AVOCET CARE & SUPPORT LTD
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Cash
£543k
+1.5% vs 2025
Net assets
£3.9m
-1.8% vs 2025
Employees
40
-9.1% vs 2025
Profit before tax
—
Period ending 2026-03-31
Watchouts
Facts from the Companies House register and the latest accounts — not a rating
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3 PSCs 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 2026-03-31
| Metric | Trend | 2025-03-31 | 2026-03-31 | Δ vs prior |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Total income | £1,745,171 | £1,820,527 | +4.3% | |
| Operating profit | — | — | — | |
| Profit before tax | — | — | — | |
| Net profit | -£24,747 | -£70,291 | -184% | |
| Cash | £534,985 | £543,087 | +1.5% | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £3,947,529 | £3,877,238 | -1.8% | |
| Net assets | £3,947,529 | £3,877,238 | -1.8% | |
| Equity | £3,947,529 | £3,877,238 | -1.8% | |
| Average employees | 44 | 40 | -9.1% | |
| Wages | £1,075,445 | £1,004,701 | -6.6% | |
| 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 | 2025-03-31 | 2026-03-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Net margin | -1.4% | -3.9% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 3.7% | 3.6% | |
| Current ratio | 8.69x | 8.12x |
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.
Name history
Renamed 3 times since incorporation
- AVOCET CARE & SUPPORT LTD 2024-03-26 → present
- THE ABBEYFIELD SOUTHEND SOCIETY LIMITED 2004-03-02 → 2024-03-26
- ABBEYFIELD SOUTHEND AND SOUTH EAST ESSEX SOCIETY LIMITED 1998-03-25 → 2004-03-02
- ABBEYFIELD SOUTHEND & DISTRICT SOCIETY LIMITED (THE) 1969-06-17 → 1998-03-25
Audit & accounting basis
- Accounting basis
- FRS 102
- Reporting scope
- Standalone (parent only)
- Abridged
- Yes — abridged accounts (limited disclosure)
- Auditor
- Rickard Luckin Limited
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“At the time of approving the financial statements, the trustees have a reasonable expectation that the charity has adequate resources to continue in operational existence for the foreseeable future. Thus the trustees continue to adopt the going concern basis of accounting in preparing the financial statements.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
6 active · 64 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ROGERS, Michelle Carole | Secretary | 2022-09-30 | — | — |
| CALTON, Roger Martin Nicholas | Director | 2009-08-20 | Sep 1939 | British |
| CAREY, Ian Philip | Director | 2017-08-23 | Apr 1947 | British |
| CASS, Trevor Norman | Director | 2021-08-25 | Oct 1946 | British |
| O'SULIVAN, Malachy John | Director | 2023-11-29 | Sep 1954 | British |
| STEVENSON, Mark Beresford | Director | 2021-08-25 | Dec 1964 | British |
Show 64 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| LAWS, Frederick Geoffrey | Secretary | 1998-04-27 | 2011-06-15 |
| MEAKIN, John Walter | Secretary | 1993-04-21 | 1998-04-27 |
| PHILLIPS, Frank Alexander | Secretary | — | 1993-04-21 |
| AYRE, Sydney Geoffrey | Director | 1998-04-27 | 2003-09-26 |
| BANTHORPE, Barbara Violet | Director | 2002-11-18 | 2003-09-26 |
| BANTHORPE, David Alfred | Director | 1995-05-01 | 1998-04-27 |
| BLEE, Peter James | Director | — | 1998-04-27 |
| BRIGHT, Gladys Joan | Director | — | 1998-04-27 |
| BROWN, Leonie Marion | Director | 1992-03-05 | 1994-03-16 |
| BURROWS, Katherine Tina | Director | 2004-07-15 | 2006-02-12 |
