DART ABBEY ENTERPRISES LIMITED

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Next accounts due

2026-07-31 (in 2mo)

Last filed for 2024-10-31

Confirmation statement due

2027-02-04 (in 9mo)

Last made up 2026-01-21

Watchouts

None on the register

Cash

£2M

+888.8% highest in 4 filed years

Net assets

-£14M

-25.9% lowest in 4 filed years

Employees

+14.3% highest in 4 filed years

Profit before tax

-£3M

+72.1% vs 2023

Net assets

4-year trend · vs Consumer Staples median

DART ABBEY ENTERPRISES LIMITED·Consumer Staples median · n=1796

Accounts

4-year trend · latest reflected 2024-10-31

Metric	2021-10-31	2022-10-31	2023-10-31	2024-10-31
Turnover	£3,906,423	£4,580,000	£4,989,624	£5,573,774
Operating profit	£841,663	£795,545	£392,290	-£1,440,381
Profit before tax	£833,549	£779,000	-£10,062,505	-£2,807,506
Net profit	—	—	-£10,062,505	-£2,807,506
Cash	£148,992	£78,981	£155,107	£1,533,752
Total assets less current liabilities	£3,905,079	£3,578,811	-£10,821,281	-£13,628,787
Net assets	£592,579	£266,311	-£10,821,281	-£13,628,787
Equity	£592,579	£266,311	-£10,821,281	-£13,628,787
Average employees	66	73	84	96
Wages	—	—	£2,109,209	£2,603,396
Directors' remuneration	—	—	£45,492	£101,577

Values shown as filed in the company's annual accounts. — indicates the figure wasn't present under that line item in that period. About these numbers

Year-on-year

FY2023 → FY2024 · period ending 2024-10-31 vs 2023-10-31

Turnover

+11.7%

£4,989,624 £5,573,774

highest in 4 filed years
Cash

+888.8%

£155,107 £1,533,752

highest in 4 filed years
Net assets

-25.9%

-£10,821,281 -£13,628,787

lowest in 4 filed years
Employees

+14.3%

84 96

highest in 4 filed years
Operating profit

-467.2%

£392,290 -£1,440,381

lowest in 4 filed years
Profit before tax

+72.1%

-£10,062,505 -£2,807,506
Wages

+23.4%

£2,109,209 £2,603,396

Each % is (latest − prior) ÷ |prior| for the line item as filed. The comparison is only shown when the latest and prior accounts cover broadly equal-length periods — short or long stubs (typical around incorporation or a year-end change) are suppressed rather than misrepresented. Lines a company doesn't report are omitted. About these numbers

Ratios

Computed from the line items above — sparklines read oldest → newest

Ratio	2021-10-31	2022-10-31	2023-10-31	2024-10-31
Operating margin	21.5%	17.4%	7.9%	-25.8%
Net margin	—	—	—	-50.4%
Return on capital employed	21.6%	22.2%	-3.6%	10.6%
Gearing (liabilities / total assets)	—	—	313.0%	264.7%
Current ratio	—	—	0.31x	0.37x
Interest cover	7.46x	5.08x	1.23x	-4.00x

Margins divide P&L lines by turnover. Gearing is liabilities over total assets. Current ratio is current assets over creditors falling due within one year. Interest cover is operating profit over absolute finance costs. Margin ratios are hidden where reported turnover is too small relative to profit to yield a meaningful figure — typical of holding companies whose income is mostly subsidiary dividends rather than trading revenue. Sector-distribution context coming next.

Audit & accounting basis

Accounting basis: FRS 102
Reporting scope: Consolidated group
Auditor: PKF Francis Clark
Audit opinion: Unqualified (clean)
Going concern: Affirmed
“The Accounts have been prepared on the basis it is a going concern. The company continues to trade with the support of The Buckfast Abbey Trust. The Directors therefore consider that the Going Concern basis of Accounting is appropriate.”

Group structure

DART ABBEY ENTERPRISES LIMITED · parent
1. Dart Abbey Developments Limited 100% · UK · Property development
2. Dart Abbey Poole Limited 100% · UK · Property development

Significant events

“There continues to be a steady increase in visitor numbers as well as hospitality and conference bookings. Investment in improving the food and beverage facilities on site is expected to significantly grow turnover over the coming years. The company is investing in a team to grow planning and development as an income stream.”
“The company is consolidating retail shops into one location to provide future space for improvements to disabled facilities.”

Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers

People

6 active · 41 resigned

Name	Role	Appointed	Born	Nationality
ARKWRIGHT, Philip	Secretary	2025-07-31	—	—
ARKWRIGHT, Philip Anthony	Director	2022-06-27	Apr 1983	British
CHARLESWORTH, David Roger, Abbot	Director	2021-04-09	Oct 1951	British
MAY, Dominic Peter, Rev. Dom.	Director	2025-03-21	Jul 1965	British
PRICKETT, Mark Peter, Dr	Director	2021-07-15	Apr 1970	British
SMYTH, Rory Daniel, Dom	Director	2019-07-16	Oct 1952	Irish

