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Grove Care Limited

Annual Report and Financial Statements

for the Year Ended 31 December 2024

 

Grove Care Limited

Contents

Company Information

1

Strategic Report

2

Directors' Report

3

Statement of Directors' Responsibilities

4

Independent Auditor's Report

5 to 7

Profit and Loss Account

8

Statement of Comprehensive Income

9

Balance Sheet

10

Statement of Changes in Equity

11

Notes to the Financial Statements

12 to 21

 

Grove Care Limited

Company Information

Directors

M D M Davies

H Jones

Registered office

Ash House
Shackleford Road
Elstead
Godalming
GU8 6LB

Auditors

Hazlewoods LLP
Windsor House
Bayshill Road
Cheltenham
GL50 3AT

 

Grove Care Limited

Strategic Report for the Year Ended 31 December 2024

The directors present their strategic report for the year ended 31 December 2024. The comparative period is from 16 November 2022 to 31 December 2023.

Principal activity

The principal activity of the company is residential care activities for the elderly and disabled.

Fair review of the business

The results for the year, which are set out in the profit and loss account, show turnover of £13,696,499 (2023 - £13,748,504) and an operating profit of £4,249,040 (2023 - £4,527,935). At December 2024, the company had net assets of £43,573,669 (2023 - £39,891,960). The directors consider the performance for the period and the financial position at the period end to be satisfactory.

Given the nature of the business, the directors are of the opinion that key performance indicators are important. The company uses a number of indicators to monitor and improve the position of the business. Indicators are reviewed and altered to meet changes both in the internal and external environments. The directors do not consider the inclusion of an analysis using key performance indicators to be necessary to assist users of the financial statements in their understanding of the financial performance or position of the company.

Principal risks and uncertainties

The management of the business and the execution of the company's strategy are subject to a number of risks. The key business risks and uncertainties affecting the company are considered to relate to ongoing compliance with current and future legislation affecting the sector.

Approved by the Board on 26 September 2025 and signed on its behalf by:


M D M Davies
Director

 

Grove Care Limited

Directors' Report for the Year Ended 31 December 2024

The directors present their report and the financial statements for the year ended 31 December 2024.

Directors of the company

The directors who held office during the year were as follows:

M D M Davies

H Jones

Financial instruments

Objectives and policies

The board constantly monitors the company's trading results and revise projections as appropriate to ensure that the company can meet its future obligations as they fall due.

Price risk, credit risk, liquidity risk and cash flow risk

The company is exposed to the usual credit and cash flow risks associated with selling on credit and manages this through credit control procedures. The company's bank loans and loan stock are subject to price and liquidity risk as disclosed in note 17 to the financial statements.

The company has sufficient resources available and the directors have prepared forecasts for the next 12 months that indicate that this will continue to be the case and that these cash flows will be sufficient for the company to meet its financing commitments as they fall due. The directors therefore have a reasonable expectation that the company has adequate resources to continue in operational existence for the foreseeable future and have continued to adopt the going concern basis in preparing the financial statements.

Future developments

The external environment is expected to remain competitive going forward, however the directors remain confident that the company will improve on its current level of performance in the future.

Disclosure of information to the auditors

Each director has taken steps that they ought to have taken as a director in order to make themselves aware of any relevant audit information and to establish that the company's auditors are aware of that information. The directors confirm that there is no relevant information that they know of and of which they know the auditors are unaware.

Reappointment of auditors

Hazlewoods LLP have expressed their willingness to continue in office

Approved by the Board on 26 September 2025 and signed on its behalf by:


M D M Davies
Director

 

Grove Care Limited

Statement of Directors' Responsibilities

The directors acknowledge their responsibilities for preparing the Strategic Report, Directors' Report and the financial statements in accordance with applicable law and regulations.

