Gough Hotels Limited
Registered name: GOUGH HOTELS LIMITED
Part of Gough Hotels Group Limited groupGough Hotels Limited made £14.8m revenue and £585k profit in the year to 30 Apr 2025.
Gough Hotels Limited’s revenue was £14.8m in the year to 30 Apr 2025, with £585k profit and 147 employees. The company is classified under “hotels and similar accommodation” and is based in Bury ST Edmunds; we hold 3 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Bury ST Edmunds, East of England
- Age
- 61 yrs · since 1965
- 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.
Key figures
Badges are automated estimates derived from the filed figures — not statements of fact about the company.
Financial history
| Year to | 31 Oct 2022 | 31 Oct 2023 | 30 Apr 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | |||
| Revenue (turnover) | £10.7m | £11.3m | £14.8m |
| Cost of sales | −£4.9m | −£5.3m | −£7.1m |
| Gross profit | £5.8m | £6m | £7.7m |
| Operating profit | £1.3m | £1.2m | £2m |
| Profit before tax | £976k | £625k | £1.1m |
| Profit after tax | £756k | £363k | £585k |
| Profit (best available) | £756k | £363k | £585k |
| Employees (average) | 170 | 186 | 147 |
| Ratios | |||
| Profit margin | 7.1% | 3.2% | 4% |
| Gross margin | 54% | 52.8% | 51.8% |
| Revenue per employee | £62.7k | £60.8k | £101k |
| Profit per employee | £4.4k | £2k | £4k |
| Growth (year on year) | |||
| Revenue growth | — | ▲6.1% | — |
| Profit growth | — | ▼52% | — |
| Headcount growth | — | ▲9.4% | — |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | |||
| Net assets | — | — | — |
| Source | Accounts · bulk data Jun 2024 | Accounts · bulk data Jun 2024 | Accounts · bulk data Dec 2025 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 4%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 51.8%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £101k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £4k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- —
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- —
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- —
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- —
- 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
- —
- Now —
- Cash at bank
- —
- Now —
- Headcount
- —
- Now 147
- Deferred income
- —
- Now —
- Fixed assets
- —
- Now —
Group structure
Ownership chain
- Gough Hotels Group Limitedultimate parent75–100%
- Gough Hotels Limitedthis company
Bands show the share of ownership each company holds in the one below it.
Sister companies (1)
- Gough Hotels Holdings LimitedLiquidationFigures not disclosed
From the Persons with Significant Control register (corporate controllers only).
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Sources
Latest figures from accounts for the year to 30 Apr 2025 (profit £585k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Dec 2025. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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