ST. LUKE'S HOSPICE PLYMOUTH
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Cash
£5.2m
-15.2% lowest in 3 filed years
Net assets
£13m
-0.1% vs 2025
Employees
330
-0.6% vs 2025
Profit before tax
-£15k
+97.7% highest in 3 filed years
Watchouts
Facts from the Companies House register and the latest accounts — not a rating
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5 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 | £8,618,016 | £13,005,753 | £13,737,074 | +5.6% | |
| Operating profit | -£596,877 | -£765,342 | — | — | |
| Profit before tax | -£596,877 | -£648,886 | -£14,696 | +97.7% | |
| Net profit | -£274,238 | -£648,886 | -£14,696 | +97.7% | |
| Cash | £6,788,034 | £6,177,687 | £5,241,061 | -15.2% | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £13,886,477 | £13,298,528 | £13,273,016 | -0.2% | |
| Net assets | £13,625,857 | £12,976,971 | £12,962,275 | -0.1% | |
| Equity | £13,625,857 | £12,976,971 | £12,962,275 | -0.1% | |
| Average employees | 330 | 332 | 330 | -0.6% | |
| Wages | £8,310,603 | £8,411,960 | £8,481,332 | +0.8% | |
| Directors' remuneration | £0 | £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 | -6.9% | -5.9% | — | |
| Net margin | -3.2% | -5.0% | -0.1% | |
| Return on capital employed | -4.3% | -5.8% | — | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 8.6% | 7.6% | 10.6% | |
| Current ratio | 7.97x | 9.69x | 5.58x |
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
- ST. LUKE'S HOSPICE PLYMOUTH 1981-12-31 → present
- ST. LUKE'S HOSPICE PLYMOUTH 1980-07-03 → 1981-12-31
Audit & accounting basis
- Accounting basis
- FRS 102
- Reporting scope
- Consolidated group
- Auditor
- Bishop Fleming Audit Limited
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“After making enquiries, the Trustees have a reasonable expectation that the group has adequate resources to continue in operational existence for the foreseeable future. The group therefore continues to adopt the going concern basis in preparing its financial statements.”
Group structure
- ST. LUKE'S HOSPICE PLYMOUTH · parent
- SLH Ventures Limited 100%
Significant events
- “Our Lottery saw its first price increase in over 30 years - rising from £1 to £2 per entry.”
- “Received £721,763 in non-recurring capital funding for 2025/26 from the Department of Health and Social Care.”
- “Opened larger premises at Charles Cross in the city centre, replacing our Western Approach site.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
13 active · 71 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| CANNON, Susan | Secretary | 2018-02-01 | — | — |
| ANNEAR, Lesa Jane | Director | 2023-05-23 | Sep 1967 | British |
| BARRETT, James Alexander | Director | 2025-10-14 | Jun 1984 | British |
| BUDGE, Lee James | Director | 2026-03-24 | Feb 1970 | British |
| EDGE, Jemma Louise | Director | 2022-05-25 | Jun 1980 | British |
| GREEN, Nicholas John | Director | 2024-05-21 | Dec 1980 | British |
| GRIMSHAW, Karen Julie | Director | 2025-10-14 | Sep 1962 | British |
| HENNIKER, Jack Peter | Director | 2021-03-23 | Apr 1997 | British |
| HENNIKER, James Mervyn | Director | 2021-03-23 | Apr 1997 | British |
| HOCKING, Helen | Director | 2021-07-19 | Sep 1961 | British |
| KILLORAN, David | Director | 2026-07-13 | May 1969 | British |
| SPENCER, Richard Damian | Director | 2026-07-21 | Nov 1973 | British |
| THOMAS, David Nicholas | Director | 2024-02-06 | Sep 1962 | British |
Show 71 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| MURRAY, John Stewart | Secretary | — | 1995-02-28 |
| SINNETT, Kavita | Secretary | 2015-11-24 | 2018-01-31 |
| TAYLOR, Sally Ann Elizabeth | Secretary | 1995-02-28 | 2015-11-24 |
| ADAMS, Christine Beatrice | Director | — | 1992-07-12 |
| ALLEN, Freda | Director | 2022-05-26 | 2025-05-28 |
| BAKER, Clare Margaret | Director | 2015-09-15 | 2019-11-26 |
| BILLING, Ada Mary | Director | 2001-05-08 | 2011-11-29 |
| BROAD, Anne Joy | Director | 2006-07-11 | 2012-05-29 |
| BUTLER, James Robert, Dr | Director | 2009-07-14 | 2013-03-26 |
| CARR, Antony, Dr | Director | — | 1992-08-03 |
| CARTER, Steven Denis | Director | 2020-03-24 | 2026-03-24 |
| CAVANAGH, Christopher John | Director | 2014-12-02 | 2020-12-14 |
| CAVANAGH, Helen Dianne | Director | 2004-09-14 | 2006-11-14 |
| CLARE, Julie Ann | Director | 1999-11-09 | 2002-07-23 |
| CRISP, Rose | Director | — | 1995-10-03 |
| CRYER, Gordon David, Reverend | Director | — | 1992-09-03 |
| CUNDY, Caroline | Director | 1998-01-13 | 2000-01-01 |
| DAVIES, Alexander Souter | Director | 1995-11-14 | 1997-07-15 |
| DAVIES, Charlotte Ellen | Director | 2014-07-22 | 2018-03-27 |
| DERRY THOMAS, Felicity Susan | Director | 2000-11-14 | 2007-07-10 |
