LOCAL SOLUTIONS
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Cash
£1.6m
-17.5% lowest in 3 filed years
Net assets
£3m
+10.3% highest in 3 filed years
Employees
518
-6.3% lowest in 3 filed years
Profit before tax
£281k
+40.4% vs 2025
Net assets
3-year trend · vs Health Care median
Accounts
3-year trend · Δ = latest vs prior filed period · latest reflected 2026-03-31
| Metric | Trend | 2024-03-31 | 2025-03-31 | 2026-03-31 | Δ vs prior |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Total income | £13,113,837 | £14,598,037 | £14,855,348 | +1.8% | |
| Operating profit | — | £200,372 | £154,776 | -22.8% | |
| Profit before tax | — | £200,372 | £281,408 | +40.4% | |
| Net profit | £183,751 | £200,372 | £281,408 | +40.4% | |
| Cash | £2,331,595 | £1,941,656 | £1,601,706 | -17.5% | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £2,566,028 | £2,771,400 | £3,831,168 | +38.2% | |
| Net assets | £2,519,928 | £2,720,300 | £3,001,708 | +10.3% | |
| Equity | £2,519,928 | £2,720,300 | £3,001,708 | +10.3% | |
| Average employees | 531 | 553 | 518 | -6.3% | |
| Wages | £10,156,950 | £11,145,455 | £11,113,481 | -0.3% | |
| 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 | 2026-03-31 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | — | 1.4% | 1.0% | |
| Net margin | 1.4% | 1.4% | 1.9% | |
| Return on capital employed | — | 7.2% | 4.0% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 35.1% | 33.4% | 43.6% | |
| Current ratio | 2.76x | 2.93x | 1.94x | |
| Interest cover | — | — | 7.12x |
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 1 time since incorporation
- LOCAL SOLUTIONS 2000-11-15 → present
- MERSEYSIDE COUNCIL FOR VOLUNTARY SERVICE 1984-02-17 → 2000-11-15
Audit & accounting basis
- Accounting basis
- FRS 102
- Reporting scope
- Standalone (parent only)
- Auditor
- DSG Audit
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“The financial statements have been prepared on a going concern basis, which principally assumes that the Charity will continue to receive contracted financial income from various Local Authorities at a sustainable level.”
Significant events
- “The charity completed the acquisition of the Boaler Street property.”
- “The charity entered into a new loan agreement with Charity Bank Limited in September 2025. The outstanding balance at the year-end was £790,511.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
11 active · 48 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| HILL, Karen | Secretary | 2020-03-23 | — | — |
| BLOMELEY, Justine | Director | 2025-08-27 | Sep 1970 | British |
| HALL, Ian Martin, Mr. | Director | 2025-02-27 | Aug 1944 | British |
| HEAP, Helen Ruth | Director | 2019-06-11 | Apr 1966 | British |
| JONES, Jillian Margaret | Director | 2021-05-20 | Sep 1963 | British |
| KENNEDY, Serena Margaret | Director | 2021-07-20 | Mar 1972 | British |
| MARE-WALSH, Salome | Director | 2025-08-05 | Mar 1983 | British |
| MORRISON, Elliott Francis | Director | 2023-03-23 | Sep 1994 | British |
| OKORO, Stephen Onyekachi | Director | 2025-04-02 | Nov 1976 | British |
| PAILING MBE, Crispin Alexander, Dr | Director | 2015-11-12 | Mar 1975 | British |
| TAYLOR, Bruce Weir, Dr | Director | 2019-06-11 | Dec 1958 | British |
Show 48 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| PEARSON, Malcolm | Secretary | — | 2013-03-20 |
| ROBERTSON, Susan | Secretary | 2013-03-20 | 2015-09-24 |
| ROGERS, Mark Anthony, Dr | Secretary | 2015-09-24 | 2020-03-23 |
| ACRES, Paul | Director | 1999-05-13 | 2000-01-28 |
| ACTON, Helen Jane | Director | 2021-05-20 | 2024-05-16 |
| ALI, Mohammad Akbar | Director | 1994-03-24 | 2003-05-13 |
| ALTON, David Patrick, The Rt. Hon Professor The Lord Alton Of Liverpool | Director | 1997-09-10 | 2000-12-08 |
| BROOKES, Steven, The Revd | Director | 2003-12-04 | 2014-02-25 |
| CLAWLEY, Karl | Director | 2023-03-23 | 2025-11-27 |
| CLUBB, Katie Elizabeth | Director | 2020-01-09 | 2022-11-17 |
