Sherwood Counselling & Psychotherapy Limited
Registered name: SHERWOOD COUNSELLING & PSYCHOTHERAPY LIMITED
Part of The Sherwood Psychotherapy Training Institute Limited groupSherwood Counselling & Psychotherapy Limited made £1.7m revenue and a £102k loss in the year to 31 Aug 2025.
Sherwood Counselling & Psychotherapy Limited’s revenue grew 16% to £1.7m in the year to 31 Aug 2025, with a loss of £102k and 21 employees. The company is classified under “first-degree level higher education” and is based in Nottingham; we hold 3 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Nottingham, East Midlands
- Age
- 28 yrs · since 1998
- 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 Aug 2023 | 31 Aug 2024 | 31 Aug 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | |||
| Revenue (turnover) | £1.4m | £1.5m | £1.7m |
| Cost of sales | £519k | £535k | £616k |
| Gross profit | £852k | £923k | £1.1m |
| Operating profit | £18.5k | −£64.1k | −£148k |
| Profit before tax | £13.9k | −£64.8k | −£150k |
| Profit after tax | £10k | −£43k | −£102k |
| Profit (best available) | £10k | −£43k | −£102k |
| Employees (average) | 20 | 20 | 21 |
| Ratios | |||
| Profit margin | 0.7% | −2.9% | −6% |
| Gross margin | 62.1% | 63.3% | 63.4% |
| Revenue per employee | £68.5k | £72.9k | £80.2k |
| Profit per employee | £501 | −£2.1k | −£4.9k |
| Cash conversion | −243.9% | — | — |
| Growth (year on year) | |||
| Revenue growth | — | ▲6.4% | ▲15.5% |
| Profit growth | — | ▼528.8% | — |
| Headcount growth | — | 0% | ▲5% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | |||
| Cash at bank | £326k | £288k | £120k |
| Net assets | £211k | £168k | £21.7k |
| Fixed assets | £95.4k | £96.9k | £73.9k |
| Current assets | £414k | £489k | £418k |
| Debtors | £16.7k | £20.1k | £14.9k |
| Cash from operations | −£45k | £10.9k | £132k |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Feb 2025 | FullAccounts · bulk data Feb 2025 | FullAccounts · bulk data Feb 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- −6%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 63.4%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £80.2k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- −£4.9k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- —
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 4.4%
- 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
- ▼87%
- Now £21.7k
- Cash at bank
- ▼59%
- Now £120k
- Headcount
- ▲5%
- Now 21
- Deferred income
- —
- Now —
- Fixed assets
- ▼24%
- Now £73.9k
Group structure
Ownership chain
- The Sherwood Psychotherapy Training Institute Limitedultimate parent75–100%
- Sherwood Counselling & Psychotherapy 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 Aug 2025 (profit −£102k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Feb 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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