WCS CARE GROUP LIMITED
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Cash
£6.3m
-38.9% lowest in 3 filed years
Net assets
£28m
+7.7% highest in 3 filed years
Employees
847
-1.3% lowest in 3 filed years
Profit before tax
£2m
+3.4% vs 2025
Net assets
3-year trend · vs Health Care median
Accounts
3-year trend · Δ = latest vs prior filed period · latest reflected 2026-03-31
| Metric | Trend | 2024-03-31 | 2025-03-31 | 2026-03-31 | Δ vs prior |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £29,532,000 | £31,583,000 | £34,024,000 | +7.7% | |
| Operating profit | — | £2,348,000 | £2,393,000 | +1.9% | |
| Profit before tax | £2,524,000 | £1,932,000 | £1,997,000 | +3.4% | |
| Net profit | £1,794,000 | £1,932,000 | £1,997,000 | +3.4% | |
| Cash | £9,225,000 | £10,314,000 | £6,303,000 | -38.9% | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £37,221,000 | £38,472,000 | £39,765,000 | +3.4% | |
| Net assets | £24,031,000 | £25,963,000 | £27,960,000 | +7.7% | |
| Equity | £24,031,000 | £25,963,000 | £27,960,000 | +7.7% | |
| Average employees | 853 | 858 | 847 | -1.3% | |
| Wages | £17,601,000 | £19,060,000 | £20,060,000 | +5.2% | |
| Directors' remuneration | £500,000 | £529,000 | — | — |
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 | 2024-03-31 | 2025-03-31 | 2026-03-31 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | — | 7.4% | 7.0% | |
| Net margin | 6.1% | 6.1% | 5.9% | |
| Return on capital employed | — | 6.1% | 6.0% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 40.5% | 38.0% | 36.5% | |
| Current ratio | 3.44x | 3.44x | 1.78x | |
| Interest cover | — | 3.37x | 4.06x |
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
- WCS CARE GROUP LIMITED 2008-12-04 → present
- WARWICKSHIRE CARE SERVICES LIMITED 1992-05-01 → 2008-12-04
Audit & accounting basis
- Accounting basis
- FRS 102
- Reporting scope
- Consolidated group
- Auditor
- Crowe U.K. LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“The directors have considered it appropriate to adopt the going concern basis of accounting in preparing the financial statements. The trustees are of the view that adequate resources are available to the organisation to continue to operate as a going concern over the foreseeable future from the date of approval of the financial statements.”
Group structure
- WCS CARE GROUP LIMITED · parent
- Common Lane Developments Limited 100%
Significant events
- “Following the year-end, the Fairfield Care Cottage development reached practical completion and became available for occupation, with the completed development subsequently transferred to WCS Care Group Limited for use.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
11 active · 44 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| PAREKH, Paresh Chandrakant | Secretary | 2015-11-30 | — | — |
| ANDREWS, Mark Ronald | Director | 2017-11-27 | Oct 1961 | British |
| BASTEN, Elizabeth Jane | Director | 2021-09-27 | Mar 1974 | British |
| HOLT, Anthony James | Director | 2022-07-11 | Nov 1970 | British |
| HOUGH, Elizabeth Emma | Director | 2022-07-11 | May 1966 | British |
| LAST, Alison | Director | 2018-04-01 | Aug 1958 | British |
| LEGGETT, Nicholas William Michael, Rev | Director | 2024-12-02 | Jan 1962 | British |
| MATTHEWS, Jayne Alison | Director | 2019-07-01 | Mar 1956 | British |
| MERCHANT, Roger Leonard | Director | 2017-11-27 | Dec 1957 | British |
| SHEPHERD, William Daniel | Director | 2025-03-24 | Feb 1971 | British |
| WARWICK, Rebecca Lynda | Director | 2019-01-30 | Jan 1979 | British |
Show 44 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| WOOD, Nicholas John | Secretary | 1992-11-09 | 2015-11-30 |
| BANKS, Tricia Mary | Director | 2019-01-30 | 2023-12-04 |
| BETTINSON, John Richard | Director | 1992-05-11 | 2005-11-28 |
| BROOKES, Richard Dennis | Director | 2010-03-15 | 2016-02-15 |
| COLSTON, Joyce | Director | 1995-06-30 | 2010-01-18 |
