South Coast Nursing Homes Limited
Registered name: SOUTH COAST NURSING HOMES LIMITED
South Coast Nursing Homes Limited made £28.4m revenue and £2.3m profit in the year to 31 Mar 2025. read from filing text
South Coast Nursing Homes Limited’s revenue was £28.4m in the year to 31 Mar 2025, with £2.3m profit and 621 employees. The company is classified under “residential nursing care facilities” and is based in Worthing; we hold 3 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Worthing, South East
- Age
- 48 yrs · since 1977
- 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: “The ultimate controlling party is Mr P G Colville.”
Key figures
Badges are automated estimates derived from the filed figures — not statements of fact about the company.
Financial history
| Year to | 31 Oct 2022 | 31 Mar 2024 | 31 Mar 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&Lread from filing text | Full P&Lread from filing text | Full P&Lread from filing text |
| Profit & loss | |||
| Revenue (turnover) | £21.2m | £36.7m | £28.4m |
| Cost of sales | £13.7m | £23.5m | £18.1m |
| Gross profit | £7.5m | £13.2m | £10.3m |
| Operating profit | £3.1m | £5.8m | £4.9m |
| Profit before tax | £2.7m | £3m | £3.4m |
| Profit after tax | £2.1m | £1.8m | £2.3m |
| Profit (best available) | £2.1m | £1.8m | £2.3m |
| Staff costs | £12.3m | £20.8m | £17.1m |
| Employees (average) | 550 | 603 | 621 |
| Ratios | |||
| Profit margin | 9.8% | 4.9% | 8.1% |
| Gross margin | 35.5% | 35.9% | 36.3% |
| Revenue per employee | £38.5k | £60.8k | £45.7k |
| Profit per employee | £3.8k | £3k | £3.7k |
| Cash conversion | −138.9% | −132.3% | −121.7% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | |||
| Cash at bank | £435k | £1m | £993k |
| Net assets | £17m | £18.3m | £20.2m |
| Fixed assets | £34.8m | £34.1m | £33.7m |
| Current assets | £2.6m | £2.1m | £1.8m |
| Debtors | £619k | £599k | £515k |
| Deferred income | £169k | £608k | £869k |
| Cash from operations | −£4.3m | −£7.7m | −£5.9m |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Dec 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Dec 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Jul 2025 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 8.1%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 36.3%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £45.7k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £3.7k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- −121.7%
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 118.5%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- 3.1%
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 1.8%
- 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 £20.2m
- Cash at bank
- —
- Now £993k
- Headcount
- —
- Now 621
- Deferred income
- —
- Now £869k
- Fixed assets
- —
- Now £33.7m
Deferred income is reported together with accruals in this filing (“accruals and deferred income”), so it is an approximate signal only.
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Sources
Latest figures from FullAccounts for the year to 31 Mar 2025 (profit £2.3m), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Jul 2025. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
Updated from Companies House on 16 Oct 2026
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