Liverpool city region care home group Bloomcare returns to profit despite a 9% fall in revenues to £26m and says it is looking to expand to provide mental health and substance misuse facilities. Tony McDonough reports

Liverpool city region care home group Bloomcare says it is looking to expand to provide mental health and substance misuse facilities as it reports a return to profit.

From its headquarters in Southport, Bloomcare operates 22 care homes in Merseyside and across the North West, employing more than 700 people. Majority shareholders in the business are Llewellyn Ramos and Audrey Tan-Ramos.

In its accounts for the 12 months to July 31, 2025, published on Companies House, Bloomcare is reporting a 9% fall in revenues to £26m. However, the business has turned a £626,192 pre-tax loss in the previous year into a pre-tax profit of just over £1m.

Bloomcare describes itself as a “care provider with the Christian values of love, kindness and empathy at the centre of all that we do”. It operates homes in Liverpool, Southport, Prescot, Manchester, Oldham and Rochdale.

Writing in the annual report, Llewellyn Ramos said: “At the start of the financial year, the group divested two underperforming externally-leased facilities to maximise operational and financial sustainability, following a comprehensive strategic review.

“Simultaneously, occupancy rates have maintained a positive trajectory, returning to pre-pandemic levels despite ongoing macroeconomic headwinds such as escalating staffing costs and overheads.”

Llewellyn added the group’s strategy for expansion is balancing organic growth with strategic acquisitions. He explained: “Historically, the group has excelled taking over and performing care homes and converting them into sustainable high-performance facilities.

“Looking ahead, development plans are under way to establish additional units for mental health and substance misuse.”

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He also said the group was concerned about the high use of agency staff during the accounting period, describing it as a “lingering operational challenge” and increased staffing costs. There would be a move towards a “strategic recruitment model”, he said.