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ST. COLUMBA'S HOSPICE CARE
Profile
- Company number
- SC048700
- Status
- Active
- Incorporation
- 1971-05-14
- Last accounts made up
- 2025-03-31
- Account category
- GROUP
- Primary SIC
- 86101
- Hubs
- UK Healthcare
Accounts
Pending extraction
Audit & accounting basis
From AI-extracted PDF accounts
- Accounting basis
- FRS 102
- Reporting scope
- Consolidated (group)
- Auditor
- Saffery LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“The accounts have been prepared on a going concern basis. The Governors have assessed the charity's ability to continue as a going concern and have reasonable expectation that the charity has adequate resources to continue in operational existence for the foreseeable future. The most significant area of uncertainty that affects the carrying value of assets held by the Hospice is the performance of investment markets (see the investments note for more information). The Governors are satisfied that investments are appropriately managed and that risks associated with investment markets have been mitigated to a reasonable extent, thus they continue to adopt the going concern basis of accounting in preparing these financial statements.”
Subsidiaries
- St Columba's Trading Limited · 100% held · Scotland · Fundraising activities
- St Columba's Hospice (2007) Limited · 100% held · Scotland · Property design-and-build services, used for construction of new hospice building. As of 1 April 2019 the company became dormant.
Significant events
- “We have continued to face significant financial challenges with a difficult environment for income generation, costs escalating due to matching the exceptionally high salary increase for NHS staff, the cost of living and energy crisis and volatile investment markets.”
- “In October 2024 we launched our new strategic plan 'The strength behind our stories' which will provide the driver for all operational plans and outcome measures over the next 3 years.”
- “We have secured a funding contract with NHS Lothian for 5 years, providing more financial stability for the immediate future and a commitment from Scottish Government for recurrent additional funding towards pay awards.”
- “Over the past 12 months we have reduced our carbon footprint by 6% through a number of measures including installing a significant amount of solar panels and upgrading our Combined Heat and Power Unit ensuring maximum efficiency of the electricity and gas used to power our heat and water.”
Auditor / going-concern / subsidiary information is extracted from the PDF version of the latest annual accounts and is not tagged in iXBRL. About these numbers
People
11 active · 63 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| KERR, Lynsey | Secretary | 2022-05-24 | — | — |
| BROWN, David Dow | Director | 2022-08-23 | May 1972 | British |
| FLOCKHART, Carol Gray | Director | 2024-03-19 | Dec 1972 | British |
| KEEL, Aileen Margaret, Professor | Director | 2023-12-05 | Aug 1952 | British |
| KEIR, Sarah Louise, Dr | Director | 2020-12-08 | Sep 1966 | British |
| KERR, Lynsey Christine | Director | 2022-05-24 | Jan 1987 | British |
| LANZL, Nicholas Robertson | Director | 2018-01-23 | Jun 1972 | British |
| MACKAY, Eric Martin Cameron | Director | 2025-05-20 | Jul 1948 | Scottish |
| MACRAE, Jacqueline Joy | Director | 2025-03-18 | Jan 1964 | British |
| MASSON, Louise | Director | 2017-01-01 | Feb 1963 | British |
| ROBERTSON, Charles Colin Reid | Director | 2024-05-21 | Aug 1967 | British |
Show 63 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| DUNSIRE, David Ness | Secretary | 2015-11-17 | 2022-05-24 |
| SIMPSON, Robert John Blantyre | Secretary | — | 1994-12-09 |
| TM COMPANY SERVICES LIMITED | Corporate Secretary | 1994-12-09 | 2015-11-17 |
| ABRAM, Henry Charles | Director | 2011-10-07 | 2012-11-26 |
| ADAM, Ian C | Director | 2010-07-01 | 2017-01-01 |
| ANDERSON, Janice | Director | 1999-12-01 | 2006-12-31 |
| ARCHER, Gilbert Baird | Director | 1992-11-25 | 2004-10-01 |
| ASHMORE, Michael Brenton Haliburton, Colonel | Director | — | 1998-09-30 |
| BALFOUR, Diana Rosemary | Director | — | 2005-10-07 |
| BRACE, Sue | Director | 2005-08-15 | 2010-10-01 |
| BRUCE, John Edward | Director | — | 2002-10-25 |
| BRYSON, Norval Mackenzie, Dr | Director | 2011-10-14 | 2020-10-30 |
| BRYSON, Norval Mackenzie, Dr | Director | 2004-02-01 | 2009-11-04 |
| BURNSIDE, Graham Mathieson | Director | 1989-10-30 | 2015-10-23 |
| CAMERON, David, Professor | Director | 2019-10-01 | 2023-10-27 |
| CAMERON, Uilleam Fraser | Director | 2022-08-23 | 2025-10-31 |
| CANTLEY, Patricia Marion, Dr | Director | 2012-01-17 | 2020-10-30 |
| CLYDE, Ann Clunie, Lady | Director | 1992-10-23 | 1999-10-29 |
| COLLIANDER, Torvald | Director | 2000-10-16 | 2003-09-26 |
| COLTMAN, David Alexander | Director | 2004-03-01 | 2011-05-23 |
