Swallowcourt Limited
Registered name: SWALLOWCOURT LIMITED
Part of Swallowcourt Holdings Limited groupSwallowcourt Limited made £11.5m revenue and a £287k loss in the year to 31 Mar 2025. read from filing text
Swallowcourt Limited’s revenue grew 8% to £11.5m in the year to 31 Mar 2025, with a loss of £287k and 277 employees. The company is classified under “residential nursing care facilities” and is based in Truro; we hold 4 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Truro, South West
- Age
- 43 yrs · since 1983
- 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 Mar 2022 | 31 Mar 2023 | 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 | Full P&Lread from filing text |
| Profit & loss | ||||
| Revenue (turnover) | £9.2m | £10.1m | £10.7m | £11.5m |
| Cost of sales | £7m | £7.7m | £8.5m | £8.9m |
| Gross profit | £2.1m | £2.4m | £2.1m | £2.6m |
| Operating profit | £165k | £150k | −£631k | −£411k |
| Profit before tax | £93.4k | £26k | −£438k | −£390k |
| Profit after tax | £85.8k | £38.8k | −£246k | −£287k |
| Profit (best available) | £85.8k | £38.8k | −£246k | −£287k |
| Staff costs | £5.6m | £5.3m | £6m | £7.1m |
| Employees (average) | 304 | 291 | 244 | 277 |
| Ratios | ||||
| Profit margin | 0.9% | 0.4% | −2.3% | −2.5% |
| Gross margin | 23.3% | 23.8% | 20% | 22.7% |
| Revenue per employee | £30.2k | £34.6k | £43.7k | £41.5k |
| Profit per employee | £282 | £133 | −£1k | −£1k |
| Growth (year on year) | ||||
| Revenue growth | — | ▲9.6% | ▲5.9% | ▲7.9% |
| Profit growth | — | ▼54.8% | ▼732.4% | — |
| Headcount growth | — | ▼4.3% | ▼16.2% | ▲13.5% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||||
| Cash at bank | £369k | £402k | £257k | £1.1m |
| Net assets | £7.3m | £7.4m | £217k | −£70.3k |
| Fixed assets | £13.3m | £13.4m | £489k | £379k |
| Current assets | £1.9m | £2.3m | £1.8m | £2.3m |
| Debtors | £954k | £987k | £659k | £446k |
| Deferred income | £136k | £90.2k | £51.7k | £19.8k |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Nov 2023 | FullAccounts · bulk data Nov 2023 | FullAccounts · bulk data Nov 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Dec 2025 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- −2.5%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 22.7%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £41.5k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- −£1k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- —
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 3.3%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- 0.2%
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 3.9%
- 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
- ▼132%
- Now −£70.3k
- Cash at bank
- ▲311%
- Now £1.1m
- Headcount
- ▲14%
- Now 277
- Deferred income
- ▼62%
- Now £19.8k
- Fixed assets
- ▼22%
- Now £379k
Group structure
Ownership chain
- Swallowcourt Holdings Limitedultimate parent75–100%
- Swallowcourt Trading Holdco Limited75–100%
- Swallowcourt Limitedthis company
Bands show the share of ownership each company holds in the one below it.
Subsidiaries (1)
- Swallowcourt Home Care LimitedFigures not disclosed
Sister companies (2)
- Keelex 176 LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Swallowcourt Property Holdco LimitedFigures 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 Mar 2025 (profit −£287k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Dec 2025. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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