Darts Farm Limited
Registered name: DARTS FARM LIMITED
Darts Farm Limited made £13.3m revenue and £802k profit in the year to 31 Jan 2025.
Darts Farm Limited’s revenue grew 5% to £13.3m in the year to 31 Jan 2025, with £802k profit and 205 employees. The company is classified under “mixed farming” and is based in Exeter; we hold 4 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Exeter, South West
- Age
- 25 yrs · since 2001
- 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 Jan 2022 | 31 Jan 2023 | 31 Jan 2024 | 31 Jan 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | ||||
| Revenue (turnover) | £11.1m | £12m | £12.7m | £13.3m |
| Cost of sales | £6.5m | £6.8m | £7.1m | £7m |
| Gross profit | £4.7m | £5.3m | £5.6m | £6.3m |
| Operating profit | £1.2m | £960k | £796k | £881k |
| Profit before tax | £1.1m | £1m | £819k | £1.1m |
| Profit after tax | £807k | £855k | £620k | £802k |
| Profit (best available) | £807k | £855k | £620k | £802k |
| Staff costs | £2.5m | £2.8m | £3.2m | £3.6m |
| Employees (average) | 138 | 185 | 201 | 205 |
| Ratios | ||||
| Profit margin | 7.2% | 7.1% | 4.9% | 6% |
| Gross margin | 41.8% | 43.8% | 44% | 47.7% |
| Revenue per employee | £80.6k | £64.9k | £63.1k | £64.8k |
| Profit per employee | £5.8k | £4.6k | £3.1k | £3.9k |
| Cash conversion | −208.6% | 151.6% | 133.5% | 1027% |
| Growth (year on year) | ||||
| Revenue growth | — | ▲8% | ▲5.6% | ▲4.7% |
| Profit growth | — | ▲5.9% | ▼27.5% | ▲29.3% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▲34.1% | ▲8.6% | ▲2% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||||
| Cash at bank | £3.5m | £4.5m | £3.4m | £12.3m |
| Net assets | £12.8m | £13.5m | £14m | £14.7m |
| Fixed assets | £8.1m | £8.2m | £8.7m | £8.6m |
| Current assets | £9.1m | £10.7m | £10.8m | £15.5m |
| Debtors | £281k | £267k | £491k | £261k |
| Deferred income | £11.5k | £56.5k | £44.9k | £46.6k |
| Cash from operations | −£2.4m | £1.5m | £1.1m | £9m |
| Source | Accounts · bulk data Oct 2023 | Accounts · bulk data Oct 2023 | Accounts · bulk data Oct 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Oct 2025 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 6%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 47.7%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £64.8k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £3.9k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- 1027%
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 64.7%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- 0.4%
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 2%
- 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
- ▲5%
- Now £14.7m
- Cash at bank
- ▲259%
- Now £12.3m
- Headcount
- ▲2%
- Now 205
- Deferred income
- ▲4%
- Now £46.6k
- Fixed assets
- ▼2%
- Now £8.6m
Group structure
Subsidiaries (1)
- Dart Properties LimitedFigures 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 Jan 2025 (profit £802k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Oct 2025. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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