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Company No. 04296566 · Incorporated 1 Oct 2001

Apex Prime Care Ltd

Registered name: APEX PRIME CARE LTD

Part of Cera Care Limited group

Apex Prime Care Ltd made £30.8m revenue and £1.1m profit in the year to 31 Mar 2023.

Apex Prime Care Ltd’s revenue fell 1% to £30.8m in the year to 31 Mar 2023, with £1.1m profit and 1,302 employees. The company is classified under “other human health activities” and is based in Southampton; we hold 2 years of its filed accounts.

Full P&L filedSection Q · Human health and social workSIC 86900Other human health activities
Status
Active
Location
Southampton, South East
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. From the filing: “Apex Prime Care Holdings Limited”

Latest accounts · year to 31 Mar 2023

Key figures

Revenue
£30.8m
Growth ▼0.8%
Profit
£1.1m
Growth ▼58.3%
Profit margin
3.5%
Gross 29.3%
Employees
1,302
Change ▼2.6%
Profit / employee
£839
Revenue/employee £23.7k
Profitable streak
2yrs
Consecutive profitable years in our data

Badges are automated estimates derived from the filed figures — not statements of fact about the company.

2 filed years

Financial history

Multi-year financials, oldest to newest
Year to31 Mar 202231 Mar 2023
DisclosureFull P&LFull P&L
Profit & loss
Revenue (turnover)£31.1m£30.8m
Cost of sales£21.4m£21.8m
Gross profit£9.7m£9m
Profit before tax£3.3m£1.5m
Profit after tax£2.6m£1.1m
Profit (best available)£2.6m£1.1m
Staff costs£24.9m£25.8m
Employees (average)1,3371,302
Ratios
Profit margin8.4%3.5%
Gross margin31.3%29.3%
Revenue per employee£23.2k£23.7k
Profit per employee£2k£839
Growth (year on year)
Revenue growth—▼0.8%
Profit growth—▼58.3%
Headcount growth—▼2.6%
Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue
Cash at bank£2.5m£455k
Net assets£4.7m£5m
Fixed assets£4.8m£6.3m
Current assets£5.3m£4.7m
Debtors£2m£3.5m
Deferred income£187k£197k
SourceAccounts · bulk data Nov 2023Accounts · bulk data Nov 2023
Derived from the latest filing

How the business works

Profit margin
3.5%
Profit ÷ revenue.
Gross margin
29.3%
Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
Revenue per employee
£23.7k
Revenue ÷ average employees.
Profit per employee
£839
Profit ÷ average employees.
Cash conversion
—
Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
Fixed assets ÷ revenue
20.3%
Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
Deferred income ÷ revenue
0.6%
Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
Debtors ÷ revenue
11.4%
Money owed by customers. Low = customers pay quickly.
Indirect — not revenue

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
▲6%
Now £5m
Cash at bank
▼82%
Now £455k
Headcount
▼3%
Now 1,302
Deferred income
▲6%
Now £197k
Fixed assets
▲30%
Now £6.3m
Corporate ownership

Group structure

Ownership chain

  1. Cera Care Limitedultimate parent75–100%
  2. Cera Care Operations Holdings Limited75–100%
  3. Apex Prime Care Holdings Ltd75–100%
  4. Apex Prime Care Ltdthis 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 accounts for the year to 31 Mar 2023 (profit £1.1m), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Nov 2023. Spotted an error? Request a correction.

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