Hermes Care Ltd
Registered name: HERMES CARE LTD
Hermes Care Ltd made £10m revenue and £359k profit in the year to 31 Mar 2025. read from filing text
Hermes Care Ltd’s revenue grew 19% to £10m in the year to 31 Mar 2025, with £359k profit and 44 employees. The company is classified under “residential nursing care facilities” and is based in Chesterfield; we hold 4 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Chesterfield, Yorkshire and The Humber
- Age
- 15 yrs · since 2010
- Type
- Private Limited Company
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 | Profit only | Profit only | Full P&Lread from filing text | Full P&Lread from filing text |
| Profit & loss | ||||
| Revenue (turnover) | — | — | £8.4m | £10m |
| Cost of sales | £5.4m | £6.2m | £6.6m | £7.6m |
| Gross profit | — | — | £1.8m | £2.4m |
| Operating profit | — | — | £553k | £870k |
| Profit before tax | — | — | £272k | £508k |
| Profit after tax | £822k | £567k | £694k | £359k |
| Profit (best available) | £822k | £567k | £694k | £359k |
| Staff costs | £744k | £862k | £1.1m | £1.1m |
| Employees (average) | 49 | 49 | 47 | 44 |
| Ratios | ||||
| Profit margin | — | — | 8.3% | 3.6% |
| Gross margin | — | — | 21.2% | 23.9% |
| Revenue per employee | — | — | £178k | £226k |
| Profit per employee | £16.8k | £11.6k | £14.8k | £8.2k |
| Cash conversion | — | — | −149.8% | −173.6% |
| Growth (year on year) | ||||
| Revenue growth | — | — | — | ▲18.8% |
| Profit growth | — | ▼31% | ▲22.4% | ▼48.2% |
| Headcount growth | — | 0% | ▼4.1% | ▼6.4% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||||
| Cash at bank | £121k | £182k | £142k | £362k |
| Net assets | £1.9m | £2.4m | £2.1m | £2.3m |
| Fixed assets | £7.2m | £7.3m | £6.3m | £8.7m |
| Current assets | £1.4m | £1.5m | £1.7m | £1.4m |
| Debtors | £108k | £64.7k | £158k | £142k |
| Deferred income | £26.1k | £33.3k | £26.9k | £244k |
| Cash from operations | −£956k | −£909k | −£827k | −£1.5m |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Dec 2023 | FullAccounts · bulk data Dec 2023 | FullAccounts · bulk data Nov 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Nov 2025 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 3.6%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 23.9%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £226k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £8.2k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- −173.6%
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 87.1%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- 2.5%
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 1.4%
- 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
- ▲7%
- Now £2.3m
- Cash at bank
- ▲154%
- Now £362k
- Headcount
- ▼6%
- Now 44
- Deferred income
- ▲807%
- Now £244k
- Fixed assets
- ▲38%
- Now £8.7m
Deferred income is reported together with accruals in this filing (“accruals and deferred income”), so it is an approximate signal only.
Group structure
Subsidiaries (3)
- Ackroyd House LimitedRev. — · Profit £176k
- Beech Lodge LimitedRev. — · Profit £274k
- S & S Healthcare LimitedRev. — · Profit £287k
Minority corporate shareholders
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 £359k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Nov 2025. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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