Cera Care Carers Ltd
Registered name: CERA CARE CARERS LTD
Part of Cera Care Limited groupCera Care Carers Ltd made £200m revenue and a £6k loss in the year to 31 Dec 2025.
Cera Care Carers Ltd’s revenue grew 25% to £200m in the year to 31 Dec 2025, with a loss of £6k and 10,165 employees. The company is classified under “other human health activities” and is based in Colchester; we hold 3 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Colchester
- Age
- 3 yrs · since 2023
- Type
- Private Limited Company
Key figures
Financial history
| Year to | 31 Dec 2023 | 31 Dec 2024 | 31 Dec 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | |||
| Revenue (turnover) | £18.7m | £160m | £200m |
| Cost of sales | −£18.7m | −£160m | −£199m |
| Gross profit | £0 | £4k | £1.2m |
| Operating profit | £0 | −£26k | −£6k |
| Profit before tax | £0 | −£26k | −£6k |
| Profit after tax | £0 | −£26k | −£6k |
| Profit (best available) | £0 | −£26k | −£6k |
| Employees (average) | — | 7,179 | 10,165 |
| Ratios | |||
| Profit margin | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| Gross margin | 0% | 0% | 0.6% |
| Revenue per employee | — | £22.3k | £19.7k |
| Profit per employee | — | −£4 | −£1 |
| Growth (year on year) | |||
| Revenue growth | — | — | ▲25.2% |
| Headcount growth | — | — | ▲41.6% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | |||
| Net assets | — | — | — |
| Source | Accounts · bulk data Oct 2025 | Accounts · bulk data Oct 2025 | Accounts · bulk data Oct 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 0%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 0.6%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £19.7k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- −£1
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- —
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- —
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- —
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- —
- 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 —
- Cash at bank
- —
- Now —
- Headcount
- ▲42%
- Now 10,165
- Deferred income
- —
- Now —
- Fixed assets
- —
- Now —
Group structure
Ownership chain
- Cera Care Limitedultimate parent75–100%
- Cera Care Operations Holdings Limited75–100%
- Cera Care Carers Ltdthis company
Bands show the share of ownership each company holds in the one below it.
Sister companies (21)
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- 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
- 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 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 accounts for the year to 31 Dec 2025 (profit −£6k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Oct 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
Updated from Companies House on 21 Oct 2026
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