Absm Healthcare Ltd
Registered name: ABSM HEALTHCARE LTD
Part of Absm Holdings Ltd groupAbsm Healthcare Ltd made £42m revenue and £3.6m profit in the year to 30 Sep 2025. read from filing text
Absm Healthcare Ltd’s revenue grew 134% to £42m in the year to 30 Sep 2025, with £3.6m profit and 48 employees. The company is classified under “dispensing chemist in specialised stores” and is based in Bristol; we hold 4 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Bristol, South West
- 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. From the filing: “The ultimate parent is ABSM Holdings Limited a company incorporated in England and Wales.”
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 | 30 Sep 2023 | 30 Sep 2024 | 30 Sep 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | No P&L | Profit only | Full P&Lread from filing text | Full P&Lread from filing text |
| Profit & loss | ||||
| Revenue (turnover) | — | — | £17.9m | £42m |
| Cost of sales | — | — | £9.8m | £29.7m |
| Gross profit | — | — | £8.1m | £12.3m |
| Operating profit | — | — | £2.4m | £4.6m |
| Profit before tax | — | — | £2.4m | £4.6m |
| Profit after tax | — | £1m | £1.8m | £3.6m |
| Profit (best available) | — | £1m | £1.8m | £3.6m |
| Staff costs | — | — | £1.8m | £2.7m |
| Employees (average) | 21 | 33 | 40 | 48 |
| Ratios | ||||
| Profit margin | — | — | 10.3% | 8.5% |
| Gross margin | — | — | 45.3% | 29.2% |
| Revenue per employee | — | — | £448k | £875k |
| Profit per employee | — | £31.4k | £46.1k | £74.2k |
| Growth (year on year) | ||||
| Revenue growth | — | — | — | ▲134.4% |
| Profit growth | — | — | ▲78% | ▲93.3% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▲57.1% | ▲21.2% | ▲20% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||||
| Cash at bank | £653k | £1.4m | £704k | £7m |
| Net assets | £2.2m | £2.9m | £4.7m | £8.1m |
| Fixed assets | £611k | £566k | £1.5m | £2.3m |
| Current assets | £3.2m | £4.2m | £6.6m | £17.1m |
| Debtors | £518k | £577k | £762k | £2.4m |
| Deferred income | — | — | £200k | £356k |
| Source | FilletedAccounts · bulk data Jun 2024 | FilletedAccounts · bulk data Jun 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Jun 2025 | FullAccounts · bulk data Jun 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 8.5%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 29.2%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £875k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £74.2k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- —
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 5.5%
- 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
- 5.6%
- 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
- ▲72%
- Now £8.1m
- Cash at bank
- ▲899%
- Now £7m
- Headcount
- ▲20%
- Now 48
- Deferred income
- ▲78%
- Now £356k
- Fixed assets
- ▲52%
- Now £2.3m
Deferred income is reported together with accruals in this filing (“accruals and deferred income”), so it is an approximate signal only.
Group structure
Ownership chain
- Absm Holdings Ltdultimate parent75–100%
- Absm Healthcare Ltdthis company
Bands show the share of ownership each company holds in the one below it.
Subsidiaries (1)
- Red Label Medical LimitedRev. — · Profit £8.7k
From the Persons with Significant Control register (corporate controllers only).
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Sources
Latest figures from FullAccounts for the year to 30 Sep 2025 (profit £3.6m), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Jun 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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