Country Retirement & Nursing Homes Ltd
Registered name: COUNTRY RETIREMENT & NURSING HOMES LTD
Part of Brooke Investments (Jersey) Limited groupCountry Retirement & Nursing Homes Ltd made £11.4m revenue and £557k profit in the year to 30 Sep 2025.
Country Retirement & Nursing Homes Ltd’s revenue grew 17% to £11.4m in the year to 30 Sep 2025, with £557k profit and 268 employees. The company is classified under “residential care activities for the elderly and disabled” and is based in Lowestoft; we hold 4 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Lowestoft, East of England
- Age
- 27 yrs · since 1999
- 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. From the filing: “Regal Healthcare Holdings Limited”
Key figures
Badges are automated estimates derived from the filed figures — not statements of fact about the company.
Financial history
| Year to | 30 Sep 2022 | 30 Sep 2023 | 30 Sep 2024 | 30 Sep 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | ||||
| Revenue (turnover) | £8.1m | £9.4m | £9.8m | £11.4m |
| Cost of sales | £5.7m | £6.9m | £7.4m | £8.8m |
| Gross profit | £2.5m | £2.6m | £2.4m | £2.6m |
| Operating profit | £941k | £536k | £139k | £751k |
| Profit before tax | £1.1m | £1.3m | £932k | £1.3m |
| Profit after tax | £875k | £1m | £563k | £557k |
| Profit (best available) | £875k | £1m | £563k | £557k |
| Staff costs | £5m | £5.5m | £6.8m | £8.5m |
| Employees (average) | 227 | 224 | 233 | 268 |
| Ratios | ||||
| Profit margin | 10.8% | 10.8% | 5.8% | 4.9% |
| Gross margin | 30.4% | 27.2% | 24.7% | 23.1% |
| Revenue per employee | £35.8k | £42.1k | £42k | £42.6k |
| Profit per employee | £3.9k | £4.5k | £2.4k | £2.1k |
| Growth (year on year) | ||||
| Revenue growth | — | ▲15.9% | ▲3.7% | ▲16.7% |
| Profit growth | — | ▲16.2% | ▼44.7% | ▼1% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▼1.3% | ▲4% | ▲15% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||||
| Cash at bank | £1.7m | £813k | £596k | £1.3m |
| Net assets | £12.4m | £13.4m | £14.4m | £14.8m |
| Fixed assets | £323k | £1m | £1.9m | £2.1m |
| Current assets | £14.3m | £15.7m | £16.5m | £15.5m |
| Debtors | £290k | £401k | £395k | £382k |
| Source | Accounts · bulk data Jun 2024 | Accounts · bulk data Jun 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Jun 2025 | FullAccounts · bulk data Jun 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 4.9%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 23.1%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £42.6k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £2.1k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- —
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 18.1%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- —
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 3.4%
- 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
- ▲3%
- Now £14.8m
- Cash at bank
- ▲125%
- Now £1.3m
- Headcount
- ▲15%
- Now 268
- Deferred income
- —
- Now —
- Fixed assets
- ▲8%
- Now £2.1m
Group structure
Ownership chain
- Brooke Investments (Jersey) Limited (registered outside the UK register)ultimate parent50–75%
- Regal Healthcare Holdings Limited75–100%
- Country Retirement & Nursing Homes Ltdthis company
Bands show the share of ownership each company holds in the one below it.
Sister companies (3)
- Country Retirement & Nursing Homes (Holdings) LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Country Retirement & Nursing Homes (Investments) LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Regal Investment (Holdings) 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 30 Sep 2025 (profit £557k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Jun 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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