Dart Marina Hotel Limited
Registered name: DART MARINA HOTEL LIMITED
Part of Mills & Reeve LLP groupDart Marina Hotel Limited made £4m revenue and £134k profit in the year to 31 Mar 2025.
Dart Marina Hotel Limited’s revenue grew 11% to £4m in the year to 31 Mar 2025, with £134k profit and 61 employees. The company is classified under “hotels and similar accommodation” and is based in Southampton; we hold 4 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Southampton, South East
- Age
- 60 yrs · since 1966
- 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.
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 | No P&L | No P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | ||||
| Revenue (turnover) | — | — | £3.6m | £4m |
| Cost of sales | — | — | £939k | £1.4m |
| Gross profit | — | — | £2.6m | £2.6m |
| Operating profit | — | — | £303k | £448k |
| Profit before tax | — | — | £109k | £346k |
| Profit after tax | — | — | −£2.6k | £134k |
| Profit (best available) | — | — | −£2.6k | £134k |
| Staff costs | — | — | £1.2m | £1.4m |
| Employees (average) | 51 | 50 | 53 | 61 |
| Ratios | ||||
| Profit margin | — | — | −0.1% | 3.4% |
| Gross margin | — | — | 73.8% | 66.2% |
| Revenue per employee | — | — | £67.7k | £65.5k |
| Profit per employee | — | — | −£48 | £2.2k |
| Cash conversion | — | — | 262.8% | 228.1% |
| Growth (year on year) | ||||
| Revenue growth | — | — | — | ▲11.3% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▼2% | ▲6% | ▲15.1% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||||
| Cash at bank | £253k | £37.2k | £61.8k | £534k |
| Net assets | £3.3m | £3.5m | £3.5m | £3.6m |
| Fixed assets | £9.6m | £9.4m | £9.2m | £7.7m |
| Current assets | — | — | £340k | £814k |
| Debtors | £27.3k | £20.8k | £35.1k | £28.2k |
| Deferred income | £502k | £399k | £369k | £488k |
| Cash from operations | — | — | £795k | £1m |
| Source | Accounts · bulk data Dec 2023 | Accounts · bulk data Dec 2023 | FilletedAccounts · bulk data Dec 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Dec 2025 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 3.4%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 66.2%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £65.5k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £2.2k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- 228.1%
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 192.6%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- 12.2%
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 0.7%
- 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
- ▲4%
- Now £3.6m
- Cash at bank
- ▲764%
- Now £534k
- Headcount
- ▲15%
- Now 61
- Deferred income
- ▲33%
- Now £488k
- Fixed assets
- ▼17%
- Now £7.7m
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
- Mills & Reeve LLPultimate parent75–100%
- Mills & Reeve Trust Corporation Limited75–100%
- Gower Place Investments Limited75–100%
- Premier Marinas Holdings Limited75–100%
- Premier Marinas Limited75–100%
- Dart Marina Hotel Limitedthis company
Bands show the share of ownership each company holds in the one below it.
Sister companies (24)
- Boatcare Marine LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Boatfolk Marina Group LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Dart Marina LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Falmouth Yacht Marina LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Gosport Estates LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Gosport Real Estate LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Hys Group LimitedFigures not disclosed
- John Willment Marine LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Noss on Dart Hotel LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Premier Boat Club LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Premier Marinas (Bangor) LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Premier Marinas (Brighton) LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Premier Marinas (Dart) LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Premier Marinas (Deacons) LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Premier Marinas (East Cowes) LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Premier Marinas (Eastbourne) LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Premier Marinas (Gosport) LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Premier Marinas (Hamble) LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Premier Marinas (Haslar) LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Premier Marinas (Portland) LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Premier Marinas (Southsea) LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Premier Marinas (Trafalgar Holdings) LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Premier Marinas (Weymouth) LimitedFigures not disclosed
- The Dartmouth-Kingswear Floating Bridge Company LimitedFigures not disclosed
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 £134k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Dec 2025. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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