Southern Hospice Group Home Care Ltd
Registered name: SOUTHERN HOSPICE GROUP HOME CARE LTD
Part of Southern Hospice Group groupSouthern Hospice Group Home Care Ltd made £808k revenue and £23.2k profit in the year to 31 Mar 2025.
Southern Hospice Group Home Care Ltd’s revenue was £808k in the year to 31 Mar 2025, with £23.2k profit and 42 employees. The company is classified under “other human health activities” and is based in Hove; we hold 4 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Hove, South East
- Age
- 19 yrs · since 2007
- 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: “The ultimate parent company of Martlets Care Limited is the St Barnabas Hospices (Sussex) Ltd, a charitable company incorporated in England and Wales.”
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 | No P&L | Profit only | Profit only | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | ||||
| Revenue (turnover) | — | — | — | £808k |
| Cost of sales | — | — | — | −£647k |
| Gross profit | — | — | — | £161k |
| Operating profit | — | — | — | £23.2k |
| Profit after tax | — | £61.5k | £11.1k | £23.2k |
| Profit (best available) | — | £61.5k | £11.1k | £23.2k |
| Employees (average) | 55 | 49 | 42 | 42 |
| Ratios | ||||
| Profit margin | — | — | — | 2.9% |
| Gross margin | — | — | — | 20% |
| Revenue per employee | — | — | — | £19.2k |
| Profit per employee | — | £1.3k | £263 | £552 |
| Growth (year on year) | ||||
| Profit growth | — | — | ▼82% | ▲109.9% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▼10.9% | ▼14.3% | 0% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||||
| Cash at bank | £55.3k | £67.3k | £67.1k | — |
| Net assets | £156k | £58.6k | £8.2k | — |
| Current assets | £313k | £445k | £404k | — |
| Debtors | £178k | £222k | £258k | — |
| Deferred income | £5.3k | £1.6k | £3.7k | — |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Mar 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Mar 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Dec 2024 | Accounts · bulk data Dec 2025 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 2.9%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 20%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £19.2k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £552
- 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
- 0%
- Now 42
- Deferred income
- —
- Now —
- Fixed assets
- —
- Now —
Group structure
Ownership chain
- Southern Hospice Groupultimate parent75–100%
- The Martlets Hospice Limited75–100%
- Southern Hospice Group Home Care Ltdthis company
Bands show the share of ownership each company holds in the one below it.
Sister companies (1)
- The Martlets Trading Co LtdRev. £829k · Profit £0
From the Persons with Significant Control register (corporate controllers only).
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Sources
Latest figures from accounts for the year to 31 Mar 2025 (profit £23.2k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Dec 2025. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
Updated from Companies House on 15 Oct 2026
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