Dovecote Manor Healthcare Limited
Registered name: DOVECOTE MANOR HEALTHCARE LIMITED
Part of Excelcare (Cambridge) Limited groupDovecote Manor Healthcare Limited made £2.7m revenue and £140k profit in the year to 31 Mar 2025. read from filing text
Dovecote Manor Healthcare Limited’s revenue grew 7% to £2.7m in the year to 31 Mar 2025, with £140k profit and 56 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
- 23 yrs · since 2003
- 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) | £2.1m | £2.3m | £2.5m | £2.7m |
| Cost of sales | £1.1m | £1.2m | £1.3m | £1.4m |
| Gross profit | £946k | £1.1m | £1.3m | £1.3m |
| Operating profit | £189k | £167k | £244k | £187k |
| Profit before tax | £189k | £167k | £244k | £187k |
| Profit after tax | £152k | £137k | £184k | £140k |
| Profit (best available) | £152k | £137k | £184k | £140k |
| Staff costs | £1.2m | £1.3m | £1.4m | £1.6m |
| Employees (average) | 52 | 54 | 55 | 56 |
| Ratios | ||||
| Profit margin | 7.3% | 6.1% | 7.3% | 5.1% |
| Gross margin | 45.5% | 47.3% | 50.3% | 48.7% |
| Revenue per employee | £40k | £41.7k | £46.1k | £48.6k |
| Profit per employee | £2.9k | £2.5k | £3.3k | £2.5k |
| Cash conversion | −25.2% | −53.4% | −26% | — |
| Growth (year on year) | ||||
| Revenue growth | — | ▲8.3% | ▲12.4% | ▲7.4% |
| Profit growth | — | ▼9.6% | ▲34.1% | ▼24% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▲3.9% | ▲1.8% | ▲1.8% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||||
| Cash at bank | £6.4k | £40.4k | £5.7k | £6.7k |
| Net assets | −£39.7k | £97.6k | £282k | £422k |
| Fixed assets | £51.9k | £46.8k | £43.8k | £38.7k |
| Current assets | £613k | £429k | £776k | £755k |
| Debtors | £0 | £3.6k | £4.6k | £57.6k |
| Deferred income | £72.9k | £105k | £108k | £85.8k |
| Cash from operations | −£47.7k | −£89.1k | −£63.3k | — |
| 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
- 5.1%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 48.7%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £48.6k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £2.5k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- —
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 1.4%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- 3.1%
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 2.1%
- 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
- ▲50%
- Now £422k
- Cash at bank
- ▲18%
- Now £6.7k
- Headcount
- ▲2%
- Now 56
- Deferred income
- ▼21%
- Now £85.8k
- Fixed assets
- ▼12%
- Now £38.7k
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%
- Dovecote Manor 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
- 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
- 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 £140k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Dec 2025. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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