THE HOSPITAL COMPANY (DARTFORD) GROUP LIMITED
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Next accounts due
2026-12-31 (in 7mo)
Last filed for 2025-03-31
Confirmation statement due
2026-12-20 (in 7mo)
Last made up 2025-12-06
Watchouts
None on the register
Cash
—
Latest balance sheet
Net assets
-£37M
-24.9% vs 2024
Employees
0
Average over period
Profit before tax
-£7M
+76.7% vs 2024
Name history
Renamed 1 time since incorporation
- THE HOSPITAL COMPANY (DARTFORD) GROUP LIMITED 2003-02-14 → present
- THE HOSPITAL COMPANY (DARENTH) HOLDINGS LIMITED 1996-10-29 → 2003-02-14
Net assets
2-year trend · vs Industrials median
Accounts
2-year trend · latest reflected 2025-03-31
| Metric | Trend | 2024-03-31 | 2025-03-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | — | — | |
| Operating profit | — | — | |
| Profit before tax | -£31,379,000 | -£7,317,000 | |
| Net profit | -£31,379,000 | -£7,317,000 | |
| Cash | — | — | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | -£20,401,000 | -£27,632,000 | |
| Net assets | -£29,372,000 | -£36,689,000 | |
| Equity | -£29,372,000 | -£36,689,000 | |
| Average employees | 0 | 0 | |
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 199.2% | 239.8% | |
| Current ratio | 0.37x | 0.28x |
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
“The company is in a net current liability position. A subsidiary of the company has confirmed its intention to provide continuing financial support by not demanding repayment of the subordinated debt to enable the company to settle its liabilities as they fall due and accordingly the financial statements have been prepared on a going concern basis.”
Group structure
- THE HOSPITAL COMPANY (DARTFORD) GROUP LIMITED · parent
- The Hospital Company (Dartford) Limited 100%
- The Hospital Company (Dartford) 2005 Limited 100%
- The Hospital Company (Dartford) Issuer Plc 99.9%
Significant events
- “The Hospital Company (Dartford) Limited was established to undertake the design, construction, financing, commissioning and maintenance of a new acute general hospital and the provision of non-clinical services for a period of 60 years pursuant to and in accordance with the terms of an agreement with the Dartford and Gravesham National Health Service Trust. Operational activities commenced on 13 July 2000.”
- “The Hospital Company (Dartford) 2005 Limited was acquired on 30 June 2005 as part of a financial restructuring of The Hospital Company Dartford group of companies.”
- “The Hospital Company (Dartford) Issuer PLC was incorporated on 21 February 2003 for the purpose of carrying out the principal activities of undertaking an issue of bonds and on-loaning the proceeds of the bond issue to The Hospital Company (Dartford) Limited. The issue of bonds was effected on 31 March 2003 and the proceeds of the issue were on-loaned to The Hospital Company (Dartford) Limited on the same date.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
5 active · 41 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| SPC MANAGEMENT LIMITED | Corporate Secretary | 2001-01-18 | — | — |
| BROWN, Gary Nelson Robert Honeyman | Director | 2024-09-30 | Aug 1975 | British |
| DEAN, Benjamin Christopher Jacob | Director | 2026-03-02 | Nov 1979 | British |
| FALERO, Louis Javier | Director | 2025-11-30 | Feb 1977 | British |
| WATSON, Alastair James | Director | 2016-04-28 | Jan 1974 | British |
Show 41 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| DEAL, Karen Maria | Secretary | 1997-07-24 | 1999-05-13 |
| OSBORNE, Penelope Caroline | Secretary | 1996-10-29 | 1997-07-24 |
| SWIFT, Anthony Alec | Secretary | 1999-05-13 | 2001-08-31 |
| LONDON LAW SECRETARIAL LIMITED | Corporate Nominee Secretary | 1996-10-29 | 1996-10-29 |
| ANDREOU, Andrew | Director | 2002-02-20 | 2008-06-30 |
| BEAUCHAMP, Simon Richard Thorpe | Director | 2019-09-27 | 2026-03-02 |
| BEAZLEY-LONG, Graham Maurice | Director | 2008-09-09 | 2015-10-26 |
