SDH Developments Limited
Registered name: SDH DEVELOPMENTS LIMITED
Part of Torbay And South Devon Nhs Foundation Trust groupSDH Developments Limited made £12.9m revenue and £68.6k profit in the year to 31 Mar 2025.
SDH Developments Limited’s revenue grew 9% to £12.9m in the year to 31 Mar 2025, with £68.6k profit and 9 employees. The company is classified under “dispensing chemist in specialised stores” and is based in Torquay; we hold 4 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Torquay, South West
- Age
- 13 yrs · since 2013
- 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 2022 | 31 Mar 2023 | 31 Mar 2024 | 31 Mar 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | ||||
| Revenue (turnover) | £11.4m | £11.6m | £11.8m | £12.9m |
| Cost of sales | £10.5m | £10.6m | −£10.8m | −£11.7m |
| Gross profit | £972k | £984k | £983k | £1.1m |
| Operating profit | £192k | £138k | £63.8k | £107k |
| Profit before tax | £169k | £116k | £44k | £88.6k |
| Profit after tax | £139k | £93.6k | £29k | £68.6k |
| Profit (best available) | £139k | £93.6k | £29k | £68.6k |
| Employees (average) | 11 | 12 | 13 | 9 |
| Ratios | ||||
| Profit margin | 1.2% | 0.8% | 0.3% | 0.5% |
| Gross margin | 8.5% | 8.5% | 8.3% | 8.8% |
| Revenue per employee | £1m | £964k | £910k | £1.4m |
| Profit per employee | £12.7k | £7.8k | £2.2k | £7.6k |
| Growth (year on year) | ||||
| Revenue growth | — | ▲1.1% | ▲2.3% | ▲8.6% |
| Profit growth | — | ▼32.8% | ▼69% | ▲136.6% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▲9.1% | ▲8.3% | ▼30.8% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||||
| Cash at bank | £334k | £88.6k | — | — |
| Net assets | £799k | £892k | — | — |
| Fixed assets | £131k | £110k | — | — |
| Current assets | £2.2m | £2.1m | — | — |
| Debtors | £933k | £1.1m | — | — |
| Deferred income | £215k | £263k | — | — |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Jan 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Jan 2024 | Accounts · bulk data Jan 2025 | Accounts · bulk data Dec 2025 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 0.5%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 8.8%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £1.4m
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £7.6k
- 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
- —
- 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
- ▼31%
- Now 9
- Deferred income
- —
- Now —
- Fixed assets
- —
- Now —
Group structure
Ownership chain
- Torbay And South Devon Nhs Foundation Trust (registered outside the UK register)ultimate parent75–100%
- SDH Developments Limitedthis company
Bands show the share of ownership each company holds in the one below it.
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 2025 (profit £68.6k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Dec 2025. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
Updated from Companies House on 15 Oct 2026
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