Moving Up Care Limited
Registered name: MOVING UP CARE LIMITED
Part of The Royle Trust Limited groupMoving Up Care Limited made £13.9m revenue and £1.2m profit in the year to 31 Oct 2024.
Moving Up Care Limited’s revenue grew 8% to £13.9m in the year to 31 Oct 2024, with £1.2m profit and 3 employees. The company is classified under “other residential care activities” and is based in ST Helens; we hold 3 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- ST Helens, North West
- Age
- 17 yrs · since 2009
- Type
- Private Limited Company
Pass-through vehicle. This looks like a holding, staffing or umbrella company. Its revenue and profit may largely pass through to or from other entities, so the figures may not reflect a standalone operating business. It is excluded from our opportunity lists.
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: “Making Life Happen Limited”
Key figures
Badges are automated estimates derived from the filed figures — not statements of fact about the company.
Financial history
| Year to | 31 Oct 2022 | 31 Oct 2023 | 31 Oct 2024 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | No P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | |||
| Revenue (turnover) | — | £12.9m | £13.9m |
| Cost of sales | — | £2.3m | £3.1m |
| Gross profit | — | £10.6m | £10.9m |
| Operating profit | — | £3.1m | £2m |
| Profit before tax | — | £3.1m | £2m |
| Profit after tax | — | £2.5m | £1.2m |
| Profit (best available) | — | £2.5m | £1.2m |
| Employees (average) | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| Ratios | |||
| Profit margin | — | 19.5% | 8.7% |
| Gross margin | — | 82.1% | 78% |
| Revenue per employee | — | — | £4.6m |
| Profit per employee | — | — | £402k |
| Growth (year on year) | |||
| Revenue growth | — | — | ▲8.2% |
| Profit growth | — | — | ▼51.9% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | |||
| Cash at bank | £725k | £1.9m | £1.7m |
| Net assets | £11.2m | £14.6m | £12.1m |
| Fixed assets | £11.2k | £7.5k | £5k |
| Current assets | £11.8m | £15.3m | £12.9m |
| Debtors | £226k | £226k | £1.9m |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Apr 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Apr 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Jan 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 8.7%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 78%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £4.6m
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £402k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- —
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 0%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- —
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 13.7%
- 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
- ▼17%
- Now £12.1m
- Cash at bank
- ▼8%
- Now £1.7m
- Headcount
- —
- Now 3
- Deferred income
- —
- Now —
- Fixed assets
- ▼33%
- Now £5k
Group structure
Ownership chain
- The Royle Trust Limitedultimate parent50–75%
- Making Life Happen Limited75–100%
- Moving Up Care Limitedthis company
Bands show the share of ownership each company holds in the one below it.
Sister companies (1)
- Providing 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 Oct 2024 (profit £1.2m), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Jan 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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