The Fostering Company North East Ltd
Registered name: THE FOSTERING COMPANY NORTH EAST LTD
Part of Midhurst Child Care Limited groupThe Fostering Company North East Ltd made £1.5m revenue and £180k profit in the year to 30 Sep 2025.
The Fostering Company North East Ltd’s revenue fell 4% to £1.5m in the year to 30 Sep 2025, with £180k 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
- 13 yrs · since 2012
- 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) | £1.5m | £1.6m | £1.5m |
| Cost of sales | −£1.1m | −£1.1m | −£1m |
| Gross profit | £408k | £514k | £501k |
| Operating profit | £283k | £360k | £230k |
| Profit before tax | £289k | £373k | £240k |
| Profit after tax | £225k | £346k | £180k |
| Profit (best available) | £225k | £346k | £180k |
| Employees (average) | — | — | — |
| Ratios | |||
| Profit margin | 15.1% | 21.8% | 11.8% |
| Gross margin | 27.4% | 32.3% | 32.8% |
| Growth (year on year) | |||
| Revenue growth | — | ▲6.9% | ▼4.2% |
| Profit growth | — | ▲53.7% | ▼48.1% |
| 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
- 11.8%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 32.8%
- 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%
- The Fostering Company North East Ltdthis company
Bands show the share of ownership each company holds in the one below it.
Sister companies (4)
- Foster Careline Ltd.Rev. £2.7m · Profit £370k
- Safehouses North LtdRev. £2.5m · Profit £204k
- 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 £180k), 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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