FRIENDS OF BENENDEN HOSPITAL

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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. FRIENDS OF BENENDEN HOSPITAL 2026-02-26 → present
2. THE BENENDEN HOSPITAL TRUST 1997-10-23 → 2026-02-26

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

Standalone (parent only)

Auditor

PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP

Audit opinion

Unqualified (clean)

Going concern

Affirmed

“The Governors have considered the latest forecast, based on actuals to 28 February 2025, against the original budgeted/planned position to 31 December 2025. Currently it is not expected that the Hospital will require any further support from the Society but support up to a level of £5m is available if required to enable the Hospital to meet its obligations as they fall due. On 7 February 2025 the Charitable Company entered into an agreement with the Society for the transfer of the business and the assets of the Hospital to a subsidiary of the Society. This transaction is not as a result of any financial issues and there is no intention for the business of the hospital to cease at any time in the future... Having considered the future financial projections and the funding support provided by the Society to support the financial operations, the Governors have a reasonable expectation that the Charitable Company has adequate resources to continue its activities for the foreseeable future. Accordingly, they continue to adopt a going concern basis in preparing the financial statements.”

Significant events

• “On 7 February 2025 the Charitable Company entered into an agreement with the Society for the transfer of the business and the assets of the Hospital. The agreed consideration for the sale of the hospital is £1 plus the assumption by the Society of the full amount of the deficit of the Benenden Healthcare Pension Plan (see note 21). The transaction has been approved by the Charity Commission and is expected to complete before the end of 2025.”

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

Filings

15

last 12 months

Capital events

0

last 24 months

Officers appointed

4

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

  -2.4%

  £48,661,000 → £47,498,000

• Cash

  +5.7%

  £6,676,000 → £7,058,000

• Net assets

  -3.1%

  £15,880,000 → £15,390,000

• Employees

  +2%

  343 → 350

• Operating profit

  -252.7%

  £522,000 → -£797,000

• Profit before tax

  -178%

  £628,000 → -£490,000

• Wages

  +11%

  £11,614,000 → £12,893,000

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