Company
Dovecote Care Homes Limited
Dovecote Care Homes Limited is an active UK company (number 02794381), incorporated 1993, with 1 current director, Stephen John Lidford. Source: Companies House, updated 11th October 2026.
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Who leads it
Previous officers 8
- Samantha Marie Lidford 2010-2015 View profile
- Roger Anthony Simmons 1995-1998 View profile
- Richard Tarling 1995-1998 View profile
- Derek Edward George Curtis 1994-2024 View profile
- David Anthony Davies 1994-2010 View profile
- Dr Peter Richard Wilson 1993-2014 View profile
- David Glenn Lidford 2014-2025 View profile
- James St John Davey 1993-1994 View profile
Directors and secretaries as filed at Companies House.
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About
- Incorporated
- 26/02/1993
Ownership
Owned by (1) iOwned byIndividuals and companies registered as having significant control over this company, from the Companies House PSC (persons with significant control) register. People whose ownership could not be confirmed to one individual are not listed as confirmed owners.
- Stephen John Lidford
significant influence · notified 2016-04-06
Group
- Dovecote Care Homes Limited
is controlled by Stephen John Lidford
Evidence
active significant influence · notified 2016-04-06 · source: Companies House PSC register
Ultimately controlled by Stephen John Lidford.
4 other companies in this group
- Cavendish Associates Eastern Limited
- Llfc Developments LTD
- Fcll Developments LTD
- 06713627 (no longer on the register)
Ownership paths are calculated from Companies House persons-with-significant-control filings. Each step shows the filed nature of control and dates; a step marked "ceased" is historical, not current.
Financials
- Net assets
- £2,202,713
- Total assets
- £4,676,824
- Cash
- £21,987
- Employees
- 92
- Turnover
- £3,928,259
- Profit/loss
- £17,135
Filed as Full accounts.
Figures from accounts filed at Companies House (iXBRL), period ending 2024-12-31. Where turnover is absent, small and micro-entity accounts are not required to report it, so it is not shown as zero.
Board analysis
Board DNA
How this board is put together, from the Companies House officer record and Charity Commission trustee records - deterministic, no AI.iBoard compositionCounted from the dated Companies House officer record: the current directors only, past directors excluded.
1 directors on the board
- Stephen John Lidford Director · appointed 1993
Directors past 6 years
- Stephen John Lidford Director · appointed 1993
Where else this board sits iWhere else this board sitsThe charitable fields these directors govern in elsewhere, by Charity Commission classification. Excludes this company and any charity it is the legal face of.
The sectors these directors govern in elsewhere. This company, and any charity it is the legal face of, are excluded - counting them would just tell you what you are already looking at.
Gaps to watch
- A single director - no second pair of eyes on any decision
Where to look Suggested search: a second director to remove single-point control.
Sources
Official record from Companies House. Governance Register calculates the connections.
Record details
- Company number
- 02794381
- Status
- Active
- Type
- Private Limited Company
- Edition
- Register edition compiled 11th October 2026
- Labels
- Official record from Companies House · Calculated derived by Governance Register.
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