MCCARTHY & STONE RETIREMENT LIFESTYLES LIMITED
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Next accounts due
2026-07-31 (in 2mo)
Last filed for 2024-10-31
Confirmation statement due
2027-05-19 (in 1y)
Last made up 2026-05-05
Watchouts
None on the register
Cash
£84M
-6.8% vs 2023
Net assets
£422M
-13.1% vs 2023
Employees
513
-10.8% vs 2023
Profit before tax
-£68M
-73.8% vs 2023
Name history
Renamed 1 time since incorporation
- MCCARTHY & STONE RETIREMENT LIFESTYLES LIMITED 2009-04-24 → present
- HACKREMCO (N0.2581) LIMITED 2008-06-17 → 2009-04-24
Net assets
2-year trend · vs Industrials median
Accounts
2-year trend · latest reflected 2024-10-31
| Metric | Trend | 2023-10-31 | 2024-10-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £357,900,000 | £242,700,000 | |
| Operating profit | -£25,300,000 | -£56,600,000 | |
| Profit before tax | -£39,000,000 | -£67,800,000 | |
| Net profit | -£34,600,000 | -£63,800,000 | |
| Cash | £90,600,000 | £84,400,000 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £722,200,000 | £656,100,000 | |
| Net assets | £485,700,000 | £421,900,000 | |
| Equity | £485,700,000 | £421,900,000 | |
| Average employees | 575 | 513 | |
| Wages | £36,800,000 | £36,100,000 |
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 | 2023-10-31 | 2024-10-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | -7.1% | -23.3% | |
| Net margin | -9.7% | -26.3% | |
| Return on capital employed | -3.5% | -8.6% | |
| Current ratio | 2.92x | 4.32x | |
| Interest cover | -1.47x | -3.14x |
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
“The Directors have a reasonable expectation that the Company has adequate resources to continue in operational existence for the foreseeable future.”
Group structure
- MCCARTHY & STONE RETIREMENT LIFESTYLES LIMITED · parent
- McCarthy & Stone (Equity Interests) Limited 100%
- McCarthy & Stone (Home Equity Interests) Limited 100%
- McCarthy & Stone Investment Properties No. 23 100%
- McCarthy & Stone (Total Care Living) Limited 100%
- McCarthy & Stone (Extra Care Living) Limited 100%
- McCarthy & Stone Total Care Management Limited 100%
- McCarthy & Stone Rental Properties Limited 100%
- McCarthy & Stone Rental Properties No. 2 Limited 100%
- McCarthy & Stone Rental Properties No. 3 Limited 100%
- McCarthy & Stone Rental Properties No. 4 Limited 100%
- McCarthy & Stone (Shared Ownership) Limited 100%
- Keyworker Properties Limited 100%
- Waverstone LLP 100%
- Waverstone Investments Holdings Limited 100%
- Waverstone Investments Limited 100%
- Kindle Housing (Christchurch) Limited 50%
- Kindle Housing (Exeter) Limited 50%
- Kindle Housing (Worthing) Limited 50%
- Kindle Housing Limited 50%
- Advantage Apartments Limited 50%
- Advantage Housing Limited 50%
- Advantage Homes Limited 50%
- Hotchkin Gardens Residents Management Company Limited 100%
- Strawberry Hill Gardens Residents Management Company Limited 100%
Significant events
- “During 2024, two key restructuring events occurred - the restructure of our Midlands and London & South East Divisions following on from the rightsizing of the business seen in 2023 and in H2 the Group completed a strategic review which concluded with the announcement on 30 October 2024 that the Group would be transformed from a divisionally-led to a functionally-led business.”
