Carebrook Limited
Registered name: CAREBROOK LIMITED
Part of Carebrook Holdings Ltd groupCarebrook Limited made £19.3m revenue and £615k profit in the year to 3 Apr 2025.
Carebrook Limited’s revenue grew 3% to £19.3m in the year to 3 Apr 2025, with £615k profit and 370 employees. The company is classified under “retail sale of bread, cakes, flour confectionery and sugar confectionery in specialised stores” and is based in London; we hold 4 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- London, London
- Age
- 31 yrs · since 1995
- 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 | 28 Mar 2024 | 3 Apr 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | ||||
| Revenue (turnover) | £12.6m | £16.8m | £18.7m | £19.3m |
| Cost of sales | £4.9m | £6.6m | £7.1m | £6.9m |
| Gross profit | £7.7m | £10.3m | £11.6m | £12.4m |
| Operating profit | £1.7m | £1m | £1.4m | £910k |
| Profit before tax | £1.6m | £1m | £1.2m | £643k |
| Profit after tax | £1.3m | £689k | £839k | £615k |
| Profit (best available) | £1.3m | £689k | £839k | £615k |
| Staff costs | £3.1m | £4.9m | £5.3m | £6m |
| Employees (average) | 118 | 237 | 238 | 370 |
| Ratios | ||||
| Profit margin | 10.1% | 4.1% | 4.5% | 3.2% |
| Gross margin | 61.4% | 61.1% | 62% | 64.1% |
| Revenue per employee | £107k | £71k | £78.7k | £52.2k |
| Profit per employee | £10.8k | £2.9k | £3.5k | £1.7k |
| Growth (year on year) | ||||
| Revenue growth | — | ▲33.4% | ▲11.3% | ▲3.1% |
| Profit growth | — | ▼46% | ▲21.9% | ▼26.7% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▲100.8% | ▲0.4% | ▲55.5% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||||
| Cash at bank | £4.9m | £2.3m | £592k | £1.1m |
| Net assets | £361k | £1.1m | £1.9m | £2.5m |
| Fixed assets | £2.5m | £3.2m | £4.2m | £4.7m |
| Current assets | £6.4m | £7.9m | £7.8m | £7.8m |
| Debtors | £306k | £260k | £511k | £182k |
| Deferred income | £3.1m | £4m | £3.7m | £3m |
| Source | Accounts · bulk data Jan 2024 | Accounts · bulk data Jan 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Mar 2025 | FullAccounts · bulk data Mar 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 3.2%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 64.1%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £52.2k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £1.7k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- —
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 24.2%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- 15.5%
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 0.9%
- 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
- ▲33%
- Now £2.5m
- Cash at bank
- ▲92%
- Now £1.1m
- Headcount
- ▲55%
- Now 370
- Deferred income
- ▼19%
- Now £3m
- Fixed assets
- ▲12%
- Now £4.7m
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
- Carebrook Holdings Ltdultimate parent75–100%
- Carebrook Limitedthis company
Bands show the share of ownership each company holds in the one below it.
Subsidiaries (2)
- Carebrook (Walthamstow) LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Vauxhall London LimitedFigures not disclosed
Sister companies (3)
- Carebrook (Camden Market) LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Carebrook Partnership (Ni) LtdFigures not disclosed
- Carebrook Partnership Bia LtdFigures not disclosed
From the Persons with Significant Control register (corporate controllers only).
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- Profit
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- Staff
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Sources
Latest figures from FullAccounts for the year to 3 Apr 2025 (profit £615k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Mar 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
Updated from Companies House on 14 Oct 2026
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