MHS HOMES LIMITED
Operating as a registered charity and the parent entity of the mhs homes group, the company is an independent social landlord providing affordable, shared ownership, and market-rented housing across Medway and North Kent.
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Cash
£7.5m
+58.8% vs 2024
Net assets
£411m
+4% vs 2024
Employees
291
+8.6% vs 2024
Profit before tax
£16m
+161.3% vs 2024
Net assets
2-year trend · vs Real Estate median
Accounts
2-year trend · Δ = latest vs prior filed period · latest reflected 2025-03-31
| Metric | Trend | 2024-03-31 | 2025-03-31 | Δ vs prior |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £70,729,000 | £82,665,000 | +16.9% | |
| Operating profit | £23,314,000 | £24,920,000 | +6.9% | |
| Profit before tax | £6,300,000 | £16,464,000 | +161.3% | |
| Net profit | £6,300,000 | £16,464,000 | +161.3% | |
| Cash | £4,719,000 | £7,495,000 | +58.8% | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £684,610,000 | £721,198,000 | +5.3% | |
| Net assets | £394,792,000 | £410,710,000 | +4% | |
| Equity | £394,792,000 | £410,710,000 | +4% | |
| Average employees | 268 | 291 | +8.6% | |
| Wages | £12,685,000 | £15,002,000 | +18.3% | |
| Directors' remuneration | £726,000 | £809,000 | +11.4% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | 33.0% | 30.1% | |
| Net margin | 8.9% | 19.9% | |
| Return on capital employed | 3.4% | 3.5% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 43.8% | 44.4% | |
| Current ratio | 0.81x | 0.91x | |
| Interest cover | 1.80x | 1.72x |
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
- BDO LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“After reviewing the budget of mhs homes for 2025/26 and a period beyond 12 months from the signing of the accounts, and based on normal business planning and control procedures, the Directors have a reasonable expectation that mhs homes has adequate resources to continue in operational existence for the foreseeable future.”
Group structure
- MHS HOMES LIMITED · parent
- Heart of Medway Housing Association Limited
- Chatham Maritime K1 Construction Limited 100%
- Chatham Maritime K1 Developments Limited 100%
- mhs Commercial Services Limited 100%
- mhs Community Charity Limited
- Lord Kitchener Memorial Homes Trust
Significant events
- “Ashley Hook retired as Chief Executive after 16 years leading mhs homes.”
- “Marie-Claire Delbrouque welcomed as Chief Executive.”
- “During the year we completed 134 new homes, with a further 102 planned to be finished in 2025/26.”
- “68% repairs were completed on time in the year end 31st March 2025, a significant improvement from 57% in the year before.”
- “The Sunrise Foyer was opened in December 2024.”
- “Received Silver accreditation in 2025 for 'We Invest in Wellbeing' and Gold accreditation for 'We Invest in People'.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
11 active · 21 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| HUMPHREY, Louise Rosina | Secretary | 2020-09-28 | — | — |
| CAIN, Ian Paul | Director | 2022-07-21 | Sep 1965 | British |
| CARR, Joseph | Director | 2023-01-27 | Dec 1962 | British |
| DELBROUQUE, Marie-Claire | Director | 2025-04-09 | Oct 1979 | British |
| HEFFERNAN, Louise | Director | 2022-07-21 | Jul 1981 | British |
| HOPKINS, Nigel Peter | Director | 2020-01-10 | Jul 1958 | British |
| MILES LEA, Mark James | Director | 2020-01-10 | Jul 1965 | British |
| MULLIGAN, Michelle Evelyn | Director | 2023-07-20 | Nov 1953 | British |
| O'BRIEN, Suzanne | Director | 2025-06-09 | Oct 1970 | Irish |
| SKEETE, Sandra Diana | Director | 2025-01-23 | Mar 1965 | British |
| YOUSAF, Shabana | Director | 2026-05-01 | Jun 1972 | British |
Show 21 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| HARDY-SMITH, Catherine | Secretary | 2018-09-21 | 2019-07-25 |
| KEAST, Anna Marie | Secretary | 2019-07-25 | 2020-09-17 |
| POCOCK, Isabelle | Secretary | 2017-05-30 | 2018-09-21 |
| POCOCK, Isabelle | Secretary | 2017-04-03 | 2017-05-08 |
| BAKER, Andrea Marie | Director | 2017-05-08 | 2020-07-23 |
| BRAID, Simon, Rev | Director | 2017-05-08 | 2018-07-19 |
| BUNTON, Tina | Director | 2017-04-03 | 2019-07-25 |
| CAMPBELL, Anna Alison | Director | 2020-07-23 | 2022-07-21 |
| CHRISTOPHER, Raymond Gary | Director | 2018-09-21 | 2025-07-24 |
| CLARK, Gary James | Director | 2017-04-03 | 2017-05-08 |
| COOPER, Richard James | Director | 2017-05-08 | 2022-07-21 |
| FRANKLIN, Kathryn Louise | Director | 2017-05-08 | 2022-07-21 |
| HOOK, Ashley Mark | Director | 2017-04-03 | 2025-04-30 |
| KENNEDY, Roy Francis, Lord | Director | 2020-07-23 | 2024-07-10 |
| MULLIGAN, Michelle Evelyn | Director | 2019-07-25 | 2020-07-23 |
| MURR, Victoria | Director | 2017-04-03 | 2017-07-20 |
| ROBINSON, Jenny | Director | 2017-04-03 | 2017-05-08 |
| SCULLION, Joseph George | Director | 2017-05-08 | 2017-07-20 |
| SEAGER, Julie Ruth | Director | 2017-07-20 | 2023-07-20 |
| SHELMERDINE, Bruce | Director | 2017-04-03 | 2017-05-08 |
| VAN DER VEER, Arnout Jan | Director | 2017-05-08 | 2020-01-10 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 83 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-05-06 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2026-03-16 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-12-12 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2025-11-26 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2025-07-28 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-06-18 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-05-07 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-04-17 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-03-17 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-01-24 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-08-29 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2024-07-18 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-03-18 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-11-27 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2023-07-31 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2023-07-31 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2023-05-17 | MR05 | mortgage | Mortgage charge part release with charge number | |
| 2023-04-19 | OC | miscellaneous | Court order | |
| 2023-03-20 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-02-06 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 5
- 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.