| BURROWS, Sheila | Director | 1999-03-27 | 2008-10-16 |
| BURROWS, Timothy John | Director | 2003-07-01 | 2008-08-05 |
| BURROWS, Timothy John | Director | 2000-04-13 | 2002-07-09 |
| CALTON, Roger Martin Nicholas | Director | 1994-03-16 | 1998-04-27 |
| CLAMP, David Walter | Director | 2001-08-22 | 2003-12-09 |
| CLARKE, Walter George | Director | — | 1994-08-31 |
| COUSINS, Pauline Audrey | Director | 1994-03-16 | 1997-06-18 |
| DEED, Frank | Director | — | 1993-01-14 |
| DILNOT, Winifred Olive | Director | — | 1992-03-05 |
| DOWNS, Nancy Helen | Director | — | 1994-03-16 |
| FOGARTY, Patricia Ann Elizabeth | Director | 1994-03-16 | 1999-03-27 |
| FYVIE, Gordon William | Director | 1999-03-27 | 2002-07-09 |
| FYVIE, Gordon William | Director | — | 1998-04-27 |
| HANSON, Vera Eleanor | Director | 1998-04-27 | 2000-04-13 |
| HARRISON, Philip David | Director | 2001-10-30 | 2002-10-10 |
| HARVEY, Olive Christine | Director | — | 1992-03-05 |
| HAWKINS, Susan Ruth | Director | 2015-07-15 | 2017-08-23 |
| LAWS, Frederick Geoffrey | Director | 1998-04-27 | 2011-06-15 |
| MACNAUGHTAN, David Malcolm Robert | Director | — | 1992-03-05 |
| MARGERISON, Robert Hebden | Director | — | 1995-03-15 |
| MARTIN, Ernest Terence | Director | 2010-08-19 | 2022-08-31 |
| MEAKIN, John Walter | Director | 1998-04-27 | 2003-04-13 |
| MEAKIN, John Walter | Director | 1993-03-06 | 1998-04-27 |
| MOORE, Sheila | Director | 2007-04-02 | 2009-12-17 |
| MURPHY, Albert George | Director | 2001-08-22 | 2002-03-31 |
| MURPHY, Albert George | Director | 1995-05-01 | 1998-04-27 |
| NEAGUS, Ralph Harvey | Director | 1997-08-11 | 1998-04-27 |
| NISBETT, Harold Alan | Director | — | 1994-03-16 |
| OWEN, Jean | Director | — | 1992-07-22 |
| PASHA, Mohamed Abdulla | Director | — | 1992-03-05 |
| PAYZE-COLLINS, Kathleen Mary | Director | 1992-07-22 | 1995-05-01 |
| PENTELOW, Lionel Richard | Director | 1995-05-01 | 1997-08-11 |
| PHILLIPS, Frank Alexander | Director | — | 1998-04-27 |
| PHILPOTT, Brian Reginald | Director | — | 2000-04-13 |
| PRICE, Janice Mary | Director | 2016-08-03 | 2018-12-03 |
| REAMES, Georgina May | Director | 2010-08-19 | 2019-08-07 |
| ROBERTS, Nancy Mary | Director | 2000-04-13 | 2003-02-25 |
| ROTHWELL, Jacqueline Margaret | Director | 1991-10-01 | 1994-03-16 |
| ROTHWELL, Peter | Director | 1994-03-16 | 2003-02-18 |
| SALMON, Geoffrey | Director | 2002-07-09 | 2003-05-19 |
| SALMON, Godfrey | Director | 2009-08-20 | 2020-08-30 |
| SINCLAIR, Vera Eleanor | Director | 2002-12-05 | 2013-11-04 |
| SPEAKMAN, Edward Thomas | Director | 2004-08-24 | 2022-05-30 |
| STANTON-DUNNE, Michael | Director | 2008-08-05 | 2009-08-20 |
| STANTON-DUNNE, Michael | Director | 2003-01-14 | 2004-05-25 |
| SYKES, Anthony Gerald | Director | — | 1994-03-16 |
| TAYLOR, Derek Arthur | Director | 1997-07-14 | 2005-04-11 |
| THOMAS, Norah Mary | Director | 1994-03-16 | 1998-04-27 |
| THOMPSON, Andrew John | Director | 1999-05-10 | 1999-12-09 |
| THORN, Peter Nigel | Director | — | 1998-01-05 |
| TURRELL, Susan Barbara | Director | 2019-08-07 | 2022-02-24 |
| VERNEY, Herbert John | Director | 1993-01-14 | 1998-04-27 |
| WALLACE, Jean Margaret | Director | — | 1997-12-15 |
| WHITE, Margaret Cicely | Director | 1993-01-14 | 1995-05-01 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mr Malachy John O'Sullivan | Individual | Significant influence | 2023-11-29 | Ceased 2025-03-04 |
