Birchgrove Healthcare (Sussex) Limited
Registered name: BIRCHGROVE HEALTHCARE (SUSSEX) LIMITED
Part of Ashton Healthcare Group Ltd groupBirchgrove Healthcare (Sussex) Limited made £3.3m revenue and £839k profit in the year to 31 Dec 2025. read from filing text
Birchgrove Healthcare (Sussex) Limited’s revenue grew 7% to £3.3m in the year to 31 Dec 2025, with £839k profit and 50 employees. The company is classified under “residential care activities for the elderly and disabled” and is based in Haywards Heath; we hold 5 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Haywards Heath, South East
- Age
- 18 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 and ultimate parent company is Ashton Healthcare Group Limited, a company controlled by”
Key figures
Badges are automated estimates derived from the filed figures — not statements of fact about the company.
Financial history
| Year to | 31 Dec 2021 | 31 Dec 2022 | 31 Dec 2023 | 31 Dec 2024 | 31 Dec 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | No P&L | No P&L | No P&L | Full P&Lread from filing text | Full P&Lread from filing text |
| Profit & loss | |||||
| Revenue (turnover) | — | — | — | £3.1m | £3.3m |
| Cost of sales | — | — | — | £1.9m | £2m |
| Gross profit | — | — | — | £1.2m | £1.3m |
| Profit before tax | — | — | — | £821k | £851k |
| Profit after tax | — | — | — | £821k | £839k |
| Profit (best available) | — | — | — | £821k | £839k |
| Staff costs | — | — | — | £1.7m | £1.8m |
| Employees (average) | 46 | 53 | 54 | 53 | 50 |
| Ratios | |||||
| Profit margin | — | — | — | 26.5% | 25.4% |
| Gross margin | — | — | — | 38.9% | 38.2% |
| Revenue per employee | — | — | — | £58.4k | £66.2k |
| Profit per employee | — | — | — | £15.5k | £16.8k |
| Growth (year on year) | |||||
| Revenue growth | — | — | — | — | ▲6.9% |
| Profit growth | — | — | — | — | ▲2.2% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▲15.2% | ▲1.9% | ▼1.8% | ▼5.7% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | |||||
| Cash at bank | £328k | £23.6k | £94.2k | £108k | £145k |
| Net assets | £8.5m | £8.9m | £9.5m | £10.1m | £10.9m |
| Fixed assets | £6.2m | £6.4m | £6.4m | £6.1m | £6.1m |
| Current assets | £3m | £3.4m | £4m | £5m | £5.7m |
| Debtors | £52.6k | £80.6k | £120k | £140k | £56.2k |
| Deferred income | — | — | — | £109k | £78.1k |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Dec 2023 | FullAccounts · bulk data Dec 2023 | FullAccounts · bulk data Sep 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Sep 2025 | FullAccounts · bulk data Sep 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 25.4%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 38.2%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £66.2k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £16.8k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- —
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 184.9%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- 2.4%
- 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
- ▲8%
- Now £10.9m
- Cash at bank
- ▲34%
- Now £145k
- Headcount
- ▼6%
- Now 50
- Deferred income
- ▼28%
- Now £78.1k
- Fixed assets
- ▲1%
- Now £6.1m
Group structure
Ownership chain
- Ashton Healthcare Group Ltdultimate parent75–100%
- Birchgrove Healthcare (Sussex) Limitedthis company
Bands show the share of ownership each company holds in the one below it.
Sister companies (3)
- Adelaide Healthcare LimitedRev. £6.4m · Profit £1.7m
- Grove Park Healthcare Group LimitedRev. £3.6m · Profit −£174k
- Ashton Project Management 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 Dec 2025 (profit £839k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Sep 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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