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Company No. 00406990 · Incorporated 26 Mar 1946

Westcliff Hall (Sidmouth) Limited

Registered name: WESTCLIFF HALL (SIDMOUTH) LIMITED

Part of Horizon Capital II GP LLP group

Westcliff Hall (Sidmouth) Limited made £4.2m revenue and a £1.1m loss in the year to 31 Dec 2025. read from filing text

Westcliff Hall (Sidmouth) Limited’s revenue grew 4% to £4.2m in the year to 31 Dec 2025, with a loss of £1.1m and 68 employees. The company is classified under “hotels and similar accommodation” and is based in Christchurch; we hold 4 years of its filed accounts.

Full P&L filedSection I · Accommodation and food servicesSIC 55100Hotels and similar accommodation
Status
Active
Location
Christchurch, South West
Age
80 yrs · since 1946
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. From the filing: “The company is a wholly owned subsidiary of Harbour Hotels Group Limited. The ultimate parent company is Global Reach UK Holdings Limited, a company in which Turnstone (Isle of Man) Limited”

Latest accounts · year to 31 Dec 2025

Key figures

Doing more with less
Revenue
£4.2m
Growth ▲3.9%
Profit
−£1.1m
Growth —
Profit margin
−26.8%
Gross 45.4%
Employees
68
Change ▼8.1%
Profit / employee
−£16.5k
Revenue/employee £61.4k
Profitable streak
0yrs
Consecutive profitable years in our data

Badges are automated estimates derived from the filed figures — not statements of fact about the company.

4 filed years

Financial history

Multi-year financials, oldest to newest
Year to31 Dec 202231 Dec 202331 Dec 202431 Dec 2025
DisclosureFull P&LFull P&LFull P&Lread from filing textFull P&Lread from filing text
Profit & loss
Revenue (turnover)£3.6m£3.9m£4m£4.2m
Cost of sales£2.2m£2.2m£2.2m£2.3m
Gross profit£1.4m£1.7m£1.9m£1.9m
Operating profit−£156k£40.2k£84.1k−£750k
Profit before tax−£424k−£331k−£292k−£1.1m
Profit after tax−£374k−£345k−£264k−£1.1m
Profit (best available)−£374k−£345k−£264k−£1.1m
Staff costs£1.4m£1.5m£1.5m£1.6m
Employees (average)85887468
Ratios
Profit margin−10.3%−8.8%−6.6%−26.8%
Gross margin40%44.4%46.3%45.4%
Revenue per employee£42.7k£44.4k£54.3k£61.4k
Profit per employee−£4.4k−£3.9k−£3.6k−£16.5k
Growth (year on year)
Revenue growth—▲7.8%▲2.7%▲3.9%
Headcount growth—▲3.5%▼15.9%▼8.1%
Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue
Cash at bank£43.3k£23.8k£67.2k£116k
Net assets£842k£498k£433k−£1.1m
Fixed assets£12.6m£12.4m£12.1m£10.1m
Current assets£202k£223k£244k£287k
Debtors£18.2k£3.3k£9.4k£17.8k
Deferred income£170k£138k£145k£111k
SourceAccounts · bulk data Sep 2024Accounts · bulk data Sep 2024FullAccounts · bulk data Sep 2025FullAccounts · bulk data Sep 2026
Derived from the latest filing

How the business works

Profit margin
−26.8%
Profit ÷ revenue.
Gross margin
45.4%
Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
Revenue per employee
£61.4k
Revenue ÷ average employees.
Profit per employee
−£16.5k
Profit ÷ average employees.
Cash conversion
—
Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
Fixed assets ÷ revenue
241.4%
Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
Deferred income ÷ revenue
2.7%
Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
Debtors ÷ revenue
0.4%
Money owed by customers. Low = customers pay quickly.
Indirect — not revenue

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
▼354%
Now −£1.1m
Cash at bank
▲72%
Now £116k
Headcount
▼8%
Now 68
Deferred income
▼24%
Now £111k
Fixed assets
▼17%
Now £10.1m

Deferred income is reported together with accruals in this filing (“accruals and deferred income”), so it is an approximate signal only.

Corporate ownership

Group structure

Ownership chain

  1. Horizon Capital II GP LLPultimate parent50–75%
  2. Independence Topco Limited75–100%
  3. Independence Holdco Limited75–100%
  4. Independence Midco Limited75–100%
  5. Independence Bidco Limited75–100%
  6. Boston Group Newco Limited75–100%
  7. Global Reach UK Holdings Limited75–100%
  8. Global Reach Hotels Limited75–100%
  9. Harbour International Limited75–100%
  10. Harbour Hotels Group Limited75–100%
  11. Westcliff Hall (Sidmouth) Limitedthis company

Bands show the share of ownership each company holds in the one below it.

Sister companies (13)

From the Persons with Significant Control register (corporate controllers only).

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Sources

Companies House profile Filing history & original accounts

Latest figures from FullAccounts for the year to 31 Dec 2025 (profit −£1.1m), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Sep 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.

Updated from Companies House on 11 Oct 2026

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