Care at Home Services (South East) Limited
Registered name: CARE AT HOME SERVICES (SOUTH EAST) LIMITED
Part of Cera Care Limited groupCare at Home Services (South East) Limited made a £374k loss in the year to 30 Apr 2025 (revenue not disclosed).
Care at Home Services (South East) Limited reported a loss of £374k in the year to 30 Apr 2025; its revenue was not disclosed. It had 541 employees. The company is classified under “social work activities without accommodation for the elderly and disabled” and is based in Tunbridge Wells; we hold 4 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Tunbridge Wells, South East
- Age
- 21 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.
Key figures
This company published its profit but not its turnover, so revenue and margins are not disclosed. We never estimate them.
Badges are automated estimates derived from the filed figures — not statements of fact about the company.
Financial history
| Year to | 30 Apr 2022 | 30 Apr 2023 | 30 Apr 2024 | 30 Apr 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Profit only | Profit only | Profit only | Profit only |
| Profit & loss | ||||
| Revenue (turnover) | — | — | — | — |
| Profit after tax | £1.7m | −£515k | −£24.9k | −£374k |
| Profit (best available) | £1.7m | −£515k | −£24.9k | −£374k |
| Employees (average) | 558 | 560 | 560 | 541 |
| Ratios | ||||
| Profit margin | — | — | — | — |
| Profit per employee | £3k | −£920 | −£45 | −£691 |
| Growth (year on year) | ||||
| Profit growth | — | ▼130.4% | — | — |
| Headcount growth | — | ▲0.4% | 0% | ▼3.4% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||||
| Cash at bank | £3.8m | £1.9m | £482k | £864k |
| Net assets | £6.7m | £5.8m | £5m | £6.1m |
| Fixed assets | £20.9m | £21.1m | £21.1m | £20.7m |
| Current assets | £4.9m | £3.3m | £1.3m | £3.2m |
| Debtors | £340k | £681k | £258k | £244k |
| Deferred income | £406k | £355k | £456k | £784k |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Jan 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Jan 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Dec 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Jan 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- —
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- —
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- —
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- −£691
- 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
- ▲21%
- Now £6.1m
- Cash at bank
- ▲79%
- Now £864k
- Headcount
- ▼3%
- Now 541
- Deferred income
- ▲72%
- Now £784k
- Fixed assets
- ▼2%
- Now £20.7m
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
- Cera Care Limitedultimate parent75–100%
- Cera Care Operations Holdings Limited75–100%
- Care at Home Services (South East) Limitedthis company
Bands show the share of ownership each company holds in the one below it.
Subsidiaries (3)
- Westminster Homecare LimitedRev. £41.1m · Profit £1.8m
- Beech Tree Total Care LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Domus Live-in Care LimitedFigures not disclosed
Sister companies (21)
- Apex Prime Care Holdings LtdRev. £38.9m · Profit £1.5m
- First City Nursing Services LimitedRev. £25.8m · Profit £1.3m
- Alpenbest LimitedRev. £13.8m · Profit £417k
- Homecare4u LimitedRev. £8.9m · Profit £653k
- Care 1st LimitedRev. £5.9m · Profit £1.2m
- Apex Prime Care Group LtdRev. £136k · Profit −£1.3m
- Cera Care Central LimitedRev. £85.7k · Profit −£11.7m
- A1 Quality Home Care LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Allied Health Support LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Care Quality Services LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Cera Care Carers LtdFigures not disclosed
- Cera Care Operations (Scotland) LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Cera Care Technology LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Cera Homecare LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Cera Housing C.I.C.Figures not disclosed
- Cera Virtual Care LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Gemcare South West LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Home Healthcare Operations LimitedFigures not disclosed
- My Care (Holdings) LimitedRev. — · Profit £294k
- Premier Care LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Sugarman Health and Wellbeing 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 30 Apr 2025 (profit −£374k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Jan 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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