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SEFTON NEW DIRECTIONS LIMITED
Cash
£2M
+2.3% vs 2024
Net assets
£1M
-33.2% vs 2024
Employees
376
+6.8% vs 2024
Profit before tax
-£743K
+30.3% vs 2024
Profile
- Company number
- 06052757
- Status
- Active
- Incorporation
- 2007-01-15
- Last accounts made up
- 2025-03-31
- Account category
- FULL
- Primary SIC
- 88100
- Hubs
- UK Healthcare
Net assets
7-year trend · vs UK Healthcare median
Accounts
7-year trend · latest 2025-03-31
| Metric | Trend | 2019-03-31 | 2020-03-31 | 2021-03-31 | 2022-03-31 | 2023-03-31 | 2024-03-31 | 2025-03-31 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | — | — | — | — | — | £10,035,855 | £11,460,364 | |
| Operating profit | — | — | — | — | — | -£1,108,818 | -£765,510 | |
| Profit before tax | — | — | — | — | — | -£1,065,407 | -£742,897 | |
| Net profit | — | — | — | — | — | -£1,065,407 | -£742,897 | |
| Cash | — | — | — | — | — | £1,532,533 | £1,568,047 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
| Net assets | — | — | — | — | — | £2,238,045 | £1,495,148 | |
| Equity | -£283,833 | £112,254 | -£505,120 | £4,194,582 | £3,303,452 | £2,238,045 | £1,495,148 | |
| Average employees | — | — | — | — | — | 352 | 376 | |
| Wages | — | — | — | — | — | £8,059,877 | £8,992,383 |
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
“After reviewing the company's forecasts and projections, the directors have reasonable expectation that the company has adequate resources to continue in operational existence for the foreseeable future. The Council has agreed that Sefton New Directions Limited is an integral part of their delivery operations within social care and have agreed to provide the additional short-term financial support should further losses be incurred. The company therefore continues to adopt the going concern basis in preparing its financial statements.”
Significant events
- “During 2024/25, the company has supported the broader system transformation and has been redesigning services, incorporating: Increased Reablement capacity by recruiting 19 staff in three months; supporting the wider system and enabling more individuals to be independent.”
- “Improving people's independence by working in partnership with Sefton Council and partners to launch the home-first pathway in January 2025; supporting wider system savings and contributing to reducing more expensive alternatives to reablement.”
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 · 19 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| CUMMINS, Paul Paschal | Director | 2024-09-23 | Mar 1951 | British |
| DALY, Neil | Director | 2020-11-30 | Sep 1961 | British |
| GRAHAM, John | Director | 2023-04-01 | Apr 1961 | British |
Show 19 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| FELL, Penelope | Secretary | 2014-10-14 | 2017-07-31 |
| HOLBECHE, Wendy | Secretary | 2007-11-01 | 2011-03-06 |
| MACKEY, David | Secretary | 2007-01-16 | 2007-10-31 |
| 7SIDE SECRETARIAL LIMITED | Corporate Secretary | 2007-01-15 | 2007-01-15 |
| BLACKBURNE, Janis, Councillor | Director | 2019-07-22 | 2022-05-05 |
| BRENNAN, Robert John | Director | 2007-01-16 | 2022-05-02 |
| CARNEY, Margaret | Director | 2019-09-17 | 2022-12-31 |
| CARNEY, Margaret | Director | 2009-01-05 | 2019-06-14 |
| DOWD, Elizabeth Claire | Director | 2022-07-28 | 2024-05-17 |
| HARDMAN, Judith Anne | Director | 2022-11-03 | 2026-04-07 |
| HAYWOOD, Graham John | Director | 2007-01-16 | 2008-12-31 |
| KELLY, John Joseph | Director | 2015-03-16 | 2024-05-02 |
| MOORE, Alan Richardson | Director | 2007-01-16 | 2010-06-30 |
| NEARY, David Lawrence | Director | 2024-09-12 | 2026-02-17 |
| PALMER, Sandra Louise | Director | 2020-11-30 | 2025-09-22 |
| PARRY, Paula Margaret | Director | 2007-01-16 | 2012-05-15 |
| RIMMER, David Prescott | Director | 2007-01-16 | 2016-01-31 |
| WATSON, Stephen Thomas | Director | 2019-11-01 | 2021-07-13 |
| 7SIDE NOMINEES LIMITED | Corporate Director | 2007-01-15 | 2007-01-15 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sefton Metropolitan Borough Council | Corporate entity | Significant influence | 2016-04-06 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 100 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-04-21 | TM01 | officers | termination director company with name termination date |
| 2026-02-19 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | confirmation statement with no updates |
| 2026-02-18 | TM01 | officers | termination director company with name termination date |
| 2025-12-17 | AA | accounts | accounts with accounts type full |
| 2025-09-23 | TM01 | officers | termination director company with name termination date |
| 2025-08-18 | AD01 | address | change registered office address company with date old address new address |
| 2025-01-06 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | confirmation statement with no updates |
| 2024-12-10 | AA | accounts | accounts with accounts type full |
| 2024-09-24 | AP01 | officers | appoint person director company with name date |
| 2024-09-24 | AP01 | officers | appoint person director company with name date |
| 2024-05-23 | TM01 | officers | termination director company with name termination date |
| 2024-05-02 | TM01 | officers | termination director company with name termination date |
| 2024-01-04 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | confirmation statement with no updates |
| 2023-12-18 | AA | accounts | accounts with accounts type full |
| 2023-05-04 | AP01 | officers | appoint person director company with name date |
| 2023-01-27 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | confirmation statement with no updates |
| 2023-01-27 | TM01 | officers | termination director company with name termination date |
| 2022-12-20 | AA | accounts | accounts with accounts type full |
| 2022-11-16 | AP01 | officers | appoint person director company with name date |
| 2022-10-18 | AP01 | officers | appoint person director company with name date |
Credit score
Altman Z″ (private-firm) · reference 2025-03-31
3.75
SAFE
Altman Z″
- Working capital / Total assets 0.616 × 6.56 = +4.04
- Retained earnings / Total assets 0.000 × 3.26 = +0.00
- EBIT / Total assets -0.332 × 6.72 = -2.23
- Book equity / Total liabilities 1.847 × 1.05 = +1.94
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
Composite activity score · components 0–100 · reference 2026-05-10
45.6
COOL
/ 100
- Filings velocity 50
- Capital events 0
- Officer churn 75
- Headcount trajectory 57
- Accounts trajectory 64
- 6 filing(s) in last 12 months
- 0 appointed, 3 resigned (12mo)
- Employees +7% YoY
- Turnover +14% YoY