How many employees does Doughty Investments Limited have?

Doughty Investments Limited reported an average of 0 employees in the year to 30 Sep 2025.

Is Doughty Investments Limited profitable?

Yes — Doughty Investments Limited reported a profit of £2.3m in the year to 30 Sep 2025.

Company No. 09320007 · Incorporated 20 Nov 2014

Doughty Investments Limited

Registered name: DOUGHTY INVESTMENTS LIMITED

Part of Broughton Holdings Limited group

Doughty Investments Limited made £2.3m profit in the year to 30 Sep 2025 (revenue not disclosed).

Doughty Investments Limited reported £2.3m profit in the year to 30 Sep 2025; its revenue was not disclosed. It had 0 employees. The company is classified under “development of building projects” and is based in Stafford; we hold 4 years of its filed accounts.

Profit onlySection F · ConstructionSIC 41100Development of building projects

Status: Active
Location: Stafford, West Midlands
Age: 11 yrs · since 2014
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: “The immediate parent company is Broughton Holdings Limited. Consolidated accounts are publicly available from Companies House for Broughton Holdings Limited, registered at Coach House, Broughton Hall,”

Latest accounts · year to 30 Sep 2025

Key figures

Small team

Revenue

—

Not disclosed in filing

Profit

£2.3m

Growth —

Profit margin

—

Employees

Change —

Profit / employee

—

Profitable streak

1yr

Consecutive profitable years in our data

This company published its profit but not its turnover, so revenue and margins are not disclosed. We never estimate them.

Badges are automated estimates derived from the filed figures — not statements of fact about the company.

4 filed years

Financial history

Multi-year financials, oldest to newest
Year to	30 Sep 2022	30 Sep 2023	30 Sep 2024	30 Sep 2025
Disclosure	Profit only	Profit only	Profit only	Profit only
Profit & loss
Revenue (turnover)	—	—	—	—
Gross profit	£0	£0	—	—
Profit before tax	−£5.3m	−£362k	−£1.6m	£2.3m
Profit after tax	−£5.3m	−£362k	−£1.6m	£2.3m
Profit (best available)	−£5.3m	−£362k	−£1.6m	£2.3m
Employees (average)	0	0	0	0
Ratios
Profit margin	—	—	—	—
Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue
Net assets	−£5.3m	−£5.6m	−£7.2m	−£4.9m
Debtors	£6.9m	£6.9m	£5.9m	£5.9m
Source	Accounts · bulk data Jun 2024	Accounts · bulk data Jun 2024	FullAccounts · bulk data Jun 2025	FullAccounts · bulk data Apr 2026

Derived from the latest filing

How the business works

Profit margin: —; Profit ÷ revenue.
Gross margin: —; Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
Revenue per employee: —; Revenue ÷ average employees.
Profit per employee: —; 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: —; 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 −£4.9m
Cash at bank: —; Now —
Headcount: —; Now 0
Deferred income: —; Now —
Fixed assets: —; Now —

Corporate ownership

Group structure

Ownership chain

Broughton Holdings Limitedultimate parent75–100%
Doughty Investments Limitedthis company

Bands show the share of ownership each company holds in the one below it.

Subsidiaries (1)

Doughty Properties LimitedRev. — · Profit £2.2m

Sister companies (7)

Hyde Park Finance LtdRev. £10.6m · Profit −£1m
Caudwell Marine LimitedRev. £0 · Profit −£14.8m
Caudwell LtdRev. — · Profit −£18.5m
Caudwell Properties (France) LtdRev. — · Profit £17.9m
JDC Investments LimitedFigures not disclosed
Lyme Properties LtdRev. — · Profit −£98.3k
Titania 2027 LimitedFigures not disclosed

From the Persons with Significant Control register (corporate controllers only).

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Sources

Companies House profile Filing history & original accounts

Latest figures from FullAccounts for the year to 30 Sep 2025 (profit £2.3m), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Apr 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.

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