Willows Care Centre Limited
Registered name: WILLOWS CARE CENTRE LIMITED
Part of Excelcare (Cambridge) Limited groupWillows Care Centre Limited made £7.1m revenue and £688k profit in the year to 31 Mar 2025. read from filing text
Willows Care Centre Limited’s revenue grew 12% to £7.1m in the year to 31 Mar 2025, with £688k profit and 113 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
- 21 yrs · since 2005
- 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) | £5.3m | £5.9m | £6.4m | £7.1m |
| Cost of sales | £3.1m | £3.2m | £3.3m | £3.7m |
| Gross profit | £2.2m | £2.7m | £3m | £3.5m |
| Operating profit | £622k | £357k | £525k | £921k |
| Profit before tax | £622k | £357k | £525k | £921k |
| Profit after tax | £499k | £295k | £406k | £688k |
| Profit (best available) | £499k | £295k | £406k | £688k |
| Staff costs | £3.3m | £3.4m | £3.7m | £4m |
| Employees (average) | 121 | 108 | 114 | 113 |
| Ratios | ||||
| Profit margin | 9.4% | 5% | 6.4% | 9.7% |
| Gross margin | 41.4% | 45.5% | 47.5% | 48.5% |
| Revenue per employee | £43.8k | £54.4k | £55.7k | £63k |
| Profit per employee | £4.1k | £2.7k | £3.6k | £6.1k |
| Cash conversion | −35.3% | −69.8% | −48% | — |
| Growth (year on year) | ||||
| Revenue growth | — | ▲10.7% | ▲8.2% | ▲12% |
| Profit growth | — | ▼41% | ▲37.7% | ▲69.5% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▼10.7% | ▲5.6% | ▼0.9% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||||
| Cash at bank | £4.9k | £600 | £6.6k | £7k |
| Net assets | −£960k | −£665k | −£259k | £428k |
| Fixed assets | £121k | £117k | £153k | £114k |
| Current assets | £1.1m | £996k | £2.2m | £1.7m |
| Debtors | £182k | £775k | £532k | £120k |
| Deferred income | £266k | £475k | £382k | £285k |
| Cash from operations | −£220k | −£249k | −£252k | — |
| 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
- 9.7%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 48.5%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £63k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £6.1k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- —
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 1.6%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- 4%
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 1.7%
- 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
- —
- Now £428k
- Cash at bank
- ▲6%
- Now £7k
- Headcount
- ▼1%
- Now 113
- Deferred income
- ▼25%
- Now £285k
- Fixed assets
- ▼26%
- Now £114k
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%
- Willows Care Centre Limitedthis company
Bands show the share of ownership each company holds in the one below it.
Sister companies (18)
- 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
- 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 £688k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Dec 2025. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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