SOUTHERN OAKS RETIREMENT LIVING
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Next accounts due
2027-06-30 (in 1y)
Last filed for 2025-09-30
Confirmation statement due
2027-04-26 (in 11mo)
Last made up 2026-04-12
Watchouts
Cash
£4M
+49% vs 2024
Net assets
£15M
+2.3% vs 2024
Employees
25
+19% highest in 5 filed years
Profit before tax
£333K
-94% vs 2024
Watchouts
Facts from the Companies House register and the latest accounts — not a rating
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3 officer resignations in last 12 months
Multiple officers have left the board recently — see the People section for who.
Net assets
5-year trend · vs Health Care median
Accounts
5-year trend · latest reflected 2025-09-30
| Metric | Trend | 2021-09-30 | 2022-09-30 | 2023-09-30 | 2024-09-30 | 2025-09-30 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | — | — | — | £1,939,038 | £2,130,015 | |
| Operating profit | — | — | — | -£16,508 | £78,872 | |
| Profit before tax | — | — | — | £5,514,643 | £333,366 | |
| Net profit | — | — | — | £5,514,643 | £333,366 | |
| Cash | — | — | — | £2,735,298 | £4,075,141 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | — | — | — | £15,940,700 | £16,015,494 | |
| Net assets | — | — | — | £14,245,613 | £14,578,979 | |
| Equity | — | — | — | £14,245,613 | £14,578,979 | |
| Average employees | 18 | 19 | 20 | 21 | 25 | |
| Wages | — | — | — | £631,498 | £776,731 |
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
Ratios
Computed from the line items above — sparklines read oldest → newest
| Ratio | Trend | 2021-09-30 | 2022-09-30 | 2023-09-30 | 2024-09-30 | 2025-09-30 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | — | — | — | -0.9% | 3.7% | |
| Net margin | — | — | — | 284.4% | 15.7% | |
| Return on capital employed | — | — | — | -0.1% | 0.5% | |
| Current ratio | — | — | — | 5.81x | 5.13x | |
| Interest cover | — | — | — | — | 16.91x |
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
- Standalone (parent only)
- Auditor
- FLB Audit LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“The Trustees consider the charity has adequate resources to continue for the foreseeable future and accordingly continues to adopt the going concern basis of accounting.”
Significant events
- “chose to leave the Abbeyfield movement... The effective date was 31st March 2025.”
- “plannec this year to refurbish and upgrade our sheltered houses”
- “work of John Mann in working with Epsom Sports Club ('ESC') on the building of a pavilion in our grounds.”
- “We celebrated the 80th anniversary of VE day”
- “significantly increased number of volunteers who perform and assist with many activities and events”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
9 active · 57 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ELLIOTT, Clare Susan | Director | 2025-05-14 | Nov 1967 | British |
| HORNE, Douglas Kenneth Lyon | Director | 2022-07-06 | Apr 1970 | British |
| HOY, Andrew Martin, Dr | Director | 2017-02-21 | Oct 1949 | British |
| MANN, John William | Director | 2022-04-20 | Oct 1955 | British |
| MCCABE, Yvonne Catherine | Director | 2023-11-22 | Aug 1956 | Irish |
| MOORE, Susan Jane | Director | 2022-08-09 | Jan 1956 | British |
| O'NEILL, Jackie | Director | 2025-05-14 | Jan 1952 | British |
| SHORE, Charles Nicholas | Director | 2015-04-15 | Jun 1952 | British |
| WAKERLEY OBE, Malcolm William, Dr | Director | 2014-10-13 | Dec 1946 | British |
Show 57 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| LOMASNEY, Patrick | Secretary | 2001-06-11 | 2013-02-26 |
| SHELTON, John Anthony | Secretary | 2000-07-10 | 2001-06-11 |
| WHALLEY, Marie Agnes | Secretary | — | 2000-07-10 |
| ABBOTT, Kathleen Mary | Director | — | 2008-03-31 |
| ANGUS, Margaret Christina | Director | 2015-11-01 | 2023-08-12 |
| ANTHONY, Robert James | Director | 2014-03-17 | 2014-10-04 |
| BIGNELL, John Alan | Director | 1993-05-24 | 2003-09-30 |
| BLETCHER, Michael Ian | Director | 2014-10-13 | 2015-04-15 |
| BOORMAN, Mary | Director | 2016-01-21 | 2022-07-01 |
| BYRON, Emma Miller | Director | 2018-09-13 | 2018-12-06 |
| CARRINGTON, Anne Fairweather | Director | 2021-06-21 | 2025-05-14 |
| CARRINGTON, Anne Fairweather | Director | 1993-05-24 | 2015-04-29 |
| DEANE, Elizabeth | Director | 2012-04-16 | 2013-01-16 |
| DEANE, Leslie Ernest | Director | 2012-04-16 | 2013-01-16 |
| EAGLE, Stephen Lloyd | Director | 2022-08-17 | 2025-03-09 |
| FISHER, Barbara, Dr | Director | — | 2003-07-14 |
| FISHER, Janet | Director | 2006-09-11 | 2021-06-21 |
| FLOWER, John Francis | Director | 2015-04-15 | 2022-03-14 |
| HICKS, Jane | Director | 2014-10-13 | 2014-11-15 |
| HODGES, Betty Leughland | Director | — | 1995-02-01 |
