Cera Care Central Limited
Registered name: CERA CARE CENTRAL LIMITED
Part of Cera Care Limited groupCera Care Central Limited made £85.7k revenue and a £11.7m loss in the year to 31 Jan 2023.
Cera Care Central Limited’s revenue was £85.7k in the year to 31 Jan 2023, with a loss of £11.7m and 69 employees. The company is classified under “other information technology service activities” and is based in Colchester.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Colchester, East of England
- Age
- 4 yrs · since 2022
- 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.
Key figures
Badges are automated estimates derived from the filed figures — not statements of fact about the company.
Financial history
| Year to | 31 Jan 2023 |
|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | |
| Revenue (turnover) | £85.7k |
| Gross profit | £85.7k |
| Operating profit | −£11.7m |
| Profit before tax | −£11.7m |
| Profit after tax | −£11.7m |
| Profit (best available) | −£11.7m |
| Staff costs | £2.4m |
| Employees (average) | 69 |
| Ratios | |
| Profit margin | −13639% |
| Gross margin | 100% |
| Revenue per employee | £1.2k |
| Profit per employee | −£169k |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | |
| Cash at bank | £1.9m |
| Net assets | −£11.7m |
| Fixed assets | £11.4m |
| Current assets | £3.9m |
| Debtors | £17.9k |
| Deferred income | £3.5m |
| Source | Accounts · bulk data Jul 2024 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- −13639%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 100%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £1.2k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- −£169k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- —
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 13254%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- 4085%
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 20.9%
- 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 −£11.7m
- Cash at bank
- —
- Now £1.9m
- Headcount
- —
- Now 69
- Deferred income
- —
- Now £3.5m
- Fixed assets
- —
- Now £11.4m
Deferred income is reported together with accruals in this filing (“accruals and deferred income”), so it is an approximate signal only.
Group structure
Ownership chain
- Cera Care Limitedultimate parent75–100%
- Cera Care Operations Holdings Limited75–100%
- Cera Care Central Limitedthis company
Bands show the share of ownership each company holds in the one below it.
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
- Apex Prime Care Group LtdRev. £136k · Profit −£1.3m
- 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).
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Sources
Latest figures from accounts for the year to 31 Jan 2023 (profit −£11.7m), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Jul 2024. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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