WISDOM HOSPICE CHARITY
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Next accounts due
2026-12-31 (in 7mo)
Last filed for 2025-03-31
Confirmation statement due
2026-10-15 (in 5mo)
Last made up 2025-10-01
Watchouts
None on the register
Cash
£677K
+59.9% vs 2024
Net assets
£2M
+20.4% vs 2024
Employees
22
+22.2% vs 2024
Profit before tax
£356K
+756% vs 2024
Name history
Renamed 1 time since incorporation
- WISDOM HOSPICE CHARITY 2024-07-04 → present
- FRIENDS OF THE WISDOM HOSPICE LIMITED(THE) 1982-04-30 → 2024-07-04
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 | £750,057 | £876,772 | |
| Operating profit | — | — | |
| Profit before tax | -£54,243 | £355,817 | |
| Net profit | £32,184 | £391,847 | |
| Cash | £423,216 | £676,930 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £1,919,392 | £2,311,239 | |
| Net assets | £1,919,392 | £2,311,239 | |
| Equity | £1,919,392 | £2,311,239 | |
| Average employees | 18 | 22 | |
| Wages | £406,532 | £545,017 |
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
Ratios
Computed from the line items above — sparklines read oldest → newest
| Ratio | Trend | 2024-03-31 | 2025-03-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Net margin | 4.3% | 44.7% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 8.6% | 8.1% | |
| Current ratio | 4.23x | 5.57x |
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.
Audit & accounting basis
- Accounting basis
- FRS 102
- Reporting scope
- Consolidated group
- Auditor
- UHY Hacker Young
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“After making appropriate enquiries and in particular taking account of the after-effects of the COVID-19 pandemic and the Cost of Living Crisis, the Trustees have a reasonable expectation that the charitable company and the group have adequate resources to continue in operational existence for the foreseeable future.”
Group structure
- WISDOM HOSPICE CHARITY · parent
- Wisdom Hospice Support
Significant events
- “As part of the charitable company's operational strategy the charity's name changed in September 2024 from Friends of the Wisdom Hospice Limited to Wisdom Hospice Charty.”
- “In October 2024, a new shopping experience opened at The Hangar in Rochester on an industrial estate.”
- “At 31 March 2025, the entire portfolio of equities, fixed interest, and alternative investments was converted to cash, as the Charity's investment manager changed investment platforms from Fusion Wealth to Fundament to improve performance and reduce costs as from April 2025.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
8 active · 43 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| BOWLER, Emma | Director | 2025-12-04 | Nov 1984 | British |
| BRETT, Avis Margaret | Director | 2025-12-04 | Jan 1967 | British |
| BROWN, Victoria Naomi | Director | 2024-11-13 | May 1981 | British |
| COLEMAN, Robert Frederick | Director | 2011-03-01 | Aug 1954 | British |
| FAIRBRACE, Sylvia | Director | 2001-06-30 | May 1936 | British |
| GRAY, Andrew | Director | 2019-10-16 | Nov 1963 | British |
| WEBSTER, Victoria | Director | 2016-01-13 | Jan 1957 | British |
| WRIGHT, Nigel Christopher John | Director | 2024-11-13 | Aug 1959 | British |
Show 43 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| BUTCHER, Carole | Secretary | 1996-04-30 | 2001-08-30 |
| FAIRBRACE, Sylvia | Secretary | 2001-06-30 | 2015-10-21 |
| SHIRLEY, Jane Anne | Secretary | 2015-10-21 | 2021-01-11 |
| STANFORD, Stanley William | Secretary | — | 2000-09-09 |
| ANDREWS, Antony Patrick | Director | 2002-01-15 | 2010-11-20 |
| BARKER, Margaret | Director | — | 2024-11-13 |
| BATES, Edward Francis | Director | — | 1992-07-07 |
| BERRY, Shirley | Director | 2006-12-06 | 2021-09-16 |
| BOOTH, Heather Ann | Director | 1999-05-11 | 2001-08-30 |
| BROUGHTON, Susan | Director | 2001-06-30 | 2003-09-09 |
| BUTCHER, Carole | Director | 1996-04-30 | 2001-08-30 |