Company law requires the directors to prepare financial statements for each financial year. Under that law the directors have elected to prepare the financial statements in accordance with United Kingdom Generally Accepted Accounting Practice (United Kingdom Accounting Standards and applicable law). Under company law the directors must not approve the financial statements unless they are satisfied that they give a true and fair view of the state of affairs of the company and of the profit or loss of the company for that period. In preparing these financial statements, the directors are required to:

select suitable accounting policies and apply them consistently;

make judgements and accounting estimates that are reasonable and prudent;

state whether applicable United Kingdom Accounting Standards have been followed, subject to any material departures disclosed and explained in the financial statements; and

prepare the financial statements on the going concern basis unless it is inappropriate to presume that the company will continue in business.

The directors are responsible for keeping adequate accounting records that are sufficient to show and explain the company's transactions and disclose with reasonable accuracy at any time the financial position of the company and enable them to ensure that the financial statements comply with the Companies Act 2006. They are also responsible for safeguarding the assets of the company and hence for taking reasonable steps for the prevention and detection of fraud and other irregularities.

 

Grove Care Limited

Independent Auditor's Report to the Members of Grove Care Limited

Opinion

We have audited the financial statements of Grove Care Limited (the 'company') for the year ended 31 December 2024, which comprise the Profit and Loss Account, Statement of Comprehensive Income, Balance Sheet, Statement of Changes in Equity, and Notes to the Financial Statements, including a summary of significant accounting policies. The financial reporting framework that has been applied in their preparation is applicable law and United Kingdom Accounting Standards, including Financial Reporting Standard 102 The Financial Reporting Standard applicable in the UK and Republic of Ireland (United Kingdom Generally Accepted Accounting Practice).

In our opinion the financial statements:

give a true and fair view of the state of the company's affairs as at 31 December 2024 and of its profit for the year then ended;

have been properly prepared in accordance with United Kingdom Generally Accepted Accounting Practice; and

have been prepared in accordance with the requirements of the Companies Act 2006.

Basis for opinion

We conducted our audit in accordance with International Standards on Auditing (UK) (ISAs (UK)) and applicable law. Our responsibilities under those standards are further described in the auditor responsibilities for the audit of the financial statements section of our report. We are independent of the company in accordance with the ethical requirements that are relevant to our audit of the financial statements in the UK, including the FRC’s Ethical Standard, and we have fulfilled our other ethical responsibilities in accordance with these requirements. We believe that the audit evidence we have obtained is sufficient and appropriate to provide a basis for our opinion.

Conclusions relating to going concern

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 company's ability to continue as a going concern for a period of at least twelve months from when the original financial statements were authorised for issue.

Our responsibilities and the responsibilities of the directors with respect to going concern are described in the relevant sections of this report.

Other information

The directors are responsible for the other information. The other information comprises the information included in the annual report, other than the financial statements and our auditor’s report thereon. Our opinion on the financial statements does not cover the other information and, except to the extent otherwise explicitly stated in our report, we do not express any form of assurance conclusion thereon.

In connection with our audit of the financial statements, our responsibility is to read the other information and, in doing so, consider whether the other information is materially inconsistent with the financial statements or our knowledge obtained in the audit or otherwise appears to be materially misstated. If we identify such material inconsistencies or apparent material misstatements, we are required to determine whether there is a material misstatement in the financial statements or a material misstatement of the other information. If, based on the work we have performed, we conclude that there is a material misstatement of this other information, we are required to report that fact.

We have nothing to report in this regard.

 

Grove Care Limited

Independent Auditor's Report to the Members of Grove Care Limited

Opinion on other matter prescribed by the Companies Act 2006

In our opinion, based on the work undertaken in the course of the audit:

the information given in the Strategic Report and Directors' Report for the financial year for which the financial statements are prepared is consistent with the financial statements; and

the Strategic Report and Directors' Report have been prepared in accordance with applicable legal requirements.

Matters on which we are required to report by exception

In the light of our knowledge and understanding of the company and its environment obtained in the course of the audit, we have not identified material misstatements in the Strategic Report and the Directors' Report.

We have nothing to report in respect of the following matters where the Companies Act 2006 requires us to report to you if, in our opinion:

adequate accounting records have not been kept, or returns adequate for our audit have not been received from branches not visited by us; or

the financial statements are not in agreement with the accounting records and returns; or

certain disclosures of directors' remuneration specified by law are not made; or

we have not received all the information and explanations we require for our audit.

