Primrose Healthcare Limited
Registered name: PRIMROSE HEALTHCARE LIMITED
Part of Excelcare (Cambridge) Limited groupPrimrose Healthcare Limited made £1.7m revenue and £13.3k profit in the year to 31 Mar 2025. read from filing text
Primrose Healthcare Limited’s revenue grew 3% to £1.7m in the year to 31 Mar 2025, with £13.3k profit and 33 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
- 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) | £1.3m | £1.5m | £1.7m | £1.7m |
| Cost of sales | £810k | £868k | £906k | £1m |
| Gross profit | £488k | £650k | £764k | £715k |
| Operating profit | £92.9k | £81.8k | £144k | £13.1k |
| Profit before tax | £92.9k | £81.9k | £145k | £13.9k |
| Profit after tax | £76.3k | £66.6k | £108k | £13.3k |
| Profit (best available) | £76.3k | £66.6k | £108k | £13.3k |
| Staff costs | £864k | £930k | £996k | £1.1m |
| Employees (average) | 33 | 29 | 32 | 33 |
| Ratios | ||||
| Profit margin | 5.9% | 4.4% | 6.5% | 0.8% |
| Gross margin | 37.6% | 42.8% | 45.8% | 41.7% |
| Revenue per employee | £39.3k | £52.3k | £52.2k | £52k |
| Profit per employee | £2.3k | £2.3k | £3.4k | £402 |
| Cash conversion | −48.2% | −32.8% | −33.1% | — |
| Growth (year on year) | ||||
| Revenue growth | — | ▲16.9% | ▲10% | ▲2.7% |
| Profit growth | — | ▼12.8% | ▲62.7% | ▼87.8% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▼12.1% | ▲10.3% | ▲3.1% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||||
| Cash at bank | £6.2k | £3k | £6.7k | £6.3k |
| Net assets | −£18k | £48.6k | £157k | £170k |
| Fixed assets | £28.9k | £26.8k | £20.1k | £29.4k |
| Current assets | £371k | £242k | £420k | £273k |
| Debtors | £22.6k | £26.7k | £26.3k | £28k |
| Deferred income | £71.4k | £140k | £66.3k | £69.3k |
| Cash from operations | −£44.7k | −£26.9k | −£47.8k | — |
| 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
- 0.8%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 41.7%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £52k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £402
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- —
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 1.7%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- 4%
- 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
- ▲8%
- Now £170k
- Cash at bank
- ▼6%
- Now £6.3k
- Headcount
- ▲3%
- Now 33
- Deferred income
- ▲5%
- Now £69.3k
- Fixed assets
- ▲46%
- Now £29.4k
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%
- Primrose Healthcare 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
- 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 £13.3k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Dec 2025. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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