Dovercourt Healthcare Limited
Registered name: DOVERCOURT HEALTHCARE LIMITED
Part of Excelcare Holdings Limited groupDovercourt Healthcare Limited made £2m revenue and £152k profit in the year to 31 Mar 2025. read from filing text
Dovercourt Healthcare Limited’s revenue was £2m in the year to 31 Mar 2025, with £152k profit and 81 employees. The company is classified under “residential care activities for the elderly and disabled” and is based in London; we hold 4 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- London, London
- Age
- 22 yrs · since 2004
- 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: “In the opinion of the directors, the ultimate parent company is Excel Portfolios Limited, a company registered in Jersey. The immediate parent company is Excelcare Holdings Limited, a company incorpor”
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&Lread from filing text | Full P&Lread from filing text | Full P&Lread from filing text | Full P&Lread from filing text |
| Profit & loss | ||||
| Revenue (turnover) | £1.6m | £1.8m | £2m | £2m |
| Cost of sales | £948k | £1m | £1.1m | £1.1m |
| Gross profit | £697k | £729k | £897k | £886k |
| Operating profit | £263k | £127k | £274k | £182k |
| Profit before tax | £263k | £127k | £274k | £178k |
| Profit after tax | £205k | £110k | £204k | £152k |
| Profit (best available) | £205k | £110k | £204k | £152k |
| Staff costs | £1m | £1.1m | £1.2m | £1.3m |
| Employees (average) | 70 | 73 | 80 | 81 |
| Ratios | ||||
| Profit margin | 12.4% | 6.2% | 10.1% | 7.5% |
| Gross margin | 42.4% | 41% | 44.6% | 43.8% |
| Revenue per employee | £23.5k | £24.3k | £25.1k | £24.9k |
| Profit per employee | £2.9k | £1.5k | £2.5k | £1.9k |
| Cash conversion | −30.5% | −79% | −8.2% | — |
| Growth (year on year) | ||||
| Revenue growth | — | ▲8% | ▲13.2% | ▲0.4% |
| Profit growth | — | ▼46.2% | ▲85.1% | ▼25.4% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▲4.3% | ▲9.6% | ▲1.3% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||||
| Cash at bank | £5.3k | £4.7k | £6.3k | £6.5k |
| Net assets | £211k | £321k | £524k | £676k |
| Fixed assets | £138k | £149k | £128k | £105k |
| Current assets | £1.2m | £506k | £1.8m | £967k |
| Debtors | £98.5k | £121k | £152k | £90.3k |
| Deferred income | £184k | £186k | £186k | £168k |
| Cash from operations | −£80.3k | −£100k | −£22.5k | — |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Dec 2023 | FullAccounts · bulk data Dec 2023 | FullAccounts · bulk data Dec 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Dec 2025 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 7.5%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 43.8%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £24.9k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £1.9k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- —
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 5.2%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- 8.3%
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 4.5%
- 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
- ▲29%
- Now £676k
- Cash at bank
- ▲4%
- Now £6.5k
- Headcount
- ▲1%
- Now 81
- Deferred income
- ▼10%
- Now £168k
- Fixed assets
- ▼18%
- Now £105k
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
- Excelcare Holdings Limitedultimate parent75–100%
- Dovercourt Healthcare Limitedthis company
Bands show the share of ownership each company holds in the one below it.
Sister companies (7)
- Windmill Healthcare LimitedRev. £6m · Profit £438k
- Okeley Healthcare LimitedRev. £4.2m · Profit £124k
- Winifred Healthcare LimitedRev. £4.2m · Profit £657k
- Ashlyn Healthcare LimitedRev. £2.8m · Profit −£14k
- Sweyne Healthcare LimitedRev. £2.3m · Profit £323k
- Goldenley Healthcare LimitedRev. £2.3m · Profit £172k
- Longfield Healthcare LimitedRev. £2.2m · Profit £232k
From the Persons with Significant Control register (corporate controllers only).
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Sources
Latest figures from FullAccounts for the year to 31 Mar 2025 (profit £152k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Dec 2025. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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