Show 41 resigned officers

Name	Role	Appointed	Resigned
CLARK, Lesley Elizabeth Sherratt	Secretary	2022-08-01	2023-06-15
DEACON, Jonathan Roger	Secretary	—	2021-07-15
HAMMOND, Peter	Secretary	2023-06-15	2025-07-28
ROACH, Matthew	Secretary	2021-07-15	2022-05-09
ROGERS, Zoe Frances	Secretary	2022-06-27	2022-07-14
ARNOLD, Vincent Gabriel, Rev.	Director	2017-06-12	2021-05-30
ARNOLD, Vincent Gabriel, Rev.	Director	2004-05-12	2014-07-25
ARNOLD, Vincent Gabriel, Rev.	Director	1998-04-21	2001-01-22
CAWLEY, Peter Anscar, Reverend	Director	1994-01-19	1997-02-14
CHARLESWORTH, David Roger, Abbot	Director	2017-03-17	2019-03-17
CHARLESWORTH, David Roger, Abbot	Director	2004-05-12	2017-01-18
CHARLESWORTH, David Roger, Abbot	Director	—	1999-12-03
CONLON, Dom Peter Benet, Reverend	Director	2000-03-20	2016-08-10
CONLON, Dom Peter Benet, Reverend	Director	—	1993-02-12
COUCH, Paul Benedict	Director	—	1992-03-06
COURTNEY, Joseph James, Reverend Dom.	Director	2019-07-16	2020-01-09
COURTNEY, Joseph James, Reverend Dom.	Director	1999-03-01	2016-01-04
COURTNEY, Joseph James, Reverend Dom.	Director	—	1994-01-19
CROFT, David Stephen, Br	Director	2004-05-12	2008-03-12
CROFT, David Stephen, Br	Director	1999-06-28	2000-03-20
DEACON, Jonathan Roger	Director	—	2021-07-15
DELANEY, Michael Christopher, Reverend Dom.	Director	2010-07-20	2014-07-24
HOSKINS, Henry Anthony, Dom	Director	2001-01-22	2002-03-19
MANAHAN, Philip	Director	—	1997-02-14
MANAHAN, William Philip, Right Rev Dom	Director	2001-01-22	2006-11-09
MARSH, Anthony Nicholas, Br	Director	2008-03-12	2011-03-24
MARSH, Anthony Nicholas, Br	Director	—	2001-01-22
MAY, Peter Dominic, Reverend	Director	2020-07-14	2025-03-21
MAY, Peter Dominic, Reverend	Director	2014-07-25	2017-06-12
MCCUE, Gerard Matthew, Reverend	Director	2003-05-14	2003-10-31
MCCUE, Gerard Matthew, Reverend	Director	1993-02-12	1999-05-20
MILLER, Michael Gregory, Dom	Director	1993-02-12	2003-05-14
MORGAN, Paul Peter, Rev. Dom.	Director	2009-04-16	2010-07-20
MORGAN, Paul Peter, Rev. Dom.	Director	1997-02-14	1998-04-21
ROACH, Matthew David	Director	2021-07-15	2022-05-09
ROTTER, Paul Richard, Rev Dom	Director	1992-03-06	2004-03-23
SMITH, Philip Leo	Director	—	1992-03-06
STRAW, Gavin Francis, Fr	Director	—	2021-04-09
WOLFF, Francis Sebastian, Very Rev Dom	Director	2000-01-17	2003-12-10
WOLFF, Francis Sebastian, Very Rev Dom	Director	1997-02-14	1999-03-01
YEO, Richard	Director	2007-02-12	2009-01-23

Ownership

Persons with significant control

Name	Kind	Nature of control	Notified	Status
Buckfast Abbey Trustees Registered	Corporate entity	Shares 75–100%	2016-04-06	Active

Filing timeline

Last 20 of 181 total filings

Date	Type	Category	Description
2026-01-31	CS01	confirmation-statement	Confirmation statement with no updates	PDF
2025-08-04	AA	accounts	Accounts with accounts type group
2025-07-31	AP03	officers	Appoint person secretary company with name date	PDF
2025-07-28	TM02	officers	Termination secretary company with name termination date	PDF
2025-03-24	AP01	officers	Appoint person director company with name date	PDF
2025-03-21	TM01	officers	Termination director company with name termination date	PDF
2025-01-28	CS01	confirmation-statement	Confirmation statement with no updates	PDF
2024-10-17	AA	accounts	Accounts with accounts type full
2024-01-22	CS01	confirmation-statement	Confirmation statement with no updates	PDF
2023-08-21	AAMD	accounts	Accounts amended with accounts type group
2023-07-31	AA	accounts	Accounts with accounts type total exemption full	PDF
2023-06-27	AP03	officers	Appoint person secretary company with name date	PDF
2023-06-27	TM02	officers	Termination secretary company with name termination date	PDF
2023-01-25	CS01	confirmation-statement	Confirmation statement with no updates	PDF
2022-08-03	AP03	officers	Appoint person secretary company with name date	PDF
2022-08-03	TM02	officers	Termination secretary company with name termination date	PDF
2022-07-14	AA	accounts	Accounts with accounts type full
2022-06-30	AP03	officers	Appoint person secretary company with name date	PDF
2022-06-30	AP01	officers	Appoint person director company with name date	PDF
2022-05-10	TM01	officers	Termination director company with name termination date	PDF

Public-record activity

Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months

Filings: 4
Capital events: 0
Officers appointed: 1
Officers resigned: 1

Direct counts from the register. No score, no rating — see the Filing timeline for the underlying events.

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