Care Today/Parallel Parents Ltd
Registered name: CARE TODAY/PARALLEL PARENTS LTD
Care Today/Parallel Parents Ltd made £20.9m revenue and £3.2m profit in the year to 30 Apr 2025.
Care Today/Parallel Parents Ltd’s revenue was £20.9m in the year to 30 Apr 2025, with £3.2m profit and 156 employees. The company is classified under “activities of other holding companies” and is based in Stockport; we hold 4 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Stockport, North West
- Age
- 24 yrs · since 2001
- Type
- Private Limited Company
Pass-through vehicle. This looks like a holding, staffing or umbrella company. Its revenue and profit may largely pass through to or from other entities, so the figures may not reflect a standalone operating business. It is excluded from our opportunity lists.
Key figures
Badges are automated estimates derived from the filed figures — not statements of fact about the company.
Financial history
| Year to | 31 Oct 2022 | 31 Oct 2023 | 30 Apr 2024 | 30 Apr 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | No P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | ||||
| Revenue (turnover) | — | £16.6m | £8.7m | £20.9m |
| Cost of sales | — | £7.8m | £3.8m | £7.2m |
| Gross profit | — | £8.8m | £4.8m | £13.7m |
| Operating profit | — | £4.1m | £1.5m | £4m |
| Profit before tax | — | £4.4m | £1.9m | £4.4m |
| Profit after tax | — | £3.3m | £1.4m | £3.2m |
| Profit (best available) | — | £3.3m | £1.4m | £3.2m |
| Staff costs | — | £3.7m | £2.6m | £7.3m |
| Employees (average) | 0 | 0 | 106 | 156 |
| Ratios | ||||
| Profit margin | — | 19.8% | 16% | 15.2% |
| Gross margin | — | 52.9% | 56% | 65.5% |
| Revenue per employee | — | — | £81.7k | £134k |
| Profit per employee | — | — | £13.1k | £20.4k |
| Cash conversion | — | 127% | −44.2% | 260.9% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||||
| Cash at bank | — | £21.9m | £19.3m | £11.7m |
| Net assets | £300 | £300 | £34.5m | £37.1m |
| Fixed assets | £300 | £300 | £10.3m | £26.4m |
| Current assets | — | £27.8m | £27.2m | £14.6m |
| Cash from operations | — | £5.2m | −£659k | £10.4m |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Jun 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Jun 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Apr 2025 | FullAccounts · bulk data Apr 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 15.2%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 65.5%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £134k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £20.4k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- 260.9%
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 126.3%
- 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 £37.1m
- Cash at bank
- —
- Now £11.7m
- Headcount
- —
- Now 156
- Deferred income
- —
- Now —
- Fixed assets
- —
- Now £26.4m
Group structure
Subsidiaries (5)
- Parallel Parents LtdRev. £15.4m · Profit £3.1m
- Car Surgery Consultancy LtdFigures not disclosed
- Care Today (Childrens Services) LtdFigures not disclosed
- Care Today (Disability Services) LtdFigures not disclosed
- Training to Care LtdFigures not disclosed
From the Persons with Significant Control register (corporate controllers only).
Sources
Latest figures from FullAccounts for the year to 30 Apr 2025 (profit £3.2m), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Apr 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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