Sentimental Care Limited
Registered name: SENTIMENTAL CARE LIMITED
Sentimental Care Limited made £4m revenue and a £1.5m loss in the year to 30 Apr 2025. read from filing text
Sentimental Care Limited’s revenue fell 10% to £4m in the year to 30 Apr 2025, with a loss of £1.5m and 97 employees. The company is classified under “medical nursing home activities” and is based in Ilminster; we hold 5 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Ilminster, South West
- Age
- 23 yrs · since 2003
- Type
- Private Limited Company
Key figures
Badges are automated estimates derived from the filed figures — not statements of fact about the company.
Financial history
| Year to | 30 Apr 2021 | 30 Apr 2022 | 30 Apr 2023 | 30 Apr 2024 | 30 Apr 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&Lread from filing text | Full P&Lread from filing text | Full P&Lread from filing text | Full P&Lread from filing text | Full P&Lread from filing text |
| Profit & loss | |||||
| Revenue (turnover) | £3.2m | £3.4m | £3.7m | £4.5m | £4m |
| Cost of sales | £2.6m | £3m | £4m | £3.9m | £3.2m |
| Gross profit | £599k | £345k | −£263k | £621k | £831k |
| Operating profit | £187k | £3.6m | −£1.3m | −£994k | −£1.3m |
| Profit before tax | £69.9k | £3.5m | −£1.5m | −£1.3m | −£1.5m |
| Profit after tax | £50.3k | £3.8m | −£1.4m | −£1.3m | −£1.5m |
| Profit (best available) | £50.3k | £3.8m | −£1.4m | −£1.3m | −£1.5m |
| Staff costs | £2.2m | £2.3m | £2.7m | £3.1m | £2.8m |
| Employees (average) | 115 | 117 | 140 | 114 | 97 |
| Ratios | |||||
| Profit margin | 1.6% | 114.2% | −37.2% | −28.8% | −37.8% |
| Gross margin | 18.6% | 10.2% | −7.1% | 13.9% | 20.6% |
| Revenue per employee | £28k | £28.8k | £26.3k | £39.3k | £41.6k |
| Profit per employee | £437 | £32.9k | −£9.8k | −£11.3k | −£15.7k |
| Cash conversion | −257.9% | −104.1% | — | — | — |
| Growth (year on year) | |||||
| Revenue growth | — | ▲4.7% | ▲9.4% | ▲21.5% | ▼10% |
| Profit growth | — | ▲7551% | ▼135.7% | — | — |
| Headcount growth | — | ▲1.7% | ▲19.7% | ▼18.6% | ▼14.9% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | |||||
| Cash at bank | £85.8k | £3m | £147k | £25.3k | £10.1k |
| Net assets | £3.2m | £5.5m | £4m | £2.7m | £1.2m |
| Fixed assets | £8m | £6.4m | £6.9m | £7m | £4.7m |
| Current assets | £568k | £4m | £1.5m | £438k | £220k |
| Debtors | £188k | £274k | £380k | £384k | £150k |
| Deferred income | £94.3k | £86.8k | £151k | £189k | £241k |
| Cash from operations | −£482k | −£3.8m | £1.7m | — | — |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Nov 2023 | FullAccounts · bulk data Nov 2023 | FullAccounts · bulk data Nov 2025 | FullAccounts · bulk data May 2026 | FullAccounts · bulk data Sep 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- −37.8%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 20.6%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £41.6k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- −£15.7k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- —
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 115.9%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- 6%
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 3.7%
- 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
- ▼55%
- Now £1.2m
- Cash at bank
- ▼60%
- Now £10.1k
- Headcount
- ▼15%
- Now 97
- Deferred income
- ▲27%
- Now £241k
- Fixed assets
- ▼33%
- Now £4.7m
Deferred income is reported together with accruals in this filing (“accruals and deferred income”), so it is an approximate signal only.
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Sources
Latest figures from FullAccounts for the year to 30 Apr 2025 (profit −£1.5m), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Sep 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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