Cornwallis Care Services Ltd.
Registered name: CORNWALLIS CARE SERVICES LTD.
Part of Porthia Group Limited groupCornwallis Care Services Ltd. made £23.5m revenue and £1.4m profit in the year to 31 Oct 2025. read from filing text
Cornwallis Care Services Ltd.’s revenue grew 6% to £23.5m in the year to 31 Oct 2025, with £1.4m profit and 494 employees. The company is classified under “other human health activities” and is based in ST. Ives; we hold 5 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- ST. Ives, South West
- Age
- 30 yrs · since 1996
- 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. From the filing: “The parent company is Porthia Group Limited, a company incorporated in England and Wales.”
Key figures
Badges are automated estimates derived from the filed figures — not statements of fact about the company.
Financial history
| Year to | 31 Oct 2021 | 31 Oct 2022 | 31 Oct 2023 | 31 Oct 2024 | 31 Oct 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&Lread from filing text | Full P&Lread from filing text |
| Profit & loss | |||||
| Revenue (turnover) | £14.9m | £17.2m | £20.8m | £22.3m | £23.5m |
| Cost of sales | £10.7m | £11.9m | £13.4m | £14.7m | £15.5m |
| Gross profit | £4.2m | £5.3m | £7.4m | £7.6m | £8.1m |
| Operating profit | — | — | — | £1.2m | £1.8m |
| Profit before tax | £608k | £225k | £1.5m | £1.2m | £1.9m |
| Profit after tax | £441k | £173k | £1.1m | £895k | £1.4m |
| Profit (best available) | £441k | £173k | £1.1m | £895k | £1.4m |
| Staff costs | £9.2m | £9.5m | £10.7m | £12.5m | £13.2m |
| Employees (average) | 471 | 459 | 505 | 518 | 494 |
| Ratios | |||||
| Profit margin | 3% | 1% | 5.4% | 4% | 5.8% |
| Gross margin | 28.4% | 30.7% | 35.5% | 34.2% | 34.3% |
| Revenue per employee | £31.6k | £37.4k | £41.2k | £43.1k | £47.7k |
| Profit per employee | £936 | £378 | £2.2k | £1.7k | £2.8k |
| Growth (year on year) | |||||
| Revenue growth | — | ▲15.2% | ▲21.2% | ▲7.2% | ▲5.6% |
| Profit growth | — | ▼60.7% | ▲550.4% | ▼20.6% | ▲53.6% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▼2.5% | ▲10% | ▲2.6% | ▼4.6% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | |||||
| Cash at bank | £865k | £845k | £1.3m | £1.5m | £983k |
| Net assets | £1.5m | £1.6m | £2.3m | £2.3m | £3.7m |
| Fixed assets | £1.2m | £1.4m | £1.5m | £1.5m | £1.6m |
| Current assets | £2.7m | £3.2m | £4.1m | £4m | £4.8m |
| Debtors | £729k | £908k | £1.3m | £1.1m | £698k |
| Deferred income | £733k | £666k | £1m | £1.2m | £420k |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Oct 2023 | FullAccounts · bulk data Oct 2023 | FullAccounts · bulk data Jul 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Sep 2025 | FullAccounts · bulk data Jul 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 5.8%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 34.3%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £47.7k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £2.8k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- —
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 6.6%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- 1.8%
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 3%
- 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
- ▲60%
- Now £3.7m
- Cash at bank
- ▼35%
- Now £983k
- Headcount
- ▼5%
- Now 494
- Deferred income
- ▼65%
- Now £420k
- Fixed assets
- ▲1%
- Now £1.6m
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
- Porthia Group Limitedultimate parent75–100%
- Cornwallis Care Services Ltd.this company
Bands show the share of ownership each company holds in the one below it.
Subsidiaries (1)
- Bolitho Nursery LimitedFigures not disclosed
Sister companies (2)
- Cornwallis Care Properties LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Porthia Land Investments LtdFigures not disclosed
From the Persons with Significant Control register (corporate controllers only).
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Sources
Latest figures from FullAccounts for the year to 31 Oct 2025 (profit £1.4m), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Jul 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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