Century Healthcare Limited
Registered name: CENTURY HEALTHCARE LIMITED
Part of NBB Holdings Limited groupCentury Healthcare Limited made £9.4m revenue and £122k profit in the year to 31 Mar 2025.
Century Healthcare Limited’s revenue fell 19% to £9.4m in the year to 31 Mar 2025, with £122k profit and 253 employees. The company is classified under “other human health activities” and is based in Lytham ST Annes; we hold 4 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Lytham ST Annes, North West
- Age
- 39 yrs · since 1987
- Type
- Private Limited Company
Part of a group. The filing indicates this company sits within a group structure, so its results may depend on intra-group trading and it may be hard to replicate independently.
Key figures
Badges are automated estimates derived from the filed figures — not statements of fact about the company.
Financial history
| Year to | 31 Mar 2022 | 31 Mar 2023 | 31 Mar 2024 | 31 Mar 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | ||||
| Revenue (turnover) | £10.2m | £11.1m | £11.6m | £9.4m |
| Cost of sales | £7.7m | £8.5m | £8.3m | £6.4m |
| Gross profit | £2.5m | £2.6m | £3.3m | £3m |
| Operating profit | £1.3m | £272k | £904k | £190k |
| Profit before tax | £1.3m | £273k | £927k | £188k |
| Profit after tax | £960k | £170k | £630k | £122k |
| Profit (best available) | £960k | £170k | £630k | £122k |
| Staff costs | £6.6m | £7.1m | £7.6m | £6.1m |
| Employees (average) | 323 | 337 | 334 | 253 |
| Ratios | ||||
| Profit margin | 9.4% | 1.5% | 5.4% | 1.3% |
| Gross margin | 24.5% | 23.3% | 28.4% | 31.7% |
| Revenue per employee | £31.7k | £33k | £34.9k | £37.3k |
| Profit per employee | £3k | £504 | £1.9k | £482 |
| Cash conversion | −155% | −300.8% | −25.9% | — |
| Growth (year on year) | ||||
| Revenue growth | — | ▲8.4% | ▲4.8% | ▼19.1% |
| Profit growth | — | ▼82.3% | ▲271% | ▼80.7% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▲4.3% | ▼0.9% | ▼24.3% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||||
| Cash at bank | £970k | £1.2m | £331k | £710k |
| Net assets | £11.4m | £11.6m | £12.2m | £10.4m |
| Fixed assets | £12.4m | £12.1m | £10.4m | £4.6m |
| Current assets | £1.6m | £2m | £3.8m | £7.4m |
| Debtors | £525k | £706k | £443k | £255k |
| Deferred income | £396k | £446k | £397k | £210k |
| Cash from operations | −£2m | −£818k | −£234k | — |
| Source | Accounts · bulk data Dec 2023 | Accounts · bulk data Dec 2023 | FullAccounts · bulk data Mar 2025 | FullAccounts · bulk data Mar 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 1.3%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 31.7%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £37.3k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £482
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- —
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 48.6%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- 2.2%
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 2.7%
- Money owed by customers. Low = customers pay quickly.
Balance-sheet signals
Year-on-year changes in filed balance-sheet items. They can hint at momentum (or investment) but are not revenue or profit and must not be read as such.
- Net assets
- ▼15%
- Now £10.4m
- Cash at bank
- ▲115%
- Now £710k
- Headcount
- ▼24%
- Now 253
- Deferred income
- ▼47%
- Now £210k
- Fixed assets
- ▼56%
- Now £4.6m
Deferred income is reported together with accruals in this filing (“accruals and deferred income”), so it is an approximate signal only.
Group structure
Ownership chain
- NBB Holdings Limitedultimate parent75–100%
- Renal Health Limited75–100%
- Century Healthcare Limitedthis company
Bands show the share of ownership each company holds in the one below it.
Subsidiaries (1)
- Century Healthcare Management Services LtdFigures not disclosed
Sister companies (1)
- Century Healthcare 3 LimitedRev. £9.4m · Profit £2.6m
From the Persons with Significant Control register (corporate controllers only).
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Sources
Latest figures from FullAccounts for the year to 31 Mar 2025 (profit £122k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Mar 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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