SUE RYDER
Company number 00943228 · Monitor this company
Executive summary
Sue Ryder operates as a leading Tier 1 charity within the UK's palliative and neurological care sector, leveraging a group structure that combines frontline healthcare provision with a substantial retail fundraising arm. Despite its strong brand and diversified income streams, the organization faces significant sector-wide headwinds, including chronic NHS underfunding for hospice care and macroeconomic pressures squeezing both retail margins and voluntary donations. Its limited-by-guarantee structure ensures all surpluses are reinvested into mission delivery, though sustaining financial resilience will require navigating the acute workforce and cost-of-living challenges currently constraining the broader charitable healthcare market.
Overview
- Company type
- PRI/LBG/NSC (Private, Limited by guarantee, no share capital, use of 'Limited' exemption)
- Incorporated
- 1968-11-28
- Registered office
- Rebow House, 60 Head Street, Colchester, Essex, United Kingdom, CO1 1PB
- Postcode
- CO1 1PB
- Accounts category
- Group
- Charges
- 7 outstanding
Accounts
- Last made up to
- 2026-03-31
- Next due by
- 2027-12-31
- Financial year end
- 31 March
Confirmation statement
- Last statement dated
- 2026-03-09
- Next due by
- 2027-03-23
Nature of business (SIC)
- 86900 Other human health activities
Officers 12 current · 63 resigned
Group structure 4 subsidiaries
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DUCHESS OF KENT HOUSE CHARITY Dissolved
From persons-with-significant-control filings on the public register.
Registered charity
Sue Ryder — charity number SC039578 (Scottish Charity Register)
SUE RYDER — charity number 1052076
Source: Scottish Charity Register (OSCR) · Charity Commission for England and Wales, Open Government Licence v3.0.
Care Quality Commission 7 locations
Regulated by CQC — 3 rated Outstanding, 2 rated Good, 1 rated Inadequate, 1 not yet rated.
All locations and inspection reports are on this provider's CQC page.
Using CQC information, © Care Quality Commission, Open Government Licence.
Data protection registration
Registered with the ICO as a data protection fee payer — Z7276320 (Tier 1), registered since 2002.
Information Commissioner's Office register of fee payers, licensed under the Open Government Licence.
Gender pay gap
0.23%
Women's median hourly pay above men's, 2025/26 · in the top quarter for parity
Contact details
- Website
- sueryder.co.uk
Previous company names
| Name | Date changed |
|---|---|
| SUE RYDER CARE | 2011-02-10 |
| THE SUE RYDER FOUNDATION | 2000-09-13 |
| SUE RYDER FOUNDATION LIMITED(THE) | 1996-03-05 |
Previous registered addresses 1
| Address | Changed on |
|---|---|
| SUE RYDER CARE SECOND FLOOR, 114-118 SOUTHAMPTON ROW, LONDON, WC1B 5AA | 2008-09-05 |
Among its peers
3rd oldest
of 421 similar companies in CO, trading since 1968
Property in England & Wales 278 titles
- Freehold
- 10
- Leasehold
- 268
- Most recent registration
- 2025-12-10
- Price paid, where recorded
- £22,000
- Where
- West Yorkshire (25), Gloucestershire (19), Hampshire (18)
| Title number | County | Tenure | Registered | Price paid |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| SK440867 | Suffolk | Leasehold | 2025-12-10 | — |
| HP895796 | Hampshire | Leasehold | 2025-12-08 | — |
| SYK729789 | South Yorkshire | Leasehold | 2025-11-18 | — |
| DN782944 | Devon | Leasehold | 2025-11-04 | — |
| HP897508 | Hampshire | Leasehold | 2025-08-28 | — |
| CYM912363 | Cardiff | Leasehold | 2025-08-15 | — |
| HP827107 | Hampshire | Leasehold | 2025-08-14 | — |
| TT182873 | Kent | Leasehold | 2025-08-11 | — |
| BD362907 | Central Bedfordshire | Leasehold | 2025-07-16 | — |
| PM39953 | Portsmouth | Leasehold | 2025-06-26 | — |
| HP875434 | Hampshire | Leasehold | 2025-06-02 | — |
| HD633528 | Hertfordshire | Leasehold | 2025-05-27 | — |
| HP815869 | Southampton | Leasehold | 2025-05-20 | — |
| HP808453 | Hampshire | Leasehold | 2025-05-19 | — |
| NK544877 | Norfolk | Leasehold | 2025-05-16 | — |
| YY205720 | West Yorkshire | Leasehold | 2025-05-16 | — |
| HP878320 | Hampshire | Leasehold | 2025-05-13 | — |
| HP830065 | Hampshire | Leasehold | 2025-05-06 | — |
| BL168525 | City Of Bristol | Leasehold | 2025-01-24 | — |
| SK433868 | Suffolk | Leasehold | 2024-11-27 | — |
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