HOURGLASS (SAFER AGEING)
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Cash
£825k
+15.1% highest in 3 filed years
Net assets
£1.4m
+14.2% highest in 3 filed years
Employees
38
+8.6% highest in 3 filed years
Profit before tax
£171k
-71.9% vs 2025
Net assets
3-year trend · vs Technology 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 | — | £2,053,096 | £1,811,425 | -11.8% | |
| Operating profit | — | £606,177 | £137,675 | -77.3% | |
| Profit before tax | — | £608,700 | £171,297 | -71.9% | |
| Net profit | £30,317 | £608,700 | £171,297 | -71.9% | |
| Cash | £86,420 | £717,065 | £825,198 | +15.1% | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £597,635 | £1,206,335 | £1,377,632 | +14.2% | |
| Net assets | £597,635 | £1,206,335 | £1,377,632 | +14.2% | |
| Equity | £597,635 | £1,206,335 | £1,377,632 | +14.2% | |
| Average employees | 33 | 35 | 38 | +8.6% | |
| Wages | £843,324 | £971,790 | £1,126,435 | +15.9% | |
| 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. 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 | — | 29.5% | 7.6% | |
| Net margin | — | 29.6% | 9.5% | |
| Return on capital employed | — | 50.2% | 10.0% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 10.2% | 4.0% | 8.7% | |
| Current ratio | 4.48x | 19.00x | 8.57x |
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 2 times since incorporation
- HOURGLASS (SAFER AGEING) 2020-12-23 → present
- HOURGLASS (SAFER AGEING) LTD 2020-09-25 → 2020-12-23
- ACTION ON ELDER ABUSE 2010-06-21 → 2020-09-25
Audit & accounting basis
- Accounting basis
- FRS 102
- Reporting scope
- Standalone (parent only)
- Auditor
- Moore Green
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“The trustees consider that there are no material uncertainties about the charitable company's ability to continue as a going concern.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
12 active · 29 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| BRIDGES, Daniel | Director | 2023-10-13 | Jun 1989 | British |
| BROWNE, Sarah | Director | 2018-06-15 | Dec 1956 | British |
| CRANEFIELD, Ian Douglas | Director | 2024-12-12 | Jul 1970 | British |
| HARRINGTON, Mary Gabrielle, Dr | Director | 2018-09-15 | Feb 1952 | British |
| JEVONS, Gary, Dr | Director | 2023-09-13 | Jun 1990 | British |
| LOCK, Sarah Victoria | Director | 2023-11-22 | Apr 1980 | British |
| MORGAN, Johanna Rachel | Director | 2024-01-26 | Jun 1955 | British |
| NICHOLAS- JONES, Andrea | Director | 2018-01-01 | May 1962 | Welsh |
| ROBINSON, Laura | Director | 2023-05-18 | Jan 1985 | British |
| SHUKLA, Pragya, Dr | Director | 2023-06-01 | Mar 1989 | Indian |
| STUTTAFORD, Simon Paton | Director | 2025-07-15 | Apr 1969 | British |
| WINTON, Anne Marie | Director | 2023-06-01 | Mar 1972 | British |
Show 29 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| FITZGERALD, Gary | Secretary | 2010-06-21 | 2019-03-29 |
| BARNES, Ronald John | Director | 2012-04-01 | 2024-07-18 |
| BEER, John William, Dr | Director | 2012-04-01 | 2020-05-20 |
| CLARK, Angel Louise | Director | 2023-05-18 | 2026-07-15 |
| CLAY, Steve | Director | 2014-03-17 | 2017-02-12 |
| COMPTON, Stephen Andrew | Director | 2010-06-21 | 2012-08-01 |
| CONGDON, David Leonard | Director | 2013-03-25 | 2021-06-25 |
| COX, Alicia Catherine | Director | 2019-12-03 | 2024-07-18 |
| COX, Caroline Victoria | Director | 2014-03-17 | 2025-07-15 |
| CURRY, John Cyril | Director | 2012-04-01 | 2013-09-19 |
| DUNMORE, Maria | Director | 2017-08-08 | 2021-01-13 |
| HERD, Martin | Director | 2010-12-09 | 2019-10-17 |
| HILL, Nicola Clare | Director | 2013-03-25 | 2020-10-01 |
| JAMES, Stephen | Director | 2010-06-21 | 2019-03-29 |
| KNOTT, Zemfira | Director | 2023-09-14 | 2026-08-07 |
| LEWIN, Keith Malcolm | Director | 2010-06-21 | 2022-01-28 |
| LUCAS, Tim | Director | 2022-02-17 | 2023-06-05 |
| LUSH, Denzil | Director | 2016-05-12 | 2020-04-17 |
| MCDOWELL, Lesley | Director | 2015-05-20 | 2020-10-01 |
| MCHUGH, Randal | Director | 2012-04-01 | 2013-09-19 |
| OELRICH, Antonina Marianna | Director | 2010-06-21 | 2014-06-25 |
| ORCHARD, Robert | Director | 2015-05-20 | 2015-07-02 |
| TUDIN, Alvin Lawrence | Director | 2015-05-20 | 2017-07-18 |
| TUDIN, Lawrence | Director | 2013-03-25 | 2014-06-25 |
| VISCONTI, Leo | Director | 2021-10-22 | 2025-07-15 |
| WATT, Glenda Margaret | Director | 2017-08-08 | 2022-06-15 |
| WESTLAND, Peter | Director | 2010-06-21 | 2018-06-15 |
| WILLIAMS, John Robert, Professor | Director | 2016-05-12 | 2020-02-20 |
| WIXON, Miranda | Director | 2012-04-01 | 2022-06-15 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 117 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-09-23 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2026-09-02 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2026-09-02 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2026-07-06 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-12-04 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-09-18 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-09-18 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-09-18 | AD01 | address | Change registered office address company with date old address new address | |
| 2025-07-22 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-06-23 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-12-16 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-11-18 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-07-19 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-07-19 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-06-24 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-05-28 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2024-03-22 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-02-23 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-01-26 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-01-12 | 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
- 0
- 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.