COBALT HEALTH
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Next accounts due
2026-12-31 (in 7mo)
Last filed for 2025-03-31
Confirmation statement due
2027-02-22 (in 9mo)
Last made up 2026-02-08
Watchouts
None on the register
Cash
£3M
+1% vs 2024
Net assets
£31M
-1.5% vs 2024
Employees
182
+4.6% vs 2024
Profit before tax
—
Period ending 2025-03-31
Net assets
2-year trend · vs Health Care median
Accounts
2-year trend · latest reflected 2025-03-31
| Metric | Trend | 2024-03-31 | 2025-03-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £24,524,912 | £26,927,825 | |
| Operating profit | — | — | |
| Profit before tax | — | — | |
| Net profit | -£1,562,630 | -£469,660 | |
| Cash | £3,089,763 | £3,120,283 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £31,921,601 | £31,399,722 | |
| Net assets | £31,869,382 | £31,399,722 | |
| Equity | £31,869,382 | £31,399,722 | |
| Average employees | 174 | 182 | |
| Wages | £6,490,353 | £6,753,619 | |
| Directors' remuneration | — | — |
Values shown as filed in the company's annual accounts. — indicates the figure wasn't present under that line item in that period. About these numbers
Year-on-year
FY2024 → FY2025 · period ending 2025-03-31 vs 2024-03-31
-
Turnover
+9.8%
£24,524,912 £26,927,825
-
Cash
+1%
£3,089,763 £3,120,283
-
Net assets
-1.5%
£31,869,382 £31,399,722
-
Employees
+4.6%
174 182
-
Wages
+4.1%
£6,490,353 £6,753,619
Each % is (latest − prior) ÷ |prior| for the line item as filed. The comparison is only shown when the latest and prior accounts cover broadly equal-length periods — short or long stubs (typical around incorporation or a year-end change) are suppressed rather than misrepresented. Lines a company doesn't report are omitted. About these numbers
Ratios
Computed from the line items above — sparklines read oldest → newest
| Ratio | Trend | 2024-03-31 | 2025-03-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Net margin | -6.4% | -1.7% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 10.1% | 10.3% | |
| Current ratio | 3.13x | 2.58x |
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
- COBALT HEALTH 2015-01-05 → present
- COBALT UNIT APPEAL FUND 2002-02-04 → 2015-01-05
Audit & accounting basis
- Accounting basis
- FRS 102
- Reporting scope
- Standalone (parent only)
- Auditor
- Crowe U.K. LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“trustees' use of the going concern basis of accounting in the preparation of the financial statements is appropriate.”
Group structure
- COBALT HEALTH · parent
- The Cobalt Unit Appeal Fund Limited 1%
Significant events
- “This year marked by change, but also anchored in the continuous and consistent professionalism and compassion for which we are well known.”
- “Jim Brown was welcomed as our new Chief Executive Officer.”
- “Malcolm MacKeith retired after 10 years of dedication as Finance Director and latterly as Chief Executive.”
- “We delivered over 3,100 days of lung cancer screening, identifying patients who benefitted from treatment at an early, more treatable stage.”
- “Over 1,300 NHS breast cancer research patients were recruited onto a key trial by Cobalt's research nurses.”
- “Our team supporting the Gloucestershire Community Diagnostic Centre delivered 400 scans per week for NHS patients.”
- “We have invested in AI software for our scanners, improving image quality and shortening scanning times for patients.”
- “In 2024/25, we delivered a record number (4,976) PET/CT scans for patients from the three counties.”
- “The targeted lung health check programmes have been renamed lung cancer screening services. We continued to support six services, delivering 3,100 days of screening, up from 2,024 in 2023/24.”
- “A new operations centre was created to improve visibility, response rates, and control costs for lung cancer screening services.”
- “We started providing a cardiac MRI service for patients.”
- “Our first relocatable PET/CT unit was completed in Summer 2024 and commenced service in October.”
