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Registration number: 04945227 (England and Wales)

Courtyard Care Limited

Annual Report and Financial Statements

for the Year Ended 31 December 2025

 

Courtyard 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

Balance Sheet

9

Statement of Changes in Equity

10

Notes to the Financial Statements

11 to 21

 

Courtyard Care Limited

Company Information

Directors

G Baker

J Baker

G A Cross

S Gray

F D Porter

S Shah

G Thompson

Registered office

3 Siskin Drive
Middlemarch Business Park
Coventry
CV3 4FJ

Auditors

Hazlewoods LLP Windsor House
Bayshill Road
Cheltenham
GL50 3AT

 

Courtyard Care Limited

Strategic Report for the Year Ended 31 December 2025

The directors present their strategic report for the year ended 31 December 2025.

Principal activity

The principal activity of the company is the provision of children's residential care.

Fair review of the business

The results for the year, which are set out in the profit and loss account, show turnover of £13,909,182 (2024 - £12,672,770) and an operating profit of £1,806,912 (2024 - £2,162,998). At 31 December 2025, the company had net assets of £7,205,866 (2024 - £6,140,627). The directors consider the performance for the year and the financial position at the year end to be satisfactory.

Principal risks and uncertainties

The board of directors has a well-established process for identifying business risks, evaluating controls and establishing and executing action plans.

The group supports its current operations and future growth from a combination of internally generated profits and externally raised funds.

Approved by the Board on 29 May 2026 and signed on its behalf by:


J Baker
Director

 

Courtyard Care Limited

Directors' Report for the Year Ended 31 December 2025

The directors present their report and the financial statements for the year ended 31 December 2025.

Directors of the company

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

G Baker

J Baker

G A Cross

S Gray

F D Porter

S Shah

G Thompson

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 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.

Employment of disabled persons

The group’s policy to give fair consideration to the employment needs of disabled people and to comply with current legislation with regard to their employment. Wherever practicable, we continue to employ and promote the careers of existing employees who become disabled and to consider disabled persons for employment, subsequent training, career development and promotion on the basis of their aptitudes and abilities.

Employee involvement

The directors recognise the importance of human resources. Practices to provide good communications and relations with employees include providing employees with information on matters of concern to them as employees.

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.

Appointment of auditors

Hazlewoods LLP were appointed as auditors to the company during the period and have expressed their willingness to continue in office.

Approved by the Board on 29 May 2026 and signed on its behalf by:


J Baker
Director

 

Courtyard 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.

 

Courtyard Care Limited

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

Opinion

We have audited the financial statements of Courtyard Care Limited (the 'company') for the year ended 31 December 2025, which comprise the Profit and Loss Account, 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 2025 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.

Other matter

The corresponding figures for the year ended 31 December 2024 shown in the financial statements are derived from the financial statements prepared for that period that were not audited.

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.

 

Courtyard Care Limited

Independent Auditor's Report to the Members of Courtyard 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.

 

Courtyard Care Limited

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

In common with all audits conducted in accordance with ISAs (UK), we are also required to perform specific procedures to respond to the risk of management override of controls. In addressing the risk of fraud through management override of controls, we tested the appropriateness of journal entries and other adjustments; assessed whether the judgements 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.





Martin Howard (Senior Statutory Auditor)
For and on behalf of Hazlewoods LLP, Statutory Auditor

Windsor House
Bayshill Road
Cheltenham
GL50 3AT

29 May 2026

 

Courtyard Care Limited

Profit and Loss Account for the Year Ended 31 December 2025

Note

2025
£

Unaudited
2024
£

Turnover

3

13,909,182

12,672,770

Cost of sales

 

(9,634,011)

(8,452,586)

Gross profit

 

4,275,171

4,220,184

Administrative expenses

 

(2,468,259)

(2,057,186)

Operating profit

4

1,806,912

2,162,998

Exceptional items

5

(369,613)

(319,570)

Interest payable and similar charges

6

(125,720)

-

Profit before tax

 

1,311,579

1,843,428

Taxation

10

(246,340)

(270,450)

Profit for the financial year

 

1,065,239

1,572,978

The above results were derived from continuing operations.

