PRIME LIFE LIMITED
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Cash
£12m
+58.3% highest in 3 filed years
Net assets
£102m
+7.9% highest in 3 filed years
Employees
2,813
+1.2% highest in 3 filed years
Profit before tax
£11m
-1.9% 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 | £101,845,000 | £112,784,000 | £120,787,000 | +7.1% | |
| Operating profit | £11,012,000 | £14,441,000 | £13,408,000 | -7.2% | |
| Profit before tax | £7,779,000 | £11,262,000 | £11,053,000 | -1.9% | |
| Net profit | £5,365,000 | £6,970,000 | £8,899,000 | +27.7% | |
| Cash | £5,516,000 | £7,799,000 | £12,343,000 | +58.3% | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £153,870,000 | £158,700,000 | £162,405,000 | +2.3% | |
| Net assets | £88,433,000 | £94,924,000 | £102,445,000 | +7.9% | |
| Equity | £88,433,000 | £94,924,000 | £102,445,000 | +7.9% | |
| Average employees | 2,758 | 2,781 | 2,813 | +1.2% | |
| Wages | £54,137,000 | £61,678,000 | £64,492,000 | +4.6% | |
| Directors' remuneration | £477,028 | £405,016 | £439,359 | +8.5% | |
| Directors' pension contributions | £20,588 | £21,098 | £19,383 | -8.1% | |
| Highest paid director | £131,446 | £146,622 | £152,052 | +3.7% |
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 | 10.8% | 12.8% | 11.1% | |
| Net margin | 5.3% | 6.2% | 7.4% | |
| Return on capital employed | 7.2% | 9.1% | 8.3% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 48.6% | 46.7% | 41.8% | |
| Current ratio | 1.73x | 1.82x | 1.95x | |
| Interest cover | 3.26x | 4.62x | 5.07x |
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
- PRIME LIFE LIMITED 1994-04-14 → present
- UNICARE PUBLIC LIMITED COMPANY 1993-01-14 → 1994-04-14
Audit & accounting basis
- Accounting basis
- FRS 102
- Reporting scope
- Standalone (parent only)
- Auditor
- Cooper Parry Group Limited
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“At the balance sheet date, the company had a significant positive cash balance and net current asset position. At the time of signing these accounts, the directors have considered the effect on the going concern position.”
Group structure
- PRIME LIFE LIMITED · parent
- Wellspring Centres Limited 100%
- Collegia Care Limited 100%
- Kilnair Limited 100%
- Trentside Care Limited 100%
- Mountforest Limited 100%
- Drillstyle Limited 50%
- Barons Park Nursing Home Limited 100%
- Greenacres Nursing Homes Limited 100%
- Lutterworth Country House Care Home Limited 100%
- Springhill Care Group Limited 100%
- Springhill House (Accrington) Limited 100%
- Birch Green Care Centre Limited 100%
- Riversway Care Limited 100%
- Carefore Limited 100%
- Prague Properties Limited 100%
- Brownfox Quality Care Limited 100%
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
4 active · 17 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| HAIRSINE, Janet Elizabeth | Secretary | 2007-09-17 | — | British |
| CHOUDHRY, Nahila | Director | 2025-10-06 | Aug 1985 | British |
| HAIRSINE, Janet Elizabeth | Director | 2007-09-17 | Jul 1977 | British |
| VAN HERREWEGE, Simon James | Director | 2017-11-24 | Dec 1980 | British |
Show 17 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| BRYANT, Michael | Secretary | 1995-08-05 | 2000-05-31 |
| SHACKLOCK, Robert William | Secretary | 1993-09-01 | 1995-07-04 |
| WARNER, Roderick Garth Freeman | Secretary | 2000-05-31 | 2007-09-17 |
| WARNER, Roderick Garth Freeman | Secretary | 1993-01-19 | 1993-09-01 |
| SPENCER COMPANY FORMATIONS LIMITED | Corporate Nominee Secretary | 1993-01-14 | 1993-01-19 |
| BARRETT, Andrew John | Director | 1997-08-08 | 2001-04-03 |
| BEECROFT, Paul Adrian Barlow | Director | 1993-08-04 | 1997-08-08 |
| BRYANT, Michael | Director | 1995-03-30 | 2000-05-31 |
| CAMWELL, Sarah Jane | Director | 2002-10-01 | 2017-08-09 |
| DAWSON, Benedicto | Director | 2002-10-01 | 2026-01-12 |
| HACK, Ruth | Director | 2005-06-06 | 2023-05-30 |
| JOHNSON, Julie Margaret | Director | 2002-10-01 | 2005-03-15 |
| SHACKLOCK, Robert William | Director | 1993-01-19 | 1995-07-04 |
| VAN HERREWEGE, Peter Alexander | Director | 1993-01-19 | 2025-09-24 |
| WARNER, Roderick Garth Freeman | Director | — | 2008-03-07 |
| WOOD, James Damon | Director | 2002-03-31 | 2022-06-24 |
| SPENCER COMPANY FORMATIONS (DELAWARE) INC | Corporate Nominee Director | 1993-01-14 | 1993-01-19 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dmwsl 532 Ltd | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100% | 2016-06-01 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 365 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-10-12 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2026-08-11 | MR05 | mortgage | Mortgage charge part both with charge number | |
| 2026-08-11 | MR05 | mortgage | Mortgage charge part both with charge number | |
| 2026-08-11 | MR05 | mortgage | Mortgage charge part both with charge number | |
| 2026-08-11 | MR05 | mortgage | Mortgage charge part both with charge number | |
| 2026-08-11 | MR05 | mortgage | Mortgage charge part both with charge number | |
| 2026-08-11 | MR05 | mortgage | Mortgage charge part both with charge number | |
| 2026-08-11 | MR05 | mortgage | Mortgage charge part both with charge number | |
| 2026-01-15 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2026-01-13 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-10-27 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-10-27 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-10-07 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-01-07 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-10-14 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-08-02 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2024-01-10 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-12-23 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-06-15 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2023-01-13 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 13
- Capital events
- 0
- Officers appointed
- 1
- 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.