Prepared for Blythe House Hospice by Adrian Taylor, 2026-10-05. If you work there and would rather this page came down, say so and it comes down.
Blythe House Hospice: what the records show, and what we could do together
Adrian Taylor runs Charity in a Box, after twenty years working in charities and public services. About Adrian.
1. What you say, and where we read it
We read your website (Blythe House Hospice – Support for people affected by life-limiting illness) and your public channels.
“Our Vision To provide tailored care and support to people with life-limiting illness so that they and their family can fulfil what matters most to them.” (blythehousehospice.org.uk/about)
Your channels: x (closed to readers, not read); facebook (closed to readers, not read); instagram (closed to readers, not read).
2. Derbyshire’s charities, from outside
686 charities are based in Derbyshire, 8.6 for every 10,000 residents, where 20% of residents are on low incomes. 18% show under three months’ reserves or three years of deficits on their latest return; 12% take half or more of their income from government. The five largest hold 38% of the area’s charity income.
Hospice care in Derbyshire
In Derbyshire, the national network for your field (hospice care) sits above the middle of England's areas for the number of people counted there (gold in the chart below where a field has none recorded here or is in the thinnest fifth). Across England, 1,439 charities outside the field say in their own reports that they serve the same people, against 204 in it.
The 25 fields, against England
For each field of charity work we have mapped, where Derbyshire stands among England’s 152 areas for the presence of the national network per person in need. Gold bars are the fields where no presence is recorded here: 5 of 25.
Drug and alcohol services
Dyslexia
Homelessness
Older people living alone
Youth centres
Unpaid carers
Veterans
Young people with SEND
Learning disability
Disability services
Community foundations
Mental health
Young people
Rural communities
Hospice care
Kidney patients
Community transport
Cadets
Riding for the disabled
Families with young children
Legal help
Food aid
Befriending
Almshouses
Local infrastructure
Derbyshire: the bar is where the area stands among England's 152 areasnone recorded here, or in the thinnest fifthEngland's median area
Point at a bar for its figures.
Who does the work here, by register purpose
Derbyshire686 charities
Education/training333
General charitable purposes181
Religious activities142
Disability123
Amateur sport119
Health117
Arts, culture, heritage, sci…117
Poverty relief113
Economic/community developme…106
Environment103
Recreation74
Other purposes61
A charity records up to three purposes, so the circles overlap. Point at one for its count.
Researchers who studied how charities support people with dementia across the United Kingdom concluded:
“National and local data sources could help charities and commissioners begin to identify inequalities of provision.”
Mayrhofer, Goodman, Lafortune, Smeeton, Littlechild, Shora and Bunn, Voluntary Sector Review, first published 2021. Read the paper.
This page is that view for Derbyshire.
3. Sample campaign
Three posts in your voice from the figures above, each with its picture, ready to use. Every figure is from public information and no charity is named.
Bluesky / X: Hospice care in Derbyshire: the national network's presence, for the people counted here, sits above the middle of England's areas. Who else does the work: https://www.charityinabox.uk/offers/blythe-house-hospice.html
LinkedIn: Hospice care in Derbyshire: the national network's presence, for the people counted here, sits above the middle of England's areas. Who else does the work: https://www.charityinabox.uk/offers/blythe-house-hospice.html
Built from public information; no charity is named.
Bluesky / X: 686 charities are based in Derbyshire: 8.6 for every 10,000 residents. We've read what they say they do. https://www.charityinabox.uk/offers/blythe-house-hospice.html
LinkedIn: 686 charities are based in Derbyshire: 8.6 for every 10,000 residents. We've read what they say they do. https://www.charityinabox.uk/offers/blythe-house-hospice.html
Built from public information; no charity is named.
Bluesky / X: 18% of Derbyshire's charities show under three months' reserves or three years of deficits on their latest return. Which fields, and who else is at work: https://www.charityinabox.uk/offers/blythe-house-hospice.html
LinkedIn: 18% of Derbyshire's charities show under three months' reserves or three years of deficits on their latest return. Which fields, and who else is at work: https://www.charityinabox.uk/offers/blythe-house-hospice.html
Built from public information; no charity is named.
Your area's charities from outside, with your own field first: how thin the known network is here for the people you work with, who else does the work, how exposed the area's charities are, what the money looks like. A page like this one, in full, refreshed each quarter.
£600 once, or £1,200 a year with four refreshes
A campaign from the findings
Three to five posts a month in your voice, each with its picture, from your area's own figures.
£250 a month
The first month: a twenty-minute call, your page in full within a week, and the first campaign posts the week after. Prices are set by income band from the public register and are the same for everyone in the band.
5. How to say yes
Reply to the email with a day that suits, call or text Adrian on the number in the email (it is on the Contact page too), or write to adrian@charityinabox.uk.
What this can and cannot say. These are counts over groups of charities and places from their own returns and reports and from national statistics. They do not rank any charity, name any, or say why. A thin field is one where the known network is thin for the people counted here, not one where nobody is helped.
Built from public information: the Charity Commission for England and Wales register and the annual reports charities file with it (OGL v3.0); Census 2021 (ONS); the English Indices of Deprivation 2025 (MHCLG); the Claimant Count (ONS). Privacy.