ISABEL HOSPICE LIMITED
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Next accounts due
2026-12-31 (in 7mo)
Last filed for 2025-03-31
Confirmation statement due
2026-06-11 (in 1mo)
Last made up 2025-05-28
Watchouts
None on the register
Cash
£3M
+75.1% vs 2024
Net assets
£9M
+4.6% vs 2024
Employees
94
-1.1% vs 2024
Profit before tax
£408K
+114.7% 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 | £5,960,000 | £6,173,000 | |
| Operating profit | £190,000 | £408,000 | |
| Profit before tax | £190,000 | £408,000 | |
| Net profit | £190,000 | £408,000 | |
| Cash | £1,571,000 | £2,751,000 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £8,822,000 | £9,227,000 | |
| Net assets | £8,717,000 | £9,122,000 | |
| Equity | £8,717,000 | £9,122,000 | |
| Average employees | 95 | 94 | |
| Wages | £5,437,000 | £5,924,000 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | 3.2% | 6.6% | |
| Net margin | 3.2% | 6.6% | |
| Return on capital employed | 2.2% | 4.4% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 12.7% | 7.8% | |
| Current ratio | 2.89x | 5.98x | |
| Interest cover | — | 15.69x |
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
- Consolidated group
- Auditor
- Sayer Vincent LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“The Trustees of Isabel Hospice have reviewed financial projections based on assumptions for income, costs, reserves and property investment plans. The projections indicate that Isabel Hospice will continue to trade as a going concern for the foreseeable future and certainly for at least 12 months from date of signature.”
Group structure
- ISABEL HOSPICE LIMITED · parent
- Isabel Hospice Trading Limited 1%
- IHL Services Limited 1%
Significant events
- “The financial year 2024-25 has seen 2103 people (patients and family members) supported by Isabel Hospice.”
- “Two extra beds of the Inpatient Unit were opened September 2024-March 2025 funded by the NHS to assist with managing increased demand on the system.”
- “As part of our property strategy, the warehouse, e-commerce part of retail, fundraising and support staff moved into property at 99 Bridge Road East, Welwyn Garden City and the sale of Milan House, 61 Bridge Road East, Welwyn Garden City was completed.”
- “Financially, Isabel Hospice started the year with a budget deficit but ended with a surplus of £405,000. This was largely due to income from the sale of Milan House, 61 Bridge Road East, Welwyn Garden City.”
- “During 2024-25 it was estimated that 598 volunteers gave 94,011 hours of their time during the year. This equates to £1,075,486 of time (based on national living wage 24/25).”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
12 active · 53 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| GLENISTER, Helen | Secretary | 2020-03-01 | — | — |
| CHOLAK, Ozlem | Director | 2021-12-01 | Sep 1985 | British |
| COSGRAVE, Fern Elysia | Director | 2025-12-03 | Aug 1990 | British |
| COTTRELL, Melanie | Director | 2021-12-01 | Mar 1973 | British |
| CROME, Renata | Director | 2021-12-01 | Jul 1955 | British |
| ELLIS, Ian | Director | 2022-12-15 | Mar 1968 | British |
| JACKSON, Claire | Director | 2023-04-01 | Jun 1976 | British |
| MARCHANT, Janet Maria | Director | 2025-11-03 | Aug 1962 | British |
| MILLS, John Michael | Director | 2023-07-05 | Jan 1964 | British |
| PHILPOTT, Terence John | Director | 2019-11-06 | Jan 1961 | British |
| SALE, Lisa | Director | 2024-08-05 | Feb 1972 | British |
| WILLIAMS, Ian | Director | 2020-04-01 | May 1974 | British |
Show 53 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| DAVIES, John Weston | Secretary | 1995-05-16 | 1996-04-26 |
| FURLONG, Nigel Victor | Secretary | 2004-09-07 | 2016-12-31 |
| LOCKHART, John William | Secretary | 2004-07-14 | 2004-09-07 |
| MIALL, George | Secretary | 1996-05-15 | 2004-07-13 |
| WEBB, Robin | Secretary | 2017-04-01 | 2020-01-31 |
| AUBREY, Roger John, Dr | Director | 1995-05-16 | 2005-09-30 |
| BIRD, Christopher | Director | 2006-11-27 | 2011-07-25 |
| BROWN, Christine Elizabeth | Director | 2008-03-31 | 2015-05-27 |
| CECIL, Anthea Jane, Dr | Director | 2005-07-25 | 2011-07-25 |
| COLLINS, Anne Mary | Director | 2008-07-28 | 2013-01-31 |
| COWAN, Sophie Helene | Director | 2006-02-02 | 2018-03-28 |
| CURTIS, Deborah Helen | Director | 2017-12-20 | 2019-10-09 |
| DAVIES, Vincent Edward | Director | 1998-09-21 | 2009-03-31 |
| DENT, Richard Gordon, Dr | Director | 1995-05-16 | 2013-03-31 |
