Dove Cottage

What Dove Cottage does

Dove Cottage Day Hospice is a UK-registered charity (No. 1057941) founded in 1996 that provides free specialist palliative care and family support across Leicestershire, Nottinghamshire, and Lincolnshire. Its core offering is a day hospice operating Tuesday through Thursday (10am-3pm) at its Canal Lane, Stathern facility, supplemented by Monday wellbeing sessions for patients and carers and a volunteer-led Dementia Home-Sitting service. The clinical and emotional support portfolio includes nursing care and symptom management, counselling, complementary therapies, therapy bathing, spiritual/chaplaincy support, transport, bereavement support, and a range of peer-support groups (Bereavement Support Group, Carer Support Group, Support Groups, Men's Shed).

The organisation is not technology-led; its service delivery is built around trained clinical staff, counsellors, complementary therapists, and a large volunteer network operating in a home-from-home setting. Its 'technology' surface is limited to a Sanity CMS-hosted marketing website (dovecottage.org), an email newsletter, and online retail storefronts on Vinted and eBay used purely for fundraising.

The revenue model is diversified charitable giving rather than commercial sales. All clinical and support services are provided at no charge to patients and families, funded by individual donations (one-off and monthly), a £5/month 500 Club Lottery, four physical charity shops in Asfordby, Bottesford, Cotgrave, and Stathern, online retail (Vinted, eBay), community fundraising events (Tough Mudder, Blue Moon Ball, coffee mornings, marathons), corporate partnerships, legacies and gifts in wills, and facility hire of community spaces. Annual operating cost is stated as over £705,000, with a headcount of 11-50 staff. Access to clinical services is via a referral process that can be initiated by patients, carers, or healthcare professionals, and the organisation is celebrating its 30th anniversary in 2026.

Name

Dove Cottage

Legal name

Dove Cottage Day Hospice

Website

https://dovecottage.org

Company type

Private

Founded year

1996

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

Dove Cottage Day Hospice is a UK-registered charity (founded 1996) providing free specialist palliative care, nursing, counselling, and bereavement support to individuals with life-limiting conditions and their unpaid carers across Leicestershire, Nottinghamshire, and Lincolnshire, funded by donations, charity shops, lottery, fundraising events, and legacies.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Hospice and Palliative Care Services

NAICS

Services for the Elderly and Persons with Disabilities (624120), Other Individual and Family Services (624190), Home Health Care Services (62161)

SIC

Services-Nursing & Personal Care Facilities (8050), Services-Social Services (8300), Services-Home Health Care Services (8082)

akta.pro primary industry

Community-Based Palliative Care (Home-Based Non-Hospice) (HLADAHAH)

akta.pro secondary industries

Palliative Care, Hospice & Serious Illness Support (BPAGACAK), Bereavement, Grief & Family Support Services (Hospice-Linked) (HLAFAEAO), Hospice & Palliative Respite Care (HSABAGAG)

Keywords

• Palliative care services
• Day hospice care
• Bereavement support
• Dementia home visiting
• Community hospice nursing

Headquarters

HQ city

Melton Mowbray

HQ country

United Kingdom

HQ region

Europe

Offices5 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

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

Revenue model

1. Donations: Individual donations from the public, including one-off gifts and monthly contributions, directly funding nursing care and family support services.
2. Charity Shops: Revenue generated from four charity shops located in Asfordby, Bottesford, Cotgrave, and Stathern, selling pre-loved items and bargains.
3. Fundraising Events: Community fundraising activities including runs, marathons, coffee mornings, and events like Tough Mudder and the Blue Moon Ball.
4. 500 Club Lottery: Monthly lottery programme at £5 per month supporting local hospice care with cash prize opportunities.
5. Corporate Partnerships: Partnerships with local businesses for volunteering, awareness, and fundraising initiatives.
6. Legacies and Wills: Gifts left in wills to ensure future generations receive palliative care.
7. Facility Hire: Community spaces available for hire for meetings, training, and events when not in use for patient care.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels4 records

