PCT HEALTHCARE LIMITED
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Cash
£3.7M
+475.6% vs 2024
Net assets
£6.3M
-55.7% lowest in 6 filed years
Employees
1,362
-6.5% vs 2024
Profit before tax
-£8.6M
-26.4% lowest in 6 filed years
Watchouts
Facts from the Companies House register and the latest accounts — not a rating
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2 PSCs ceased in last 24 months
Significant control changed hands — see the Ownership section.
Net assets
6-year trend · vs Consumer Staples median
Accounts
6-year trend · Δ = latest vs prior filed period · latest reflected 2025-11-30
| Metric | Trend | 2020-11-30 | 2021-11-30 | 2022-11-30 | 2023-11-30 | 2024-11-30 | 2025-11-30 | Δ vs prior |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £125,498,759 | £130,862,038 | £159,713,822 | £182,001,105 | £178,629,485 | £178,749,335 | +0.1% | |
| Operating profit | £5,315,150 | £4,045,714 | -£4,966,780 | -£4,212,772 | -£6,723,182 | -£8,457,539 | -25.8% | |
| Profit before tax | £5,314,948 | £4,043,515 | -£5,017,779 | -£4,373,911 | -£6,787,629 | -£8,577,368 | -26.4% | |
| Net profit | £3,650,764 | £2,460,681 | -£5,241,572 | -£4,490,680 | -£7,288,202 | -£7,965,997 | -9.3% | |
| Cash | £18,326,020 | £6,593,166 | £1,181,620 | £3,491,324 | £640,530 | £3,686,818 | +475.6% | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £29,476,137 | £43,255,388 | £36,925,914 | £33,163,112 | £16,784,634 | £8,560,030 | -49% | |
| Net assets | £27,460,103 | £40,420,784 | £35,179,212 | £30,688,532 | £14,308,023 | £6,342,026 | -55.7% | |
| Equity | £27,460,103 | £40,420,784 | £35,179,212 | £30,688,532 | £14,308,023 | £6,342,026 | -55.7% | |
| Average employees | 1,175 | 1,193 | 1,368 | 1,508 | 1,456 | 1,362 | -6.5% | |
| Wages | £21,337,288 | £21,702,132 | £26,717,184 | £29,759,372 | £30,925,904 | £31,381,205 | +1.5% | |
| Directors' remuneration | £428,294 | £208,330 | £98,130 | £98,365 | £99,713 | £88,490 | -11.3% |
Values shown as filed in the company's annual accounts. — indicates the figure wasn't present under that line item in that period. The Δ column is the change from the prior filed period as a percentage of |prior|; lines a company doesn't report show —. About these numbers
Ratios
Computed from the line items above — sparklines read oldest → newest
| Ratio | Trend | 2020-11-30 | 2021-11-30 | 2022-11-30 | 2023-11-30 | 2024-11-30 | 2025-11-30 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | 4.2% | 3.1% | -3.1% | -2.3% | -3.8% | -4.7% | |
| Net margin | 2.9% | 1.9% | -3.3% | -2.5% | -4.1% | -4.5% | |
| Return on capital employed | 18.0% | 9.4% | -13.5% | -12.7% | -40.1% | -98.8% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | — | — | — | — | 77.8% | 89.8% | |
| Current ratio | — | — | — | 0.88x | 0.62x | 0.61x | |
| Interest cover | — | — | -84.76x | -24.19x | -99.93x | -67.03x |
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.
Name history
Renamed 2 times since incorporation
- PCT HEALTHCARE LIMITED 2002-04-17 → present
- P. & A.J. CATTEE (CHEMISTS) LIMITED 1984-06-08 → 2002-04-17
- MADESEA LIMITED 1983-11-10 → 1984-06-08
Audit & accounting basis
- Accounting basis
- FRS 102
- Reporting scope
- Standalone (parent only)
- Auditor
- Sumer Auditco Limited
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“At the time of approving the financial statements, the directors have a reasonable expectation that the company has adequate resources to continue in operational existence for the foreseeable future. Thus the directors continue to adopt the going concern basis of accounting in preparing the financial statements.”
Group structure
- PCT HEALTHCARE LIMITED · parent
- Grasmere Leigh Limited 100%
- TV Pharmacy Limited 100%
- Television Pharmacy Limited 100%
- Telepharm Limited 100%
- Freephone Pharmacy Limited 100%
- Roy Lamb Limited 100%
- The Concourse Pharmacy Limited 100%
- Andersons Investments Limited 100%
- St Paul's (HCC) Limited 100%
- RH Swinn Limited 100%
- Jayne A Hibbard Limited 100%
- Richard G Hardy Limited 100%
- DFM Newco Limited 100%
- Swift Chemists Limited 100%
- Notmy Holdings Limited 100%
- Medex Health Limited 100%
- KM Brennan (Chemist) Limited 100%
- C.G. Murray & Son Limited 100%
- B. Payne & Son Limited 100%
- Shires Group Holdings Limited 100%
- Shires Pharmacies Limited 100%
Significant events
- “Subsequent to the year end, the Company completed the disposal of three trading branches in April for total consideration of £2.1m.”
- “In June 2026, the Company also acquired three subsidiary entities from a third party.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
5 active · 1 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| CATTEE, Angela Jane | Secretary | — | — | British |
| CATTEE, Angela Jane | Director | — | Mar 1953 | British |
| CATTEE, Joseph | Director | 2016-07-22 | Mar 1985 | British |
| CATTEE, Peter | Director | — | Mar 1952 | British |
| TIMS, Geoffrey Alan | Director | 2001-07-31 | May 1943 | British |
Show 1 resigned officer
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| PARKER, Andrew David | Director | 2001-07-31 | 2014-10-14 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mr Peter Cattee | Individual | Shares 25–50% | 2016-04-06 | Ceased 2025-05-08 |
| Mrs Angela Jane Cattee | Individual | Shares 25–50% | 2016-04-06 | Ceased 2025-05-08 |
| Pct Healthcare (Holdings) Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100% | 2016-04-06 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 266 total filings
Material constitutional events — rename, articles re-file, resolution
- 2023-11-07 RESOLUTIONS Resolution
- 2023-11-07 RESOLUTIONS Resolution
- 2023-11-07 MA Memorandum articles
- 2023-11-07 MA Memorandum articles
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-06-08 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2026-01-27 | MR05 | mortgage | Mortgage charge whole release with charge number | |
| 2025-10-02 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2025-08-11 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2025-08-07 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-06-25 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2025-06-23 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2025-06-12 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2025-05-12 | PSC07 | persons-with-significant-control | Cessation of a person with significant control | |
| 2025-05-12 | PSC07 | persons-with-significant-control | Cessation of a person with significant control | |
| 2024-08-28 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-08-12 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-02-14 | MR05 | mortgage | Mortgage charge part both with charge number | |
| 2024-02-02 | MR05 | mortgage | Mortgage charge part both with charge number | |
| 2024-01-26 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2023-11-30 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-11-07 | RESOLUTIONS | resolution | Resolution | |
| 2023-11-07 | RESOLUTIONS | resolution | Resolution | |
| 2023-11-07 | MA | incorporation | Memorandum articles | |
| 2023-11-07 | MA | incorporation | Memorandum articles |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 5
- Capital events
- 0
- Officers appointed
- 0
- Officers resigned
- 0
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.