Swanton Community Services Limited
Registered name: SWANTON COMMUNITY SERVICES LIMITED
Part of Apposite Capital LLP groupSwanton Community Services Limited made £23.9m revenue and £2.6m profit in the year to 30 Apr 2024.
Swanton Community Services Limited’s revenue grew 18% to £23.9m in the year to 30 Apr 2024, with £2.6m profit and 775 employees. The company is classified under “social work activities without accommodation for the elderly and disabled” and is based in Coventry; we hold 3 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Coventry, West Midlands
- Age
- 20 yrs · since 2006
- 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: “TCD (Holdings) Limited”
Key figures
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | |||
| Revenue (turnover) | £19.3m | £20.3m | £23.9m |
| Cost of sales | £13.2m | £13.8m | £16.2m |
| Gross profit | £6.3m | £6.5m | £7.7m |
| Operating profit | £1.9m | £1.7m | £2.6m |
| Profit before tax | £2.2m | £2.3m | £3.4m |
| Profit after tax | £1.9m | £2.2m | £2.6m |
| Profit (best available) | £1.9m | £2.2m | £2.6m |
| Staff costs | £15.7m | £16.5m | £18.8m |
| Employees (average) | 690 | 697 | 775 |
| Ratios | |||
| Profit margin | 9.9% | 10.9% | 10.7% |
| Gross margin | 32.8% | 31.9% | 32.3% |
| Revenue per employee | £28k | £29.1k | £30.9k |
| Profit per employee | £2.8k | £3.2k | £3.3k |
| Growth (year on year) | |||
| Revenue growth | — | ▲5% | ▲17.8% |
| Profit growth | — | ▲15.1% | ▲16% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▲1% | ▲11.2% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | |||
| Cash at bank | £906k | £567k | £1.3m |
| Net assets | £6.3m | £8.5m | £720k |
| Fixed assets | £83.7k | £111k | £46.4k |
| Current assets | £10.9m | £12.3m | £17.2m |
| Debtors | £1.7m | £2.5m | £2.2m |
| Source | Accounts · bulk data Jan 2024 | Accounts · bulk data Jan 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Nov 2024 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 10.7%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 32.3%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £30.9k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £3.3k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- —
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 0.2%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- —
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 9.3%
- 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
- ▼92%
- Now £720k
- Cash at bank
- ▲127%
- Now £1.3m
- Headcount
- ▲11%
- Now 775
- Deferred income
- —
- Now —
- Fixed assets
- ▼58%
- Now £46.4k
Group structure
Ownership chain
- Apposite Capital LLPultimate parent75–100%
- Apposite Healthcare II Member Limited75–100%
- Apposite Healthcare II GP LLP75–100%
- Sunshine Care Topco Limited75–100%
- Sunshine Care Midco Limited75–100%
- Sunshine Care Bidco Limited75–100%
- Swanton Care & Community Limited75–100%
- TCD (Holdings) Limited75–100%
- Swanton Community Services Limitedthis company
Bands show the share of ownership each company holds in the one below it.
Sister companies (1)
- Mydiary Software 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 2024 (profit £2.6m), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Nov 2024. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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