| COLVIN, David, Dr | Director | 1998-06-02 | 2003-09-26 |
| COOPER, Joan | Director | — | 1993-10-23 |
| CORMACK, John James Callender, Dr | Director | 1996-11-01 | 2002-07-07 |
| COWIE, Audrey | Director | 2021-08-24 | 2024-12-05 |
| DENNY, Edward Michael Patrick | Director | 2010-05-25 | 2012-03-08 |
| DUNSIRE, David Ness | Director | 2014-08-12 | 2025-10-31 |
| DYER, Susan Cassels | Director | 1998-03-24 | 2006-10-06 |
| FROST, Keith | Director | 2002-05-21 | 2003-09-26 |
| GALLOWAY, Iain Anderson | Director | 1998-03-24 | 1998-06-29 |
| GIRDWOOD, Ronald Haxton, Professor | Director | — | 1997-10-24 |
| GRIEVE, William Robertson | Director | — | 1998-10-30 |
| HAMMOND-CHAMBERS, James Alistair Oscar | Director | 2006-03-01 | 2016-10-07 |
| HARTON, Andrew Snowden | Director | 2003-09-26 | 2013-10-11 |
| HILSLEY, Brian Carlyle, Reverend | Director | 2005-12-01 | 2015-03-17 |
| HOOK, William Thomson, Sheriff Qc | Director | — | 1997-10-24 |
| IRVINE, Tom | Director | 1998-06-02 | 2001-06-08 |
| JOHNSTON, Michael Frederick | Director | 2010-05-25 | 2017-10-13 |
| LESSELS, Norman | Director | 2000-01-01 | 2005-10-07 |
| LETHAM, Judith Angela | Director | 2000-01-01 | 2002-05-21 |
| MACAULAY, Duncan | Director | 2004-10-01 | 2005-05-24 |
| MACDOUGALL, Robert Hugh, Professor | Director | 2011-10-17 | 2019-10-25 |
| MACRAE, John Grant | Director | 2015-09-29 | 2024-11-01 |
| MASON, Catriona | Director | 2004-02-01 | 2004-02-27 |
| MCGUIRE, Thelma | Director | 2006-11-01 | 2012-05-30 |
| MCLAREN, Iain Archibald | Director | 2005-02-01 | 2015-10-23 |
| MOIR OBE, Eileen Margaret | Director | 2013-05-28 | 2021-10-29 |
| MONTEATH, Andrew David | Director | — | 2000-10-27 |
| MURRAY, Norman Loch | Director | 1999-03-01 | 2004-10-01 |
| PENMAN-PATERSON, Kirstie Victoria | Director | 2022-08-23 | 2024-01-31 |
| ROBERTSON, Charles | Director | — | 2005-10-07 |
| RUNCIMAN, Phyllis Janet | Director | 1998-06-02 | 2003-09-26 |
| SCOTT, Graham | Director | 2001-01-16 | 2003-05-05 |
| SELMAN, Linda Margaret | Director | 2017-01-10 | 2024-11-01 |
| SIMPSON, Barbara Helen | Director | — | 1995-02-24 |
| SIMPSON, Robert John Blantyre | Director | — | 1994-12-09 |
| SKINNER, Fiona Margaret, Dr | Director | 2003-01-21 | 2015-10-23 |
| SMYTH, John Fletcher, Emeritus Professor | Director | 1998-06-02 | 2010-10-01 |
| SUTHERLAND, Ruth Alison | Director | 2007-01-22 | 2011-08-29 |
| SYDIE, Linda Elizabeth | Director | 2004-01-20 | 2015-09-29 |
| THOMLINSON, John Alan | Director | 2025-05-20 | 2026-03-06 |
| TOTHILL, Sally Anne, Dr | Director | 2015-08-11 | 2022-10-28 |
| WILKIE, Alexander Frederick | Director | — | 1998-03-24 |
| YOUNG, David Tod, Lt Gen Sir | Director | — | 2000-01-10 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 250 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-05-06 | TM01 | officers | termination director company with name termination date |
| 2025-12-08 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | confirmation statement with no updates |
| 2025-11-17 | AA | accounts | accounts with accounts type group |
| 2025-11-11 | TM01 | officers | termination director company with name termination date |
| 2025-11-03 | TM01 | officers | termination director company with name termination date |
| 2025-06-03 | AP01 | officers | appoint person director company with name date |
| 2025-06-03 | AP01 | officers | appoint person director company with name date |
| 2025-04-22 | AP01 | officers | appoint person director company with name date |
| 2024-12-10 | TM01 | officers | termination director company with name termination date |
| 2024-11-28 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | confirmation statement with no updates |
| 2024-11-22 | AA | accounts | accounts with accounts type group |
| 2024-11-21 | CH01 | officers | change person director company with change date |
| 2024-11-11 | TM01 | officers | termination director company with name termination date |
| 2024-11-11 | TM01 | officers | termination director company with name termination date |
| 2024-06-18 | AP01 | officers | appoint person director company with name date |
| 2024-04-16 | TM01 | officers | termination director company with name termination date |
| 2024-04-05 | AP01 | officers | appoint person director company with name date |
| 2024-02-09 | TM01 | officers | termination director company with name termination date |
| 2024-01-16 | AP01 | officers | appoint person director company with name date |
| 2023-11-30 | AA | accounts | accounts with accounts type group |
Credit score
Altman Z″ — composite of working capital, retained earnings, EBIT, and leverage
Activity Score
Composite activity score · components 0–100 · reference 2026-05-10
49.6
COOL
/ 100
- Filings velocity 58
- Capital events 0
- Officer churn 100
- Headcount trajectory 50
- Accounts trajectory 50
- 7 filing(s) in last 12 months
- 1 appointed, 3 resigned (12mo)