Charles S. Bullen Stomacare Limited
Registered name: CHARLES S. BULLEN STOMACARE LIMITED
Part of Hamsard 3751 Limited groupCharles S. Bullen Stomacare Limited made £69.9m revenue and £4.9m profit in the year to 31 Mar 2025. read from filing text
Charles S. Bullen Stomacare Limited’s revenue grew 10% to £69.9m in the year to 31 Mar 2025, with £4.9m profit and 173 employees. The company is classified under “retail sale of medical and orthopaedic goods in specialised stores (not incl. hearing aids)” and is based in Liverpool; we hold 4 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Liverpool, North West
- Age
- 30 yrs · since 1995
- 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 Mar 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&Lread from filing text | Full P&Lread from filing text | Full P&Lread from filing text | Full P&Lread from filing text |
| Profit & loss | ||||
| Revenue (turnover) | £53.5m | £58.9m | £63.4m | £69.9m |
| Cost of sales | £37.8m | £41.1m | £44.3m | £48.8m |
| Gross profit | £15.7m | £17.8m | £19.2m | £21.2m |
| Operating profit | £5.1m | £6.4m | £6.8m | £5.9m |
| Profit before tax | £5.1m | £6.4m | £6.8m | £5.9m |
| Profit after tax | £4.1m | £5.2m | £5.1m | £4.9m |
| Profit (best available) | £4.1m | £5.2m | £5.1m | £4.9m |
| Staff costs | £3.9m | £4.6m | £5.6m | — |
| Employees (average) | 130 | 155 | 161 | 173 |
| Ratios | ||||
| Profit margin | 7.7% | 8.8% | 8.1% | 7% |
| Gross margin | 29.3% | 30.2% | 30.3% | 30.3% |
| Revenue per employee | £412k | £380k | £394k | £404k |
| Profit per employee | £31.8k | £33.3k | £31.7k | £28.4k |
| Growth (year on year) | ||||
| Revenue growth | — | ▲10% | ▲7.7% | ▲10.2% |
| Profit growth | — | ▲24.8% | ▼0.9% | ▼3.7% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▲19.2% | ▲3.9% | ▲7.4% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||||
| Cash at bank | £44.8k | £331 | £1.1m | £4m |
| Net assets | £9.9m | £15m | £13.4m | £13.5m |
| Current assets | £21.6m | £27.7m | £26m | £28m |
| Debtors | £13m | £14.6m | £16m | £15m |
| Deferred income | £937k | £779k | £1.1m | £4.2m |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Dec 2023 | FullAccounts · bulk data Dec 2023 | FullAccounts · bulk data Dec 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Dec 2025 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 7%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 30.3%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £404k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £28.4k
- 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
- 6%
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 21.5%
- 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
- ▲0%
- Now £13.5m
- Cash at bank
- ▲256%
- Now £4m
- Headcount
- ▲7%
- Now 173
- Deferred income
- ▲297%
- Now £4.2m
- Fixed assets
- —
- Now —
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
- Hamsard 3751 Limitedultimate parent75–100%
- Trevally Holdings Limited75–100%
- The Bullen Healthcare Group Limited75–100%
- Charles S. Bullen Stomacare Limitedthis company
Bands show the share of ownership each company holds in the one below it.
Sister companies (1)
- S.G. & P. Payne LimitedFigures not disclosed
From the Persons with Significant Control register (corporate controllers only).
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Sources
Latest figures from FullAccounts for the year to 31 Mar 2025 (profit £4.9m), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Dec 2025. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
Updated from Companies House on 24 Oct 2026
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