Andover Care Ltd
Registered name: ANDOVER CARE LTD
Andover Care Ltd made £6.8m revenue and £958k profit in the year to 30 Apr 2025.
Andover Care Ltd’s revenue grew 2% to £6.8m in the year to 30 Apr 2025, with £958k profit and 104 employees. The company is classified under “residential care activities for the elderly and disabled” and is based in ST. Albans; we hold 4 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- ST. Albans, East of England
- Age
- 8 yrs · since 2017
- Type
- Private Limited Company
Key figures
Badges are automated estimates derived from the filed figures — not statements of fact about the company.
Financial history
| Year to | 30 Apr 2022 | 30 Apr 2023 | 30 Apr 2024 | 30 Apr 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | ||||
| Revenue (turnover) | £5.1m | £6.3m | £6.6m | £6.8m |
| Cost of sales | £2.5m | £2.9m | £3.2m | £3.5m |
| Gross profit | £2.6m | £3.4m | £3.4m | £3.3m |
| Operating profit | £1.7m | £1.9m | £1.8m | £1.9m |
| Profit before tax | £1.5m | £1.6m | £1.3m | £1.4m |
| Profit after tax | £1.2m | £1.2m | £848k | £958k |
| Profit (best available) | £1.2m | £1.2m | £848k | £958k |
| Staff costs | £2.6m | £3m | £3.3m | £3.4m |
| Employees (average) | 105 | 107 | 108 | 104 |
| Ratios | ||||
| Profit margin | 22.8% | 19.7% | 12.8% | 14.1% |
| Gross margin | 50.9% | 53.8% | 51.6% | 48.8% |
| Revenue per employee | £49k | £59k | £61.4k | £65.2k |
| Profit per employee | £11.2k | £11.6k | £7.9k | £9.2k |
| Cash conversion | −127.5% | −133.2% | −134.6% | −119.8% |
| Growth (year on year) | ||||
| Revenue growth | — | ▲22.8% | ▲5% | ▲2.2% |
| Profit growth | — | ▲6% | ▼31.8% | ▲13% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▲1.9% | ▲0.9% | ▼3.7% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||||
| Cash at bank | £3.6m | £3.3m | £2.9m | £2.8m |
| Net assets | £5.7m | £8.4m | £10m | £11.7m |
| Fixed assets | £16.9m | £18.3m | £18.9m | £19.4m |
| Current assets | £3.7m | £3.4m | £3m | £2.9m |
| Debtors | £109k | £83.5k | £109k | £80.6k |
| Deferred income | £20.3k | £75.1k | £31.6k | £31.4k |
| Cash from operations | −£2.1m | −£2.6m | −£2.4m | −£2.3m |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Jan 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Jan 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Jan 2025 | FullAccounts · bulk data Jan 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 14.1%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 48.8%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £65.2k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £9.2k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- −119.8%
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 286.3%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- 0.5%
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 1.2%
- 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
- ▲17%
- Now £11.7m
- Cash at bank
- ▼3%
- Now £2.8m
- Headcount
- ▼4%
- Now 104
- Deferred income
- ▼1%
- Now £31.4k
- Fixed assets
- ▲3%
- Now £19.4m
Deferred income is reported together with accruals in this filing (“accruals and deferred income”), so it is an approximate signal only.
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Sources
Latest figures from FullAccounts for the year to 30 Apr 2025 (profit £958k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Jan 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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