Ajl Developments Limited
Registered name: AJL DEVELOPMENTS LIMITED
Part of Ajl Hotel Holdings Limited groupAjl Developments Limited made £3m revenue and £2.3m profit in the year to 28 Feb 2025.
Ajl Developments Limited’s revenue was £3m in the year to 28 Feb 2025, with £2.3m profit and 67 employees. The company is classified under “hotels and similar accommodation” and is based in Doncaster; we hold 4 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Doncaster, Yorkshire and The Humber
- Age
- 22 yrs · since 2004
- Type
- Private Limited Company
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.
Key figures
Badges are automated estimates derived from the filed figures — not statements of fact about the company.
Financial history
| Year to | 28 Feb 2022 | 28 Feb 2023 | 29 Feb 2024 | 28 Feb 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&L | Full P&L | Profit only | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | ||||
| Revenue (turnover) | £3.5m | £4.4m | — | £3m |
| Cost of sales | £2.3m | £2.8m | — | £2m |
| Gross profit | £1.2m | £1.6m | — | £1m |
| Operating profit | — | — | — | £2.9m |
| Profit before tax | £517k | £1.1m | £610k | £2.8m |
| Profit after tax | £397k | £879k | £441k | £2.3m |
| Profit (best available) | £397k | £879k | £441k | £2.3m |
| Staff costs | £1.3m | £1.6m | — | £1.1m |
| Employees (average) | 92 | 103 | 114 | 67 |
| Ratios | ||||
| Profit margin | 11.3% | 20% | — | 77.1% |
| Gross margin | 35.3% | 36.8% | — | 34.2% |
| Revenue per employee | £38.3k | £42.6k | — | £44.5k |
| Profit per employee | £4.3k | £8.5k | £3.9k | £34.3k |
| Growth (year on year) | ||||
| Revenue growth | — | ▲24.6% | — | — |
| Profit growth | — | ▲121.6% | ▼49.8% | ▲422.1% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▲12% | ▲10.7% | ▼41.2% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||||
| Cash at bank | £444k | £910k | £503k | £6.2m |
| Net assets | £433k | £1.3m | £1.8m | £3.6m |
| Fixed assets | £5.3m | £5.1m | £5.1m | — |
| Current assets | £630k | £1.5m | £1.1m | £6.2m |
| Debtors | £80.8k | £64.5k | £74.1k | £720 |
| Source | Accounts · bulk data Feb 2024 | Accounts · bulk data Feb 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Nov 2025 | FullAccounts · bulk data Nov 2025 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 77.1%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 34.2%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £44.5k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £34.3k
- 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
- 0%
- 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
- ▲103%
- Now £3.6m
- Cash at bank
- ▲1141%
- Now £6.2m
- Headcount
- ▼41%
- Now 67
- Deferred income
- —
- Now —
- Fixed assets
- —
- Now —
Group structure
Ownership chain
- Ajl Hotel Holdings Limitedultimate parent75–100%
- Ajl Developments Limitedthis company
Bands show the share of ownership each company holds in the one below it.
Sister companies (1)
- Ajl Group Investments LimitedRev. £2.8m · Profit £177k
From the Persons with Significant Control register (corporate controllers only).
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Sources
Latest figures from FullAccounts for the year to 28 Feb 2025 (profit £2.3m), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Nov 2025. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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