Responsibilities of directors

As explained more fully in the Statement of Directors' Responsibilities set out on page 4, the directors are responsible for the preparation of the financial statements and for being satisfied that they give a true and fair view, and for such internal control as the directors determine is necessary to enable the preparation of financial statements that are free from material misstatement, whether due to fraud or error.

In preparing the financial statements, the directors are responsible for assessing the company's ability to continue as a going concern, disclosing, as applicable, matters related to going concern and using the going concern basis of accounting unless the directors either intend to liquidate the company or to cease operations, or have no realistic alternative but to do so.

Auditor’s responsibilities for the audit of the financial statements

Our objectives are to obtain reasonable assurance about whether the financial statements as a whole are free from material misstatement, whether due to fraud or error, and to issue an auditor’s report that includes our opinion. Reasonable assurance is a high level of assurance, but is not a guarantee that an audit conducted in accordance with ISAs (UK) will always detect a material misstatement when it exists. Misstatements can arise from fraud or error and are considered material if, individually or in the aggregate, they could reasonably be expected to influence the economic decisions of users taken on the basis of these financial statements.

Extent to which the audit was capable of detecting irregularities, including fraud

Irregularities, including fraud, are instances of non-compliance with laws and regulations. We design procedures in line with our responsibilities, outlined above, to detect material misstatements in respect of irregularities, including fraud. The extent to which our procedures are capable of detecting irregularities, including fraud is detailed below:

We considered the nature of the company’s industry and its control environment and reviewed the company’s documentation of their policies and procedures relating to fraud and compliance with laws and regulations. We also enquired of management about their own identification and assessment of the risks of irregularities.

We obtained an understanding of the legal and regulatory framework that the company operates in and identified the key laws and regulations that had a direct effect on the determination of material amounts and disclosures in the financial statements, including the UK Companies Act and tax legislation, and, those that do not have a direct effect on the financial statements but compliance with which may be fundamental to the company’s ability to operate or to avoid a material penalty.

We discussed among the audit engagement team regarding the opportunities and incentives that may exist within the organisation for fraud and how and where fraud might occur in the financial statements.

 

Grove Care Limited

Independent Auditor's Report to the Members of Grove Care Limited

In common with all audits under ISAs (UK), we are also required to perform specific procedures to respond to the risk of management override. In addressing the risk of fraud through management override of controls, we tested the appropriateness of journal entries and other adjustments; assessed whether the judgments made in accounting estimates are indicative of a potential bias; and evaluated the business rationale of any significant transactions that are unusual or outside the normal course of business.

In addition to the above, our procedures to respond to the risks identified included the following:

reviewing financial statement disclosures by testing to supporting documentation to assess compliance with provisions of relevant laws and regulations described as having a direct effect on the financial statements;

performing analytical procedures to identify any unusual or unexpected relationships that may indicate risks of material misstatements due to fraud;.

enquiring of management concerning actual and potential litigation and claims and instances of non-compliance with laws and regulations; and

reading minutes of meetings of those charged with governance.

Our audit procedures were designed to respond to risks of material misstatement in the financial statements, recognising that the risk of not detecting a material misstatement due to fraud is higher than the risk of not detecting one resulting from error, as fraud may involve deliberate concealment by, for example, forgery, misrepresentations or through collusion. There are inherent limitations in the audit procedures performed and the further removed non-compliance with laws and regulations is from the events and transactions reflected in the financial statements, the less likely we are to become aware of it.

A further description of our responsibilities is available on the Financial Reporting Council's website at www.frc.org.uk/auditorsresponsibilities. This description forms part of our auditor's report.

Use of our report
This report is made solely to the company’s members, as a body, in accordance with Chapter 3 of Part 16 of the Companies Act 2006. Our audit work has been undertaken so that we might state to the company’s members those matters we are required to state to them in an auditor’s report and for no other purpose. To the fullest extent permitted by law, we do not accept or assume responsibility to anyone other than the company and the company’s members as a body, for our audit work, for this report, or for the opinions we have formed.





