CARE SOUTH
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Next accounts due
2026-12-31 (in 7mo)
Last filed for 2025-03-31
Confirmation statement due
2026-10-14 (in 5mo)
Last made up 2025-09-30
Watchouts
None on the register
Cash
£13M
-28.4% vs 2024
Net assets
£75M
+13.8% vs 2024
Employees
1,287
-1.8% vs 2024
Profit before tax
£9M
+69.9% vs 2024
Name history
Renamed 2 times since incorporation
- CARE SOUTH 2005-05-19 → present
- THE DORSET TRUST 1991-03-15 → 2005-05-19
- DORSET TRUST 1990-12-04 → 1991-03-15
Net assets
2-year trend · vs Health Care median
Accounts
2-year trend · latest reflected 2025-03-31
| Metric | Trend | 2024-03-31 | 2025-03-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £55,683,000 | £60,222,000 | |
| Operating profit | £4,274,000 | £10,009,000 | |
| Profit before tax | £5,364,000 | £9,114,000 | |
| Net profit | £5,364,000 | £9,114,000 | |
| Cash | £17,916,000 | £12,823,000 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £70,053,000 | £78,961,000 | |
| Net assets | £66,137,000 | £75,241,000 | |
| Equity | £66,137,000 | £75,241,000 | |
| Average employees | 1,310 | 1,287 | |
| Wages | £27,062,000 | £28,929,000 |
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 | 2024-03-31 | 2025-03-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | 7.7% | 16.6% | |
| Net margin | 9.6% | 15.1% | |
| Return on capital employed | 6.1% | 12.7% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 21.4% | 19.0% | |
| Current ratio | 1.51x | 1.21x | |
| Interest cover | 9.80x | 33.25x |
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
- Francis Clark LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“Given the past, current and forecast performance of the Company, the Directors believe that it remains appropriate to prepare the financial statements on a going concern basis. The Company is generating robust financial returns and the need for our care services remains strong.”
Group structure
- CARE SOUTH · parent
- Beauchamp House Nursing Home Limited 100%
- Two Rivers Investments Limited 100%
Significant events
- “The Company celebrated the opening of our spectacular new care home Marjorie House in Poole, welcoming the first residents on 4 September 2024.”
- “Good progress was also made in advancing our proposals for a new 62-bed care home and 48 assisted living apartments, on a site at Queen Anne Drive in Merley, we had purchased in 2023.”
- “The closure process for the existing care home in Storrington, West Sussex, was initiated in March 2025 and completed post year-end.”
- “Significant works at our Beauchamp House nursing home in Somerset, were completed during the year, including a new ramped access.”
- “Our Fremington Manor nursing home, near Barnstaple in North Devon was closed during March 2025.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
10 active · 31 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| BRICE, Mary Rebecca | Director | 2023-11-01 | Dec 1964 | British |
| CAUSTON, Paul Richard | Director | 2017-10-11 | Apr 1947 | British |
| DYSON, Martin Richard | Director | 2009-05-20 | Dec 1946 | British |
| HUNTER, Charles James Holt | Director | 2014-01-29 | Aug 1946 | British |
| KEAN, Christopher | Director | 2002-01-10 | Sep 1947 | British |
| PHILBRICK, Sarah Monica Loveday | Director | 2023-01-01 | Nov 1954 | British |
| ROZKOVEC, Adrian, Dr. | Director | 2022-11-01 | Feb 1950 | British |
| STICHBURY, Jane | Director | 2017-07-19 | May 1955 | British |
| THOMAS, Martin Rowland | Director | 2025-01-02 | Mar 1955 | British,Welsh |
| WARDE, Geoffrey Colin | Director | 2020-01-29 | Dec 1944 | British |
Show 31 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| BOWERS, Geoffrey Mills | Secretary | — | 1994-03-31 |
| SARGEANT, Penelope Jane | Secretary | 1994-05-25 | 2021-07-31 |
