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Company No. 03450932 · Incorporated 16 Oct 1997

Devon Hotel Limited

Registered name: DEVON HOTEL LIMITED

Part of Brend Company Limited group

Devon Hotel Limited made £2.3m revenue and £11.3m profit in the year to 30 Sep 2025.

Devon Hotel Limited’s revenue was £2.3m in the year to 30 Sep 2025, with £11.3m profit and 23 employees. The company is classified under “other professional, scientific and technical activities” and is based in Bideford; we hold 2 years of its filed accounts.

Full P&L filedSection M · Professional, scientific and technical activitiesSIC 74909Other professional, scientific and technical activities n.e.c.
Status
Active
Location
Bideford, South West
Age
28 yrs · since 1997
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: “Brend Estates Limited”

Latest accounts · year to 30 Sep 2025

Key figures

Cash flow filed
Revenue
£2.3m
Growth —
Profit
£11.3m
Growth —
Profit margin
486.3%
Gross 83.9%
Employees
23
Change —
Profit / employee
£493k
Revenue/employee £101k
Profitable streak
2yrs
Consecutive profitable years in our data

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.

2 filed years

Financial history

Multi-year financials, oldest to newest
Year to31 Mar 202430 Sep 2025
DisclosureFull P&LFull P&L
Profit & loss
Revenue (turnover)£750k£2.3m
Cost of sales£0£377k
Gross profit£750k£2m
Operating profit£239k£770k
Profit before tax£143k£11.4m
Profit after tax£58.7k£11.3m
Profit (best available)£58.7k£11.3m
Staff costs£955k£1.2m
Employees (average)623
Ratios
Profit margin7.8%486.3%
Gross margin100%83.9%
Revenue per employee£125k£101k
Profit per employee£9.8k£493k
Cash conversion−645.2%1480%
Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue
Cash at bank£0£975k
Net assets£43.1m£5.2m
Fixed assets£59.6m£5.2m
Current assets£2.6m£4m
Debtors£0£31.2k
Cash from operations−£1.5m£11.4m
SourceFullAccounts · bulk data Jun 2026FullAccounts · bulk data Jun 2026
Derived from the latest filing

How the business works

Profit margin
486.3%
Profit ÷ revenue.
Gross margin
83.9%
Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
Revenue per employee
£101k
Revenue ÷ average employees.
Profit per employee
£493k
Profit ÷ average employees.
Cash conversion
1480%
Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
Fixed assets ÷ revenue
222.4%
Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
Deferred income ÷ revenue
—
Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
Debtors ÷ revenue
1.3%
Money owed by customers. Low = customers pay quickly.
Indirect — not revenue

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 £5.2m
Cash at bank
—
Now £975k
Headcount
—
Now 23
Deferred income
—
Now —
Fixed assets
—
Now £5.2m
Corporate ownership

Group structure

Ownership chain

  1. Brend Company Limitedultimate parent75–100%
  2. Brend Estates Limited75–100%
  3. Devon Hotel 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 Sep 2025 (profit £11.3m), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Jun 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.

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