Althea Healthcare Limited
Registered name: ALTHEA HEALTHCARE LIMITED
Part of Althea Healthcare (Holdings) Limited groupAlthea Healthcare Limited made £5m revenue and £417k profit in the year to 30 Sep 2025.
Althea Healthcare Limited’s revenue grew 11% to £5m in the year to 30 Sep 2025, with £417k profit and 118 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
- 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: “Althea 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) | £3.6m | £3.9m | £4.5m | £5m |
| Cost of sales | £2.5m | £2.9m | £3.3m | £3.6m |
| Gross profit | £1.1m | £1m | £1.2m | £1.4m |
| Profit before tax | £754k | £522k | £597k | £655k |
| Profit after tax | £623k | £538k | £399k | £417k |
| Profit (best available) | £623k | £538k | £399k | £417k |
| Staff costs | £2.1m | £2.4m | £2.9m | £3.3m |
| Employees (average) | 97 | 101 | 109 | 118 |
| Ratios | ||||
| Profit margin | 17.3% | 13.7% | 8.9% | 8.3% |
| Gross margin | 30.3% | 25.8% | 27.2% | 28.6% |
| Revenue per employee | £37k | £38.9k | £41.2k | £42.3k |
| Profit per employee | £6.4k | £5.3k | £3.7k | £3.5k |
| Growth (year on year) | ||||
| Revenue growth | — | ▲9.5% | ▲14.4% | ▲11.1% |
| Profit growth | — | ▼13.6% | ▼25.9% | ▲4.5% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▲4.1% | ▲7.9% | ▲8.3% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||||
| Cash at bank | £187k | £6.5k | £27.8k | £112 |
| Net assets | £4.6m | £7.5m | £7.9m | £8.3m |
| Fixed assets | £7.3m | £10.6m | £10.5m | £10.3m |
| Current assets | £2.9m | £3.3m | £1.4m | £475k |
| Debtors | £223k | £220k | £142k | £28.4k |
| 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
- 8.3%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 28.6%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £42.3k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £3.5k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- —
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 205.7%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- —
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 0.6%
- 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
- ▲6%
- Now £8.3m
- Cash at bank
- ▼100%
- Now £112
- Headcount
- ▲8%
- Now 118
- Deferred income
- —
- Now —
- Fixed assets
- ▼2%
- Now £10.3m
Group structure
Ownership chain
- Althea Healthcare (Holdings) Limitedultimate parent75–100%
- Althea Healthcare Limitedthis company
Bands show the share of ownership each company holds in the one below it.
Subsidiaries (1)
- Althea Healthcare Investments 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 £417k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Jun 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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