OVERLEY HALL LIMITED
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Next accounts due
2026-07-31 (in 2mo)
Last filed for 2024-10-31
Confirmation statement due
2026-11-28 (in 6mo)
Last made up 2025-11-14
Watchouts
None on the register
Cash
£3M
+25.6% highest in 3 filed years
Net assets
£6M
+10.4% highest in 3 filed years
Employees
131
+2.3% highest in 3 filed years
Profit before tax
£872K
+43.7% vs 2023
Name history
Renamed 1 time since incorporation
- OVERLEY HALL LIMITED 2019-05-22 → present
- OVERLEY HALL SCHOOL LIMITED 1981-04-27 → 2019-05-22
Net assets
6-year trend · vs Consumer Discretionary median
Accounts
6-year trend · latest reflected 2024-10-31
| Metric | Trend | 2019-10-31 | 2020-10-31 | 2021-10-31 | 2022-10-31 | 2023-10-31 | 2024-10-31 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | — | — | — | — | £6,178,630 | £6,584,058 | |
| Operating profit | — | — | — | — | £593,469 | £838,689 | |
| Profit before tax | — | — | — | — | £606,982 | £871,934 | |
| Net profit | — | — | — | — | £461,115 | £641,169 | |
| Cash | £1,439,286 | — | — | — | £2,355,141 | £2,958,269 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £3,644,019 | — | — | — | £5,047,810 | £5,587,620 | |
| Net assets | £3,597,605 | — | — | — | £5,009,558 | £5,530,727 | |
| Equity | £3,597,605 | £3,890,270 | £4,359,779 | £4,669,443 | £5,009,558 | £5,530,727 | |
| Average employees | 127 | — | — | — | 128 | 131 | |
| Wages | — | — | — | — | £3,699,312 | £3,773,705 |
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 | 2019-10-31 | 2020-10-31 | 2021-10-31 | 2022-10-31 | 2023-10-31 | 2024-10-31 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | — | — | — | — | 9.6% | 12.7% | |
| Net margin | — | — | — | — | 7.5% | 9.7% | |
| Return on capital employed | — | — | — | — | 11.8% | 15.0% | |
| Current ratio | — | — | — | — | 3.63x | 3.32x | |
| Interest cover | — | — | — | — | 832.35x | — |
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
- Auditor
- CBSL Accountants Limited
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“In auditing the financial statements, we have concluded that the director's use of the going concern basis of accounting in the preparation of the financial statements is appropriate. 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 company's ability to continue as a going concern.”
Significant events
- “Changes in Local Authority funding of placements regular dialogue between management team and Local Authority representatives to ensure fee levels match the care, support and therapies being provided.”
- “Recruiting and retaining sufficient skilled staff continues to remain a difficulty and with further demands on our services this puts a strain on training and development requirements for current staff who have additional responsibilities.”
- “Safeguarding failure or adverse regulator opinion managed through training and risk assessment. As a result of the Hesley Report the Government and the regulatory bodies will strengthen their assurance system for children in residential settings.”
- “Medical and dietary procedures follow strict protocols over administering medication, food labelling and monitoring. The company ensures staff are properly trained and made aware of changes to best practice with up-to-date policies and procedures in place that all staff are aware of.”
- “Health and safety of site and facilities - reviewed continually by site maintenance team and ongoing investment in facilities.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
4 active · 5 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| BROWN, Emma Louise | Secretary | 2004-09-27 | — | British |
| BROWN, Anita | Director | 2005-05-05 | Jun 1940 | British |
| BROWN, Emma Louise | Director | 2009-03-01 | Jan 1975 | British |
| BROWN, Rebecca | Director | 2009-03-01 | Dec 1976 | British |
Show 5 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| BROWN, Anita | Secretary | — | 2001-04-19 |
| WARTON, John | Secretary | 2001-04-19 | 2004-09-27 |
| BROWN, Anita | Director | — | 2000-12-01 |
| BROWN, Paul | Director | — | 2000-12-01 |
| O`HAGAN, William Michael | Director | 2000-12-01 | 2005-05-07 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mrs Anita Brown | Individual | Shares 50–75%, Voting 50–75% | 2016-07-01 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 111 total filings
Material constitutional events — rename, articles re-file, resolution
- 2019-05-22 RESOLUTIONS Resolution PDF
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-11-14 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-07-31 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-12-19 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-07-30 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-12-18 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-07-28 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2022-12-22 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2022-07-08 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type total exemption full | |
| 2021-12-20 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2021-07-27 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type total exemption full | |
| 2021-02-08 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2020-06-19 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type total exemption full | |
| 2019-12-17 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2019-10-23 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2019-10-23 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2019-07-30 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type total exemption full | |
| 2019-05-22 | RESOLUTIONS | resolution | Resolution | |
| 2019-01-30 | AA01 | accounts | Change account reference date company previous extended | |
| 2018-12-13 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2018-01-12 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type total exemption full |
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.
Year-on-year
FY2023 → FY2024 · period ending 2024-10-31 vs 2023-10-31
-
Turnover
+6.6%
£6,178,630 £6,584,058
-
Cash
+25.6%
£2,355,141 £2,958,269
highest in 3 filed years
-
Net assets
+10.4%
£5,009,558 £5,530,727
highest in 3 filed years
-
Employees
+2.3%
128 131
highest in 3 filed years
-
Operating profit
+41.3%
£593,469 £838,689
-
Profit before tax
+43.7%
£606,982 £871,934
-
Wages
+2%
£3,699,312 £3,773,705
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