Devonshire Hotels & Restaurants Group Limited
Registered name: DEVONSHIRE HOTELS & RESTAURANTS GROUP LIMITED
Devonshire Hotels & Restaurants Group Limited made £12.3m revenue and a £1.6m loss in the year to 31 Mar 2025.
Devonshire Hotels & Restaurants Group Limited’s revenue grew 6% to £12.3m in the year to 31 Mar 2025, with a loss of £1.6m and 251 employees. The company is classified under “hotels and similar accommodation” and is based in Bakewell; we hold 4 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Bakewell, East Midlands
- Age
- 45 yrs · since 1981
- 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 Mar 2022 | 31 Mar 2023 | 31 Mar 2024 | 31 Mar 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | ||||
| Revenue (turnover) | £12m | £11.6m | £11.6m | £12.3m |
| Cost of sales | £2.1m | £2m | £2.1m | £2m |
| Gross profit | £9.9m | £9.6m | £9.5m | £10.2m |
| Operating profit | £1.7m | −£801k | −£998k | −£1.1m |
| Profit before tax | £1.7m | −£848k | −£1.5m | −£1.7m |
| Profit after tax | £1.6m | −£953k | −£1.5m | −£1.6m |
| Profit (best available) | £1.6m | −£953k | −£1.5m | −£1.6m |
| Staff costs | £4.9m | £5.3m | £5.3m | £5.6m |
| Employees (average) | 241 | 237 | 239 | 251 |
| Ratios | ||||
| Profit margin | 13.7% | −8.2% | −13.3% | −13.2% |
| Gross margin | 82.4% | 82.5% | 82% | 83.4% |
| Revenue per employee | £49.8k | £49.1k | £48.4k | £48.8k |
| Profit per employee | £6.8k | −£4k | −£6.4k | −£6.5k |
| Cash conversion | −319.7% | — | — | — |
| Growth (year on year) | ||||
| Revenue growth | — | ▼3.1% | ▼0.5% | ▲5.9% |
| Profit growth | — | ▼158.2% | — | — |
| Headcount growth | — | ▼1.7% | ▲0.8% | ▲5% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||||
| Cash at bank | £1.4m | £163k | £1.4m | £70.8k |
| Net assets | £1.4m | £435k | −£1.1m | −£2.7m |
| Fixed assets | £9.8m | £8.9m | £9.4m | £11.6m |
| Current assets | £2.5m | £7.8m | £4.8m | £3.4m |
| Debtors | £876k | £7.3m | £3.1m | £3.1m |
| Deferred income | £2.1m | £1.8m | £2.2m | £2.8m |
| Cash from operations | −£5.5m | −£6.1m | −£1.9m | £2m |
| Source | Accounts · bulk data Dec 2023 | Accounts · bulk data Dec 2023 | FullAccounts · bulk data Dec 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Dec 2025 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- −13.2%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 83.4%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £48.8k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- −£6.5k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- —
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 95.1%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- 22.9%
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 25.4%
- 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
- —
- Now −£2.7m
- Cash at bank
- ▼95%
- Now £70.8k
- Headcount
- ▲5%
- Now 251
- Deferred income
- ▲26%
- Now £2.8m
- Fixed assets
- ▲24%
- Now £11.6m
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 Mar 2025 (profit −£1.6m), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Dec 2025. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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