A L a Care Limited
Registered name: A L A CARE LIMITED
Part of Charnwood Group Holdings Ltd groupA L a Care Limited made £5.6m revenue and a £456k loss in the year to 31 May 2025.
A L a Care Limited’s revenue grew 28% to £5.6m in the year to 31 May 2025, with a loss of £456k. The company is classified under “residential care activities for the elderly and disabled” and is based in Leicester; we hold 5 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Leicester, East Midlands
- Age
- 35 yrs · since 1990
- 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 Mar 2022 | 31 Mar 2023 | 31 Mar 2024 | 31 May 2024 | 31 May 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | |||||
| Revenue (turnover) | £3.2m | £3.7m | £4.4m | £4.4m | £5.6m |
| Cost of sales | £2.1m | £2.5m | £3m | −£3m | −£3.7m |
| Gross profit | £1.1m | £1.2m | £1.4m | £1.4m | £1.9m |
| Operating profit | £128k | £76.9k | £368k | £389k | −£491k |
| Profit before tax | £79.8k | −£18.4k | £241k | £241k | −£522k |
| Profit after tax | £179k | −£466k | £159k | £159k | −£456k |
| Profit (best available) | £179k | −£466k | £159k | £159k | −£456k |
| Staff costs | £2.2m | £2.3m | £2.4m | — | — |
| Employees (average) | 108 | 111 | 115 | — | — |
| Ratios | |||||
| Profit margin | 5.6% | −12.6% | 3.6% | 3.6% | −8.2% |
| Gross margin | 34.5% | 31.6% | 31.3% | 31.3% | 34.4% |
| Revenue per employee | £29.8k | £33.4k | £38k | — | — |
| Profit per employee | £1.7k | −£4.2k | £1.4k | — | — |
| Cash conversion | −331% | −155.3% | −176.2% | — | — |
| Growth (year on year) | |||||
| Revenue growth | — | ▲15.2% | ▲18% | — | ▲27.7% |
| Profit growth | — | ▼360.3% | — | — | ▼387.5% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▲2.8% | ▲3.6% | — | — |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | |||||
| Cash at bank | £845k | £463k | £582k | — | — |
| Net assets | £5.2m | £4.7m | £4.9m | — | — |
| Fixed assets | £7.9m | £7.9m | £7.8m | — | — |
| Current assets | £959k | £565k | £609k | — | — |
| Debtors | £82.6k | £61k | £21k | — | — |
| Deferred income | £92.4k | £92k | £180k | — | — |
| Cash from operations | −£425k | −£119k | −£649k | — | — |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Dec 2023 | FullAccounts · bulk data Dec 2023 | FullAccounts · bulk data Jul 2024 | Accounts · bulk data Jan 2026 | Accounts · bulk data Jan 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- −8.2%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 34.4%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- —
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- —
- 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
- —
- Now —
- Deferred income
- —
- Now —
- Fixed assets
- —
- Now —
Group structure
Ownership chain
- Charnwood Group Holdings Ltdultimate parent75–100%
- A L a Care Limitedthis company
Bands show the share of ownership each company holds in the one below it.
Sister companies (8)
- Linden Care Homes LimitedRev. £6.6m · Profit £602k
- Dwell Holdings LimitedFigures not disclosed
- S2 Care LtdFigures not disclosed
- S3 Care LtdFigures not disclosed
- S4 Care LtdFigures not disclosed
- S5 Care LtdFigures not disclosed
- S6 Care LtdFigures not disclosed
- ST Martin's Residential Homes LtdFigures 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 May 2025 (profit −£456k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Jan 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
Updated from Companies House on 23 Oct 2026
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