| CLUBB, Katie Elizabeth | Director | 2017-05-03 | 2018-09-17 |
| COOKE, Andrew James | Director | 2016-06-09 | 2021-04-11 |
| DOWELL, Herbert Joseph | Director | — | 2002-11-07 |
| DUGGAN, James Ross | Director | — | 2008-10-10 |
| EVANS, John Ivor | Director | 2015-07-01 | 2016-02-29 |
| GRAHAM, Thomas | Director | 1994-05-11 | 2003-09-04 |
| HARVEY, Melanie Catherine, Mrs. | Director | 2023-09-21 | 2025-02-27 |
| HATCH, Ian Antony | Director | 2015-07-01 | 2016-11-09 |
| HERBERT, Colin Anthony | Director | 1996-07-22 | 2000-07-07 |
| HOGAN-HOWE, Bernard, Chief Constable | Director | 2000-03-24 | 2001-07-11 |
| HOLROYD, William Andrew Myers | Director | 2009-01-15 | 2010-04-20 |
| KHAN, Mumin | Director | 2003-03-18 | 2012-07-12 |
| LANCELEY, Nigel Stuart | Director | 2010-07-13 | 2021-03-31 |
| MACFARLANE, Alistair Tom Robert | Director | — | 2011-09-30 |
| MASSIE, Herbert William, Sir | Director | 2009-09-17 | 2017-10-15 |
| MATHIESON, David Alexander | Director | 1999-12-03 | 2013-03-17 |
| MAUDSLEY, Keith, Rev | Director | — | 1997-09-10 |
| MAZZONE, Suzanne | Director | 2022-11-17 | 2024-11-04 |
| MCGRATH, Shelagh | Director | 1997-09-10 | 2016-05-13 |
| MOUNSEY, Jonathan Howard Henry | Director | 2014-09-24 | 2024-09-24 |
| MURPHY, Jonathan Michael | Director | 2012-04-02 | 2016-06-09 |
| NEWTON, John Anthony, Rev Dr | Director | — | 1993-12-31 |
| OWEN, Robert Tudor Hooson | Director | 2003-10-14 | 2021-03-31 |
| PATEL, Niranjana | Director | 2014-01-23 | 2021-05-23 |
| RUSSELL, Geoffrey | Director | 1994-06-22 | 2014-09-24 |
| RUSSELL, Ultan Dominic | Director | 1998-02-10 | 1999-12-03 |
| SAMUELS, Anita | Director | 1996-11-28 | 2003-11-06 |
| SCALES, Neil | Director | 1999-07-02 | 2008-10-10 |
| SHEPHERD, Aileen Elizabeth Margaret | Director | 2011-01-20 | 2017-01-18 |
| SNELL, Hazel Julie | Director | 2017-02-08 | 2026-04-23 |
| TAYLOR, Helen Frances | Director | — | 1993-10-13 |
| TAYLOR, John Edmund | Director | — | 1994-06-01 |
| THORNBOROUGH, Patricia Jane | Director | 1993-12-09 | 1997-09-10 |
| TONGE, Michael | Director | 2001-09-19 | 2004-03-18 |
| TOWERS, Louise Clare | Director | 2019-06-11 | 2023-03-20 |
| WESTWOOD, David | Director | 1995-11-30 | 1997-10-16 |
| WHITE, Richard Maxwell | Director | 2000-07-07 | 2020-10-02 |
| WOOD, Barbara Helen | Director | — | 2009-07-13 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 239 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-09-29 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2026-05-08 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2026-01-23 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2026-01-23 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2026-01-23 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2026-01-21 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2026-01-21 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2026-01-15 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2026-01-14 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2026-01-14 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2026-01-14 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2026-01-14 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2026-01-14 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2026-01-14 | CH03 | officers | Change person secretary company with change date | |
| 2026-01-14 | AD01 | address | Change registered office address company with date old address new address | |
| 2025-12-11 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-11-28 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-10-13 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2025-09-22 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-08-28 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 18
- Capital events
- 0
- Officers appointed
- 0
- Officers resigned
- 2
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.