Forge Care Homes Limited
Registered name: FORGE CARE HOMES LIMITED
Part of FC Summerhill NH Ltd groupForge Care Homes Limited made £5m revenue and £72.4k profit in the year to 31 Mar 2025.
Forge Care Homes Limited’s revenue fell 3% to £5m in the year to 31 Mar 2025, with £72.4k profit and 134 employees. The company is classified under “residential nursing care facilities” and is based in Newport; we hold 2 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Newport, Wales
- Age
- 17 yrs · since 2009
- 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: “FC Summerhill NH 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 2024 | 31 Mar 2025 |
|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | ||
| Revenue (turnover) | £5.1m | £5m |
| Cost of sales | £3.9m | £3.9m |
| Gross profit | £1.3m | £1.1m |
| Operating profit | £779k | £341k |
| Profit before tax | £478k | £95.6k |
| Profit after tax | £454k | £72.4k |
| Profit (best available) | £454k | £72.4k |
| Staff costs | £3.1m | £3.6m |
| Employees (average) | 146 | 134 |
| Ratios | ||
| Profit margin | 8.9% | 1.5% |
| Gross margin | 24.6% | 22.1% |
| Revenue per employee | £35.1k | £37.1k |
| Profit per employee | £3.1k | £540 |
| Growth (year on year) | ||
| Revenue growth | — | ▼2.9% |
| Profit growth | — | ▼84.1% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▼8.2% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||
| Cash at bank | £1.9m | £1.3m |
| Net assets | £7m | £7m |
| Fixed assets | £8.3m | £8.3m |
| Current assets | £4.2m | £4.1m |
| Debtors | £188k | £193k |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Dec 2025 | FullAccounts · bulk data Dec 2025 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 1.5%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 22.1%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £37.1k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £540
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- —
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 167.1%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- —
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 3.9%
- 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
- ▲1%
- Now £7m
- Cash at bank
- ▼32%
- Now £1.3m
- Headcount
- ▼8%
- Now 134
- Deferred income
- —
- Now —
- Fixed assets
- ▼0%
- Now £8.3m
Group structure
Ownership chain
- FC Summerhill NH Ltdultimate parent75–100%
- Forge Care Homes Limitedthis company
Bands show the share of ownership each company holds in the one below it.
Sister companies (1)
- FC Mill Heath LtdFigures 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 £72.4k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Dec 2025. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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