Care Markets

Revenues remained steady but profits dropped significantly Ashley House’s preliminary results for the year ended 30 April 2015 show. Turnover stood at £8.4m (2014: £8.3m)...

Revenues for homecare franchise Bluebird Care rose to £6.6m for the year ended 31 December. This compares to turnover of £4.2m for the previous 9 months. After cost of sales of £295,000 (2013: £298,000) and administrative expenses of £2m (2014: £1.1m) were deducted, Bluebird made an operating profit of £4.3m (2013: £2.8m). Adding on interest receivable and similar income of £2,000 (2013: £18,000), the business made a pre-tax profit of £4.3m (2013: £2.8m).

Revenues remained static for local authority-owned care provider Norse Care. For the year ended 31 January 2015 turnover stood at £33.4m, marginally less than the...

Prime Life Limited’s revenues rose from £45.1m to £46.5m for the year ended 31 March 2015. Cost of sales also rose to £36.6m (2014: £35.2m)...

In a stock exchange statement, specialist care provider Cambian has said it believes that its underlying EBITDA for the year ended 31 December 2015...

Four Seasons parent company Elli Investments Limited reported a difficult second quarter with turnover dropping by 3.5% to £172.9m from £179.2m at the same...

Brancaster Care has acquired a 27-bed home in Appleby-in-Westmorland, Cumbria following the deaths of the previous owners. Bilfinger GVA, which advised on the deal, said...

Andrew Cheesbrough is to step down as chief executive of The Orders of St John Care Trust. Operations director Dan Hayes has been appointed...

ECL (formerly Essex Cares) has appointed Kerry Blair as commercial director. Previously executive director for growth at the Terrence Higgins Trust, in his new...

Former care minister Norman Lamb will chair a new commission set up by local authorities in the West Midlands to examine the links between...