MIDHURST CHILD CARE LIMITED
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Cash
£6.8M
+12% highest in 3 filed years
Net assets
£16M
+8.6% highest in 3 filed years
Employees
761
+16.2% highest in 3 filed years
Profit before tax
£1.6M
-36.3% vs 2024
Net assets
3-year trend · vs Health Care median
Accounts
3-year trend · Δ = latest vs prior filed period · latest reflected 2025-09-30
| Metric | Trend | 2023-09-30 | 2024-09-30 | 2025-09-30 | Δ vs prior |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £61,542,346 | £67,936,514 | £74,000,182 | +8.9% | |
| Operating profit | £1,226,178 | £2,317,636 | £1,632,685 | -29.6% | |
| Profit before tax | £1,265,743 | £2,438,627 | £1,553,749 | -36.3% | |
| Net profit | £830,626 | £1,863,606 | £1,149,115 | -38.3% | |
| Cash | £4,049,498 | £6,094,503 | £6,828,802 | +12% | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £13,648,909 | £16,641,869 | £16,524,002 | -0.7% | |
| Net assets | £12,937,375 | £14,540,481 | £15,784,131 | +8.6% | |
| Equity | £12,937,375 | £14,540,481 | £15,784,131 | +8.6% | |
| Average employees | 610 | 655 | 761 | +16.2% | |
| Wages | £19,656,674 | £22,372,475 | £25,863,373 | +15.6% | |
| Directors' remuneration | £480,152 | £512,401 | £531,432 | +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 | 2023-09-30 | 2024-09-30 | 2025-09-30 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | 2.0% | 3.4% | 2.2% | |
| Net margin | 1.3% | 2.7% | 1.6% | |
| Return on capital employed | 9.0% | 13.9% | 9.9% | |
| Current ratio | 3.14x | 2.87x | 1.90x | |
| Interest cover | — | — | 8.84x |
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.
Audit & accounting basis
- Accounting basis
- FRS 102
- Reporting scope
- Consolidated group
- Auditor
- RSM UK Audit LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“In auditing the financial statements, we have concluded that the directors' use of the going concern basis of accounting in the preparation of the financial statements is appropriate. Based on the work we have performed, we have not identified any material uncertainties relating to events or conditions that, individually or collectively, may cast significant doubt on the group's or the parent company's ability to continue as a going concern for a period of at least twelve months from when the financial statements are authorised for issue.”
Group structure
- MIDHURST CHILD CARE LIMITED · parent
- Five Rivers Child Care Limited 100%
- Foster Careline Ltd. 100%
- The Fostering Company North East Ltd 100%
- Safehouses North Ltd 100%
- Quality Foster Care Limited 100%
- Five Rivers Ireland Limited 100%
- Midhurst Clinical Therapeutic Services Limited 100%
- Midhurst Learning Limited 100%
- Darwen Children's Services Limited 100%
- Life Change Care Ltd 100%
- JSA Psychotherapy Limited 100%
Significant events
- “On 11 November 2025, 50 Ordinary shares of "£1" each were issued at par value.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
7 active · 11 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| MCCONNELL, Jeremy Paul | Secretary | 2013-11-01 | — | — |
| BRADBURY ASSOCIATES LIMITED | Corporate Secretary | 2017-12-12 | — | — |
| MCCONNELL, Jeremy Paul | Director | 2015-09-30 | Apr 1963 | British |
| MCCONNELL, Jonathon Tobias | Director | 2023-10-31 | Jun 1987 | British |
| MCCONNELL, Nathaniel Dylan | Director | 2023-10-31 | Mar 1990 | British |
| MCCONNELL, Pamela Jane | Director | 2007-01-22 | Nov 1955 | British |
| MCCONNELL, Sophie Clare | Director | 2023-10-31 | Oct 1985 | British |
Show 11 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| GRANT, Steven John | Secretary | 2005-12-19 | 2006-04-20 |
| TURK, John Tristram | Secretary | 2013-01-25 | 2013-02-18 |
| BRADBURYASSOCIATES LIMITED | Corporate Secretary | 2013-02-18 | 2013-11-01 |
| WG SECRETARIES LIMITED | Corporate Secretary | 2006-04-18 | 2013-02-18 |
| CONSTABLE, Andrew Paul | Director | 2009-03-20 | 2011-03-21 |
| DAVISON, William | Director | 2006-04-18 | 2007-12-24 |
| MINETT, Arthur Douglas | Director | 2007-12-24 | 2009-03-20 |
| ROBERTS, David Edward | Director | 2025-03-01 | 2025-09-19 |
| TURK, John Tristram | Director | 2011-03-03 | 2013-07-12 |
| MIDHURST HOLDINGS LIMITED | Corporate Director | 2007-12-24 | 2015-09-30 |
| WG SECRETARIES LIMITED | Corporate Director | 2005-12-19 | 2006-04-20 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ms Pamela Jane Mcconnell | Individual | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors | 2016-04-06 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 94 total filings
Material constitutional events — rename, articles re-file, resolution
- 2022-09-20 MA Memorandum articles
- 2022-09-20 RESOLUTIONS Resolution
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-06-25 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2025-11-17 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2025-11-17 | SH01 | capital | Capital allotment shares | |
| 2025-09-24 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-04-17 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2025-04-17 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2025-03-06 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-12-19 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-04-06 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2024-02-07 | AD03 | address | Move registers to sail company with new address | |
| 2024-02-07 | AD02 | address | Change sail address company with new address | |
| 2023-12-19 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-11-08 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2023-11-08 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2023-11-08 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2023-06-22 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2022-12-20 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2022-09-20 | MA | incorporation | Memorandum articles | |
| 2022-09-20 | RESOLUTIONS | resolution | Resolution | |
| 2022-02-14 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 4
- Capital events
- 1
- 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.