ST Elizabeth Care Agency Ltd
Registered name: ST ELIZABETH CARE AGENCY LTD
Part of ST Elizabeth Hospice groupST Elizabeth Care Agency Ltd made £839k revenue and £9.6k profit in the year to 31 Mar 2026.
ST Elizabeth Care Agency Ltd’s revenue grew 4% to £839k in the year to 31 Mar 2026, with £9.6k profit and 36 employees. The company is classified under “social work activities without accommodation for the elderly and disabled” and is based in Ipswich; we hold 3 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Ipswich, East of England
- Age
- 13 yrs · since 2013
- 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 2024 | 31 Mar 2025 | 31 Mar 2026 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | |||
| Revenue (turnover) | £986k | £807k | £839k |
| Cost of sales | −£635k | −£482k | −£533k |
| Gross profit | £351k | £325k | £306k |
| Operating profit | £149k | £117k | £127k |
| Profit before tax | — | £117k | £127k |
| Profit after tax | £104k | £108k | £9.6k |
| Profit (best available) | £104k | £108k | £9.6k |
| Employees (average) | 46 | 36 | 36 |
| Ratios | |||
| Profit margin | 10.5% | 13.4% | 1.1% |
| Gross margin | 35.6% | 40.2% | 36.5% |
| Revenue per employee | £21.4k | £22.4k | £23.3k |
| Profit per employee | £2.3k | £3k | £268 |
| Growth (year on year) | |||
| Revenue growth | — | ▼18.2% | ▲4% |
| Profit growth | — | ▲4% | ▼91.1% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▼21.7% | 0% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | |||
| Net assets | — | — | — |
| Source | Accounts · bulk data Nov 2025 | Accounts · bulk data Nov 2025 | Accounts · bulk data Sep 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 1.1%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 36.5%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £23.3k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £268
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- —
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- —
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- —
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- —
- 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
- —
- Now —
- Cash at bank
- —
- Now —
- Headcount
- 0%
- Now 36
- Deferred income
- —
- Now —
- Fixed assets
- —
- Now —
Group structure
Ownership chain
- ST Elizabeth Hospiceultimate parent75–100%
- ST Elizabeth Care Agency Ltdthis company
Bands show the share of ownership each company holds in the one below it.
Sister companies (1)
- Hospice Trading (Ipswich) LimitedRev. £667k · Profit £51.2k
From the Persons with Significant Control register (corporate controllers only).
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Sources
Latest figures from accounts for the year to 31 Mar 2026 (profit £9.6k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Sep 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
Updated from Companies House on 11 Oct 2026
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