Ordinary Living Limited
Registered name: ORDINARY LIVING LIMITED
Ordinary Living Limited made £1.9m revenue and £149k profit in the year to 31 Mar 2025.
Ordinary Living Limited’s revenue grew 17% to £1.9m in the year to 31 Mar 2025, with £149k profit and 62 employees. The company is classified under “residential care activities for the elderly and disabled” and is based in Barnstaple; we hold 4 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Barnstaple, South West
- Age
- 23 yrs · since 2003
- 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 Mar 2022 | 31 Mar 2023 | 31 Mar 2024 | 31 Mar 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | ||||
| Revenue (turnover) | £1.9m | £1.8m | £1.6m | £1.9m |
| Cost of sales | £66.2k | £21.9k | £21.6k | £24.3k |
| Gross profit | £1.8m | £1.8m | £1.6m | £1.9m |
| Operating profit | £303k | £266k | £125k | £190k |
| Profit before tax | £329k | £74.6k | £132k | £199k |
| Profit after tax | £274k | £35.3k | £99.2k | £149k |
| Profit (best available) | £274k | £35.3k | £99.2k | £149k |
| Staff costs | £1.5m | £1.5m | £1.4m | £1.6m |
| Employees (average) | 60 | 59 | 60 | 62 |
| Ratios | ||||
| Profit margin | 14.4% | 1.9% | 6% | 7.7% |
| Gross margin | 96.5% | 98.8% | 98.7% | 98.7% |
| Revenue per employee | £31.8k | £30.8k | £27.4k | £31.2k |
| Profit per employee | £4.6k | £598 | £1.7k | £2.4k |
| Cash conversion | −111.3% | −11.6% | −71.9% | −40.4% |
| Growth (year on year) | ||||
| Revenue growth | — | ▼4.6% | ▼9.5% | ▲17.3% |
| Profit growth | — | ▼87.1% | ▲181% | ▲50.7% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▼1.7% | ▲1.7% | ▲3.3% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||||
| Cash at bank | £513k | £894k | £919k | £883k |
| Net assets | £5.2m | £5.2m | £5.3m | £5.4m |
| Fixed assets | £4.7m | £4.4m | £4.4m | £4.4m |
| Current assets | £679k | £1m | £1.1m | £1.2m |
| Debtors | £67.3k | £85.5k | £93.5k | £172k |
| Deferred income | £49.3k | £64.2k | £67.7k | £68.1k |
| Cash from operations | −£337k | −£30.9k | −£90k | −£76.7k |
| Source | Accounts · bulk data Oct 2023 | Accounts · bulk data Oct 2023 | FullAccounts · bulk data Dec 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Feb 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 7.7%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 98.7%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £31.2k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £2.4k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- −40.4%
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 229.6%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- 3.5%
- 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
- ▲2%
- Now £5.4m
- Cash at bank
- ▼4%
- Now £883k
- Headcount
- ▲3%
- Now 62
- Deferred income
- ▲1%
- Now £68.1k
- Fixed assets
- ▲0%
- Now £4.4m
Deferred income is reported together with accruals in this filing (“accruals and deferred income”), so it is an approximate signal only.
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Sources
Latest figures from FullAccounts for the year to 31 Mar 2025 (profit £149k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Feb 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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