DOVECOTE CARE HOMES LIMITED
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Shareholders' funds
£2,404,293
Balance sheet as at 2024-12-31
What it does
The company's principal activity during the year continued to be the operation of a residential care home.
The company's own description, from its latest filed accounts.
Overview
- Company type
- Private Limited Company
- Incorporated
- 1993-02-26
- Employees
- 92 (2024 accounts · was 78 in 2023)
- Registered office
- 247 London Road, Black Notley, Braintree, Essex, CM77 8QQ
- Postcode
- CM77 8QQ
- Capital
- 1,597 GBP
- Accounts category
- Full
- Charges
- 5 outstanding
Accounts
- Last made up to
- 2024-12-31
- Next due by
- 2026-09-30
- Financial year end
- 31 December
Confirmation statement
- Last statement dated
- 2026-02-17
- Next due by
- 2027-03-03
Nature of business (SIC)
- 86102 Medical nursing home activities
Officers 1 current · 14 resigned
Care Quality Commission 1 location
Regulated by CQC — 1 rated Requires improvement.
Using CQC information, © Care Quality Commission, Open Government Licence.
Licensed visa sponsor
Licensed by the Home Office to sponsor worker visas: Skilled Worker (Worker (A rating)).
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Previous registered addresses 6
| Address | Changed on |
|---|---|
| SUITE 63 WATERHOUSE BUSINESS CENTRE, CROMAR WAY, CHELMSFORD, ESSEX, CM1 2QE, UNITED KINGDOM | 2010-11-09 |
| SUITE 65 THE WATERHOUSE BUSINESS CENTRE, CROMAR WAY, CHELMSFORD, ESSEX, CM1 2QE | 2010-01-10 |
| LONGMEAD HOUSE, 247 LONDON ROAD, BLACK NOTLEY BRAINTREE, ESSEX, CM77 8QQ | 2008-06-05 |
| LONGMEAD HOUSE 247 LONDON ROAD, BLACK NOTLEY, BRAINTREE, ESSEX CM7 8QQ | 2003-09-23 |
| 17 RIVERSIDE, CHELMSFORD, ESSEX, CM2 6LL | 1999-05-28 |
| LONGMEAD HOUSE, 247 LONDON ROAD, BRAINTREE, ESSEX CM7 8QQ | 1994-03-25 |
Among its peers
Top 5%
by shareholders' funds, of 52 similar companies in CM
2nd largest employer among its local peers (92 staff).
The oldest of its local peers, trading since 1993.
No.2 of the largest medical nursing home activities companies in Chelmsford →
Competitors Chelmsford
This company ranks 2 among medical nursing home activities in Chelmsford.
The class of 1993
49%
of the 25,070 companies incorporated in 1993 are still active today; 48% have since been dissolved.
A fact about the year, not a forecast for this company.
Property in England & Wales 4 titles
- Freehold
- 4
- Most recent registration
- 2007-09-06
- Price paid, where recorded
- £300,000
- Where
- Essex (4)
| Title number | County | Tenure | Registered | Price paid |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| EX425890 | Essex | Freehold | 2007-09-06 | — |
| EX717256 | Essex | Freehold | 2007-09-06 | £300,000 |
| EX403364 | Essex | Freehold | 2007-07-13 | — |
| EX528118 | Essex | Freehold | 1995-02-01 | — |
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