Careroom Limited
Registered name: CAREROOM LIMITED
Careroom Limited made £19.2m revenue and £2.1m profit in the year to 31 Dec 2025.
Careroom Limited’s revenue grew 29% to £19.2m in the year to 31 Dec 2025, with £2.1m profit and 442 employees. The company is classified under “pre-primary education” and is based in Hitchin; we hold 3 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Hitchin, East of England
- 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. From the filing: “Murviel Trading 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 2023 | 31 Dec 2024 | 31 Dec 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | |||
| Revenue (turnover) | £12.6m | £14.9m | £19.2m |
| Cost of sales | £8.2m | £9.5m | £12.1m |
| Gross profit | £4.4m | £5.4m | £7.1m |
| Profit before tax | £533k | £1.2m | £2.8m |
| Profit after tax | £358k | £818k | £2.1m |
| Profit (best available) | £358k | £818k | £2.1m |
| Staff costs | £7.4m | £9m | £10.8m |
| Employees (average) | 358 | 402 | 442 |
| Ratios | |||
| Profit margin | 2.9% | 5.5% | 11.1% |
| Gross margin | 35.1% | 36.5% | 37% |
| Revenue per employee | £35.1k | £37.1k | £43.5k |
| Profit per employee | £999 | £2k | £4.9k |
| Growth (year on year) | |||
| Revenue growth | — | ▲18.6% | ▲29.1% |
| Profit growth | — | ▲128.8% | ▲162.2% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▲12.3% | ▲10% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | |||
| Cash at bank | — | £475k | £1.4m |
| Net assets | £4.1m | £4.5m | £4.7m |
| Fixed assets | £649k | £699k | £921k |
| Current assets | £5.1m | £6m | £7.6m |
| Debtors | £63.8k | £87.8k | £35.9k |
| Deferred income | £217k | £341k | £387k |
| Cash from operations | £1.4m | £1.2m | £3.7m |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Sep 2025 | FullAccounts · bulk data Sep 2025 | FullAccounts · bulk data Aug 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 11.1%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 37%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £43.5k
- 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
- 4.8%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- 2%
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 0.2%
- 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
- ▲5%
- Now £4.7m
- Cash at bank
- ▲187%
- Now £1.4m
- Headcount
- ▲10%
- Now 442
- Deferred income
- ▲13%
- Now £387k
- Fixed assets
- ▲32%
- Now £921k
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Sources
Latest figures from FullAccounts for the year to 31 Dec 2025 (profit £2.1m), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Aug 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
Updated from Companies House on 21 Oct 2026
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