Devonshire Poultry Holdings Limited
Registered name: DEVONSHIRE POULTRY HOLDINGS LIMITED
Devonshire Poultry Holdings Limited made £17m revenue and a £354k loss in the year to 30 Sep 2025.
Devonshire Poultry Holdings Limited’s revenue grew 23% to £17m in the year to 30 Sep 2025, with a loss of £354k and 22 employees. The company is classified under “other letting and operating of own or leased real estate” and is based in Honiton; we hold 4 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Honiton, South West
- Age
- 17 yrs · since 2008
- 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.
Key figures
Badges are automated estimates derived from the filed figures — not statements of fact about the company.
Financial history
| Year to | 30 Sep 2022 | 30 Sep 2023 | 30 Sep 2024 | 30 Sep 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | No P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | ||||
| Revenue (turnover) | — | £13.8m | £13.8m | £17m |
| Cost of sales | — | £11.7m | £11.5m | £12.9m |
| Gross profit | — | £2.1m | £2.4m | £4.2m |
| Operating profit | — | £368k | £537k | £2.1m |
| Profit before tax | — | £50.7k | −£85.6k | £1.4m |
| Profit after tax | — | £281k | £1.3m | −£354k |
| Profit (best available) | — | £281k | £1.3m | −£354k |
| Staff costs | — | £520k | £578k | £735k |
| Employees (average) | 2 | 2 | 19 | 22 |
| Ratios | ||||
| Profit margin | — | 2% | 9.5% | −2.1% |
| Gross margin | — | 15% | 17.1% | 24.5% |
| Revenue per employee | — | £6.9m | £728k | £774k |
| Profit per employee | — | £140k | £68.9k | −£16.1k |
| Cash conversion | — | 118.3% | 182.3% | 61.3% |
| Growth (year on year) | ||||
| Revenue growth | — | — | ▲0.3% | ▲23.2% |
| Profit growth | — | — | ▲365.9% | ▼127% |
| Headcount growth | — | 0% | ▲850% | ▲15.8% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||||
| Cash at bank | — | £24.3k | £4.8k | £24.7k |
| Net assets | £849k | £1.1m | £2.3m | £1.7m |
| Fixed assets | £5m | £5.5m | £12.8m | £13.3m |
| Current assets | £189k | £31k | £338k | £33.3k |
| Debtors | — | £426k | £514k | £705k |
| Cash from operations | — | £436k | £978k | £1.3m |
| Source | FilletedAccounts · bulk data Jun 2024 | FilletedAccounts · bulk data Jun 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Jun 2025 | FullAccounts · bulk data Jun 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- −2.1%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 24.5%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £774k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- −£16.1k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- 61.3%
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 77.9%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- —
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 4.1%
- 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
- ▼28%
- Now £1.7m
- Cash at bank
- ▲415%
- Now £24.7k
- Headcount
- ▲16%
- Now 22
- Deferred income
- —
- Now —
- Fixed assets
- ▲4%
- Now £13.3m
Group structure
Subsidiaries (1)
- Devonshire Poultry 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 30 Sep 2025 (profit −£354k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Jun 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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