Ferrolake Limited
Registered name: FERROLAKE LIMITED
Part of Excelcare (Cambridge) Limited groupFerrolake Limited made £2.3m revenue and £74.7k profit in the year to 31 Mar 2025. read from filing text
Ferrolake Limited’s revenue grew 14% to £2.3m in the year to 31 Mar 2025, with £74.7k profit and 39 employees. The company is classified under “residential care activities for the elderly and disabled” and is based in London; we hold 4 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- London, London
- 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. From the filing: “In the opinion of the director, the ultimate parent company is Excel Portfolios Limited, a company registered in Jersey. The immediate parent company is Excelcare (Cambridge) Limited, a company incorp”
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) | £1.6m | £1.7m | £2m | £2.3m |
| Cost of sales | £896k | £952k | £999k | £1.1m |
| Gross profit | £708k | £732k | £1m | £1.2m |
| Operating profit | £146k | £36.2k | £179k | £129k |
| Profit before tax | £146k | £36.2k | £180k | £130k |
| Profit after tax | £113k | £24.9k | £131k | £74.7k |
| Profit (best available) | £113k | £24.9k | £131k | £74.7k |
| Staff costs | £970k | £1.1m | £1.1m | £1.3m |
| Employees (average) | 36 | 38 | 39 | 39 |
| Ratios | ||||
| Profit margin | 7% | 1.5% | 6.5% | 3.3% |
| Gross margin | 44.1% | 43.5% | 50.2% | 51.4% |
| Revenue per employee | £44.6k | £44.3k | £51.4k | £58.4k |
| Profit per employee | £3.1k | £655 | £3.4k | £1.9k |
| Cash conversion | −16% | −90.4% | −6.1% | — |
| Growth (year on year) | ||||
| Revenue growth | — | ▲5% | ▲19% | ▲13.6% |
| Profit growth | — | ▼77.9% | ▲425.7% | ▼42.9% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▲5.6% | ▲2.6% | 0% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||||
| Cash at bank | £6.4k | £1.9k | £6.1k | £6.5k |
| Net assets | £188k | £213k | £344k | £418k |
| Fixed assets | £152k | £123k | £103k | £259k |
| Current assets | £537k | £276k | £507k | £368k |
| Debtors | £56k | £32k | £82.7k | £36.4k |
| Deferred income | £82.4k | £87k | £105k | £82.9k |
| Cash from operations | −£23.2k | −£32.7k | −£11k | — |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Dec 2023 | FullAccounts · bulk data Dec 2023 | FullAccounts · bulk data Dec 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Dec 2025 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 3.3%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 51.4%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £58.4k
- 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
- 11.4%
- 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
- 1.6%
- 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
- ▲22%
- Now £418k
- Cash at bank
- ▲8%
- Now £6.5k
- Headcount
- 0%
- Now 39
- Deferred income
- ▼21%
- Now £82.9k
- Fixed assets
- ▲152%
- Now £259k
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
- Excelcare (Cambridge) Limitedultimate parent75–100%
- Ferrolake Limitedthis company
Bands show the share of ownership each company holds in the one below it.
Sister companies (18)
- Willows Care Centre LimitedRev. £7.1m · Profit £688k
- Excelcare (Home Care Division) LimitedRev. £6.6m · Profit £181k
- Castle Mead Court Care Centre LimitedRev. £5.6m · Profit £340k
- Glenfield Healthcare LimitedRev. £5.1m · Profit £64k
- ST. Georges Court Healthcare LimitedRev. £4.5m · Profit £305k
- Park Avenue Healthcare LimitedRev. £4.4m · Profit £464k
- Water Hall Healthcare LimitedRev. £4m · Profit £287k
- Buchan Healthcare LimitedRev. £3.9m · Profit £240k
- Dovecote Manor Healthcare LimitedRev. £2.7m · Profit £140k
- Neath Hill Care Centre LimitedRev. £2.3m · Profit −£42.5k
- Fitzwilliam Healthcare LimitedRev. £2m · Profit £87.2k
- Rheola Healthcare LimitedRev. £1.8m · Profit £78.2k
- Primrose Healthcare LimitedRev. £1.7m · Profit £13.3k
- Brook Healthcare LimitedRev. £1.6m · Profit £46.2k
- Aliwal Healthcare LimitedRev. £1.3m · Profit −£79.1k
- Excelcare Properties LimitedRev. £0 · Profit −£626
- Lancewood LimitedRev. £0 · Profit −£4.2k
- Excelcare Children's Services 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 £74.7k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Dec 2025. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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