🎲 Phyllis Tuckwell Memorial Hospice Limited

This organisation is a charitable hospice operator in England which also runs a society lottery to raise funds for its palliative and end‑of‑life care services. It holds an active operating licence from the Gambling Commission and is authorised to provide non‑remote lottery activity in Great Britain. The underlying charity was founded in the early 1970s and operates independently, without a commercial parent group.

The hospice charity was established following a public appeal launched at Guildford Cathedral in 1972, with the in‑patient hospice opening in 1979. It is registered as a charity in England and Wales and as a company limited by guarantee. The organisation is named after Phyllis Tuckwell, whose legacy contributed to its creation. It provides adult hospice and palliative care across parts of Surrey and Hampshire and has developed associated education and research activities in this field.

In 1998, the charity introduced a lottery scheme, commonly referred to as Tuckwell Chase Lottery, to generate regular income for its services. From 2001 the lottery also began supporting Shooting Star Children’s Hospices. Day‑to‑day lottery operations are managed under contract by QuarterFive, a specialist external lottery management company. The lottery is a member of the Lotteries Council and the Hospice Lotteries Association and is structured as a non‑remote (land‑based) society lottery rather than an online gambling product.

The charity is not part of a larger corporate group. Available public information does not indicate the existence of trading subsidiaries engaged in wider commercial gambling activity beyond the society lottery fundraising described above.

Licensing and Operations

This operator holds an Operating Licence issued by the Gambling Commission under the Gambling Act 2005. The licence covers the promotion and facilitation of a non‑remote society lottery for charitable purposes. This authorises the organisation to run regular lottery draws, sell tickets through approved non‑remote channels, and award cash or other prizes in line with the conditions of its licence and the statutory framework for society lotteries.

The lottery activity is conducted to raise funds for hospice and related charitable services. As a society lottery operator, it is required to comply with Commission rules on proceeds, prizes, marketing, social responsibility and anti‑money‑laundering controls. Publicly available information indicates that the licence is currently recorded by the Gambling Commission as active.

No evidence is available in the public domain of this operator holding remote casino, betting, bingo, gaming machine or other types of operating licence beyond its society lottery permissions.

Regulatory History

There is no public record of formal regulatory enforcement action, financial penalties or licence suspensions by the Gambling Commission in relation to this operator or its lottery activity.

The society lottery is stated to be regulated under the Gambling Act 2005 and to adhere to the requirements applicable to licensed lotteries, including membership of relevant industry bodies. No information has been published indicating any changes of ownership of the licensed entity or any transfers of its Gambling Commission operating licence.