WCS CARE GROUP LIMITED
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Next accounts due
2026-12-31 (in 7mo)
Last filed for 2025-03-31
Confirmation statement due
2027-04-09 (in 11mo)
Last made up 2026-03-26
Watchouts
None on the register
Cash
£10M
+11.8% vs 2024
Net assets
£26M
+8% vs 2024
Employees
858
+0.6% vs 2024
Profit before tax
£3M
+4.2% vs 2024
Name history
Renamed 1 time since incorporation
- WCS CARE GROUP LIMITED 2008-12-04 → present
- WARWICKSHIRE CARE SERVICES LIMITED 1992-05-01 → 2008-12-04
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 | £29,532,000 | £31,583,000 | |
| Operating profit | — | — | |
| Profit before tax | £2,524,000 | £2,629,000 | |
| Net profit | £1,794,000 | £1,932,000 | |
| Cash | £9,225,000 | £10,314,000 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £37,221,000 | £38,472,000 | |
| Net assets | £24,031,000 | £25,963,000 | |
| Equity | £24,031,000 | £25,963,000 | |
| Average employees | 853 | 858 | |
| Wages | £17,601,000 | £19,060,000 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Net margin | 6.1% | 6.1% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 40.5% | 38.0% | |
| Current ratio | 3.44x | 3.44x |
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
- Crowe U.K. LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“The directors have considered it appropriate to adopt the going concern basis of accounting in preparing the financial statements. The trustees are of the view that adequate resources are available to the organisation to continue to operate as a going concern over the foreseeable future from the date of approval of the financial statements.”
Group structure
- WCS CARE GROUP LIMITED · parent
- Common Lane Developments Limited 100%
Significant events
- “In September the Board agreed a fresh strategy setting out our intentions and aspirations for the next 6 years. Central to the development of this has been our wish to expand our village home model to more residents.”
- “A village style development of 76 rooms has been approved in Attleborough by the board and a property has been acquired in Royal Leamington Spa for conversion to a 58-room care village.”
- “Our Chief Executive, Ed Russell, was recognised in the King's Birthday Honours by the award of an OBE for services to care home residents.”
- “Our Investors in People Platinum award confirms the strength of our organisation and puts us in the top 5% of employers nationally.”
- “We've also completed a three-year refurbishment programme, ensuring that every home now reflects our household living model.”
- “We achieved a significant milestone in November 2024 with the retrofitting of this circadian system across Sycamores care home in Leamington Spa.”
- “In September 2024, we formally adopted a net-zero target as part of our six-year business development plan.”
- “One of our early actions was the installation of solar panels at Woodside Care Village in Warwick.”
- “On 1st May 2025, the charity purchased a freehold care home property for £3.75 million using its own funds. This investment was made to support the charity's strategy and care service delivery.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
11 active · 44 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| PAREKH, Paresh Chandrakant | Secretary | 2015-11-30 | — | — |
| ANDREWS, Mark Ronald | Director | 2017-11-27 | Oct 1961 | British |
| BASTEN, Elizabeth Jane | Director | 2021-09-27 | Mar 1974 | British |
| HOLT, Anthony James | Director | 2022-07-11 | Nov 1970 | British |
| HOUGH, Elizabeth Emma | Director | 2022-07-11 | May 1966 | British |
| LAST, Alison | Director | 2018-04-01 | Aug 1958 | British |
| LEGGETT, Nicholas William Michael, Rev | Director | 2024-12-02 | Jan 1962 | British |
| MATTHEWS, Jayne Alison | Director | 2019-07-01 | Mar 1956 | British |
| MERCHANT, Roger Leonard | Director | 2017-11-27 | Dec 1957 | British |
| SHEPHERD, William Daniel | Director | 2025-03-24 | Feb 1971 | British |
| WARWICK, Rebecca Lynda | Director | 2019-01-30 | Jan 1979 | British |
Show 44 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| WOOD, Nicholas John | Secretary | 1992-11-09 | 2015-11-30 |
| BANKS, Tricia Mary | Director | 2019-01-30 | 2023-12-04 |
| BETTINSON, John Richard | Director | 1992-05-11 | 2005-11-28 |
