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BRANCASTER CARE HOMES LIMITED
Cash
£3M
-16.1% vs 2023
Net assets
£15M
+44.6% vs 2023
Employees
233
-3.3% vs 2023
Profit before tax
£1M
-5.3% vs 2023
Profile
- Company number
- 05392158
- Status
- Active
- Incorporation
- 2005-03-14
- Last accounts made up
- 2024-12-31
- Account category
- FULL
- Primary SIC
- 87100
- Hubs
- UK Healthcare
Net assets
3-year trend · vs UK Healthcare median
Accounts
3-year trend · latest 2024-12-31
| Metric | Trend | 2022-12-31 | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | — | £10,155,664 | £11,082,286 | |
| Operating profit | — | £1,659,992 | £1,519,167 | |
| Profit before tax | — | £1,479,027 | £1,400,536 | |
| Net profit | — | £1,105,848 | £931,035 | |
| Cash | — | £3,682,851 | £3,091,423 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | — | £16,549,747 | £18,463,430 | |
| Net assets | — | £10,263,612 | £14,837,715 | |
| Equity | £9,557,764 | £10,263,612 | £14,837,715 | |
| Average employees | — | 241 | 233 | |
| Wages | — | £5,742,730 | £6,120,436 |
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
- Hazlewoods LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“The directors therefore have a reasonable expectation that the company has adequate resources to continue in operational existence for the foreseeable future and have continued to adopt the going concern basis in preparing the financial statements.”
Significant events
- “An interim ordinary dividend was paid amounting to £500,000 (2023 - £400,000).”
- “AR Whelan appointed director on 18 November 2024; R A Cook resigned on 24 March 2025.”
- “Hazlewoods LLP were appointed as auditors to the company during the period, following the resignation of UHY Hacker Young Manchester LLP.”
- “The fair value of the company's Freehold property was revalued on 27 January 2025 by an independent valuer.”
- “The bank loan has been repaid post year end as part of the restructure following the change in control as explained in note 25.”
- “Since 24 March 2025, the company's immediate parent is Westcott Care Limited, and the ultimate parent undertaking is Westcott Care Holdings Limited, both companies incorporated in England and Wales. Up to 24 March 2025, there was considered to be no single ultimate controlling party. Since 24 March 2025, the ultimate controlling party is A R Whelan.”
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
3 active · 6 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| BONNON, Elaine | Secretary | 2025-03-24 | — | — |
| ROCKS, Susan | Director | 2021-04-08 | Feb 1956 | British |
| WHELAN, Andrew Ralph | Director | 2024-11-18 | Nov 1978 | British |
Show 6 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| BONNON, Elaine Anne | Secretary | 2005-10-06 | 2025-03-24 |
| COOK, Alister | Secretary | 2005-03-14 | 2014-04-13 |
| BANNON, James Gerald | Director | 2014-06-14 | 2016-09-05 |
| COOK, Alister | Director | 2005-03-14 | 2014-06-13 |
| COOK, Richard Alister | Director | 2016-09-15 | 2025-03-24 |
| KANANI, Rajendra | Director | 2005-03-14 | 2005-10-06 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Odin Trustees Limited (As Trustee Of Four Seas Trust) | Corporate entity | Shares 25–50%, Voting 25–50%, right-to-appoint-and-remove-directors-as-trust | 2025-03-24 | Ceased 2025-03-24 |
| Westcott Care Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100% | 2025-03-24 | Active |
| Odin Fiduciaries Limited (As Trustee Of Four Seas Trust) | Corporate entity | ownership-of-shares-25-to-50-percent-as-trust, voting-rights-25-to-50-percent-as-trust, right-to-appoint-and-remove-directors-as-trust | 2016-04-06 | Ceased 2025-03-24 |
| Mr Richard Alister Cook | Individual | Shares 25–50%, Voting 25–50%, Appoints directors | 2016-04-06 | Ceased 2024-10-29 |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 109 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-01-09 | PSC07 | persons-with-significant-control | cessation of a person with significant control |
| 2026-01-09 | PSC02 | persons-with-significant-control | notification of a person with significant control |
| 2025-09-01 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | confirmation statement with updates |
| 2025-08-08 | AA | accounts | accounts with accounts type full |
| 2025-05-26 | AP03 | officers | appoint person secretary company with name date |
| 2025-04-11 | MA | incorporation | memorandum articles |
| 2025-04-11 | RESOLUTIONS | resolution | resolution |
| 2025-03-31 | MR01 | mortgage | mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date |
| 2025-03-31 | MR01 | mortgage | mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date |
| 2025-03-31 | MR01 | mortgage | mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date |
| 2025-03-31 | MR01 | mortgage | mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date |
| 2025-03-31 | MR01 | mortgage | mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date |
| 2025-03-28 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | confirmation statement with updates |
| 2025-03-28 | PSC07 | persons-with-significant-control | cessation of a person with significant control |
| 2025-03-28 | PSC07 | persons-with-significant-control | cessation of a person with significant control |
| 2025-03-28 | PSC02 | persons-with-significant-control | notification of a person with significant control |
| 2025-03-28 | TM02 | officers | termination secretary company with name termination date |
| 2025-03-28 | TM01 | officers | termination director company with name termination date |
| 2025-03-25 | MR01 | mortgage | mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date |
| 2024-11-18 | AP01 | officers | appoint person director company with name date |
Credit score
Altman Z″ (private-firm) · reference 2024-12-31
1.65
GREY ZONE
Altman Z″
- Working capital / Total assets -0.092 × 6.56 = -0.60
- Retained earnings / Total assets 0.000 × 3.26 = +0.00
- EBIT / Total assets 0.065 × 6.72 = +0.44
- Book equity / Total liabilities 1.725 × 1.05 = +1.81
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