South Cliff Limited
Registered name: SOUTH CLIFF LIMITED
South Cliff Limited made £17.9m revenue and £289k profit in the year to 31 Mar 2024.
South Cliff Limited’s revenue grew 70% to £17.9m in the year to 31 Mar 2024, with £289k profit and 2 employees. The company is classified under “dental practice activities” and is based in Crawley; we hold 2 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Crawley, South East
- Age
- 14 yrs · since 2012
- 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.
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | ||
| Revenue (turnover) | £10.5m | £17.9m |
| Cost of sales | £5.6m | £7m |
| Gross profit | £4.9m | £10.8m |
| Operating profit | −£2.2m | £2.2m |
| Profit before tax | −£2.7m | £1.2m |
| Profit after tax | £212k | £289k |
| Profit (best available) | £212k | £289k |
| Staff costs | £3.6m | £5.8m |
| Employees (average) | 2 | 2 |
| Ratios | ||
| Profit margin | 2% | 1.6% |
| Gross margin | 46.3% | 60.7% |
| Revenue per employee | £5.3m | £8.9m |
| Profit per employee | £106k | £144k |
| Cash conversion | — | 155.9% |
| Growth (year on year) | ||
| Revenue growth | — | ▲70% |
| Profit growth | — | ▲36% |
| Headcount growth | — | 0% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||
| Net assets | £244 | £1.7k |
| Fixed assets | £2.2m | £2.2m |
| Current assets | £17.2k | £75.1k |
| Debtors | £549k | £973k |
| Cash from operations | £1.7m | £3.5m |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Aug 2025 | FullAccounts · bulk data Aug 2025 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 1.6%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 60.7%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £8.9m
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £144k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- 155.9%
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 12.2%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- —
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 5.4%
- 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
- ▲605%
- Now £1.7k
- Cash at bank
- —
- Now —
- Headcount
- 0%
- Now 2
- Deferred income
- —
- Now —
- Fixed assets
- 0%
- Now £2.2m
Group structure
Subsidiaries (1)
- Dumbledore Dental Care 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 2024 (profit £289k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Aug 2025. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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