L&B Blackmoor Company PLC
Registered name: L&B BLACKMOOR COMPANY PLC
Part of The Lynton and Barnstaple Railway Trust groupL&B Blackmoor Company PLC made £820k revenue and £56.1k profit in the year to 31 Dec 2025.
L&B Blackmoor Company PLC’s revenue grew 1% to £820k in the year to 31 Dec 2025, with £56.1k profit and 14 employees. The company is classified under “other holiday and other collective accommodation” and is based in Bishops Nympton; we hold 4 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Bishops Nympton, South West
- Age
- 11 yrs · since 2015
- Type
- Public 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. From the filing: “The L&B Blackmoor Company Plc is a subsidiary of The Lynton and Barnstaple Railway Trust (a company incorporated in England & Wales, number 04040633). The L&B Blackmoor Company Plc is controlled by Th”
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 | No P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | ||||
| Revenue (turnover) | — | £570k | £811k | £820k |
| Cost of sales | — | £212k | £277k | £278k |
| Gross profit | — | £358k | £534k | £543k |
| Operating profit | — | £32.4k | £39.7k | £89.7k |
| Profit before tax | — | £12.3k | £12.5k | £73k |
| Profit after tax | — | £8.4k | £8k | £56.1k |
| Profit (best available) | — | £8.4k | £8k | £56.1k |
| Staff costs | — | £248k | £437k | £431k |
| Employees (average) | 0 | 15 | 14 | 14 |
| Ratios | ||||
| Profit margin | — | 1.5% | 1% | 6.8% |
| Gross margin | — | 62.8% | 65.9% | 66.1% |
| Revenue per employee | — | £38k | £57.9k | £58.6k |
| Profit per employee | — | £559 | £572 | £4k |
| Cash conversion | — | 49% | 213.1% | 130.2% |
| Growth (year on year) | ||||
| Revenue growth | — | — | ▲42.3% | ▲1.1% |
| Profit growth | — | — | ▼4.5% | ▲600.9% |
| Headcount growth | — | — | ▼6.7% | 0% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||||
| Cash at bank | £1.6m | £73.4k | £116k | £111k |
| Net assets | £1.1m | £1.3m | £1.5m | £1.7m |
| Fixed assets | — | £1.9m | £1.9m | £2m |
| Current assets | £1.6m | £102k | £140k | £130k |
| Debtors | £1.6k | £2.5k | £1.1k | £1.1k |
| Deferred income | £35.6k | £21.2k | £17.8k | £23k |
| Cash from operations | £84.3k | £15.9k | £84.5k | £117k |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Jun 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Jun 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Jun 2025 | FullAccounts · bulk data Sep 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 6.8%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 66.1%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £58.6k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £4k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- 130.2%
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 241.5%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- 2.8%
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 0.1%
- 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
- ▲10%
- Now £1.7m
- Cash at bank
- ▼4%
- Now £111k
- Headcount
- 0%
- Now 14
- Deferred income
- ▲29%
- Now £23k
- Fixed assets
- ▲4%
- Now £2m
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
- The Lynton and Barnstaple Railway Trustultimate parent75–100%
- L&B Blackmoor Company PLCthis company
Bands show the share of ownership each company holds in the one below it.
Sister companies (2)
- Lynton and Barnstaple Railway Community Interest CompanyFigures not disclosed
- Manning Wardle & Company 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 £56.1k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Sep 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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