SOUTHERN HOSPICE GROUP

1. SOUTHERN HOSPICE GROUP 2024-12-11 → present
2. ST BARNABAS HOSPICES (SUSSEX) LTD 2006-12-20 → 2024-12-11
3. ST. BARNABAS' HOSPICE (WORTHING) 2003-05-06 → 2006-12-20
4. ST. BARNABAS' HOSPICE (WORTHING) LIMITED 1996-01-02 → 2003-05-06
5. ST. BARNABAS NURSING HOME LIMITED 1968-04-05 → 1996-01-02

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

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.

Accounting basis

FRS 102

Reporting scope

Consolidated group

Auditor

Kreston Reeves Audit LLP

Audit opinion

Unqualified (clean)

Going concern

Affirmed

“The Trustees believe that the going concern basis is appropriate for the preparation of accounts, as explained in note 1.2 to the financial statements.”

Group structure

1. SOUTHERN HOSPICE GROUP · parent
   1. Southern Hospice Trading Limited 100% · England · Retail
   2. The Martlets Hospice Limited · England · Provision of Care
   3. The Martlets Trading Co Ltd 100% · England · Retail
   4. Southern Hospice Group Home Care Ltd 100% · England · Provision of Care and welfare services
   5. St Barnabas Hospice (Worthing) Projects Limited · England · to design, manage and build the new adult hospice

Significant events

• “This has been a year of new beginnings as we begin the work to cement our new, sector-leading identity following the merger of Martlets with St Barnabas House and Chestnut Tree House.”
• “The merger between St Barnabas Hospices and Martlets is now almost completed, with just a couple of legal processes remaining at the end of the year. As part of the merger process the newly formed group of St Barnabas House, Chestnut Tree House and Martlets has changed its name to Southern Hospice Group.”
• “In 2024/25, Southern Hospice Group initiated the Clinical Integration Programme to support the delivery of merger priorities focused on developing consistent clinical services which are equitable, productive, and financially sustainable.”
• “Towards the end of 2024/25, the adult hospices piloted the introduction of low-intensity nurse-led beds which are funded by the NHS Continuing Healthcare (CHC) Fast-Track End of Life pathway.”
• “2024 saw the unveiling of the newly refurbished hospice building in an official opening event attended by the Lord-Lieutenant of East Sussex, Andrew Blackman.”

Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers

Filings

12

last 12 months

Capital events

0

last 24 months

Officers appointed

3

last 12 months

Officers resigned

2

last 12 months

Direct counts from the register. No score, no rating — see the Filing timeline for the underlying events.

• Turnover

  —

  Not reported

• Cash

  -28.6%

  £8,409,000 → £6,003,000

• Net assets

  -6.3%

  £51,766,000 → £48,487,000

• Employees

  -12.7%

  616 → 538

• Profit before tax

  +15.1%

  -£4,405,000 → -£3,742,000

• Wages

  +2.2%

  £19,840,000 → £20,272,000

Each % is (latest − prior) ÷ |prior| for the line item as filed. Periods don't have to be exactly 12 months apart — a long or short period (typical around incorporation or year-end changes) will distort the comparison. Lines a company doesn't report are omitted. About these numbers