COMMUNITY LIFESTYLES LIMITED
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Cash
£7.3M
-2.1% vs 2024
Net assets
£8M
-1.4% vs 2024
Employees
552
+1.8% vs 2024
Profit before tax
—
Period ending 2025-03-31
Watchouts
Facts from the Companies House register and the latest accounts — not a rating
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Accounts not prepared on a going-concern basis
The trade and assets, including all employees and services, of the charitable company have been transferred to Key Housing Association Limited on 31 May 2025 and the charitable company is now expected to be wound up in due course. Accordingly, the financial statements have been prepared on a basis other than going concern.
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5 officer resignations in last 12 months
Multiple officers have left the board recently — see the People section for who.
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Going-concern uncertainty disclosed
Net assets
2-year trend · vs Health Care median
Accounts
2-year trend · Δ = latest vs prior filed period · latest reflected 2025-03-31
| Metric | Trend | 2024-03-31 | 2025-03-31 | Δ vs prior |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £19,667,744 | £20,818,579 | +5.9% | |
| Operating profit | — | — | — | |
| Profit before tax | — | — | — | |
| Net profit | £164,689 | -£120,519 | -173.2% | |
| Cash | £7,410,461 | £7,254,159 | -2.1% | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £8,160,515 | £8,044,996 | -1.4% | |
| Net assets | £8,076,515 | £7,959,996 | -1.4% | |
| Equity | £8,076,515 | £7,959,996 | -1.4% | |
| Average employees | 542 | 552 | +1.8% | |
| Wages | £15,456,223 | £16,937,981 | +9.6% | |
| 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 | 2024-03-31 | 2025-03-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Net margin | 0.8% | -0.6% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 31.4% | 32.2% | |
| Current ratio | 2.78x | 2.72x |
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
- COMMUNITY LIFESTYLES LIMITED 1998-07-30 → present
- PARATUS (501) LIMITED 1998-06-18 → 1998-07-30
Audit & accounting basis
- Accounting basis
- FRS 102
- Reporting scope
- Standalone (parent only)
- Auditor
- Azets Audit Services
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Not a going concern (break-up basis)
“The trade and assets, including all employees and services, of the charitable company have been transferred to Key Housing Association Limited on 31 May 2025 and the charitable company is now expected to be wound up in due course. Accordingly, the financial statements have been prepared on a basis other than going concern.”
Significant events
- “On 31 May 2025, all of Community Lifestyles services and staff were transferred over to the parent company, Key Housing Association. Although there will be no changes to the support delivery as a result of the transfer, the staff will now be employees of Key and the contracts with local authority funders have been transferred over. All assets and liabilities have also been transferred over to Key Housing Association from this date.”
- “The trade and assets, including all employees and services, of the charitable company have been transferred to Key Housing Association Limited on 31 May 2025 and the charitable company is now expected to be wound up in due course.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
4 active · 16 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| MATHESON, Elizabeth | Director | 2019-08-13 | Dec 1963 | British |
| MCGUIGAN, Ann | Director | 2018-04-17 | Dec 1953 | British |
| MEECHAN, David Phillips | Director | 2014-02-11 | Apr 1956 | British |
| PARKER, Mary Barnett | Director | 2022-03-30 | Aug 1957 | British |
Show 16 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| STEWART, Robert Horn | Secretary | 1998-06-18 | 2000-10-23 |
| TURNER, Angus, Rev | Secretary | 2000-10-23 | 2025-09-02 |
| ANDERSON, Gillian Marlin | Director | 2000-01-10 | 2010-09-06 |
| CAMERON, John | Director | 2008-02-11 | 2020-08-08 |
| COX, James | Director | 2023-08-15 | 2025-09-02 |
| FINNEGAN, Anne Marie | Director | 2017-04-18 | 2018-09-11 |
| FINNEGAN, Anne Marie | Director | 1998-06-18 | 2013-09-03 |
| HUNTER, Susan Marjorie | Director | 1998-06-18 | 2025-09-02 |
| JAHODA, Andrew Gerald, Professor | Director | 2000-01-10 | 2007-09-10 |
| MCCUE, Elspeth, Dr | Director | 2007-03-26 | 2012-09-03 |
| MCCUE, Michael | Director | 2013-04-16 | 2017-09-12 |
| MCKINLAY, Christine | Director | 2023-08-15 | 2025-09-02 |
| MOONEY, William | Director | 2005-09-12 | 2021-09-07 |
| PEARSON, Joanna Mary Kidd | Director | 2019-02-19 | 2024-05-22 |
| STEWART, Robert Horn | Director | 1998-06-18 | 2007-09-10 |
| TURNER, Angus, Rev | Director | 1998-06-18 | 2025-09-02 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Key Housing Association Ltd | Corporate entity | Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors (as firm), Significant influence (as firm) | 2016-06-30 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 104 total filings
Material constitutional events — rename, articles re-file, resolution
- 2022-03-22 MA Memorandum articles
- 2022-03-22 CC04 Statement of companys objects
- 2022-03-22 RESOLUTIONS Resolution
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-10-02 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-09-09 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-09-09 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-09-09 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-09-09 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-09-09 | TM02 | officers | Termination secretary company with name termination date | |
| 2025-08-22 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-10-02 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-08-19 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-05-23 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2023-10-12 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-10-09 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2023-10-09 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2023-09-05 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2022-10-19 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2022-09-12 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2022-06-20 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2022-03-22 | MA | incorporation | Memorandum articles | |
| 2022-03-22 | CC04 | change-of-constitution | Statement of companys objects | |
| 2022-03-22 | RESOLUTIONS | resolution | Resolution |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 7
- Capital events
- 0
- Officers appointed
- 0
- Officers resigned
- 5
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.