CITY HOSPITALS INDEPENDENT COMMERCIAL ENTERPRISES LIMITED
Get an alert when CITY HOSPITALS INDEPENDENT COMMERCIAL ENTERPRISES LIMITED files next
Leroy will email you the moment a new filing lands at Companies House — one short note per filing, nothing else.
Next accounts due
2026-12-31 (in 7mo)
Last filed for 2025-03-31
Confirmation statement due
2026-12-11 (in 7mo)
Last made up 2025-11-27
Watchouts
None on the register
Cash
£19M
+9.2% vs 2024
Net assets
£37M
-0.2% vs 2024
Employees
854
+7.6% vs 2024
Profit before tax
£7M
+57% vs 2024
Net assets
2-year trend · vs Health Care median
Accounts
2-year trend · latest reflected 2025-03-31
| Metric | Trend | 2024-03-31 | 2025-03-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £124,529,000 | £140,702,000 | |
| Operating profit | £4,182,000 | £6,277,000 | |
| Profit before tax | £4,194,000 | £6,584,000 | |
| Net profit | £3,120,000 | £4,942,000 | |
| Cash | £17,277,000 | £18,872,000 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £58,521,000 | £55,879,000 | |
| Net assets | £36,781,000 | £36,724,000 | |
| Equity | £36,781,000 | £36,724,000 | |
| Average employees | 794 | 854 | |
| Wages | £23,864,000 | £27,956,000 | |
| Directors' remuneration | £505,000 | £436,000 |
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
-
Turnover
+13%
£124,529,000 £140,702,000
-
Cash
+9.2%
£17,277,000 £18,872,000
-
Net assets
-0.2%
£36,781,000 £36,724,000
-
Employees
+7.6%
794 854
-
Operating profit
+50.1%
£4,182,000 £6,277,000
-
Profit before tax
+57%
£4,194,000 £6,584,000
-
Wages
+17.1%
£23,864,000 £27,956,000
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 | 2024-03-31 | 2025-03-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | 3.4% | 4.5% | |
| Net margin | 2.5% | 3.5% | |
| Return on capital employed | 7.1% | 11.2% | |
| Current ratio | 2.15x | 2.14x | |
| Interest cover | 4.09x | 5.88x |
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 101
- Reporting scope
- Standalone (parent only)
- Auditor
- Forvis Mazars LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“The company is forecasting sustained profitability from 2024/25, and has sufficient cash reserves to meet its liabilities as they fall due. The company is supported by intercompany loans from its ultimate parent entity of £1.0m, £27.8m and £15.6m, of which £16.4m remains owing. The directors received a Letter of Support from the parent entity confirming that this financial support will not be withdrawn for a period of at least 12 months from the date of signing these financial statements. Therefore, as the directors have a reasonable expectation that the company has adequate resources to continue in operational existence for the foreseeable future, they consider that it is appropriate to prepare the financial statements on a going concern basis. The company recorded a profit after tax of £4.9m (2024: profit £3.1m).”
Group structure
- CITY HOSPITALS INDEPENDENT COMMERCIAL ENTERPRISES LIMITED · parent
- Food Network Corporation Limited 100%
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
6 active · 5 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| CARR, Wayne | Director | 2017-01-06 | May 1975 | English |
| FARQUHAR, Paul Neil | Director | 2019-10-16 | Jan 1962 | British |
| MCELDON, Paul John | Director | 2026-01-05 | Aug 1966 | British |
| POVEY, Claire Michelle | Director | 2023-01-09 | Oct 1980 | British |
| SUTTON, Peter John | Director | 2025-01-06 | Apr 1975 | British |
| WAYMAN, Shaun William | Director | 2025-01-06 | Sep 1974 | British |
Show 5 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| MAKINSON, Ian Kenneth, Dr | Director | 2015-03-12 | 2025-01-06 |
| PATTISON, Julia | Director | 2013-12-10 | 2015-03-20 |
| ROBINSON, Paul | Director | 2015-03-12 | 2021-01-01 |
| STOUPH, Mark | Director | 2015-01-20 | 2026-03-31 |
| TAYLOR, Patricia Wendy | Director | 2019-12-17 | 2024-02-29 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 48 total filings
Material constitutional events — rename, articles re-file, resolution
- 2023-09-20 RESOLUTIONS Resolution
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-03-31 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2026-01-14 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-12-28 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-11-27 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-01-10 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-01-10 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-01-06 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-01-06 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-12-30 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-03-01 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-02-29 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-01-17 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2023-09-20 | SH01 | capital | Capital allotment shares | |
| 2023-09-20 | RESOLUTIONS | resolution | Resolution | |
| 2023-01-18 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2022-12-21 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2022-12-13 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2022-01-21 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2021-12-14 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2021-03-25 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 4
- Capital events
- 0
- Officers appointed
- 1
- 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.