Davenport Developments Limited
Registered name: DAVENPORT DEVELOPMENTS LIMITED
Part of Charles Street Buildings Properties Limited groupDavenport Developments Limited made £7.7m revenue and £55.3k profit in the year to 30 Nov 2025.
Davenport Developments Limited’s revenue fell 2% to £7.7m in the year to 30 Nov 2025, with £55.3k profit and 73 employees. The company is classified under “hotels and similar accommodation” and is based in Leicester; we hold 2 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Leicester, East Midlands
- Age
- 53 yrs · since 1973
- 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 | 30 Nov 2024 | 30 Nov 2025 |
|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | ||
| Revenue (turnover) | £7.8m | £7.7m |
| Cost of sales | £3.3m | £3.7m |
| Gross profit | £4.5m | £4m |
| Operating profit | £271k | £69k |
| Profit before tax | £329k | £81.1k |
| Profit after tax | £255k | £55.3k |
| Profit (best available) | £255k | £55.3k |
| Employees (average) | 77 | 73 |
| Ratios | ||
| Profit margin | 3.3% | 0.7% |
| Gross margin | 57.3% | 52.3% |
| Revenue per employee | £101k | £105k |
| Profit per employee | £3.3k | £758 |
| Growth (year on year) | ||
| Revenue growth | — | ▼1.9% |
| Profit growth | — | ▼78.3% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▼5.2% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||
| Cash at bank | £2.7m | £2.7m |
| Net assets | £3.2m | £3.3m |
| Fixed assets | £276k | £202k |
| Current assets | £4.5m | £4.6m |
| Debtors | £180k | £270k |
| Deferred income | £764k | £711k |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Jun 2026 | FullAccounts · bulk data Jun 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 0.7%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 52.3%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £105k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £758
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- —
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 2.6%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- 9.3%
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 3.5%
- 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
- ▲2%
- Now £3.3m
- Cash at bank
- ▲0%
- Now £2.7m
- Headcount
- ▼5%
- Now 73
- Deferred income
- ▼7%
- Now £711k
- Fixed assets
- ▼27%
- Now £202k
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
- Charles Street Buildings Properties Limitedultimate parent75–100%
- Davenport Developments (Leicester) Limited75–100%
- Davenport Developments Limitedthis company
Bands show the share of ownership each company holds in the one below it.
From the Persons with Significant Control register (corporate controllers only).
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Sources
Latest figures from FullAccounts for the year to 30 Nov 2025 (profit £55.3k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Jun 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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