Apex Prime Care Group Ltd
Registered name: APEX PRIME CARE GROUP LTD
Part of Cera Care Limited groupApex Prime Care Group Ltd made £136k revenue and a £1.3m loss in the year to 31 Dec 2024.
Apex Prime Care Group Ltd’s revenue fell 81% to £136k in the year to 31 Dec 2024, with a loss of £1.3m and 3 employees. The company is classified under “activities of other holding companies” and is based in Colchester; we hold 4 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Colchester, East of England
- Age
- 6 yrs · since 2020
- 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.
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.
Key figures
Badges are automated estimates derived from the filed figures — not statements of fact about the company.
Financial history
| Year to | 31 Jan 2022 | 31 Dec 2022 | 31 Dec 2023 | 31 Dec 2024 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | No P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | ||||
| Revenue (turnover) | — | £206k | £730k | £136k |
| Gross profit | — | — | £730k | £136k |
| Operating profit | — | — | −£59.7k | −£1.3m |
| Profit before tax | — | −£8.3k | −£61.4k | — |
| Profit after tax | — | −£8.3k | −£61.4k | −£1.3m |
| Profit (best available) | — | −£8.3k | −£61.4k | −£1.3m |
| Staff costs | — | £170k | £530k | £201k |
| Employees (average) | 0 | 10 | 10 | 3 |
| Ratios | ||||
| Profit margin | — | −4% | −8.4% | −983% |
| Gross margin | — | — | 100% | 100% |
| Revenue per employee | — | £20.6k | £73k | £45.3k |
| Profit per employee | — | −£828 | −£6.1k | −£445k |
| Growth (year on year) | ||||
| Revenue growth | — | — | ▲254.3% | ▼81.4% |
| Headcount growth | — | — | 0% | ▼70% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||||
| Cash at bank | £0 | £35k | £10.7k | £22.3k |
| Net assets | £1 | −£6.3k | −£67.7k | −£1.4m |
| Fixed assets | — | — | £1.3m | £111k |
| Current assets | £1 | £2.1m | £2.1m | £1.9m |
| Debtors | £0 | £23.1k | £0 | £1.9m |
| Source | Accounts · bulk data Dec 2023 | Accounts · bulk data Dec 2023 | FullAccounts · bulk data Sep 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Sep 2025 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- −983%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 100%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £45.3k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- −£445k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- —
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 81.8%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- —
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 1415%
- 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 −£1.4m
- Cash at bank
- ▲108%
- Now £22.3k
- Headcount
- ▼70%
- Now 3
- Deferred income
- —
- Now —
- Fixed assets
- ▼92%
- Now £111k
Group structure
Ownership chain
- Cera Care Limitedultimate parent75–100%
- Cera Care Operations Holdings Limited75–100%
- Apex Prime Care Group Ltdthis company
Bands show the share of ownership each company holds in the one below it.
Subsidiaries (4)
- Apex Prime Care (Iow) LtdFigures not disclosed
- Apex Prime Care East LtdFigures not disclosed
- Apex Prime Care North LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Apex Prime Care West LtdFigures not disclosed
Sister companies (21)
- Apex Prime Care Holdings LtdRev. £38.9m · Profit £1.5m
- First City Nursing Services LimitedRev. £25.8m · Profit £1.3m
- Alpenbest LimitedRev. £13.8m · Profit £417k
- Homecare4u LimitedRev. £8.9m · Profit £653k
- Care 1st LimitedRev. £5.9m · Profit £1.2m
- Cera Care Central LimitedRev. £85.7k · Profit −£11.7m
- A1 Quality Home Care LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Allied Health Support LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Care at Home Services (South East) LimitedRev. — · Profit −£374k
- Care Quality Services LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Cera Care Carers LtdFigures not disclosed
- Cera Care Operations (Scotland) LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Cera Care Technology LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Cera Homecare LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Cera Housing C.I.C.Figures not disclosed
- Cera Virtual Care LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Gemcare South West LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Home Healthcare Operations LimitedFigures not disclosed
- My Care (Holdings) LimitedRev. — · Profit £294k
- Premier Care LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Sugarman Health and Wellbeing LimitedFigures not disclosed
From the Persons with Significant Control register (corporate controllers only).
Sources
Latest figures from FullAccounts for the year to 31 Dec 2024 (profit −£1.3m), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Sep 2025. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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