SPRINGCARE LIMITED
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Cash
£4m
+72.8% highest in 3 filed years
Net assets
£42m
+2.9% highest in 3 filed years
Employees
630
+15.6% highest in 3 filed years
Profit before tax
£2.6m
+28.6% highest in 3 filed years
Net assets
3-year trend · vs Health Care median
Accounts
3-year trend · Δ = latest vs prior filed period · latest reflected 2025-12-31
| Metric | Trend | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 | 2025-12-31 | Δ vs prior |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £22,370,546 | £25,009,390 | £26,742,126 | +6.9% | |
| Operating profit | £3,127,450 | £3,239,473 | £3,835,586 | +18.4% | |
| Profit before tax | £1,961,229 | £1,987,122 | £2,554,837 | +28.6% | |
| Net profit | £1,455,047 | £1,450,614 | £1,913,137 | +31.9% | |
| Cash | £3,898,543 | £2,296,973 | £3,969,332 | +72.8% | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £54,988,018 | £60,958,499 | £72,388,433 | +18.8% | |
| Net assets | £35,878,154 | £40,746,180 | £41,944,971 | +2.9% | |
| Equity | £35,878,154 | £40,746,180 | £41,944,971 | +2.9% | |
| Average employees | 509 | 545 | 630 | +15.6% | |
| Wages | £13,591,009 | £15,975,375 | £16,512,924 | +3.4% | |
| Directors' remuneration | £38,165 | £36,051 | £35,483 | -1.6% |
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 | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 | 2025-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | 14.0% | 13.0% | 14.3% | |
| Net margin | 6.5% | 5.8% | 7.2% | |
| Return on capital employed | 5.7% | 5.3% | 5.3% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 45.6% | 45.6% | 53.0% | |
| Current ratio | 1.79x | 1.69x | 2.21x | |
| Interest cover | 2.59x | 2.56x | 2.91x |
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
- SPRINGCARE LIMITED 2006-02-24 → present
- GOLBOURNE HEALTHCARE LIMITED 2001-10-01 → 2006-02-24
Audit & accounting basis
- Accounting basis
- FRS 102
- Reporting scope
- Consolidated group
- Auditor
- Sumer Auditco Limited
- 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 group's and the parent company's ability to continue as a going concern”
Group structure
- SPRINGCARE LIMITED · parent
- Springcare (River Meadows) Limited 100%
- Springcare (Davenham) Limited 100%
- Springcare (Kingscourt) Limited 100%
- Springcare (Hatton) Limited 100%
- Springcare (Yockleton) Limited 100%
- Springcare (Sandiway) Limited 100%
- Activecare Limited 100%
- Barca Holdings Limited 100%
- Llithyia Holdings Limited 100%
- Springcare (Weston) Limited 100%
- Windy Knowe Limited 100%
- Oxtoncare Limited 100%
- Hinstock Manor Residential Homes Limited 100%
- Springcare (Shawbury) Limited 100%
Significant events
- “During 2025, we temporarily closed one of the Group's care homes to undertake a major refurbishment and expansion, increasing capacity to 40 beds.”
- “5,543 shares were purchased for cancellation on 21 November 2025.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
1 active · 3 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| COX, Lee David | Director | 2001-10-01 | Apr 1972 | British |
Show 3 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| COX, Helen Jayne | Secretary | 2001-10-01 | 2017-10-31 |
| TEMPLE SECRETARIES LIMITED | Corporate Nominee Secretary | 2001-10-01 | 2001-10-01 |
| COMPANY DIRECTORS LIMITED | Corporate Nominee Director | 2001-10-01 | 2001-10-01 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mrs Anne Cox | Individual | Shares 25–50% | 2016-04-06 | Ceased 2023-05-29 |
| Mr Lee David Cox | Individual | Shares 75–100% | 2016-04-06 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 112 total filings
Material constitutional events — rename, articles re-file, resolution
- 2026-08-14 RESOLUTIONS Resolution
- 2026-08-14 MA Memorandum articles
- 2024-12-11 RESOLUTIONS Resolution
- 2024-12-10 MA Memorandum articles
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-09-30 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2026-08-14 | RESOLUTIONS | resolution | Resolution | |
| 2026-08-14 | MA | incorporation | Memorandum articles | |
| 2026-01-21 | SH03 | capital | Capital return purchase own shares | |
| 2026-01-14 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2025-12-24 | SH06 | capital | Capital cancellation shares | |
| 2025-09-30 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2025-02-27 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2025-01-14 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2024-12-11 | RESOLUTIONS | resolution | Resolution | |
| 2024-12-10 | MA | incorporation | Memorandum articles | |
| 2024-09-27 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2024-01-11 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2023-09-29 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2023-06-13 | PSC04 | persons-with-significant-control | Change to a person with significant control | |
| 2023-06-13 | PSC07 | persons-with-significant-control | Cessation of a person with significant control | |
| 2023-01-04 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2023-01-04 | PSC04 | persons-with-significant-control | Change to a person with significant control | |
| 2023-01-04 | PSC04 | persons-with-significant-control | Change to a person with significant control | |
| 2022-09-12 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 6
- Capital events
- 2
- 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.