- “The trustees approved a plan to upgrade all three 3.0 Tesla MRI scanners, with the first being undertaken in 2024/25.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
10 active · 31 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| PIFF, Jennifer Louise | Secretary | 2025-06-26 | — | — |
| GODDARD, Ruth Elaine | Director | 2020-02-24 | Feb 1965 | British |
| JENKINS, Felicity Helen, Dr | Director | 2023-11-16 | Mar 1956 | British |
| JONES, Matthew Nicholas | Director | 2023-11-16 | May 1969 | British |
| LEONARD, Philip James | Director | 2023-11-16 | Mar 1967 | British |
| MORRIS, Claire Rachel | Director | 2022-06-23 | Oct 1967 | British |
| PEEK, Russell James, Dr | Director | 2026-02-26 | May 1973 | British |
| ROPNER, Janet Elizabeth, Dr | Director | 2019-05-28 | Feb 1947 | British |
| SISSONS, Pamela Mary | Director | 2022-06-23 | Mar 1963 | British |
| UDALE, Valerie Jane, Dr | Director | 2020-02-24 | Jan 1962 | British |
Show 31 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| CROOKS, Samuel Howard | Secretary | 2002-02-04 | 2006-10-19 |
| GATTAS, Alexander Peter | Secretary | 2014-04-24 | 2015-06-26 |
| MACKEITH, Malcolm James | Secretary | 2016-01-04 | 2025-06-26 |
| SCRIVENER, Tabitha Jane | Secretary | 2006-10-19 | 2013-06-21 |
| SHARPE, Peter John | Secretary | 2015-06-26 | 2016-01-04 |
| SHARPE, Peter John | Secretary | 2013-09-12 | 2014-04-24 |
| ABEL SMITH, David Francis | Director | 2008-10-01 | 2014-03-31 |
| ALLEN, Jacqueline Sandra | Director | 2002-02-04 | 2007-05-22 |
| BARRETT, Ann, Professor | Director | 2015-12-17 | 2018-09-19 |
| CALLAWAY, Mark Paul, Professor | Director | 2015-12-17 | 2019-05-28 |
| DERRY-EVANS, Robert Stephen | Director | 2008-10-30 | 2017-12-05 |
| EVANS, John Frank | Director | 2002-02-04 | 2004-08-01 |
| FLETCHER, Robin Charles | Director | 2008-11-14 | 2014-12-16 |
| GATTAS, Alexander Peter | Director | 2015-01-22 | 2015-06-26 |
| GOULD, Vivien Mary, Ms. | Director | 2005-12-15 | 2015-12-17 |
| GREENSLADE, Richard Gunner | Director | 2002-02-04 | 2008-04-11 |
| GROVE, Alison Jane | Director | 2005-04-18 | 2015-12-17 |
| HANNA, Frederick Alexander, Dr | Director | 2002-02-04 | 2009-10-22 |
| HOLBROOK, Neil Robert | Director | 2017-05-23 | 2023-06-29 |
| HORNBY, Peter Edward | Director | 2006-10-19 | 2012-01-08 |
| KEENAN, Mary, Dr | Director | 2015-12-17 | 2016-06-21 |
| OWEN, Susan Ruth, Dr | Director | 2014-09-05 | 2023-11-16 |
| PARKER, John Henry | Director | 2015-12-17 | 2021-11-16 |
| POPE, David Charles, Dr | Director | 2008-10-30 | 2016-12-06 |
| SHARPE, Peter John | Director | 2015-01-22 | 2015-09-11 |
| THOMSON, William Hamish Fearon | Director | 2004-06-14 | 2008-05-16 |
| WARNER, Philip Leslie | Director | 2002-02-04 | 2009-12-17 |
| WARRY, Peter Thomas, Dr | Director | 2014-01-01 | 2019-12-12 |
| WILCOCK, Gordon Keith, Prof | Director | 2024-01-09 | 2025-06-30 |
| WILCOCK, Gordon Keith, Prof | Director | 2018-12-06 | 2023-01-30 |
| YEATES, Michael Anthony | Director | 2020-02-24 | 2020-06-04 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 143 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-03-16 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2026-03-11 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2026-02-09 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-11-17 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-08-28 | TM02 | officers | Termination secretary company with name termination date | |
| 2025-08-28 | AP03 | officers | Appoint person secretary company with name date | |
| 2025-07-09 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-02-12 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-11-22 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-02-21 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-02-21 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2023-12-19 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-12-06 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2023-12-05 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2023-12-05 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2023-12-05 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2023-07-11 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2023-02-15 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-02-15 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2023-01-07 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 7
- Capital events
- 0
- Officers appointed
- 2
- Officers resigned
- 2
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.