DERBY HEALTHCARE PLC
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Cash
£47M
-4% lowest in 3 filed years
Net assets
-£31M
+6% highest in 3 filed years
Employees
—
Average over period
Profit before tax
£2.6M
+83.2% highest in 3 filed years
Watchouts
Facts from the Companies House register and the latest accounts — not a rating
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Negative shareholders' funds
Net assets
3-year trend · vs Industrials median
Accounts
3-year trend · Δ = latest vs prior filed period · latest reflected 2025-12-31
| Metric | Trend | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 | 2025-12-31 | Δ vs prior |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £68,251,000 | £75,554,000 | £87,254,000 | +15.5% | |
| Operating profit | — | — | — | — | |
| Profit before tax | £911,000 | £1,419,000 | £2,600,000 | +83.2% | |
| Net profit | £848,000 | £1,160,000 | £1,953,000 | +68.4% | |
| Cash | £58,745,000 | £49,442,000 | £47,475,000 | -4% | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | — | £700,461,000 | £689,451,000 | -1.6% | |
| Net assets | -£33,961,000 | -£32,801,000 | -£30,848,000 | +6% | |
| Equity | -£33,961,000 | -£32,801,000 | -£30,848,000 | +6% | |
| Average employees | 0 | 0 | — | — | |
| Wages | — | — | — | — | |
| Directors' remuneration | £43,000 | £43,000 | £46,000 | +7% |
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 | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 | 2025-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Net margin | 1.2% | 1.5% | 2.2% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 108.1% | 108.1% | 107.7% | |
| Current ratio | 9.66x | 2.17x | 2.15x |
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
- DERBY HEALTHCARE PLC 2003-06-11 → present
- DERBY HOSPITALS COMPANY PLC 2003-02-17 → 2003-06-11
Audit & accounting basis
- Accounting basis
- FRS 102
- Reporting scope
- Standalone (parent only)
- Auditor
- PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“The directors have a reasonable expectation that the company has adequate resources to continue in operational existence for the foreseeable future based upon cashflow forecasts and stress testing of those forecasts. Thus they continue to adopt the going concern basis in preparing the annual financial statements.”
Significant events
- “Deductions of £213,000 (2024: £95,000) were incurred in the year, these were recovered from the service provider, resulting in a net deduction of £Nil (2024: £Nil).”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
4 active · 20 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| VERCITY SOCIAL INFRASTRUCTURE (UK) LIMITED | Corporate Secretary | 2014-02-03 | — | — |
| BIRLEY-SMITH, Gaynor | Director | 2007-01-08 | Jul 1966 | British |
| DEAN, Benjamin Christopher Jacob | Director | 2026-02-20 | Nov 1979 | British |
| FRY, Michael Edward | Director | 2021-01-01 | Jan 1958 | British |
Show 20 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| BEARDSMORE, Paul Christopher | Secretary | 2013-02-21 | 2014-02-03 |
| BROOKS, Melvyn Paul | Secretary | 2007-11-21 | 2013-02-21 |
| WEST, Robert Stuart | Secretary | 2003-02-17 | 2007-11-09 |
| BANNISTER, Paul Alan | Director | 2011-06-01 | 2012-09-28 |
| CROWTHER, Nicholas John Edward | Director | 2012-09-28 | 2013-12-19 |
| CROWTHER, Nicholas John Edward | Director | 2005-05-10 | 2006-02-09 |
| DAVIS, Michael | Director | 2017-04-20 | 2020-12-31 |
| DESAI, Julian Kieron | Director | 2011-01-12 | 2012-09-28 |
| EDWARDS, Matthew James | Director | 2012-09-28 | 2013-12-19 |
| FEGAN, Jennifer | Director | 2007-02-05 | 2007-05-08 |
| GAGNON, Martine Caroline | Director | 2009-10-01 | 2011-06-01 |
| GEMMELL, June Elizabeth | Director | 2003-02-17 | 2006-12-01 |
| GILLMAN, Alan Russell | Director | 2003-02-17 | 2006-01-19 |
| GREEN, Gerard Nicholas Valentine | Director | 2003-02-17 | 2005-05-10 |
| MITCHELL, Cyril Leslie | Director | 2006-02-09 | 2009-04-06 |
| PATKUNANATHAN, Sharmila | Director | 2009-03-31 | 2010-10-21 |
| PEARSON, Timothy Richard | Director | 2003-02-17 | 2007-01-08 |
| PEDRETTI, John Robert | Director | 2006-01-19 | 2009-10-01 |
| SHEEHAN, Richard Keith | Director | 2010-10-21 | 2026-02-20 |
| WRINN, John | Director | 2007-05-09 | 2011-01-12 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Derby Healthcare (Holdings) Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100% | 2016-04-06 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 123 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-06-06 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2026-03-13 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2026-03-11 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2026-02-23 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2026-02-23 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-05-07 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-03-13 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-05-13 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-03-26 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-01-18 | AUD | auditors | Auditors resignation company | |
| 2023-05-12 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-03-27 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2022-05-09 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2022-03-18 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2021-07-07 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2021-05-10 | CH04 | officers | Change corporate secretary company with change date | |
| 2021-03-24 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2021-01-04 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2021-01-04 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2020-05-19 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 5
- Capital events
- 0
- Officers appointed
- 1
- Officers resigned
- 1
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.