First Cheltenham Care Limited
Registered name: FIRST CHELTENHAM CARE LIMITED
First Cheltenham Care Limited made £6.4m revenue and £1.3m profit in the year to 31 Aug 2025.
First Cheltenham Care Limited’s revenue grew 12% to £6.4m in the year to 31 Aug 2025, with £1.3m profit and 110 employees. The company is classified under “residential nursing care facilities” and is based in London; we hold 4 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- London, London
- Age
- 13 yrs · since 2013
- 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 Aug 2022 | 31 Aug 2023 | 31 Aug 2024 | 31 Aug 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | ||||
| Revenue (turnover) | £4m | £4.8m | £5.7m | £6.4m |
| Cost of sales | £1.8m | £2.2m | £2.8m | £3.2m |
| Gross profit | £2.2m | £2.6m | £2.9m | £3.2m |
| Operating profit | £1.7m | £1.8m | £2.1m | £2.4m |
| Profit before tax | £1.5m | £1.6m | £1.6m | £1.8m |
| Profit after tax | £1.2m | £1.3m | £1.1m | £1.3m |
| Profit (best available) | £1.2m | £1.3m | £1.1m | £1.3m |
| Staff costs | £1.8m | £2.2m | £2.9m | £3.2m |
| Employees (average) | 86 | 105 | 111 | 110 |
| Ratios | ||||
| Profit margin | 31% | 26.5% | 19% | 19.7% |
| Gross margin | 55.3% | 53.8% | 50.3% | 50.1% |
| Revenue per employee | £46.8k | £45.3k | £51.4k | £58k |
| Profit per employee | £14.5k | £12k | £9.8k | £11.4k |
| Cash conversion | 96.5% | 56.9% | −123% | 105.5% |
| Growth (year on year) | ||||
| Revenue growth | — | ▲18.2% | ▲20% | ▲11.9% |
| Profit growth | — | ▲0.8% | ▼13.8% | ▲15.8% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▲22.1% | ▲5.7% | ▼0.9% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||||
| Cash at bank | £1.9m | £1.8m | £691k | £3m |
| Net assets | £2.2m | £3.5m | £4.6m | £5.8m |
| Fixed assets | £3.5m | £3.8m | £3.8m | £3.8m |
| Current assets | £4.6m | £6.9m | £10.3m | £12.7m |
| Debtors | £187k | £658k | £198k | £217k |
| Cash from operations | £1.6m | £1.1m | −£2.5m | £2.5m |
| Source | Accounts · bulk data May 2024 | Accounts · bulk data May 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Apr 2025 | FullAccounts · bulk data May 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 19.7%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 50.1%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £58k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £11.4k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- 105.5%
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 59.7%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- —
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 3.4%
- 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
- ▲28%
- Now £5.8m
- Cash at bank
- ▲331%
- Now £3m
- Headcount
- ▼1%
- Now 110
- Deferred income
- —
- Now —
- Fixed assets
- ▼1%
- Now £3.8m
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Sources
Latest figures from FullAccounts for the year to 31 Aug 2025 (profit £1.3m), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published May 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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