| COULSON, Peter | Director | 1992-05-11 | 2001-05-14 |
| COWCHER, David George | Director | 1992-10-12 | 1993-07-26 |
| CRESSEY, Barrie Christopher | Director | 2013-09-23 | 2022-07-11 |
| DEATH, Harold William | Director | 1997-05-19 | 2001-07-16 |
| DEELEY, Joan Enid Mary | Director | 2010-03-15 | 2017-08-18 |
| DEMIAN, Karl Wasyl | Director | 2008-09-08 | 2019-09-30 |
| DOBINSON, Shân Erica | Director | 2020-11-30 | 2026-02-11 |
| DUFF, Rory Cameron | Director | 2001-05-14 | 2008-09-08 |
| EDWARDS, Kenneth Walter Tom | Director | — | 1994-09-26 |
| FOSSEY, Anthony Stanley | Director | 2008-09-08 | 2017-08-18 |
| GILBERT, Chrysanda | Director | 1992-10-12 | 1993-11-22 |
| GRANT, Thomas Montague Alfred | Director | 1996-11-25 | 2008-09-08 |
| GREEN, Martin Peter | Director | 2008-09-08 | 2012-12-03 |
| HAM, Richard Laurence | Director | 2010-03-15 | 2011-07-04 |
| HUNTER, Noel Campbell | Director | 2003-06-23 | 2013-12-02 |
| ISHERWOOD, Amy Lilian | Director | 1992-10-12 | 1994-03-14 |
| LANCHESTER, Eric William | Director | 1994-03-14 | 2009-11-23 |
| LAST, Alan Thomas | Director | 2008-09-08 | 2018-03-31 |
| LEVETT, Adrian Frederick | Director | 2015-09-21 | 2025-07-08 |
| LODGE, Laurence Dennis | Director | 2005-11-28 | 2011-11-21 |
| LUSCOMBE, David Nanchollas | Director | 1992-08-11 | 1993-12-20 |
| MALLOY, Mary Ann | Director | 2010-03-15 | 2018-04-01 |
| MCCARNEY, Frank | Director | 1995-01-30 | 1997-05-19 |
| MCMILLAN, Colin George | Director | — | 2005-11-28 |
| MERCHANT, Howell Richard | Director | 1994-03-14 | 2010-01-18 |
| MIDDLEBURGH, Lee Eamon | Director | 2013-09-23 | 2022-07-11 |
| MILLER, Simon Peter | Director | 2005-11-28 | 2018-11-26 |
| MITCHELL, Kenneth Aubrey | Director | 1994-03-14 | 2005-11-10 |
| MONKMAN, Janet Karen | Director | 2005-11-28 | 2007-06-18 |
| NURCOMBE, Keith Jon | Director | 2014-09-22 | 2019-03-11 |
| PENN, Nigel | Director | 1997-05-19 | 2001-07-16 |
| RHODES, Joanna Christine | Director | 2003-06-23 | 2007-09-03 |
| SOUTHEARD, Patricia Jane | Director | 2013-09-23 | 2019-07-01 |
| STUBBINGS, Marie Catherine | Director | 2005-03-07 | 2011-07-04 |
| WEATHERBURN, Nicholas Keith | Director | 2019-01-30 | 2024-08-30 |
| WEDDELL, Michael Mc Donald | Director | 1992-05-18 | 1996-03-31 |
| WELLS, John Francis, Councillor | Director | 1993-07-26 | 1995-01-30 |
| WILLIAMS, Rhys Herbert | Director | 1992-10-12 | 1996-11-25 |
| WILSON, Patricia Kathleen | Director | 1992-05-18 | 2006-08-22 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 249 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-07-31 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2026-04-02 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2026-02-18 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-09-25 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2025-08-22 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2025-07-08 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-04-14 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-03-27 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-12-05 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-08-30 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-08-20 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2024-04-11 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-12-05 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2023-08-24 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2023-04-12 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2022-10-03 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2022-07-13 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2022-07-13 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2022-07-13 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2022-07-13 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 5
- Capital events
- 0
- Officers appointed
- 0
- Officers resigned
- 1
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.