East Dorset Golf Club Limited
Registered name: EAST DORSET GOLF CLUB LIMITED
East Dorset Golf Club Limited made £3.7m revenue and £136k profit in the year to 31 Dec 2024.
East Dorset Golf Club Limited’s revenue grew 7% to £3.7m in the year to 31 Dec 2024, with £136k profit and 74 employees. The company is classified under “operation of sports facilities” and is based in Dorchester; we hold 3 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Dorchester, South West
- Age
- 37 yrs · since 1989
- Type
- Private Limited Company
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | |||
| Revenue (turnover) | £3.2m | £3.5m | £3.7m |
| Cost of sales | £713k | £748k | £854k |
| Gross profit | £2.5m | £2.7m | £2.8m |
| Operating profit | £519k | £511k | £258k |
| Profit before tax | £468k | £466k | £192k |
| Profit after tax | £363k | £385k | £136k |
| Profit (best available) | £363k | £385k | £136k |
| Staff costs | £1.2m | £1.3m | £1.4m |
| Employees (average) | 76 | 75 | 74 |
| Ratios | |||
| Profit margin | 11.2% | 11.1% | 3.7% |
| Gross margin | 78% | 78.4% | 76.9% |
| Revenue per employee | £42.6k | £46.2k | £49.9k |
| Profit per employee | £4.8k | £5.1k | £1.8k |
| Cash conversion | −137.7% | −76.7% | −435.1% |
| Growth (year on year) | |||
| Revenue growth | — | ▲6.9% | ▲6.6% |
| Profit growth | — | ▲6% | ▼64.6% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▼1.3% | ▼1.3% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | |||
| Cash at bank | £1.4m | £899k | £1.2m |
| Net assets | £4m | £4.3m | £4.4m |
| Fixed assets | £4.4m | £5.5m | £6m |
| Current assets | £2m | £1.7m | £1.6m |
| Debtors | £404k | £424k | £48.2k |
| Deferred income | £182k | £210k | £212k |
| Cash from operations | −£715k | −£392k | −£1.1m |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Aug 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Aug 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Sep 2025 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 3.7%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 76.9%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £49.9k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £1.8k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- −435.1%
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 162.7%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- 5.8%
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 1.3%
- 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 £4.4m
- Cash at bank
- ▲33%
- Now £1.2m
- Headcount
- ▼1%
- Now 74
- Deferred income
- ▲1%
- Now £212k
- Fixed assets
- ▲10%
- Now £6m
Deferred income is reported together with accruals in this filing (“accruals and deferred income”), so it is an approximate signal only.
Group structure
Subsidiaries (4)
- The Dorset Golf Academy LimitedFigures not disclosed
- The Dorset Golf and Country Club LimitedFigures not disclosed
- The Dorset Golf Hotel LimitedFigures not disclosed
- The Dorset Golf Resort Ltd.Figures not disclosed
Minority corporate shareholders
- Cilfa A/S (registered outside the UK register) 25–50%
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 2024 (profit £136k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Sep 2025. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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