OXFORD AUNTS LIMITED
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Next accounts due
2026-05-31 (this month)
Last filed for 2024-08-31
Confirmation statement due
2027-03-19 (in 10mo)
Last made up 2026-03-05
Watchouts
None on the register
Cash
£442K
-87.4% lowest in 3 filed years
Net assets
£5M
+31.7% vs 2023
Employees
194
+57.7% highest in 3 filed years
Profit before tax
£989K
+24% highest in 3 filed years
Net assets
6-year trend · vs Health Care median
Accounts
6-year trend · latest reflected 2024-08-31
| Metric | Trend | 2019-08-31 | 2020-08-31 | 2021-08-31 | 2022-08-31 | 2023-08-31 | 2024-08-31 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | — | — | — | — | £6,420,498 | £6,547,870 | |
| Operating profit | — | — | — | — | £753,619 | £968,666 | |
| Profit before tax | — | — | — | £740,768 | £797,086 | £988,614 | |
| Net profit | — | — | — | — | £637,617 | £1,211,436 | |
| Cash | — | — | — | £3,178,904 | £3,511,735 | £441,720 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | — | — | — | — | £3,981,554 | £5,150,622 | |
| Net assets | — | — | — | — | £3,822,075 | £5,033,511 | |
| Equity | £1,492,629 | £1,996,627 | £2,587,503 | £3,184,458 | £3,822,075 | £5,033,511 | |
| Average employees | — | — | — | 120 | 123 | 194 | |
| Wages | — | — | — | £4,516,344 | £4,456,710 | £4,544,952 |
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 | 2019-08-31 | 2020-08-31 | 2021-08-31 | 2022-08-31 | 2023-08-31 | 2024-08-31 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | — | — | — | — | 11.7% | 14.8% | |
| Net margin | — | — | — | — | 9.9% | 18.5% | |
| Return on capital employed | — | — | — | — | 18.9% | 18.8% | |
| Current ratio | — | — | — | — | 7.92x | 8.42x | |
| Interest cover | — | — | — | — | 87.08x | 82.94x |
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 101
- Reporting scope
- Standalone (parent only)
- Auditor
- Grant Thornton UK LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“Based on these analyses and facts, the directors believe that the company will be able to continue to meet its liabilities as they fall due for at least the next 12 months and therefore have prepared the financial statements on a going concern basis.”
Significant events
- “As at 31 October 2023, the shareholders of The Oxford Aunts agreed to sell all their shares to Elevate Care International Limited, a newly created entity under the ownership of The Halifax Group a mid-tier US private equity firm.”
- “Following the sale of the group as at 31 October 2023, the funding structure of the business significantly changed. Cash at bank and in hand had previously been maintained at high levels to satisfy the requirements of the Care Quality Commission, however post sale these requirements fell away allowing the business to hold a much lower level.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
4 active · 16 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| RICHARDS, Adrian John | Secretary | 2023-10-31 | — | — |
| BYRD, Jonathan Mark | Director | 2024-10-31 | Nov 1967 | British |
| MCNUTT, Alexander Samuel | Director | 2024-04-24 | May 1963 | British |
| RICHARDS, Adrian John | Director | 2023-10-31 | Nov 1969 | British |
Show 16 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| HAMMERSLEY, Jacqueline Vera | Secretary | 1994-03-01 | 2015-11-18 |
| LONDON LAW SECRETARIAL LIMITED | Corporate Nominee Secretary | 1994-03-01 | 1994-03-01 |
| SODEXO CORPORATE SERVICES (NO.2) LIMITED | Corporate Secretary | 2019-04-05 | 2023-10-31 |
| ARNAUDO, Laurent | Director | 2019-04-05 | 2019-11-01 |
| BERKELEY, Belinda Jane | Director | 2015-11-18 | 2019-04-05 |
| HAMMERSLEY, Jacqueline Vera | Director | 1994-03-01 | 2015-11-18 |
| KENNEDY, Darren Stewart | Director | 2024-04-24 | 2024-10-31 |
| LOWRY, Fiona Claire | Director | 2015-11-18 | 2019-04-05 |
| MCDOUGALL, Josephine Eirene Celia Etienne | Director | 1994-03-01 | 2015-11-18 |
| MISTRY, Sarosh Dinyar | Director | 2019-04-05 | 2023-10-31 |
| MOREL, Nicolas Jean-Pierre Baudouin | Director | 2019-04-05 | 2019-10-14 |
| RENTON, Jean Mary | Director | 2019-11-01 | 2023-10-31 |
| SANDOZ, Didier Jean-Marie Bernard | Director | 2019-04-05 | 2023-10-31 |
| SAPOJNIC, Victoria | Director | 2021-07-01 | 2023-10-31 |
| VESTUR, Gilles Bernard | Director | 2019-10-14 | 2021-07-01 |
| LONDON LAW SERVICES LIMITED | Corporate Nominee Director | 1994-03-01 | 1994-03-01 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| The Good Care Group London Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors | 2016-04-06 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 129 total filings
Material constitutional events — rename, articles re-file, resolution
- 2023-11-14 MA Memorandum articles
- 2023-11-09 RESOLUTIONS Resolution
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-03-05 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2025-07-22 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2025-07-22 | AD01 | address | Change registered office address company with date old address new address | |
| 2025-07-22 | PSC05 | persons-with-significant-control | Change to a person with significant control | |
| 2025-03-18 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-03-18 | AD04 | address | Move registers to registered office company with new address | |
| 2025-02-28 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-11-18 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-11-18 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-08-05 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-04-24 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-04-24 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-03-13 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-01-24 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2023-11-14 | MA | incorporation | Memorandum articles | |
| 2023-11-09 | RESOLUTIONS | resolution | Resolution | |
| 2023-11-03 | AP03 | officers | Appoint person secretary company with name date | |
| 2023-11-02 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2023-11-02 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2023-11-02 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 4
- 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 2024-08-31 vs 2023-08-31
-
Turnover
+2%
£6,420,498 £6,547,870
-
Cash
-87.4%
£3,511,735 £441,720
lowest in 3 filed years
-
Net assets
+31.7%
£3,822,075 £5,033,511
-
Employees
+57.7%
123 194
highest in 3 filed years
-
Operating profit
+28.5%
£753,619 £968,666
-
Profit before tax
+24%
£797,086 £988,614
highest in 3 filed years
-
Wages
+2%
£4,456,710 £4,544,952
highest in 3 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