| ANSELL, Lindsay Ann | Director | 2015-07-22 | 2022-12-14 |
| BARNETT, Stephanie Claire | Director | 2013-05-22 | 2019-10-30 |
| BONNER, Hayley Kathleen | Director | 2023-09-01 | 2024-08-30 |
| COLLINS, Sheila Mary | Director | 2002-11-27 | 2013-03-20 |
| COURTNEY, Hampton James, Councillor | Director | 2002-05-22 | 2002-11-15 |
| COVILLE, Christopher Charles Cotton, Sir | Director | 2005-10-05 | 2009-03-19 |
| DAY, Richard, Dr | Director | 2009-03-18 | 2022-12-14 |
| FULFORD-DOBSON, Michael, Capt | Director | — | 2000-09-27 |
| GROOM, Richard John | Director | 2010-05-26 | 2024-09-19 |
| IRWIN, Felicity Ann | Director | — | 2020-07-22 |
| LEWIS, Paul Radcliffe | Director | — | 2002-07-17 |
| LINDSAY, Hugh John Alexander | Director | — | 2005-07-20 |
| MAYCOCK, Rosalind Ruth, Doctor | Director | 1992-05-28 | 2008-10-15 |
| MCLINTOCK, Pamela Sylvia | Director | — | 1992-09-30 |
| MELDRUM, Neil John | Director | 1995-11-23 | 2005-07-20 |
| O'SULLIVAN, Michael Patrick | Director | 1992-05-28 | 1993-06-11 |
| ONSLOW-COLE, Joy Elizabeth | Director | — | 1992-09-30 |
| PANES, Christopher Francis | Director | 2007-10-19 | 2007-12-07 |
| PANES, Christopher Francis | Director | 2001-01-31 | 2007-10-10 |
| POPE, Alison Mary | Director | 1992-05-28 | 2009-05-20 |
| PRATT, Frank Trevor | Director | — | 1997-07-21 |
| TAPPER, Geoffrey William, Doctor | Director | 1993-07-28 | 2001-05-23 |
| TATHAM, Christopher David | Director | 2004-11-24 | 2008-10-25 |
| TAYLOR, Patricia Yvonne | Director | 2004-09-13 | 2011-10-12 |
| VICKERY, Anthony Jackson | Director | 1992-03-25 | 2001-03-21 |
| WEBSTER, Hugh James Derek | Director | 2007-11-28 | 2019-10-30 |
| WHITTAKER, Ronald, Councillor | Director | 1998-11-25 | 2002-05-22 |
| WILSON, John Leslie, Councillor | Director | 2001-07-18 | 2004-06-11 |
| WRETHAM, Frederick James, Councillor | Director | — | 2005-07-20 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 209 total filings
Material constitutional events — rename, articles re-file, resolution
- 2024-09-21 MA Memorandum articles
- 2024-09-21 RESOLUTIONS Resolution
- 2022-07-11 RESOLUTIONS Resolution
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-12-31 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-09-30 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-01-10 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-12-19 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-10-01 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-09-30 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-09-21 | MA | incorporation | Memorandum articles | |
| 2024-09-21 | RESOLUTIONS | resolution | Resolution | |
| 2024-08-30 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2023-11-14 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2023-11-13 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-11-02 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-09-15 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2023-01-13 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2023-01-04 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2023-01-03 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2022-11-09 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2022-11-09 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2022-10-04 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2022-07-11 | RESOLUTIONS | resolution | Resolution |
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
FY2024 → FY2025 · period ending 2025-03-31 vs 2024-03-31
-
Turnover
+8.2%
£55,683,000 £60,222,000
-
Cash
-28.4%
£17,916,000 £12,823,000
-
Net assets
+13.8%
£66,137,000 £75,241,000
-
Employees
-1.8%
1,310 1,287
-
Operating profit
+134.2%
£4,274,000 £10,009,000
-
Profit before tax
+69.9%
£5,364,000 £9,114,000
-
Wages
+6.9%
£27,062,000 £28,929,000
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