PHOENIX CHILDREN'S HOMES LIMITED
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Next accounts due
2026-05-31 (this month)
Last filed for 2024-08-31
Confirmation statement due
2026-07-26 (in 2mo)
Last made up 2025-07-12
Watchouts
Cash
£2M
+53.4% vs 2023
Net assets
£10M
+11.1% vs 2023
Employees
353
+9% vs 2023
Profit before tax
£889K
-13.7% vs 2023
Watchouts
Facts from the Companies House register and the latest accounts — not a rating
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Material uncertainty over going concern
the directors acknowledge that this circumstance represents a material uncertainty that may cast significant doubt upon the company's ability to continue as a going concern.
Net assets
2-year trend · vs Health Care median
Accounts
2-year trend · latest reflected 2024-08-31
| Metric | Trend | 2023-08-31 | 2024-08-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £15,633,096 | £18,649,325 | |
| Operating profit | £1,052,684 | £922,553 | |
| Profit before tax | £1,030,355 | £889,062 | |
| Net profit | £969,785 | £984,171 | |
| Cash | £1,098,528 | £1,685,025 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £9,420,818 | £10,263,723 | |
| Net assets | £8,891,781 | £9,875,952 | |
| Equity | £8,891,781 | £9,875,952 | |
| Average employees | 324 | 353 | |
| Wages | £9,002,597 | £10,847,309 | |
| Directors' remuneration | £392,638 | £494,800 |
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
FY2023 → FY2024 · period ending 2024-08-31 vs 2023-08-31
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Turnover
+19.3%
£15,633,096 £18,649,325
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Cash
+53.4%
£1,098,528 £1,685,025
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Net assets
+11.1%
£8,891,781 £9,875,952
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Employees
+9%
324 353
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Operating profit
-12.4%
£1,052,684 £922,553
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Profit before tax
-13.7%
£1,030,355 £889,062
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Wages
+20.5%
£9,002,597 £10,847,309
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 | 2023-08-31 | 2024-08-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | 6.7% | 4.9% | |
| Net margin | 6.2% | 5.3% | |
| Return on capital employed | 11.2% | 9.0% | |
| Current ratio | 0.39x | 0.65x | |
| Interest cover | 47.14x | 27.55x |
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 2 times since incorporation — the current trading name was adopted 2025-03-26
- PHOENIX CHILDREN'S HOMES LIMITED 2025-03-26 → present
- PHOENIX CHILD CARE LIMITED 2005-07-21 → 2025-03-26
- SURFACE CLEANING LIMITED 2005-07-12 → 2005-07-21
Audit & accounting basis
- Accounting basis
- FRS 102
- Reporting scope
- Standalone (parent only)
- Auditor
- S&W Audit
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Material uncertainty disclosed
“the directors acknowledge that this circumstance represents a material uncertainty that may cast significant doubt upon the company's ability to continue as a going concern.”
Group structure
- PHOENIX CHILDREN'S HOMES LIMITED · parent
- Oakwood Specialist Colleges Limited 100%
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
3 active · 11 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| MASSIE, Tom | Director | 2020-09-01 | Mar 1986 | British |
| PAIN, Jonathan Hugh | Director | 2015-07-16 | Nov 1969 | British |
| THOMAS, Paula Susan | Director | 2026-01-26 | Jan 1973 | British |
Show 11 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| CANN, Paul Robert | Secretary | 2005-07-12 | 2013-07-02 |
| DELBAERE, Francois Hr | Secretary | 2013-09-17 | 2026-02-28 |
| WATERLOW SECRETARIES LIMITED | Corporate Nominee Secretary | 2005-07-12 | 2005-07-12 |
| BURLEY, Keith George | Director | 2005-07-12 | 2017-12-05 |
| CANN, Paul Robert | Director | 2005-07-12 | 2013-07-02 |
| COLLINGS, Paul | Director | 2012-03-26 | 2015-01-22 |
| DELBAERE, Francois Hr | Director | 2013-09-17 | 2026-02-28 |
| HEYWOOD-BRIGGS, Mark Antony | Director | 2020-09-01 | 2023-08-11 |
| PARKER, Mark | Director | 2009-07-14 | 2016-12-31 |
| SENS, Rodney Charles | Director | 2006-06-19 | 2012-03-26 |
| WATERLOW NOMINEES LIMITED | Corporate Nominee Director | 2005-07-12 | 2005-07-12 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Phoenix Learning & Care Holdings Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100% | 2016-06-30 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 157 total filings
Material constitutional events — rename, articles re-file, resolution
- 2025-03-26 CERTNM Certificate change of name company PDF
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-03-26 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2026-03-26 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2026-03-26 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2026-03-13 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2026-03-13 | TM02 | officers | Termination secretary company with name termination date | |
| 2026-03-13 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2026-01-27 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-09-02 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-08-14 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-03-26 | CERTNM | change-of-name | Certificate change of name company | |
| 2024-10-28 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2024-09-18 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-09-12 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-01-18 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2024-01-18 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2024-01-18 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2024-01-18 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2024-01-18 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2024-01-18 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2024-01-18 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 9
- Capital events
- 0
- Officers appointed
- 1
- 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.