Gemcare South West Limited
Registered name: GEMCARE SOUTH WEST LIMITED
Part of Cera Care Limited groupGemcare South West Limited made £4.6m revenue and £659k profit in the year to 31 Dec 2025.
Gemcare South West Limited’s revenue was £4.6m in the year to 31 Dec 2025, with £659k profit. The company is classified under “other social work activities without accommodation” and is based in Stafford; we hold 5 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Stafford, West Midlands
- 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 Dec 2021 | 31 Dec 2022 | 31 Dec 2023 | 31 Dec 2024 | 31 Dec 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | No P&L | No P&L | No P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | |||||
| Revenue (turnover) | — | — | — | £4.6m | £4.6m |
| Cost of sales | — | — | — | −£3.4m | −£3.3m |
| Gross profit | — | — | — | £1.2m | £1.3m |
| Operating profit | — | — | — | £841k | £659k |
| Profit before tax | — | — | — | £841k | £659k |
| Profit after tax | — | — | — | £841k | £659k |
| Profit (best available) | — | — | — | £841k | £659k |
| Employees (average) | 287 | 274 | 115 | — | — |
| Ratios | |||||
| Profit margin | — | — | — | 18.2% | 14.3% |
| Gross margin | — | — | — | 26.1% | 27.7% |
| Growth (year on year) | |||||
| Revenue growth | — | — | — | — | ▼0.3% |
| Profit growth | — | — | — | — | ▼21.6% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▼4.5% | ▼58% | — | — |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | |||||
| Cash at bank | £244k | £815k | £222k | — | — |
| Net assets | £1.6m | £1.7m | £1.9m | — | — |
| Fixed assets | — | £2.8k | £5.2k | — | — |
| Current assets | £2.7m | £3.4m | £3.3m | — | — |
| Debtors | £2.4m | £7.2k | £137k | — | — |
| Deferred income | £433k | £149k | £22.2k | — | — |
| Source | Accounts · bulk data Mar 2024 | Accounts · bulk data Mar 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Sep 2024 | Accounts · bulk data Oct 2025 | Accounts · bulk data Oct 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 14.3%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 27.7%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- —
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- —
- 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
- —
- Now —
- Deferred income
- —
- Now —
- Fixed assets
- —
- Now —
Group structure
Ownership chain
- Cera Care Limitedultimate parent75–100%
- Cera Care Operations Holdings Limited75–100%
- Gemcare South West Limitedthis company
Bands show the share of ownership each company holds in the one below it.
Sister companies (21)
- Apex Prime Care Holdings LtdRev. £38.9m · Profit £1.5m
- First City Nursing Services LimitedRev. £25.8m · Profit £1.3m
- Alpenbest LimitedRev. £13.8m · Profit £417k
- Homecare4u LimitedRev. £8.9m · Profit £653k
- Care 1st LimitedRev. £5.9m · Profit £1.2m
- Apex Prime Care Group LtdRev. £136k · Profit −£1.3m
- Cera Care Central LimitedRev. £85.7k · Profit −£11.7m
- A1 Quality Home Care LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Allied Health Support LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Care at Home Services (South East) LimitedRev. — · Profit −£374k
- Care Quality Services LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Cera Care Carers LtdFigures not disclosed
- Cera Care Operations (Scotland) LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Cera Care Technology LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Cera Homecare LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Cera Housing C.I.C.Figures not disclosed
- Cera Virtual Care LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Home Healthcare Operations LimitedFigures not disclosed
- My Care (Holdings) LimitedRev. — · Profit £294k
- Premier Care LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Sugarman Health and Wellbeing LimitedFigures not disclosed
From the Persons with Significant Control register (corporate controllers only).
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Sources
Latest figures from accounts for the year to 31 Dec 2025 (profit £659k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Oct 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
Updated from Companies House on 17 Oct 2026
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