Company No. 07183016 · Incorporated 9 Mar 2010
Scott Arms Associates Limited
Registered name: SCOTT ARMS ASSOCIATES LIMITED
Part of Portman Healthcare (Group) Limited groupScott Arms Associates Limited made £15.2m revenue and £3.3m profit in the year to 30 Sep 2025.
Scott Arms Associates Limited’s revenue grew 9% to £15.2m in the year to 30 Sep 2025, with £3.3m profit. The company is classified under “dental practice activities” and is based in Cheltenham; we hold 5 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Cheltenham, South West
- Age
- 16 yrs · since 2010
- 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.
Latest accounts · year to 30 Sep 2025
Key figures
Capital-lightCash flow filed
Revenue
£15.2m
Growth ▲8.8%
Profit
£3.3m
Growth ▲15%
Profit margin
21.7%
Gross 50%
Employees
—
Change —
Profit / employee
—
Profitable streak
4yrs
Consecutive profitable years in our data
Badges are automated estimates derived from the filed figures — not statements of fact about the company.
5 filed years
Financial history
| Year to | 31 Dec 2021 | 24 Feb 2023 | 30 Sep 2023 | 30 Sep 2024 | 30 Sep 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | |||||
| Revenue (turnover) | £11.1m | £13.8m | £8.1m | £14m | £15.2m |
| Cost of sales | £6.1m | £7.5m | −£4.2m | −£7.3m | −£7.6m |
| Gross profit | £4.9m | £6.2m | £3.9m | £6.7m | £7.6m |
| Operating profit | −£2.6m | £1.3m | £2.2m | £3.8m | £4.4m |
| Profit before tax | −£2.6m | £1.3m | £2.1m | £3.8m | £4.4m |
| Profit after tax | −£3.1m | £665k | £1.6m | £2.9m | £3.3m |
| Profit (best available) | −£3.1m | £665k | £1.6m | £2.9m | £3.3m |
| Staff costs | £1.6m | £2.1m | — | — | — |
| Employees (average) | 100 | 111 | — | — | — |
| Ratios | |||||
| Profit margin | −28.2% | 4.8% | 20.1% | 20.5% | 21.7% |
| Gross margin | 44.7% | 45.2% | 47.7% | 48.2% | 50% |
| Revenue per employee | £111k | £124k | — | — | — |
| Profit per employee | −£31.2k | £6k | — | — | — |
| Cash conversion | — | −186% | — | — | — |
| Growth (year on year) | |||||
| Revenue growth | — | — | — | ▲72.7% | ▲8.8% |
| Profit growth | — | — | — | ▲76.6% | ▲15% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | |||||
| Cash at bank | £166k | £1.7m | — | — | — |
| Net assets | £27.9k | £693k | — | — | — |
| Fixed assets | £122k | £449k | — | — | — |
| Current assets | £892k | £2.2m | — | — | — |
| Debtors | £601k | £289k | — | — | — |
| Deferred income | £499k | £878k | — | — | — |
| Cash from operations | −£939k | −£2.4m | — | — | — |
| Source | Accounts · bulk data Nov 2023 | Accounts · bulk data Nov 2023 | Accounts · bulk data Jun 2025 | Accounts · bulk data Jun 2025 | Accounts · bulk data May 2026 |
Derived from the latest filing
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 21.7%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 50%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- —
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- —
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- —
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- —
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- —
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- —
- Money owed by customers. Low = customers pay quickly.
Indirect — not revenue
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
- —
- Now —
- Cash at bank
- —
- Now —
- Headcount
- —
- Now —
- Deferred income
- —
- Now —
- Fixed assets
- —
- Now —
Corporate ownership
Group structure
Ownership chain
- Portman Healthcare (Group) Limitedultimate parent75–100%
- Portman Healthcare Limited75–100%
- Scott Arms Associates Limitedthis company
Bands show the share of ownership each company holds in the one below it.
Sister companies (49)
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- Csa Laboratories LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Dart Vale Dental Care LimitedFigures not disclosed
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- Dental Dimensions LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Donovan's Dental Practice LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Edinburgh Periodontics LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Edinburgh Prosthodontics LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Ferndale Dental Clinic LimitedFigures not disclosed
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- Haynes Dental LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Hendrickse DH LimitedFigures not disclosed
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- Madeley Practice LimitedFigures not disclosed
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- Neo Orthodontics LimitedFigures not disclosed
- New Street Dental Care LtdFigures not disclosed
- Ocean Dental LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Optimum Orthodontics LtdFigures not disclosed
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- PD JVP 4 LimitedFigures not disclosed
- PD So 10 LimitedFigures not disclosed
- PD So 5 LimitedFigures not disclosed
- PD So 6 LimitedFigures not disclosed
- PD So 7 LimitedFigures not disclosed
- PD So 8 LimitedFigures not disclosed
- PD So 9 LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Plymouth Orthodontics LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Portman Smile Clinic Bicester So LtdFigures not disclosed
- Portmandentex Shared Ownership LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Pure Dental Care LimitedFigures not disclosed
- SK Dental Clinic JV Co LtdFigures not disclosed
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- Whitehall Dental Care LimitedFigures not disclosed
From the Persons with Significant Control register (corporate controllers only).
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Sources
Latest figures from accounts for the year to 30 Sep 2025 (profit £3.3m), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published May 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
Updated from Companies House on 24 Oct 2026
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