Data · Companies House
Cash position of UK health and social care companies in 2026
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The median UK health and social care company holds cash equal to 107% of the creditors it must pay within one year. The UK-wide median is 48%. Based on 123 companies in this sector with the figure tagged, from Companies House filings in June and July 2026.
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Each row shows what this sector reported, the same measure across the whole sample, and how many companies in the sector carried that figure. The counts differ by row because companies tag different fields, and the median ratio row uses its own smaller count: it needs both figures tagged and creditors above zero.
| Measure | Health and social care | UK-wide | Companies in this figure |
|---|---|---|---|
| In net current liabilities (net current assets below zero) | 32.2% | 37.3% | 304 |
| Holding less cash than the creditors due within one year | 46.3% | 63.8% | 123 |
| Median cash as a share of creditors due within one year | 107% | 48% | 123 |
| With £1,000 or less in the bank at the balance sheet date | 16.0% | 20.6% | 163 |
| Median cash at the balance sheet date | £22,925 | £12,327 | 163 |
Reading these numbers
Health and social care returns the strongest cash-against-creditors reading in the set. The median company holds cash equal to 107% of the creditors due within a year against 48% UK-wide, and it is the only sector here whose median company covers that figure in full. 46.3% hold less cash than those creditors, the lowest share of any sector shown and below the UK rate of 63.8%, and median cash of £22,925 is above the UK median of £12,327. None of that makes an individual company safe: 32.2% are in net current liabilities against 37.3%. Negative net cash is not published for this sector, because too few companies tagged all three figures it needs.
Where these numbers come from. The Companies House monthly accounts bulk product, which is free and public, for accounts filed in June and July 2026. Dataset 2026-08: 10,000 filings randomly sampled (seed-reproducible), 6,863 with usable iXBRL facts; SIC joined from BasicCompanyDataAsOneFile-2026-08-01. Balance sheet facts were read from the filings themselves; each figure carries its own count of companies, because companies do not all tag the same fields.
Small companies file balance-sheet-only accounts with no profit and loss, so nothing on this page describes cover over time. Every claim here is cash against what is owed. Full method, definitions and caveats. This sector page draws on 320 sampled companies.
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