Swiss Cottage V.e. Limited
Registered name: SWISS COTTAGE V.E. LIMITED
Swiss Cottage V.e. Limited made £1.3m revenue and £81k profit in the year to 31 Dec 2025. read from filing text
Swiss Cottage V.e. Limited’s revenue fell 11% to £1.3m in the year to 31 Dec 2025, with £81k profit and 10 employees. The company is classified under “other service activities” and is based in Nottingham; we hold 4 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Nottingham, East Midlands
- Age
- 19 yrs · since 2007
- 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 immediate controlling party of the company is Abbeyfield V.E. Limited, a company incorporated in the United Kingdom. A copy of their financial statements can be obtained from Mere Way, Ruddington ”
Key figures
Badges are automated estimates derived from the filed figures — not statements of fact about the company.
Financial history
| Year to | 31 Dec 2022 | 31 Dec 2023 | 31 Dec 2024 | 31 Dec 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) | £1.2m | £1.3m | £1.4m | £1.3m |
| Cost of sales | £413k | £417k | £494k | £445k |
| Gross profit | £835k | £873k | £956k | £849k |
| Operating profit | £167k | £147k | £122k | £102k |
| Profit before tax | £168k | £151k | £128k | £108k |
| Profit after tax | £135k | £117k | £95k | £81k |
| Profit (best available) | £135k | £117k | £95k | £81k |
| Staff costs | £338k | £371k | £442k | £397k |
| Employees (average) | 10 | 12 | 10 | 10 |
| Ratios | ||||
| Profit margin | 10.8% | 9.1% | 6.6% | 6.3% |
| Gross margin | 66.9% | 67.7% | 65.9% | 65.6% |
| Revenue per employee | £125k | £108k | £145k | £129k |
| Profit per employee | £13.5k | £9.8k | £9.5k | £8.1k |
| Growth (year on year) | ||||
| Revenue growth | — | ▲3.4% | ▲12.4% | ▼10.8% |
| Profit growth | — | ▼13.3% | ▼18.8% | ▼14.7% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▲20% | ▼16.7% | 0% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||||
| Cash at bank | £8k | £3k | £3k | £3k |
| Net assets | £147k | £37k | £53k | £39k |
| Fixed assets | £105k | £78k | £96k | £53k |
| Current assets | £236k | £181k | £220k | £223k |
| Debtors | £40k | £76k | £116k | £100k |
| Deferred income | £55k | £84k | £111k | £55k |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Sep 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Sep 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Sep 2025 | FullAccounts · bulk data Sep 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 6.3%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 65.6%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £129k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £8.1k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- —
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 4.1%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- 4.3%
- 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
- ▼26%
- Now £39k
- Cash at bank
- 0%
- Now £3k
- Headcount
- 0%
- Now 10
- Deferred income
- ▼50%
- Now £55k
- Fixed assets
- ▼45%
- Now £53k
Deferred income is reported together with accruals in this filing (“accruals and deferred income”), so it is an approximate signal only.
Group structure
Minority corporate shareholders
- Abbeyfield V.e. Limited 25–50%
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 £81k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Sep 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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