DR KERSHAW'S HOSPICE
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Next accounts due
2026-12-31 (in 7mo)
Last filed for 2025-03-31
Confirmation statement due
2026-08-27 (in 3mo)
Last made up 2025-08-13
Watchouts
None on the register
Cash
£3M
-1.9% vs 2024
Net assets
£13M
+6.2% vs 2024
Employees
130
+16.1% 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 | £3,895,995 | £3,559,568 | |
| Operating profit | — | — | |
| Profit before tax | — | — | |
| Net profit | £1,306,260 | £734,316 | |
| Cash | £2,623,595 | £2,573,974 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £11,850,035 | £12,584,351 | |
| Net assets | £11,850,035 | £12,584,351 | |
| Equity | £11,850,035 | £12,584,351 | |
| Average employees | 112 | 130 | |
| Wages | £3,797,828 | £4,144,736 | |
| 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
-8.6%
£3,895,995 £3,559,568
-
Cash
-1.9%
£2,623,595 £2,573,974
-
Net assets
+6.2%
£11,850,035 £12,584,351
-
Employees
+16.1%
112 130
-
Wages
+9.1%
£3,797,828 £4,144,736
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 | 33.5% | 20.6% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 1.7% | 2.4% | |
| Current ratio | -19.79x | -11.15x |
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.
Audit & accounting basis
- Accounting basis
- FRS 102
- Reporting scope
- Standalone (parent only)
- Auditor
- Chadwick & Company
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“The Board of Trustees, in partnership with the Extended Senior Management have developed the new strategic plan covering 2025-28. The stability ensures the long-term sustainability of our services and supports ongoing infrastructure improvements.”
Group structure
- DR KERSHAW'S HOSPICE · parent
- Dr Kershaw's Hospice (Trading) Limited 100%
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
14 active · 24 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| DAMIANOU, Rachel Louise | Secretary | 2020-01-16 | — | — |
| BUCHANAN, Richard | Director | 2022-11-17 | Apr 1966 | British |
| COOK, Paul Russell, Dr | Director | 2018-03-01 | Jul 1955 | British |
| DAMIANOU, Rachel Louise | Director | 2019-10-08 | Jun 1969 | British |
| FLEMING, Matthew | Director | 2024-11-21 | Apr 1980 | British |
| HADFIELD, Mark Ian | Director | 2022-11-17 | Oct 1976 | British |
| HESSELGROVE WARD, Julie | Director | 2024-11-21 | Feb 1963 | British |
| JONES, Eileen Frances | Director | 2022-11-17 | Feb 1950 | British |
| KITCHENER, Daryl | Director | 2024-11-21 | Jul 1990 | British |
| LIPTON, Jonathan Richard | Director | 2015-05-01 | Mar 1957 | British |
| MACDONALD, David | Director | 2022-11-17 | May 1960 | British |
| NICHOLLS, Nicola | Director | 2024-11-21 | Nov 1963 | British |
| SCHOFIELD, Stephen | Director | 2021-01-27 | Sep 1970 | British |
| TAYLOR, Kathryn Joyce | Director | 2024-11-21 | Aug 1962 | British |
Show 24 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| CRESSEY, Vernon Edward | Secretary | 2018-03-01 | 2020-01-16 |
| CRESSEY, Vernon Edward | Secretary | 2004-09-03 | 2014-11-13 |
| JONES, Neil | Secretary | 2014-11-13 | 2018-03-01 |
| BRISCALL, Susan Ann | Director | 2014-05-08 | 2023-04-28 |
| BROOK, Patrick Guy | Director | 2004-09-03 | 2014-09-25 |
| CHAPMAN, Ian | Director | 2022-11-17 | 2024-06-26 |
| COOK, Paul Russell, Dr | Director | 2008-07-31 | 2015-08-31 |
| CRESSEY, Vernon Edward | Director | 2005-11-23 | 2020-01-16 |
| DEAVILLE, Sally Ann | Director | 2014-05-08 | 2020-01-31 |
| EDWARDS, Jonathan | Director | 2021-01-27 | 2022-05-17 |
| HIRST, Frances Kate | Director | 2011-07-21 | 2013-10-31 |
| JONES, Joanne Louise | Director | 2019-10-08 | 2022-03-17 |
| LAWTON, Mirriam | Director | 2011-07-21 | 2023-04-28 |
| MCCLUSKIE, Lindsay Ruth | Director | 2018-06-22 | 2018-09-18 |
| MCCLUSKIE, Lindsay Ruth | Director | 2018-03-01 | 2018-05-21 |
| MOORE, Kevin Charles, Doctor | Director | 2004-09-03 | 2013-07-22 |
| MORAN, Alan | Director | 2005-11-23 | 2019-07-18 |
| RUSSELL, Gordon Paige | Director | 2014-05-08 | 2021-01-30 |
| SMITH, Colin | Director | 2004-09-03 | 2014-11-13 |
| SYKES, Anne | Director | 2011-03-24 | 2021-10-07 |
| VINCENT, Paul Henry | Director | 2004-09-03 | 2019-07-18 |
| WAKEFIELD, Peter Robert | Director | 2018-12-17 | 2023-07-20 |
| WOOD, Jaqueline | Director | 2021-01-21 | 2024-06-11 |
| WRIGLEY, Kim | Director | 2021-01-21 | 2024-01-16 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mr Vernon Cressey | Individual | Significant influence, significant-influence-or-control-as-trust, significant-influence-or-control-as-firm | 2016-04-06 | Ceased 2018-06-25 |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 113 total filings
Material constitutional events — rename, articles re-file, resolution
- 2024-02-19 RESOLUTIONS Resolution
- 2024-02-19 MA Memorandum articles
- 2024-02-03 MA Memorandum articles
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-11-24 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-08-19 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-04-15 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2025-04-07 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-03-28 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-03-28 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-03-28 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-03-28 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-03-28 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-10-24 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-08-21 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-07-07 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-06-23 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-02-19 | RESOLUTIONS | resolution | Resolution | |
| 2024-02-19 | MA | incorporation | Memorandum articles | |
| 2024-02-03 | MA | incorporation | Memorandum articles | |
| 2024-01-03 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-08-23 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-08-02 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2023-05-01 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 2
- Capital events
- 0
- Officers appointed
- 0
- Officers resigned
- 0
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.