Northern Care Homes Limited
Registered name: NORTHERN CARE HOMES LIMITED
Part of Autograph Care Group Holdings Ltd groupNorthern Care Homes Limited made £2.1m revenue and a £30.9k loss in the year to 31 Dec 2024.
Northern Care Homes Limited’s revenue grew 16% to £2.1m in the year to 31 Dec 2024, with a loss of £30.9k and 50 employees. The company is classified under “residential nursing care facilities” and is based in Birmingham; we hold 3 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Birmingham, West Midlands
- Age
- 29 yrs · since 1997
- 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: “Autograph Care Group Holdings Limited”
Key figures
Badges are automated estimates derived from the filed figures — not statements of fact about the company.
Financial history
| Year to | 31 Dec 2022 | 31 Dec 2023 | 31 Dec 2024 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | |||
| Revenue (turnover) | £2.1m | £1.8m | £2.1m |
| Cost of sales | £1.2m | £1.3m | £1.5m |
| Gross profit | £906k | £483k | £554k |
| Profit before tax | £494k | −£12.7k | −£8.5k |
| Profit after tax | £465k | −£2.5k | −£30.9k |
| Profit (best available) | £465k | −£2.5k | −£30.9k |
| Employees (average) | 51 | 40 | 50 |
| Ratios | |||
| Profit margin | 22.3% | −0.1% | −1.5% |
| Gross margin | 43.5% | 26.8% | 26.6% |
| Revenue per employee | £40.8k | £45k | £41.7k |
| Profit per employee | £9.1k | −£63 | −£617 |
| Growth (year on year) | |||
| Revenue growth | — | — | ▲15.9% |
| Headcount growth | — | — | ▲25% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | |||
| Cash at bank | £13.8k | £5k | £665 |
| Net assets | £3.1m | £3.1m | £3.1m |
| Fixed assets | £1.6m | £1.6m | £1.8m |
| Current assets | £2m | £2.1m | £2.2m |
| Debtors | £57.3k | £12.4k | £17.9k |
| Source | Accounts · bulk data Dec 2024 | Accounts · bulk data Dec 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Sep 2025 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- −1.5%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 26.6%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £41.7k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- −£617
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- —
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 87.7%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- —
- 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
- ▼1%
- Now £3.1m
- Cash at bank
- ▼87%
- Now £665
- Headcount
- ▲25%
- Now 50
- Deferred income
- —
- Now —
- Fixed assets
- ▲16%
- Now £1.8m
Group structure
Ownership chain
- Autograph Care Group Holdings Ltdultimate parent75–100%
- Autograph Care Group Finance Ltd75–100%
- Autograph Care Group Ltd75–100%
- Acg Operations Ltd75–100%
- Northern Care Homes (Stoneswood) Ltd75–100%
- Northern Care Homes Limitedthis company
Bands show the share of ownership each company holds in the one below it.
From the Persons with Significant Control register (corporate controllers only).
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Sources
Latest figures from FullAccounts for the year to 31 Dec 2024 (profit −£30.9k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Sep 2025. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
Updated from Companies House on 15 Oct 2026
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