Cornford House Limited
Registered name: CORNFORD HOUSE LIMITED
Part of Deer Capital Esg Investments Europe Limited groupCornford House Limited made £6.9m revenue and £3m profit in the year to 31 Dec 2024.
Cornford House Limited’s revenue grew 16% to £6.9m in the year to 31 Dec 2024, with £3m profit and 82 employees. The company is classified under “residential nursing care facilities” and is based in Basingstoke; we hold 3 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Basingstoke, South East
- 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.
Key figures
Badges are automated estimates derived from the filed figures — not statements of fact about the company.
Financial history
| Year to | 31 Dec 2022 | 31 Dec 2023 | 31 Dec 2024 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | |||
| Revenue (turnover) | £4.9m | £6m | £6.9m |
| Cost of sales | £3m | £3.5m | £3.6m |
| Gross profit | £1.9m | £2.5m | £3.3m |
| Operating profit | £1.8m | £2.3m | £3.1m |
| Profit before tax | £1.8m | £2.3m | £3.1m |
| Profit after tax | £1.4m | £2.3m | £3m |
| Profit (best available) | £1.4m | £2.3m | £3m |
| Staff costs | £2.3m | £2.6m | £2.9m |
| Employees (average) | 74 | 83 | 82 |
| Ratios | |||
| Profit margin | 28.9% | 38.6% | 42.8% |
| Gross margin | 38.5% | 41.7% | 48.3% |
| Revenue per employee | £65.9k | £71.8k | £84.6k |
| Profit per employee | £19.1k | £27.7k | £36.2k |
| Growth (year on year) | |||
| Revenue growth | — | ▲22.2% | ▲16.3% |
| Profit growth | — | ▲63.2% | ▲28.8% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▲12.2% | ▼1.2% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | |||
| Cash at bank | £3.1k | £159k | £76.8k |
| Net assets | £12.1m | £13.8m | £16.5m |
| Fixed assets | £20m | £20.4m | £26.9m |
| Current assets | £3.5m | £5.5m | £8.6m |
| Debtors | £561k | £484k | £327k |
| Deferred income | £7.8k | £8.4k | £10.6k |
| Source | Accounts · bulk data Jul 2024 | Accounts · bulk data Jul 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Aug 2025 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 42.8%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 48.3%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £84.6k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £36.2k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- —
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 387.3%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- 0.1%
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 4.7%
- 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
- ▲20%
- Now £16.5m
- Cash at bank
- ▼52%
- Now £76.8k
- Headcount
- ▼1%
- Now 82
- Deferred income
- ▲26%
- Now £10.6k
- Fixed assets
- ▲31%
- Now £26.9m
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
- Deer Capital Esg Investments Europe Limitedultimate parent75–100%
- Deer Capital Care Homes Limited75–100%
- Deer Capital GC Homes Limited75–100%
- Cornford House Limitedthis company
Bands show the share of ownership each company holds in the one below it.
Sister companies (5)
- Hawkinge House LimitedRev. £15.9m · Profit £4.6m
- Hawkhurst House LimitedRev. £7.8m · Profit £3m
- Hazeldene House LtdRev. £7.1m · Profit £2.6m
- Woodchurch House LimitedRev. £6.8m · Profit £2.5m
- Deer Capital GC Property Holdings 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 Dec 2024 (profit £3m), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Aug 2025. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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