CIRCLE HEALTH GROUP LIMITED
Operating as the largest private hospital provider in the UK, the company was formerly known as BMI Healthcare and is now a subsidiary of the Abu Dhabi-based healthcare platform PureHealth.
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Cash
£89m
+24.2% highest in 3 filed years
Net assets
£188m
+61.3% highest in 3 filed years
Employees
7,842
+3.7% highest in 3 filed years
Profit before tax
£66m
+126.4% highest in 3 filed years
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Our short-form breakdown of CIRCLE HEALTH GROUP LIMITED's latest filing
Circle Health Group's pre-tax profit more than doubled to £66m — but the directors say the jump is down to an accounting reversal, not a sudden boom in patients. 🏥
Watchouts
Facts from the Companies House register and the latest accounts — not a rating
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1 PSC ceased in last 24 months
Significant control changed hands — see the Ownership section.
Net assets
3-year trend · vs Health Care median
Accounts
3-year trend · Δ = latest vs prior filed period · latest reflected 2025-12-31
| Metric | Trend | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 | 2025-12-31 | Δ vs prior |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £1,129,852,000 | £1,205,282,000 | £1,254,240,000 | +4.1% | |
| Operating profit | £106,900,000 | £155,795,000 | £185,036,000 | +18.8% | |
| Profit before tax | -£12,416,000 | £29,274,000 | £66,264,000 | +126.4% | |
| Net profit | -£12,407,000 | £24,894,000 | £80,080,000 | +221.7% | |
| Cash | £40,158,000 | £71,819,000 | £89,200,000 | +24.2% | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £1,639,111,000 | £1,694,503,000 | £1,674,725,000 | -1.2% | |
| Net assets | £91,420,000 | £116,308,000 | £187,576,000 | +61.3% | |
| Equity | £91,420,000 | £116,308,000 | £187,576,000 | +61.3% | |
| Average employees | 7,406 | 7,560 | 7,842 | +3.7% | |
| Wages | £309,257,000 | £329,748,000 | £352,742,000 | +7% | |
| Directors' remuneration | £878,000 | £1,426,000 | £1,861,000 | +30.5% | |
| Directors' pension contributions | £1,000 | £1,000 | £13,000 | +1,200% | |
| Highest paid director | £513,000 | £838,000 | £803,000 | -4.2% |
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 | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 | 2025-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | 9.5% | 12.9% | 14.8% | |
| Net margin | -1.1% | 2.1% | 6.4% | |
| Return on capital employed | 6.5% | 9.2% | 11.0% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 95.3% | 94.1% | 91.1% | |
| Current ratio | 1.31x | 0.68x | 0.57x | |
| Interest cover | 0.88x | 1.21x | 1.44x |
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 4 times since incorporation
- CIRCLE HEALTH GROUP LIMITED 2022-01-25 → present
- BMI HEALTHCARE LIMITED 1998-02-17 → 2022-01-25
- GENERAL HEALTHCARE GROUP LIMITED 1993-01-22 → 1998-02-17
- AMI HEALTHCARE GROUP PLC 1987-10-29 → 1993-01-22
- GRANTGROUP LIMITED 1987-09-15 → 1987-10-29
Audit & accounting basis
- Accounting basis
- FRS 101
- Reporting scope
- Standalone (parent only)
- Auditor
- Ernst & Young LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“Based on the evidence available at the date of approval of these financial statements, including reviewing the facts and circumstances noted above, and the Company’s forecasts and downside sensitivities, the directors have concluded that they have a reasonable expectation that the Company have adequate resources available to them to continue in operational existence and meet its liabilities as they fall due for the foreseeable future, and for 12 months from the date of these financial statements. Accordingly, they continue to adopt the going concern basis in preparing the financial statements.”
