BRANCASTER CARE HOMES LIMITED

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  3 PSCs ceased in last 24 months

  Significant control changed hands — see the Ownership section.

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

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.

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 and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers

Filings

5

last 12 months

Capital events

0

last 24 months

Officers appointed

0

last 12 months

Officers resigned

0

last 12 months

Direct counts from the register. No score, no rating — see the Filing timeline for the underlying events.

• Turnover

  +9.1%

  £10,155,664 → £11,082,286

• Cash

  -16.1%

  £3,682,851 → £3,091,423

• Net assets

  +44.6%

  £10,263,612 → £14,837,715

• Employees

  -3.3%

  241 → 233

• Operating profit

  -8.5%

  £1,659,992 → £1,519,167

• Profit before tax

  -5.3%

  £1,479,027 → £1,400,536

• Wages

  +6.6%

  £5,742,730 → £6,120,436

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