Parallel Parents Ltd
Registered name: PARALLEL PARENTS LTD
Part of Care Today/Parallel Parents Ltd groupParallel Parents Ltd made £18.2m revenue and £3.1m profit in the year to 30 Apr 2025.
Parallel Parents Ltd’s revenue grew 108% to £18.2m in the year to 30 Apr 2025, with £3.1m profit and 110 employees. The company is classified under “other social work activities without accommodation” and is based in Stockport; we hold 5 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Stockport, North West
- Age
- 24 yrs · since 2001
- 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 | 30 Sep 2022 | 30 Apr 2023 | 30 Sep 2023 | 30 Apr 2024 | 30 Apr 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | |||||
| Revenue (turnover) | £15.3m | £15.4m | £15.4m | £8.8m | £18.2m |
| Cost of sales | £8.1m | −£7.7m | £7.7m | −£4.3m | −£7m |
| Gross profit | £7.2m | £7.6m | £7.6m | £4.4m | £11.2m |
| Operating profit | £4.8m | £3.7m | £3.7m | £1.4m | £3.8m |
| Profit before tax | £4.8m | £4m | £4m | £1.8m | £4.2m |
| Profit after tax | £3.9m | £3.1m | £3.1m | £1.3m | £3.1m |
| Profit (best available) | £3.9m | £3.1m | £3.1m | £1.3m | £3.1m |
| Employees (average) | 15 | — | 15 | — | 110 |
| Ratios | |||||
| Profit margin | 25.3% | 20.4% | 20.4% | 15.3% | 16.9% |
| Gross margin | 46.9% | 49.6% | 49.6% | 50.3% | 61.6% |
| Revenue per employee | £1m | — | £1m | — | £166k |
| Profit per employee | £257k | — | £209k | — | £28k |
| Cash conversion | 79.7% | — | 0% | — | — |
| Growth (year on year) | |||||
| Revenue growth | — | — | ▲0.7% | — | ▲108% |
| Profit growth | — | — | ▼18.8% | — | ▲129.2% |
| Headcount growth | — | — | 0% | — | — |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | |||||
| Cash at bank | £23m | — | £21.4m | — | — |
| Net assets | £29.2m | — | £32.3m | — | — |
| Fixed assets | £6.1m | — | £7.9m | — | — |
| Current assets | £25.6m | — | £26.9m | — | — |
| Debtors | £938k | — | £668k | — | — |
| Deferred income | £1.1m | — | £1.1m | — | — |
| Cash from operations | £3.8m | — | −£1.6k | — | — |
| Source | Accounts · bulk data Jun 2024 | Accounts · bulk data May 2025 | Accounts · bulk data Jun 2024 | Accounts · bulk data May 2025 | Accounts · bulk data Apr 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 16.9%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 61.6%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £166k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £28k
- 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 110
- Deferred income
- —
- Now —
- Fixed assets
- —
- Now —
Group structure
Ownership chain
- Care Today/Parallel Parents Ltdultimate parent75–100%
- Parallel Parents Ltdthis company
Bands show the share of ownership each company holds in the one below it.
Sister companies (4)
- Car Surgery Consultancy LtdFigures not disclosed
- Care Today (Childrens Services) LtdFigures not disclosed
- Care Today (Disability Services) LtdFigures not disclosed
- Training to Care 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 30 Apr 2025 (profit £3.1m), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Apr 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
Updated from Companies House on 15 Oct 2026
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