Dovecote Care Limited
Registered name: DOVECOTE CARE LIMITED
Part of Sofino Holdings Ltd groupDovecote Care Limited made £8.2m profit in the year to 31 Mar 2025 (revenue not disclosed).
Dovecote Care Limited reported £8.2m profit in the year to 31 Mar 2025; its revenue was not disclosed. It had 49 employees. The company is classified under “other residential care activities” and is based in Leicester; we hold 4 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Leicester, East Midlands
- Age
- 13 yrs · since 2013
- 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.
Key figures
This company published its profit but not its turnover, so revenue and margins are not disclosed. We never estimate them.
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 | Profit only | Profit only | Profit only | Profit only |
| Profit & loss | ||||
| Revenue (turnover) | — | — | — | — |
| Cost of sales | £6.5m | £11.3m | — | — |
| Profit after tax | £94.8k | −£976k | −£2.1m | £8.2m |
| Profit (best available) | £94.8k | −£976k | −£2.1m | £8.2m |
| Staff costs | £0 | £968k | — | — |
| Employees (average) | 0 | 43 | 41 | 49 |
| Ratios | ||||
| Profit margin | — | — | — | — |
| Profit per employee | — | −£22.7k | −£50.1k | £166k |
| Growth (year on year) | ||||
| Profit growth | — | ▼1129% | — | — |
| Headcount growth | — | — | ▼4.7% | ▲19.5% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||||
| Cash at bank | £748k | £22.7k | £109k | £10.7k |
| Net assets | £1.1m | £43.4k | −£1.3m | £1.3m |
| Fixed assets | £4m | £2.9m | £3.9m | £2.6m |
| Current assets | £5.1m | £1.3m | £1.5m | £10.8m |
| Debtors | £0 | £0 | £1.4m | £10.8m |
| Deferred income | £0 | £0 | — | — |
| Cash from operations | −£2.4m | £1.6m | £52k | £6.6m |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Feb 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Feb 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Dec 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Jan 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- —
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- —
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- —
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £166k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- —
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- —
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- —
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- —
- 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 £1.3m
- Cash at bank
- ▼90%
- Now £10.7k
- Headcount
- ▲20%
- Now 49
- Deferred income
- —
- Now —
- Fixed assets
- ▼32%
- Now £2.6m
Group structure
Ownership chain
- Sofino Holdings Ltdultimate parent50–75%
- Ibc Health Care Group Ltd75–100%
- Dovecote Care Limitedthis company
Bands show the share of ownership each company holds in the one below it.
Subsidiaries (2)
- Forward Day Services LtdRev. — · Profit £486k
- Orchard Court Leicester LimitedRev. — · Profit £303k
Sister companies (2)
- Ibc Health Care LtdFigures not disclosed
- SL Care Properties LtdFigures 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 £8.2m), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Jan 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
Updated from Companies House on 24 Oct 2026
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