Joanne Hartness (Senior Statutory Auditor)
For and on behalf of Hazlewoods LLP, Statutory Auditor

Windsor House
Bayshill Road
Cheltenham
GL50 3AT

26 September 2025

 

Grove Care Limited

Profit and Loss Account for the Year Ended 31 December 2024

Note

Year ended 31 December 2024
£

16 November 2022 to 31 December 2023
£

Turnover

3

13,696,499

13,748,504

Cost of sales

 

(6,544,946)

(6,531,289)

Gross profit

 

7,151,553

7,217,215

Administrative expenses

 

(2,902,513)

(2,689,280)

Operating profit

4

4,249,040

4,527,935

Other interest receivable and similar income

6

34,510

25,934

Interest payable and similar expenses

7

(38,130)

(3,568)

   

(3,620)

22,366

Profit before tax

 

4,245,420

4,550,301

Tax on profit

11

(675,112)

(602,651)

Profit for the financial year

 

3,570,308

3,947,650

The above results were derived from continuing operations.

 

Grove Care Limited

Statement of Comprehensive Income for the Year Ended 31 December 2024

2024
£

2023
£

Profit for the year

3,570,308

3,947,650

Surplus on property, plant and equipment revaluation

111,401

91,924

Total comprehensive income for the year

3,681,709

4,039,574

 

Grove Care Limited

(Registration number: 04740781)
Balance Sheet as at 31 December 2024

Note

2024
£

2023
£

Fixed assets

 

Tangible assets

13

44,426,766

43,847,219

Current assets

 

Stocks

14

1,191,042

1,191,042

Debtors

15

6,923,476

3,047,641

Cash at bank and in hand

 

1,736,823

1,913,658

 

9,851,341

6,152,341

Creditors: Amounts falling due within one year

16

(1,989,304)

(1,508,335)

Net current assets

 

7,862,037

4,644,006

Total assets less current liabilities

 

52,288,803

48,491,225

Provisions for liabilities

(8,715,134)

(8,599,265)

Net assets

 

43,573,669

39,891,960

Capital and reserves

 

Called up share capital

136

136

Revaluation reserve

23,699,968

23,588,567

Retained earnings

19,873,565

16,303,257

Shareholders' funds

 

43,573,669

39,891,960

Approved and authorised by the Board on 26 September 2025 and signed on its behalf by:
 


M D M Davies
Director

 

Grove Care Limited

Statement of Changes in Equity for the Year Ended 31 December 2024

Share capital
£

Revaluation reserve
£

Retained earnings
£

Total
£

At 1 January 2024

136

23,588,567

16,303,257

39,891,960

Profit for the year

-

-

3,570,308

3,570,308

Other comprehensive income

-

111,401

-

111,401

At 31 December 2024

136

23,699,968

19,873,565

43,573,669

Share capital
£

Revaluation reserve
£

Retained earnings
£

Total
£

At 16 November 2022

136

23,496,643

12,355,607

35,852,386

Profit for the year

-

-

3,947,650

3,947,650

Other comprehensive income

-

91,924

-

91,924

At 31 December 2023

136

23,588,567

16,303,257

39,891,960

 

Grove Care Limited

Notes to the Financial Statements for the Year Ended 31 December 2024

 

1

General information

The company is a private company limited by share capital, incorporated in England and Wales.

The address of its registered office is:
Ash House
Shackleford Road
Elstead
Godalming
GU8 6LB

 

2

Accounting policies

Summary of significant accounting policies and key accounting estimates

The principal accounting policies applied in the preparation of these financial statements are set out below. These policies have been consistently applied to all the years presented, unless otherwise stated.

Statement of compliance

These financial statements were prepared in accordance with Financial Reporting Standard 102 'The Financial Reporting Standard applicable in the United Kingdom and Republic of Ireland and the Companies Act 2006'.

Basis of preparation

These financial statements have been prepared using the historical cost convention except for, where disclosed in these accounting policies, certain items that are shown at fair value.

