WILLEN HOSPICE
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Cash
£2.2m
-43.6% lowest in 3 filed years
Net assets
£17m
-0.9% vs 2025
Employees
267
+3.5% highest in 3 filed years
Profit before tax
—
Period ending 2026-03-31
Watchouts
Facts from the Companies House register and the latest accounts — not a rating
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3 officer resignations in last 12 months
Multiple officers have left the board recently — see the People section for who.
Net assets
3-year trend · vs Health Care median
Accounts
3-year trend · Δ = latest vs prior filed period · latest reflected 2026-03-31
| Metric | Trend | 2024-03-31 | 2025-03-31 | 2026-03-31 | Δ vs prior |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Total income | £1,407,111 | £11,765,754 | £11,412,065 | -3% | |
| Operating profit | £534,715 | £639,831 | — | — | |
| Profit before tax | — | — | — | — | |
| Net profit | -£916,433 | £928,071 | -£156,695 | -116.9% | |
| Cash | £2,575,214 | £3,868,396 | £2,180,067 | -43.6% | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £16,073,164 | £17,001,235 | £16,839,314 | -1% | |
| Net assets | £15,956,164 | £16,884,235 | £16,727,540 | -0.9% | |
| Equity | £15,956,164 | £16,884,235 | £16,727,540 | -0.9% | |
| Average employees | 251 | 258 | 267 | +3.5% | |
| Wages | £5,952,271 | £6,444,862 | £6,831,831 | +6% | |
| Directors' remuneration | £345,213 | £0 | £0 | — |
Values shown as filed in the company's annual accounts. — indicates the figure wasn't present under that line item in that period. The Δ column is the change from the prior filed period as a percentage of |prior|; lines a company doesn't report show —. About these numbers
Ratios
Computed from the line items above — sparklines read oldest → newest
| Ratio | Trend | 2024-03-31 | 2025-03-31 | 2026-03-31 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | 38.0% | 5.4% | — | |
| Net margin | -65.1% | 7.9% | -1.4% | |
| Return on capital employed | 3.3% | 3.8% | — | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 5.5% | 6.9% | 7.1% | |
| Current ratio | 4.22x | 5.69x | 3.39x |
Margins divide P&L lines by turnover. Gearing is liabilities over total assets. Current ratio is current assets over creditors falling due within one year. Interest cover is operating profit over absolute finance costs. Sector-distribution context coming next.
Name history
Renamed 1 time since incorporation
- WILLEN HOSPICE 2015-02-13 → present
- HOSPICE OF OUR LADY AND ST. JOHN (THE) 1975-10-31 → 2015-02-13
Audit & accounting basis
- Accounting basis
- FRS 102
- Reporting scope
- Consolidated group
- Auditor
- Mercer & Hole LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“At the time of approving the financial statements, the Board have a reasonable expectation that the Hospice has adequate resources to continue in operational existence for the foreseeable future. Thus the Board continue to adopt the going concern basis of accounting in preparing the financial statements.”
Group structure
- WILLEN HOSPICE · parent
- Willen Hospice Ventures Limited 100%
Significant events
- “We opened four new or replacement stores - Stacey Bushes, Brooklands, Oxley Park and Stony Stratford”
- “With effect from 1 April 2026, BLMK ICB was incorporated into the newly constituted NHS Central East Integrated Care Board”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
10 active · 65 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ALSOP, Richard | Secretary | 2024-07-25 | — | — |
| BALL, Philip Ronald Arthur | Director | 2021-04-01 | Aug 1956 | British |
| COOPER, Paul Andrew | Director | 2022-08-04 | Jan 1964 | British |
| ESAM, Marihelen | Director | 2020-02-06 | Jun 1949 | British |
| MARSH, Anthony James | Director | 2024-02-15 | Jun 1971 | British |
| MCNEILL-RICHARDSON, David | Director | 2026-06-11 | Aug 1945 | British |
| MEDILL, Rachel Mary | Director | 2024-06-10 | Mar 1963 | British |
| MOHAMED, Shahida | Director | 2024-11-21 | Apr 1955 | British |
| SIMPSON, Helen | Director | 2025-09-11 | Nov 1979 | British |
| WEATHERUP, Penolope | Director | 2025-02-28 | Mar 1965 | British |
Show 65 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| BROADHURST, Kate | Secretary | 2024-01-02 | 2024-07-25 |
| DUNCOMBE, Rachel Moyra, Lady | Secretary | — | 1992-07-16 |
| EYES, Christopher Allan | Secretary | 1998-08-21 | 2008-04-04 |
| HINSON, Paul Joseph | Secretary | 2008-04-05 | 2017-11-02 |
| JELL, Leslie John | Secretary | 1992-07-16 | 1998-08-21 |
| WILKINSON, Peta | Secretary | 2017-11-02 | 2023-10-17 |
| ALDRIDGE, Reginald | Director | 1992-01-30 | 1993-12-14 |
| AMBERG, Michael John | Director | — | 1997-07-24 |
| BALL, Graham Vincent | Director | 2013-05-02 | 2020-12-31 |
| BELL, Derek James | Director | 2015-02-05 | 2020-03-31 |
| BENTLEY, Dawn Elizabeth | Director | 2013-05-02 | 2018-08-02 |
| CARBERT, Steve Robert | Director | 2022-11-03 | 2024-09-06 |
| CARBERT, Susan Margaret | Director | 2017-02-09 | 2024-08-26 |
