BRIDGES CARE AND EDUCATION LIMITED
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Cash
£3.7M
-40.2% vs 2024
Net assets
-£16M
-7.7% lowest in 3 filed years
Employees
328
+70.8% highest in 3 filed years
Profit before tax
-£3.8M
+31.7% vs 2024
Watchouts
Facts from the Companies House register and the latest accounts — not a rating
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Negative shareholders' funds
Net assets
3-year trend · vs Consumer Discretionary median
Accounts
3-year trend · Δ = latest vs prior filed period · latest reflected 2025-08-31
| Metric | Trend | 2020-08-31 | 2024-08-31 | 2025-08-31 | Δ vs prior |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | — | £12,791,813 | £24,403,465 | +90.8% | |
| Operating profit | — | -£205,753 | £3,003,474 | +1,559.7% | |
| Profit before tax | — | -£5,614,548 | -£3,833,984 | +31.7% | |
| Net profit | — | -£7,807,333 | -£1,136,002 | +85.4% | |
| Cash | — | £6,203,614 | £3,710,699 | -40.2% | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | — | £35,767,287 | £49,706,633 | +39% | |
| Net assets | £153,267 | -£14,761,808 | -£15,897,810 | -7.7% | |
| Equity | £153,267 | -£14,761,808 | -£15,897,810 | -7.7% | |
| Average employees | 6 | 192 | 328 | +70.8% | |
| Wages | — | £6,994,432 | £11,906,667 | +70.2% | |
| Directors' remuneration | — | £363,642 | £577,322 | +58.8% |
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 | 2020-08-31 | 2024-08-31 | 2025-08-31 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | — | -1.6% | 12.3% | |
| Net margin | — | -61.0% | -4.7% | |
| Return on capital employed | — | -0.6% | 6.0% | |
| Current ratio | — | 1.00x | 0.78x | |
| Interest cover | — | -0.04x | 0.44x |
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
- Hazlewoods LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“Having reviewed the forecast profits and projected cash flows of the businesses the directors are confident that the Group will be able to meet its liabilities for the foreseeable future, being a period of at least 12 months from the date of signing of these financial statements. Consequently, the financial statements have been prepared on a going concern basis.”
Group structure
- BRIDGES CARE AND EDUCATION LIMITED · parent
- Spaghetti Bridge Limited 100%
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
8 active · 0 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ALIPAZ, Daniel | Director | 2020-02-07 | Aug 1976 | American |
| BRADSHAW, Stephen Wallace | Director | 2020-02-07 | Nov 1950 | British |
| GROSS, Mark Daniel | Director | 2020-02-07 | Nov 1978 | British |
| KENNY-ALLEN, Hannah | Director | 2020-02-07 | Jan 1992 | British |
| MACK, Torsten Alexander | Director | 2020-01-28 | Nov 1974 | German |
| PARKER, Shaun | Director | 2023-05-03 | Feb 1961 | British |
| TAYLOR, Jonathan James | Director | 2024-11-04 | Feb 1990 | British |
| THOMAS, Kirsty June | Director | 2020-02-07 | Jun 1971 | British |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pulford Trading Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors | 2020-01-28 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 45 total filings
Material constitutional events — rename, articles re-file, resolution
- 2023-07-24 MA Memorandum articles
- 2023-07-24 RESOLUTIONS Resolution
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-05-29 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2025-11-15 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-08-26 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2025-04-24 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2025-01-29 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2025-01-06 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2025-01-06 | PSC05 | persons-with-significant-control | Change to a person with significant control | |
| 2025-01-06 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2025-01-06 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2024-11-05 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-10-23 | RP04CS01 | confirmation-statement | Second filing of confirmation statement with made up date | |
| 2024-05-08 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2024-01-29 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-07-24 | SH10 | capital | Capital variation of rights attached to shares | |
| 2023-07-24 | SH08 | capital | Capital name of class of shares | |
| 2023-07-24 | MA | incorporation | Memorandum articles | |
| 2023-07-24 | RESOLUTIONS | resolution | Resolution | |
| 2023-06-05 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2023-05-26 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type small | |
| 2023-02-20 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date |
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.