LARCHWOOD CARE HOMES (SOUTH) LIMITED
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Next accounts due
2026-06-30 (in 1mo)
Last filed for 2024-09-30
Confirmation statement due
2026-09-02 (in 4mo)
Last made up 2025-08-19
Watchouts
Cash
£3M
-3.9% vs 2023
Net assets
£601K
+95.4% vs 2023
Employees
628
-21.9% vs 2023
Profit before tax
£118K
+82.6% 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 do not consider it to be appropriate to adopt the going concern basis of accounting in preparing the financial statements. Accordingly the financial statements have been prepared on a basis other than going concern and all assets/liabilities have been stated at their recoverable/payable amounts.
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 | £30,775,064 | £28,803,780 | |
| Operating profit | £8,979 | £36,587 | |
| Profit before tax | £64,488 | £117,777 | |
| Net profit | £64,488 | £293,452 | |
| Cash | £2,751,888 | £2,644,022 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £307,676 | £601,128 | |
| Net assets | £307,676 | £601,128 | |
| Equity | £307,676 | £601,128 | |
| Average employees | 804 | 628 | |
| Wages | £13,276,068 | £12,202,194 | |
| 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
FY2023 → FY2024 · period ending 2024-09-30 vs 2023-09-30
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Turnover
-6.4%
£30,775,064 £28,803,780
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Cash
-3.9%
£2,751,888 £2,644,022
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Net assets
+95.4%
£307,676 £601,128
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Employees
-21.9%
804 628
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Operating profit
+307.5%
£8,979 £36,587
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Profit before tax
+82.6%
£64,488 £117,777
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Wages
-8.1%
£13,276,068 £12,202,194
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 | 0.0% | 0.1% | |
| Net margin | 0.2% | 1.0% | |
| Return on capital employed | 2.9% | 6.1% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 97.0% | 94.1% | |
| Current ratio | 1.03x | 1.06x | |
| Interest cover | 53.77x | — |
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 1 time since incorporation
- LARCHWOOD CARE HOMES (SOUTH) LIMITED 2016-01-18 → present
- ADIEMUS CARE LIMITED 2011-08-19 → 2016-01-18
Audit & accounting basis
- Accounting basis
- FRS 102
- Reporting scope
- Standalone (parent only)
- Auditor
- BDO LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Material uncertainty disclosed
“the directors do not consider it to be appropriate to adopt the going concern basis of accounting in preparing the financial statements. Accordingly the financial statements have been prepared on a basis other than going concern and all assets/liabilities have been stated at their recoverable/payable amounts.”
Significant events
- “The group continues its disposal of all its services, and this will continue during the 2025 financial year and is expected to complete before 30 September 2025.”
- “The sale of Hillcrest Care Home completed on 27 November 2024.”
- “The sale of Dungate Manor completed on 12 December 2024.”
- “The sale of Diamond house completed on 9 January 2025.”
- “The sale of the Hollies Care Home completed on 11 February 2025.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
2 active · 10 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| GROOMBRIDGE, Kevin John | Director | 2016-01-15 | Dec 1958 | British |
| STEIN, Anthony Karl | Director | 2016-01-15 | Sep 1964 | British |
Show 10 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| AFLATT, John Neal | Secretary | 2011-08-19 | 2013-09-30 |
| WATERLOW SECRETARIES LIMITED | Corporate Secretary | 2011-08-19 | 2011-08-19 |
| ALFLATT, John Neal | Director | 2011-08-19 | 2013-09-30 |
| DAVIES, Dunstana Adeshola | Director | 2011-08-19 | 2011-08-19 |
| FAREBROTHER, Colin William | Director | 2011-08-19 | 2013-09-30 |
| JOHNSON, Deborah Jane | Director | 2013-09-30 | 2016-01-15 |
| MANCEY, Paul Charles | Director | 2013-09-30 | 2016-01-15 |
| PATEL, Mahesh Shivabhai | Director | 2011-08-19 | 2013-09-30 |
| PATEL, Surendra Shivabhai | Director | 2011-08-19 | 2013-09-30 |
| TOMLINSON, Philip | Director | 2013-09-30 | 2016-01-15 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mr Anthony Karl Stein | Individual | Significant influence | 2016-04-06 | Ceased 2016-04-06 |
| Mr Kevin John Groombridge | Individual | Significant influence | 2016-04-06 | Ceased 2016-04-06 |
| Larchwood Care Homes (North) Ltd | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100% | 2016-04-06 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 66 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-08-22 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-04-23 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-08-29 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-04-09 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-08-29 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-07-13 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2022-08-31 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2022-07-06 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2021-08-20 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2021-06-26 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2020-09-23 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2020-09-17 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2019-12-05 | PSC02 | persons-with-significant-control | Notification of a person with significant control | |
| 2019-12-05 | PSC07 | persons-with-significant-control | Cessation of a person with significant control | |
| 2019-12-05 | PSC07 | persons-with-significant-control | Cessation of a person with significant control | |
| 2019-09-03 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2019-06-17 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2018-08-23 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2018-06-29 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2017-08-29 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 1
- 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.