ST Helens Pharmacy Limited
Registered name: ST HELENS PHARMACY LIMITED
ST Helens Pharmacy Limited made £22.7m revenue and £328k profit in the year to 30 Sep 2025.
ST Helens Pharmacy Limited’s revenue grew 18% to £22.7m in the year to 30 Sep 2025, with £328k profit and 156 employees. The company is classified under “dispensing chemist in specialised stores” and is based in ST Helens; we hold 3 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- ST Helens, North West
- 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 | 30 Sep 2023 | 30 Sep 2024 | 30 Sep 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | |||
| Revenue (turnover) | £18.4m | £19.2m | £22.7m |
| Cost of sales | −£12.3m | −£12.1m | −£14.6m |
| Gross profit | £6m | £7.1m | £8.1m |
| Operating profit | £709k | £1.3m | £1.7m |
| Profit before tax | £171k | £658k | £852k |
| Profit after tax | −£25.5k | £357k | £328k |
| Profit (best available) | −£25.5k | £357k | £328k |
| Employees (average) | 100 | 105 | 156 |
| Ratios | |||
| Profit margin | −0.1% | 1.9% | 1.4% |
| Gross margin | 32.9% | 36.9% | 35.8% |
| Revenue per employee | £184k | £183k | £146k |
| Profit per employee | −£255 | £3.4k | £2.1k |
| Growth (year on year) | |||
| Revenue growth | — | ▲4.5% | ▲18.3% |
| Profit growth | — | — | ▼8.3% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▲5% | ▲48.6% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | |||
| Net assets | — | — | — |
| Source | Accounts · bulk data Aug 2025 | Accounts · bulk data Aug 2025 | Accounts · bulk data Jul 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 1.4%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 35.8%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £146k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £2.1k
- 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
- ▲49%
- Now 156
- Deferred income
- —
- Now —
- Fixed assets
- —
- Now —
Group structure
Subsidiaries (10)
- Asp Holdings LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Eggborough Pharmacy LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Fishlocks LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Four Acre Chem LtdFigures not disclosed
- Gateacre Chemists LimitedFigures not disclosed
- JNP Holdings LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Mediward LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Shofin Management LtdFigures not disclosed
- Stellar Medical LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Sutton Pharmacy 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 30 Sep 2025 (profit £328k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Jul 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
Updated from Companies House on 15 Oct 2026
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