Fordent Properties Limited
Registered name: FORDENT PROPERTIES LIMITED
Part of Zion Care Limited groupFordent Properties Limited made £6.2m revenue and £862k profit in the year to 30 Dec 2024.
Fordent Properties Limited’s revenue fell 3% to £6.2m in the year to 30 Dec 2024, with £862k profit and 136 employees. The company is classified under “residential nursing care facilities” and is based in Gerrards Cross; we hold 2 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Gerrards Cross, South East
- Age
- 51 yrs · since 1975
- 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 | 31 Dec 2023 | 30 Dec 2024 |
|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | ||
| Revenue (turnover) | £6.4m | £6.2m |
| Cost of sales | £4.5m | £4m |
| Gross profit | £1.9m | £2.2m |
| Operating profit | £1.2m | £1.4m |
| Profit before tax | £925k | £1.2m |
| Profit after tax | £706k | £862k |
| Profit (best available) | £706k | £862k |
| Staff costs | £4.3m | £3.8m |
| Employees (average) | 128 | 136 |
| Ratios | ||
| Profit margin | 11% | 13.8% |
| Gross margin | 30% | 35.1% |
| Revenue per employee | £50.2k | £45.9k |
| Profit per employee | £5.5k | £6.3k |
| Growth (year on year) | ||
| Revenue growth | — | ▼2.8% |
| Profit growth | — | ▲22.2% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▲6.3% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||
| Cash at bank | £823k | £923k |
| Net assets | £6m | £5.9m |
| Fixed assets | £6.7m | £6.7m |
| Current assets | £1.5m | £1.3m |
| Debtors | £618k | £334k |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Feb 2026 | FullAccounts · bulk data Feb 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 13.8%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 35.1%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £45.9k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £6.3k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- —
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 107.2%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- —
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 5.4%
- 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
- ▼3%
- Now £5.9m
- Cash at bank
- ▲12%
- Now £923k
- Headcount
- ▲6%
- Now 136
- Deferred income
- —
- Now —
- Fixed assets
- ▼0%
- Now £6.7m
Group structure
Ownership chain
- Zion Care Limitedultimate parent75–100%
- Fordent Properties Limitedthis company
Bands show the share of ownership each company holds in the one below it.
Sister companies (9)
- Annesley LtdFigures not disclosed
- Beechwood Place Care LtdRev. — · Profit £439k
- Conifers Care LtdFigures not disclosed
- Lifestyle Care UK LtdRev. — · Profit £1m
- Nightingales Care LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Pilling Care LtdRev. — · Profit £531k
- ST Joseph Care LtdRev. — · Profit £487k
- Zion Care (ST Albans) LimitedRev. — · Profit £692k
- Zion Care Homes LimitedRev. — · Profit £444k
From the Persons with Significant Control register (corporate controllers only).
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Sources
Latest figures from FullAccounts for the year to 30 Dec 2024 (profit £862k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Feb 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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