DARLINGTON & DISTRICT HOSPICE MOVEMENT
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Next accounts due
2026-12-31 (in 7mo)
Last filed for 2025-03-31
Confirmation statement due
2027-03-11 (in 10mo)
Last made up 2026-02-25
Watchouts
None on the register
Cash
£2M
-7.7% vs 2024
Net assets
£6M
-2.2% vs 2024
Employees
122
-3.2% vs 2024
Profit before tax
-£127K
+35.2% vs 2024
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 | £740,820 | £748,785 | |
| Operating profit | — | — | |
| Profit before tax | -£195,817 | -£126,914 | |
| Net profit | -£195,817 | -£126,914 | |
| Cash | £2,628,488 | £2,425,215 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £5,661,706 | £5,534,792 | |
| Net assets | £5,661,706 | £5,534,792 | |
| Equity | £5,661,706 | £5,534,792 | |
| Average employees | 126 | 122 | |
| Wages | £2,352,288 | £2,457,394 |
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 | -26.4% | -16.9% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 3.3% | 4.5% | |
| Current ratio | 16.48x | 11.73x |
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
- Azets Audit Services
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“Trustees are satisfied that there are no material uncertainties in respect of going concern. At the time of approving the financial statements, the Trustees have a reasonable expectation that the Charity has adequate resources to continue in operational existence for the foreseeable future.”
Significant events
- “Successful implementation of a new quality management system, which is already driving improved oversight and continuous improvement.”
- “Strengthened partnerships with colleagues in primary care to ensure patients receive more timely and coordinated support.”
- “Supported a total of 1,247 individuals, with 94% of patients able to achieve their preferred place of care and 94% of service users expressing they would recommend us to friends and family.”
- “Launch of our new three-year Strategic Plan an ambitious and clear roadmap defining our vision, values and priorities.”
- “Launched the St Teresa's Hospice Lottery with the first draw on the 18th October 2024.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
9 active · 48 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| MYERS, Nicola Jane | Secretary | 2012-11-29 | — | — |
| BARRON, Christopher Philip | Director | 2024-12-05 | Jun 1990 | British |
| BROWN, Martin William | Director | 2019-11-28 | Sep 1969 | British |
| CHARLTON, Carol Susan | Director | 2019-11-28 | May 1959 | British |
| CLINKARD, Charles Jonathan | Director | 2018-11-22 | Nov 1965 | British |
| KIRKPATRICK, Graeme Millar | Director | 2024-12-05 | May 1967 | British |
| METCALFE, Stephen John | Director | 2023-12-07 | Dec 1960 | British |
| MURPHY, Diane | Director | 2021-11-30 | Feb 1959 | British |
| PROBERT, Janet Linda | Director | 2024-12-05 | Jan 1963 | British |
Show 48 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| BRADSHAW, Jane | Secretary | 1997-03-10 | 2007-01-02 |
| BURTT, William Henry Roderick | Secretary | 1996-02-15 | 1997-03-10 |
| DODD, Alan | Secretary | — | 1993-09-30 |
| ROSE, Ivor | Secretary | 2007-01-02 | 2012-11-29 |
| WOOD, Alan Butler | Secretary | 1993-10-14 | 1996-02-15 |
| ARMIN, Jean | Director | 1993-09-30 | 1997-09-18 |
| BOLTON, Betty | Director | — | 1993-09-30 |
| BYRNE, Harry, Dr | Director | 2007-12-13 | 2021-11-30 |
| CARTER, Robert Gregson | Director | 1996-02-15 | 1999-10-01 |
| CHALLANDS, Michael John | Director | 2011-12-01 | 2016-11-17 |
| DODD, Alan | Director | — | 1993-09-30 |
| DODD, David Alan | Director | 2000-11-28 | 2007-05-17 |
| ELGEY, Catherine Jean | Director | 1996-02-15 | 1999-10-01 |
| ELLIOTT, Lilian | Director | — | 1991-03-11 |
| ESHELBY, Joan | Director | 1993-09-30 | 2001-11-27 |
