KEECH HOSPICE

1. KEECH HOSPICE 2025-03-27 → present
2. KEECH HOSPICE CARE 2009-09-23 → 2025-03-27
3. PASQUE CHARITY 2002-06-02 → 2009-09-23
4. PASQUE HOSPICE 1998-07-28 → 2002-06-02
5. LUTON AND SOUTH BEDFORDSHIRE HOSPICE 1994-03-03 → 1998-07-28

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

HaysMac LLP

Audit opinion

Unqualified (clean)

Going concern

Affirmed

“There are no material uncertainties regarding the charity's ability to continue in operation. The trustees have reviewed financial forecasts and are confident that the charity will continue as a going concern for the foreseeable future.”

Group structure

1. KEECH HOSPICE · parent
   1. Pasque Charity (Trading) Limited · England and Wales · Effectively dormant
   2. Keech Hospice (Trading) Limited · England and Wales · Trading subsidiary, non-primary purpose trading activities, sale of bought-in goods, fundraising under tripartite agreements

Significant events

• “June 2023 saw the merger of Bedford Daycare Hospice into Keech Hospice. The bringing together of these two historic and much-loved charities will ensure that services provided by Bedford Daycare Hospice, for the people of Bedford and surrounding villages, are preserved and indeed grow.”
• “Funding also remains a challenge, with NHS funding not keeping pace with cost increases and in some cases reduced.”
• “We were pleased to receive £189k from the Department of Health and Social Care for purchase of capital assets during 2024/25.”
• “The year saw the start of the debate on Assisted Dying. This Bill is working its way through parliament.”
• “This year saw the launch of our refreshed brand to reflect the breadth and nature of our services and to better engage our audiences. This included the change of our name from Keech Hospice Care to Keech Hospice to provide greater clarity around our offer, and the launch of a new website (January 2025).”
• “Autumn 2024 also saw the launch of our new digital volunteering platform, Volunteero, to support volunteers to self-manage their contribution, support one another and grow our volunteer value.”
• “Retail net profit for 2024/25 did decline as a result of the lower-than-expected income (due to the reasons above) coupled with rising overheads mainly from increased staff salary costs. (2 temporary shop closures due to extensive flooding).”

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

Filings

3

last 12 months

Capital events

0

last 24 months

Officers appointed

0

last 12 months

Officers resigned

1

last 12 months

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

• Turnover

  -12.9%

  £4,571,000 → £3,981,000

• Cash

  -51.9%

  £6,532,000 → £3,142,000

• Net assets

  -9.4%

  £21,143,000 → £19,159,000

• Employees

  +13.2%

  319 → 361

• Profit before tax

  -335.5%

  £771,000 → -£1,816,000

• Wages

  +16.3%

  £8,204,000 → £9,545,000

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