Birchlands (Haxby) Limited
Registered name: BIRCHLANDS (HAXBY) LIMITED
Part of Welford Topco Limited groupBirchlands (Haxby) Limited made £3.8m revenue and £733k profit in the year to 31 Mar 2025.
Birchlands (Haxby) Limited’s revenue grew 2% to £3.8m in the year to 31 Mar 2025, with £733k profit and 66 employees. The company is classified under “residential nursing care facilities” and is based in Leicester; we hold 4 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Leicester, East Midlands
- Age
- 11 yrs · since 2014
- 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
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&L | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | ||||
| Revenue (turnover) | £3m | £3.5m | £3.7m | £3.8m |
| Cost of sales | £1.2m | £1.5m | £1.7m | £1.8m |
| Gross profit | £1.9m | £2m | £2m | £2m |
| Operating profit | £1m | £1.2m | £799k | £1.1m |
| Profit before tax | £871k | £1m | £626k | £810k |
| Profit after tax | £719k | £760k | £472k | £733k |
| Profit (best available) | £719k | £760k | £472k | £733k |
| Staff costs | £1.5m | £1.6m | £2m | £1.9m |
| Employees (average) | 61 | 65 | 68 | 66 |
| Ratios | ||||
| Profit margin | 23.8% | 21.6% | 12.6% | 19.2% |
| Gross margin | 61.8% | 56.4% | 53.8% | 52.3% |
| Revenue per employee | £49.5k | £54k | £54.9k | £57.9k |
| Profit per employee | £11.8k | £11.7k | £6.9k | £11.1k |
| Growth (year on year) | ||||
| Revenue growth | — | ▲16.4% | ▲6.3% | ▲2.3% |
| Profit growth | — | ▲5.6% | ▼37.9% | ▲55.2% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▲6.6% | ▲4.6% | ▼2.9% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||||
| Cash at bank | £356k | £75.7k | £70.5k | £339k |
| Net assets | £1m | £1.2m | £1.3m | £1.3m |
| Fixed assets | £3.7m | £3.7m | £3.8m | £4.1m |
| Current assets | £2.2m | £2.2m | £1.2m | £1.6m |
| Debtors | £121k | £275k | £180k | £387k |
| Deferred income | £27.8k | £45.3k | £157k | £79.6k |
| 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
- 19.2%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 52.3%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £57.9k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £11.1k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- —
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 106.5%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- 2.1%
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 10.2%
- 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
- ▲7%
- Now £1.3m
- Cash at bank
- ▲381%
- Now £339k
- Headcount
- ▼3%
- Now 66
- Deferred income
- ▼49%
- Now £79.6k
- Fixed assets
- ▲8%
- Now £4.1m
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
- Welford Topco Limitedultimate parent75–100%
- Welford Healthcare Ltd75–100%
- Birchlands (Haxby) Limitedthis company
Bands show the share of ownership each company holds in the one below it.
Sister companies (10)
- Welford Healthcare MC LtdRev. £30.9m · Profit £1.5m
- Linksmax LimitedRev. £5.9m · Profit £952k
- Woodleigh Christian Care LimitedRev. £5.8m · Profit £307k
- Mavern Care LimitedRev. £4.6m · Profit £1.1m
- Argentum Lodge LimitedRev. £4.4m · Profit £623k
- ST Peter’s Care Home LimitedRev. £3.4m · Profit −£250k
- Sidmouth Care LimitedRev. £3.1m · Profit −£145k
- Ivy Lodge Care LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Welford Bidco 4 LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Welford Bidco 6 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 £733k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Dec 2025. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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