BOLTON CARES (A) LIMITED
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Cash
£56k
+81.4% vs 2025
Net assets
£3.8m
+0.3% vs 2025
Employees
604
+1.2% highest in 3 filed years
Profit before tax
£386k
-7.5% lowest in 3 filed years
Watchouts
Facts from the Companies House register and the latest accounts — not a rating
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4 officer resignations in last 12 months
Multiple officers have left the board recently — see the People section for who.
Net assets
3-year trend · vs Health Care median
Accounts
3-year trend · Δ = latest vs prior filed period · latest reflected 2026-03-31
| Metric | Trend | 2024-03-31 | 2025-03-31 | 2026-03-31 | Δ vs prior |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £15,556,921 | £16,860,735 | £17,829,770 | +5.7% | |
| Operating profit | £84,057 | £37,847 | -£125,689 | -432.1% | |
| Profit before tax | £451,354 | £417,820 | £386,436 | -7.5% | |
| Net profit | £451,354 | £417,820 | £386,436 | -7.5% | |
| Cash | £108,221 | £31,058 | £56,351 | +81.4% | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | — | £3,750,161 | £3,760,597 | +0.3% | |
| Net assets | £7,265,607 | £3,750,161 | £3,760,597 | +0.3% | |
| Equity | — | £3,750,161 | £3,760,597 | +0.3% | |
| Average employees | 601 | 597 | 604 | +1.2% | |
| Wages | £10,613,557 | £11,992,573 | £12,885,695 | +7.4% | |
| Directors' remuneration | £140,374 | £97,735 | £51,665 | -47.1% | |
| Directors' pension contributions | £8,378 | £6,080 | £2,718 | -55.3% |
Values shown as filed in the company's annual accounts. — indicates the figure wasn't present under that line item in that period. The Δ column is the change from the prior filed period as a percentage of |prior|; lines a company doesn't report show —. About these numbers
Ratios
Computed from the line items above — sparklines read oldest → newest
| Ratio | Trend | 2024-03-31 | 2025-03-31 | 2026-03-31 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | 0.5% | 0.2% | -0.7% | |
| Net margin | 2.9% | 2.5% | 2.2% | |
| Return on capital employed | — | 1.0% | -3.3% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | -72.8% | 17.3% | 21.2% | |
| Current ratio | 5.93x | 5.70x | 4.67x | |
| Interest cover | 0.61x | 0.21x | -0.34x |
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
- BOLTON CARES (A) LIMITED 2016-08-30 → present
- BOLTON CARE AND SUPPORT (A) LIMITED 2015-09-03 → 2016-08-30
Audit & accounting basis
- Accounting basis
- FRS 102
- Reporting scope
- Standalone (parent only)
- Auditor
- Mitchell Charlesworth (Audit) Limited
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“At the time of approving the financial statements, the directors have a reasonable expectation that the company has adequate resources to continue in operational existence for the foreseeable future. Thus the directors continue to adopt the going concern basis of accounting”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
8 active · 10 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| FOREMAN, Simeon Andrew | Secretary | 2026-08-05 | — | — |
| DAVIDSON, George Henry | Director | 2024-08-28 | Jan 1971 | British |
| JOHNSTON, Kim, Dr | Director | 2024-10-04 | Jul 1970 | British |
| MACCARTHY, Diana Susan | Director | 2022-05-16 | Feb 1974 | British |
| MCCALL, Jane | Director | 2026-01-05 | Nov 1966 | British |
| OWENS, Karen Ruby | Director | 2024-08-28 | May 1964 | British |
| STONE, Rhian | Director | 2024-01-29 | Aug 1966 | British |
| BOLTON METROPOLITAN BOROUGH COUNCIL | Corporate Director | 2020-10-19 | — | — |
Show 10 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| ANTONI, Lisa | Secretary | 2018-06-27 | 2026-08-05 |
| GORMAN, Helen | Secretary | 2016-08-10 | 2018-06-27 |
| ANTONI, Lisa | Director | 2025-07-01 | 2026-06-02 |
| BAINS, Sanjeet | Director | 2021-08-01 | 2023-08-23 |
| HUSSAIN, Sajjad | Director | 2022-05-16 | 2024-04-17 |
| HUSSAIN, Zulfiqar | Director | 2022-05-16 | 2025-05-10 |
| LAWLESS, Serena Natasha | Director | 2026-01-05 | 2026-06-02 |
| LIVESEY, John Robert, Dr | Director | 2015-09-03 | 2020-09-11 |
| O'NEIL, James Alexander | Director | 2025-12-01 | 2026-06-02 |
| TAIT, Jackie | Director | 2016-11-16 | 2024-01-29 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| The Borough Council Of Bolton | Legal person | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors, Significant influence | 2016-04-06 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 57 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-09-29 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2026-09-04 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2026-08-11 | AP03 | officers | Appoint person secretary company with name date | |
| 2026-08-11 | TM02 | officers | Termination secretary company with name termination date | |
| 2026-06-02 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2026-06-02 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2026-06-02 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2026-02-25 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2026-02-25 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2026-02-25 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2026-02-25 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2026-02-06 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2026-01-07 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-12-19 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-11-17 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-09-03 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-07-10 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-05-22 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-11-11 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-10-23 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 15
- Capital events
- 0
- Officers appointed
- 2
- Officers resigned
- 4
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.