| DOHERTY, Barbara Ruby | Director | 1995-05-16 | 2003-03-31 |
| DOWLER, Anne Elizabeth | Director | 1998-09-21 | 2003-01-31 |
| DUKE, Marlene Ann | Director | 2010-07-26 | 2018-06-27 |
| FREEMAN, Michael Arthur Edward | Director | 2002-11-25 | 2011-12-31 |
| FUELL, Sarah | Director | 2019-11-06 | 2025-03-31 |
| GARRETT, Christopher Stephen | Director | 2005-03-01 | 2014-03-26 |
| GEALL, Pauline Jill | Director | 2002-11-25 | 2014-01-29 |
| GLENISTER, Helen Mary, Dr | Director | 2017-04-01 | 2020-02-25 |
| GLENISTER, Helen Mary, Dr | Director | 2016-05-25 | 2016-10-30 |
| HESTER, Brian Edward | Director | 1995-05-16 | 2004-09-27 |
| HUMPHREYS, Rosemary Anne Sperryn, Dr | Director | 2000-11-01 | 2008-07-28 |
| HUSSAIN, Amran Justin Matheo | Director | 2019-11-06 | 2020-01-16 |
| JACKSON, Anthony Peter | Director | 2015-11-25 | 2017-12-20 |
| LAST, Patricia Alma, Doctor | Director | 1995-05-16 | 1998-09-21 |
| LEGGETTER, Rodney Andrew | Director | 2015-01-01 | 2021-10-21 |
| LEVER, Angela | Director | 2010-07-26 | 2012-01-30 |
| LEWIS, Charles | Director | 2002-11-25 | 2014-12-31 |
| LOCKHART, John William | Director | 2000-11-01 | 2006-03-31 |
| MCPHERSON, Anne Macgregor | Director | 2000-11-01 | 2007-07-23 |
| MITCHELL, William | Director | 2013-09-25 | 2019-07-08 |
| MOORE, Diane Elizabeth | Director | 2017-12-20 | 2018-03-21 |
| MORRIS, John Barry | Director | 2010-07-26 | 2019-07-09 |
| NEWMAN, Barbara | Director | 2010-07-26 | 2017-12-20 |
| NEWTON, Hedley John | Director | 1995-05-16 | 2006-07-24 |
| OWEN, Richard Wilfred | Director | 1995-05-22 | 2000-03-31 |
| PATTERSON, Margaret Hilda | Director | 1995-05-16 | 2000-07-26 |
| PERRIN, Geoffrey Gordon | Director | 2006-02-02 | 2014-09-24 |
| PERRY, Deborah Anne | Director | 2019-11-06 | 2025-09-10 |
| PYRA, Justyna Magdalena | Director | 2017-12-20 | 2019-07-01 |
| QUINN, Julie Michelle | Director | 2017-12-20 | 2023-12-07 |
| RAY, Kalyan | Director | 2014-09-24 | 2020-08-05 |
| REDDY, Sandra Padmini | Director | 2017-12-20 | 2023-06-07 |
| REEVE, Amy Christianne | Director | 2019-11-06 | 2023-12-07 |
| REID, Mick | Director | 2023-08-01 | 2023-08-01 |
| SHILLIDAY, Peter Frame | Director | 2014-09-24 | 2015-07-29 |
| SHIRLEY, Debbie | Director | 2021-12-01 | 2025-09-10 |
| WADE, Sam | Director | 2019-11-06 | 2020-06-03 |
| WARNELL, Keith Charles | Director | 2017-12-20 | 2021-09-09 |
| WHITTLES, Stephne Anita | Director | 1995-05-16 | 1997-07-01 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 220 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-02-02 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2026-02-02 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-11-25 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2025-10-10 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2025-09-10 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-09-10 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-05-28 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-04-14 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2025-04-08 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-02-06 | AD01 | address | Change registered office address company with date old address new address | |
| 2025-02-03 | AD01 | address | Change registered office address company with date old address new address | |
| 2025-02-03 | AD01 | address | Change registered office address company with date old address new address | |
| 2024-12-06 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2024-11-05 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2024-10-17 | RP04AP01 | officers | Second filing of director appointment with name | |
| 2024-10-17 | RP04AP01 | officers | Second filing of director appointment with name | |
| 2024-08-13 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2024-08-06 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-05-29 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-12-18 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 7
- Capital events
- 0
- Officers appointed
- 2
- Officers resigned
- 2
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
+3.6%
£5,960,000 £6,173,000
-
Cash
+75.1%
£1,571,000 £2,751,000
-
Net assets
+4.6%
£8,717,000 £9,122,000
-
Employees
-1.1%
95 94
-
Operating profit
+114.7%
£190,000 £408,000
-
Profit before tax
+114.7%
£190,000 £408,000
-
Wages
+9%
£5,437,000 £5,924,000
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