WORLDWIDE HEALTHCARE TRUST PLC
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Next accounts due
2026-09-30 (in 4mo)
Last filed for 2025-03-31
Confirmation statement due
2027-02-28 (in 9mo)
Last made up 2026-02-14
Watchouts
None on the register
Cash
£94M
+26.8% vs 2024
Net assets
£2B
-19.3% vs 2024
Employees
—
Average over period
Profit before tax
£13M
-93.9% vs 2024
Name history
Renamed 1 time since incorporation
- WORLDWIDE HEALTHCARE TRUST PLC 2010-07-16 → present
- FINSBURY WORLDWIDE PHARMACEUTICAL TRUST PLC 1995-02-14 → 2010-07-16
Net assets
2-year trend · vs Financials median
Accounts
2-year trend · latest reflected 2025-03-31
| Metric | Trend | 2024-03-31 | 2025-03-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £21,398,000 | £15,243,000 | |
| Operating profit | — | — | |
| Profit before tax | £212,139,000 | £12,872,000 | |
| Net profit | £201,162,000 | £12,271,000 | |
| Cash | £73,797,000 | £93,584,000 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £2,080,417,000 | £1,679,346,000 | |
| Net assets | £2,080,417,000 | £1,679,346,000 | |
| Equity | £2,080,417,000 | £1,679,346,000 | |
| Average employees | — | — | |
| Wages | — | — |
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 | 940.1% | 80.5% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 5.1% | 5.5% | |
| Current ratio | 0.83x | 1.41x |
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
- PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“We have not identified any material uncertainties relating to events or conditions that, individually or collectively, may cast significant doubt on the Company’s ability to continue as a going concern for a period of at least twelve months from when the financial statements are authorised for issue.”
Significant events
- “the Company's investment policy, including how it can use gearing and employ derivatives, are set out in the Strategic Report on pages 8 and 9.”
- “A share split was approved by shareholders in July 2023 and became effective on 27 July 2023.”
- “The Company's shares are traded openly on the London Stock Exchange and can be purchased through a stockbroker or other financial intermediary.”
- “The Company is party to an Investment Management Agreement (IMA) with Frostrow Capital LLP ('Frostrow') as its Alternative Investment Fund Manager ('AIFM') and Orbimed Capital LLC ('OrbiMed') as its Portfolio Manager.”
- “The Company bought back 51,310,528 shares in the year under review at a total cost of £176.5m”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
8 active · 17 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| FROSTROW CAPITAL LLP | Corporate Secretary | 2007-04-18 | — | — |
| BORHO, Sven Heinz | Director | 2018-06-07 | Mar 1967 | German,Swedish |
| HANSEN, Sian | Director | 2024-10-01 | Apr 1964 | British,Canadian |
| HEMMINGS, William John Charles | Director | 2024-10-01 | Sep 1965 | British |
| LIVETT, Timothy James | Director | 2022-09-01 | Jun 1962 | British |
| MCCUTCHEON, Douglas Fraser | Director | 2012-11-07 | Jul 1964 | Canadian |
| PARFREY, Joanne | Director | 2022-09-01 | Oct 1972 | British |
| RAWAL, Bandhana Kumari, Dr | Director | 2019-11-01 | Jan 1961 | English |
Show 17 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| SPIVEY, Hilary | Secretary | 1995-02-14 | 1998-09-04 |
| CLOSE FINSBURY ASSET MANAGEMENT LIMITED | Corporate Secretary | 2000-06-21 | 2006-11-17 |
| CLOSE INVESTMENTS LIMITED | Corporate Secretary | 2006-11-17 | 2007-04-18 |
| LEGIST SECRETARIES LIMITED | Corporate Secretary | 1995-02-14 | 1995-02-14 |
| REA BROTHERS LIMITED | Corporate Secretary | 1998-09-04 | 2000-11-08 |
| BATES, Sarah Catherine | Director | 2013-05-22 | 2023-07-18 |
| BURGESS, Stuart, Sir | Director | 1995-02-14 | 2004-08-05 |
| DIXON, Josephine | Director | 2004-02-25 | 2016-09-21 |
| GAUNT, Paul | Director | 1995-04-06 | 2011-07-07 |
| GEDDES, Duncan, Prof | Director | 1995-02-14 | 2012-07-17 |
| HOLBROOK, David Mark Anthony, Dr | Director | 2007-11-08 | 2021-07-08 |
| ISALY, Samuel David | Director | 1995-02-14 | 2018-01-12 |
| IVORY, Ian Eric | Director | 1995-02-14 | 2008-07-23 |
| NOBLE, James Julian | Director | 2004-02-25 | 2007-07-09 |
| SMITH, Martin Gregory, Sir | Director | 2007-11-08 | 2022-07-06 |
| TOWNSEND, John Anthony Victor | Director | 1995-02-14 | 2013-07-17 |
| VAN DER KLUGT, Humphrey | Director | 2016-02-15 | 2024-07-10 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 877 total filings
Material constitutional events — rename, articles re-file, resolution
- 2025-10-06 RESOLUTIONS Resolution
- 2025-07-28 RESOLUTIONS Resolution
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-04-24 | SH03 | capital | Capital return purchase own shares treasury capital date | |
| 2026-03-19 | SH03 | capital | Capital return purchase own shares treasury capital date | |
| 2026-03-19 | SH03 | capital | Capital return purchase own shares treasury capital date | |
| 2026-03-04 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2026-02-11 | SH03 | capital | Capital return purchase own shares treasury capital date | |
| 2026-02-11 | SH03 | capital | Capital return purchase own shares treasury capital date | |
| 2026-01-02 | SH03 | capital | Capital return purchase own shares treasury capital date | |
| 2025-11-14 | SH03 | capital | Capital return purchase own shares treasury capital date | |
| 2025-10-30 | SH03 | capital | Capital return purchase own shares treasury capital date | |
| 2025-10-06 | RESOLUTIONS | resolution | Resolution | |
| 2025-09-29 | SH03 | capital | Capital return purchase own shares treasury capital date | |
| 2025-09-02 | SH03 | capital | Capital return purchase own shares treasury capital date | |
| 2025-08-05 | SH03 | capital | Capital return purchase own shares treasury capital date | |
| 2025-07-28 | RESOLUTIONS | resolution | Resolution | |
| 2025-07-22 | SH03 | capital | Capital return purchase own shares treasury capital date | |
| 2025-06-20 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-06-13 | SH03 | capital | Capital return purchase own shares treasury capital date | |
| 2025-05-27 | SH03 | capital | Capital return purchase own shares treasury capital date | |
| 2025-05-13 | SH03 | capital | Capital return purchase own shares treasury capital date | |
| 2025-04-14 | SH03 | capital | Capital return purchase own shares treasury capital date |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 19
- Capital events
- 16
- 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
-28.8%
£21,398,000 £15,243,000
-
Cash
+26.8%
£73,797,000 £93,584,000
-
Net assets
-19.3%
£2,080,417,000 £1,679,346,000
-
Employees
—
Not reported
-
Profit before tax
-93.9%
£212,139,000 £12,872,000
Each % is (latest − prior) ÷ |prior| for the line item as filed. The comparison is only shown when the latest and prior accounts cover broadly equal-length periods — short or long stubs (typical around incorporation or a year-end change) are suppressed rather than misrepresented. Lines a company doesn't report are omitted. About these numbers