Mref IV Care Holdings Limited
Registered name: MREF IV CARE HOLDINGS LIMITED
Part of Stessa Trading Limited groupMref IV Care Holdings Limited made £21.3m revenue and a £38.7k loss in the year to 31 Dec 2024.
Mref IV Care Holdings Limited’s revenue grew 11% to £21.3m in the year to 31 Dec 2024, with a loss of £38.7k and 420 employees. The company is classified under “residential care activities for the elderly and disabled” and is based in London; we hold 3 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- London, London
- 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. From the filing: “MREF IV GP Limited”
Key figures
Badges are automated estimates derived from the filed figures — not statements of fact about the company.
Financial history
| Year to | 31 Dec 2022 | 31 Dec 2023 | 31 Dec 2024 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | |||
| Revenue (turnover) | £17.3m | £19.2m | £21.3m |
| Cost of sales | £11m | £12.1m | £12.8m |
| Gross profit | £6.2m | £7.1m | £8.5m |
| Operating profit | £1.2m | £1.7m | £2.4m |
| Profit before tax | −£2.3m | £1.8m | £1.4m |
| Profit after tax | £146 | £715 | −£38.7k |
| Profit (best available) | £146 | £715 | −£38.7k |
| Staff costs | £7.8m | £10.8m | £12.2m |
| Employees (average) | 327 | 403 | 420 |
| Ratios | |||
| Profit margin | 0% | 0% | −0.2% |
| Gross margin | 36% | 36.9% | 39.7% |
| Revenue per employee | £52.8k | £47.6k | £50.7k |
| Profit per employee | £0 | £2 | −£92 |
| Cash conversion | 168.5% | 173.4% | 114.3% |
| Growth (year on year) | |||
| Revenue growth | — | ▲11.1% | ▲11.2% |
| Profit growth | — | ▲389.7% | ▼5506% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▲23.2% | ▲4.2% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | |||
| Cash at bank | £2m | — | — |
| Net assets | £10.1k | £10.8k | −£27.8k |
| Fixed assets | £43.2m | £44.6m | £47.2m |
| Current assets | £17.5m | £20m | £20m |
| Debtors | £470k | £528k | £1.5m |
| Cash from operations | £2.1m | £3m | £2.8m |
| Source | Accounts · bulk data Jul 2024 | Accounts · bulk data Jul 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Sep 2025 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- −0.2%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 39.7%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £50.7k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- −£92
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- 114.3%
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 221.8%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- —
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 7.1%
- 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
- ▼357%
- Now −£27.8k
- Cash at bank
- —
- Now —
- Headcount
- ▲4%
- Now 420
- Deferred income
- —
- Now —
- Fixed assets
- ▲6%
- Now £47.2m
Group structure
Ownership chain
- Stessa Trading Limitedultimate parent75–100%
- Stessa Holdings Limited75–100%
- Stessa Limited75–100%
- Moorfield Group Limited75–100%
- Mref IV GP Limited75–100%
- Mref IV Care Holdings Limitedthis company
Bands show the share of ownership each company holds in the one below it.
Subsidiaries (1)
- NF Care Holdings LimitedRev. £0 · Profit −£653k
Sister companies (6)
- Mref IV Ash LimitedRev. £6.2m · Profit £1.2m
- Moorfield Residential Holdings LtdFigures not disclosed
- Moorfield Student Housing LimitedRev. — · Profit −£940k
- Mref IV Colchester Holdings LimitedRev. — · Profit −£9k
- Mref IV Ealing Holdings LimitedRev. — · Profit −£13k
- Mref IV Storage Holdings LimitedRev. — · Profit −£14k
From the Persons with Significant Control register (corporate controllers only).
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Sources
Latest figures from FullAccounts for the year to 31 Dec 2024 (profit −£38.7k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Sep 2025. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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