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Company No. 00394475 · Incorporated 5 Apr 1945

Pentewan Sands,limited

Registered name: PENTEWAN SANDS,LIMITED

Pentewan Sands,limited made £6.2m revenue and £1.1m profit in the year to 31 Mar 2025. read from filing text

Pentewan Sands,limited’s revenue fell 5% to £6.2m in the year to 31 Mar 2025, with £1.1m profit and 75 employees. The company is classified under “holiday centres and villages” and is based in Cornwall; we hold 3 years of its filed accounts.

Full P&L filedSection I · Accommodation and food servicesSIC 55201Holiday centres and villages
Status
Active
Location
Cornwall, South West
Age
81 yrs · since 1945
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 company was controlled throughout the current and previous period by the directors.”

Latest accounts · year to 31 Mar 2025

Key figures

Cash flow filed
Revenue
£6.2m
Growth ▼5%
Profit
£1.1m
Growth ▼26.9%
Profit margin
17.4%
Gross 38%
Employees
75
Change ▼11.8%
Profit / employee
£14.5k
Revenue/employee £83.1k
Profitable streak
3yrs
Consecutive profitable years in our data

Badges are automated estimates derived from the filed figures — not statements of fact about the company.

3 filed years

Financial history

Multi-year financials, oldest to newest
Year to31 Mar 202331 Mar 202431 Mar 2025
DisclosureFull P&Lread from filing textFull P&Lread from filing textFull P&Lread from filing text
Profit & loss
Revenue (turnover)£6.1m£6.6m£6.2m
Cost of sales£3.6m£3.7m£3.9m
Gross profit£2.5m£2.9m£2.4m
Operating profit£1.8m£2m£1.4m
Profit before tax£1.8m£2m£1.5m
Profit after tax£1.2m£1.5m£1.1m
Profit (best available)£1.2m£1.5m£1.1m
Staff costs£1.8m£1.7m£1.6m
Employees (average)1038575
Ratios
Profit margin19.1%22.6%17.4%
Gross margin41.4%44.2%38%
Revenue per employee£59k£77.2k£83.1k
Profit per employee£11.3k£17.5k£14.5k
Cash conversion−99.8%−81.1%−152.3%
Growth (year on year)
Revenue growth—▲7.9%▼5%
Profit growth—▲27.5%▼26.9%
Headcount growth—▼17.5%▼11.8%
Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue
Cash at bank£4.6m£3m£3.6m
Net assets£10.9m£12.4m£13.5m
Fixed assets£10.1m£12.5m£12.9m
Current assets£5.3m£3.6m£4.2m
Debtors£392k£135k£147k
Deferred income£1.4m£1.2m£1.5m
Cash from operations−£1.8m−£1.6m−£2.1m
SourceFullAccounts · bulk data Dec 2024FullAccounts · bulk data Dec 2024FullAccounts · bulk data Dec 2025
Derived from the latest filing

How the business works

Profit margin
17.4%
Profit ÷ revenue.
Gross margin
38%
Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
Revenue per employee
£83.1k
Revenue ÷ average employees.
Profit per employee
£14.5k
Profit ÷ average employees.
Cash conversion
−152.3%
Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
Fixed assets ÷ revenue
207.1%
Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
Deferred income ÷ revenue
23.7%
Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
Debtors ÷ revenue
2.4%
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
▲9%
Now £13.5m
Cash at bank
▲17%
Now £3.6m
Headcount
▼12%
Now 75
Deferred income
▲19%
Now £1.5m
Fixed assets
▲3%
Now £12.9m

Deferred income is reported together with accruals in this filing (“accruals and deferred income”), so it is an approximate signal only.

Corporate ownership

Group structure

Minority corporate shareholders

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 £1.1m), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Dec 2025. Spotted an error? Request a correction.

Updated from Companies House on 11 Oct 2026

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