Group structure
- CIRCLE HEALTH GROUP LIMITED · parent
- Circle Decontamination Limited 100%
Significant events
- “During the year, the Company’s immediate parent undertaking changed from GHG Intermediate Holdings Limited to Circle Health Holdings Limited as part of an internal group reorganisation.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
4 active · 35 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| JAMES, Owen Gareth | Director | 2026-06-11 | Jul 1985 | British |
| JAMES, Peter John | Director | 2025-07-23 | Dec 1962 | British |
| KHAN, Jawad | Director | 2025-02-14 | Dec 1979 | British,Pakistani |
| MANNING, Paul Andrew | Director | 2020-12-18 | Jan 1969 | British |
Show 35 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| COBB, Shane | Secretary | 2021-08-23 | 2025-02-04 |
| COLLIER, Stephen John | Secretary | — | 2008-09-18 |
| VICKERY, Catherine Mary Jane | Secretary | 2008-09-18 | 2018-11-30 |
| ALLAN, William Campbell | Director | — | 1997-05-30 |
| AULD, Charles Cairns | Director | 1991-12-18 | 2004-12-23 |
| BANON, Jean Claude | Director | — | 1997-06-29 |
| BOUR, Daniel | Director | — | 1997-09-10 |
| CAILLE, Daniel | Director | — | 1997-09-10 |
| COLLIER, Stephen John | Director | 1998-04-06 | 2014-11-16 |
| DAVIES, Henry Jonathan | Director | 2015-09-01 | 2025-02-04 |
| FARRIER, Peter Edmund Charles | Director | 1994-09-26 | 2005-04-05 |
| FAWCETT, Adrian John | Director | 2008-09-18 | 2011-05-31 |
| FORMAN, Roy | Director | 1994-09-26 | 1997-05-30 |
| GIBBONS, David | Director | 1994-06-22 | 1997-05-30 |
| GOLDBERG, Marvin Herman | Director | — | 1995-03-22 |
| HARRIS, Nigel Robert | Director | 1998-04-06 | 2000-08-31 |
| HAYES, Eugene Gerard | Director | 1998-03-27 | 2005-12-30 |
| HOOPER, Gloria Dorothy, Baroness | Director | 1993-12-17 | 1997-05-30 |
| JACKSON, John | Director | — | 1995-01-06 |
| LE COUILLIARD, Jo Susan | Director | 2006-07-27 | 2008-05-31 |
| LOVELACE, Craig Barry | Director | 2012-04-25 | 2015-04-30 |
| LUNDIN, Anthony Arnold | Director | 2006-07-27 | 2008-02-29 |
| MILLS-WEBB, James Sydney Edward | Director | — | 1992-02-14 |
| MURPHY, Paul | Director | 1994-03-04 | 2006-07-27 |
| NASH, David Percy | Director | 1997-09-11 | 1997-12-17 |
| PIERI, Paolo George | Director | 2020-12-18 | 2025-03-18 |
| PRESTON, Paul Richard, Dr | Director | 2001-03-28 | 2004-04-08 |
| PRINS, Karen Anita, Dr | Director | 2017-10-01 | 2025-07-23 |
| ROUCAYROL, Jean-Claude | Director | — | 1997-05-30 |
| SIMPSON DENT, Jonathan | Director | 2005-01-03 | 2007-01-26 |
| SMITH, Ian Richard | Director | 2005-01-04 | 2006-06-27 |
| VICKERY, Catherine Mary Jane | Director | 2012-03-23 | 2018-11-30 |
| WALMSLEY, John Arthur | Director | — | 1995-06-30 |
| WATTS, Jill Margaret | Director | 2014-11-17 | 2017-09-30 |
| WIELAND, Phil | Director | 2007-02-01 | 2011-11-30 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Circle Health Holdings Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors | 2025-12-19 | Active |
| Ghg Intermediate Holdings Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100% | 2016-04-06 | Ceased 2025-12-19 |
| Netcare Limited | Corporate entity | Appoints directors | 2016-04-06 | Ceased 2018-12-14 |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 407 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-10-14 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2026-09-22 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2026-09-10 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2026-06-22 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2026-02-09 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2026-01-06 | PSC02 | persons-with-significant-control | Notification of a person with significant control | |
| 2026-01-06 | PSC07 | persons-with-significant-control | Cessation of a person with significant control | |
| 2025-10-27 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-07-31 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-07-31 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-05-21 | RP04TM01 | officers | Second filing of director termination with name | |
| 2025-03-27 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-02-20 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-02-20 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-02-18 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-02-18 | TM02 | officers | Termination secretary company with name termination date | |
| 2024-09-26 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-01-31 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-12-18 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-02-02 | 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
- 1
- 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.