Sunderland Care and Support Limited
Registered name: SUNDERLAND CARE AND SUPPORT LIMITED
Part of Sunderland City Council groupSunderland Care and Support Limited made £61.1m revenue and £126k profit in the year to 31 Mar 2025. read from filing text
Sunderland Care and Support Limited’s revenue grew 3% to £61.1m in the year to 31 Mar 2025, with £126k profit and 1,167 employees. The company is classified under “other social work activities without accommodation” and is based in Sunderland; we hold 4 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Sunderland, North East
- 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 undertaking is Sunderland City Council by virtue of its 100% shareholding in the company's immediate parent undertaking, Sunderland Care and Support (Holding Company) Limited. Ther”
Key figures
Badges are automated estimates derived from the filed figures — not statements of fact about the company.
Financial history
| Year to | 31 Mar 2022 | 31 Mar 2023 | 31 Mar 2024 | 31 Mar 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&Lread from filing text | Full P&Lread from filing text | Full P&Lread from filing text | Full P&Lread from filing text |
| Profit & loss | ||||
| Revenue (turnover) | £49.1m | £52.1m | £59.1m | £61.1m |
| Cost of sales | £48.3m | £50.6m | £55.4m | £57m |
| Gross profit | £870k | £1.5m | £3.6m | £4.1m |
| Operating profit | −£2.2m | −£1.8m | −£363k | −£29.7k |
| Profit before tax | −£3.1m | −£2.4m | £180k | £167k |
| Profit after tax | −£2.2m | £1.7m | £136k | £126k |
| Profit (best available) | −£2.2m | £1.7m | £136k | £126k |
| Staff costs | £40.7m | £43.5m | £46.5m | £48.2m |
| Employees (average) | 1,042 | 1,072 | 1,095 | 1,167 |
| Ratios | ||||
| Profit margin | −4.5% | 3.4% | 0.2% | 0.2% |
| Gross margin | 1.8% | 2.9% | 6.2% | 6.8% |
| Revenue per employee | £47.2k | £48.6k | £53.9k | £52.3k |
| Profit per employee | −£2.1k | £1.6k | £124 | £108 |
| Growth (year on year) | ||||
| Revenue growth | — | ▲6.1% | ▲13.3% | ▲3.4% |
| Profit growth | — | — | ▼92.2% | ▼6.9% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▲2.9% | ▲2.1% | ▲6.6% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||||
| Cash at bank | £0 | £185k | £0 | £1.7m |
| Net assets | −£19.4m | £8.4m | £2.7m | £1.4m |
| Current assets | £13.4m | £5.1m | £6m | £6.2m |
| Debtors | £550k | £316k | £443k | £743k |
| Cash from operations | £1.5m | −£1.7m | £251k | −£1.7m |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Nov 2023 | FullAccounts · bulk data Nov 2023 | FullAccounts · bulk data Nov 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Oct 2025 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 0.2%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 6.8%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £52.3k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £108
- 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
- 1.2%
- 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
- ▼46%
- Now £1.4m
- Cash at bank
- —
- Now £1.7m
- Headcount
- ▲7%
- Now 1,167
- Deferred income
- —
- Now —
- Fixed assets
- —
- Now —
Group structure
Ownership chain
- Sunderland City Council (registered outside the UK register)ultimate parent75–100%
- Sunderland Care and Support (Holding Company) Limited75–100%
- Sunderland Care and Support Limitedthis company
Bands show the share of ownership each company holds in the one below it.
From the Persons with Significant Control register (corporate controllers only).
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Sources
Latest figures from FullAccounts for the year to 31 Mar 2025 (profit £126k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Oct 2025. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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