DR FOSTER LIMITED
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Next accounts due
2026-03-31
Overdue
Confirmation statement due
2026-08-05 (in 3mo)
Last made up 2025-07-22
Watchouts
Cash
£344K
-20.1% vs 2023
Net assets
-£12M
-35.5% vs 2023
Employees
54
+8% vs 2023
Profit before tax
-£3M
-60% vs 2023
Watchouts
Facts from the Companies House register and the latest accounts — not a rating
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Annual accounts overdue
Due 2026-03-31.
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3 officer resignations in last 12 months
Multiple officers have left the board recently — see the People section for who.
Name history
Renamed 3 times since incorporation — the current trading name was adopted 2025-12-12
- DR FOSTER LIMITED 2025-12-12 → present
- TELSTRA HEALTH UK LIMITED 2021-07-29 → 2025-12-12
- DR FOSTER LIMITED 2000-05-04 → 2021-07-29
- SOLARFLIGHT LIMITED 1999-07-22 → 2000-05-04
Net assets
2-year trend · vs Industrials median
Accounts
2-year trend · latest reflected 2024-06-30
| Metric | Trend | 2023-06-30 | 2024-06-30 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £2,580,785 | £2,249,159 | |
| Operating profit | -£1,669,763 | -£2,691,826 | |
| Profit before tax | -£1,895,136 | -£3,031,326 | |
| Net profit | -£1,895,136 | -£3,031,326 | |
| Cash | £430,616 | £343,952 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | -£8,537,129 | -£11,568,455 | |
| Net assets | -£8,537,129 | -£11,568,455 | |
| Equity | -£8,537,129 | -£11,568,455 | |
| Average employees | 50 | 54 | |
| Wages | £2,977,616 | £3,311,848 |
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 | 2023-06-30 | 2024-06-30 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | -64.7% | -119.7% | |
| Net margin | -73.4% | -134.8% | |
| Return on capital employed | 19.6% | 23.3% | |
| Current ratio | 0.16x | 0.09x | |
| Interest cover | -7.36x | -7.51x |
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
- Ernst & Young LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“Taking into account the position of the ultimate parent and their future plans as detailed in the Strategic Report, the directors are of the view, to the best of their current knowledge, that the Company has access to sufficient cash resources to continue as a going concern. Accordingly, they continue to adopt the going concern basis in preparing the financial statements.”
Significant events
- “There were no significant events after 30 June 2024 that required adjustment to or disclosure in the financial statements.”
- “In FY23 the operating loss was restated by a once of gain of £448,599 resulting from the forgiveness of loan from Dr Foster Inc. This entity was dissolved during the year ended 30 June 2023 and as a result the intercompany payable was forgiven.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
2 active · 45 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| DORRELL, Stephen James | Director | 2025-12-16 | Mar 1952 | British |
| HAZAN, Jonathan Ezra | Director | 2025-12-16 | May 1970 | English |
Show 45 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| BUNTAIN, Iain James | Secretary | 2007-07-19 | 2008-07-23 |
| DOIG, Anindita Odeeti | Secretary | 2008-07-23 | 2011-04-06 |
| GOULD, John Matthew Joseph | Secretary | 2015-03-25 | 2018-11-30 |
| KELSEY, Timothy | Secretary | 1999-12-13 | 2005-06-21 |
| MEDHURST, Nigel Brian Stephens | Secretary | 2005-06-21 | 2007-07-19 |
| FORBES SECRETARIES LIMITED | Corporate Secretary | 1999-07-22 | 1999-12-13 |
| ARNOLD-FORSTER, Jake | Director | 2007-04-17 | 2008-09-30 |
| ARNOLD-FORSTER, Jake | Director | 2003-04-01 | 2006-01-16 |
| BAKER, Tim Richard | Director | 2011-04-06 | 2015-03-25 |
| BARDSLEY, Matthew John | Director | 2023-06-29 | 2024-05-18 |
| BELLAMY, Stephen Gerard | Director | 2002-12-03 | 2005-11-11 |
| BOULARD, Serge | Director | 2025-06-05 | 2025-12-16 |
| BOYCE, Michael John | Director | 2018-11-30 | 2022-06-30 |
| BRITNELL, Mark Douglas | Director | 2004-03-01 | 2006-01-16 |
| BROWN, John Dominic Weare | Director | 2001-08-16 | 2004-11-30 |
| BUTT, Mark Richard | Director | 2004-04-01 | 2005-04-15 |
| CHRISTIE, Andrew | Director | 2000-11-21 | 2001-10-10 |
| CRANFIELD, Alison Jane | Director | 1999-12-13 | 2000-04-28 |
| GHAFOOR, Marisa | Director | 2024-12-17 | 2025-06-10 |
| GLOVER, Joel Ralph | Director | 2015-03-25 | 2015-03-25 |
| GOULD, John Matthew Joseph, Mr. | Director | 2015-03-25 | 2018-11-30 |
