OXFORD CENTRE FOR EDUCATION AND RESEARCH IN PALLIATIVE CARE: SOBELL HOUSE
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Next accounts due
2026-12-31 (in 7mo)
Last filed for 2025-03-31
Confirmation statement due
2027-03-15 (in 10mo)
Last made up 2026-03-01
Watchouts
None on the register
Cash
£281K
+33% vs 2024
Net assets
£444K
+11.2% vs 2024
Employees
5
0% vs 2024
Profit before tax
£45K
-36.8% vs 2024
Net assets
2-year trend · vs Consumer Discretionary median
Accounts
2-year trend · latest reflected 2025-03-31
| Metric | Trend | 2024-03-31 | 2025-03-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £398,726 | £398,566 | |
| Operating profit | £49,102 | £44,333 | |
| Profit before tax | £70,900 | £44,822 | |
| Net profit | £70,900 | £44,822 | |
| Cash | £211,353 | £281,193 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £399,369 | £444,191 | |
| Net assets | £399,369 | £444,191 | |
| Equity | £399,369 | £444,191 | |
| Average employees | 5 | 5 | |
| Wages | £193,139 | £196,445 |
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 | 12.3% | 11.1% | |
| Net margin | 17.8% | 11.2% | |
| Return on capital employed | 12.3% | 10.0% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 11.6% | 24.1% | |
| Current ratio | 4.74x | 2.21x | |
| Interest cover | 39.22x | 32.38x |
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)
- Abridged
- Yes — abridged accounts (limited disclosure)
- Auditor
- Wenn Townsend
- Audit opinion
- Unaudited (audit-exempt)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“The financial statements have been prepared on a going concern basis as the trustees believe that no material uncertainties exist. The trustees have considered the level of funds held and the expected level of income and expenditure for 12 months from authorising these financial statements. The resulting budgeted income and expenditure figures are deemed sufficient when coupled with the level of reserves held for the charity to be able to continue as a going concern.”
Significant events
- “Cicely Saunders international lecture: OxCERPC was invited to act as a host site for this annual event, providing a venue and facilitating remote viewing of the live lecture.”
- “Dr Mary Miller taught departmentally, locally, nationally, and internationally, in addition to on OxCERPC courses.”
- “There has been a 207% increase in international delegates compared to 2023/24, an increase which is largely explained by the 104 international delegates who attended the Masterclass in Palliative Care held in Cork, Ireland.”
- “On 19th October 2024, OxCERPC hosted and supported the 11th annual conference of Palliative Care Works, 60 people attended.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
5 active · 8 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| CARPENTER, Chantel | Director | 2025-05-27 | Dec 1976 | British |
| HARRISON, Tim, Dr | Director | 2020-04-01 | Feb 1969 | British |
| LAURENCE, Elizabeth Anne, Professor | Director | 2024-01-23 | Jan 1949 | British |
| SYMONS, Kay | Director | 2023-03-31 | May 1954 | British |
| YATES, Sharon | Director | 2017-03-02 | May 1967 | British |
Show 8 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| GARDNER, Diane | Secretary | 2017-03-02 | 2021-10-19 |
| ANDERSON, Andrew Crawford | Director | 2019-03-04 | 2021-10-19 |
| HARRISON, Tim | Director | 2017-03-02 | 2019-01-15 |
| HOLLORAN, John | Director | 2017-03-02 | 2024-10-15 |
| NINEHAM, Gillian Margaret | Director | 2020-04-01 | 2022-07-26 |
| NINEHAM, Gillian Margaret | Director | 2017-03-02 | 2018-05-02 |
| THOMAS, Mary | Director | 2019-02-11 | 2022-11-04 |
| WATTS, Peter John | Director | 2017-03-02 | 2017-04-23 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 37 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-05-06 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2026-05-05 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-07-17 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-03-05 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-03-05 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2025-03-05 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2025-03-03 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-08-18 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-03-06 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-03-06 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-03-06 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-03-05 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2023-08-21 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-03-01 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-03-01 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2023-03-01 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2023-03-01 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2022-08-15 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2022-03-02 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2021-10-19 | TM02 | officers | Termination secretary company with name termination date |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 3
- Capital events
- 0
- Officers appointed
- 1
- 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
0%
£398,726 £398,566
-
Cash
+33%
£211,353 £281,193
-
Net assets
+11.2%
£399,369 £444,191
-
Employees
0%
5 5
-
Operating profit
-9.7%
£49,102 £44,333
-
Profit before tax
-36.8%
£70,900 £44,822
-
Wages
+1.7%
£193,139 £196,445
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