The company has no recognised gains or losses for the year other than the results above.

 

Courtyard Care Limited

(Registration number: 04945227)
Balance Sheet as at 31 December 2025

Note

2025
 £

Unaudited
2024
 £

Fixed assets

 

Tangible assets

11

7,561,876

5,883,622

Investments

12

3,173,463

3,173,463

 

10,735,339

9,057,085

Current assets

 

Debtors

13

7,087,228

7,298,547

Cash at bank and in hand

 

338,806

293,703

 

7,426,034

7,592,250

Creditors: Amounts falling due within one year

14

(9,150,668)

(10,195,902)

Net current liabilities

 

(1,724,634)

(2,603,652)

Total assets less current liabilities

 

9,010,705

6,453,433

Creditors: Amounts falling due after more than one year

14

(1,219,323)

-

Deferred tax liabilities

10

(585,516)

(312,806)

Net assets

 

7,205,866

6,140,627

Capital and reserves

 

Called up share capital

17

100

100

Profit and loss account

7,205,766

6,140,527

Total equity

 

7,205,866

6,140,627

Approved and authorised by the Board on 29 May 2026 and signed on its behalf by:
 


J Baker
Director

 

Courtyard Care Limited

Statement of Changes in Equity for the Year Ended 31 December 2025

Share capital
£

Profit and loss account
£

Total
£

At 1 January 2025

100

6,140,527

6,140,627

Profit for the year

-

1,065,239

1,065,239

At 31 December 2025

100

7,205,766

7,205,866

Share capital
£

Profit and loss account
£

Unaudited
Total
£

At 1 January 2024

100

4,567,549

4,567,649

Profit for the year

-

1,572,978

1,572,978

At 31 December 2024

100

6,140,527

6,140,627

 

Courtyard Care Limited

Notes to the Financial Statements for the Year Ended 31 December 2025

 

1

General information

The company is a private company limited by share capital, incorporated in the United Kingdom.

The address of its registered office is:
3 Siskin Drive
Middlemarch Business Park
Coventry
CV3 4FJ

 

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 the company is a wholly owned subsidiary and a group cash flow statement is included in the financial statements of the ultimate parent company.

Name of parent of group

These financial statements are consolidated in the financial statements of Sunshine Care Topco Limited.

The financial statements of Sunshine Care Topco may be obtained from Companies House.

Group accounts not prepared

The company has taken advantage of the exemption in section 398 of the Companies Act 2006 from the requirement to prepare consolidated financial statements, on the grounds that it is a small group.

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.

 

Courtyard Care Limited

Notes to the Financial Statements for the Year Ended 31 December 2025

 

2

Accounting policies (continued)

Changes in accounting policy

The following have been applied for the first time from 1 January 2025 and have had an effect on the financial statements:

Early Adoption of Amendments to FRS102

The company has chosen to early adopt the amendments to FRS 102 issued in September 2024.

The amendments to FRS 102 have revised the accounting for leases where the Company has opted to apply the practical expedient under paragraph 1.48 to all of its leases which has had the following impact;

Right of use assets as at 31 December 2025 - £1,339,955 (on transition as at 1 January 2025 - £1,610,490)
Lease Liabilities as at 31 December 2025 - £1,384,283 (on transition as at 1 January 2025 - £1,610,490)
Impact to profit and loss account for the period 1 January 2025 to 31 December 2025 £83,264

The amendments to FRS 102 have introduced changes to revenue recognition policies and fair value measurement requirements. The company has early adopted these amendments with them having no impact on the financial statements.