| Miss Michelle Carole Rogers | Individual | Significant influence | 2022-05-03 | Ceased 2025-03-04 |
| Mr Trevor Norman Cass | Individual | Significant influence | 2021-06-23 | Ceased 2024-07-15 |
| Mr Mark Beresford Stevenson | Individual | Significant influence | 2021-04-28 | Ceased 2025-03-04 |
| Mrs Susan Barbara Turrell | Individual | Significant influence | 2019-08-07 | Ceased 2022-02-24 |
| Mr Ian Philip Carey | Individual | Significant influence | 2017-08-23 | Ceased 2024-07-15 |
| Mrs Janice Mary Price | Individual | Significant influence | 2016-08-03 | Ceased 2018-12-03 |
| Mr Roger Martin Nicholas Calton | Individual | Significant influence | 2016-04-06 | Ceased 2024-07-15 |
| Mr Ernest Terence Martin | Individual | Significant influence | 2016-04-06 | Ceased 2022-08-30 |
| Mr Edward Thomas Speakman | Individual | Significant influence | 2016-04-06 | Ceased 2022-05-30 |
| Mrs Susan Patricia Speakman | Individual | Significant influence | 2016-04-06 | Ceased 2022-05-02 |
| Mr Godfrey Salmon | Individual | Significant influence | 2016-04-06 | Ceased 2020-08-30 |
| Mrs Georgina May Reames | Individual | Significant influence | 2016-04-06 | Ceased 2019-08-07 |
| Mrs Susan Ruth Hawkins | Individual | Significant influence | 2016-04-06 | Ceased 2017-08-23 |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 251 total filings
Material constitutional events — rename, articles re-file, resolution
- 2024-03-26 CERTNM Certificate change of name company PDF
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-08-24 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2026-03-11 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2025-11-21 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type small | |
| 2025-04-30 | AD01 | address | Change registered office address company with date old address new address | |
| 2025-03-10 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-03-10 | PSC08 | persons-with-significant-control | Notification of a person with significant control statement | |
| 2025-03-05 | PSC07 | persons-with-significant-control | Cessation of a person with significant control | |
| 2025-03-05 | PSC07 | persons-with-significant-control | Cessation of a person with significant control | |
| 2025-03-05 | PSC07 | persons-with-significant-control | Cessation of a person with significant control | |
| 2024-11-12 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type small | |
| 2024-07-16 | PSC07 | persons-with-significant-control | Cessation of a person with significant control | |
| 2024-07-16 | PSC07 | persons-with-significant-control | Cessation of a person with significant control | |
| 2024-07-16 | PSC07 | persons-with-significant-control | Cessation of a person with significant control | |
| 2024-03-26 | CERTNM | change-of-name | Certificate change of name company | |
| 2024-03-08 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-03-08 | PSC01 | persons-with-significant-control | Notification of a person with significant control | |
| 2024-02-15 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2023-12-12 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type small | |
| 2023-03-10 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-03-10 | PSC07 | persons-with-significant-control | Cessation of a person with significant control |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 3
- Capital events
- 0
- Officers appointed
- 0
- 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.