STOCKS HALL CARE HOMES LIMITED
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Cash
£308k
+164% vs 2024
Net assets
£18m
-32.3% lowest in 3 filed years
Employees
730
+3.3% highest in 3 filed years
Profit before tax
-£3.3m
-946.9% lowest in 3 filed years
Net assets
3-year trend · vs Health Care median
Accounts
3-year trend · Δ = latest vs prior filed period · latest reflected 2025-10-31
| Metric | Trend | 2023-10-31 | 2024-10-31 | 2025-10-31 | Δ vs prior |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £21,677,867 | £23,843,630 | £24,607,238 | +3.2% | |
| Operating profit | £1,616,245 | £1,087,023 | £1,534,035 | +41.1% | |
| Profit before tax | £973,652 | £387,106 | -£3,278,223 | -946.9% | |
| Net profit | £615,843 | £88,058 | -£3,680,468 | -4,279.6% | |
| Cash | £510,641 | £116,501 | £307,607 | +164% | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £32,734,488 | £34,892,129 | £24,619,199 | -29.4% | |
| Net assets | £26,289,139 | £26,185,197 | £17,722,482 | -32.3% | |
| Equity | £26,289,139 | £26,185,197 | £17,722,482 | -32.3% | |
| Average employees | 660 | 707 | 730 | +3.3% | |
| Wages | £15,038,792 | £16,798,342 | £16,684,531 | -0.7% | |
| Directors' remuneration | £344,706 | £245,069 | £285,250 | +16.4% |
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 | 2023-10-31 | 2024-10-31 | 2025-10-31 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | 7.5% | 4.6% | 6.2% | |
| Net margin | 2.8% | 0.4% | -15.0% | |
| Return on capital employed | 4.9% | 3.1% | 6.2% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 31.2% | 31.9% | 42.8% | |
| Current ratio | 1.28x | 2.02x | 0.47x | |
| Interest cover | 2.48x | 1.53x | 2.51x |
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 1 time since incorporation
- STOCKS HALL CARE HOMES LIMITED 1996-12-10 → present
- STOCKS INVESTMENTS LIMITED 1987-10-07 → 1996-12-10
Audit & accounting basis
- Accounting basis
- FRS 102
- Reporting scope
- Consolidated group
- Auditor
- Edwards Veeder 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 and meet its liabilities as they fall due for the foreseeable future, being a period of at least twelve months from the date of signing these financial statements. Accordingly, they continue to adopt the going concern basis in preparing the financial statements.”
Group structure
- STOCKS HALL CARE HOMES LIMITED · parent
- Stocks Hall Care Homes (2) Limited 100%
Significant events
- “During the year as part of a corporate restructure, the company undertook a demerger, which involved the transfer of fixed assets from the company by way of a distribution in specie of £2,590,984.”
- “With effect from 12 September 2025, the company became a wholly owned subsidiary of Stocks Care Home Holdings Limited.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
4 active · 1 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| LACE, Susan Elizabeth | Secretary | — | — | British |
| JONES, Gareth Brian Thomas | Director | — | Dec 1950 | British |
| LACE, Stuart Henderson | Director | 1987-10-07 | Nov 1946 | British |
| LACE, Susan Elizabeth | Director | — | May 1947 | British |
Show 1 resigned officer
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| JONES, Rodney Adrian Conry | Director | — | 2016-09-13 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mr Gareth Brian Thomas Jones | Individual | Significant influence | 2016-04-06 | Active |
| Mr Stuart Henderson Lace | Individual | Significant influence | 2016-04-06 | Active |
| Mrs Susan Elizabeth Lace | Individual | Significant influence | 2016-04-06 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 141 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-07-31 | RP01CS01 | confirmation-statement | Replacement filing of confirmation statement with made up date | |
| 2026-07-31 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2026-07-20 | PSC07 | persons-with-significant-control | Cessation of a person with significant control | |
| 2026-07-20 | PSC07 | persons-with-significant-control | Cessation of a person with significant control | |
| 2026-07-20 | PSC07 | persons-with-significant-control | Cessation of a person with significant control | |
| 2026-07-20 | PSC02 | persons-with-significant-control | Notification of a person with significant control | |
| 2026-05-26 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-07-24 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-05-27 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-07-15 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-05-28 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-07-21 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-05-26 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2022-07-28 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2022-06-01 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2021-07-30 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2021-05-13 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2020-08-06 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2020-06-05 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2020-06-05 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 7
- 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.