Bridges Care and Education Limited
Registered name: BRIDGES CARE AND EDUCATION LIMITED
Part of Thompson Taraz Group PLC groupBridges Care and Education Limited made £24.4m revenue and a £359k loss in the year to 31 Aug 2025.
Bridges Care and Education Limited’s revenue grew 91% to £24.4m in the year to 31 Aug 2025, with a loss of £359k and 328 employees. The company is classified under “other education” and is based in Hythe; we hold 4 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Hythe, South East
- Age
- 6 yrs · since 2020
- 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: “Pulford Trading Limited”
Key figures
Badges are automated estimates derived from the filed figures — not statements of fact about the company.
Financial history
| Year to | 31 Aug 2022 | 31 Aug 2023 | 31 Aug 2024 | 31 Aug 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | ||||
| Revenue (turnover) | £3.2m | £7m | £12.8m | £24.4m |
| Cost of sales | £1.5m | £3.3m | £5.8m | £10.3m |
| Gross profit | £1.7m | £3.7m | £7m | £14.2m |
| Operating profit | −£986k | −£1.5m | −£206k | £3m |
| Profit before tax | −£1.8m | −£4.3m | −£5.6m | −£3.8m |
| Profit after tax | −£57.4k | −£224k | −£278k | −£359k |
| Profit (best available) | −£57.4k | −£224k | −£278k | −£359k |
| Staff costs | £2.4m | £5.1m | £8.5m | £14.7m |
| Employees (average) | 65 | 117 | 192 | 328 |
| Ratios | ||||
| Profit margin | −1.8% | −3.2% | −2.2% | −1.5% |
| Gross margin | 53.6% | 53.2% | 55% | 58% |
| Revenue per employee | £49.5k | £59.6k | £66.6k | £74.4k |
| Profit per employee | −£883 | −£1.9k | −£1.4k | −£1.1k |
| Cash conversion | — | — | — | 124.9% |
| Growth (year on year) | ||||
| Revenue growth | — | ▲116.7% | ▲83.4% | ▲90.8% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▲80% | ▲64.1% | ▲70.8% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||||
| Cash at bank | £876k | £2.9m | £6.2m | — |
| Net assets | £61.9k | −£125k | −£403k | −£762k |
| Fixed assets | £10.9m | £26.8m | £35.7m | £52.4m |
| Current assets | £1.8m | £4.3m | £9.2m | £9.3m |
| Debtors | £44.7k | £913k | £2.3m | £5.1m |
| Cash from operations | −£264k | £928k | £3.4m | £3.8m |
| Source | Accounts · bulk data May 2024 | Accounts · bulk data May 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Apr 2025 | FullAccounts · bulk data May 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- −1.5%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 58%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £74.4k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- −£1.1k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- 124.9%
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 214.7%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- —
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 20.8%
- 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 −£762k
- Cash at bank
- —
- Now —
- Headcount
- ▲71%
- Now 328
- Deferred income
- —
- Now —
- Fixed assets
- ▲47%
- Now £52.4m
Group structure
Ownership chain
- Thompson Taraz Group PLCultimate parent75–100%
- Thompson Taraz Depositary Limited75–100%
- TT Nominees Limited75–100%
- Pulford Trading Limited75–100%
- Bridges Care and Education Limitedthis company
Bands show the share of ownership each company holds in the one below it.
Subsidiaries (1)
- Spaghetti Bridge LtdRev. £24.4m · Profit −£777k
Sister companies (15)
- Mysa Care (Holdco) LimitedRev. £21m · Profit −£6.9m
- Lighthouse Funerals Topco LimitedRev. £5.3m · Profit −£1.2m
- Autumn Topco LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Chalk Nursery Holdings LimitedRev. — · Profit −£50.8k
- Downing Development Finance (Harlow) LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Downing Wholesale Finance LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Fortava Healthcare Topco LimitedFigures not disclosed
- HB SP LLPFigures not disclosed
- Magnus Fibre Company LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Pelham House Lewes LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Priory CC71 LimitedFigures not disclosed
- PSTL Topco LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Shell Care Holdco LimitedFigures not disclosed
- ST Chad's (Birmingham) Holdings LimitedFigures not disclosed
- The Fleet Care Home Topco LimitedFigures not disclosed
From the Persons with Significant Control register (corporate controllers only).
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Sources
Latest figures from FullAccounts for the year to 31 Aug 2025 (profit −£359k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published May 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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