The presentational currency of the financial statements is Pounds Sterling, being the functional currency of the primary economic environment in which the company operates. Monetary amounts in these financial statements are rounded to the nearest Pound.

Summary of disclosure exemptions

The company has not presented a cash flow statement on the grounds that it is a wholly owned subsidiary and a group cash flow statement is included in the financial statements of the parent company.

Going concern

After reviewing the company's forecasts and projections, the directors have a reasonable expectation that the company has adequate resources to continue in operational existence for the foreseeable future. The company therefore continues to adopt the going concern basis in preparing its financial statements.

Judgements and estimation uncertainty

These financial statements do not contain any significant judgements or estimation uncertainty.

Revenue recognition

Turnover comprises the fair value of the consideration received or receivable for the provision of services in the ordinary course of the company’s activities. Turnover is shown net of sales/value added tax, returns, rebates and discounts and after eliminating sales within the company. The company recognises revenue when the amount of revenue can be reliably measured, it is probable that future economic benefits will flow to the entity and specific criteria have been met for each of the company's activities.

Government grants

Government grants are recognised based on the accrual model and are measured at the fair value of the asset received or receivable. Grants are classified as relating either to revenue or to assets. Grants relating to revenue are recognised in income over the period in which the related costs are recognised. Grants relating to assets are recognised over the expected useful life of the asset. Where part of a grant relating to an asset is deferred, it is recognised as deferred income.

 

Grove Care Limited

Notes to the Financial Statements for the Year Ended 31 December 2024

Tax

The tax expense for the period comprises current and deferred tax. Tax is recognised in the profit and loss account, except that a charge attributable to an item of income or expense recognised as other comprehensive income is also recognised directly in other comprehensive income.

The current tax charge is calculated on the basis of tax rates and laws that have been enacted or substantively enacted by the reporting date in the countries where the company operates and generates taxable income.

Deferred tax is recognised on temporary differences arising between the tax bases of assets and liabilities and their carrying amounts in the financial statements and on unused tax losses or tax credits in the company. Deferred tax is determined using tax rates and laws that have been enacted or substantively enacted by the reporting date.

The carrying amount of deferred tax assets are reviewed at each reporting date and a valuation allowance is set up against deferred tax assets so that the net carrying amount equals the highest amount that is more likely than not to be recovered based on current or future taxable profit.

Tangible assets

Tangible assets, excluding freehold property, are stated in the balance sheet at cost, less any subsequent accumulated depreciation and subsequent accumulated impairment losses.

The cost of tangible assets includes directly attributable incremental costs incurred in their acquisition and installation.

Freehold property is valued at fair value at the balance sheet date. The fair value is based on the valuation by a professional valuer.

Depreciation

Depreciation is charged so as to write off the cost of assets, over their estimated useful lives, as follows:

Asset class

Depreciation method and rate

Freehold property

Nil

Motor vehicles

25% Straight line

Fixtures and fittings

Between 20% and 50% straight line

Computer equipment

50% Straight line

Intangible assets

Goodwill arising on the acquisition of an entity represents the excess of the cost of acquisition over the company’s interest in the net fair value of the identifiable assets, liabilities and contingent liabilities of the entity recognised at the date of acquisition. Goodwill is initially recognised as an asset at cost and is subsequently measured at cost less accumulated amortisation and accumulated impairment losses. Goodwill is held in the currency of the acquired entity and revalued to the closing rate at each reporting period date.

Negative goodwill arising on an acquisition is recognised on the face of the balance sheet on the acquisition date and subsequently the excess up to the fair value of non-monetary assets acquired is recognised in profit or loss in the periods in which the non-monetary assets are recovered.

Amortisation

Amortisation is provided on intangible assets so as to write off the cost, less any estimated residual value, over their useful life as follows:

Asset class

Amortisation method and rate

Goodwill

Straight line over 20 years

Cash and cash equivalents

Cash and cash equivalents comprise cash on hand and call deposits, and other short-term highly liquid investments that are readily convertible to a known amount of cash and are subject to an insignificant risk of change in value.

