Low Wood Hotel (1958) Limited
Registered name: LOW WOOD HOTEL (1958) LIMITED
Low Wood Hotel (1958) Limited made £16.7m revenue and £1.3m profit in the year to 31 Mar 2025. read from filing text
Low Wood Hotel (1958) Limited’s revenue grew 16% to £16.7m in the year to 31 Mar 2025, with £1.3m profit and 225 employees. The company is classified under “hotels and similar accommodation” and is based in Westmorland; we hold 4 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Westmorland, North West
- Age
- 68 yrs · since 1958
- 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”
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 | Profit only | Full P&Lread from filing text | Full P&Lread from filing text | Full P&Lread from filing text |
| Profit & loss | ||||
| Revenue (turnover) | — | £13.4m | £14.4m | £16.7m |
| Cost of sales | £5.6m | £6.5m | £7.5m | £8.3m |
| Gross profit | — | £6.9m | £6.9m | £8.4m |
| Operating profit | — | £2.4m | £987k | £2.5m |
| Profit before tax | £5.7m | £1.9m | £135k | £1.7m |
| Profit after tax | £4.6m | £1.4m | £138k | £1.3m |
| Profit (best available) | £4.6m | £1.4m | £138k | £1.3m |
| Staff costs | £3.5m | £5m | £5.4m | £5.9m |
| Employees (average) | 176 | 205 | 207 | 225 |
| Ratios | ||||
| Profit margin | — | 10.5% | 0.9% | 7.6% |
| Gross margin | — | 51.6% | 48.1% | 50.2% |
| Revenue per employee | — | £65.2k | £69.7k | £74.4k |
| Profit per employee | £25.9k | £6.9k | £665 | £5.7k |
| Cash conversion | — | −110.5% | −265.9% | −109.6% |
| Growth (year on year) | ||||
| Revenue growth | — | — | ▲7.9% | ▲16.1% |
| Profit growth | — | ▼69.1% | ▼90.2% | ▲823.9% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▲16.5% | ▲1% | ▲8.7% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||||
| Cash at bank | £1.7m | £1.3m | £1.3m | £1.4m |
| Net assets | £14.9m | £16m | £15.7m | £16.7m |
| Fixed assets | £33.6m | £34.7m | £34.9m | £35.1m |
| Current assets | £8.4m | £4.9m | £5.8m | £5.7m |
| Debtors | £472k | £129k | £203k | £254k |
| Deferred income | £2.9m | £2.6m | £3.5m | £3.1m |
| Cash from operations | −£8.5m | −£2.7m | −£2.6m | −£2.7m |
| Source | Accounts · bulk data Dec 2023 | Accounts · bulk data Dec 2023 | FullAccounts · bulk data Dec 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Dec 2025 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 7.6%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 50.2%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £74.4k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £5.7k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- −109.6%
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 209.8%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- 18.4%
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 1.5%
- 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
- ▲6%
- Now £16.7m
- Cash at bank
- ▲3%
- Now £1.4m
- Headcount
- ▲9%
- Now 225
- Deferred income
- ▼13%
- Now £3.1m
- Fixed assets
- ▲1%
- Now £35.1m
Deferred income is reported together with accruals in this filing (“accruals and deferred income”), so it is an approximate signal only.
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Sources
Latest figures from FullAccounts for the year to 31 Mar 2025 (profit £1.3m), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Dec 2025. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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