Karo Healthcare UK Ltd
Registered name: KARO HEALTHCARE UK LTD
Part of Karo Healthcare Ab groupKaro Healthcare UK Ltd made £54.4m revenue and £1.8m profit in the year to 31 Dec 2025. read from filing text
Karo Healthcare UK Ltd’s revenue grew 5% to £54.4m in the year to 31 Dec 2025, with £1.8m profit and 78 employees. The company is classified under “wholesale of pharmaceutical goods” and is based in Maidenhead; we hold 4 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Maidenhead, South East
- Age
- 7 yrs · since 2019
- 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: “At the year end, the immediate parent undertaking and the largest and smallest group of undertakings of which the company is a member and for which group financial statements are prepared, is Karo Int”
Key figures
Badges are automated estimates derived from the filed figures — not statements of fact about the company.
Financial history
| Year to | 31 Dec 2022 | 31 Dec 2023 | 31 Dec 2024 | 31 Dec 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&Lread from filing text | Full P&Lread from filing text | Full P&Lread from filing text | Full P&Lread from filing text |
| Profit & loss | ||||
| Revenue (turnover) | £10.6m | £38.6m | £51.9m | £54.4m |
| Cost of sales | £2.8m | £15m | £21.7m | £25m |
| Gross profit | £7.7m | £23.6m | £30.1m | £29.4m |
| Operating profit | £404k | £1.2m | £1.3m | £1.9m |
| Profit before tax | £406k | £1.2m | £1.6m | £1.8m |
| Profit (best available) | £406k | £1.2m | £1.6m | £1.8m |
| Staff costs | £1.8m | £4m | — | — |
| Employees (average) | 18 | 44 | 64 | 78 |
| Ratios | ||||
| Profit margin | 3.9% | 3.1% | 3.1% | 3.3% |
| Gross margin | 73.2% | 61.2% | 58.1% | 54.1% |
| Revenue per employee | £587k | £878k | £810k | £697k |
| Profit per employee | £22.6k | £27.5k | £24.9k | £23.1k |
| Growth (year on year) | ||||
| Revenue growth | — | ▲265.6% | ▲34.3% | ▲4.8% |
| Profit growth | — | ▲198.2% | ▲31.5% | ▲12.8% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▲144.4% | ▲45.5% | ▲21.9% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||||
| Cash at bank | £1.2m | £5.6m | £15.3m | £36.6m |
| Net assets | £463k | £1.4m | £2.6m | £3.9m |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Apr 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Apr 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data May 2026 | FullAccounts · bulk data May 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 3.3%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 54.1%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £697k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £23.1k
- 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
- ▲52%
- Now £3.9m
- Cash at bank
- ▲140%
- Now £36.6m
- Headcount
- ▲22%
- Now 78
- Deferred income
- —
- Now —
- Fixed assets
- —
- Now —
Group structure
Ownership chain
- Karo Healthcare Abultimate parent75–100%
- Karo Healthcare UK Ltdthis company
Bands show the share of ownership each company holds in the one below it.
Sister companies (2)
- Nutravita LimitedRev. £32.7m · Profit £8.8m
- Pro Teeth Whitening Co LimitedLiquidationFigures 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 31 Dec 2025 (profit £1.8m), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published May 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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