LDC Care Company Ltd
Registered name: LDC CARE COMPANY LTD
Part of LDC Top Co Ltd groupLDC Care Company Ltd made £23.6m revenue and £1.1m profit in the year to 31 Aug 2025.
LDC Care Company Ltd’s revenue grew 27% to £23.6m in the year to 31 Aug 2025, with £1.1m profit and 543 employees. The company is classified under “residential care activities for the elderly and disabled” and is based in Dover; we hold 4 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Dover, South East
- Age
- 27 yrs · since 1999
- 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 Aug 2022 | 31 Aug 2023 | 31 Aug 2024 | 31 Aug 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | ||||
| Revenue (turnover) | £13.3m | £14.6m | £18.7m | £23.6m |
| Cost of sales | £9.2m | £10m | £13.4m | £17.4m |
| Gross profit | £4.1m | £4.6m | £5.3m | £6.2m |
| Operating profit | £346k | £1.5m | £1.1m | £1.5m |
| Profit before tax | £337k | £1.5m | £1.1m | £1.5m |
| Profit after tax | £37.5k | £1.1m | £734k | £1.1m |
| Profit (best available) | £37.5k | £1.1m | £734k | £1.1m |
| Staff costs | £9.6m | £11m | £15m | £19.3m |
| Employees (average) | 344 | 393 | 481 | 543 |
| Ratios | ||||
| Profit margin | 0.3% | 7.3% | 3.9% | 4.5% |
| Gross margin | 30.9% | 31.3% | 28.4% | 26.2% |
| Revenue per employee | £38.6k | £37.1k | £38.8k | £43.5k |
| Profit per employee | £109 | £2.7k | £1.5k | £1.9k |
| Growth (year on year) | ||||
| Revenue growth | — | ▲9.9% | ▲28% | ▲26.6% |
| Profit growth | — | ▲2756% | ▼31.4% | ▲43.8% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▲14.2% | ▲22.4% | ▲12.9% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||||
| Cash at bank | £1.2m | £2.1m | £2.1m | £1.4m |
| Net assets | £2.3m | £2.4m | £2.4m | £2.4m |
| Fixed assets | £319k | £435k | £347k | £351k |
| Current assets | £3.7m | £4.7m | £5m | £5.3m |
| Debtors | £373k | £466k | £345k | £841k |
| Deferred income | £494k | £1m | £1m | £861k |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data May 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data May 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data May 2025 | FullAccounts · bulk data Jun 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 4.5%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 26.2%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £43.5k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £1.9k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- —
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 1.5%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- 3.6%
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 3.6%
- 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
- ▲0%
- Now £2.4m
- Cash at bank
- ▼33%
- Now £1.4m
- Headcount
- ▲13%
- Now 543
- Deferred income
- ▼14%
- Now £861k
- Fixed assets
- ▲1%
- Now £351k
Deferred income is reported together with accruals in this filing (“accruals and deferred income”), so it is an approximate signal only.
Group structure
Ownership chain
- LDC Top Co Ltdultimate parent75–100%
- LDC Group Ltd75–100%
- LDC Care Company Ltdthis company
Bands show the share of ownership each company holds in the one below it.
Sister companies (4)
- LDC Care Medway LtdFigures not disclosed
- LDC Care Property Co LtdFigures not disclosed
- LDC Care Rental Co LtdFigures not disclosed
- Roxbee LtdFigures 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 Aug 2025 (profit £1.1m), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Jun 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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