HOSPICE OF ST. FRANCIS (BERKHAMSTED) LIMITED

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  6 officer resignations in last 12 months

  Multiple officers have left the board recently — see the People section for who.

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

Saffery LLP

Audit opinion

Unqualified (clean)

Going concern

Affirmed

“In auditing the financial statements, we have concluded that the trustees' use of the going concern basis of accounting in the preparation of the financial statements is appropriate. Based on the work we have performed, we have not identified any material uncertainties relating to events or conditions that, individually or collectively, may cast significant doubt on the group or the parent charitable company's ability to continue as a going concern for a period of at least twelve months from when the financial statements are authorised for issue.”

Group structure

1. HOSPICE OF ST. FRANCIS (BERKHAMSTED) LIMITED · parent
   1. Hospice of St Francis Trading Ltd 100% · England and Wales · trading activities
   2. The Hospice Lottery Partnership Ltd 16.67% · administer a lottery

Significant events

• “The Hospice Board has committed to getting us back in balance by the end of 2026”
• “Overall, income increased slightly and, despite tight implementation of cost control, expenditure increased by 3.3% to £8.83m in 2024/5 due to inflationary pressures.”
• “Our new regular giving campaign (Friends of St Francis) recruited 190 friends who together raised over £42,000 in their first year.”
• “Legacy income was up on 2023/24, largely due to the impact of the pandemic for His Majesties Courts and Tribunals Service who are continuing to work through a backlog of probate applications and we saw progress towards the end of the year.”

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

Filings

14

last 12 months

Capital events

0

last 24 months

Officers appointed

2

last 12 months

Officers resigned

6

last 12 months

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

• Turnover

  +8.1%

  £396,000 → £428,000

• Cash

  -21.6%

  £1,075,000 → £843,000

• Net assets

  0%

  £10,774,000 → £10,771,000

• Employees

  0%

  131 → 131

• Wages

  +5.1%

  £5,010,000 → £5,267,000

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