Lancewood Limited
Registered name: LANCEWOOD LIMITED
Part of Excelcare (Cambridge) Limited groupLancewood Limited made £0 revenue and a £4.2k loss in the year to 31 Mar 2025. read from filing text
Lancewood Limited’s revenue was £0 in the year to 31 Mar 2025, with a loss of £4.2k and 1 employee. 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
- 25 yrs · since 2001
- 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) | £3.6m | £2.5m | £0 | £0 |
| Cost of sales | £2.3m | £1.7m | £0 | — |
| Gross profit | £1.3m | £727k | £0 | — |
| Operating profit | £169k | −£419k | −£300k | — |
| Profit before tax | £169k | −£419k | −£300k | −£4.2k |
| Profit after tax | £131k | −£419k | −£300k | −£4.2k |
| Profit (best available) | £131k | −£419k | −£300k | −£4.2k |
| Staff costs | £2.5m | £1.9m | £0 | — |
| Employees (average) | 90 | 62 | 0 | 1 |
| Ratios | ||||
| Profit margin | 3.7% | −17.1% | — | — |
| Gross margin | 36.2% | 29.7% | — | — |
| Revenue per employee | £39.7k | £39.5k | — | £0 |
| Profit per employee | £1.5k | −£6.8k | — | −£4.2k |
| Cash conversion | −53.6% | — | — | — |
| Growth (year on year) | ||||
| Revenue growth | — | ▼31.5% | ▼100% | — |
| Profit growth | — | ▼419.7% | — | — |
| Headcount growth | — | ▼31.1% | ▼100% | — |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||||
| Cash at bank | £7.1k | £5.7k | £5.6k | £6.4k |
| Net assets | £89.7k | −£329k | −£629k | −£633k |
| Fixed assets | £160k | £100 | — | — |
| Current assets | £1m | £131k | £20.3k | £64.1k |
| Debtors | £314k | £104k | £3.4k | £25.8k |
| Deferred income | £159k | £14.7k | £5.2k | — |
| Cash from operations | −£90.5k | −£33.7k | −£608 | — |
| 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
- —
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- —
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £0
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- −£4.2k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- —
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- —
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- —
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- —
- 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 −£633k
- Cash at bank
- ▲14%
- Now £6.4k
- Headcount
- —
- Now 1
- Deferred income
- —
- Now —
- Fixed assets
- —
- Now —
Group structure
Ownership chain
- Excelcare (Cambridge) Limitedultimate parent75–100%
- Lancewood 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
- Ferrolake LimitedRev. £2.3m · Profit £74.7k
- 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
- 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 −£4.2k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Dec 2025. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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