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DOVECOTE CARE HOMES LIMITED
Cash
£22K
+8,694.8% vs 2023
Net assets
£2M
-33.6% vs 2023
Employees
92
+17.9% vs 2023
Profit before tax
£17K
+124.7% vs 2023
Profile
- Company number
- 02794381
- Status
- Active
- Incorporation
- 1993-02-26
- Last accounts made up
- 2024-12-31
- Account category
- FULL
- Primary SIC
- 86102
- Hubs
- UK Healthcare
Net assets
6-year trend · vs UK Healthcare median
Accounts
6-year trend · latest 2024-12-31
| Metric | Trend | 2019-12-31 | 2020-12-31 | 2021-12-31 | 2022-12-31 | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | — | — | — | — | £3,613,277 | £3,928,259 | |
| Operating profit | — | — | — | — | £270,536 | £265,486 | |
| Profit before tax | — | — | — | — | -£69,296 | £17,135 | |
| Net profit | — | — | — | — | -£69,296 | £17,135 | |
| Cash | — | — | — | — | £250 | £21,987 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | — | — | — | — | £5,867,216 | £4,676,824 | |
| Net assets | — | — | — | — | £3,315,578 | £2,202,713 | |
| Equity | £3,701,442 | £3,665,109 | £2,205,064 | £3,384,874 | £3,315,578 | £2,202,713 | |
| Average employees | — | — | — | — | 78 | 92 | |
| Wages | — | — | — | — | £169,248 | £155,760 |
Values shown as filed in iXBRL accounts. — indicates the figure was not present in the extracted filing (either not filed under that concept or absent from the period). About these numbers
Audit & accounting basis
From AI-extracted PDF accounts
- Accounting basis
- FRS 102
- Reporting scope
- Standalone (parent only)
- Auditor
- Cooper Paul
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“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 for a period of at least twelve months from when the financial statements are authorised for issue.”
Significant events
- “The effect of restrictions on the business resulting from the covid pandemic are now being overcome and the business is returning to profitability.”
- “In order to remain operational the company took on additional debt in 2020-2022 which is now proving expensive as the higher inflation and interest rates subsequent to the pandemic bite.”
Auditor / going-concern / subsidiary information is extracted from the PDF version of the latest annual accounts and is not tagged in iXBRL. About these numbers
People
1 active · 12 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| LIDFORD, Stephen John | Director | 1993-02-26 | Dec 1955 | British |
Show 12 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| BREWER, Kevin, Dr | Nominee Secretary | 1993-02-26 | 1993-03-01 |
| DAVEY, James St John | Secretary | 1993-06-25 | 1994-01-19 |
| DAVIES, David Anthony | Secretary | 1994-01-19 | 2010-12-01 |
| LIDFORD, David Glenn | Secretary | 1993-02-26 | 1993-06-25 |
| CURTIS, Derek Edward George | Director | 1994-12-31 | 2024-12-31 |
| DAVIES, David Anthony | Director | 1994-08-24 | 2010-12-01 |
| LIDFORD, David Glenn | Director | 2014-01-06 | 2025-12-31 |
| LIDFORD, David Glenn | Director | 1993-02-26 | 2007-10-12 |
| LIDFORD, Samantha Marie | Director | 2010-09-27 | 2015-03-12 |
| SIMMONS, Roger Anthony | Director | 1995-02-03 | 1998-05-26 |
| TARLING, Richard | Director | 1995-01-03 | 1998-05-26 |
| WILSON, Peter Richard, Dr | Director | 1993-06-25 | 2014-12-24 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mr Stephen John Lidford | Individual | Significant influence | 2016-04-06 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 149 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-02-17 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | confirmation statement with no updates |
| 2026-01-29 | TM01 | officers | termination director company with name termination date |
| 2025-12-16 | MR04 | mortgage | mortgage satisfy charge full |
| 2025-10-30 | AA | accounts | accounts with accounts type full |
| 2025-03-03 | AD02 | address | change sail address company with old address new address |
| 2025-03-03 | TM01 | officers | termination director company with name termination date |
| 2025-03-03 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | confirmation statement with no updates |
| 2024-10-01 | AA | accounts | accounts with accounts type full |
| 2024-03-20 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | confirmation statement with no updates |
| 2023-09-26 | AA | accounts | accounts with accounts type full |
| 2023-03-15 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | confirmation statement with no updates |
| 2022-09-29 | AA | accounts | accounts with accounts type full |
| 2022-03-07 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | confirmation statement with no updates |
| 2021-09-28 | AA | accounts | accounts with accounts type small |
| 2021-03-22 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | confirmation statement with no updates |
| 2020-12-24 | AA | accounts | accounts with accounts type full |
| 2020-03-04 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | confirmation statement with no updates |
| 2019-09-26 | AA | accounts | accounts with accounts type total exemption full |
| 2019-03-21 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | confirmation statement with updates |
| 2018-09-19 | AA | accounts | accounts with accounts type total exemption full |
Credit score
Altman Z″ (private-firm) · reference 2024-12-31
-0.77
DISTRESS
Altman Z″
- Working capital / Total assets -0.242 × 6.56 = -1.59
- Retained earnings / Total assets 0.000 × 3.26 = +0.00
- EBIT / Total assets 0.041 × 6.72 = +0.28
- Book equity / Total liabilities 0.514 × 1.05 = +0.54
Bands: > 2.6 safe · 1.1–2.6 grey · < 1.1 distress. Z″ is a public-formula baseline, not a substitute for adverse-data signals (CCJs, charges, gazette notices) — those land in a later pass.
Activity Score
Filings velocity, capital events, officer churn, accounts trajectory