Timeout Childrens Homes Limited
Registered name: TIMEOUT CHILDRENS HOMES LIMITED
Part of Timeout Property Limited groupTimeout Childrens Homes Limited made £13.1m revenue and £1.8m profit in the year to 31 Mar 2026. read from filing text
Timeout Childrens Homes Limited’s revenue grew 17% to £13.1m in the year to 31 Mar 2026, with £1.8m profit and 196 employees. The company is classified under “other residential care activities” and is based in Sowerby Bridge; we hold 4 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Sowerby Bridge, Yorkshire and The Humber
- Age
- 22 yrs · since 2004
- 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: “The company's ultimate parent undertaking is Timeout Property Ltd, a company registered in England and Wales, whose registered office address is Unit 2 Ripponden Mill, Mill Fold, Ripponden, Sowerby Br”
Key figures
Badges are automated estimates derived from the filed figures — not statements of fact about the company.
Financial history
| Year to | 31 Mar 2023 | 31 Mar 2024 | 31 Mar 2025 | 31 Mar 2026 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | No P&L | No P&L | Full P&Lread from filing text | Full P&Lread from filing text |
| Profit & loss | ||||
| Revenue (turnover) | — | — | £11.3m | £13.1m |
| Cost of sales | — | — | £658k | £873k |
| Gross profit | — | — | £10.6m | £12.3m |
| Operating profit | — | — | £2.5m | £2.4m |
| Profit before tax | — | — | £2.5m | £2.4m |
| Profit after tax | — | — | £1.9m | £1.8m |
| Profit (best available) | — | — | £1.9m | £1.8m |
| Staff costs | — | — | £6m | £7.3m |
| Employees (average) | 149 | 166 | 173 | 196 |
| Ratios | ||||
| Profit margin | — | — | 17% | 13.8% |
| Gross margin | — | — | 94.2% | 93.3% |
| Revenue per employee | — | — | £65.1k | £67k |
| Profit per employee | — | — | £11.1k | £9.2k |
| Growth (year on year) | ||||
| Revenue growth | — | — | — | ▲16.7% |
| Profit growth | — | — | — | ▼5.5% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▲11.4% | ▲4.2% | ▲13.3% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||||
| Cash at bank | £480k | £1.3m | £2.3m | £988k |
| Net assets | £834k | £1.6m | £1.8m | £1.8m |
| Fixed assets | £324k | £409k | £341k | £261k |
| Current assets | £1.3m | £3.4m | £3.3m | £3.2m |
| Debtors | £731k | £1.9m | £780k | £694k |
| Deferred income | £393k | £1.5m | £673k | £719k |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Sep 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Sep 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Dec 2025 | FullAccounts · bulk data Sep 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 13.8%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 93.3%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £67k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £9.2k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- —
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 2%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- 5.5%
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 5.3%
- 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
- ▲2%
- Now £1.8m
- Cash at bank
- ▼57%
- Now £988k
- Headcount
- ▲13%
- Now 196
- Deferred income
- ▲7%
- Now £719k
- Fixed assets
- ▼24%
- Now £261k
Deferred income is reported together with accruals in this filing (“accruals and deferred income”), so it is an approximate signal only.
Group structure
Ownership chain
- Timeout Property Limitedultimate parent75–100%
- Timeout Childrens Homes Limitedthis company
Bands show the share of ownership each company holds in the one below it.
Subsidiaries (1)
- Mind-U LimitedFigures not disclosed
From the Persons with Significant Control register (corporate controllers only).
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Sources
Latest figures from FullAccounts for the year to 31 Mar 2026 (profit £1.8m), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Sep 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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