Avery of Leicester (Operations) Limited
Registered name: AVERY OF LEICESTER (OPERATIONS) LIMITED
Part of Veilchenblau Estates Ltd groupAvery of Leicester (Operations) Limited made £6m revenue and a £531k loss in the year to 31 Mar 2025.
Avery of Leicester (Operations) Limited’s revenue grew 9% to £6m in the year to 31 Mar 2025, with a loss of £531k and 122 employees. The company is classified under “residential care activities for the elderly and disabled” and is based in Northampton; we hold 3 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Northampton, East Midlands
- Age
- 17 yrs · since 2009
- 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: “Avery Opco Lessee 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 2023 | 31 Mar 2024 | 31 Mar 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | |||
| Revenue (turnover) | £4.4m | £5.5m | £6m |
| Cost of sales | £2.2m | £2.6m | £2.9m |
| Gross profit | £2.2m | £3m | £3.1m |
| Operating profit | −£1.1m | −£348k | −£181k |
| Profit before tax | −£1.1m | −£348k | −£181k |
| Profit after tax | −£1.1m | −£232k | −£531k |
| Profit (best available) | −£1.1m | −£232k | −£531k |
| Staff costs | £2.2m | £2.4m | £2.8m |
| Employees (average) | 78 | 95 | 122 |
| Ratios | |||
| Profit margin | −25.3% | −4.2% | −8.9% |
| Gross margin | 49.6% | 53.5% | 51.2% |
| Revenue per employee | £56.2k | £58.1k | £49.1k |
| Profit per employee | −£14.2k | −£2.4k | −£4.4k |
| Growth (year on year) | |||
| Revenue growth | — | ▲25.9% | ▲8.6% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▲21.8% | ▲28.4% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | |||
| Cash at bank | £408k | £1.4m | £148k |
| Net assets | −£8.4m | −£8.7m | −£9.2m |
| Fixed assets | £474k | £560k | £582k |
| Current assets | £8.2m | £10m | £11.6m |
| Debtors | £234k | £306k | £541k |
| Deferred income | £7.3m | £6.6m | £6.4m |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Dec 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Dec 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Dec 2025 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- −8.9%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 51.2%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £49.1k
- 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
- 9.7%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- 107.1%
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 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
- —
- Now −£9.2m
- Cash at bank
- ▼89%
- Now £148k
- Headcount
- ▲28%
- Now 122
- Deferred income
- ▼2%
- Now £6.4m
- Fixed assets
- ▲4%
- Now £582k
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 Opco Lessee Limited75–100%
- Avery of Leicester (Operations) Limitedthis company
Bands show the share of ownership each company holds in the one below it.
Sister companies (8)
- Avery Homes Downend LimitedRev. £10m · Profit £1.9m
- Avery at Loxley Park (Operations) LimitedRev. £4m · Profit £1m
- Avery (Lucas Court) LimitedRev. £3.9m · Profit £493k
- Avery (Glenmoor) LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Avery at Loxley Park (Homecare) LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Avery at the Miramar (Operations) LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Avery Homes Bracknell LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Avery Homes Droitwich 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 Mar 2025 (profit −£531k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Dec 2025. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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