Ben Doran Asset Limited
Registered name: BEN DORAN ASSET LIMITED
Part of MGM UK Hotels Holdings Limited groupBen Doran Asset Limited made £86k revenue and £14.1k profit in the year to 31 Dec 2025.
Ben Doran Asset Limited’s revenue was £86k in the year to 31 Dec 2025, with £14.1k profit and 5 employees. The company is classified under “hotels and similar accommodation” and is based in Ipswich; we hold 5 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Ipswich, East of England
- Age
- 10 yrs · since 2016
- 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. From the filing: “MGM UK Hotels Holdings Limited”
Key figures
Badges are automated estimates derived from the filed figures — not statements of fact about the company.
Financial history
| Year to | 31 Dec 2021 | 31 Dec 2022 | 31 Dec 2023 | 31 Dec 2024 | 31 Dec 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | |||||
| Revenue (turnover) | £84k | £84k | £84k | £86k | £86k |
| Gross profit | £84k | £84k | £84k | £86k | £86k |
| Operating profit | — | — | — | £70.3k | £84.5k |
| Profit before tax | £81.8k | £81.8k | £82.1k | £48.4k | £18.8k |
| Profit after tax | £66.6k | £66.2k | £62.8k | £36.3k | £14.1k |
| Profit (best available) | £66.6k | £66.2k | £62.8k | £36.3k | £14.1k |
| Employees (average) | 3 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 |
| Ratios | |||||
| Profit margin | 79.2% | 78.9% | 74.7% | 42.2% | 16.4% |
| Gross margin | 100% | 100% | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| Revenue per employee | £28k | £16.8k | £16.8k | £17.2k | £17.2k |
| Profit per employee | £22.2k | £13.2k | £12.6k | £7.3k | £2.8k |
| Growth (year on year) | |||||
| Revenue growth | — | 0% | 0% | ▲2.4% | 0% |
| Profit growth | — | ▼0.5% | ▼5.2% | ▼42.2% | ▼61.1% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▲66.7% | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | |||||
| Cash at bank | £1 | £1 | £1 | £1 | £1 |
| Net assets | £269k | £335k | £398k | £434k | £448k |
| Current assets | £304k | £368k | £435k | £84.9k | £76.8k |
| Debtors | £304k | £368k | £435k | £84.9k | £76.8k |
| Source | Accounts · bulk data Nov 2023 | Accounts · bulk data Nov 2023 | FullAccounts · bulk data Sep 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Aug 2025 | FullAccounts · bulk data Sep 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 16.4%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 100%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £17.2k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £2.8k
- 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
- 89.3%
- 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
- ▲3%
- Now £448k
- Cash at bank
- 0%
- Now £1
- Headcount
- 0%
- Now 5
- Deferred income
- —
- Now —
- Fixed assets
- —
- Now —
Group structure
Ownership chain
- MGM UK Hotels Holdings Limitedultimate parent75–100%
- Ben Doran Asset Limitedthis company
Bands show the share of ownership each company holds in the one below it.
Sister companies (18)
- Highland Coaches LimitedRev. £4.7m · Profit £566k
- Bright Ventures LimitedRev. £3m · Profit £183k
- Newton Hotel Management LimitedRev. £2.1m · Profit £113k
- Verinica Ventures LimitedRev. £2m · Profit −£391k
- Westcliff Ventures LimitedRev. £1.2m · Profit £6.1k
- Euphrasia Ventures LimitedRev. £216k · Profit £214k
- Newton Asset LimitedRev. £165k · Profit £122k
- Fatima Ventures LimitedRev. £150k · Profit £111k
- Alexandra Asset LimitedRev. £117k · Profit £15.1k
- Lourdes Ventures LimitedRev. £80k · Profit £55.7k
- Roya Asset Investment LimitedRev. £64k · Profit £1.9k
- Dalmally Asset Investment LimitedRev. £14k · Profit £9.4k
- Ben Doran Management LimitedRev. £0 · Profit −£1.5k
- Damally Management LimitedRev. £0 · Profit −£9.1k
- Luxury Highland Transports LimitedRev. £0 · Profit −£2k
- Alexandra Hotel Management LimitedFigures not disclosed
- London Holiday LimitedFigures not disclosed
- MGM Muthu Hotels 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 Dec 2025 (profit £14.1k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Sep 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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