BEECHCROFT CARE HOMES LTD
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Cash
£2.2M
-36.4% vs 2024
Net assets
£11M
+20.9% highest in 4 filed years
Employees
98
+4.3% highest in 4 filed years
Profit before tax
£2.6M
+31.4% vs 2024
Net assets
4-year trend · vs Health Care median
Accounts
4-year trend · Δ = latest vs prior filed period · latest reflected 2025-05-31
| Metric | Trend | 2020-05-31 | 2021-05-31 | 2024-05-31 | 2025-05-31 | Δ vs prior |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | — | — | £6,056,523 | £7,412,995 | +22.4% | |
| Operating profit | — | — | £1,904,437 | £2,527,208 | +32.7% | |
| Profit before tax | — | — | £1,967,973 | £2,585,952 | +31.4% | |
| Net profit | — | — | £1,400,838 | £1,927,737 | +37.6% | |
| Cash | £2,592,144 | £2,039,100 | £3,386,359 | £2,152,932 | -36.4% | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £3,509,751 | £4,478,595 | £9,555,075 | £12,857,162 | +34.6% | |
| Net assets | £3,495,934 | £4,407,595 | £9,230,307 | £11,158,044 | +20.9% | |
| Equity | £3,495,934 | £4,407,595 | £9,230,307 | £11,158,044 | +20.9% | |
| Average employees | 2 | 2 | 94 | 98 | +4.3% | |
| Wages | — | — | £2,144,983 | £2,661,865 | +24.1% | |
| Directors' remuneration | — | — | £135,485 | £120,000 | -11.4% |
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 | 2020-05-31 | 2021-05-31 | 2024-05-31 | 2025-05-31 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | — | — | 31.4% | 34.1% | |
| Net margin | — | — | 23.1% | 26.0% | |
| Return on capital employed | — | — | 19.9% | 19.7% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | — | — | 10.0% | 20.0% | |
| Current ratio | — | — | 5.55x | 2.11x | |
| Interest cover | — | — | — | 41.73x |
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 2 times since incorporation
- BEECHCROFT CARE HOMES LTD 2014-02-18 → present
- BEECHCROFT RETIREMENT HOMES LIMITED 2010-05-18 → 2014-02-18
- BEECHCROFT RETIREMENT HOME LIMITED 2007-05-04 → 2010-05-18
Audit & accounting basis
- Accounting basis
- FRS 102
- Reporting scope
- Consolidated group
- Auditor
- WP Audit Services LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“After considering the group's budgets and expected trading activity for the coming 12 to 24 months, the directors have a reasonable expectation that the group has adequate resources to continue in operational existence for the foreseeable future. The group therefore continues to adopt the going concern basis in preparing its financial statements.”
Group structure
- BEECHCROFT CARE HOMES LTD · parent
- Choice Retirement Home Limited 100%
- Cary Lodge Home Limited 100%
- Beechcroft Home Limited 100%
Significant events
- “Our new 4th care home got underway.”
- “Our new long term utility contracts from February 2024 helped us reduce our total spend yr on yr, despite fuelling an extra home for 9 months.”
- “New care home opening in August 2024 and strategic decision to focus more on the self funded market.”
- “On 4 October 2024 the properties from which Choice Retirement Home Limited traded were purchased from the directors for £5,500,000, £25,000 of this is relating to fixtures and fittings. The properties are included as an addition in the financial statements. Mortgages held personally by directors on these properties were also transferred into the group totalling £1,588,542.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
3 active · 2 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| GOW SMITH, Thornton David | Secretary | 2007-05-04 | — | British |
| GOW SMITH, Julia Katrina | Director | 2007-05-04 | Dec 1961 | British |
| GOW SMITH, Thornton David | Director | 2007-05-04 | Apr 1958 | British |
Show 2 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| MANTEL SECRETARIES LIMITED | Corporate Secretary | 2007-05-04 | 2007-05-04 |
| MANTEL NOMINEES LIMITED | Corporate Director | 2007-05-04 | 2007-05-04 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mr Thornton David Gow Smith | Individual | Shares 25–50%, Voting 25–50% | 2016-04-06 | Active |
| Julia Katrina Gow Smith | Individual | Shares 25–50%, Voting 25–50% | 2016-04-06 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 53 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-05-29 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2026-05-22 | RP01CS01 | confirmation-statement | Replacement filing of confirmation statement with made up date | |
| 2026-05-20 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-05-14 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-02-27 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2024-05-14 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-03-05 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2023-06-08 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2023-05-03 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2022-05-10 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2022-01-28 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type unaudited abridged | |
| 2021-05-04 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2021-01-25 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type total exemption full | |
| 2020-05-01 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2020-01-06 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type total exemption full | |
| 2019-05-02 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2019-01-29 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type total exemption full | |
| 2018-05-09 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2018-02-28 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type total exemption full | |
| 2017-05-22 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 3
- 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.