fixed Investment: 0
Gain Loss Other: 0
Reserves: £1,076,548
Assets Total Fixed: 0
Assets Own Use: 0
Assets Long Term Investment: 0
Defined Benefit Pension Scheme: 0
Assets Other Assets: £1,280,823
Assets Total Liabilities: £204,275
Assets Current Investment: 481000
Assets Total Assets And Liabilities: £1,076,548
Creditors One Year Total Current: 204275
Creditors Falling Due After One Year: 0
Assets Cash: £781,747
Funds Endowment: 0
Funds Unrestricted: 1064255
Funds Restricted: 12293
Funds Total: 1076548
Count Employees: 27
Charity Only Accounts: Yes

Latest Fin Period Submitted Ind: No
Fin Period Order Number: 5
Ar Cycle Reference: AR21
Fin Period Start Date: 1 January 2021
Fin Period End Date: 31 December 2021
Ar Due Date: 31 October 2022
Ar Received Date: 16 June 2022
Income Donations And Legacies: 1074949
Income Other Trading Activities: 0
Income Charitable Activities: 196592
Income Investments: 506
Income Other: 0
Income Total Income And Endowments: 1272047
Income Legacies: 823003
Income Endowments: 0
Expenditure Raising Funds: £20,825
Expenditure Charitable Expenditure: £777,024
Expenditure Other: 0
Expenditure Total: 797849
Expenditure Investment Management: 0
Expenditure Grants Institution: 66235
Expenditure Governance: 43097
Expenditure Support Costs: 142219
Expenditure Depreciation: 3321
Gain Loss Investment: 0
Gain Loss Pension Fund: 0
Gain Loss Revaluation Fixed Investment: 0
Gain Loss Other: 0
Reserves: £1,255,143
Assets Total Fixed: 0
Assets Own Use: 0
Assets Long Term Investment: 0
Defined Benefit Pension Scheme: 0
Assets Other Assets: £1,349,819
Assets Total Liabilities: £94,676
Assets Current Investment: 0
Assets Total Assets And Liabilities: £1,255,143
Creditors One Year Total Current: 94676
Creditors Falling Due After One Year: 0
Assets Cash: £1,323,056
Funds Endowment: 0
Funds Unrestricted: 1255143
Funds Restricted: 0
Funds Total: 1255143
Count Employees: 24
Charity Only Accounts: Yes

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Charity Area Of Operation

Geographic Area Type: Country
Geographic Area Description: Northern Ireland
Parent Geographic Area Type: Continent
Parent Geographic Area Description: Europe
Welsh Ind: No

Geographic Area Type: Country
Geographic Area Description: Scotland
Parent Geographic Area Type: Continent
Parent Geographic Area Description: Europe
Welsh Ind: No

Geographic Area Type: Region
Geographic Area Description: Throughout England And Wales
Welsh Ind: No

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Charity Classification

Classification Code: 207
Classification Type: Who
Classification Description: The General Public/mankind

Classification Code: 308
Classification Type: How
Classification Description: Sponsors Or Undertakes Research

Classification Code: 102
Classification Type: What
Classification Description: Education/training

Classification Code: 103
Classification Type: What
Classification Description: The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives

Classification Code: 306
Classification Type: How
Classification Description: Provides Services

Classification Code: 307
Classification Type: How
Classification Description: Provides Advocacy/advice/information

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Charity Event History

Charity Name: COMPASSION IN DYING
Charity Event Order: 1
Event Type: Standard registration
Date Of Event: 2007-07-23T00:00:00

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Charity Governing Document

Governing Document Description: MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES INCORPORATED 23/06/2006AS AMENDED BY CERTIFICATE OF INCORPORATION ON CHANGE OF NAME DATED 21/08/2006AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 22/06/2007AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 05/09/2011 as amended on 21 Sep 2023 as amended on 31 Jan 2025 as amended on 31 Jan 2025 as amended on 31 Jan 2025 as amended on 26 Nov 2025
Charitable Objects: 1.1 The objects of the Charity (“the Objects”) are for the benefit of the public and by all exclusively charitable means the relief of suffering and the advancement of education, including, without limitation,:-(a) to research all aspects of end of life issues including the needs and views of people connected with or affected by end of life issues and to advance the development of better end of life care, including palliative care;(b) to provide advice to the general public and to health care professionals as regards end of life options, including health care options;(c) to provide advocacy, mediation and dispute resolution services in connection with end of life issues, to supply legally recognized guidance, information and documents to the public, including health care professionals, in connection with end of life options and in particular living wills, advance statements and advance directives and to provide information, advice and guidance both to the public and to health care professionals in connection with the above.1.2 Throughout these Articles of Association a “charitable purpose” is a purpose that is regarded as charitable in the laws of England and Wales and of Scotland, and the term “charitable” is to be interpreted in accordance with the laws of England and Wales and of Scotland.
Area Of Benefit: NOT DEFINED. IN PRACTICE: NATIONALLY AND OVERSEAS IN ENGLAND AND WALES, SCOTLAND AND NORTHERN IRELAND.

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Charity Other Names

Charity Name Id: 435057
Charity Name Type: Previous name
Charity Name: COMPASSION IN DYING LIMITED

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Charity Policy

Policy Name: Serious incident reporting policy and procedures

Policy Name: Internal risk management policy and procedures

Policy Name: Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries

Policy Name: Volunteer management

Policy Name: Complaints handling

Policy Name: Risk management

Policy Name: Social media policy and procedures

Policy Name: Safeguarding policy and procedures

Policy Name: Bullying and harassment policy and procedures

Policy Name: Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures

Policy Name: Paying staff

Policy Name: Financial reserves policy and procedures

Policy Name: Trustee expenses policy and procedures

Policy Name: Complaints policy and procedures

Policy Name: Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures