ST ELIZABETH'S CENTRE
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Cash
£14m
+343.1% highest in 3 filed years
Net assets
£34m
+110.5% highest in 3 filed years
Employees
578
+11.2% highest in 3 filed years
Profit before tax
—
Period ending 2025-12-31
Watchouts
Facts from the Companies House register and the latest accounts — not a rating
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5 officer resignations in last 12 months
Multiple officers have left the board recently — see the People section for who.
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1 PSC ceased in last 24 months
Significant control changed hands — see the Ownership section.
Net assets
3-year trend · vs Consumer Discretionary median
Accounts
3-year trend · Δ = latest vs prior filed period · latest reflected 2025-12-31
| Metric | Trend | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 | 2025-12-31 | Δ vs prior |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Total income | £15,453,000 | £18,963,000 | £42,054,000 | +121.8% | |
| Operating profit | — | — | — | — | |
| Profit before tax | — | — | — | — | |
| Net profit | -£3,233,000 | -£1,428,000 | £17,645,000 | +1,335.6% | |
| Cash | £1,521,000 | £3,177,000 | £14,078,000 | +343.1% | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | — | £17,723,000 | £33,618,000 | +89.7% | |
| Net assets | £17,401,000 | £15,973,000 | £33,618,000 | +110.5% | |
| Equity | £17,401,000 | £15,973,000 | £33,618,000 | +110.5% | |
| Average employees | 524 | 520 | 578 | +11.2% | |
| Wages | £12,132,000 | £13,269,000 | £15,906,000 | +19.9% | |
| Directors' remuneration | — | — | — | — | |
| Highest paid director | £130,001 | £130,001 | — | — |
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 | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 | 2025-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Net margin | -20.9% | -7.5% | 42.0% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 6.5% | 33.1% | 9.6% | |
| Current ratio | 2.66x | 1.40x | 5.99x |
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
- Consolidated group
- Auditor
- Buzzacott Audit LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“The Trustees consider it appropriate to prepare the financial statements on a going concern basis.”
Group structure
- ST ELIZABETH'S CENTRE · parent
- St Elizabeth's Centre Welfare Services Limited 100%
Significant events
- “In 2025, the Charity received a £15m donation from the Congregation, of which £5.53m was unrestricted and added to free reserves.”
- “A loan of £1.75m from the Diocese of Westminster was repaid in full in the year, and the loan facility was cancelled in June 2025.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
10 active · 20 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| HARGREAVES, Nicola Louise | Secretary | 2026-05-05 | — | — |
| CULLEN, Adrian Philip | Director | 2024-06-24 | Nov 1957 | British |
| EMSON, Mary | Director | 2025-06-03 | Nov 1961 | Irish |
| HARRIES, Richard Peter | Director | 2024-11-06 | May 1968 | British |
| HASTINGS, Warren Kenneth | Director | 2026-07-29 | Feb 1973 | British |
| KEMBALL, Christopher Ross Maguire | Director | 2019-03-21 | Dec 1946 | British |
| KENDAL, Ian Paul | Director | 2025-07-10 | Aug 1971 | British |
| LAMOUREUX, Marc | Director | 2026-07-29 | Apr 1973 | British |
| ROSENBACH, Alan Frank | Director | 2024-12-09 | Jun 1954 | British |
| SHEREKAR, Apoorva Vilas | Director | 2026-03-13 | Mar 1979 | British |
Show 20 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| BOYCE, Ingrid Stephanie | Secretary | 2018-10-02 | 2019-08-23 |
| KEANE, Mary | Secretary | 2021-09-14 | 2022-09-30 |
| PHIPPS, Holly Venetia | Secretary | 2019-10-22 | 2021-06-30 |
| SEACOMBE, Sarah Katharine | Secretary | 2023-01-24 | 2026-02-12 |
| AINSWORTH, Patricia Ann, Sister | Director | 2017-11-29 | 2025-08-31 |
| CLEMENCE, Josephine Anne, Sister | Director | 2017-11-29 | 2024-08-31 |
| COLEBY, John Michael | Director | 2018-04-15 | 2024-12-31 |
| CONWAY, James Michael | Director | 2018-04-15 | 2023-02-28 |
| COOK, Claire Ann | Director | 2018-04-15 | 2022-09-01 |
| CREAN, Richard Patrick | Director | 2022-03-22 | 2023-03-05 |
| CREAN, Richard Patrick | Director | 2018-04-15 | 2021-02-16 |
| GRAY, John Bernard, Father | Director | 2018-04-15 | 2019-03-29 |
| HAGEN, Veronica, Sister | Director | 2017-11-29 | 2025-08-31 |
| KELLY, Freda Winifred Teresa | Director | 2018-04-15 | 2021-09-25 |
| LYNESS, Peter Howard, Reverend Father | Director | 2020-05-19 | 2024-07-20 |
| MCALEENAN, Paul, Bishop | Director | 2018-04-15 | 2026-07-17 |
| MOORE, Robert John | Director | 2018-07-17 | 2026-07-17 |
| PUGH, Chris Naunton | Director | 2020-10-06 | 2021-03-15 |
| SAMPSON, Corina Erin Lucy | Director | 2024-07-16 | 2026-06-16 |
| SEED, Nicholas Philip | Director | 2018-07-17 | 2026-07-17 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Westminster Roman Catholic Diocese Trustee (The) | Corporate entity | Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors | 2025-10-10 | Active |
| Archbishop Vincent Gerard Nichols | Individual | Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors | 2017-11-29 | Ceased 2025-10-10 |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 88 total filings
Material constitutional events — rename, articles re-file, resolution
- 2026-09-04 MA Memorandum articles
- 2026-09-04 RESOLUTIONS Resolution
- 2025-10-22 MA Memorandum articles
- 2025-10-22 RESOLUTIONS Resolution
- 2025-10-15 CC04 Statement of companys objects
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-09-28 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2026-09-04 | MA | incorporation | Memorandum articles | |
| 2026-09-04 | RESOLUTIONS | resolution | Resolution | |
| 2026-08-03 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2026-08-03 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2026-07-20 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2026-07-20 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2026-07-20 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2026-06-18 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2026-05-08 | AP03 | officers | Appoint person secretary company with name date | |
| 2026-03-24 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2026-02-12 | TM02 | officers | Termination secretary company with name termination date | |
| 2025-12-12 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2025-12-11 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-10-22 | MA | incorporation | Memorandum articles | |
| 2025-10-22 | RESOLUTIONS | resolution | Resolution | |
| 2025-10-15 | CC04 | change-of-constitution | Statement of companys objects | |
| 2025-10-14 | PSC02 | persons-with-significant-control | Notification of a person with significant control | |
| 2025-10-14 | PSC07 | persons-with-significant-control | Cessation of a person with significant control | |
| 2025-09-30 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 19
- Capital events
- 0
- Officers appointed
- 4
- Officers resigned
- 5
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.