| CHAMBERS, Pat | Director | 1997-07-04 | 2002-01-15 |
| COOPER, Philip Frederick | Director | — | 1997-07-04 |
| FISHER, Barbara | Director | 2019-10-16 | 2025-11-09 |
| FRAPPLE, Patricia Anne | Director | — | 1998-10-20 |
| GIBBS, James Anthony | Director | — | 1997-07-04 |
| HARRIS, Raymond Charles | Director | 2002-01-15 | 2026-03-13 |
| HINDE, Robert Walter | Director | — | 2009-10-05 |
| HOPGOOD, Peter George | Director | 1996-04-30 | 2002-12-04 |
| JONES, Glyn Clemans | Director | — | 1995-10-07 |
| LONG, Barbara Elizabeth | Director | 2016-03-23 | 2020-09-16 |
| MANGAN, John Francis | Director | 2010-10-20 | 2016-11-15 |
| MARRINER, Bernard Charles | Director | 1996-04-30 | 2001-08-30 |
| MATTHEWS, Eric Cyril | Director | 1999-05-11 | 2005-01-17 |
| MCKEE, Coralie Stewart | Director | 1992-01-07 | 2013-10-23 |
| MEAD, Maureen | Director | 2006-10-25 | 2012-05-15 |
| MOSS, Pamela | Director | 2004-02-25 | 2013-10-23 |
| MOUNT, John Nicholas, Dr | Director | 2012-12-05 | 2014-05-07 |
| MURRIE, Janetta | Director | 2023-11-15 | 2024-07-18 |
| OLIVER, Judy Dorothy | Director | 2021-11-25 | 2025-04-14 |
| PATTON, Mavis Olive | Director | — | 1996-09-17 |
| SHIRLEY, Jane Anne | Director | 2013-10-23 | 2021-01-11 |
| SILLARS, Tessa | Director | 1997-12-09 | 2013-03-31 |
| SKINNER, Anne | Director | 2000-02-15 | 2021-03-25 |
| STANFORD, Stanley William | Director | 1995-10-24 | 2000-09-09 |
| STANFORD, Stanley William | Director | — | 1996-04-30 |
| STRATTON, Bill | Director | 1997-07-04 | 1999-04-20 |
| THOMSON, Russell | Director | 2000-02-15 | 2004-09-05 |
| THORNTON, John Flood | Director | — | 1997-07-04 |
| TURNER, David Roy | Director | 2011-03-01 | 2018-10-17 |
| WHEATCROFT, Matthew John | Director | 1999-05-11 | 2001-08-30 |
| WISDOM, Henry Herbert | Director | — | 1992-01-07 |
| WOOTTEN, James Douglas | Director | 2011-03-01 | 2022-11-17 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 197 total filings
Material constitutional events — rename, articles re-file, resolution
- 2024-07-04 CERTNM Certificate change of name company
- 2024-07-04 CERTNM Certificate change of name company
- 2024-07-04 CONNOT Change of name notice
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-03-13 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-12-04 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-12-04 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-11-14 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-10-23 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-10-08 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2025-04-14 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-11-26 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-11-26 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-11-25 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-11-25 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-10-17 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2024-07-23 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-07-04 | CERTNM | change-of-name | Certificate change of name company | |
| 2024-07-04 | CERTNM | change-of-name | Certificate change of name company | |
| 2024-07-04 | CONNOT | change-of-name | Change of name notice | |
| 2023-11-22 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-11-15 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2023-11-14 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2022-12-05 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 6
- Capital events
- 0
- Officers appointed
- 2
- 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.
Year-on-year
FY2024 → FY2025 · period ending 2025-03-31 vs 2024-03-31
-
Turnover
+16.9%
£750,057 £876,772
-
Cash
+59.9%
£423,216 £676,930
-
Net assets
+20.4%
£1,919,392 £2,311,239
-
Employees
+22.2%
18 22
-
Profit before tax
+756%
-£54,243 £355,817
-
Wages
+34.1%
£406,532 £545,017
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