DART ABBEY ENTERPRISES LIMITED

Company number 01435171 ·

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Shareholders' funds

£266,311

Balance sheet as at 2022-10-31

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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
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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

Philip ARKWRIGHT Secretary
Appointed 2025-07-31
Appointed 2025-03-21
Appointed 2022-06-27
Appointed 2021-07-15
Appointed 2021-04-09

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Group structure 3 subsidiaries

From persons-with-significant-control filings on the public register.

Previous registered addresses 1

AddressChanged on
BUCKFAST ABBEY, BUCKFAST, DEVON, TO11 0EE2016-01-11

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 numberCounty Tenure RegisteredPrice paid
BL157005 City Of Bristol Freehold 2024-04-02

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