Cathedral Eye Clinic Limited
Registered name: CATHEDRAL EYE CLINIC LIMITED
Part of Cipchurch Holdings Limited groupCathedral Eye Clinic Limited made £10.3m revenue and £1m profit in the year to 31 Dec 2023.
Cathedral Eye Clinic Limited’s revenue fell 10% to £10.3m in the year to 31 Dec 2023, with £1m profit and 55 employees. The company is classified under “general medical practice activities” and is based in Belfast; we hold 2 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Belfast, Northern Ireland
- Age
- 17 yrs · since 2009
- 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 Dec 2022 | 31 Dec 2023 |
|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | ||
| Revenue (turnover) | £11.3m | £10.3m |
| Cost of sales | £4.7m | £3.9m |
| Gross profit | £6.6m | £6.3m |
| Operating profit | £2.2m | £1.2m |
| Profit before tax | £2.3m | £1.2m |
| Profit after tax | £2.3m | £1m |
| Profit (best available) | £2.3m | £1m |
| Staff costs | £2.4m | £2.8m |
| Employees (average) | 54 | 55 |
| Ratios | ||
| Profit margin | 20.2% | 9.8% |
| Gross margin | 58.2% | 61.6% |
| Revenue per employee | £210k | £186k |
| Profit per employee | £42.4k | £18.3k |
| Cash conversion | 69.7% | 303.3% |
| Growth (year on year) | ||
| Revenue growth | — | ▼9.6% |
| Profit growth | — | ▼56.1% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▲1.8% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||
| Cash at bank | −£2.4m | £2.5m |
| Net assets | £6.9m | £7.9m |
| Fixed assets | £1.7m | £6.7m |
| Current assets | £6.5m | £6.3m |
| Debtors | £535k | £104k |
| Cash from operations | £1.5m | £3.6m |
| Source | Accounts · bulk data Sep 2024 | Accounts · bulk data Sep 2024 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 9.8%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 61.6%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £186k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £18.3k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- 303.3%
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 65.6%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- —
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 1%
- 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
- ▲15%
- Now £7.9m
- Cash at bank
- —
- Now £2.5m
- Headcount
- ▲2%
- Now 55
- Deferred income
- —
- Now —
- Fixed assets
- ▲295%
- Now £6.7m
Group structure
Ownership chain
- Cipchurch Holdings Limitedultimate parent75–100%
- Cipchurch Acquisitions Limited75–100%
- Cathedral Eye Clinic Limitedthis company
Bands show the share of ownership each company holds in the one below it.
Sister companies (1)
- Eye-Docs Holdings LimitedRev. £7.2m · Profit £947k
From the Persons with Significant Control register (corporate controllers only).
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Sources
Latest figures from accounts for the year to 31 Dec 2023 (profit £1m), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Sep 2024. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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