Clear Dental Care (Ni) Limited
Registered name: CLEAR DENTAL CARE (NI) LIMITED
Clear Dental Care (Ni) Limited made £11.4m revenue and a £302k loss in the year to 31 Jan 2025.
Clear Dental Care (Ni) Limited’s revenue grew 12% to £11.4m in the year to 31 Jan 2025, with a loss of £302k and 151 employees. The company is classified under “dental practice activities” and is based in Belfast; we hold 4 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Belfast, Northern Ireland
- Age
- 15 yrs · since 2011
- 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 | 31 Jan 2022 | 31 Jan 2023 | 31 Jan 2024 | 31 Jan 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | ||||
| Revenue (turnover) | £7.1m | £8.4m | £10.2m | £11.4m |
| Cost of sales | £794k | £961k | £1.1m | £1.3m |
| Gross profit | £6.3m | £7.4m | £9.1m | £10.2m |
| Operating profit | £450k | £312k | £89.5k | −£233k |
| Profit before tax | £432k | £217k | −£254k | −£408k |
| Profit after tax | £316k | £124k | −£411k | −£302k |
| Profit (best available) | £316k | £124k | −£411k | −£302k |
| Staff costs | £2m | £2.3m | £2.7m | £3m |
| Employees (average) | 111 | 128 | 145 | 151 |
| Ratios | ||||
| Profit margin | 4.4% | 1.5% | −4% | −2.6% |
| Gross margin | 88.9% | 88.5% | 89.3% | 89% |
| Revenue per employee | £64.2k | £65.5k | £70.6k | £75.7k |
| Profit per employee | £2.8k | £971 | −£2.8k | −£2k |
| Cash conversion | 179% | 522.4% | 1544% | — |
| Growth (year on year) | ||||
| Revenue growth | — | ▲17.6% | ▲22.1% | ▲11.7% |
| Profit growth | — | ▼60.7% | ▼430.8% | — |
| Headcount growth | — | ▲15.3% | ▲13.3% | ▲4.1% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||||
| Cash at bank | £101k | £20.9k | £63.9k | £56.8k |
| Net assets | £810k | £934k | £523k | £221k |
| Fixed assets | £3.8m | £7.6m | £7.2m | £6.5m |
| Current assets | £2.7m | £3.5m | £4.1m | £3.9m |
| Debtors | £45.4k | £50.5k | £46.9k | £40.3k |
| Deferred income | £124k | £220k | £118k | £189k |
| Cash from operations | £805k | £1.6m | £1.4m | £1.9m |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Oct 2023 | FullAccounts · bulk data Oct 2023 | FullAccounts · bulk data Oct 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Oct 2025 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- −2.6%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 89%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £75.7k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- −£2k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- —
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 56.8%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- 1.7%
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 0.4%
- 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
- ▼58%
- Now £221k
- Cash at bank
- ▼11%
- Now £56.8k
- Headcount
- ▲4%
- Now 151
- Deferred income
- ▲60%
- Now £189k
- Fixed assets
- ▼10%
- Now £6.5m
Deferred income is reported together with accruals in this filing (“accruals and deferred income”), so it is an approximate signal only.
Group structure
Subsidiaries (3)
- Clear Dental Care (Lurgan) LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Clear Training Academy LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Expedia Capital (Banbridge) LimitedFigures not disclosed
Minority corporate shareholders
From the Persons with Significant Control register (corporate controllers only).
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Sources
Latest figures from FullAccounts for the year to 31 Jan 2025 (profit −£302k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Oct 2025. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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