SOUTHERN COUNTIES CARE LIMITED

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Next accounts due

2026-03-24

Overdue

Confirmation statement due

2026-10-01 (in 5mo)

Last made up 2025-09-17

Watchouts

1 item

Cash

£1M

+67.3% highest in 6 filed years

Net assets

£5M

-33.9% lowest in 6 filed years

Employees

0% vs 2022

Profit before tax

£497K

-14.6% first positive since 2019

Watchouts

Facts from the Companies House register and the latest accounts — not a rating

Annual accounts overdue

Due 2026-03-24.

Name history

Renamed 1 time since incorporation

SOUTHERN COUNTIES CARE LIMITED 1988-02-29 → present
LOCKHEAD LIMITED 1988-01-22 → 1988-02-29

Net assets

6-year trend · vs Health Care median

SOUTHERN COUNTIES CARE LIMITED·Health Care median · n=638

Accounts

6-year trend · latest reflected 2023-12-31

Metric	2018-12-31	2019-12-31	2020-12-31	2021-12-31	2022-12-31	2023-12-31
Turnover	£1,365,130	£1,506,351	£1,514,593	£1,625,741	£1,779,005	£1,954,485
Operating profit	£41,030	-£100,788	£488,208	£619,402	£681,151	£626,411
Profit before tax	£129,556	-£187,602	£415,801	£568,350	£581,756	£497,001
Net profit	£147,794	-£237,509	£344,070	£570,834	£476,448	£474,133
Cash	£70,072	£185,074	£668,750	£525,657	£830,527	£1,389,644
Total assets less current liabilities	£8,605,272	£8,223,218	£8,871,172	£9,090,495	£9,444,753	£6,508,704
Net assets	£6,338,066	£6,016,547	£6,669,882	£7,154,525	£7,990,102	£5,280,700
Equity	£6,338,066	£6,016,547	£6,669,882	£7,154,525	£7,990,102	£5,280,700
Average employees	48	51	52	51	52	52
Wages	£722,784	£785,522	£845,453	£806,755	£846,675	£892,601

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	2018-12-31	2019-12-31	2020-12-31	2021-12-31	2022-12-31	2023-12-31
Operating margin	3.0%	-6.7%	32.2%	38.1%	38.3%	32.0%
Net margin	10.8%	-15.8%	22.7%	35.1%	26.8%	24.3%
Return on capital employed	0.5%	-1.2%	5.5%	6.8%	7.2%	9.6%
Gearing (liabilities / total assets)	—	—	—	—	46.6%	52.6%
Current ratio	—	—	—	—	2.23x	1.83x
Interest cover	0.46x	-1.16x	6.74x	12.13x	6.85x	4.84x

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: Hawsons Chartered Accountants
Audit opinion: Unqualified (clean)
Going concern: Affirmed
“The directors therefore have a reasonable expectation that the company has adequate resources to continue in operational existence for the foreseeable future and have continued to adopt the going concern basis in preparing the financial statements.”

Group structure

SOUTHERN COUNTIES CARE LIMITED · parent
1. Southern CC Limited 100% · England · dormant company

Significant events

“The group recently acquired and exchanged on a new care home with a 28 bed house called The Dene Place from Bupa. It will bring a new revenue stream into the group and increase cash flow going forwards.”

Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers

People

3 active · 17 resigned

Name	Role	Appointed	Born	Nationality
JEEBUN, Zainah	Secretary	2006-12-20	—	British
JEEBUN, Sheth Sonachand Dharmanan Singh	Director	2006-12-20	Jun 1961	British
JEEBUN, Zainah	Director	2006-12-20	Sep 1961	British

