NORTHERN LIFE CARE LIMITED
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Next accounts due
2026-12-31 (in 7mo)
Last filed for 2025-03-31
Confirmation statement due
2027-01-29 (in 8mo)
Last made up 2026-01-15
Watchouts
None on the register
Cash
£4M
+63.1% vs 2024
Net assets
£10M
-0.5% vs 2024
Employees
866
-0.3% vs 2024
Profit before tax
£1M
-35.8% vs 2024
Net assets
2-year trend · vs Health Care median
Accounts
2-year trend · latest reflected 2025-03-31
| Metric | Trend | 2024-03-31 | 2025-03-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £28,686,541 | £30,196,385 | |
| Operating profit | £1,855,847 | £1,142,355 | |
| Profit before tax | £1,994,767 | £1,281,543 | |
| Net profit | £1,483,540 | £948,350 | |
| Cash | £2,612,971 | £4,260,931 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £10,019,237 | £10,010,307 | |
| Net assets | £9,831,858 | £9,780,208 | |
| Equity | £9,831,858 | £9,780,208 | |
| Average employees | 869 | 866 | |
| Wages | £20,609,014 | £22,449,071 | |
| Directors' remuneration | £94,012 | £94,012 |
Values shown as filed in the company's annual accounts. — indicates the figure wasn't present under that line item in that period. About these numbers
Year-on-year
FY2024 → FY2025 · period ending 2025-03-31 vs 2024-03-31
-
Turnover
+5.3%
£28,686,541 £30,196,385
-
Cash
+63.1%
£2,612,971 £4,260,931
-
Net assets
-0.5%
£9,831,858 £9,780,208
-
Employees
-0.3%
869 866
-
Operating profit
-38.4%
£1,855,847 £1,142,355
-
Profit before tax
-35.8%
£1,994,767 £1,281,543
-
Wages
+8.9%
£20,609,014 £22,449,071
Each % is (latest − prior) ÷ |prior| for the line item as filed. The comparison is only shown when the latest and prior accounts cover broadly equal-length periods — short or long stubs (typical around incorporation or a year-end change) are suppressed rather than misrepresented. Lines a company doesn't report are omitted. About these numbers
Ratios
Computed from the line items above — sparklines read oldest → newest
| Ratio | Trend | 2024-03-31 | 2025-03-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | 6.5% | 3.8% | |
| Net margin | 5.2% | 3.1% | |
| Return on capital employed | 18.5% | 11.4% | |
| Current ratio | 1.83x | 1.61x |
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
- NORTHERN LIFE CARE LIMITED 1986-08-19 → present
- MELTHIGH LIMITED 1984-11-28 → 1986-08-19
Audit & accounting basis
- Accounting basis
- FRS 102
- Reporting scope
- Standalone (parent only)
- Auditor
- Saffery LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“In auditing the financial statements, we have concluded that the directors' use of the going concern basis of accounting in the preparation of the financial statements is appropriate. Based on the work we have performed, we have not identified any material uncertainties relating to events or conditions that, individually or collectively, may cast significant doubt on the company's ability to continue as a going concern for a period of at least twelve months from when the financial statements are authorised for issue.”
Significant events
- “Planned cyclical maintenance has brought the Company's Property Stock up to date in expectation of a block sale in 2025/26.”
- “The Board hopes to improve the EBITDA in 25/26 in recognition of the scale and quality of services demanded and provided and particularly for the ongoing security of the Organisation which celebrated its 40th anniversary in 2024.”
- “The Government and Community social care Commissioners must become more acquainted with the unsustainable pressures that the ongoing tight labour market unavoidably creates even with the benefit of imported skilled foreign workers.”
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| REED, Clive Patrick | Secretary | — | — | British |
| REED, Clive Patrick | Director | — | Jan 1957 | British |
| REED, John Howard | Director | — | Jun 1947 | British |
Show 1 resigned officer
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| REED, Eric | Director | — | 1994-08-04 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mr Clive Patrick Reed | Individual | Significant influence | 2016-05-21 | Active |
| Mr John Howard Reed | Individual | Significant influence | 2016-05-21 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 180 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-01-15 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-11-07 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-01-20 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2024-12-30 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-01-16 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-12-09 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-06-20 | CH03 | officers | Change person secretary company with change date | |
| 2023-05-18 | PSC04 | persons-with-significant-control | Change to a person with significant control | |
| 2023-05-17 | PSC04 | persons-with-significant-control | Change to a person with significant control | |
| 2023-05-17 | PSC04 | persons-with-significant-control | Change to a person with significant control | |
| 2023-05-17 | AD01 | address | Change registered office address company with date old address new address | |
| 2023-01-15 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2022-12-08 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2022-01-20 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2022-01-14 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2022-01-14 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2022-01-14 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2022-01-14 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2022-01-14 | CH03 | officers | Change person secretary company with change date | |
| 2022-01-14 | PSC04 | persons-with-significant-control | Change to a person with significant control |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 2
- 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.