- “the Group continued its strategic partnership with Anchor during the year, England's largest provider of specialist housing and care for people in later life. The partnership contributed £16.4m (2023: £9.8m) of turnover for the Company.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
3 active · 34 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| BURRETT, Andrew John | Director | 2025-10-01 | Aug 1970 | British |
| DELL, Nicholas John | Director | 2020-10-21 | Apr 1960 | British |
| PRATT, Matthew John | Director | 2026-01-05 | Jul 1975 | British |
Show 34 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| DAVIES, John | Secretary | 2012-08-23 | 2014-07-07 |
| GREEN, Trevor Lindsay | Secretary | 2009-04-20 | 2012-08-23 |
| HOLE, Patrick David | Secretary | 2015-07-20 | 2019-12-06 |
| MADDOCK, Nicholas William | Secretary | 2014-07-07 | 2015-07-20 |
| HACKWOOD SECRETARIES LIMITED | Corporate Secretary | 2008-06-17 | 2009-04-20 |
| ABELL, Martin James | Director | 2020-08-01 | 2024-05-01 |
| ALBERT, Nils | Director | 2013-09-18 | 2015-10-21 |
| BAKER, Rowan Clare | Director | 2017-01-06 | 2020-07-31 |
| BALL, Michael David | Director | 2009-04-20 | 2011-09-02 |
| BATTY, Adam David | Director | 2020-01-20 | 2021-05-28 |
| BENNETT, Joanne Clare | Director | 2024-05-01 | 2025-08-29 |
| BOWKETT, Alan John | Director | 2010-01-26 | 2013-02-28 |
| CROSSLEY-MINTERN, Alison Victoria | Director | 2011-08-08 | 2014-04-30 |
| DAY, Gary Neil | Director | 2009-04-20 | 2020-10-30 |
| DELL, Nicholas John | Director | 2019-10-23 | 2020-09-15 |
| ELLIOTT, Mark | Director | 2012-11-02 | 2014-02-17 |
| FENTON, Clive | Director | 2014-02-17 | 2018-08-31 |
| GREEN, Trevor Lindsay | Director | 2009-04-20 | 2012-08-31 |
| HOLE, Patrick David | Director | 2016-09-01 | 2019-12-06 |
| JACKSON, Mark Andrew | Director | 2008-10-01 | 2009-02-09 |
| JENNINGS, Michael John | Director | 2009-04-20 | 2016-08-31 |
| JENSEN, Jeremy Michael Jorgen Malherbe | Director | 2009-04-23 | 2013-12-31 |
| JORDAN, Paula Carole | Director | 2012-03-01 | 2020-07-31 |
| LLOYD, Michael Samuel | Director | 2019-01-16 | 2021-06-04 |
| MADDOCK, Nicholas William | Director | 2011-09-19 | 2017-01-06 |
| NANDA, Geeta | Director | 2015-04-01 | 2015-11-05 |
| NELSON, Francis Eamon | Director | 2013-11-18 | 2015-11-05 |
| NEWCOMBE, Paul Alan | Director | 2009-02-09 | 2009-04-20 |
| PARSONS, Michael Dennis | Director | 2013-11-04 | 2015-11-05 |
| PHILLIPS, Howard Peter Stewart | Director | 2009-04-20 | 2012-08-31 |
| TONKISS, John Michael | Director | 2015-11-05 | 2025-11-28 |
| TURNER, Nigel Alan, Mr. | Director | 2019-01-16 | 2020-07-15 |
| WHITE, John | Director | 2013-09-23 | 2015-11-05 |
| HACKWOOD DIRECTORS LIMITED | Corporate Nominee Director | 2008-06-17 | 2009-02-09 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mr John Patrick Grayken | Individual | Significant influence | 2021-01-28 | Active |
| Mccarthy & Stone (Developments) Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors | 2016-04-06 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 458 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-05-11 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2026-01-07 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-12-01 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-11-03 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-09-01 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-05-21 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-05-15 | PSC04 | persons-with-significant-control | Change to a person with significant control | |
| 2025-05-05 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-01-06 | PSC04 | persons-with-significant-control | Change to a person with significant control | |
| 2025-01-02 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2025-01-02 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2025-01-02 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2025-01-02 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2025-01-02 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2025-01-02 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2025-01-02 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2025-01-02 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2025-01-02 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2025-01-02 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2025-01-02 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 8
- Capital events
- 0
- Officers appointed
- 2
- Officers resigned
- 2
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 2024-10-31 vs 2023-10-31
-
Turnover
-32.2%
£357,900,000 £242,700,000
-
Cash
-6.8%
£90,600,000 £84,400,000
-
Net assets
-13.1%
£485,700,000 £421,900,000
-
Employees
-10.8%
575 513
-
Operating profit
-123.7%
-£25,300,000 -£56,600,000
-
Profit before tax
-73.8%
-£39,000,000 -£67,800,000
-
Wages
-1.9%
£36,800,000 £36,100,000
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