Capstone Foster Care (South East) Limited
Registered name: CAPSTONE FOSTER CARE (SOUTH EAST) LIMITED
Part of Capstone Eot Trustee Limited groupCapstone Foster Care (South East) Limited made £9.5m revenue and £682k profit in the year to 31 Mar 2025.
Capstone Foster Care (South East) Limited’s revenue fell 7% to £9.5m in the year to 31 Mar 2025, with £682k profit and 97 employees. The company is classified under “other social work activities without accommodation” and is based in Worcestershire; we hold 4 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Worcestershire, West Midlands
- Age
- 24 yrs · since 2002
- 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: “Capstone Foster Care Limited”
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&L | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | ||||
| Revenue (turnover) | £10m | £10m | £10.2m | £9.5m |
| Cost of sales | £5.1m | £5.1m | £5m | £5.1m |
| Gross profit | £4.9m | £5m | £5.2m | £4.4m |
| Operating profit | £1.9m | £1.5m | £1.5m | £1.1m |
| Profit before tax | £2.5m | £2m | £1.3m | £960k |
| Profit after tax | £2.1m | £1.6m | £971k | £682k |
| Profit (best available) | £2.1m | £1.6m | £971k | £682k |
| Staff costs | £1.9m | £1.9m | £2m | £2.1m |
| Employees (average) | 62 | 67 | 94 | 97 |
| Ratios | ||||
| Profit margin | 20.6% | 16.2% | 9.5% | 7.2% |
| Gross margin | 49.1% | 49.4% | 51.2% | 46.6% |
| Revenue per employee | £161k | £150k | £108k | £97.5k |
| Profit per employee | £33.2k | £24.2k | £10.3k | £7k |
| Growth (year on year) | ||||
| Revenue growth | — | ▲0.3% | ▲1.6% | ▼7.2% |
| Profit growth | — | ▼21.1% | ▼40.2% | ▼29.8% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▲8.1% | ▲40.3% | ▲3.2% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||||
| Cash at bank | £677k | £450k | £308k | £396k |
| Net assets | £2.3m | £1.9m | £2.8m | £3.1m |
| Fixed assets | £4.1m | £3.9m | £3.6m | £3.8m |
| Current assets | £4.1m | £4.9m | £4.8m | £4.1m |
| Debtors | £225k | £235k | £489k | £459k |
| Source | Accounts · bulk data Dec 2023 | Accounts · bulk data Dec 2023 | Accounts · bulk data Nov 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Nov 2025 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 7.2%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 46.6%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £97.5k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £7k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- —
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 40.7%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- —
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 4.9%
- 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
- ▲10%
- Now £3.1m
- Cash at bank
- ▲29%
- Now £396k
- Headcount
- ▲3%
- Now 97
- Deferred income
- —
- Now —
- Fixed assets
- ▲6%
- Now £3.8m
Group structure
Ownership chain
- Capstone Eot Trustee Limitedultimate parent75–100%
- Capstone Foster Care Limited75–100%
- Capstone Foster Care (South East) Limitedthis company
Bands show the share of ownership each company holds in the one below it.
Subsidiaries (2)
- Excel Fostering LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Fostercare UK LtdFigures not disclosed
Sister companies (5)
- Capstone Foster Care (North) LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Capstone Therapeutic Care (Midlands) LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Capstone Therapeutic Homes LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Vision Fostering Agency LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Welcome Foster Care 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 £682k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Nov 2025. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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