ORBIS EDUCATION AND CARE LIMITED
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Cash
£6M
+514.8% vs 2024
Net assets
-£2.1M
-375.7% vs 2024
Employees
697
+3.3% vs 2024
Profit before tax
-£3.2M
+3.2% vs 2024
Watchouts
Facts from the Companies House register and the latest accounts — not a rating
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Negative shareholders' funds
Net assets
2-year trend · vs Health Care median
Accounts
2-year trend · Δ = latest vs prior filed period · latest reflected 2025-08-31
| Metric | Trend | 2024-08-31 | 2025-08-31 | Δ vs prior |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £27,137,104 | £33,007,370 | +21.6% | |
| Operating profit | -£59,826 | £3,036,313 | +5,175.2% | |
| Profit before tax | -£3,276,704 | -£3,170,641 | +3.2% | |
| Net profit | -£2,536,610 | -£3,384,636 | -33.4% | |
| Cash | £979,393 | £6,021,610 | +514.8% | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £189,854,605 | £264,137,560 | +39.1% | |
| Net assets | £773,654 | -£2,133,144 | -375.7% | |
| Equity | £773,654 | -£2,133,144 | -375.7% | |
| Average employees | 675 | 697 | +3.3% | |
| Wages | £16,527,447 | £18,831,611 | +13.9% | |
| Directors' remuneration | £1,231,057 | £837,177 | -32% |
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 | 2024-08-31 | 2025-08-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | -0.2% | 9.2% | |
| Net margin | -9.3% | -10.3% | |
| Return on capital employed | -0.0% | 1.1% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 99.6% | — | |
| Current ratio | 25.45x | 32.48x | |
| Interest cover | -0.01x | 0.27x |
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
- ORBIS EDUCATION AND CARE LIMITED 2009-07-10 → present
- ORBIS EDUCATION LIMITED 2007-08-06 → 2009-07-10
- ORBIS HEALTHCARE LIMITED 2005-07-28 → 2007-08-06
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 this will continue to be the case. 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.”
Group structure
- ORBIS EDUCATION AND CARE LIMITED · parent
- Pembrokeshire Resource Centre Limited 100%
- POLD Holdings Limited 100%
- Gower Lodge (Swansea) Ltd 100%
Significant events
- “Exceptional items in the current year and prior year predominantly comprise of non-recurring professional fees, recruitment costs, redundancy costs, agency costs, pre-opening premises expenditure and home closure costs.”
- “The directors continue to pursue opportunities to grow the business, in particular through the acquisition and development of new sites to expand the company's offering of high quality care and education services.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
6 active · 26 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| CRESSWELL, Andrew Paul | Director | 2025-05-12 | Mar 1969 | British |
| DAVIES, Gavin George | Director | 2022-11-28 | Nov 1979 | British |
| FABUSUYI, Olu | Director | 2022-11-28 | Dec 1978 | British |
| JOHN, Dafydd Rhys | Director | 2024-02-02 | Mar 1974 | British |
| POTTINGER, Lucy Helen | Director | 2017-05-09 | Jul 1984 | British |
| PRICE, Lyndsey | Director | 2021-09-07 | Sep 1978 | British |
Show 26 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| CURRIER, Michael Edward | Secretary | 2014-03-14 | 2021-04-14 |
| MALLETT, Andrew Simon | Secretary | 2013-10-01 | 2014-03-14 |
| MCCARTHY, Andrew Edward | Secretary | 2005-07-28 | 2011-05-11 |
| WILLIAMS, Lindsay Anne | Secretary | 2011-05-11 | 2013-10-01 |
| KEY LEGAL SERVICES (SECRETARIAL) LIMITED | Corporate Nominee Secretary | 2005-07-28 | 2005-07-28 |
| BARTLEY, Stephen | Director | 2021-09-07 | 2022-01-10 |
| BARTLEY, Stephen | Director | 2020-12-01 | 2021-09-07 |
| BROWN, Andrew James | Director | 2017-06-01 | 2022-08-19 |
| CURRIER, Michael Edward | Director | 2014-03-14 | 2021-12-01 |
| FRAY, Kelley | Director | 2022-04-29 | 2024-10-22 |
| HOBBS, Tristan Stephen | Director | 2008-03-24 | 2009-02-13 |
| JACKSON, Darren Reginald | Director | 2013-11-21 | 2014-03-14 |
| JONES, Jane Helen | Director | 2011-05-11 | 2014-03-14 |
| LAWRENCE, Suzanne | Director | 2021-04-14 | 2023-01-30 |
| MALLETT, Andrew Simon | Director | 2011-05-11 | 2014-03-14 |
| MARTIN, Andrew William | Director | 2007-02-07 | 2008-05-13 |
| MCCARTHY, Andrew Edward | Director | 2005-07-28 | 2016-08-26 |
| MCKAY, Rob Douglas | Director | 2019-07-31 | 2020-05-20 |
| MORGAN-TAYLOR, Amanda Elizabeth | Director | 2020-12-01 | 2022-03-22 |
| REES, Helen Elizabeth | Director | 2017-05-09 | 2019-07-31 |
| RIDOUT, Michael William | Director | 2008-05-13 | 2009-02-06 |
| SPILLANE, Sally | Director | 2019-07-31 | 2023-06-05 |
| VELLACOTT, Jonathan James | Director | 2023-01-30 | 2025-05-01 |
| WHITTERN, Stephen Lee | Director | 2022-08-19 | 2022-11-11 |
| WILLIAMS, Christopher David | Director | 2005-07-28 | 2007-04-02 |
| KEY LEGAL SERVICES (NOMINEES) LIMITED | Corporate Nominee Director | 2005-07-28 | 2005-07-28 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Orbis Education And Care Bidco Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors | 2018-11-30 | Active |
| Orbis Education And Care Holdco Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors | 2016-08-26 | Ceased 2018-11-30 |
| Mr Andrew Edward Mccarthy | Individual | Shares 75–100% | 2016-07-28 | Ceased 2016-08-26 |
| Mr Michael Edward Currier | Individual | Significant influence | 2016-07-28 | Ceased 2016-08-26 |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 207 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-05-14 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-07-31 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-05-12 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-05-12 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-05-07 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-11-05 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-07-17 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-07-17 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2024-05-14 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-02-07 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2023-08-24 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-06-30 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-06-05 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2023-02-10 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2023-02-10 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2022-12-08 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2022-12-07 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2022-12-07 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2022-08-19 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2022-08-19 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date |
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
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