MIDHURST CHILD CARE LIMITED
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Next accounts due
2026-06-30 (in 1mo)
Last filed for 2024-09-30
Confirmation statement due
2026-12-01 (in 7mo)
Last made up 2025-11-17
Watchouts
None on the register
Cash
£6M
+50.5% vs 2023
Net assets
£15M
+12.4% vs 2023
Employees
655
+7.4% vs 2023
Profit before tax
£2M
+92.7% vs 2023
Net assets
2-year trend · vs Health Care median
Accounts
2-year trend · latest reflected 2024-09-30
| Metric | Trend | 2023-09-30 | 2024-09-30 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £61,542,346 | £67,936,514 | |
| Operating profit | £1,226,178 | £2,317,636 | |
| Profit before tax | £1,265,743 | £2,438,627 | |
| Net profit | £830,626 | £1,863,606 | |
| Cash | £4,049,498 | £6,094,503 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £13,648,909 | £16,641,869 | |
| Net assets | £12,937,375 | £14,540,481 | |
| Equity | £12,937,375 | £14,540,481 | |
| Average employees | 610 | 655 | |
| Wages | £19,656,674 | £22,372,475 | |
| Directors' remuneration | £480,152 | £512,401 |
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 2024-09-30 vs 2023-09-30
-
Turnover
+10.4%
£61,542,346 £67,936,514
-
Cash
+50.5%
£4,049,498 £6,094,503
-
Net assets
+12.4%
£12,937,375 £14,540,481
-
Employees
+7.4%
610 655
-
Operating profit
+89%
£1,226,178 £2,317,636
-
Profit before tax
+92.7%
£1,265,743 £2,438,627
-
Wages
+13.8%
£19,656,674 £22,372,475
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 | 2023-09-30 | 2024-09-30 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | 2.0% | 3.4% | |
| Net margin | 1.3% | 2.7% | |
| Return on capital employed | 9.0% | 13.9% | |
| Current ratio | 3.14x | 2.87x | |
| Interest cover | 112.52x | 230.45x |
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
- Consolidated group
- Auditor
- RSM UK Audit LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“After making due and careful enquiries, and in particular in reviewing the organisation's forecasts for at least the next twelve months, the Board believes it is appropriate to prepare the accounts on a going concern basis. The group has sufficient financial resources together with long term relationships with customers. Financial statement forecasts through to the end of April 2026, including P&L and cash flow reviews, are reviewed by management and take into account sensitivities around future growth and development assumptions. Longer term three-year forecasts are also documented and reviewed with the group's lender, as part of the obligation to evidence to the lender the group's current and future financial stability. These stress-tested scenarios do not negatively impact the group's basis for preparing accounts on a going concern basis.”
Group structure
- MIDHURST CHILD CARE LIMITED · parent
- Five Rivers Child Care Limited 100%
- Foster Careline Ltd 100%
- The Fostering Company North East Ltd 100%
- Safehouses North Ltd 100%
- Quality Foster Care Limited 100%
- Five Rivers Ireland Limited 100%
- Midhurst Clinical Therapeutic Services Limited 100%
- Midhurst Learning Campus Limited 100%
- Darwen Children's Services Limited 100%
- Life Change Care Ltd 100%
- JSA Psychotherapy Limited 100%
Significant events
- “On 3 September 2024 the group acquired the entire issued ordinary share capital of Darwen Children's Services Limited (formerly known as Stirpe Holdings Limited) and its subsidiaries Life Change Care Ltd and JSA Psychotherapy Limited for consideration of £1,712,747.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
7 active · 11 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| MCCONNELL, Jeremy Paul | Secretary | 2013-11-01 | — | — |
| BRADBURY ASSOCIATES LIMITED | Corporate Secretary | 2017-12-12 | — | — |
| MCCONNELL, Jeremy Paul | Director | 2015-09-30 | Apr 1963 | British |
| MCCONNELL, Jonathon Tobias | Director | 2023-10-31 | Jun 1987 | British |
| MCCONNELL, Nathaniel Dylan | Director | 2023-10-31 | Mar 1990 | British |
| MCCONNELL, Pamela Jane | Director | 2007-01-22 | Nov 1955 | British |
| MCCONNELL, Sophie Clare | Director | 2023-10-31 | Oct 1985 | British |
Show 11 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| GRANT, Steven John | Secretary | 2005-12-19 | 2006-04-20 |
| TURK, John Tristram | Secretary | 2013-01-25 | 2013-02-18 |
| BRADBURYASSOCIATES LIMITED | Corporate Secretary | 2013-02-18 | 2013-11-01 |
| WG SECRETARIES LIMITED | Corporate Secretary | 2006-04-18 | 2013-02-18 |
| CONSTABLE, Andrew Paul | Director | 2009-03-20 | 2011-03-21 |
| DAVISON, William | Director | 2006-04-18 | 2007-12-24 |
| MINETT, Arthur Douglas | Director | 2007-12-24 | 2009-03-20 |
| ROBERTS, David Edward | Director | 2025-03-01 | 2025-09-19 |
| TURK, John Tristram | Director | 2011-03-03 | 2013-07-12 |
| MIDHURST HOLDINGS LIMITED | Corporate Director | 2007-12-24 | 2015-09-30 |
| WG SECRETARIES LIMITED | Corporate Director | 2005-12-19 | 2006-04-20 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ms Pamela Jane Mcconnell | Individual | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors | 2016-04-06 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 93 total filings
Material constitutional events — rename, articles re-file, resolution
- 2022-09-20 MA Memorandum articles
- 2022-09-20 RESOLUTIONS Resolution
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-11-17 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2025-11-17 | SH01 | capital | Capital allotment shares | |
| 2025-09-24 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-04-17 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2025-04-17 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2025-03-06 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-12-19 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-04-06 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2024-02-07 | AD03 | address | Move registers to sail company with new address | |
| 2024-02-07 | AD02 | address | Change sail address company with new address | |
| 2023-12-19 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-11-08 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2023-11-08 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2023-11-08 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2023-06-22 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2022-12-20 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2022-09-20 | MA | incorporation | Memorandum articles | |
| 2022-09-20 | RESOLUTIONS | resolution | Resolution | |
| 2022-02-14 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2021-12-20 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 3
- Capital events
- 1
- Officers appointed
- 0
- Officers resigned
- 1
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.