Dumfries House Trust Trading Limited
Registered name: DUMFRIES HOUSE TRUST TRADING LIMITED
Part of The King's Foundation groupDumfries House Trust Trading Limited made £4.4m revenue and £623k profit in the year to 31 Mar 2026.
Dumfries House Trust Trading Limited’s revenue grew 15% to £4.4m in the year to 31 Mar 2026, with £623k profit. The company is classified under “hotels and similar accommodation” and is based in Ayrshire; we hold 3 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Ayrshire, Scotland
- Age
- 18 yrs · since 2007
- 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 | 31 Mar 2024 | 31 Mar 2025 | 31 Mar 2026 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | |||
| Revenue (turnover) | £3.8m | £3.8m | £4.4m |
| Cost of sales | −£2.7m | −£2.8m | −£3.4m |
| Gross profit | £1.1m | £977k | £1m |
| Operating profit | £713k | £623k | £552k |
| Profit before tax | £751k | £696k | £623k |
| Profit after tax | £751k | £696k | £623k |
| Profit (best available) | £751k | £696k | £623k |
| Employees (average) | — | — | — |
| Ratios | |||
| Profit margin | 19.8% | 18.2% | 14.2% |
| Gross margin | 28.4% | 25.6% | 23.3% |
| Growth (year on year) | |||
| Revenue growth | — | ▲0.4% | ▲14.8% |
| Profit growth | — | ▼7.3% | ▼10.5% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | |||
| Net assets | — | — | — |
| Source | Accounts · bulk data Sep 2025 | Accounts · bulk data Sep 2025 | Accounts · bulk data Sep 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 14.2%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 23.3%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
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- 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
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- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- —
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
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- 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
- —
- Now —
- Cash at bank
- —
- Now —
- Headcount
- —
- Now —
- Deferred income
- —
- Now —
- Fixed assets
- —
- Now —
Group structure
Ownership chain
- The King's Foundationultimate parent75–100%
- Dumfries House Trust Trading Limitedthis company
Bands show the share of ownership each company holds in the one below it.
Sister companies (4)
- A.g. Carrick LimitedRev. £6.1m · Profit £716k
- Dumfries Farming and Land LimitedRev. £2.1m · Profit −£8.6k
- Dumfries House Home Farm LimitedRev. £231k · Profit £221k
- The Prince's Regeneration TrustFigures not disclosed
From the Persons with Significant Control register (corporate controllers only).
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Sources
Latest figures from accounts for the year to 31 Mar 2026 (profit £623k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Sep 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
Updated from Companies House on 14 Oct 2026
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