DHP Family Ltd
Registered name: DHP FAMILY LTD
Part of SJC 15 Limited groupDHP Family Ltd made £35.9m revenue and £1.6m profit in the year to 31 Dec 2025.
DHP Family Ltd’s revenue fell 2% to £35.9m in the year to 31 Dec 2025, with £1.6m profit and 384 employees. The company is classified under “public houses and bars” and is based in Nottingham; we hold 4 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Nottingham, East Midlands
- Age
- 95 yrs · since 1931
- 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 Dec 2022 | 31 Dec 2023 | 31 Dec 2024 | 31 Dec 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | ||||
| Revenue (turnover) | £30.6m | £34m | £36.6m | £35.9m |
| Cost of sales | £18.8m | £21.4m | £24m | £24.2m |
| Gross profit | £11.8m | £12.6m | £12.7m | £11.7m |
| Operating profit | £2.7m | £2.9m | £2.7m | £1.1m |
| Profit before tax | £2.6m | £3m | £2.1m | £2m |
| Profit after tax | £2m | £2.4m | £1.3m | £1.6m |
| Profit (best available) | £2m | £2.4m | £1.3m | £1.6m |
| Staff costs | £6.9m | £7.7m | £7.9m | £8.5m |
| Employees (average) | 407 | 392 | 406 | 384 |
| Ratios | ||||
| Profit margin | 6.7% | 7.2% | 3.5% | 4.5% |
| Gross margin | 38.6% | 37% | 34.5% | 32.5% |
| Revenue per employee | £75.3k | £86.7k | £90.2k | £93.4k |
| Profit per employee | £5k | £6.2k | £3.1k | £4.2k |
| Growth (year on year) | ||||
| Revenue growth | — | ▲10.9% | ▲7.8% | ▼2.1% |
| Profit growth | — | ▲19.8% | ▼48.1% | ▲27.4% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▼3.7% | ▲3.6% | ▼5.4% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||||
| Cash at bank | £7.6m | £9.9m | £7.3m | £8.4m |
| Net assets | £9.4m | £9.4m | £9.8m | £10.9m |
| Fixed assets | £4.9m | £4.9m | £6.4m | £6.6m |
| Current assets | £16.6m | £18.8m | £17.8m | £17.5m |
| Debtors | £486k | £700k | £2.2m | £493k |
| Deferred income | £1.9m | £2.2m | £2.4m | £2.5m |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Sep 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Sep 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Sep 2025 | FullAccounts · bulk data Sep 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 4.5%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 32.5%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £93.4k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £4.2k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- —
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 18.5%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- 7%
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 1.4%
- 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
- ▲11%
- Now £10.9m
- Cash at bank
- ▲15%
- Now £8.4m
- Headcount
- ▼5%
- Now 384
- Deferred income
- ▲4%
- Now £2.5m
- Fixed assets
- ▲5%
- Now £6.6m
Deferred income is reported together with accruals in this filing (“accruals and deferred income”), so it is an approximate signal only.
Group structure
Ownership chain
- SJC 15 Limitedultimate parent75–100%
- Geo.akins(Holdings)limited75–100%
- DHP Family Ltdthis company
Bands show the share of ownership each company holds in the one below it.
Subsidiaries (2)
- Rock City LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Spring Music Group LimitedFigures not disclosed
Sister companies (2)
- Jalland & Co.limitedFigures not disclosed
- Victoria Club 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 £1.6m), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Sep 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
Updated from Companies House on 11 Oct 2026
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