BROADENING CHOICES FOR OLDER PEOPLE
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Next accounts due
2026-12-31 (in 7mo)
Last filed for 2025-03-31
Confirmation statement due
2026-08-07 (in 3mo)
Last made up 2025-07-24
Watchouts
None on the register
Cash
£1M
-13.2% vs 2024
Net assets
£17M
+0.7% vs 2024
Employees
238
+6.3% vs 2024
Profit before tax
—
Period ending 2025-03-31
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 | £8,893,484 | £9,944,137 | |
| Operating profit | £315,339 | £173,317 | |
| Profit before tax | — | — | |
| Net profit | £322,293 | £78,215 | |
| Cash | £1,670,295 | £1,449,071 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £23,204,922 | £22,878,430 | |
| Net assets | £16,785,218 | £16,906,433 | |
| Equity | £16,785,218 | £16,906,433 | |
| Average employees | 224 | 238 | |
| Wages | £4,786,831 | £5,376,119 |
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 | 3.5% | 1.7% | |
| Net margin | 3.6% | 0.8% | |
| Return on capital employed | 1.4% | 0.8% | |
| Current ratio | 1.29x | 1.03x | |
| Interest cover | 1.50x | 0.96x |
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
- Dains Audit Limited
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“At 31 March 2025 the group has cash at bank of £1.4m. The Board has reviewed the group's budgets and funding requirements and is satisfied that the group is a going concern, and it has therefore continued to adopt the going concern basis in preparing the consolidated financial statements.”
Group structure
- BROADENING CHOICES FOR OLDER PEOPLE · parent
- The Rhodes Almshouses
- Emma Ball and Rolason Almshouses
- The Pargeter and Wand Trust
- BCOP Services Limited
Significant events
- “The drop in financial performance between 2023-24 and 2024-25 is mainly a result of the identification of a significant sum needing to be repaid to Birmingham City Council, due to an historic miscalculation of rents.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
9 active · 39 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| BHATTI, Zahid Sarfraz | Director | 2025-06-18 | Dec 1980 | British |
| DUROJAIYE, Oluwatosin | Director | 2026-03-18 | Nov 1974 | British |
| GORE, Helen Louise | Director | 2022-06-27 | Feb 1973 | British |
| HALL, Graham Mark | Director | 2023-09-06 | Nov 1959 | British |
| MANDLEBERG, Peta Susan | Director | 2023-05-24 | Nov 1961 | British |
| PATTNI, Tapshum | Director | 2020-11-25 | Jul 1956 | British |
| SIZER, Deborah Anne | Director | 2020-11-25 | Apr 1973 | British |
| WILLETTS, Lydia | Director | 2024-12-18 | Jun 1993 | British |
| WILSON, Nigel Peter | Director | 2024-12-18 | Feb 1963 | British |
Show 39 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| COOBAN, Caroline, Dr | Secretary | 2016-06-27 | 2022-03-18 |
| FELLOWS, Marcus | Secretary | 1999-03-16 | 2016-06-24 |
| STEPHENS, Hugo Offley Prideaux | Secretary | 1998-12-18 | 1999-03-16 |
| BENNETT, John Anthony | Director | 2017-02-07 | 2026-02-07 |
| BRADBURY, Nicola, Dr | Director | 2017-02-07 | 2026-02-08 |
| CAMPBELL, Rosemary Veronica | Director | 2001-03-20 | 2006-10-01 |
| COOBAN, Caroline, Dr | Director | 2016-06-27 | 2022-03-18 |
| CRANE, John Rupert | Director | 1999-03-16 | 2005-10-01 |
| DAVIES, Emma Mary | Director | 2022-11-23 | 2024-12-16 |
| DIXON, Sheila | Director | 2012-11-20 | 2016-06-06 |
| FELLOWS, Marcus | Director | 2009-10-01 | 2016-06-24 |
| GAGNON, Diane Jessie | Director | 2004-04-27 | 2017-03-21 |
| GRACE, Peter Derek | Director | 1999-03-16 | 2008-02-01 |
| GREGG, Liz, Dr | Director | 2005-01-18 | 2006-11-01 |
| HALLIDAY, Kathryn | Director | 2017-09-12 | 2022-11-30 |
| HANSON, Edward Frederick | Director | 1999-03-16 | 2001-09-21 |
| JOHAL, Resh | Director | 1998-12-18 | 1999-03-16 |
| JONES, Adrian | Director | 2017-09-12 | 2023-04-24 |
| LEWIS, Alderman Donald, Hon | Director | 1999-03-16 | 2008-02-22 |
| LINDON-LEWIS, Jamie | Director | 2022-11-23 | 2024-07-25 |
| LONG, Stephen John | Director | 2009-10-01 | 2018-08-30 |
| MAIDENS, Gillian | Director | 2017-03-21 | 2021-06-16 |
| MECHEM, Donald James | Director | 2007-02-01 | 2014-09-09 |
| MOSELEY, Robert William | Director | 2011-04-01 | 2013-05-17 |
| PARKES, Reginald Joseph Horace | Director | 1999-03-16 | 2001-12-12 |
| PRITCHARD-WILKES, Vanessa, Dr | Director | 2020-11-25 | 2023-07-11 |
| ROONEY, Paul David | Director | 1999-03-16 | 2001-11-30 |
| SAWHNEY, Kanwarbir Singh | Director | 2006-09-22 | 2015-08-30 |
| SAWHNEY, Kanwarbir Singh | Director | 1999-03-16 | 2005-08-01 |
| STEPHENS, Hugo Offley Prideaux | Director | 1998-12-18 | 1999-03-16 |
| STONE, Anita | Director | 1999-03-16 | 2017-03-21 |
| TONER, Brian James | Director | 2013-06-11 | 2022-06-10 |
| TONER, Brian James | Director | 2002-09-10 | 2004-03-10 |
| TOPPING, Neville William | Director | 2012-11-20 | 2021-09-18 |
| TOPPING, Neville William | Director | 2002-04-30 | 2011-11-01 |
| WHITLEY, Patricia Mary | Director | 1999-03-16 | 2010-03-31 |
| WIGGIN, Benjamin Henry Edward | Director | 2000-10-03 | 2018-03-31 |
| WILLIAMS, Peter Edward, Jp Lgms | Director | 1999-03-16 | 2001-09-21 |
| WOODWARD, Martin James | Director | 1999-03-16 | 2000-01-25 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mr Brian Toner | Individual | Significant influence, significant-influence-or-control-as-trust, significant-influence-or-control-as-firm | 2017-07-18 | Ceased 2019-08-06 |
| Mrs Diane Jessie Gagnon | Individual | Significant influence | 2016-04-06 | Ceased 2017-03-21 |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 169 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-04-03 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2026-02-12 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2026-02-12 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2026-01-04 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2025-07-24 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-06-30 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-03-05 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2025-03-05 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-03-05 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-03-05 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-12-11 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2024-10-12 | AD01 | address | Change registered office address company with date old address new address | |
| 2024-08-08 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-08-07 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-01-10 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2023-09-29 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2023-08-03 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-07-13 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2023-07-13 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2023-05-10 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 6
- Capital events
- 0
- Officers appointed
- 2
- 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
+11.8%
£8,893,484 £9,944,137
-
Cash
-13.2%
£1,670,295 £1,449,071
-
Net assets
+0.7%
£16,785,218 £16,906,433
-
Employees
+6.3%
224 238
-
Operating profit
-45%
£315,339 £173,317
-
Wages
+12.3%
£4,786,831 £5,376,119
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