Devon Hotel Limited
Registered name: DEVON HOTEL LIMITED
Part of Brend Company Limited groupDevon 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.
- 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”
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 2024 | 30 Sep 2025 |
|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&L | Full 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) | 6 | 23 |
| Ratios | ||
| Profit margin | 7.8% | 486.3% |
| Gross margin | 100% | 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 |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Jun 2026 | FullAccounts · bulk data Jun 2026 |
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.
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
Group structure
Ownership chain
- Brend Company Limitedultimate parent75–100%
- Brend Estates Limited75–100%
- 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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