| FOSTER, Anne | Director | 1996-09-25 | 2019-11-28 |
| HAM, Frank Christopher | Director | 1993-09-30 | 1996-05-09 |
| HARKER, Richard Anthony Gerard, Doctor | Director | 1993-10-28 | 1996-02-15 |
| HARKER, Richard Anthony Gerard, Doctor | Director | 1993-10-28 | 2014-11-20 |
| HEPWORTH, Richard Ian | Director | 2007-12-13 | 2018-09-27 |
| HOGG, Mae | Director | — | 1993-09-09 |
| HUGHES, Cynthia Beaver, Councillor | Director | 2019-11-28 | 2024-12-05 |
| JAMES, Roger David, Dr | Director | 2001-11-27 | 2004-04-01 |
| JAMES, Roger David, Dr | Director | 1993-09-30 | 1999-05-01 |
| KELLY, David Michael | Director | 2007-12-13 | 2010-07-31 |
| LAING, George William | Director | 1997-07-10 | 2011-12-01 |
| LOVELL, Mary | Director | 1993-09-30 | 2019-05-23 |
| LOWSON, George Reginald | Director | 1993-02-11 | 1999-10-01 |
| LUCKETT, Antony William | Director | 2013-11-28 | 2019-05-23 |
| LUCKETT, Antony William | Director | 1996-02-15 | 1998-03-31 |
| MACCONACHIE, Alasdair | Director | — | 2013-11-28 |
| MCLEISH, Helen, Dr | Director | 2014-11-20 | 2021-11-30 |
| MILLEN, Nicholas Charles Tristram | Director | 2014-11-20 | 2024-12-05 |
| MORRIS, Antony John | Director | — | 1993-09-30 |
| NAINBY-LUXMOORE, Jonathan Chave, Dr | Director | 2001-11-27 | 2006-10-01 |
| NELSON, Frank Thornton | Director | 1993-10-28 | 1996-09-25 |
| OGDEN, Donald Evered | Director | 1998-01-21 | 2009-06-15 |
| PEASE, Michael Robert | Director | 1993-09-30 | 2008-02-09 |
| RHODES, Martin, Dr | Director | 1992-09-10 | 1996-02-15 |
| ROBSON, Jean | Director | 1992-09-10 | 2017-11-30 |
| ROSE, Steve John | Director | 2012-11-29 | 2019-11-28 |
| ROWLEY, Peter William | Director | 1996-02-15 | 1999-10-01 |
| SCOTT, Heather Irene | Director | 1992-09-10 | 1994-02-11 |
| SKIPSEY, John | Director | 1994-01-14 | 1996-09-25 |
| SPURR, Alexander Irving | Director | 2019-11-28 | 2022-11-24 |
| WARR, Sasha | Director | 2015-11-19 | 2022-12-13 |
| WILFORD, Cherry Patricia | Director | 1993-10-28 | 1994-09-22 |
| WOOD, Alan Butler | Director | — | 1992-05-05 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 191 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-04-27 | AUD | auditors | Auditors resignation company | |
| 2026-02-27 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-12-19 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-04-11 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-04-09 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-04-04 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-04-01 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-04-01 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-04-01 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-12-16 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-03-01 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-12-21 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-12-14 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2023-08-31 | AD01 | address | Change registered office address company with date old address new address | |
| 2023-04-06 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-02-13 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2023-02-13 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2022-12-08 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2022-03-14 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2021-12-16 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 3
- 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.
Year-on-year
FY2024 → FY2025 · period ending 2025-03-31 vs 2024-03-31
-
Turnover
+1.1%
£740,820 £748,785
-
Cash
-7.7%
£2,628,488 £2,425,215
-
Net assets
-2.2%
£5,661,706 £5,534,792
-
Employees
-3.2%
126 122
-
Profit before tax
+35.2%
-£195,817 -£126,914
-
Wages
+4.5%
£2,352,288 £2,457,394
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