Applecroft Care Home Ltd
Registered name: APPLECROFT CARE HOME LTD
Part of Studland Holdco (UK) Limited groupApplecroft Care Home Ltd made £6.1m revenue and £187k profit in the year to 31 Dec 2025.
Applecroft Care Home Ltd’s revenue fell 1% to £6.1m in the year to 31 Dec 2025, with £187k profit and 116 employees. The company is classified under “residential nursing care facilities” and is based in London; we hold 5 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.
Key figures
Badges are automated estimates derived from the filed figures — not statements of fact about the company.
Financial history
| Year to | 31 Dec 2021 | 31 Dec 2022 | 31 Dec 2023 | 31 Dec 2024 | 31 Dec 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | |||||
| Revenue (turnover) | £4.1m | £4.7m | £5.5m | £6.1m | £6.1m |
| Cost of sales | £2.7m | £2.8m | £3.2m | £3.6m | £4m |
| Gross profit | £1.5m | £1.8m | £2.2m | £2.5m | £2.1m |
| Operating profit | £1.1m | £1m | £1.6m | £1.6m | £884k |
| Profit before tax | £1.1m | £880k | £1.2m | £797k | £265k |
| Profit after tax | £1.1m | £880k | £1.2m | £747k | £187k |
| Profit (best available) | £1.1m | £880k | £1.2m | £747k | £187k |
| Staff costs | £2.5m | £2.6m | £3m | £3.3m | £3.7m |
| Employees (average) | — | 211 | 117 | 113 | 116 |
| Ratios | |||||
| Profit margin | 25.5% | 18.9% | 21.9% | 12.3% | 3.1% |
| Gross margin | 35.6% | 39.1% | 40.9% | 41% | 34.4% |
| Revenue per employee | — | £22.1k | £46.8k | £53.8k | £52.2k |
| Profit per employee | — | £4.2k | £10.3k | £6.6k | £1.6k |
| Growth (year on year) | |||||
| Revenue growth | — | ▲12.4% | ▲17.6% | ▲11.1% | ▼0.5% |
| Profit growth | — | ▼16.7% | ▲36.4% | ▼37.7% | ▼74.9% |
| Headcount growth | — | — | ▼44.5% | ▼3.4% | ▲2.6% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | |||||
| Cash at bank | £1m | £1.3m | £116k | £306k | £417k |
| Net assets | £3.8m | £4.7m | £5.9m | £6.6m | £6.8m |
| Fixed assets | £3.6m | £3.8m | £3.8m | £3.7m | £3.7m |
| Current assets | £5.4m | £6m | £8.6m | £9.3m | £9.2m |
| Debtors | £172k | £533k | £537k | £456k | £530k |
| Deferred income | £182k | £247k | £287k | £270k | £290k |
| Source | Accounts · bulk data Dec 2023 | Accounts · bulk data Dec 2023 | FullAccounts · bulk data Sep 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Sep 2025 | FullAccounts · bulk data Aug 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 3.1%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 34.4%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £52.2k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £1.6k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- —
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 60.7%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- 4.8%
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 8.8%
- 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
- ▲3%
- Now £6.8m
- Cash at bank
- ▲36%
- Now £417k
- Headcount
- ▲3%
- Now 116
- Deferred income
- ▲8%
- Now £290k
- Fixed assets
- ▼1%
- Now £3.7m
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
- Studland Holdco (UK) Limitedultimate parent75–100%
- Oak Bidco (UK) Limited75–100%
- Oak Afs England Limited75–100%
- Applecroft Care Home Ltdthis company
Bands show the share of ownership each company holds in the one below it.
Sister companies (4)
- Trees Park (East Ham) LimitedRev. £5.4m · Profit £918k
- Barleycroft Care Home LtdRev. £4.6m · Profit £89.7k
- Elmcroft Care Home LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Trees Park (Kenyon) 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 2025 (profit £187k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Aug 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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