ASHGATE HOSPICECARE

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  4 officer resignations in last 12 months

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

1. ASHGATE HOSPICECARE 2015-12-10 → present
2. ASHGATE HOSPICECARE LIMITED 2014-10-27 → 2015-12-10
3. ASHGATE HOSPICE 2005-08-11 → 2014-10-27
4. THE ASHGATE HOSPICE 1988-06-02 → 2005-08-11

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

Azets Audit Services Limited

Audit opinion

Unqualified (clean)

Going concern

Affirmed

“The Board are confident that they have in place plans to address the annual deficit and ensure that the hospice is financially sustainable. The Board have prepared forecasts of income and expenditure and cash flow for the period to 31 March 2027 and subjected these forecasts to sensitivity analysis which shows that they have sufficient reserves to be able to continue for the foreseeable future. They will continue to monitor the impact on income and take appropriate action as necessary. The Board do however recognise that uncertainty exists around the global economy, and impacts on NHS funding for Specialist Palliative end of Life Care and hence there is inherent risk regarding the success and sustainability of future plans, however the Board have concluded that the company remains a going concern whilst such viable options are available to it.”

Group structure

1. ASHGATE HOSPICECARE · parent
   1. Ashgate Hospicecare Shops Limited 100% · England & Wales · Charity shop

Significant events

• “The end of the 2024/25 financial year brought a moment of immense pride for all of us at Ashgate: being rated Outstanding by the Care Quality Commission (CQC).”
• “In March 2025, we formally warned DDICB that without increased funding we would be forced to make changes to jobs and services.”
• “By October 2025, we were no further forward. Despite our best efforts, and the support of Derbyshire's MPs, we had no choice but to announce proposals to save £2.6 million.”
• “Toby Perkins MP submitted four Parliamentary Written Questions on hospice funding to the Secretary of State for Health.”

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

Filings

15

last 12 months

Capital events

0

last 24 months

Officers appointed

8

last 12 months

Officers resigned

4

last 12 months

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

• Turnover

  +8.2%

  £14,400,800 → £15,583,032

• Cash

  -19.5%

  £3,817,333 → £3,073,861

• Net assets

  -7.3%

  £10,395,872 → £9,638,303

• Employees

  +5.5%

  289 → 305

• Operating profit

  -31.1%

  -£582,479 → -£763,621

• Profit before tax

  -55.4%

  -£424,811 → -£659,999

• Wages

  +10.3%

  £9,457,600 → £10,427,164

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