Core offering

Dove Cottage Day Hospice provides free-of-charge palliative and supportive care to individuals with life-limiting conditions and their families across Leicestershire, Nottinghamshire and Lincolnshire. Its core offering is a day hospice service (Tuesday–Thursday, 10am–3pm) delivering specialist nursing, symptom management, complementary therapies, counselling, therapy bathing, spiritual support, and transport, complemented by Monday carer-and-patient wellbeing sessions, a dementia home-sitting volunteer service, bereavement and peer support groups, four charity shops, a 500 Club Lottery, and community facility hire that together fund the £705,000+ annual operating cost.

Product overview

Dove Cottage Day Hospice is a charitable palliative care organization offering a coordinated portfolio of free services across Leicestershire, Nottinghamshire & Lincolnshire. The core offering is the Day Hospice (Tue–Thu, 10am–3pm) providing clinical care including nursing, wellbeing activities, counselling, complementary therapies, therapy bathing, spiritual support, and transport. Additional services include Carer & Patient Wellbeing Sessions (Mondays 10am–1pm) offering holistic support for individuals and carers, and Dementia Home-Sitting providing companion visits from trained volunteers for respite. Bereavement and support groups (Bereavement Support Group, Support Groups, Carer Support Group, Men's Shed) offer peer connection. The organization operates four charity shops in Asfordby, Bottesford, Cotgrave, and Stathern, an online Vinted/eBay presence, a 500 Club Lottery, and offers community facility hire—all fundraising to support the £705,000+ annual cost of free patient care.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Day Hospice Services Free day hospice delivered Tue–Thu, 10am–3pm at the Stathern hospice, providing specialist nursing, symptom management, counselling, complementary therapies, therapy bathing, spiritual/chaplaincy support, wellbeing activities, and transport for individuals with life-limiting conditions and their families.
• Carer & Patient Wellbeing Sessions Holistic Monday sessions (10am–1pm) for individuals and carers living with palliative conditions, combining wellbeing activities, nursing advice, lunch, and peer connection.
• Dementia Home-Sitting

Segments3 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

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Scale indicators5 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Direct peers

• Nottinghamshire Hospice: Nottinghamshire-based hospice providing day therapy, hospice at home, and bereavement support. Directly comparable in size, service model, and target population to Dove Cottage, with overlapping catchment in the East Midlands.
• St Barnabas Hospice (Lincolnshire): Lincolnshire hospice charity providing day therapy, hospice at home, and wellbeing services. Operates in Dove Cottage's third core geography (Lincolnshire) and shares a similar community-funded, free-service model.
• LOROS Hospice: Leicestershire-based hospice charity providing palliative care across Leicester, Leicestershire, and Rutland. Overlaps Dove Cottage's Leicestershire catchment and offers day hospice, inpatient, and community nursing services, making it the closest geographic and service direct competitor.
• Phyllis Tuckwell Hospice Care: Small UK hospice charity providing day hospice, hospice at home, and bereavement services in Surrey. Comparably sized and operates a similar free-of-charge, community-funded palliative care model matching Dove Cottage's structure.

Broad incumbents

• Macmillan Cancer Support: Major UK cancer charity providing specialist nursing, financial support, and information services. Not a direct hospice operator but is a major funder and sector incumbent sharing Dove Cottage's life-limiting illness patient base.
• Marie Curie: UK-wide hospice charity providing hospice care at home, inpatient hospices, and bereavement support. Operates at significantly larger scale spanning the East Midlands, with broader funding base but overlapping service lines with Dove Cottage.
• Sue Ryder: National hospice charity running multiple hospice and neurological care centers across the UK including East Midlands locations. Provides palliative and bereavement care services comparable to Dove Cottage but at significantly larger scale.

Others

• Hospice UK: National umbrella body for UK hospices, providing advocacy, training, and funding support to member hospices including Dove Cottage. Functions as an enabling industry association rather than a competitive service provider.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• Xx.com/DoveCottageHosp

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Investors

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Investments

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