LDC Group Ltd
Registered name: LDC GROUP LTD
Part of LDC Top Co Ltd groupLDC Group Ltd made £23.6m revenue and £1.4m profit in the year to 31 Aug 2025.
LDC Group Ltd’s revenue grew 27% to £23.6m in the year to 31 Aug 2025, with £1.4m profit and 543 employees. The company is classified under “residential care activities for the elderly and disabled” and is based in Dover; we hold 4 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Dover, South East
- Age
- 6 yrs · since 2020
- 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 Aug 2022 | 31 Aug 2023 | 31 Aug 2024 | 31 Aug 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | ||||
| Revenue (turnover) | £13.3m | £14.6m | £18.7m | £23.6m |
| Cost of sales | £9.2m | £10m | £13.4m | £17.4m |
| Gross profit | £4.1m | £4.6m | £5.3m | £6.2m |
| Operating profit | £2.2m | £1.7m | £1.7m | £1.9m |
| Profit before tax | £2.1m | £1.6m | £1.6m | £1.9m |
| Profit after tax | £1.7m | £990k | £1.2m | £1.4m |
| Profit (best available) | £1.7m | £990k | £1.2m | £1.4m |
| Staff costs | £9.6m | £11m | £15.2m | £19.3m |
| Employees (average) | 344 | 393 | 492 | 543 |
| Ratios | ||||
| Profit margin | 12.5% | 6.8% | 6.5% | 5.9% |
| Gross margin | 30.9% | 31.3% | 28.4% | 26.2% |
| Revenue per employee | £38.6k | £37.1k | £38k | £43.5k |
| Profit per employee | £4.8k | £2.5k | £2.5k | £2.6k |
| Cash conversion | 99.9% | 105.1% | 111.3% | 84.6% |
| Growth (year on year) | ||||
| Revenue growth | — | ▲9.9% | ▲28% | ▲26.6% |
| Profit growth | — | ▼40.4% | ▲22.1% | ▲16% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▲14.2% | ▲25.2% | ▲10.4% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||||
| Cash at bank | £1.8m | £1.1m | £1.1m | £868k |
| Net assets | £2.6m | £2.9m | £3.1m | £3.1m |
| Fixed assets | £4.4m | £4.9m | £5m | £5.1m |
| Current assets | £4.4m | £4.2m | £4.6m | £6.2m |
| Debtors | £375k | £476k | £300 | £870k |
| Deferred income | £28.3k | £32.5k | £39.3k | £41.5k |
| Cash from operations | £2.2m | £1.8m | £1.9m | £1.6m |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data May 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data May 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data May 2025 | FullAccounts · bulk data Jun 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 5.9%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 26.2%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £43.5k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £2.6k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- 84.6%
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 21.6%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- 0.2%
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 3.7%
- 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
- ▲1%
- Now £3.1m
- Cash at bank
- ▼19%
- Now £868k
- Headcount
- ▲10%
- Now 543
- Deferred income
- ▲6%
- Now £41.5k
- Fixed assets
- ▲2%
- Now £5.1m
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
- LDC Top Co Ltdultimate parent75–100%
- LDC Group Ltdthis company
Bands show the share of ownership each company holds in the one below it.
Subsidiaries (5)
- LDC Care Company LtdRev. £23.6m · Profit £1.1m
- LDC Care Medway LtdFigures not disclosed
- LDC Care Property Co LtdFigures not disclosed
- LDC Care Rental Co LtdFigures not disclosed
- Roxbee 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 Aug 2025 (profit £1.4m), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Jun 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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