Judgements and estimation uncertainty

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

Revenue recognition

In line with the companies application for early adoption of the amendments to FRS 102, the revenue recognition model for accounting has been amended to revenue from contracts with customers and applies the five step model to depict the transfer of promised goods or services to customers in an amount that reflects the consideration to which the entity expects to receive in exchange for those goods and services. Revenue from contracts with customers is shown net of value added tax, returns, rebates and discounts and after eliminating sales within the company.
There are five steps involved in applying this model:
- Step 1: Identify the contract(s) with a customer
- Step 2: Identify the performance obligations in the contract
- Step 3: Determine the transaction price
- Step 4: Allocate the transaction price to the performance obligations in the contract; and
- Step 5: Recognise revenue when (or as) the entity satisfies a performance obligation
Accordingly, there was no material change in revenue recognition due to the transition to the five step model.
Revenue is recognised at the point in time when services are provided.

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 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.

 

Courtyard Care Limited

Notes to the Financial Statements for the Year Ended 31 December 2025

 

2

Accounting policies (continued)

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

2% straight line

Leasehold property

9% straight line

Fixtures and fittings

15% reducing balance

Motor vehicles

25% reducing balance

No depreciation is charged on freehold land.

Business combinations

Business combinations are accounted for using the purchase method. The consideration for each acquisition is measured at the aggregate of the fair values at acquisition date of assets given, liabilities incurred or assumed, and equity instruments issued by the group in exchange for control of the acquired, plus any costs directly attributable to the business combination. When a business combination agreement provides for an adjustment to the cost of the combination contingent on future events, the group includes the estimated amount of that adjustment in the cost of the combination at the acquisition date if the adjustment is probable and can be measured reliably.

Investments

Investments in equity shares which are publicly traded or where the fair value can be measured reliably are initially measured at fair value, with changes in fair value recognised in profit or loss. Investments in equity shares which are not publicly traded and where fair value cannot be measured reliably are measured at cost less impairment.

Interest income on debt securities, where applicable, is recognised in income using the effective interest method. Dividends on equity securities are recognised in income when receivable.

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.

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.

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.

 

Courtyard Care Limited

Notes to the Financial Statements for the Year Ended 31 December 2025

 

2

Accounting policies (continued)

Borrowings

Interest-bearing borrowings are initially recorded at fair value, net of transaction costs. Interest-bearing borrowings are subsequently carried at amortised cost, with the difference between the proceeds, net of transaction costs, and the amount due on redemption being recognised as a charge to the profit and loss account over the period of the relevant borrowing.

Interest expense is recognised on the basis of the effective interest method and is included in interest payable and similar charges.

Borrowings are classified as current liabilities unless the company has an unconditional right to defer settlement of the liability for at least twelve months after the reporting date.

Leases

Short term leases (up to one year) or leases of low value (up to £500) are recognised as an expense on a straight-line basis over the term of the lease.

The Group recognises right-of-use assets under lease agreements in which it is the lessee. The underlying assets comprise property, plant and machinery and motor vehicles, and are used in the normal course of business. The right-of-use assets comprise the initial measurement of the corresponding lease liability payments made at or before the commencement day as well as any initial direct costs and an estimate of costs to be incurred in dismantling the asset. Lease incentives are deducted from the cost of the right-of-use asset. The corresponding lease liability is included in the statement of financial position as a lease liability.

The right-of-use asset is depreciated on a straight-line basis over shorter of the asset’s useful life and the lease term and where impairment indicators exist, the right of use asset will be assessed for impairment.
The lease liability shall initially be measured at the present value of the lease payments that are not paid at that date, discounted using the rate implicit in the lease or, where this cannot be determined, the Group’s incremental borrowing rate. The lease liability is subsequently measured by increasing the carrying amount to reflect interest on the lease liability (application of the effective interest method) and by reducing the carrying amount to reflect the lease payments made. No lease modification or reassessment changes have been made during the reporting period from changes in any lease terms or rent charges.

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.

Dividends

Dividend distribution to the company's shareholders is recognised as a liability in the financial statements in the reporting period in which the dividends are declared.

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.

 

Courtyard Care Limited

Notes to the Financial Statements for the Year Ended 31 December 2025

 

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Accounting policies (continued)

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.

Financial instruments (continued)

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.

