Willowbrook Healthcare Limited
Registered name: WILLOWBROOK HEALTHCARE LIMITED
Part of Veilchenblau Estates Ltd groupWillowbrook Healthcare Limited made £189m revenue and £6.3m profit in the year to 31 Mar 2025.
Willowbrook Healthcare Limited’s revenue grew 812% to £189m in the year to 31 Mar 2025, with £6.3m profit and 3,471 employees. The company is classified under “activities of head offices” and is based in Northampton; we hold 4 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Northampton, East Midlands
- Age
- 18 yrs · since 2008
- Type
- Private Limited Company
Pass-through vehicle. This looks like a holding, staffing or umbrella company. Its revenue and profit may largely pass through to or from other entities, so the figures may not reflect a standalone operating business. It is excluded from our opportunity lists.
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.
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&L | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | ||||
| Revenue (turnover) | £18m | £15.6m | £20.7m | £189m |
| Cost of sales | £0 | £109k | £80.4m | £164m |
| Gross profit | £18m | £15.5m | −£59.7m | £24.3m |
| Operating profit | £3.4m | £1.3m | £3.9m | £5.6m |
| Profit before tax | £3.3m | £1.3m | £3.9m | £5.6m |
| Profit after tax | £3.3m | £1.3m | £3.7m | £6.3m |
| Profit (best available) | £3.3m | £1.3m | £3.7m | £6.3m |
| Staff costs | £7m | £7.9m | £89.2m | £176m |
| Employees (average) | 192 | 213 | 248 | 3,471 |
| Ratios | ||||
| Profit margin | 18.6% | 8.4% | 18% | 3.4% |
| Gross margin | 100% | 99.3% | −288.4% | 12.9% |
| Revenue per employee | £93.7k | £73.3k | £83.5k | £54.4k |
| Profit per employee | £17.4k | £6.2k | £15k | £1.8k |
| Growth (year on year) | ||||
| Revenue growth | — | ▼13.2% | ▲32.6% | ▲812.1% |
| Profit growth | — | ▼60.6% | ▲183% | ▲70.1% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▲10.9% | ▲16.4% | ▲1300% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||||
| Cash at bank | £1.1m | £826k | £5.5m | £4.3m |
| Net assets | £13.3m | £14.6m | £18.3m | £24.7m |
| Fixed assets | £1.3m | £1.2m | £1.2m | £1.3m |
| Current assets | £120m | £140m | £164m | £168m |
| Debtors | £119m | £139m | £4.6m | £3.7m |
| Deferred income | £1.3m | £1.5m | £2.3m | £2.3m |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Mar 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Mar 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Dec 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Dec 2025 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 3.4%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 12.9%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £54.4k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £1.8k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- —
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 0.7%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- 1.2%
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 2%
- 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
- ▲35%
- Now £24.7m
- Cash at bank
- ▼21%
- Now £4.3m
- Headcount
- ▲1300%
- Now 3,471
- Deferred income
- ▼1%
- Now £2.3m
- Fixed assets
- ▲7%
- Now £1.3m
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
- Veilchenblau Estates Ltdultimate parent75–100%
- Avery Healthcare Holdings Limited75–100%
- Avery Healthcare Group Limited75–100%
- Willowbrook Healthcare Group Limited75–100%
- Willowbrook Healthcare Limitedthis company
Bands show the share of ownership each company holds in the one below it.
Subsidiaries (1)
- Willowbrook Healthcare Debtco LimitedRev. — · Profit −£696k
From the Persons with Significant Control register (corporate controllers only).
Sources
Latest figures from FullAccounts for the year to 31 Mar 2025 (profit £6.3m), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Dec 2025. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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