Caring 4 Croydon Limited
Registered name: CARING 4 CROYDON LIMITED
Part of Cardale Pfi Investments Limited groupCaring 4 Croydon Limited made £3.3m revenue and a £49.7k loss in the year to 31 Mar 2025.
Caring 4 Croydon Limited’s revenue grew 4% to £3.3m in the year to 31 Mar 2025, with a loss of £49.7k and 3 employees. The company is classified under “other human health activities” and is based in Preston; we hold 4 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Preston, North West
- 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: “Caring 4 Croydon Holdings Limited”
Key figures
Badges are automated estimates derived from the filed figures — not statements of fact about the company.
Financial history
| Year to | 31 Mar 2022 | 31 Mar 2023 | 31 Mar 2024 | 31 Mar 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | ||||
| Revenue (turnover) | £2.6m | £2.8m | £3.1m | £3.3m |
| Cost of sales | £1.9m | £2.1m | £2.4m | £2.5m |
| Gross profit | £700k | £737k | £744k | £761k |
| Operating profit | −£30.5k | −£32.6k | £73.9k | £26.9k |
| Profit before tax | £26.1k | £51.7k | £258k | −£22.9k |
| Profit after tax | £21.2k | £41.9k | £194k | −£49.7k |
| Profit (best available) | £21.2k | £41.9k | £194k | −£49.7k |
| Employees (average) | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 |
| Ratios | ||||
| Profit margin | 0.8% | 1.5% | 6.2% | −1.5% |
| Gross margin | 26.7% | 26% | 23.6% | 23.2% |
| Revenue per employee | £874k | £946k | £1m | £1.1m |
| Profit per employee | £7.1k | £14k | £64.6k | −£16.6k |
| Growth (year on year) | ||||
| Revenue growth | — | ▲8.3% | ▲10.8% | ▲4.4% |
| Profit growth | — | ▲97.9% | ▲362.7% | ▼125.6% |
| Headcount growth | — | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||||
| Cash at bank | £2.5m | £2.4m | £2.3m | £2.7m |
| Net assets | −£2.5m | −£128k | £297k | £553k |
| Current assets | £23.6m | £22.2m | £21.4m | £20.8m |
| Debtors | £326 | £0 | £161k | £142 |
| Deferred income | £1.1m | £1.2m | £1.1m | £1.4m |
| Source | Accounts · bulk data Jan 2024 | Accounts · bulk data Jan 2024 | Accounts · bulk data Dec 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Dec 2025 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- −1.5%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 23.2%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £1.1m
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- −£16.6k
- 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
- 41.7%
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 0%
- 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
- ▲86%
- Now £553k
- Cash at bank
- ▲19%
- Now £2.7m
- Headcount
- 0%
- Now 3
- Deferred income
- ▲21%
- Now £1.4m
- Fixed assets
- —
- Now —
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
- Cardale Pfi Investments Limitedultimate parent75–100%
- Cardale Infrastructure Investments Limited75–100%
- Caring 4 Croydon Holdings Limited75–100%
- Caring 4 Croydon Limitedthis company
Bands show the share of ownership each company holds in the one below it.
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 2025 (profit −£49.7k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Dec 2025. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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