St Catherine’s Hospice is registered as a Charity no. 281362 and as a Company in England no. 1525404.  Registered office: Malthouse Road, Crawley, West Sussex RH10 6BH.

The Trustees are responsible for the overall management and administration of the charity.  The Trustees work together and make decisions through meetings of the Board of Trustees.

The role of the Board of Trustees

The Board is legally accountable for the activities of the hospice. 

This involves:

• Leadership, ensuring that the charity has a clear purpose and an overall framework and standards.
• Development of overall strategies to achieve the hospice aims and ensuring that there is a system to delegate the implementation of strategies to the staff team.
• Monitoring the progress of the hospice to ensure that it provides the high standards of care, balanced with the effective, efficient and economic use of hospice resources and assets.
• Ensuring compliance with the law and accountability to the hospice stakeholders, including the local community.
• Ensuring the Board itself performs effectively; contains people with the skills and experience it needs; and makes plans to ensure the recruitment, induction and development of new Trustees.

Listing of Trustees 2007