Catalyst Healthcare (Romford) Holdings Limited
Registered name: CATALYST HEALTHCARE (ROMFORD) HOLDINGS LIMITED
Part of Kkr & Co. Inc. groupCatalyst Healthcare (Romford) Holdings Limited made £88.9m revenue and £6.5m profit in the year to 30 Sep 2025.
Catalyst Healthcare (Romford) Holdings Limited’s revenue grew 1% to £88.9m in the year to 30 Sep 2025, with £6.5m profit. The company is classified under “hospital activities” and is based in Manchester; we hold 3 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Manchester, North West
- Age
- 23 yrs · since 2003
- Type
- Private Limited Company
Pass-through vehicle. This looks like a holding, staffing or umbrella company. Its revenue and profit may largely pass through to or from other entities, so the figures may not reflect a standalone operating business. It is excluded from our opportunity lists.
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 2023 | 30 Sep 2024 | 30 Sep 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | |||
| Revenue (turnover) | £85.1m | £88.4m | £88.9m |
| Cost of sales | −£71.9m | −£73.9m | −£74m |
| Gross profit | £13.1m | £14.5m | £14.9m |
| Operating profit | £11m | £12.1m | £12.6m |
| Profit before tax | −£17.7m | £2.8m | £8.7m |
| Profit after tax | −£13.3m | £2.1m | £6.5m |
| Profit (best available) | −£13.3m | £2.1m | £6.5m |
| Employees (average) | — | — | — |
| Ratios | |||
| Profit margin | −15.6% | 2.4% | 7.4% |
| Gross margin | 15.4% | 16.4% | 16.8% |
| Growth (year on year) | |||
| Revenue growth | — | ▲3.9% | ▲0.6% |
| Profit growth | — | — | ▲214.1% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | |||
| Net assets | — | — | — |
| Source | Accounts · bulk data Apr 2025 | Accounts · bulk data Apr 2025 | Accounts · bulk data Feb 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 7.4%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 16.8%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
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- 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
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- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
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- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
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- 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
- Kkr & Co. Inc. (registered outside the UK register)ultimate parent75–100%
- Aqueduct Bidco Limited75–100%
- John Laing Group Limited75–100%
- John Laing Holdco Limited75–100%
- John Laing Limited75–100%
- John Laing Investments Holding Limited50–75%
- Catalyst Healthcare (Romford) Holdings Limitedthis company
Bands show the share of ownership each company holds in the one below it.
Subsidiaries (2)
- Catalyst Healthcare (Romford) Financing PLC.Figures not disclosed
- Catalyst Healthcare (Romford) LimitedFigures not disclosed
Sister companies (11)
- The Hospital Company (Oxford John Radcliffe) Holdings LimitedRev. £44.9m · Profit £3.8m
- Education 4 Ayrshire (Holdings) LimitedRev. £10.2m · Profit £1.1m
- GT Neps (Holdings) LimitedFigures not disclosed
- JL NNW Rail Holdco LimitedFigures not disclosed
- John Laing Bondsco LimitedFigures not disclosed
- John Laing Health Montreal Holdco LimitedFigures not disclosed
- John Laing Investments (Rv555) LimitedFigures not disclosed
- John Laing Investments Holding Andes LimitedFigures not disclosed
- John Laing Overseas Holdings LimitedFigures not disclosed
- John Laing Projects & Developments (Holdings) LimitedFigures not disclosed
- John Laing Senior Living Holdco LimitedFigures not disclosed
Minority corporate shareholders
- Aberdeen Infrastructure Investments (No.3) Limited (registered outside the UK register) 25–50%
From the Persons with Significant Control register (corporate controllers only).
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Sources
Latest figures from accounts for the year to 30 Sep 2025 (profit £6.5m), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Feb 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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