CHAS

Name

CHAS

Legal name

Children's Hospices Across Scotland

Website

https://chas.org.uk

Company type

Private

Founded year

1996

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

101–250 employees

Short description

CHAS is Scotland's national children's hospice charity providing paediatric palliative care to children aged 0-21 with life-limiting conditions, through two hospices, home care, hospital presence, a national Clinical Advisory Service, and a virtual hospice, funded by donations, NHS statutory income, events, and lottery subscriptions.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Paediatric Palliative Care

NAICS

Other Individual and Family Services (624190)

SIC

Services-Nursing & Personal Care Facilities (8050), Services-Home Health Care Services (8082), Services-Misc Health & Allied Services, Nec (8090)

akta.pro primary industry

Pediatric Hospice & Palliative Care (HLADAHAI)

akta.pro secondary industries

Home Hospice Agencies (HLAFAEAC), Pediatric Hospice & Palliative In-Home Care (HSABAFAE), Palliative Care, Hospice & Serious Illness Support (BPAGACAK), Hospital-Based Palliative Care (Inpatient Consult Services) (HLADAHAG), Bereavement, Grief & Family Support Services (Hospice-Linked) (HLAFAEAO), Residential Hospice / Hospice House (Facility-Based) (HLADAHAC)

Keywords

• Paediatric palliative care
• Children's hospice services
• End of life care
• Bereavement support
• Family respite care

Headquarters

HQ city

Edinburgh

HQ country

United Kingdom

HQ region

Europe

Offices6 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Infrastructure, Operations, Marketing or Sales, Supply Chain

Revenue model

1. Donations and Charitable Giving: Individual donations from supporters, including one-time gifts, regular giving, and major gifts. Donations can be made online, face-to-face, via payroll giving, or through donating shares.
2. Fundraising Events: Revenue from participants in challenge events including marathons, skydives, treks, abseils, and community events. Participants pay registration fees and commit to fundraising targets.
3. Lottery and Gaming: Local Hospice Lottery providing regular income through weekly/monthly lottery participation.
4. Legacies and Wills: Gifts in wills and legacy pledges from supporters who leave bequests to CHAS.
5. Corporate Partnerships: Corporate fundraising, including employee giving, matched funding, and corporate event partnerships.
6. Statutory Funding: Partnership with NHS boards for specialist paediatric palliative care services, with some NHS funding supporting clinical advisory services.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels5 records

Marketing channels6 records

Core offering

CHAS (Children's Hospices Across Scotland) provides specialist paediatric palliative care to children and young people aged 0-21 with life-shortening conditions across Scotland. Services are delivered through two physical hospices (Rachel House in Kinross and Robin House in Balloch), home-based care (CHAS at Home), hospital presence alongside NHS colleagues, and a Virtual Hospice digital service. The charity also operates a national Clinical Advisory Service providing 24/7 specialist medical advice to healthcare professionals, complemented by family support, bereavement counselling, and end-of-life care.

Product overview

CHAS offers a comprehensive suite of children's palliative care services through a hub-and-spoke model centered on two physical hospices (Rachel House in Kinross and Robin House in Balloch) complemented by community-based care at home, hospital presence, and a Virtual Hospice digital service. The Clinical Advisory Service provides nationwide specialist medical advice. Core services span end-of-life care, bereavement support, family respite, and emotional/practical family support, all delivered by multidisciplinary specialist teams in partnership with NHS Scotland.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Rachel House Scotland's first children's hospice located in Kinross, providing palliative care, family respite stays, end-of-life care and support services. Currently undergoing a major £17 million rebuild as part of the More Than A Hospice Appeal.
• Robin House Second children's hospice in Balloch near Loch Lomond, opened in 2005, providing specialist palliative care with planned £2 million facility enhancements to expand accessible spaces, sensory rooms, and family support spaces.
• CHAS at Home Home-based palliative care service enabling families to choose end-of-life care in their own home, with specialist nursing support. Piloting Scotland's first fully integrated 24/7 model of paediatric palliative care in Glasgow.
• CHAS at Hospital CHAS specialists working alongside NHS colleagues within key children's hospitals across Scotland to provide hospice-level compassion and expertise in clinical settings.
• Clinical Advisory Service (CAS) A multidisciplinary forum hosted by CHAS in collaboration with NHS Ayrshire & Arran, NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde and NHS Lothian, providing 24/7 specialist paediatric palliative medicine advice across Scotland. Includes weekly MDT meetings and an out-of-hours advice line for healthcare professionals.
• Virtual Hospice World's first virtual children's hospice launched in March 2020, providing online support and digital services to children with life-shortening conditions and their families.
• End of Life Care Specialist support helping families make decisions at the most difficult times, ensuring dignified end-of-life care in preferred settings.
• Bereavement Support Emotional and practical support for families in immediate grief and beyond following the loss of a child.
• Family Support Comprehensive support including emotional, practical and financial guidance for families caring for children with life-threatening conditions.

