Portman Healthcare (Group) Limited
Registered name: PORTMAN HEALTHCARE (GROUP) LIMITED
Portman Healthcare (Group) Limited made £601m revenue and a £99.6m loss in the year to 30 Sep 2025.
Portman Healthcare (Group) Limited’s revenue grew 1% to £601m in the year to 30 Sep 2025, with a loss of £99.6m and 4,595 employees. The company is classified under “activities of other holding companies” and is based in Cheltenham; we hold 3 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Cheltenham, South West
- Age
- 8 yrs · since 2018
- 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 | 30 Sep 2023 | 30 Sep 2024 | 30 Sep 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | |||
| Revenue (turnover) | £436m | £597m | £601m |
| Cost of sales | −£233m | −£314m | −£315m |
| Gross profit | £203m | £283m | £286m |
| Operating profit | −£19.4m | £44.6m | £39.1m |
| Profit before tax | −£108m | −£96.1m | −£109m |
| Profit after tax | −£82.3m | −£71.9m | −£99.6m |
| Profit (best available) | −£82.3m | −£71.9m | −£99.6m |
| Employees (average) | 4,851 | 4,680 | 4,595 |
| Ratios | |||
| Profit margin | −18.9% | −12.1% | −16.6% |
| Gross margin | 46.6% | 47.4% | 47.6% |
| Revenue per employee | £89.8k | £127k | £131k |
| Profit per employee | −£17k | −£15.4k | −£21.7k |
| Growth (year on year) | |||
| Revenue growth | — | ▲36.9% | ▲0.7% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▼3.5% | ▼1.8% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | |||
| Net assets | — | — | — |
| Source | Accounts · bulk data May 2025 | Accounts · bulk data May 2025 | Accounts · bulk data Feb 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- −16.6%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 47.6%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £131k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- −£21.7k
- 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
- ▼2%
- Now 4,595
- Deferred income
- —
- Now —
- Fixed assets
- —
- Now —
Group structure
Subsidiaries (3)
- Dentex Healthcare Group LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Portman Healthcare LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Portmandentex LimitedFigures not disclosed
From the Persons with Significant Control register (corporate controllers only).
Sources
Latest figures from accounts for the year to 30 Sep 2025 (profit −£99.6m), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Feb 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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