Regal Care Trading Ltd
Registered name: REGAL CARE TRADING LTD
Regal Care Trading Ltd made £23.2m revenue and £678k profit in the year to 31 Oct 2025.
Regal Care Trading Ltd’s revenue grew 3% to £23.2m in the year to 31 Oct 2025, with £678k profit and 480 employees. The company is classified under “residential nursing care facilities” and is based in Orpington; we hold 4 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Orpington, London
- Age
- 14 yrs · since 2012
- 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 | 30 Sep 2022 | 31 Oct 2023 | 31 Oct 2024 | 31 Oct 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | ||||
| Revenue (turnover) | £18m | £21.2m | £22.5m | £23.2m |
| Cost of sales | £12.4m | £14m | £14.4m | £15.6m |
| Gross profit | £5.6m | £7.2m | £8.1m | £7.6m |
| Operating profit | £1.2m | £1.1m | £2.3m | £898k |
| Profit before tax | £1.2m | £1.1m | £2.3m | £898k |
| Profit after tax | £1m | £882k | £1.7m | £678k |
| Profit (best available) | £1m | £882k | £1.7m | £678k |
| Staff costs | £9.1m | £11.6m | £11.6m | £13m |
| Employees (average) | 469 | 509 | 489 | 480 |
| Ratios | ||||
| Profit margin | 5.6% | 4.2% | 7.7% | 2.9% |
| Gross margin | 31.3% | 33.9% | 36.2% | 32.8% |
| Revenue per employee | £38.4k | £41.7k | £46k | £48.3k |
| Profit per employee | £2.2k | £1.7k | £3.5k | £1.4k |
| Cash conversion | 19.1% | −63.7% | 46.9% | 85.1% |
| Growth (year on year) | ||||
| Revenue growth | — | ▲17.7% | ▲6.1% | ▲3.1% |
| Profit growth | — | ▼12.8% | ▲96.4% | ▼60.9% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▲8.5% | ▼3.9% | ▼1.8% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||||
| Cash at bank | £492k | £546k | £1.5m | £1.9m |
| Net assets | £3.5m | £4.3m | £6.1m | £6.7m |
| Fixed assets | £200k | £238k | £202k | £312k |
| Current assets | £8.4m | £8.7m | £10.6m | £10.6m |
| Debtors | £1.4m | £1.1m | £1.1m | £1.2m |
| Deferred income | £999k | £962k | £357k | £201k |
| Cash from operations | £237k | −£707k | £1.1m | £764k |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Jul 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Jul 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Jul 2025 | FullAccounts · bulk data Jul 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 2.9%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 32.8%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £48.3k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £1.4k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- 85.1%
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 1.3%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- 0.9%
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 5%
- 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
- ▲10%
- Now £6.7m
- Cash at bank
- ▲27%
- Now £1.9m
- Headcount
- ▼2%
- Now 480
- Deferred income
- ▼44%
- Now £201k
- Fixed assets
- ▲55%
- Now £312k
Deferred income is reported together with accruals in this filing (“accruals and deferred income”), so it is an approximate signal only.
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Sources
Latest figures from FullAccounts for the year to 31 Oct 2025 (profit £678k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Jul 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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