| BROOKES, Richard Dennis | Director | 2010-03-15 | 2016-02-15 |
| COLSTON, Joyce | Director | 1995-06-30 | 2010-01-18 |
| COULSON, Peter | Director | 1992-05-11 | 2001-05-14 |
| COWCHER, David George | Director | 1992-10-12 | 1993-07-26 |
| CRESSEY, Barrie Christopher | Director | 2013-09-23 | 2022-07-11 |
| DEATH, Harold William | Director | 1997-05-19 | 2001-07-16 |
| DEELEY, Joan Enid Mary | Director | 2010-03-15 | 2017-08-18 |
| DEMIAN, Karl Wasyl | Director | 2008-09-08 | 2019-09-30 |
| DOBINSON, Shân Erica | Director | 2020-11-30 | 2026-02-11 |
| DUFF, Rory Cameron | Director | 2001-05-14 | 2008-09-08 |
| EDWARDS, Kenneth Walter Tom | Director | — | 1994-09-26 |
| FOSSEY, Anthony Stanley | Director | 2008-09-08 | 2017-08-18 |
| GILBERT, Chrysanda | Director | 1992-10-12 | 1993-11-22 |
| GRANT, Thomas Montague Alfred | Director | 1996-11-25 | 2008-09-08 |
| GREEN, Martin Peter | Director | 2008-09-08 | 2012-12-03 |
| HAM, Richard Laurence | Director | 2010-03-15 | 2011-07-04 |
| HUNTER, Noel Campbell | Director | 2003-06-23 | 2013-12-02 |
| ISHERWOOD, Amy Lilian | Director | 1992-10-12 | 1994-03-14 |
| LANCHESTER, Eric William | Director | 1994-03-14 | 2009-11-23 |
| LAST, Alan Thomas | Director | 2008-09-08 | 2018-03-31 |
| LEVETT, Adrian Frederick | Director | 2015-09-21 | 2025-07-08 |
| LODGE, Laurence Dennis | Director | 2005-11-28 | 2011-11-21 |
| LUSCOMBE, David Nanchollas | Director | 1992-08-11 | 1993-12-20 |
| MALLOY, Mary Ann | Director | 2010-03-15 | 2018-04-01 |
| MCCARNEY, Frank | Director | 1995-01-30 | 1997-05-19 |
| MCMILLAN, Colin George | Director | — | 2005-11-28 |
| MERCHANT, Howell Richard | Director | 1994-03-14 | 2010-01-18 |
| MIDDLEBURGH, Lee Eamon | Director | 2013-09-23 | 2022-07-11 |
| MILLER, Simon Peter | Director | 2005-11-28 | 2018-11-26 |
| MITCHELL, Kenneth Aubrey | Director | 1994-03-14 | 2005-11-10 |
| MONKMAN, Janet Karen | Director | 2005-11-28 | 2007-06-18 |
| NURCOMBE, Keith Jon | Director | 2014-09-22 | 2019-03-11 |
| PENN, Nigel | Director | 1997-05-19 | 2001-07-16 |
| RHODES, Joanna Christine | Director | 2003-06-23 | 2007-09-03 |
| SOUTHEARD, Patricia Jane | Director | 2013-09-23 | 2019-07-01 |
| STUBBINGS, Marie Catherine | Director | 2005-03-07 | 2011-07-04 |
| WEATHERBURN, Nicholas Keith | Director | 2019-01-30 | 2024-08-30 |
| WEDDELL, Michael Mc Donald | Director | 1992-05-18 | 1996-03-31 |
| WELLS, John Francis, Councillor | Director | 1993-07-26 | 1995-01-30 |
| WILLIAMS, Rhys Herbert | Director | 1992-10-12 | 1996-11-25 |
| WILSON, Patricia Kathleen | Director | 1992-05-18 | 2006-08-22 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 248 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-04-02 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2026-02-18 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-09-25 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2025-08-22 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2025-07-08 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-04-14 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-03-27 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-12-05 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-08-30 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-08-20 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2024-04-11 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-12-05 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2023-08-24 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2023-04-12 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2022-10-03 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2022-07-13 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2022-07-13 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2022-07-13 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2022-07-13 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2022-04-12 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 5
- Capital events
- 0
- Officers appointed
- 0
- Officers resigned
- 2
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
+6.9%
£29,532,000 £31,583,000
-
Cash
+11.8%
£9,225,000 £10,314,000
-
Net assets
+8%
£24,031,000 £25,963,000
-
Employees
+0.6%
853 858
-
Profit before tax
+4.2%
£2,524,000 £2,629,000
-
Wages
+8.3%
£17,601,000 £19,060,000
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