Cera Care Limited
Registered name: CERA CARE LIMITED
Cera Care Limited made £333m revenue and a £30.6m loss in the year to 31 Dec 2025.
Cera Care Limited’s revenue grew 22% to £333m in the year to 31 Dec 2025, with a loss of £30.6m and 13,457 employees. The company is classified under “activities of head offices” and is based in London; we hold 3 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- London, London
- Age
- 10 yrs · since 2015
- Type
- Private Limited Company
Pass-through vehicle. This looks like a holding, staffing or umbrella company. Its revenue and profit may largely pass through to or from other entities, so the figures may not reflect a standalone operating business. It is excluded from our opportunity lists.
Key figures
Badges are automated estimates derived from the filed figures — not statements of fact about the company.
Financial history
| Year to | 31 Dec 2023 | 31 Dec 2024 | 31 Dec 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | |||
| Revenue (turnover) | £225m | £273m | £333m |
| Cost of sales | −£167m | −£197m | −£243m |
| Gross profit | £58.5m | £76.5m | £90.1m |
| Operating profit | −£33m | −£25.9m | −£27.4m |
| Profit before tax | −£38.5m | −£35.3m | −£38.3m |
| Profit after tax | −£38.6m | −£34.8m | −£30.6m |
| Profit (best available) | −£38.6m | −£34.8m | −£30.6m |
| Employees (average) | 9,038 | 9,344 | 13,457 |
| Ratios | |||
| Profit margin | −17.2% | −12.7% | −9.2% |
| Gross margin | 26% | 28% | 27.1% |
| Revenue per employee | £24.9k | £29.2k | £24.7k |
| Profit per employee | −£4.3k | −£3.7k | −£2.3k |
| Growth (year on year) | |||
| Revenue growth | — | ▲21.4% | ▲21.8% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▲3.4% | ▲44% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | |||
| Net assets | — | — | — |
| Source | Accounts · bulk data Sep 2025 | Accounts · bulk data Sep 2025 | Accounts · bulk data Sep 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- −9.2%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 27.1%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £24.7k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- −£2.3k
- 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
- ▲44%
- Now 13,457
- Deferred income
- —
- Now —
- Fixed assets
- —
- Now —
Group structure
Subsidiaries (1)
- Cera Care Operations Holdings LimitedFigures not disclosed
From the Persons with Significant Control register (corporate controllers only).
Sources
Latest figures from accounts for the year to 31 Dec 2025 (profit −£30.6m), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Sep 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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