DART ABBEY ENTERPRISES LIMITED
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Shareholders' funds
£266,311
Balance sheet as at 2022-10-31
What it does
The company’s principal activities during the year were provision of tourist amenities, conference centre facilities & accommodation, retail sales, catering, wine manufacture, production of items for sale and property development through subsidiaries and a joint venture. The company trades in order to raise funds for The Buckfast Abbey Trust (held in connection with the religious community of Benedictine Monks established at St Mary’s Abbey, Buckfast, Devon), a registered charity. The company is a wholly owned subsidiary of the Charity. The company normally uses Gift Aid to donate its profits to The Buckfast Abbey Trust.
The company's own description, from its latest filed accounts.
Overview
- Company type
- Private Limited Company
- Incorporated
- 1979-07-05
- Employees
- 73 (2022 accounts · was 66 in 2021)
- Registered office
- Buckfast Abbey, Buckfast, Buckfastleigh, Devon, TQ11 0EE
- Postcode
- TQ11 0EE
- Capital
- 100,000 GBP
- Accounts category
- Group
- Charges
- 2 outstanding
Accounts
- Last made up to
- 2025-10-31
- Next due by
- 2027-07-31
- Financial year end
- 31 October
Confirmation statement
- Last statement dated
- 2026-01-21
- Next due by
- 2027-02-04
Nature of business (SIC)
- 11040 Manufacture of other non-distilled fermented beverages
- 47610 Retail sale of books in specialised stores
- 47789 Other retail sale of new goods in specialised stores (not commercial art galleries and opticians)
- 56101 Licenced restaurants
Officers 10 current · 43 resigned
Group structure 3 subsidiaries
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PG ENTERPRISES (ST. NICHOLAS) LIMITED Dissolved
-
PG NEWFOUNDLAND LTD Dissolved
From persons-with-significant-control filings on the public register.
Previous registered addresses 1
| Address | Changed on |
|---|---|
| BUCKFAST ABBEY, BUCKFAST, DEVON, TO11 0EE | 2016-01-11 |
Among its peers
Top 25%
by shareholders' funds, of 35 similar companies in TQ — measured against the wider sector
The largest employer among its local peers (73 staff).
The oldest of its local peers, trading since 1979.
The class of 1979
49%
of the 8,387 companies incorporated in 1979 are still active today; 43% have since been dissolved.
A fact about the year, not a forecast for this company.
Property in England & Wales 1 title
- Freehold
- 1
- Most recent registration
- 2024-04-02
- Where
- City Of Bristol
| Title number | County | Tenure | Registered | Price paid |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| BL157005 | City Of Bristol | Freehold | 2024-04-02 | — |
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