ST Albans Care Limited
Registered name: ST ALBANS CARE LIMITED
ST Albans Care Limited made £6.1m revenue and £1.3m profit in the year to 30 Apr 2025.
ST Albans Care Limited’s revenue fell 1% to £6.1m in the year to 30 Apr 2025, with £1.3m profit and 90 employees. The company is classified under “residential nursing care facilities” and is based in ST. Albans; we hold 4 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- ST. Albans, East of England
- Age
- 7 yrs · since 2018
- 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 Apr 2022 | 30 Apr 2023 | 30 Apr 2024 | 30 Apr 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | ||||
| Revenue (turnover) | £4.3m | £5.2m | £6.2m | £6.1m |
| Cost of sales | £1.7m | £2.3m | £2.5m | £2.6m |
| Gross profit | £2.7m | £2.9m | £3.7m | £3.6m |
| Operating profit | £1.9m | £1.9m | £2.4m | £2.1m |
| Profit before tax | £1.7m | £1.7m | £2.1m | £1.9m |
| Profit after tax | £1.4m | £1.3m | £1.5m | £1.3m |
| Profit (best available) | £1.4m | £1.3m | £1.5m | £1.3m |
| Staff costs | £1.9m | £2.4m | £2.9m | £2.9m |
| Employees (average) | 74 | 86 | 92 | 90 |
| Ratios | ||||
| Profit margin | 31.2% | 25% | 24.9% | 21.7% |
| Gross margin | 61.4% | 56.2% | 59% | 58.3% |
| Revenue per employee | £58.7k | £61k | £67.3k | £68k |
| Profit per employee | £18.3k | £15.3k | £16.8k | £14.8k |
| Cash conversion | −100% | −123.7% | −113.3% | −111.5% |
| Growth (year on year) | ||||
| Revenue growth | — | ▲20.8% | ▲18% | ▼1.1% |
| Profit growth | — | ▼3.3% | ▲17.6% | ▼13.8% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▲16.2% | ▲7% | ▼2.2% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||||
| Cash at bank | £3.5m | £2.1m | £2.1m | £4.5m |
| Net assets | £1.5m | £2.9m | £4.4m | £5.7m |
| Fixed assets | £9.6m | £10.1m | £10m | £9.7m |
| Current assets | £3.7m | £2.4m | £2.3m | £4.7m |
| Debtors | £185k | £273k | £167k | £163k |
| Deferred income | £41.6k | £69.3k | £61.5k | £36.2k |
| Cash from operations | −£1.9m | −£2.3m | −£2.7m | −£2.4m |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Jan 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Jan 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Jan 2025 | FullAccounts · bulk data Jan 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 21.7%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 58.3%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £68k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £14.8k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- −111.5%
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 159.1%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- 0.6%
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 2.7%
- 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
- ▲30%
- Now £5.7m
- Cash at bank
- ▲118%
- Now £4.5m
- Headcount
- ▼2%
- Now 90
- Deferred income
- ▼41%
- Now £36.2k
- Fixed assets
- ▼2%
- Now £9.7m
Deferred income is reported together with accruals in this filing (“accruals and deferred income”), so it is an approximate signal only.
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Sources
Latest figures from FullAccounts for the year to 30 Apr 2025 (profit £1.3m), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Jan 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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