Show 17 resigned officers

Name	Role	Appointed	Resigned
BISHOP, Simon John	Secretary	1996-01-17	1999-12-15
HUGHES, Lynda Constance	Secretary	—	1994-02-12
HUGHES, Patricia	Secretary	1994-02-12	1996-01-17
BLG (PROFESSIONAL SERVICES) LIMITED	Corporate Secretary	1999-12-15	2006-12-20
ARTIS, Carol Mary	Director	1999-03-31	2004-08-06
CAMERON, Charles Donald Ewen	Director	2006-03-15	2006-12-20
EVANS, Patrick Charles	Director	—	1996-01-17
FOTHERGILL, David	Director	2006-04-20	2006-12-20
HAYFIELD, Roy Leonard	Director	1996-01-17	1996-11-07
HUGHES, Lynda Constance	Director	—	1994-02-12
KEATING, Denise Elizabeth	Director	2006-03-06	2006-12-20
MCALLISTER, John Brian	Director	1996-02-02	1999-03-31
PRESTON, Mary	Director	2003-04-01	2006-04-20
SAVILLE, Richard Cyril Campbell	Director	2005-05-16	2005-05-20
SMITH, Albert Edward	Director	2004-04-19	2006-12-20
SPURLING, Julian Neville Guy	Director	2005-12-21	2006-11-27
STRATFORD, Michael Anthony	Director	1996-01-17	2004-05-20

Ownership

Persons with significant control

Name	Kind	Nature of control	Notified	Status
Mr Sheth Sonachand Dharmanan Singh Jeebun	Individual	Shares 25–50%, Voting 25–50%, Appoints directors	2016-05-01	Ceased 2016-05-01
Cardinal Hc Ltd	Corporate entity	Shares 75–100%, Appoints directors, right-to-appoint-and-remove-directors-as-trust, right-to-appoint-and-remove-directors-as-firm	2016-05-01	Active

Filing timeline

Last 20 of 211 total filings

Date	Type	Category	Description
2025-12-24	AA01	accounts	Change account reference date company current shortened	PDF
2025-11-10	CS01	confirmation-statement	Confirmation statement with no updates	PDF
2025-06-16	AD01	address	Change registered office address company with date old address new address	PDF
2025-01-03	AA	accounts	Accounts with accounts type full
2024-11-11	AD01	address	Change registered office address company with date old address new address	PDF
2024-10-21	CS01	confirmation-statement	Confirmation statement with no updates	PDF
2024-07-29	PSC07	persons-with-significant-control	Cessation of a person with significant control	PDF
2024-07-29	PSC02	persons-with-significant-control	Notification of a person with significant control	PDF
2024-03-30	AA	accounts	Accounts with accounts type full
2023-12-21	AA01	accounts	Change account reference date company previous shortened	PDF
2023-09-28	CS01	confirmation-statement	Confirmation statement with no updates	PDF
2023-09-26	AA01	accounts	Change account reference date company previous shortened	PDF
2023-05-18	AD01	address	Change registered office address company with date old address new address	PDF
2023-03-24	AA	accounts	Accounts with accounts type full	PDF
2022-12-15	AA01	accounts	Change account reference date company previous shortened	PDF
2022-11-16	CS01	confirmation-statement	Confirmation statement with no updates	PDF
2022-03-17	AA	accounts	Accounts with accounts type full	PDF
2021-12-22	AA01	accounts	Change account reference date company previous shortened	PDF
2021-10-18	CS01	confirmation-statement	Confirmation statement with no updates	PDF
2021-05-04	AA	accounts	Accounts with accounts type full	PDF

Public-record activity

Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months

Filings: 3
Capital events: 0
Officers appointed: 0
Officers resigned: 0

Direct counts from the register. No score, no rating — see the Filing timeline for the underlying events.

Year-on-year

FY2022 → FY2023 · period ending 2023-12-31 vs 2022-12-31

Turnover

+9.9%

£1,779,005 £1,954,485

highest in 6 filed years
Cash

+67.3%

£830,527 £1,389,644

highest in 6 filed years
Net assets

-33.9%

£7,990,102 £5,280,700

lowest in 6 filed years
Employees

0%

52 52
Operating profit

-8%

£681,151 £626,411

first positive since 2019
Profit before tax

-14.6%

£581,756 £497,001

first positive since 2019
Wages

+5.4%

£846,675 £892,601

highest in 6 filed years

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

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