DEMELZA HOSPICE CARE FOR CHILDREN

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  5 officer resignations in last 12 months

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

1. DEMELZA HOSPICE CARE FOR CHILDREN 2023-08-30 → present
2. DEMELZA HOUSE CHILDREN'S HOSPICE 1994-07-14 → 2023-08-30

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 12 months from when the financial statements are authorised for issue.”

Group structure

1. DEMELZA HOSPICE CARE FOR CHILDREN · parent
   1. Demelza Trading Limited 100% · UK · retail outlets selling donated goods, cards and other merchandise and runs a lottery scheme
   2. ACG Lettings Ltd 100% · UK · residential property lettings company owning property in Dover, Deal and Ash.
   3. South East Medical Services Limited 100% · UK · construction of children's hospice buildings

Significant events

• “The operational deficit was £1,616k better than planned.”
• “The gain on investments of £371k are included in the unrestricted reserves total.”
• “The value of the ACG assets reported in the consolidated accounts was reduced by £1,556k due to the sale of the properties.”
• “£1,200k of unrestricted expenditure was made in 24-25 from the Care and Resources Strategy Fund. This was the continuation of expenditure on elements of Care and Resources strategy.”

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

Filings

11

last 12 months

Capital events

0

last 24 months

Officers appointed

2

last 12 months

Officers resigned

5

last 12 months

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

• Turnover

  +0.4%

  £17,260,000 → £17,335,000

• Cash

  +33.9%

  £1,532,000 → £2,052,000

• Net assets

  -3.8%

  £24,995,000 → £24,033,000

• Employees

  +6%

  283 → 300

• Profit before tax

  -73.8%

  -£709,000 → -£1,232,000

• Wages

  +5.5%

  £10,171,000 → £10,734,000

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