 

Grove Care Limited

Notes to the Financial Statements for the Year Ended 31 December 2024

Trade debtors

Trade debtors are amounts due from customers for services performed in the ordinary course of business.

Trade debtors are recognised initially at the transaction price. All trade debtors are repayable within one year and hence are included at the undiscounted cost of cash expected to be received. A provision for the impairment of trade debtors is established when there is objective evidence that the company will not be able to collect all amounts due according to the original terms of the debtors.

Stocks

Stocks are stated at the lower of cost and estimated selling price less costs to complete and sell. Cost is determined using the first-in, first-out (FIFO) method.

The cost of properties held for resale comprises direct materials and, where applicable, direct labour costs and those overheads that have been incurred in bringing the inventories to their present location and condition. At each reporting date, stocks are assessed for impairment. If stocks are impaired, the carrying amount is reduced to its selling price less costs to complete and sell; the impairment loss is recognised immediately in profit or loss.

Trade creditors

Trade creditors are obligations to pay for goods or services that have been acquired in the ordinary course of business from suppliers. Accounts payable are classified as current liabilities if the company does not have an unconditional right, at the end of the reporting period, to defer settlement of the creditor for at least twelve months after the reporting date. If there is an unconditional right to defer settlement for at least twelve months after the reporting date, they are presented as non-current liabilities.

Trade creditors are recognised initially at the transaction price and all are repayable within one year and hence are included at the undiscounted amount of cash expected to be paid.

Leases

Leases in which substantially all the risks and rewards of ownership are retained by the lessor are classified as operating leases. Payments made under operating leases are charged to profit or loss on a straight-line basis over the period of the lease.

Share capital

Ordinary shares are classified as equity. Equity instruments are measured at the fair value of the cash or other resources received or receivable, net of the direct costs of issuing the equity instruments. If payment is deferred and the time value of money is material, the initial measurement is on a present value basis.

Defined contribution pension obligation

A defined contribution plan is a pension plan under which fixed contributions are paid into a pension fund and the company has no legal or constructive obligation to pay further contributions even if the fund does not hold sufficient assets to pay all employees the benefits relating to employee service in the current and prior periods.

Contributions to defined contribution plans are recognised as employee benefit expense when they are due. If contribution payments exceed the contribution due for service, the excess is recognised as a prepayment.

 

Grove Care Limited

Notes to the Financial Statements for the Year Ended 31 December 2024

Financial instruments


Classification
Financial instruments are classified and accounted for according to the substance of the contractual arrangement, as financial assets, financial liabilities or equity instruments. An equity instrument is any contract that evidences a residual interest in the assets of the company after deducting all of its liabilities. Where shares are issued, any component that creates a financial liability of the company is presented as a liability on the balance sheet. The corresponding dividends relating to the liability component are charged as interest expenses in the profit and loss account.

 Recognition and measurement
All financial assets and liabilities are initially measured at transaction price (including transaction costs), except for those financial assets classified as at fair value through profit or loss, which are initially measured at fair value (which is normally the transaction price excluding transaction costs), unless the arrangement constitutes a financing transaction. If an arrangement constitutes a financing transaction, the financial asset or financial liability is measured at the present value of the future payments discounted at a market rate of interest for a similar debt instrument.

 Impairment
Assets, other than those measured at fair value, are assessed for indicators of impairment at each balance sheet date. If there is objective evidence of impairment, an impairment loss is recognised in profit or loss as described below.

A non financial asset is impaired where there is objective evidence that, as a result of one or more events that occurred after initial recognition, the estimated recoverable value of the asset has been reduced. The recoverable amount of an asset is the higher of its fair value less costs to sell and its value in use.

The recoverable amount of goodwill is derived from measurement of the present value of the future cash flows of the cash-generating units ('CGUs') of which the goodwill is a part. Any impairment loss in respect of a CGU is allocated first to the goodwill attached to that CGU, and then to other assets within that CGU on a pro-rata basis.

