Swanton Care & Community Limited
Registered name: SWANTON CARE & COMMUNITY LIMITED
Part of Apposite Capital LLP groupSwanton Care & Community Limited made £136m revenue and a £22.7m loss in the year to 31 Dec 2025.
Swanton Care & Community Limited’s revenue grew 39% to £136m in the year to 31 Dec 2025, with a loss of £22.7m and 89 employees. The company is classified under “other human health activities” and is based in Coventry; we hold 5 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: “Sunshine Care Bidco Limited”
Key figures
Badges are automated estimates derived from the filed figures — not statements of fact about the company.
Financial history
| Year to | 31 Dec 2021 | 31 Dec 2022 | 31 Dec 2023 | 31 Dec 2024 | 31 Dec 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | |||||
| Revenue (turnover) | £53.8m | £66m | £83.5m | £98.3m | £136m |
| Cost of sales | £36.1m | £43.3m | £56.2m | £67.7m | £94m |
| Gross profit | £18m | £22.9m | £27.3m | £30.6m | £42.4m |
| Operating profit | £4.2m | £5.4m | £3.6m | £7.5m | £12m |
| Profit before tax | £2.4m | £2.6m | −£4.1m | −£2.8m | £310k |
| Profit after tax | £358k | £1.8m | −£4.7m | −£3.5m | −£22.7m |
| Profit (best available) | £358k | £1.8m | −£4.7m | −£3.5m | −£22.7m |
| Staff costs | £3.6m | £4.6m | £5.5m | £5.4m | £6.7m |
| Employees (average) | 1,679 | 2,158 | 2,524 | 100 | 89 |
| Ratios | |||||
| Profit margin | 0.7% | 2.7% | −5.6% | −3.5% | −16.7% |
| Gross margin | 33.5% | 34.6% | 32.7% | 31.2% | 31.1% |
| Revenue per employee | £32k | £30.6k | £33.1k | £983k | £1.5m |
| Profit per employee | £213 | £822 | −£1.8k | −£34.8k | −£255k |
| Cash conversion | — | −3.2% | 217.5% | 234.9% | 138.8% |
| Growth (year on year) | |||||
| Revenue growth | — | ▲22.7% | ▲26.6% | ▲17.7% | ▲38.7% |
| Profit growth | — | ▲394.8% | ▼362.5% | — | — |
| Headcount growth | — | ▲28.5% | ▲17% | ▼96% | ▼11% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | |||||
| Cash at bank | £332k | £95.2k | £681k | £10.9m | — |
| Net assets | −£46.2m | −£53.9m | −£73.1m | −£93m | −£116m |
| Fixed assets | £69.5m | £83.3m | £89m | £112m | £163m |
| Current assets | £5.7m | £23m | £20.1m | £31.1m | £5.5m |
| Debtors | £9.2m | £9.9m | £7.6m | £7.4m | £1.1k |
| Deferred income | — | — | — | £4.3m | £4.5m |
| Cash from operations | — | −£175k | £7.9m | £17.5m | £16.7m |
| Source | Accounts · bulk data Oct 2023 | Accounts · bulk data Oct 2023 | Accounts · bulk data Sep 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Sep 2025 | FullAccounts · bulk data Aug 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- −16.7%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 31.1%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £1.5m
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- −£255k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- 138.8%
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 119.4%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- 3.3%
- 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
- —
- Now −£116m
- Cash at bank
- —
- Now —
- Headcount
- ▼11%
- Now 89
- Deferred income
- ▲5%
- Now £4.5m
- Fixed assets
- ▲46%
- Now £163m
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
- 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 Limitedthis company
Bands show the share of ownership each company holds in the one below it.
Subsidiaries (16)
- Courtyard Care LimitedRev. £13.9m · Profit £1.1m
- Deanston House LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Emerald Care Holdings Yorkshire LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Freedom Care and Support LtdFigures not disclosed
- G.R.S. (Care) LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Green Rose Care LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Inroads (Essex) LtdFigures not disclosed
- L H Social Care LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Oaklands Support LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Positive Care and Support LtdFigures not disclosed
- Swanton Care & Community (Andrew Frederick Care Homes) LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Swanton Care & Community (Glenpath Holdings) LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Swanton Care & Community (Maesteilo Care Homes) LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Swanton Care & Community (Southfield House Care Services) LimitedFigures not disclosed
- TCD (Holdings) LimitedRev. — · Profit £10.7m
- Values in Care (Holdings) 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 Dec 2025 (profit −£22.7m), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Aug 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
Updated from Companies House on 13 Oct 2026
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