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CORNFORD HOUSE LIMITED
Cash
£77K
-51.8% vs 2023
Net assets
£17M
+19.7% vs 2023
Employees
82
-1.2% vs 2023
Profit before tax
£3M
+35.7% vs 2023
Profile
- Company number
- 04301694
- Status
- Active
- Incorporation
- 2001-10-09
- Last accounts made up
- 2024-12-31
- Account category
- FULL
- Primary SIC
- 87100
- Hubs
- UK Healthcare
Net assets
10-year trend · vs UK Healthcare median
Accounts
10-year trend · latest 2024-12-31
| Metric | Trend | 2019-01-01 | 2019-12-31 | 2020-12-31 | 2021-01-01 | 2021-12-31 | 2022-01-01 | 2022-12-31 | 2023-01-01 | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | — | £4,985,514 | £4,632,769 | — | £4,135,283 | — | £4,878,984 | — | £5,963,327 | £6,935,190 | |
| Operating profit | — | £1,879,508 | £1,744,224 | — | £1,481,888 | — | £1,778,002 | — | £2,318,205 | £3,146,610 | |
| Profit before tax | — | £1,663,691 | £1,570,840 | — | £1,363,325 | — | £1,778,002 | — | £2,318,205 | £3,146,610 | |
| Net profit | — | £1,625,156 | £1,535,789 | — | £1,342,938 | — | £1,410,576 | — | £2,302,210 | £2,966,005 | |
| Cash | — | £911,039 | £993,694 | — | £946,127 | — | £3,102 | — | £159,256 | £76,786 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | — | £14,746,826 | £14,567,481 | — | £14,355,491 | — | £14,689,406 | — | £16,553,720 | £20,889,080 | |
| Net assets | — | £12,634,141 | £12,423,199 | — | £11,690,405 | — | £12,067,624 | — | £13,821,153 | £16,542,158 | |
| Equity | £11,511,094 | £12,634,141 | £12,423,199 | £12,423,199 | £11,690,405 | £11,690,405 | £12,067,624 | £12,067,624 | £13,821,153 | £16,542,158 | |
| Average employees | — | 82 | 79 | — | 76 | — | 74 | — | 83 | 82 | |
| Wages | — | £2,086,336 | £2,003,865 | — | £1,881,749 | — | £1,999,245 | — | £2,277,919 | £2,540,943 |
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
- TWP Accounting LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Material uncertainty disclosed
“The Directors believe there is a material uncertainty as to whether the company will be able to continue trading as a going concern due to the uncertainty of new management intentions which has been highlighted in Note 2.2 of the financial statements.”
Significant events
- “The Company is part of an ongoing sale negotiation for Graham Care (BL) Limited, the immediate parent company, to sell its shareholding in the Company in its entirety to a company outside of the Blackstown Holdings Limited group.”
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
4 active · 5 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ELSTON, Henry William | Director | 2025-08-18 | Aug 1988 | British |
| PUDDLE, Benjamin Gordon | Director | 2025-08-18 | May 1985 | British |
| SHAW, Kevin Anthony | Director | 2025-08-18 | Oct 1977 | British |
| SMITH, Amanda Helen | Director | 2025-08-18 | Oct 1965 | British |
Show 5 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| COURTNAGE, Angela Jean | Secretary | 2001-10-09 | 2001-10-12 |
| GRAHAM, William Ernest | Secretary | 2001-10-12 | 2025-08-18 |
| GRAHAM, Karen Elizabeth, Dr | Director | 2001-10-12 | 2025-08-18 |
| GRAHAM, William Ernest | Director | 2001-10-12 | 2025-08-18 |
| TAYLOR, Martyn | Director | 2001-10-09 | 2001-10-12 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Deer Capital Gc Homes Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors | 2025-08-18 | Active |
| Graham Care (Bl) Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors | 2021-08-20 | Ceased 2025-08-18 |
| Mr William Ernest Graham | Individual | Shares 25–50% | 2016-09-06 | Ceased 2018-10-23 |
| Dr Karen Elizabeth Graham | Individual | Shares 25–50% | 2016-09-06 | Ceased 2018-10-23 |
| Blackstown Holdings Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors | 2016-04-06 | Ceased 2021-08-20 |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 105 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-09-16 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | confirmation statement with updates |
| 2025-09-08 | AP01 | officers | appoint person director company with name date |
| 2025-09-08 | AP01 | officers | appoint person director company with name date |
| 2025-09-05 | AP01 | officers | appoint person director company with name date |
| 2025-09-05 | AD01 | address | change registered office address company with date old address new address |
| 2025-09-04 | TM01 | officers | termination director company with name termination date |
| 2025-09-04 | TM01 | officers | termination director company with name termination date |
| 2025-09-04 | AP01 | officers | appoint person director company with name date |
| 2025-09-04 | TM02 | officers | termination secretary company with name termination date |
| 2025-09-04 | PSC02 | persons-with-significant-control | notification of a person with significant control |
| 2025-08-29 | MA | incorporation | memorandum articles |
| 2025-08-29 | RESOLUTIONS | resolution | resolution |
| 2025-08-27 | AA | accounts | accounts with accounts type full |
| 2025-08-27 | SH01 | capital | capital allotment shares |
| 2025-08-26 | SH08 | capital | capital name of class of shares |
| 2025-08-26 | AA01 | accounts | change account reference date company current extended |
| 2025-08-26 | PSC07 | persons-with-significant-control | cessation of a person with significant control |
| 2025-08-22 | MR04 | mortgage | mortgage satisfy charge full |
| 2025-08-22 | MR04 | mortgage | mortgage satisfy charge full |
| 2025-08-20 | MR01 | mortgage | mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date |
Credit score
Altman Z″ (private-firm) · reference 2024-12-31
0.41
DISTRESS
Altman Z″
- Working capital / Total assets -0.168 × 6.56 = -1.10
- Retained earnings / Total assets 0.000 × 3.26 = +0.00
- EBIT / Total assets 0.089 × 6.72 = +0.60
- Book equity / Total liabilities 0.875 × 1.05 = +0.92
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