| DUNCAN, Nicola Susan | Director | 2021-03-23 | 2025-10-29 |
| DYSON, Joan Margaret | Director | 2004-09-14 | 2008-09-08 |
| EASTON, Catherine Elizabeth | Director | 1994-03-08 | 2007-06-11 |
| EDWARDS, Philip Birchall | Director | — | 2000-09-06 |
| ELFORD, Stuart | Director | 2007-01-09 | 2017-05-23 |
| FIELD, Fiona Patricia | Director | 2017-03-28 | 2026-03-24 |
| GREEN, Anthony John | Director | 2012-05-29 | 2013-09-24 |
| GROSE, Jane, Dr | Director | 2013-11-26 | 2016-05-17 |
| HACKETT, Charles Oliver Maunsell | Director | 2018-02-13 | 2024-02-29 |
| HARDY, Paul Hartshorne, Dr | Director | 2000-03-14 | 2005-01-11 |
| HENDRY, Julie Anne | Director | 2017-07-25 | 2022-05-24 |
| HERBERT, Edward | Director | — | 1992-09-03 |
| HOBBS, Stephen John, Dr | Director | 2013-05-21 | 2019-05-21 |
| HOBBS, Susan Janet | Director | — | 1997-01-28 |
| HODGSON, Frederick John Warmingham | Director | — | 2007-06-16 |
| HOSKING, Katherine Jane | Director | — | 1994-01-18 |
| HOWARTH, Glennys, Professor | Director | 2011-10-18 | 2014-05-20 |
| JAMES, David John, Councillor | Director | 2009-05-19 | 2010-07-13 |
| JAMES, Richard Mark | Director | 2017-02-07 | 2023-02-28 |
| JONES, Sarah Nancy, Mrs. | Director | 2009-09-08 | 2013-09-24 |
| LEWIS, Christopher Terence, Prof | Director | 2008-07-08 | 2013-01-01 |
| MAY SOMERVILLE, Dorothy Rosemary | Director | 1992-09-03 | 1997-03-11 |
| MILLER, Anthony Ian | Director | — | 2005-09-06 |
| NEWSTEAD, Stephen Edward, Professor | Director | 2017-05-23 | 2019-10-12 |
| NORTHCOTT, Guy Ian | Director | 2009-01-13 | 2015-01-30 |
| POSTLE-HACON, Carol Mary | Director | 2014-01-28 | 2021-01-26 |
| POTTER, Lorna Jane | Director | 2008-01-08 | 2011-03-08 |
| PRICE, Gavin Lynden | Director | 1999-03-09 | 2014-12-02 |
| PURSSELL, Robert Francis | Director | — | 2009-10-13 |
| QUINN, Christina Antoinetta | Director | 2016-05-17 | 2022-11-17 |
| RAMSDEN, Jeremy John | Director | 1993-10-19 | 1997-03-11 |
| RICHERBY, Emma Louise | Director | 2021-03-23 | 2024-02-06 |
| RISDON, Michael Francis | Director | 2017-12-14 | 2023-10-31 |
| ROCKS, Kristal Heidi | Director | 2020-03-24 | 2020-09-29 |
| SHEPPERD, David Victor | Director | 2013-09-24 | 2017-03-28 |
| STEVENS, David Frederick | Director | 2008-05-13 | 2008-11-11 |
| TAYLOR, Mark Bartholomew, Dr | Director | 1998-11-10 | 2012-05-29 |
| THOMAS, Lisa | Director | 2014-09-30 | 2017-08-03 |
| THOMASSON, John | Director | 1993-01-03 | 1998-03-10 |
| TREMLETT, Peter | Director | 2007-11-13 | 2008-08-09 |
| TYRRELL, Christopher, Dr | Director | — | 1999-05-10 |
| VAN JAARSVELDT, Eugene | Director | 2013-05-21 | 2015-05-31 |
| VEALE, Julia Colleen | Director | — | 1992-09-03 |
| WALKER, Martin Bernard, Dr | Director | 2019-05-21 | 2026-03-24 |
| WARRENDER, William Jonathan | Director | 2023-10-11 | 2026-04-10 |
| WATSON-FISHER, Sarah Ann | Director | 2015-02-03 | 2016-10-07 |
| WHITE, Hugo, Admiral Sir | Director | 1998-01-13 | 1999-09-14 |
| WILD ACA, Lindsey | Director | 2000-03-14 | 2007-10-31 |
| WILLIAMS, Marianne | Director | 2011-10-18 | 2017-10-31 |
| WILLS, Jennifer Anne | Director | 2008-01-08 | 2015-11-24 |
| WOOD, Peter Nelson | Director | — | 2004-03-09 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 275 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-09-03 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2026-07-30 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2026-07-14 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2026-04-10 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2026-03-31 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2026-03-29 | RP01AP01 | officers | Replacement filing of director appointment with name | |
| 2026-03-26 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2026-03-25 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2026-03-25 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2026-03-25 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2026-03-12 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2026-03-11 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2025-10-29 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-10-23 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-10-21 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-10-15 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2025-09-03 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2025-05-28 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-03-10 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-09-25 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 16
- Capital events
- 0
- Officers appointed
- 5
- Officers resigned
- 5
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.