Baron Healthcare (Saltcoats) Limited
Registered name: BARON HEALTHCARE (SALTCOATS) LIMITED
Part of Handsale Limited groupBaron Healthcare (Saltcoats) Limited made £5m revenue and £437k profit in the year to 31 Jul 2025.
Baron Healthcare (Saltcoats) Limited’s revenue grew 11% to £5m in the year to 31 Jul 2025, with £437k profit and 134 employees. The company is classified under “buying and selling of own real estate” and is based in Saltcoats; we hold 4 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Saltcoats, Scotland
- Age
- 18 yrs · since 2008
- 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 Jul 2022 | 31 Jul 2023 | 31 Jul 2024 | 31 Jul 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | ||||
| Revenue (turnover) | £3.6m | £4.2m | £4.5m | £5m |
| Cost of sales | £2.9m | £3.2m | £3.3m | £3.6m |
| Gross profit | £706k | £986k | £1.2m | £1.4m |
| Operating profit | £4.8k | £280k | £360k | £652k |
| Profit before tax | −£106k | £72.4k | £103k | £437k |
| Profit after tax | −£103k | £72.4k | £111k | £437k |
| Profit (best available) | −£103k | £72.4k | £111k | £437k |
| Staff costs | £2.7m | £3m | £3.1m | £3.3m |
| Employees (average) | 122 | 126 | 138 | 134 |
| Ratios | ||||
| Profit margin | −2.9% | 1.7% | 2.5% | 8.8% |
| Gross margin | 19.6% | 23.4% | 26.4% | 28.6% |
| Revenue per employee | £29.5k | £33.5k | £32.5k | £37.1k |
| Profit per employee | −£845 | £575 | £801 | £3.3k |
| Growth (year on year) | ||||
| Revenue growth | — | ▲17.3% | ▲6.4% | ▲10.8% |
| Profit growth | — | — | ▲52.7% | ▲294.9% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▲3.3% | ▲9.5% | ▼2.9% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||||
| Cash at bank | £381k | £94.4k | £139k | £108k |
| Net assets | −£243k | −£170k | £322k | £2m |
| Fixed assets | £6.1m | £6m | £6.2m | £7.4m |
| Current assets | £1.5m | £1.6m | £2m | £2.6m |
| Debtors | £247k | £278k | £401k | £443k |
| Deferred income | £176k | £184k | £222k | £222k |
| Source | Accounts · bulk data Apr 2024 | Accounts · bulk data Apr 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Apr 2025 | FullAccounts · bulk data Apr 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 8.8%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 28.6%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £37.1k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £3.3k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- —
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 148.1%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- 4.5%
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 8.9%
- 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
- ▲531%
- Now £2m
- Cash at bank
- ▼22%
- Now £108k
- Headcount
- ▼3%
- Now 134
- Deferred income
- ▼0%
- Now £222k
- Fixed assets
- ▲18%
- Now £7.4m
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
- Handsale Limitedultimate parent75–100%
- Baron Healthcare (Saltcoats) Limitedthis company
Bands show the share of ownership each company holds in the one below it.
Sister companies (4)
- H & H Care Homes LimitedRev. £3.6m · Profit £140k
- Handsale Priesty Fields LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Postgrad LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Starcare Homes 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 Jul 2025 (profit £437k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Apr 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
Updated from Companies House on 14 Oct 2026
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