BRANCASTER CARE HOMES LIMITED
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Cash
£599k
-80.6% lowest in 3 filed years
Net assets
£14m
-5.8% vs 2024
Employees
225
-3.4% lowest in 3 filed years
Profit before tax
£1.1m
-19.8% lowest in 3 filed years
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
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 | £10,155,664 | £11,082,286 | £11,367,063 | +2.6% | |
| Operating profit | £1,659,992 | £1,519,167 | £1,178,179 | -22.4% | |
| Profit before tax | £1,479,027 | £1,400,536 | £1,122,843 | -19.8% | |
| Net profit | £1,105,848 | £931,035 | £891,090 | -4.3% | |
| Cash | £3,682,851 | £3,091,423 | £598,641 | -80.6% | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £16,549,747 | £18,463,430 | £17,593,774 | -4.7% | |
| Net assets | £10,263,612 | £14,837,715 | £13,981,863 | -5.8% | |
| Equity | £10,263,612 | £14,837,715 | £13,981,863 | -5.8% | |
| Average employees | 241 | 233 | 225 | -3.4% | |
| Wages | £5,742,730 | £6,120,436 | £6,359,286 | +3.9% | |
| Directors' remuneration | £206,000 | £207,000 | £81,602 | -60.6% | |
| Directors' pension contributions | £3,832 | £2,642 | £1,321 | -50% | |
| Highest paid director | £163,340 | £163,896 | £NaN | NaN% |
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 | 16.3% | 13.7% | 10.4% | |
| Net margin | 10.9% | 8.4% | 7.8% | |
| Return on capital employed | 10.0% | 8.2% | 6.7% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 45.1% | 39.3% | 32.1% | |
| Current ratio | 1.87x | 0.64x | 0.34x | |
| Interest cover | 5.15x | 4.54x | 14.30x |
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.
Audit & accounting basis
- Accounting basis
- FRS 102
- Reporting scope
- Standalone (parent only)
- Auditor
- Hazlewoods LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“The company has sufficient resources available and the directors have prepared forecasts for the next 12 months that indicate that this will continue to be the case and that these cash flows will be sufficient for the company to meet its financing commitments as they fall due. The directors therefore have a reasonable expectation that the company has adequate resources to continue in operational existence for the foreseeable future and have continued to adopt the going concern basis in preparing the financial statements.”
Significant events
- “During the period, the company entered into an intra-group cross guarantee in respect of the bank debt with other members of the group. At the year end, the amount guaranteed is £12,926,292.”
- “The company's bank loans and loan stock are subject to price and liquidity risk as disclosed in note 18 to the financial statements.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
3 active · 6 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| BONNON, Elaine | Secretary | 2025-03-24 | — | — |
| ROCKS, Susan | Director | 2021-04-08 | Feb 1956 | British |
| WHELAN, Andrew Ralph | Director | 2024-11-18 | Nov 1978 | British |
Show 6 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| BONNON, Elaine Anne | Secretary | 2005-10-06 | 2025-03-24 |
| COOK, Alister | Secretary | 2005-03-14 | 2014-04-13 |
| BANNON, James Gerald | Director | 2014-06-14 | 2016-09-05 |
| COOK, Alister | Director | 2005-03-14 | 2014-06-13 |
| COOK, Richard Alister | Director | 2016-09-15 | 2025-03-24 |
| KANANI, Rajendra | Director | 2005-03-14 | 2005-10-06 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Odin Trustees Limited (As Trustee Of Four Seas Trust) | Corporate entity | Shares 25–50%, Voting 25–50%, Appoints directors (as trust) | 2025-03-24 | Ceased 2025-03-24 |
| Westcott Care Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100% | 2025-03-24 | Active |
| Odin Fiduciaries Limited (As Trustee Of Four Seas Trust) | Corporate entity | Shares 25–50% (as trust), Voting 25–50% (as trust), Appoints directors (as trust) | 2016-04-06 | Ceased 2025-03-24 |
| Mr Richard Alister Cook | Individual | Shares 25–50%, Voting 25–50%, Appoints directors | 2016-04-06 | Ceased 2024-10-29 |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 110 total filings
Material constitutional events — rename, articles re-file, resolution
- 2025-04-11 MA Memorandum articles
- 2025-04-11 RESOLUTIONS Resolution
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-08-12 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2026-01-09 | PSC07 | persons-with-significant-control | Cessation of a person with significant control | |
| 2026-01-09 | PSC02 | persons-with-significant-control | Notification of a person with significant control | |
| 2025-09-01 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2025-08-08 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-05-26 | AP03 | officers | Appoint person secretary company with name date | |
| 2025-04-11 | MA | incorporation | Memorandum articles | |
| 2025-04-11 | RESOLUTIONS | resolution | Resolution | |
| 2025-03-31 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2025-03-31 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2025-03-31 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2025-03-31 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2025-03-31 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2025-03-28 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2025-03-28 | PSC07 | persons-with-significant-control | Cessation of a person with significant control | |
| 2025-03-28 | PSC07 | persons-with-significant-control | Cessation of a person with significant control | |
| 2025-03-28 | PSC02 | persons-with-significant-control | Notification of a person with significant control | |
| 2025-03-28 | TM02 | officers | Termination secretary company with name termination date | |
| 2025-03-28 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-03-25 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 4
- 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.