Quantifiable outcome

• £6.24 public value generated per £1 of statutory funding
• +2 more outcomes

Named customers3 records

Segments3 records

Ideal customer profiles2 records

Technology focussed No

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Has API

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Feature2 records

Partnerships

Ten partnerships are on record, tiered core and minor.

• NHS Ayrshire & ArrancoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerNHS board providing paediatric palliative care services in partnership with CHAS. Partners in the Specialist Paediatric Palliative Care Clinical Advisory Service (CAS), contributing consultant expertise and governance oversight through the Integrated Governance Framework.
• NHS Greater Glasgow and ClydecoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerNHS board providing paediatric palliative care services in partnership with CHAS. Key partner in the Clinical Advisory Service MDT with consultant Dr Jonathan Downie serving as Clinical Lead for CAS. Hosts the integrated 24/7 paediatric palliative care pilot.
• NHS LothiancoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerNHS board providing paediatric palliative care services in partnership with CHAS. Dr Annabel Howell provides sessions through honorary contract. Long-standing collaboration including neonatal palliative care enhancement at Simpson's Centre for Reproductive Health since 2014.
• Ardoch Loch LomondminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerOutdoor activity partner for fundraising events. CHAS hosts Ardoch Loch Lomond as a fundraising location within the Robin House area.
• Healthcare Improvement ScotlandcoreOthersRegulatory body that inspects and regulates both CHAS hospices to ensure compliance with healthcare standards and regulations.
• Care InspectoratecoreOthersRegulatory body that inspects and regulates the CHAS at Home service to ensure compliance with care standards.
• Edinburgh Napier UniversityminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerCommissioned to undertake evaluation of the Care24 Lothian service, a bespoke model of home-based end-of-life care developed in partnership with NHS Lothian.
• Edge Hill UniversityminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerCommissioned alongside Edinburgh Napier University to evaluate the Care24 Lothian home-based palliative care service model.
• Public Health ScotlandcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerCommissioned by CHAS to deliver the Children in Scotland Requiring Palliative Care 3 (ChiSP3) study, providing demographic data on children with life-limiting conditions across Scotland.
• York Health Economics ConsortiumminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerConducted economic evaluation showing CHAS generates £6.24 public value per £1 of statutory funding, demonstrating return on investment.

Scale indicators12 records

Recent moves10 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Direct peers

• ellenor: Kent-based hospice charity providing hospice-at-home, day therapy, and children's palliative care. Comparable in combining paediatric and adult services with NHS partnership and charity-funded delivery.
• Helen & Douglas House: Children's hospice charity operating hospice and home-based palliative care for terminally ill children in Oxfordshire and surrounding regions. Closest direct UK peer to CHAS in service model, age range, and channel mix.
• East Anglia's Children's Hospices (EACH): Operates three children's hospices across East Anglia delivering hospice, home care, and bereavement support. Matches CHAS in operating multiple hospice sites, NHS partnerships, and charity-funded service model.
• Martin House Children's Hospice: Yorkshire-based children's hospice providing palliative, respite, and bereavement care. Direct UK children's hospice peer with comparable age range, hospice-and-home delivery, and charity funding model.
• Shooting Star Children's Hospices: Surrey-based children's hospice charity operating two hospices with hospice, home, and bereavement services. Closely comparable in scope, target population, and NHS-children's-palliative-care delivery model to CHAS.
• Haven House Children's Hospice: Children's hospice in north-east London/Essex delivering hospice, community, and family support for life-limited children. Directly comparable specialist paediatric palliative care charity operating a similar hub-and-spoke model.
• Claire House Children's Hospice: Children's hospice in Merseyside providing respite, palliative, and end-of-life care for seriously ill children. Directly comparable service portfolio, beneficiary age group, and charity funding mix to CHAS.
• Acorns Children's Hospice: Runs three children's hospices across the West Midlands offering palliative and end-of-life care. Highly comparable multi-site hospice charity with similar NHS partnership and donation-funded model to CHAS.

Emerging players

• Rainbow Trust Children's Charity: UK-wide charity providing family support and sibling support for seriously ill children, complementing hospice services. Partial overlap with CHAS's family support and bereavement services though without operating physical hospice beds.

Broad incumbents

• Together for Short Lives: UK-wide umbrella charity for children's palliative care. Directly comparable mission serving seriously ill children and families across Britain, though operating as a membership/advocacy body rather than a direct hospice provider like CHAS.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat6 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

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• Facebookfacebook.com/supportCHAS
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/supportchas
• Instagraminstagram.com/supportchas

Compliance6 records

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Number of profiles

Profiles11 records

Funding overview

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