| COOMBES, Alexander David Charles | Director | 2019-02-07 | 2022-04-30 |
| DAVIS, Paul Anthony | Director | 2011-02-03 | 2024-08-15 |
| DAVIS, Suzanne Michelle | Director | 1997-10-16 | 2012-08-02 |
| DEUNG, Eric James | Director | — | 1995-07-20 |
| DUGGAN, Pamela | Director | 2007-11-01 | 2017-05-04 |
| DUNCOMBE, Rachel Moyra, Lady | Director | 1993-07-15 | 2000-07-20 |
| DUNN, Charlotte | Director | 2016-05-05 | 2021-10-28 |
| DUNN, Colin Sydney | Director | — | 1997-07-24 |
| ECCLES, Philippa Anne | Director | 1997-10-16 | 2013-08-01 |
| FENNEMORE, Roger Arnold | Director | 1997-02-28 | 2004-07-22 |
| GILBERT, Robert Charles Hampton | Director | 2012-08-02 | 2022-05-05 |
| GRASSICK, William Patrick Campbell | Director | 1992-01-30 | 1995-10-26 |
| HARRELL, Lynsey | Director | 2023-08-03 | 2024-02-22 |
| HAWKES, Joni Wilson | Director | 2011-02-03 | 2018-11-13 |
| HENSHAW, Patricia Jane | Director | — | 2010-07-29 |
| HERMAN, Christopher Robert, Dr | Director | 2015-05-07 | 2019-02-07 |
| HUNTER, Paul John | Director | 2019-01-11 | 2019-07-22 |
| JENKINS, Anthony Dunsford | Director | 2007-08-10 | 2009-07-30 |
| JENKINS, Anthony Dunsford | Director | 1991-11-14 | 2007-07-24 |
| JOBANPUTRA, Amar | Director | 2016-11-03 | 2017-08-03 |
| JONES, Graham Maurice | Director | 1994-01-27 | 2007-07-26 |
| JONES, Mark Stewart | Director | 2023-08-03 | 2024-04-23 |
| KEMBLE, Sheila Frances | Director | 2001-04-05 | 2016-07-28 |
| KING, Kenneth Alexander | Director | 1990-06-12 | 2006-11-12 |
| KITCHEN, Paul Stephen | Director | 2001-07-19 | 2004-07-22 |
| KNAPMAN, David John | Director | 2003-07-24 | 2013-08-01 |
| KULCZYKOWSKA, Dagmara Maria | Director | 2022-02-24 | 2023-11-17 |
| LEAVER, Geoffrey Todd | Director | — | 2005-07-21 |
| LIVINGSTONE, Marian Yvonne | Director | 2022-11-08 | 2023-09-22 |
| MACDONALD, Charles William | Director | 2024-11-21 | 2025-06-18 |
| MACDONALD, Charles William | Director | 2024-02-15 | 2024-07-10 |
| MCNAMARA, Penelope Ann, Dr | Director | 2011-02-03 | 2013-11-07 |
| MILES, Jane Vanessa | Director | 1995-07-20 | 1999-05-19 |
| MITAL, Dushyant, Dr | Director | 2025-12-04 | 2026-07-09 |
| MOORE, Stephen James | Director | 2021-10-28 | 2023-05-16 |
| NADKARNI, Anita Shashikant | Director | 2024-11-21 | 2026-08-19 |
| PATEL, Daxa Champak Mistry | Director | 2019-01-11 | 2020-03-13 |
| PEDLEY, Julian Eric, Dr. | Director | — | 2010-07-29 |
| PHILPOTT, Ivan Paul | Director | 2005-09-07 | 2022-07-28 |
| RAY, Erroll Charles | Director | 1997-02-28 | 2008-09-30 |
| ROGERS, Madeline Jane, Dr | Director | 2016-11-03 | 2025-08-22 |
| SEARS, Heather-Jane | Director | — | 1992-01-30 |
| SIDGWICK, Gillian Ann | Director | 2004-07-22 | 2011-04-05 |
| STEVENSON, Michael Thomas Ian | Director | 2010-02-04 | 2023-08-03 |
| TOMKINS, Gillian, Lady | Director | — | 1997-07-24 |
| VISCHER, Peter Hanns Michael | Director | — | 1994-07-14 |
| WATKINSON, Jane | Director | 2008-01-31 | 2013-05-02 |
| WHITE-ROBINSON, Caroline Denise | Director | 2019-01-11 | 2022-10-18 |
| WHITEMAN, Sarah Jane, Dr | Director | 2012-08-02 | 2016-07-28 |
| WILLIS, Richard Elmslie | Director | 2005-07-21 | 2016-02-04 |
| WOOD, Jan-Denise | Director | 2017-11-02 | 2026-09-17 |
| WYKE, Margaret, Dr | Director | 2003-01-28 | 2013-08-01 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 255 total filings
Material constitutional events — rename, articles re-file, resolution
- 2026-09-29 MA Memorandum articles
- 2024-12-10 RESOLUTIONS Resolution
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-09-29 | MA | incorporation | Memorandum articles | |
| 2026-09-25 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2026-09-21 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2026-08-24 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2026-08-20 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2026-07-10 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2026-06-17 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2026-01-20 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-09-23 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-09-18 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-09-18 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2025-08-26 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-06-19 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-03-04 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-12-30 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-12-10 | RESOLUTIONS | resolution | Resolution | |
| 2024-11-28 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-11-28 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-10-21 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2024-09-07 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 8
- Capital events
- 0
- Officers appointed
- 1
- Officers resigned
- 3
last 12 months
last 24 months
last 12 months
last 12 months
Direct counts from the register. No score, no rating — see the Filing timeline for the underlying events.