| BIRCH, Alan Edward | Director | 2021-09-15 | 2024-09-30 |
| BIRCH, Alan Edward | Director | 2018-01-23 | 2018-08-07 |
| BLUNDELL, Christopher John | Director | 2008-10-01 | 2017-03-22 |
| DODD, Phillip Joseph | Director | 2013-05-01 | 2019-10-17 |
| FINEGAN, Andrea | Director | 2004-07-20 | 2007-11-27 |
| GETHIN, Ian Richard | Director | 2005-12-22 | 2008-05-02 |
| GILBEY, Hannah | Director | 2003-02-28 | 2003-11-23 |
| GRAHAM, John | Director | 2015-10-26 | 2018-05-23 |
| HARDINGHAM, David Robert | Director | 2021-01-29 | 2021-09-15 |
| HARDINGHAM, David Robert | Director | 2018-08-07 | 2020-07-15 |
| HARDINGHAM, David Robert | Director | 2017-03-22 | 2018-01-23 |
| HAYWARD, Alan | Director | 1999-08-19 | 2002-02-20 |
| HERZBERG, Francis Robin | Director | 1996-10-29 | 2003-02-28 |
| JAMES, Christopher | Director | 2018-10-24 | 2019-09-27 |
| JOHNSON, Graham Richard | Director | 1996-10-29 | 1997-08-12 |
| LAVERS, Michael John | Director | 1998-02-13 | 1999-03-22 |
| LINDESAY, David Francis | Director | 2008-05-02 | 2008-10-01 |
| MCCLATCHEY, Robert Sean | Director | 1998-04-09 | 1999-08-19 |
| MCCULLOCH, Paul | Director | 2007-06-19 | 2013-05-01 |
| MCCULLOCH, Paul | Director | 2005-12-22 | 2006-12-18 |
| MIDDLETON, Nigel Wythen | Director | 2002-12-01 | 2005-12-22 |
| MILLS-WEBB, James Sydney Edward | Director | 1996-10-29 | 1998-11-01 |
| NICHOLSON, Paul | Director | 1997-07-24 | 1998-11-01 |
| NORTH, Daniel Geoffrey | Director | 2020-07-15 | 2025-11-30 |
| PEARSON, Timothy Richard | Director | 1998-02-13 | 1999-08-19 |
| SEMPLE, Brian Mervyn | Director | 2012-06-01 | 2016-04-28 |
| SMITH, Bryan Robin Geoffrey Gilbert | Director | 1997-08-12 | 2002-06-30 |
| SMOUT, Martin John | Director | 1999-03-22 | 1999-08-19 |
| STEELE, David Cyril | Director | 1996-10-29 | 1997-05-30 |
| TURNBULL, Rachel Louise | Director | 2019-10-17 | 2021-01-29 |
| WARD, James William | Director | 2007-11-27 | 2008-09-09 |
| WEBBER, Matthew James | Director | 1997-08-12 | 2005-02-23 |
| WICKERSON, John, Sir | Director | 2000-06-14 | 2014-09-30 |
| LONDON LAW SERVICES LIMITED | Corporate Nominee Director | 1996-10-29 | 1996-10-29 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| The Hospital Company (Dartford) Holdings Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors | 2016-04-06 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 205 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-03-16 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2026-03-16 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2026-02-24 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-12-17 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-12-10 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-12-10 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-03-12 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-12-18 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-10-07 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-10-07 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2023-12-12 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-11-06 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2023-08-08 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2022-12-16 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2022-08-03 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2021-12-06 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2021-10-07 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2021-09-20 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2021-09-20 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2021-02-02 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 6
- 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
—
Not reported
-
Cash
—
Not reported
-
Net assets
-24.9%
-£29,372,000 -£36,689,000
-
Employees
—
Not reported
-
Profit before tax
+76.7%
-£31,379,000 -£7,317,000
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