FIVE RIVERS CHILD CARE LIMITED
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Cash
£2.3M
-27.8% lowest in 3 filed years
Net assets
£7.3M
+99.2% highest in 3 filed years
Employees
577
+7.2% highest in 3 filed years
Profit before tax
£6.6M
+1,475.1% highest in 3 filed years
Watchouts
Facts from the Companies House register and the latest accounts — not a rating
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3 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 Health Care median
Accounts
3-year trend · Δ = latest vs prior filed period · latest reflected 2025-09-30
| Metric | Trend | 2023-09-30 | 2024-09-30 | 2025-09-30 | Δ vs prior |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £43,465,908 | £48,662,159 | £51,254,445 | +5.3% | |
| Operating profit | -£316,254 | £408,889 | -£49,804 | -112.2% | |
| Profit before tax | -£353,368 | £418,263 | £6,587,895 | +1,475.1% | |
| Net profit | -£404,165 | £237,585 | £6,392,586 | +2,590.7% | |
| Cash | £2,551,647 | £3,230,425 | £2,333,418 | -27.8% | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £5,780,003 | £5,763,714 | £8,046,663 | +39.6% | |
| Net assets | £3,434,488 | £3,672,073 | £7,314,659 | +99.2% | |
| Equity | £3,434,488 | £3,672,073 | £7,314,659 | +99.2% | |
| Average employees | 500 | 538 | 577 | +7.2% | |
| Wages | £15,321,645 | £17,416,615 | £18,956,989 | +8.8% | |
| Directors' remuneration | £433,076 | £464,502 | £503,653 | +8.4% |
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 | 2023-09-30 | 2024-09-30 | 2025-09-30 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | -0.7% | 0.8% | -0.1% | |
| Net margin | -0.9% | 0.5% | 12.5% | |
| Return on capital employed | -5.5% | 7.1% | -0.6% | |
| Current ratio | 0.83x | 0.71x | 0.73x | |
| Interest cover | -5.27x | 6.87x | -0.28x |
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
- FIVE RIVERS CHILD CARE LIMITED 2005-12-05 → present
- MIDHURST GROUP LIMITED 2001-06-18 → 2005-12-05
Audit & accounting basis
- Accounting basis
- FRS 102
- Reporting scope
- Standalone (parent only)
- Auditor
- RSM UK Audit LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“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.”
Group structure
- FIVE RIVERS CHILD CARE LIMITED · parent
- Foster Careline Ltd. 100%
- The Fostering Company North East Ltd 100%
- Safehouses North Ltd 100%
- Quality Foster Care Limited 100%
- Darwen Children's Services Limited 100%
- Life Change Care Ltd 100%
- JSA Psychotherapy Limited 100%
Significant events
- “Continued expansion across all services has continued to broaden the geographic presence in delivering its range of specialist services between fostering, residential, education, outreach and clinical assessment and therapy services, across England.”
- “ISO 9001 has in the year ending 30 September 2025 been subject to an assessment visit, which has evidenced the full compliance of the management system of Five Rivers Child Care Ltd against ISO 9001:2015.”
- “The organisation has held this recognition (ISO 26000:2010 Social Responsibility) since September 2024.”
- “On 22 December 2025, the bank renewed the Revolving Credit Facility at £5,111,000 for a further three years, and agreed a business loan for the remaining £889,000 subject to an interest rate of 2.65% per annum above the base rate.”
- “On 24 October 2024, 1,635,737 Preference shares of £1 each were redeemed at par.”
- “On 11 April 2025, a deed of accession supplemental to the original omnibus guarantee and set-off agreement was signed to include Darwen Children's Services Limited, Life Change Care Ltd and JSA Psychotherapy Limited.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
4 active · 16 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| BRADBURY ASSOCIATES LIMITED | Corporate Secretary | 2013-02-18 | — | — |
| FRY, Clifford Ronald Charles | Director | 2010-07-28 | Jul 1947 | British |
| LAMBERT, Rachel | Director | 2025-03-01 | Oct 1968 | British |
| WILLOCK, Nicola Jayne Maria | Director | 2021-02-01 | Apr 1965 | British |
Show 16 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| BRADBURY, Katherine Jane | Secretary | 2001-06-18 | 2001-06-18 |
| MCCONNELL, Jeremy Paul | Secretary | 2013-11-01 | 2026-06-30 |
| WG SECRETARIES LIMITED | Corporate Secretary | 2001-06-18 | 2013-02-18 |
| CONSTABLE, Andrew Paul | Director | 2009-03-20 | 2011-03-21 |
| DAVISON, William | Director | 2003-01-14 | 2007-12-24 |
| GOWERS, Tobias Zachary | Director | 2018-04-24 | 2019-01-29 |
| GROSVENOR, Stephen John | Director | 2015-09-30 | 2018-04-24 |
| HOWARD, David Stewart | Director | 2017-07-13 | 2024-12-18 |
| HOWARD, David Stewart | Director | 2009-07-27 | 2013-09-06 |
| LANDER, Carol Ann | Director | 2001-06-18 | 2003-06-18 |
| MCCONNELL, Pamela Jane | Director | 2010-07-15 | 2025-09-23 |
| MINETT, Arthur Douglas | Director | 2007-12-24 | 2009-03-20 |
| TURK, John Tristram | Director | 2011-03-03 | 2013-07-12 |
| WALLAGE, Benjamin James | Director | 2019-04-08 | 2026-04-08 |
| MIDHURST HOLDINGS LIMITED | Corporate Director | 2007-12-24 | 2015-09-30 |
| WG SECRETARIES LIMITED | Corporate Director | 2001-06-18 | 2001-06-18 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ms Pamela Jane Mcconnell | Individual | Shares 75–100% | 2024-04-15 | Ceased 2024-10-25 |
| Five Rivers Ireland Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100% | 2016-04-06 | Ceased 2024-04-08 |
| Midhurst Child Care Limited | Corporate entity | Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors | 2016-04-06 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 157 total filings
Material constitutional events — rename, articles re-file, resolution
- 2025-08-21 MA Memorandum articles
- 2025-08-21 RESOLUTIONS Resolution
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-06-30 | TM02 | officers | Termination secretary company with name termination date | |
| 2026-06-25 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2026-04-09 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-12-19 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2025-11-06 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-10-14 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-08-21 | MA | incorporation | Memorandum articles | |
| 2025-08-21 | RESOLUTIONS | resolution | Resolution | |
| 2025-04-17 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-04-17 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2025-03-03 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-02-10 | PSC07 | persons-with-significant-control | Cessation of a person with significant control | |
| 2025-01-20 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2025-01-20 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2025-01-20 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2024-12-18 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-11-08 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2024-11-07 | SH02 | capital | Capital alter shares redemption statement of capital | |
| 2024-06-07 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-04-15 | PSC01 | persons-with-significant-control | Notification of a person with significant control |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 8
- Capital events
- 1
- Officers appointed
- 0
- Officers resigned
- 3
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.