Hillcroft Nursing Homes Limited
Registered name: HILLCROFT NURSING HOMES LIMITED
Part of Hillcroft Ltd groupHillcroft Nursing Homes Limited made £17.3m revenue and £1.4m profit in the year to 31 Dec 2025. read from filing text
Hillcroft Nursing Homes Limited’s revenue grew 10% to £17.3m in the year to 31 Dec 2025, with £1.4m profit and 358 employees. The company is classified under “residential nursing care facilities” and is based in Carnforth; we hold 4 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Carnforth, North West
- Age
- 28 yrs · since 1998
- 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. From the filing: “The ultimate controlling party is Hillcroft Limited.”
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 | 31 Dec 2024 | 31 Dec 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Profit & loss | Profit & loss | Profit & loss | Profit & lossread from filing text |
| Profit & loss | ||||
| Revenue (turnover) | £13.3m | £14.4m | £15.8m | £17.3m |
| Operating profit | £932k | £877k | £1.2m | £1.8m |
| Profit before tax | £932k | £877k | £1.2m | £1.8m |
| Profit after tax | £753k | £669k | £899k | £1.4m |
| Profit (best available) | £753k | £669k | £899k | £1.4m |
| Staff costs | £9.2m | £9.9m | £10.8m | £11.7m |
| Employees (average) | 334 | 345 | 356 | 358 |
| Ratios | ||||
| Profit margin | 5.7% | 4.6% | 5.7% | 7.8% |
| Revenue per employee | £40k | £41.8k | £44.4k | £48.4k |
| Profit per employee | £2.3k | £1.9k | £2.5k | £3.8k |
| Cash conversion | −87.1% | −123.5% | −95.6% | −114.5% |
| Growth (year on year) | ||||
| Revenue growth | — | ▲8.1% | ▲9.5% | ▲9.7% |
| Profit growth | — | ▼11.2% | ▲34.3% | ▲50.8% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▲3.3% | ▲3.2% | ▲0.6% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||||
| Cash at bank | £751k | £1.3m | £290k | £295k |
| Net assets | £1.5m | £1.1m | £1.1m | £1.2m |
| Fixed assets | £125k | £157k | £180k | £210k |
| Current assets | £2.9m | £2.8m | £3.1m | £3.4m |
| Debtors | £626k | £698k | £1m | £1.1m |
| Deferred income | — | — | £569k | £544k |
| Cash from operations | −£811k | −£1.1m | −£1.1m | −£2.1m |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data May 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data May 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Jun 2025 | FullAccounts · bulk data Aug 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 7.8%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- —
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £48.4k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £3.8k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- −114.5%
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 1.2%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- 3.1%
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 6.1%
- 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
- ▲5%
- Now £1.2m
- Cash at bank
- ▲2%
- Now £295k
- Headcount
- ▲1%
- Now 358
- Deferred income
- ▼4%
- Now £544k
- Fixed assets
- ▲17%
- Now £210k
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
- Hillcroft Ltdultimate parent75–100%
- Hillcroft Nursing Homes Limitedthis company
Bands show the share of ownership each company holds in the one below it.
From the Persons with Significant Control register (corporate controllers only).
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Sources
Latest figures from FullAccounts for the year to 31 Dec 2025 (profit £1.4m), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Aug 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.