| HOWE, Timothy Richard | Director | 2019-12-05 | 2022-05-24 |
| HUNT, Stephen Thomas | Director | 2012-04-16 | 2014-09-30 |
| JONES, Trevor | Director | 2010-09-20 | 2015-03-05 |
| JONES, Trevor Hayden | Director | 1999-06-14 | 2006-09-11 |
| LOMASNEY, Patrick | Director | 2001-06-11 | 2013-02-26 |
| MACDONALD, Andrew James Whitbourn | Director | 2014-10-13 | 2015-04-15 |
| MACDONALD, Julie | Director | 2021-12-06 | 2022-12-20 |
| MACDONALD, Nigel Colin Lock | Director | 2014-10-13 | 2025-01-31 |
| MAGGS, Lynette | Director | 2014-10-13 | 2023-11-09 |
| MARSH, Marjorie | Director | 2004-06-12 | 2015-12-31 |
| MCGILL, Brian Emanuel | Director | 2004-06-14 | 2012-04-16 |
| MCPHEE, Yvonne Enid | Director | 2014-10-13 | 2015-04-29 |
| MEHMET, Adam James | Director | 2023-11-21 | 2025-05-14 |
| NORRIS, Christopher Richard Malcolm | Director | 1999-05-14 | 2000-11-25 |
| PAGELLA, Maurice Vondy | Director | 2014-10-13 | 2022-07-01 |
| PARRY, Patricia | Director | 1993-05-24 | 2000-02-07 |
| PARSONS, Andrew Stuart | Director | 2022-12-12 | 2025-05-14 |
| PATEL, Rohitbhai Ambalal | Director | 2014-10-13 | 2015-04-30 |
| RATLIFF, Jim | Director | 2015-03-26 | 2022-03-14 |
| SCOTT, William George | Director | 2014-10-13 | 2021-06-21 |
| SHELTON, John Anthony | Director | — | 2021-07-20 |
| SMITH, Cynthia Clare | Director | 2000-07-10 | 2003-06-09 |
| SMITH, John Sidney George | Director | 2000-07-10 | 2004-06-14 |
| SMITH, Victor | Director | 1994-08-01 | 1997-10-27 |
| SNEADE, Margaret | Director | — | 1991-04-30 |
| SODEN, Albert Henry | Director | — | 1998-04-01 |
| TANI, Patricia Diane | Director | — | 1992-07-06 |
| THEOBALD, Alan | Director | 1999-06-14 | 2005-06-30 |
| TYRRELL, Anthony Allen Richard | Director | — | 1991-04-30 |
| TYRRELL, Evelyn Muriel | Director | — | 1996-06-24 |
| TYRRELL, Richard Eric Roger, Mr (Chairman) | Director | — | 1996-06-24 |
| WALKER, Susanna Loveday | Director | 2014-10-13 | 2018-12-06 |
| WALKER LVO, Graham Arthur James | Director | 2014-10-13 | 2025-01-31 |
| WICKHAM, Ralph, Mr (Hon Treasurer) | Director | — | 1991-10-31 |
| WILDE, Elaine | Director | 2006-09-11 | 2012-04-16 |
| WOLFENDEN, Harry | Director | — | 1999-07-01 |
| WRIGHT, Violet Louisa | Director | — | 1991-11-04 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mr Graham Arthur James Walker | Individual | significant-influence-or-control-as-trust | 2016-08-22 | Ceased 2018-04-26 |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 286 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-04-27 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2026-03-20 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-07-22 | RESOLUTIONS | resolution | Resolution | |
| 2025-07-22 | MA | incorporation | Memorandum articles | |
| 2025-07-10 | AD01 | address | Change registered office address company with date old address new address | |
| 2025-07-02 | AD01 | address | Change registered office address company with date old address new address | |
| 2025-05-21 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2025-05-19 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-05-19 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-05-16 | CERTNM | change-of-name | Certificate change of name company | |
| 2025-05-16 | NE01 | change-of-name | Change of name exemption | |
| 2025-05-16 | CONNOT | change-of-name | Change of name notice | |
| 2025-05-15 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-05-15 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-05-15 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-04-30 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-04-15 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-03-21 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-02-07 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-02-07 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 15
- Capital events
- 0
- Officers appointed
- 2
- Officers resigned
- 3
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.
Year-on-year
FY2024 → FY2025 · period ending 2025-09-30 vs 2024-09-30
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Turnover
+9.8%
£1,939,038 £2,130,015
-
Cash
+49%
£2,735,298 £4,075,141
-
Net assets
+2.3%
£14,245,613 £14,578,979
-
Employees
+19%
21 25
highest in 5 filed years
-
Operating profit
+577.8%
-£16,508 £78,872
-
Profit before tax
-94%
£5,514,643 £333,366
-
Wages
+23%
£631,498 £776,731
Each % is (latest − prior) ÷ |prior| for the line item as filed. Periods don't have to be exactly 12 months apart — a long or short period (typical around incorporation or year-end changes) will distort the comparison. Lines a company doesn't report are omitted. About these numbers