 

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Turnover

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

 

Courtyard Care Limited

Notes to the Financial Statements for the Year Ended 31 December 2025

 

4

Operating profit

Arrived at after charging/(crediting)

2025
£

Unaudited
2024
£

Depreciation expense

716,463

201,537

Operating lease expense - property

2,022

(2,819)

 

5

Exceptional items

2025
 £

Unaudited
2024
 £

Exceptional expenses

369,613

319,570

Exceptional items in the current year consists of redundancy costs of £42,264 and set-up costs for a new site of £327,349.

Exceptional items in the prior year related to set-up costs for a new site.

 

6

Interest payable and similar expenses

2025
£

2024
£

Right of use lease interest expense

125,720

-

 

7

Staff costs

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

2025
£

Unaudited
2024
£

Wages and salaries

7,437,570

6,465,664

Social security costs

877,207

594,844

Pension costs, defined contribution scheme

134,454

122,824

8,449,231

7,183,332

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

2025
No.

Unaudited
2024
No.

Care staff

264

275

 

8

Directors' remuneration

Directors' remuneration has been borne by a fellow group undertaking.

 

9

Auditors' remuneration

Auditors' remuneration has been borne by a fellow group undertaking.

 

Courtyard Care Limited

Notes to the Financial Statements for the Year Ended 31 December 2025

 

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Taxation

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

2025
£

Unaudited
2024
£

Current taxation

UK corporation tax adjustment to prior periods

(44,193)

-

Deferred taxation

Arising from origination and reversal of timing differences

290,533

270,450

Tax expense in the income statement

246,340

270,450

The tax on profit before tax for the year is the same as the standard rate of corporation tax in the UK (2024 - the same as the standard rate of corporation tax in the UK) of 25% (2024 - 25%).

The differences are reconciled below:

2025
£

Unaudited
2024
£

Profit before tax

1,311,579

1,843,428

Corporation tax at standard rate

327,895

460,857

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

5,222

81,198

Deferred tax expense from unrecognised temporary difference from a prior period

290,533

270,450

Tax (decrease)/increase from effect of capital allowances and depreciation

(12,890)

49,029

Tax decrease arising from group relief

(320,227)

(591,084)

Other tax effects for reconciliation between accounting profit and tax expense (income)

(44,193)

-

Total tax charge

246,340

270,450

Deferred tax

Deferred tax assets and liabilities

2025

Liability
£

Difference between accumulated depreciation and capital allowances

592,872

Short term timing differences

(7,356)

585,516

2024

Liability
£

Difference between accumulated depreciation and capital allowances

320,162

Short term timing differences

(7,356)

312,806

During the year, a fellow group company transferred a number of tangible fixed assets to Courtyard Care Limited. As a result, the associated deferred tax liabilities were also transferred.

 

Courtyard Care Limited

Notes to the Financial Statements for the Year Ended 31 December 2025

 

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Tangible assets

Land and buildings
£

Furniture, fittings and equipment
 £

Motor vehicles
 £

Right of use assets
£

Total
£

Cost

At 1 January 2025

5,120,062

1,598,850

178,052

-

6,896,964

On transition to early adoption of amendments to FRS102

-

-

-

1,610,490

1,610,490

Additions

267,129

458,710

185,308

-

911,147

Transfers

(129,011)

7,705

-

-

(121,306)

At 31 December 2025

5,258,180

2,065,265

363,360

1,610,490

9,297,295

Depreciation

At 1 January 2025

306,096

534,096

179,764

-

1,019,956

Charge for the year

89,498

276,291

79,140

270,534

715,463

At 31 December 2025

395,594

810,387

258,904

270,534

1,735,419

Carrying amount

At 31 December 2025

4,862,586

1,254,878

104,456

1,339,956

7,561,876

At 31 December 2024

4,820,580

1,064,754

(1,712)

-

5,883,622

Freehold land of £95,000 (2024 - £95,000) is not depreciated.