| HAILSTONE, Timothy Martin | Director | 2005-05-24 | 2007-04-17 |
| HARRIES, Jason | Director | 2018-11-29 | 2021-01-28 |
| HOLLENDONER, Frank Joseph | Director | 2000-11-30 | 2006-01-16 |
| HOMER, Thomas Luke | Director | 2016-08-24 | 2019-05-31 |
| HORNER, John Patrick Francis | Director | 2000-11-30 | 2002-12-03 |
| HYMAN, Harry Abraham | Director | 2000-10-30 | 2002-12-03 |
| JARMAN, Julian William Ernest, Dr | Director | 2000-11-29 | 2002-12-03 |
| KELSEY, Timothy Claude | Director | 1999-12-13 | 2010-05-31 |
| KILLEN, Roger Michael | Director | 1999-12-13 | 2003-09-23 |
| LIUBINSKAS, Wayne | Director | 2016-08-24 | 2017-04-28 |
| MEDHURST, Nigel Brian Stephens | Director | 2007-04-17 | 2007-07-19 |
| MEDHURST, Nigel Brian Stephens | Director | 2005-05-24 | 2006-01-16 |
| MILLMAN, Stewart Ian | Director | 2004-06-22 | 2006-01-16 |
| MOLONEY, Thomas Charles | Director | 2008-09-16 | 2011-04-06 |
| SHAH, Ajay Kumar | Director | 2008-09-16 | 2013-07-19 |
| SHARP, David Alan | Director | 2021-10-21 | 2024-12-17 |
| SLASKI, Helen Julia | Director | 2001-09-21 | 2002-12-03 |
| STAFFORD, Roddy | Director | 2025-06-05 | 2025-12-16 |
| TAYLOR, Roger William | Director | 2010-05-26 | 2015-03-25 |
| TAYLOR, Roger | Director | 2000-04-28 | 2005-04-15 |
| WILLIAMS, Matthew Ian | Director | 2019-07-17 | 2023-06-30 |
| YEOH, Lampoh | Director | 2015-03-25 | 2018-11-30 |
| YOUNG, Robin Urquhart, Sir | Director | 2005-07-28 | 2007-04-17 |
| FORBES NOMINEES LIMITED | Corporate Director | 1999-07-22 | 1999-12-13 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dr Foster Holdings Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100% | 2016-07-22 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 228 total filings
Material constitutional events — rename, articles re-file, resolution
- 2025-12-21 MA Memorandum articles
- 2025-12-12 CERTNM Certificate change of name company PDF
- 2025-12-05 RESOLUTIONS Resolution
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-01-06 | AA01 | accounts | Change account reference date company previous shortened | |
| 2025-12-21 | MA | incorporation | Memorandum articles | |
| 2025-12-17 | AD02 | address | Change sail address company with old address new address | |
| 2025-12-17 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-12-17 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-12-17 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-12-17 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-12-17 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2025-12-12 | PSC05 | persons-with-significant-control | Change to a person with significant control | |
| 2025-12-12 | CERTNM | change-of-name | Certificate change of name company | |
| 2025-12-05 | RESOLUTIONS | resolution | Resolution | |
| 2025-08-01 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-06-11 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-06-11 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-06-11 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-05-27 | PSC05 | persons-with-significant-control | Change to a person with significant control | |
| 2025-05-27 | AD01 | address | Change registered office address company with date old address new address | |
| 2025-03-11 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-12-18 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-12-18 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 17
- Capital events
- 0
- Officers appointed
- 2
- Officers resigned
- 3
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 2024-06-30 vs 2023-06-30
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Turnover
-12.8%
£2,580,785 £2,249,159
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Cash
-20.1%
£430,616 £343,952
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Net assets
-35.5%
-£8,537,129 -£11,568,455
-
Employees
+8%
50 54
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Operating profit
-61.2%
-£1,669,763 -£2,691,826
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Profit before tax
-60%
-£1,895,136 -£3,031,326
-
Wages
+11.2%
£2,977,616 £3,311,848
Each % is (latest − prior) ÷ |prior| for the line item as filed. The comparison is only shown when the latest and prior accounts cover broadly equal-length periods — short or long stubs (typical around incorporation or a year-end change) are suppressed rather than misrepresented. Lines a company doesn't report are omitted. About these numbers