Where indicators exist for a decrease in impairment loss, the prior impairment loss is tested to determine reversal. An impairment loss is reversed on an individual impaired asset to the extent that the revised recoverable value does not lead to a revised carrying amount higher than the carrying value had no impairment been recognised. Where a reversal of impairment occurs in respect of a CGU, the reversal is applied first to the assets (other than goodwill) of the CGU on a pro-rata basis and then to any goodwill allocated to that CGU.

For financial assets carried at amortised cost, the amount of an impairment is the difference between the asset’s carrying amount and the present value of estimated future cash flows, discounted at the financial asset’s original effective interest rate.

For financial assets carried at cost less impairment, the impairment loss is the difference between the asset’s carrying amount and the best estimate of the amount that would be received for the asset if it were to be sold at the reporting date.

Where indicators exist for a decrease in impairment loss, and the decrease can be related objectively to an event occurring after the impairment was recognised, the prior impairment loss is tested to determine reversal. An impairment loss is reversed on an individual impaired financial asset to the extent that the revised recoverable value does not lead to a revised carrying amount higher than the carrying value had no impairment been recognised.

 

Grove Care Limited

Notes to the Financial Statements for the Year Ended 31 December 2024

 

3

Turnover

The total turnover of the company has been derived from its principal activity wholly undertaken in the United Kingdom.

 

4

Operating profit

Arrived at after charging/(crediting)

Year ended 31 December 2024
£

16 November 2022 to 31 December 2023
£

Depreciation expense

103,547

92,652

Amortisation expense

-

3,000

Operating lease expense - plant and machinery

71,931

70,114

 

5

Exceptional items

Year ended 31 December 2024
 £

16 November 2022 to 31 December 2023
 £

Exceptional expenses

80,120

71,116

Exceptional items in the current and previous year relate to rebranding costs and one off recruitment, training and IT costs.

 

6

Other interest receivable and similar income

Year ended 31 December 2024
£

16 November 2022 to 31 December 2023
£

Interest income on bank deposits

34,510

25,934

 

7

Interest payable and similar expenses

Year ended 31 December 2024
£

16 November 2022 to 31 December 2023
£

Interest expense on other finance liabilities

38,130

3,568

 

Grove Care Limited

Notes to the Financial Statements for the Year Ended 31 December 2024

 

8

Staff costs

The aggregate payroll costs (including directors' remuneration) were as follows:

Year ended 31 December 2024
£

16 November 2022 to 31 December 2023
£

Wages and salaries

5,985,315

5,966,106

Social security costs

577,058

468,009

Pension costs, defined contribution scheme

128,980

136,932

6,691,353

6,571,047

The average number of persons employed by the company (including directors) during the year, analysed by category was as follows:

Year ended 31 December 2024
No.

16 November 2022 to 31 December 2023
No.

Care staff

216

224

Administration and support

13

6

229

230

 

9

Directors' remuneration

The directors received no remuneration in the current or prior year.

 

10

Auditors' remuneration

Year ended 31 December 2024
£

16 November 2022 to 31 December 2023
£

Audit of the financial statements

15,250

15,000


 

 

Grove Care Limited

Notes to the Financial Statements for the Year Ended 31 December 2024

 

11

Taxation

Tax charged/(credited) in the profit and loss account

Year ended 31 December 2024
£

16 November 2022 to 31 December 2023
£

Current taxation

UK corporation tax

548,339

545,026

UK corporation tax adjustment to prior periods

48,038

-

596,377

545,026

Deferred taxation

Arising from origination and reversal of timing differences

78,735

57,625

Tax expense in the income statement

675,112

602,651

The tax on profit before tax for the year is lower than the standard rate of corporation tax in the UK (2023 - lower than the standard rate of corporation tax in the UK) of 25% (2023 - 23.5%).

