DALTON CARE SERVICES LIMITED
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Cash
£4m
+59.3% highest in 5 filed years
Net assets
£3.6m
+63.3% highest in 5 filed years
Employees
312
+60.8% highest in 5 filed years
Profit before tax
£2m
+29.3% highest in 3 filed years
Net assets
5-year trend · vs Health Care median
Accounts
5-year trend · Δ = latest vs prior filed period · latest reflected 2025-08-31
| Metric | Trend | 2021-08-31 | 2022-08-31 | 2023-08-31 | 2024-08-31 | 2025-08-31 | Δ vs prior |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | — | — | £6,863,555 | £9,806,692 | £13,666,234 | +39.4% | |
| Operating profit | — | — | £1,308,643 | £1,999,279 | £2,487,594 | +24.4% | |
| Profit before tax | — | — | £994,867 | £1,559,579 | £2,016,749 | +29.3% | |
| Net profit | — | — | £804,467 | £1,141,037 | £1,384,252 | +21.3% | |
| Cash | £1,166 | £5,625 | £1,462,084 | £2,494,129 | £3,974,237 | +59.3% | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £1,632,574 | £1,461,315 | £6,380,158 | £7,873,265 | £10,112,687 | +28.4% | |
| Net assets | -£353,800 | -£437,373 | £1,044,105 | £2,185,142 | £3,569,394 | +63.3% | |
| Equity | -£353,800 | -£437,373 | £1,044,105 | £2,185,142 | £3,569,394 | +63.3% | |
| Average employees | 2 | 2 | 194 | 194 | 312 | +60.8% | |
| Wages | — | — | £3,418,614 | £4,991,955 | £6,971,917 | +39.7% | |
| Directors' remuneration | — | — | £26,497 | £43,068 | £48,045 | +11.6% | |
| Directors' pension contributions | £NaN | £NaN | £608 | £949 | £1,135 | +19.6% |
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 | 2021-08-31 | 2022-08-31 | 2023-08-31 | 2024-08-31 | 2025-08-31 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | — | — | 19.1% | 20.4% | 18.2% | |
| Net margin | — | — | 11.7% | 11.6% | 10.1% | |
| Return on capital employed | — | — | 20.5% | 25.4% | 24.6% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | — | — | 87.4% | 79.3% | 75.2% | |
| Current ratio | — | — | 0.98x | 1.09x | 1.07x | |
| Interest cover | — | — | 4.14x | 4.55x | 5.27x |
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
- RDP Newmans LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“Based on the work we have performed, we have not identified any material uncertainties relating to events or conditions that, individually or collectively, may cast significant doubt on the group's and parent company's ability to continue as a going concern for a period of at least twelve months from when the financial statements are authorised for issue.”
Group structure
- DALTON CARE SERVICES LIMITED · parent
- Park Healthcare Limited 100%
- New Forest Fritham Limited 100%
Significant events
- “Turnover increased by 39.36%, primarily due to the acquisition of a new trading company, and the full-year contribution from a care home acquired in the previous financial year.”
- “On 28 January 2025 the group acquired 100 percent of the issued capital of New Forest Fritham Limited.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
2 active · 0 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| DESILVA-MURUGUPILLAI, Chamindri Nihara | Director | 2017-09-18 | Apr 1972 | Canadian |
| MURUGUPILLAI, Ramesh Dalton | Director | 2017-09-18 | Mar 1964 | British |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ms Nihara Murugupillai | Individual | Shares 25–50%, Voting 25–50% | 2017-09-29 | Active |
| Mr Ramesh Dalton Murugupillai | Individual | Shares 50–75%, Voting 50–75%, Appoints directors | 2017-09-18 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 43 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-08-10 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2026-03-26 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2025-05-29 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2025-03-13 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2025-02-27 | PSC04 | persons-with-significant-control | Change to a person with significant control | |
| 2025-02-27 | PSC04 | persons-with-significant-control | Change to a person with significant control without name date | |
| 2025-02-27 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2025-02-27 | PSC04 | persons-with-significant-control | Change to a person with significant control without name date | |
| 2025-02-27 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2025-02-27 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2025-02-27 | PSC04 | persons-with-significant-control | Change to a person with significant control | |
| 2025-02-27 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2025-01-29 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2024-08-09 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2024-02-26 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-08-31 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type total exemption full | |
| 2023-04-19 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2023-04-19 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2023-04-13 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2023-02-23 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 2
- 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.