The Firmwatch take
Medicare Birmingham Limited is a 9-year-old retail, active on the Companies House register. The latest filed accounts (year to 31 October 2024) show -GBP 381k in net assets, with 1 distress signal extracted from the filing (negative net assets). No insolvency or strike-off filings appear in our public Companies House and Gazette data.
Refreshed 25 May 2026
Incorporated
28 October 2016
9 years on the register
Sector
Dispensing chemist
SIC 47730
Size
Not classified
Net assets
−£381k
Bottom 10% in sector
Cash at bank
Not disclosed
Not required for this filing type
Latest filing
None yet
Insolvency risk
High insolvency risk
The latest public accounts show multiple stress signals. Treat this as a prompt for deeper checks, not as a formal insolvency prediction.
Negative net assets
Visible liabilities exceed visible assets in the extracted accounts.
Negative working capital
Short-term liabilities are higher than short-term assets in the public balance sheet.
Weak current ratio
Current assets are less than 75% of current liabilities.
Money
What the balance sheet says
Net assets
−£381k
Bottom 10% in sector · sector median £847 · 137,205 retailers
Cash
Not disclosed
Working cap.
−£168k
Median £3k
Current ratio
0.6×
Median 1.1×
Signals · 4
Negative net assets
The latest filed accounts show liabilities exceeding assets.
Negative working capital
Current liabilities exceed current assets in the extracted accounts.
Current ratio below 1.0
Current assets are lower than current liabilities in the extracted accounts.
Sector benchmark · Retail
How this company compares in 137,205 retailers
Bottom 10% in sector — Medicare Birmingham Limited shows −£381k in net assets. Sector median is £847.
Sector medians are computed annually across all UK companies in this broad sector. Position is approximate — see the Money tab for the full balance sheet.
Address pattern · B1 3EG
170 other UK companies registered at this postcode.
Active
157
Dissolved
0
Strike-off action
12
People
Who runs this company
- YS
YOUSAF, Shazad
director · since 2016
Registered office
Address intelligence
170 other companies use this address.
High-volume registered-office service. Many UK companies use these legitimately, but they are also a known hosting location for shell entities. Treat this as a flag, not a verdict.
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