The differences are reconciled below:

Year ended 31 December 2024
£

16 November 2022 to 31 December 2023
£

Profit before tax

4,245,420

4,550,301

Corporation tax at standard rate

1,061,355

1,069,321

Tax increase from effect of capital allowances and depreciation

30,460

-

Effect of expense not deductible in determining taxable profit (tax loss)

10,065

-

Tax decrease arising from group relief

(474,806)

(470,127)

Deferred tax expense from unrecognised temporary difference from a prior period

48,038

-

Deferred tax expense relating to changes in tax rates or laws

-

3,457

Total tax charge

675,112

602,651

Deferred tax

Deferred tax assets and liabilities

31 December 2024

Liability
£

Accelerated tax depreciation

796,652

Revaluation of properties

7,918,482

8,715,134

31 December 2023

Liability
£

Accelerated tax depreciation

717,917

Revaluation of properties

7,881,348

8,599,265

 

Grove Care Limited

Notes to the Financial Statements for the Year Ended 31 December 2024

 

12

Intangible assets

Goodwill
 £

Cost or valuation

At 1 January 2024 and at 31 December 2024

160,000

Amortisation

At 1 January 2024 and at 31 December 2024

160,000

Carrying amount

At 1 January 2024 and at 31 December 2024

-

 

13

Tangible assets

Land and buildings
£

Furniture, fittings and equipment
 £

Motor vehicles
 £

Total
£

Cost or valuation

At 1 January 2024

43,310,000

1,251,145

11,600

44,572,745

Revaluations

148,535

-

-

148,535

Additions

421,723

153,094

-

574,817

Disposals

(40,258)

-

-

(40,258)

At 31 December 2024

43,840,000

1,404,239

11,600

45,255,839

Depreciation

At 1 January 2024

-

713,926

11,600

725,526

Charge for the period

-

103,547

-

103,547

At 31 December 2024

-

817,473

11,600

829,073

Carrying amount

At 31 December 2024

43,840,000

586,766

-

44,426,766

At 31 December 2023

43,310,000

537,219

-

43,847,219

Revaluation

The fair value of the company's land and buildings was revalued on an existing use basis as at 31 December 2024 on 25 February 2025 by Avison Young, an independent valuer.
 
Had this class of asset been measured on a historical cost basis, the carrying amount would have been £12,240,042 (2023 - £11,858,577).

 

Grove Care Limited

Notes to the Financial Statements for the Year Ended 31 December 2024

 

14

Stocks

2024
£

2023
£

Stock of consumables

21,042

21,042

Apartments and town houses for re-sale

1,170,000

1,170,000

1,191,042

1,191,042

 

15

Debtors

Note

2024
£

2023
£

Trade debtors

 

1,826,548

1,497,230

Amounts owed by group undertakings

19

4,736,293

1,061,293

Other debtors

 

157,328

205,787

Prepayments

 

140,800

165,350

Accrued income

 

62,507

117,981

 

6,923,476

3,047,641

 

16

Creditors

Note

2024
£

2023
£

Due within one year

 

Trade creditors

 

256,941

226,690

Social security and other taxes

 

257,348

111,612

Outstanding defined contribution pension costs

 

54,327

49,508

Other payables

 

588,621

137,800

Accruals

 

243,685

493,480

Corporation tax liability

11

588,382

489,245

 

1,989,304

1,508,335

 

17

Pension and other schemes

Defined contribution pension scheme

The company operates a defined contribution pension scheme. The pension cost charge for the year represents contributions payable by the company to the scheme and amounted to £128,980 (2023 - £136,932).

Contributions totalling £54,327 (2023 - £49,508) were payable to the scheme at the end of the year and are included in creditors.

 

18

Obligations under leases and hire purchase contracts

Operating leases

The total of future minimum lease payments is as follows:

2024
£

2023
£

Not later than one year

26,842

31,750

Later than one year and not later than five years

28,040

55,131

54,882

86,881

 

Grove Care Limited

Notes to the Financial Statements for the Year Ended 31 December 2024

 

19

Related party transactions

Summary of transactions with key management

Key management personnel are considered to be the directors of the company and key management personnel compensation is disclosed in note 9 to the financial statements.

 

20

Parent and ultimate parent undertaking

The company's immediate parent is MREF Allegra Care Holdings Limited, incorporated in England and Wales.

 The ultimate parent is MREF V Care Holdings Limited, incorporated in England and Wales.
 
The company's ultimate controlling party is MREF V B Limited Partnership which is a limited partnership registered in England and Wales.