Woodley Hotels Limited
Registered name: WOODLEY HOTELS LIMITED
Part of Art San Holdings Ltd groupWoodley Hotels Limited made £0 revenue and £15.2m profit in the year to 31 Mar 2025. read from filing text
Woodley Hotels Limited’s revenue was £0 in the year to 31 Mar 2025, with £15.2m profit and 0 employees. The company is classified under “hotels and similar accommodation” and is based in Exeter; we hold 4 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Exeter, South West
- Age
- 43 yrs · since 1982
- Type
- Private Limited Company
Pass-through vehicle. This looks like a holding, staffing or umbrella company. Its revenue and profit may largely pass through to or from other entities, so the figures may not reflect a standalone operating business. It is excluded from our opportunity lists.
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: “Dhrona Holdings Ltd”
Key figures
Unusual figures. Profit is higher than revenue in this filing. That usually means investment income, dividends from subsidiaries or one-off gains — or a mis-tagged figure. Check the original filing before drawing conclusions.
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&Lread from filing text | Full P&Lread from filing text | Full P&Lread from filing text | Full P&Lread from filing text |
| Profit & loss | ||||
| Revenue (turnover) | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 |
| Operating profit | −£3k | −£3k | −£3.1k | −£3.8k |
| Profit before tax | −£3k | −£3k | £37.4k | £15.2m |
| Profit after tax | −£3k | −£3k | £28.4k | £15.2m |
| Profit (best available) | −£3k | −£3k | £28.4k | £15.2m |
| Employees (average) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Ratios | ||||
| Profit margin | — | — | — | — |
| Growth (year on year) | ||||
| Profit growth | — | — | — | ▲53300% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||||
| Cash at bank | £1.3m | £1.3m | £1.3m | £14.5m |
| Net assets | £7.9m | £7.9m | £8m | £15.4m |
| Current assets | £11.7m | £11.7m | £10.2m | £18.4m |
| Debtors | £10.5m | £10.4m | £8.9m | £3.9m |
| Source | Accounts · bulk data Dec 2023 | Accounts · bulk data Dec 2023 | Accounts · bulk data Dec 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Dec 2025 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- —
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- —
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- —
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- —
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- —
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- —
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- —
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- —
- 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
- ▲93%
- Now £15.4m
- Cash at bank
- ▲1019%
- Now £14.5m
- Headcount
- —
- Now 0
- Deferred income
- —
- Now —
- Fixed assets
- —
- Now —
Group structure
Ownership chain
- Art San Holdings Ltdultimate parent75–100%
- Dhrona Holdings Ltd75–100%
- Woodley Hotels Limitedthis company
Bands show the share of ownership each company holds in the one below it.
Subsidiaries (3)
- Woodley Hotels (Fleur) LtdFigures not disclosed
- Woodley Hotels (Hampshire) LimitedRev. — · Profit £1.9m
- Woodley Hotels (Healthcare) LtdFigures 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 £15.2m), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Dec 2025. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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