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Next accounts due

2026-12-30 (in 7mo)

Last filed for 2025-03-31

Confirmation statement due

2027-01-22 (in 8mo)

Last made up 2026-01-08

Watchouts

1 item

Cash

£596K

+256.1% highest in 6 filed years

Net assets

£14M

+68.8% highest in 6 filed years

Employees

122

+22% highest in 6 filed years

Profit before tax

£758K

+3,920.6% vs 2024

Watchouts

Facts from the Companies House register and the latest accounts — not a rating

Accounts

10-year trend · latest reflected 2025-03-31

Metric Trend 2020-03-312020-04-012021-03-312021-04-012022-03-312022-04-012023-03-312023-04-012024-03-312025-03-31
Turnover £3,745,773£4,805,139
Operating profit £398,351£1,150,566
Profit before tax £18,862£758,369
Net profit £245,403£403,550-£1,067,668-£157,787-£181,529£392,721
Cash £13,859£7,766£5,850£99£167,250£595,634
Total assets less current liabilities £13,392,616£8,677,599£6,616,732£10,962,814£13,003,152£15,876,416
Net assets £7,055,274£7,458,825£6,391,157£6,233,370£8,029,191£13,555,566
Equity £7,055,274£7,055,275£7,458,825£7,458,825£6,391,157£6,391,157£6,233,370£6,233,370£8,029,191£13,555,566
Average employees 3333100122
Wages £2,100,538£2,372,776
Directors' remuneration

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

FY2024 → FY2025 · period ending 2025-03-31 vs 2024-03-31

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 2020-03-312020-04-012021-03-312021-04-012022-03-312022-04-012023-03-312023-04-012024-03-312025-03-31
Operating margin 10.6%23.9%
Net margin -4.8%8.2%
Return on capital employed 3.1%7.2%
Current ratio 1.63x0.64x
Interest cover 1.05x2.93x

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

  1. FIRST CARE HOMES (IPSWICH) LIMITED 2012-05-11 → present
  2. FIRST CARE HOMES LIMITED 2011-11-03 → 2012-05-11
  3. LOCKMARSH LTD. 2009-01-08 → 2011-11-03

Audit & accounting basis

Accounting basis
FRS 102
Reporting scope
Consolidated group
Auditor
Menzies LLP
Audit opinion
Unqualified (clean)
Going concern
Affirmed

“In auditing the financial statements, we have concluded that the directors' use of the going concern basis of accounting in the preparation of the financial statements is appropriate. 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 or the parent Company's ability to continue as a going concern for a period of at least twelve months from when the financial statements are authorised for issue.”

Group structure

  1. FIRST CARE HOMES (IPSWICH) LIMITED · parent
    1. Park View Care Home (Ipswich) Limited 100%

Significant events

Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers

People

3 active · 2 resigned

Name Role Appointed Born Nationality
JEFFERY, Helena Bernadette Director 2010-11-18 Aug 1945 British
JEFFERY, Paul Anthony Keith Director 2009-01-13 Dec 1966 British
JEFFERY, Robert James Director 2010-11-18 Feb 1969 British
Show 2 resigned officers
Name Role Appointed Resigned
SCHOFIELD, Nigel Bennett Secretary 2009-01-13 2023-01-09
KELFORD, Robert Stephen Director 2009-01-08 2009-01-13

Ownership

Persons with significant control

Name Kind Nature of control Notified Status
First Care Homes Ipswich Holdings Limited Corporate entity Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors 2025-11-21 Active
Mr Paul Anthony Keith Jeffery Individual Shares 25–50%, Voting 25–50% 2018-06-01 Ceased 2025-11-21
Mr Robert James Jeffery Individual Shares 25–50%, Voting 25–50% 2016-04-06 Ceased 2025-11-21
Helena Bernadette Jeffery Individual Shares 25–50%, Voting 25–50% 2016-04-06 Ceased 2025-11-21
Mr Paul Anthony Keith Jeffery Individual Shares 25–50%, Voting 25–50% 2016-04-06 Ceased 2018-06-01

Filing timeline

Last 20 of 82 total filings

Material constitutional events — rename, articles re-file, resolution

  • 2025-12-08 RESOLUTIONS Resolution
  • 2025-12-08 RESOLUTIONS Resolution
  • 2025-12-08 RESOLUTIONS Resolution
  • 2025-12-08 MA Memorandum articles
Date Type Category Description
2026-05-06 RP01AP01 officers Replacement filing of director appointment with name PDF
2026-02-10 CS01 confirmation-statement Confirmation statement with updates PDF
2025-12-16 AA accounts Accounts with accounts type group PDF
2025-12-08 RESOLUTIONS resolution Resolution
2025-12-08 RESOLUTIONS resolution Resolution
2025-12-08 RESOLUTIONS resolution Resolution
2025-12-08 MA incorporation Memorandum articles
2025-12-03 PSC07 persons-with-significant-control Cessation of a person with significant control PDF
2025-12-03 PSC07 persons-with-significant-control Cessation of a person with significant control PDF
2025-12-03 PSC07 persons-with-significant-control Cessation of a person with significant control PDF
2025-12-03 PSC02 persons-with-significant-control Notification of a person with significant control PDF
2025-10-20 CH01 officers Change person director company with change date PDF
2025-10-20 PSC04 persons-with-significant-control Change to a person with significant control PDF
2025-01-08 CS01 confirmation-statement Confirmation statement with no updates PDF
2024-12-18 AA accounts Accounts with accounts type group PDF
2024-03-25 AA accounts Accounts with accounts type group PDF
2024-01-22 CS01 confirmation-statement Confirmation statement with no updates PDF
2023-03-15 TM02 officers Termination secretary company with name termination date PDF
2023-03-15 CS01 confirmation-statement Confirmation statement with no updates PDF
2023-01-09 CH01 officers Change person director company with change date PDF

Public-record activity

Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months

Filings
13

last 12 months

Capital events
0

last 24 months

Officers appointed
0

last 12 months

Officers resigned
0

last 12 months

Direct counts from the register. No score, no rating — see the Filing timeline for the underlying events.

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