Hartford Care (Southern) Limited
Registered name: HARTFORD CARE (SOUTHERN) LIMITED
Part of Deer Capital Esg Investments Europe Limited groupHartford Care (Southern) Limited made £3.9m revenue and £963k profit in the year to 31 Mar 2024.
Hartford Care (Southern) Limited’s revenue grew 13% to £3.9m in the year to 31 Mar 2024, with £963k profit and 74 employees. The company is classified under “residential care activities for the elderly and disabled” and is based in Basingstoke; we hold 3 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Basingstoke, South East
- 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: “Hartford Care Limited”
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | |||
| Revenue (turnover) | £3.1m | £3.4m | £3.9m |
| Cost of sales | £1.7m | £1.9m | £2.1m |
| Gross profit | £1.3m | £1.6m | £1.8m |
| Operating profit | £1.1m | £1m | £1.1m |
| Profit before tax | £1.1m | £1m | £1.1m |
| Profit after tax | £842k | £1.3m | £963k |
| Profit (best available) | £842k | £1.3m | £963k |
| Staff costs | £1.6m | £1.7m | £1.9m |
| Employees (average) | 78 | 74 | 74 |
| Ratios | |||
| Profit margin | 27.6% | 36.8% | 24.7% |
| Gross margin | 43.5% | 45.9% | 47.3% |
| Revenue per employee | £39.2k | £46.4k | £52.6k |
| Profit per employee | £10.8k | £17.1k | £13k |
| Growth (year on year) | |||
| Revenue growth | — | ▲12.3% | ▲13.5% |
| Profit growth | — | ▲50% | ▼23.8% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▼5.1% | 0% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | |||
| Cash at bank | £99k | £81.4k | £75k |
| Net assets | £2.4m | £3.6m | £5.6m |
| Fixed assets | £6.7m | £7.5m | £10.1m |
| Current assets | £951k | £1.2m | £856k |
| Debtors | £165k | £108k | £115k |
| Deferred income | £230k | £228k | £192k |
| Source | Accounts · bulk data Nov 2023 | Accounts · bulk data Nov 2023 | Accounts · bulk data Dec 2024 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 24.7%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 47.3%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £52.6k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £13k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- —
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 258.3%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- 4.9%
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 2.9%
- 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
- ▲53%
- Now £5.6m
- Cash at bank
- ▼8%
- Now £75k
- Headcount
- 0%
- Now 74
- Deferred income
- ▼16%
- Now £192k
- Fixed assets
- ▲35%
- Now £10.1m
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
- Deer Capital Esg Investments Europe Limitedultimate parent75–100%
- Deer Capital Care Homes Limited75–100%
- Deer Capital Hartford Care Homes Limited75–100%
- Hartford Care Group Limited75–100%
- Hartford Care Limited75–100%
- Hartford Care (Southern) Limitedthis company
Bands show the share of ownership each company holds in the one below it.
Sister companies (1)
- Hartford Care (South West) LimitedFigures not disclosed
From the Persons with Significant Control register (corporate controllers only).
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Sources
Latest figures from accounts for the year to 31 Mar 2024 (profit £963k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Dec 2024. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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