Capstone Foster Care Limited
Registered name: CAPSTONE FOSTER CARE LIMITED
Part of Capstone Eot Trustee Limited groupCapstone Foster Care Limited made £30.3m revenue and £2.3m profit in the year to 31 Mar 2025.
Capstone Foster Care Limited’s revenue fell 9% to £30.3m in the year to 31 Mar 2025, with £2.3m profit and 6 employees. The company is classified under “other social work activities without accommodation” and is based in Worcestershire; we hold 4 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Worcestershire, West Midlands
- Age
- 19 yrs · since 2007
- 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
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) | £33.2m | £33.7m | £33.3m | £30.3m |
| Cost of sales | £17.5m | £17.5m | £16.9m | £15.8m |
| Gross profit | £15.7m | £16.2m | £16.4m | £14.5m |
| Operating profit | £3m | £4.5m | £4m | £1.7m |
| Profit before tax | £2.8m | £4.4m | £4m | £1.8m |
| Profit after tax | £3.5m | £6.2m | £44.4k | £2.3m |
| Profit (best available) | £3.5m | £6.2m | £44.4k | £2.3m |
| Staff costs | £1.9m | £2.1m | £2.3m | £2.2m |
| Employees (average) | 33 | 41 | 5 | 6 |
| Ratios | ||||
| Profit margin | 10.5% | 18.4% | 0.1% | 7.5% |
| Gross margin | 47.2% | 48% | 49.2% | 47.8% |
| Revenue per employee | £1m | £822k | £6.7m | £5m |
| Profit per employee | £106k | £152k | £8.9k | £381k |
| Cash conversion | 193.3% | 123.2% | 129.1% | 256.3% |
| Growth (year on year) | ||||
| Revenue growth | — | ▲1.4% | ▼1.2% | ▼9.1% |
| Profit growth | — | ▲78.2% | ▼99.3% | ▲5048% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▲24.2% | ▼87.8% | ▲20% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||||
| Cash at bank | £3m | £2.7m | £2.2m | — |
| Net assets | £25.5m | £29.8m | £25.8m | £25.3m |
| Fixed assets | £28.6m | £28.6m | £28.6m | £28.6m |
| Current assets | £6.3m | £8.4m | £7.2m | £6.6m |
| Debtors | £1.1m | £1.2m | £1.3m | £1.2m |
| Cash from operations | £5.7m | £5.5m | £5.2m | £4.4m |
| Source | Accounts · bulk data Dec 2023 | Accounts · bulk data Dec 2023 | Accounts · bulk data Nov 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Nov 2025 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 7.5%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 47.8%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £5m
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £381k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- 256.3%
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 94.5%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- —
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 4%
- 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 £25.3m
- Cash at bank
- —
- Now —
- Headcount
- ▲20%
- Now 6
- Deferred income
- —
- Now —
- Fixed assets
- ▼0%
- Now £28.6m
Group structure
Ownership chain
- Capstone Eot Trustee Limitedultimate parent75–100%
- Capstone Foster Care Limitedthis company
Bands show the share of ownership each company holds in the one below it.
Subsidiaries (6)
- Capstone Foster Care (South East) LimitedRev. £9.5m · Profit £682k
- Capstone Foster Care (North) LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Capstone Therapeutic Care (Midlands) LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Capstone Therapeutic Homes LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Vision Fostering Agency LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Welcome Foster Care 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 2025 (profit £2.3m), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Nov 2025. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
Updated from Companies House on 24 Oct 2026
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