Foster Careline Ltd.
Registered name: FOSTER CARELINE LTD.
Part of Midhurst Child Care Limited groupFoster Careline Ltd. made £2.7m revenue and £370k profit in the year to 30 Sep 2025.
Foster Careline Ltd.’s revenue fell 2% to £2.7m in the year to 30 Sep 2025, with £370k profit. The company is classified under “other social work activities without accommodation” and is based in Salisbury; we hold 3 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Salisbury, South West
- Age
- 18 yrs · since 2008
- 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 2023 | 30 Sep 2024 | 30 Sep 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | |||
| Revenue (turnover) | £2.8m | £2.8m | £2.7m |
| Cost of sales | −£1.9m | −£1.9m | −£1.9m |
| Gross profit | £876k | £868k | £857k |
| Operating profit | £673k | £676k | £487k |
| Profit before tax | £681k | £695k | £494k |
| Profit after tax | £572k | £550k | £370k |
| Profit (best available) | £572k | £550k | £370k |
| Employees (average) | — | — | — |
| Ratios | |||
| Profit margin | 20.3% | 19.9% | 13.6% |
| Gross margin | 31.1% | 31.3% | 31.5% |
| Growth (year on year) | |||
| Revenue growth | — | ▼1.6% | ▼1.8% |
| Profit growth | — | ▼3.9% | ▼32.7% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | |||
| Net assets | — | — | — |
| Source | Accounts · bulk data Apr 2025 | Accounts · bulk data Apr 2025 | Accounts · bulk data Jun 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 13.6%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 31.5%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- —
- 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
- —
- 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 —
- Deferred income
- —
- Now —
- Fixed assets
- —
- Now —
Group structure
Ownership chain
- Midhurst Child Care Limitedultimate parent75–100%
- Five Rivers Child Care Limited75–100%
- Foster Careline Ltd.this company
Bands show the share of ownership each company holds in the one below it.
Sister companies (4)
- Safehouses North LtdRev. £2.5m · Profit £204k
- The Fostering Company North East LtdRev. £1.5m · Profit £180k
- Quality Foster Care LimitedRev. £1.3m · Profit £75.2k
- Darwen Children's Services LimitedFigures 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 Sep 2025 (profit £370k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Jun 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
Updated from Companies House on 14 Oct 2026
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