Fountain Diagnostic Limited
Registered name: FOUNTAIN DIAGNOSTIC LIMITED
Part of Living Care Group Limited groupFountain Diagnostic Limited made £13.8m revenue and £629k profit in the year to 31 Mar 2025. read from filing text
Fountain Diagnostic Limited’s revenue grew 6% to £13.8m in the year to 31 Mar 2025, with £629k profit and 144 employees. The company is classified under “specialists medical practice activities” and is based in Leeds; we hold 4 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Leeds, Yorkshire and The Humber
- Age
- 20 yrs · since 2006
- 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: “The Company's parent is Living Care Group Limited, incorporated in England and Wales.”
Key figures
Badges are automated estimates derived from the filed figures — not statements of fact about the company.
Financial history
| Year to | 30 Mar 2022 | 30 Mar 2023 | 30 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) | £10.5m | £12.5m | £13.1m | £13.8m |
| Cost of sales | £5m | £5.8m | £6.1m | £6.5m |
| Gross profit | £5.5m | £6.7m | £7m | £7.2m |
| Operating profit | £171k | £706k | £633k | £656k |
| Profit before tax | £768k | £647k | £572k | £566k |
| Profit after tax | £784k | £500k | £548k | £629k |
| Profit (best available) | £784k | £500k | £548k | £629k |
| Staff costs | £3.6m | £3.5m | £3.3m | £3.8m |
| Employees (average) | 134 | 165 | 174 | 144 |
| Ratios | ||||
| Profit margin | 7.4% | 4% | 4.2% | 4.6% |
| Gross margin | 52.5% | 53.8% | 53.5% | 52.5% |
| Revenue per employee | £78.6k | £75.9k | £75.1k | £95.7k |
| Profit per employee | £5.8k | £3k | £3.1k | £4.4k |
| Growth (year on year) | ||||
| Revenue growth | — | ▲19% | ▲4.3% | ▲5.5% |
| Profit growth | — | ▼36.1% | ▲9.5% | ▲14.8% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▲23.1% | ▲5.5% | ▼17.2% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||||
| Cash at bank | £106 | £109k | £106 | £106 |
| Net assets | £1.1m | £1.6m | £2.1m | £2.7m |
| Fixed assets | £904k | £1m | £2.6m | £2.7m |
| Current assets | £4m | £4.2m | £3.6m | £3.2m |
| Debtors | £597k | £680k | £1.3m | £832k |
| Deferred income | £1m | £685k | £1.2m | £766k |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Jan 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Jan 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Feb 2025 | FullAccounts · bulk data Dec 2025 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 4.6%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 52.5%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £95.7k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £4.4k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- —
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 19.5%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- 5.6%
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 6%
- 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
- ▲24%
- Now £2.7m
- Cash at bank
- 0%
- Now £106
- Headcount
- ▼17%
- Now 144
- Deferred income
- ▼34%
- Now £766k
- Fixed assets
- ▲2%
- Now £2.7m
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
- Living Care Group Limitedultimate parent75–100%
- Fountain Diagnostic Limitedthis company
Bands show the share of ownership each company holds in the one below it.
Subsidiaries (3)
- Exceed Sports Group LtdRev. — · Profit £4.6k
- Livingcare Diagnostics LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Livingcare Sheffield LimitedRev. — · Profit −£1.2m
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 £629k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Dec 2025. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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