The amendments to FRS 102 have revised the accounting for leases. The company has early adopted these amendments, leading to the recognition of right of use assets with a net book value of £1,610,490 as at 1 January 2025 and subsequently £1,339,956 as at 31 December 2025. Right of use assets relate to both freehold properties and motor vehicles which the company leases for use in its operations. See note 2 for more details.

During the year, a fellow group company transferred a number of tangible fixed assets into Courtyard Care Limited at net book value. The associated deferred tax liabilities were also transferred across.

 

Courtyard Care Limited

Notes to the Financial Statements for the Year Ended 31 December 2025

 

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Investments

2025
£

Unaudited
2024
£

Investments in subsidiaries

3,173,463

3,173,463

Subsidiaries

£

Cost and carrying amount

At 1 January 2025 and at 31 December 2025

3,173,463

Details of undertakings

Details of the investments (including principal place of business of unincorporated entities) in which the company holds 20% or more of the nominal value of any class of share capital are as follows:

Undertaking

Registered office

Holding

Proportion of voting rights and shares held

     

2025

2024

Subsidiary undertakings

Children and Family Services Limited

United Kingdom

Ordinary

100%

100%

Subsidiary undertakings

Children and Family Services Limited

The principal activity of Children and Family Services Limited is the provision of children's residential care.

Children and Family Services Limited has the same registered office as Courtyard Care Limited.

 

Courtyard Care Limited

Notes to the Financial Statements for the Year Ended 31 December 2025

 

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Debtors

2025
 £

Unaudited
2024
 £

Trade debtors

1,807,761

1,585,029

Amounts owed by group undertakings

4,963,637

5,517,315

Other debtors

208,430

78,202

Prepayments

107,400

118,001

 

7,087,228

7,298,547

 

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Creditors

2025
 £

Unaudited
2024
 £

Due within one year

Loans and borrowings

164,960

-

Trade creditors

35,801

64,100

Amounts due to group undertakings

7,484,716

9,051,114

Social security and other taxes

376,841

258,732

Outstanding defined contribution pension costs

39,206

29,423

Other creditors

844,802

598,902

Accrued expenses

197,176

150,067

Corporation tax liability

-

43,564

Deferred income

7,166

-

9,150,668

10,195,902

Due after one year

Loans and borrowings

1,219,323

-

 

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Loans and borrowings

Current loans and borrowings

2025
£

2024
£

Finance lease liabilities

164,960

-

Non-current loans and borrowings

2025
£

2024
£

Finance lease liabilities

1,219,323

-

The amendments to FRS 102 have revised the accounting for leases. The company has early adopted these amendments, leading to the recognition of lease liabilities with a carrying value of £1,610,490 on transition as at 1 January 2025, and subsequently £1,384,283 as at 31 December 2025. Interest of £125,720 has been recognised for the year ended 31 December 2025 using an interest rate of 9.50% with a cash outflow for the same period of £312,990. A lease liability of £164,960 is due within one year and £1,219,323 is due after more than one year. See note 2 for further details.

 

Courtyard Care Limited

Notes to the Financial Statements for the Year Ended 31 December 2025

 

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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 £134,454 (2024 - £122,824).

Contributions totalling £39,206 (2024 - £29,423) were payable to the scheme at the end of the year and are included in creditors.

 

17

Share capital

Allotted, called up and fully paid shares

2025

Unaudited
2024

No.

£

No.

£

Ordinary shares of £1 each

100

100

100

100

       
 

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Obligations under leases and hire purchase contracts

Operating leases

The total of future minimum lease payments is as follows:

2025
£

Unaudited
2024
£

Not later than one year

-

93,480

The amendments to FRS 102 have revised the accounting for leases. The company has early adopted these amendments, leading to there being £nil operating leases as at 31 December 2025 with these instead being included in the lease liabilities note. See note 2 and the loans and borrowings note for further detail and disclosure.

 

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Parent and ultimate parent undertaking

The company's immediate parent is Swanton Care And Community Limited, incorporated in the United Kingdom.

 The ultimate parent is Sunshine Care Topco Limited, incorporated in the United Kingdom.

 The ultimate controlling party is Apposite Healthcare II GP LLP.