CBI UK TOPCO LIMITED
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Next accounts due
2026-09-30 (in 4mo)
Last filed for 2024-12-31
Confirmation statement due
2026-05-10
Overdue
Watchouts
Cash
£3M
-34.9% vs 2023
Net assets
£20M
+34.6% vs 2023
Employees
182
+2.8% vs 2023
Profit before tax
£9M
-17.2% vs 2023
Watchouts
Facts from the Companies House register and the latest accounts — not a rating
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Confirmation statement overdue
Due 2026-05-10.
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1 PSC ceased in last 24 months
Significant control changed hands — see the Ownership section.
Net assets
2-year trend · vs Health Care median
Accounts
2-year trend · latest reflected 2024-12-31
| Metric | Trend | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £28,139,181 | £29,872,816 | |
| Operating profit | £8,403,116 | £8,596,989 | |
| Profit before tax | £10,396,502 | £8,604,844 | |
| Net profit | £7,471,764 | £6,071,607 | |
| Cash | £3,917,631 | £2,551,968 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £52,301,696 | £33,846,132 | |
| Net assets | £14,616,972 | £19,674,092 | |
| Equity | £14,616,972 | £19,674,092 | |
| Average employees | 177 | 182 | |
| Wages | £6,352,565 | £7,618,181 | |
| Directors' remuneration | £228,446 | £311,993 |
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 2024-12-31 vs 2023-12-31
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Turnover
+6.2%
£28,139,181 £29,872,816
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Cash
-34.9%
£3,917,631 £2,551,968
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Net assets
+34.6%
£14,616,972 £19,674,092
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Employees
+2.8%
177 182
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Operating profit
+2.3%
£8,403,116 £8,596,989
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Profit before tax
-17.2%
£10,396,502 £8,604,844
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Wages
+19.9%
£6,352,565 £7,618,181
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 | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | 29.9% | 28.8% | |
| Net margin | 26.6% | 20.3% | |
| Return on capital employed | 16.1% | 25.4% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 74.6% | 47.7% | |
| Current ratio | 6.05x | 4.02x | |
| Interest cover | 181.88x | 12.28x |
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
- Grant Thornton UK LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“Despite significant social upheaval in recent years, the group's financial performance remains extremely strong, with operating profit representing 28.8% of turnover, with strong conversion to cashflow. Therefore, the group is well placed to easily withstand material increases to its cost base or reductions to its turnover. The company continues to adopt the going concern basis in preparing its financial statements.”
Group structure
- CBI UK TOPCO LIMITED · parent
- CBI UK Midco Limited 100%
- CBI International Parent Limited 100%
- Caring Brands Europe Limited 100%
- Bluebird Care Group Limited 100%
- Bluebird Care Franchises Limited 100%
- Bluebird Care Services Limited 100%
- Bluebird Care Company Limited 100%
- Bluebird Care Associates Limited 100%
- Caring Brands Australia Limited 100%
- Just Better Care Pty Limited 100%
- JBCA Holdings Pty Limited 100%
- Just Better Care Australia Pty Limited 100%
- Checkerhall Limited 100%
- Better Safe Care Limited 100%
Significant events
- “In 2023, Bluebird Care appointed a new CEO along with several other key senior leadership appointments and invested in IT systems to execute on its refreshed strategy.”
- “2024 saw inflationary pressures ease somewhat and a more favourable recruitment landscape, and the group's leading market positions in each of its markets supported strong revenue growth.”
- “The operating profit margin has contracted due to a strategic investment in the UK senior leadership team and support team plus new IT systems to position the business for future growth, coupled with a high inflation cost environment.”
- “The balance sheet remains strong with a 34.6% increase in net assets due to continued strong cash conversion and a reduction in inter-company borrowings through cash payments to the US parent. Net current assets have decreased due to a netting off and reclassification of some inter-company loans to/from the US parent.”
- “Cash at bank remains at a strong level as a result of the strong cash conversion, offset by debt repayments to the US parent company.”
- “There have been no significant events affecting the group or the company since the year ended 31 December 2024.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
3 active · 13 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| IRWIN MITCHELL SECRETARIES LIMITED | Corporate Secretary | 2016-02-25 | — | — |
| GARDNER, Jonathan James | Director | 2023-06-26 | Mar 1973 | British |
| JONES, Nicola Jayne | Director | 2026-01-01 | Jun 1981 | British |
Show 13 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| EGGAR, Thomas | Secretary | 2016-02-25 | 2016-02-25 |
| JORDAN COMPANY SECRETARIES LIMITED | Corporate Secretary | 2015-07-29 | 2016-02-16 |
| GILMARTIN, Kathleen | Director | 2016-01-21 | 2017-02-24 |
| HOGAN, Stephen James | Director | 2015-07-29 | 2021-10-25 |
| KRASKA, Lawrence Paul | Director | 2017-02-24 | 2018-09-28 |
| MASTRAPA, Paul Fernando | Director | 2023-06-26 | 2026-01-01 |
| MCGILLAN, Patricia Mary | Director | 2023-06-26 | 2026-01-01 |
| REYNECKE, Frederik Christiaan | Director | 2023-06-26 | 2024-08-30 |
| REYNOLDS, Yvonne Emma | Director | 2018-09-23 | 2020-03-25 |
| SHEETS, Jennifer | Director | 2019-02-20 | 2023-06-26 |
| SLUPECKI, Michael Patrick | Director | 2016-01-21 | 2017-12-31 |
| WALTZER, David Mark | Director | 2018-09-20 | 2018-10-23 |
| WOLMER, David | Director | 2015-07-29 | 2021-10-25 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mr Alexander E Carles | Individual | Significant influence | 2021-10-25 | Ceased 2026-01-01 |
| Mr Matthew G Harrison | Individual | Significant influence | 2021-10-25 | Active |
| Mr John E Morningstar | Individual | Significant influence | 2021-10-25 | Active |
| Ms Lauren Leichtman | Individual | Significant influence | 2016-06-04 | Ceased 2021-10-25 |
| Mr Arthur Levine | Individual | Significant influence | 2016-04-06 | Ceased 2021-10-25 |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 64 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-04-22 | PSC07 | persons-with-significant-control | Cessation of a person with significant control | |
| 2026-01-09 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2026-01-09 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2026-01-09 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-08-19 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2025-04-30 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-01-04 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2024-09-16 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-07-29 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2024-05-03 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-03-01 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2023-12-04 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2023-09-15 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2023-09-11 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2023-09-11 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2023-08-23 | AD01 | address | Change registered office address company with date old address new address | |
| 2023-07-04 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2023-07-04 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2023-04-26 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-04-25 | DISS40 | gazette | Gazette filings brought up to date |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 5
- Capital events
- 0
- Officers appointed
- 1
- Officers resigned
- 2
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.