1st Care Limited
Registered name: 1ST CARE LIMITED
Part of 1st Care Holding Ltd group1st Care Limited made £11.7m revenue and £877k profit in the year to 31 Mar 2025.
1st Care Limited’s revenue was £11.7m in the year to 31 Mar 2025, with £877k profit and 240 employees. The company is classified under “other service activities” and is based in Middlesex; we hold 4 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Middlesex, London
- Age
- 25 yrs · since 2001
- 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 | 31 Mar 2024 | 31 Mar 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Profit only | Profit only | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | ||||
| Revenue (turnover) | — | — | £11.7m | £11.7m |
| Cost of sales | — | — | −£7.6m | −£8m |
| Gross profit | — | — | £4.1m | £3.6m |
| Operating profit | — | — | £1.4m | £1.1m |
| Profit before tax | — | — | £1.3m | £1.2m |
| Profit after tax | £1.1m | £770k | £862k | £877k |
| Profit (best available) | £1.1m | £770k | £862k | £877k |
| Employees (average) | 194 | 216 | 238 | 240 |
| Ratios | ||||
| Profit margin | — | — | 7.4% | 7.5% |
| Gross margin | — | — | 35.2% | 31.2% |
| Revenue per employee | — | — | £49.2k | £48.6k |
| Profit per employee | £5.6k | £3.6k | £3.6k | £3.7k |
| Growth (year on year) | ||||
| Revenue growth | — | — | — | ▼0.3% |
| Profit growth | — | ▼29.2% | ▲12% | ▲1.7% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▲11.3% | ▲10.2% | ▲0.8% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||||
| Cash at bank | £819k | £815k | £820k | — |
| Net assets | £5.6m | £6.2m | £7m | — |
| Fixed assets | £4.8m | £5.3m | £5.4m | — |
| Current assets | £3.2m | £3.5m | £4.2m | — |
| Debtors | £864k | £649k | £1m | — |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Dec 2023 | FullAccounts · bulk data Dec 2023 | FullAccounts · bulk data May 2025 | Accounts · bulk data Dec 2025 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 7.5%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 31.2%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £48.6k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £3.7k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- —
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- —
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- —
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- —
- 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
- —
- Now —
- Cash at bank
- —
- Now —
- Headcount
- ▲1%
- Now 240
- Deferred income
- —
- Now —
- Fixed assets
- —
- Now —
Group structure
Ownership chain
- 1st Care Holding Ltdultimate parent75–100%
- 1st Care Limitedthis company
Bands show the share of ownership each company holds in the one below it.
Subsidiaries (1)
- Regency Investments LimitedRev. £1.5m · Profit £87.3k
From the Persons with Significant Control register (corporate controllers only).
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Sources
Latest figures from accounts for the year to 31 Mar 2025 (profit £877k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Dec 2025. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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