Health Care — headcount changes
Year-on-year headcount change for Health Care companies that file detailed accounts. A structural signal from filed accounts — not a live jobs feed; figures lag the present by roughly 12–24 months.
Fastest-growing Health Care teams · 2026
By year-on-year headcount growth — companies of 20+ staff
| # | Company | Headcount | Growth | Trend | Cost/head |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 01 | ABBEY UPLANDS CARE HOME LIMITED Residential care home operator | 20 68 | +240% | £30k | |
| 02 | SWFT CLINICAL SERVICES LTD NHS trust subsidiary company | 55 155 | +182% | £46k | |
| 03 | VERONA PHARMA LIMITED Respiratory therapeutics developer | 58 163 | +181% | £311k | |
| 04 | CARECONCEPTS LTD Elderly care services provider | 193 507 | +163% | £12k | |
| 05 | MILFORD CARE LIMITED Family-owned care home operator | 71 184 | +159% | £25k | |
| 06 | MEDICAL AID FOR PALESTINIANS Humanitarian medical aid charity | 80 192 | +140% | £21k | |
| 07 | DEVONSHIRE DIAGNOSTIC CENTRE LIMITED Private diagnostic imaging centre | 101 235 | +133% | £42k | |
| 08 | T-THERAPEUTICS LIMITED Biotechnology drug discovery company | 33 69 | +109% | £108k | |
| 09 | GCH (SOUTH) LTD Care home group subsidiary | 222 462 | +108% | £19k | |
| 10 | CORNWALL CARE LIMITED Charitable care home operator | 425 843 | +98% | £25k | |
| 11 | SSP HEALTH HOLDING LTD General medical practice holding company | 174 334 | +92% | £37k | |
| 12 | GEOGHEGAN HOLDINGS LIMITED Nursing home holding company | 66 126 | +91% | £28k |
Sharpest Health Care headcount cuts
By year-on-year headcount decline — talent likely coming onto the market
| # | Company | Headcount | Change | Trend | Cost/head |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 01 | MOORCOURT DEVELOPMENTS LIMITED | 90 24 | -73% | £37k | |
| 02 | BARINTHUS BIOTHERAPEUTICS (UK) LIMITED Clinical-stage biopharmaceutical company | 91 29 | -68% | £187k | |
| 03 | GYROSCOPE THERAPEUTICS LIMITED Biotechnology research and development company | 100 32 | -68% | £128k | |
| 04 | HILTON NURSING PARTNERS LIMITED | 162 58 | -64% | £33k | |
| 05 | ONE TRUST | 78 31 | -60% | £41k | |
| 06 | AKAMIS BIO LIMITED Biotechnology research company | 72 30 | -58% | £148k | |
| 07 | SIGNATURE SENIOR LIFESTYLE OPERATIONS LTD Senior living community operator | 2,696 1,236 | -54% | £31k | |
| 08 | THORNLEIGH CAMPHILL COMMUNITIES LIMITED Special educational needs care charity | 219 108 | -51% | £25k | |
| 09 | WELLBEING SCOTLAND Health and wellbeing support organisation | 63 33 | -48% | £30k | |
| 10 | OXFORD GENETICS LTD Biotechnology R&D company | 103 57 | -45% | £63k | |
| 11 | ROYAL LEICESTERSHIRE, RUTLAND AND WYCLIFFE SOCIETY FOR THE BLIND (THE) Regional sight loss charity | 282 157 | -44% | £25k | |
| 12 | ADAPTIMMUNE THERAPEUTICS PLC Oncology-focused biopharmaceutical company | 486 272 | -44% | £163k |
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Headcount drawn from each company's two most recent sets of filed accounts. Companies below 20 staff in either year are excluded, and growth above +300% is treated as a scale or scope artefact and dropped. Snapshot 2026-06-01.