CIRCLE HOSPITAL (READING) LIMITED
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Cash
£0
Latest balance sheet
Net assets
-£46M
+7.1% vs 2023
Employees
254
+6.7% vs 2023
Profit before tax
£4.7M
+684.9% vs 2023
Watchouts
Facts from the Companies House register and the latest accounts — not a rating
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Negative shareholders' funds
Net assets
2-year trend · vs Health Care median
Accounts
2-year trend · Δ = latest vs prior filed period · latest reflected 2024-12-31
| Metric | Trend | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 | Δ vs prior |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £30,542,000 | £33,239,000 | +8.8% | |
| Operating profit | £3,456,000 | £7,177,000 | +107.7% | |
| Profit before tax | £602,000 | £4,725,000 | +684.9% | |
| Net profit | £442,000 | £3,461,000 | +683% | |
| Cash | £0 | £0 | — | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | -£17,517,000 | -£11,803,000 | +32.6% | |
| Net assets | -£49,065,000 | -£45,604,000 | +7.1% | |
| Equity | — | — | — | |
| Average employees | 238 | 254 | +6.7% | |
| Wages | £8,501,000 | £8,811,000 | +3.6% | |
| Directors' remuneration | £0 | £0 | — |
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 | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | 11.3% | 21.6% | |
| Net margin | 1.4% | 10.4% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 309.4% | 248.0% | |
| Current ratio | 0.18x | 0.29x | |
| Interest cover | 1.21x | 2.93x |
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 101
- Reporting scope
- Standalone (parent only)
- Auditor
- TC Group
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“The Directors have performed a going concern assessment and concluded there is a reasonable expectation that the Company has adequate resources to continue in operational existence for a period of 12 months from the date of approval of these financial statements, the going concern assessment period, for the following reasons. The Directors have received a letter of support from another Group entity, Circle Health Group Limited ("CHGL"), the main trading entity within the Group. The forecasts show that the CHGL has sufficient cash and facilities to provide liquidity to the Company through the review period.”
Significant events
- “On 28 August 2023 it was announced that Pure Health Holding PJSC ("Pure Health") had reached a definitive agreement with Centene Corporation to acquire Circle Health Holdings Limited & subsidiary entities. The transaction was completed on 12 January 2024.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
3 active · 18 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| O’CONNOR, Alexandra | Secretary | 2025-08-29 | — | — |
| JONES, Jacqueline Mair | Director | 2025-08-29 | Jul 1963 | British |
| KHAN, Jawad | Director | 2025-08-29 | Dec 1979 | British,Pakistani |
Show 18 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| COBB, Shane | Secretary | 2010-07-23 | 2025-02-04 |
| RIDLEY, Helen Alex | Secretary | 2009-08-19 | 2010-07-23 |
| DENNING, Michael Paul | Director | 2014-04-22 | 2015-06-15 |
| GURRIE, Claire Marie | Director | 2017-04-12 | 2019-06-13 |
| HALE, Peter Charles | Director | 2017-04-12 | 2023-08-31 |
| HISCOCK, Carly Jane | Director | 2019-06-13 | 2023-01-12 |
| KEYVAN-FOULADI, Massoud, Dr | Director | 2011-04-19 | 2016-08-26 |
| MANNING, Paul Andrew | Director | 2016-09-01 | 2020-10-23 |
| MARSHALL, Christopher John | Director | 2020-10-23 | 2025-04-18 |
| MARSTON, Sarah Louise | Director | 2016-12-15 | 2017-04-12 |
| MELDRUM, Shelagh Anne | Director | 2014-08-18 | 2016-01-28 |
| MELTON, Steven Andrew | Director | 2011-04-19 | 2016-12-01 |
| MORRIS, Gareth Andrew | Director | 2025-05-12 | 2025-08-29 |
| PARSADOUST, Ali, Dr | Director | 2009-08-19 | 2011-04-19 |
| PEAKE, Adrian Robert | Director | 2012-04-30 | 2014-08-15 |
| PRINS, Karen Anita, Dr | Director | 2025-03-28 | 2025-08-29 |
| ROWBERRY, William Michael | Director | 2012-04-24 | 2014-03-28 |
| WILLIAMS, Rachel | Director | 2023-04-20 | 2024-04-09 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mr Paolo George Pieri | Individual | Significant influence | 2016-04-06 | Ceased 2021-08-27 |
| Dr Massoud Keyvan-Fouladi | Individual | Significant influence | 2016-04-06 | Ceased 2020-11-01 |
| Chg Management Services Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors | 2016-04-06 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 100 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-01-06 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-09-11 | AP03 | officers | Appoint person secretary company with name date | |
| 2025-09-11 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-09-11 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-09-11 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-09-11 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-08-14 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-05-30 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-04-23 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-04-10 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-02-18 | TM02 | officers | Termination secretary company with name termination date | |
| 2024-10-22 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type audit exemption subsiduary | |
| 2024-10-22 | PARENT_ACC | accounts | Legacy | |
| 2024-10-22 | AGREEMENT2 | other | Legacy | |
| 2024-10-22 | GUARANTEE2 | other | Legacy | |
| 2024-08-14 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-04-10 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2023-12-18 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type audit exemption subsiduary | |
| 2023-12-18 | PARENT_ACC | accounts | Legacy | |
| 2023-12-18 | GUARANTEE2 | other | Legacy |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 7
- Capital events
- 0
- Officers appointed
- 3
- Officers resigned
- 2
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.