Etheldred Healthcare Limited
Registered name: ETHELDRED HEALTHCARE LIMITED
Part of Excelcare Arcus Investments Limited groupEtheldred Healthcare Limited made £6.5m revenue and £74.8k profit in the year to 31 Mar 2025. read from filing text
Etheldred Healthcare Limited’s revenue fell 1% to £6.5m in the year to 31 Mar 2025, with £74.8k profit and 98 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
- 22 yrs · since 2004
- 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) | £5.1m | £6.1m | £6.6m | £6.5m |
| Cost of sales | £2.9m | £3.5m | £3.3m | £3.4m |
| Gross profit | £2.2m | £2.6m | £3.3m | £3.1m |
| Operating profit | £631k | £71.5k | £944k | £159k |
| Profit before tax | £631k | £71.7k | £944k | £159k |
| Profit after tax | £494k | £55.5k | £708k | £74.8k |
| Profit (best available) | £494k | £55.5k | £708k | £74.8k |
| Staff costs | £3.1m | £3.7m | £3.5m | £3.7m |
| Employees (average) | 83 | 89 | 92 | 98 |
| Ratios | ||||
| Profit margin | 9.7% | 0.9% | 10.8% | 1.1% |
| Gross margin | 42.5% | 42.4% | 50.6% | 47.4% |
| Revenue per employee | £61.6k | £68.5k | £71.6k | £66.5k |
| Profit per employee | £5.9k | £623 | £7.7k | £763 |
| Cash conversion | −59.4% | −368% | −54.3% | — |
| Growth (year on year) | ||||
| Revenue growth | — | ▲19.3% | ▲8.1% | ▼1.1% |
| Profit growth | — | ▼88.8% | ▲1177% | ▼89.4% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▲7.2% | ▲3.4% | ▲6.5% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||||
| Cash at bank | £8.6k | £6.3k | £33.9k | £6.6k |
| Net assets | £26.8k | £82.3k | £791k | £866k |
| Fixed assets | £139k | £111k | £189k | £468k |
| Current assets | £1.3m | £2m | £3.4m | £1.5m |
| Debtors | £182k | £832k | £917k | £502k |
| Deferred income | £213k | £1.1m | £1.5m | £242k |
| Cash from operations | −£375k | −£263k | −£512k | — |
| 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
- 1.1%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 47.4%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £66.5k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £763
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- —
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 7.2%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- 3.7%
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 7.7%
- 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
- ▲9%
- Now £866k
- Cash at bank
- ▼80%
- Now £6.6k
- Headcount
- ▲7%
- Now 98
- Deferred income
- ▼83%
- Now £242k
- Fixed assets
- ▲147%
- Now £468k
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 Arcus Investments Limitedultimate parent75–100%
- Excelcare Arcus Holdings Limited75–100%
- Etheldred Healthcare Limitedthis company
Bands show the share of ownership each company holds in the one below it.
Sister companies (1)
- Hunters Healthcare LimitedRev. £6.5m · Profit £526k
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 £74.8k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Dec 2025. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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