Helping Hands Supported Living CIC
Registered name: HELPING HANDS SUPPORTED LIVING CIC
Helping Hands Supported Living CIC made £375k revenue and a £12.6k loss in the year to 31 Dec 2024.
Helping Hands Supported Living CIC’s revenue was £375k in the year to 31 Dec 2024, with a loss of £12.6k and 5 employees. The company is classified under “residential care activities for learning difficulties, mental health and substance abuse” and is based in Watford.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Watford, East of England
- Age
- 3 yrs · since 2023
- Type
- Community Interest Company
Key figures
Badges are automated estimates derived from the filed figures — not statements of fact about the company.
Financial history
| Year to | 31 Dec 2024 |
|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | |
| Revenue (turnover) | £375k |
| Cost of sales | £335k |
| Gross profit | £40.3k |
| Operating profit | −£12.6k |
| Profit before tax | −£12.6k |
| Profit after tax | −£12.6k |
| Profit (best available) | −£12.6k |
| Employees (average) | 5 |
| Ratios | |
| Profit margin | −3.4% |
| Gross margin | 10.7% |
| Revenue per employee | £75k |
| Profit per employee | −£2.5k |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | |
| Cash at bank | £43.2k |
| Net assets | −£12.6k |
| Current assets | £193k |
| Debtors | £150k |
| Deferred income | £1.8k |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Jul 2025 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- −3.4%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 10.7%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £75k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- −£2.5k
- 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
- 0.5%
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 40%
- 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 −£12.6k
- Cash at bank
- —
- Now £43.2k
- Headcount
- —
- Now 5
- Deferred income
- —
- Now £1.8k
- Fixed assets
- —
- Now —
Deferred income is reported together with accruals in this filing (“accruals and deferred income”), so it is an approximate signal only.
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Sources
Latest figures from FullAccounts for the year to 31 Dec 2024 (profit −£12.6k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Jul 2025. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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