Devoncourt Hotels Limited
Registered name: DEVONCOURT HOTELS LIMITED
Devoncourt Hotels Limited made £1.5m revenue and £117k profit in the year to 31 Dec 2024.
Devoncourt Hotels Limited’s revenue fell 12% to £1.5m in the year to 31 Dec 2024, with £117k profit and 36 employees. The company is classified under “hotels and similar accommodation” and is based in Exmouth; we hold 2 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Exmouth, South West
- Age
- 61 yrs · since 1965
- 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 Dec 2023 | 31 Dec 2024 |
|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | ||
| Revenue (turnover) | £1.7m | £1.5m |
| Cost of sales | £350k | £253k |
| Gross profit | £1.3m | £1.2m |
| Operating profit | £77.4k | £160k |
| Profit before tax | £79k | £151k |
| Profit after tax | £62k | £117k |
| Profit (best available) | £62k | £117k |
| Employees (average) | 39 | 36 |
| Ratios | ||
| Profit margin | 3.7% | 7.9% |
| Gross margin | 79.1% | 82.9% |
| Revenue per employee | £42.9k | £41k |
| Profit per employee | £1.6k | £3.3k |
| Growth (year on year) | ||
| Revenue growth | — | ▼11.7% |
| Profit growth | — | ▲89.2% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▼7.7% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||
| Cash at bank | £342k | £169k |
| Net assets | £6.7m | £6.7m |
| Fixed assets | £7.3m | £7.4m |
| Current assets | £372k | £189k |
| Debtors | £19k | £11.4k |
| Deferred income | £6k | £325 |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Sep 2026 | FullAccounts · bulk data Sep 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 7.9%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 82.9%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £41k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £3.3k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- —
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 499.5%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- 0%
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 0.8%
- 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
- ▲1%
- Now £6.7m
- Cash at bank
- ▼51%
- Now £169k
- Headcount
- ▼8%
- Now 36
- Deferred income
- ▼95%
- Now £325
- Fixed assets
- ▲1%
- Now £7.4m
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 Dec 2024 (profit £117k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Sep 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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