THE ELMHURST FOUNDATION
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Cash
£70K
-61.7% vs 2024
Net assets
£4.3M
-19.5% vs 2024
Employees
63
+10.5% vs 2024
Profit before tax
—
Period ending 2025-03-31
Watchouts
Facts from the Companies House register and the latest accounts — not a rating
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1 PSC ceased in last 24 months
Significant control changed hands — see the Ownership section.
Net assets
2-year trend · vs Consumer Discretionary median
Accounts
2-year trend · Δ = latest vs prior filed period · latest reflected 2025-03-31
| Metric | Trend | 2024-03-31 | 2025-03-31 | Δ vs prior |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £3,502,240 | £3,083,812 | -11.9% | |
| Operating profit | — | — | — | |
| Profit before tax | — | — | — | |
| Net profit | -£13,027 | -£1,037,264 | -7,862.4% | |
| Cash | £182,212 | £69,867 | -61.7% | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £7,114,398 | £5,983,659 | -15.9% | |
| Net assets | £5,314,281 | £4,277,017 | -19.5% | |
| Equity | £5,314,281 | £4,277,017 | -19.5% | |
| Average employees | 57 | 63 | +10.5% | |
| Wages | £1,547,181 | £1,912,341 | +23.6% | |
| Directors' remuneration | — | — | — |
Values shown as filed in the company's annual accounts. — indicates the figure wasn't present under that line item in that period. The Δ column is the change from the prior filed period as a percentage of |prior|; lines a company doesn't report show —. About these numbers
Ratios
Computed from the line items above — sparklines read oldest → newest
| Ratio | Trend | 2024-03-31 | 2025-03-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Net margin | -0.4% | -33.6% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 49.2% | 58.0% | |
| Current ratio | 0.09x | 0.02x |
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
- Harper Sheldon Limited
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“The charity continues to rely on the donations received from Ms H Aylward Smith. Ms H Aylward Smith has indicated her willingness to continue to support the charity for the foreseeable future, that being a period of not less than 12 months from the date of signing the financial statements.”
Significant events
- “Since introducing The Metabolic Health Programmes in February 2023 Combe Grove has welcomed over 700 new clients to the Estate to learn about their metabolism and the 10 Markers of Metabolic Health.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
3 active · 1 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| AYLWARD-SMITH, Helen Louise | Director | 2015-04-15 | May 1962 | British |
| GARDNER, Andrew Ralph | Director | 2025-07-07 | Dec 1962 | British |
| WATERFIELD, Simon William | Director | 2015-04-15 | Jan 1960 | British |
Show 1 resigned officer
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| COX, David James | Director | 2015-04-15 | 2025-01-14 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mr Andrew Ralph Gardner | Individual | Voting 25–50% | 2025-07-07 | Active |
| Mr David James Cox | Individual | Voting 25–50% | 2016-04-06 | Ceased 2025-01-14 |
| Mr Simon William Waterfield | Individual | Voting 25–50% | 2016-04-06 | Active |
| Mrs Helen Louise Aylward-Smith | Individual | Voting 25–50% | 2016-04-06 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 35 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-03-30 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-08-29 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2025-08-29 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2025-08-27 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2025-08-27 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2025-07-17 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-07-17 | PSC01 | persons-with-significant-control | Notification of a person with significant control | |
| 2025-05-06 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-04-03 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-01-18 | PSC07 | persons-with-significant-control | Cessation of a person with significant control | |
| 2025-01-17 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-04-16 | AD01 | address | Change registered office address company with date old address new address | |
| 2024-04-12 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2023-12-19 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-04-19 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-01-04 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2022-04-19 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2022-01-07 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2021-04-16 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2021-04-09 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 7
- 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.