Britannia Hotels Limited
Registered name: BRITANNIA HOTELS LIMITED
Britannia Hotels Limited made £161m revenue and £20.3m profit in the year to 31 Mar 2025.
Britannia Hotels Limited’s revenue fell 1% to £161m in the year to 31 Mar 2025, with £20.3m profit and 2,451 employees. The company is classified under “hotels and similar accommodation” and is based in Hale; we hold 3 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Hale, North West
- Age
- 48 yrs · since 1977
- Type
- Private Limited Company
Key figures
Badges are automated estimates derived from the filed figures — not statements of fact about the company.
Financial history
| Year to | 31 Mar 2023 | 31 Mar 2024 | 31 Mar 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | |||
| Revenue (turnover) | £155m | £162m | £161m |
| Cost of sales | −£48.4m | −£54.1m | −£56.5m |
| Gross profit | £106m | £108m | £104m |
| Operating profit | £38.6m | £29m | £25.3m |
| Profit before tax | £39.4m | £31.3m | £27.2m |
| Profit after tax | £31.7m | £22.2m | £20.3m |
| Profit (best available) | £31.7m | £22.2m | £20.3m |
| Employees (average) | 2,365 | 2,452 | 2,451 |
| Ratios | |||
| Profit margin | 20.5% | 13.6% | 12.7% |
| Gross margin | 68.7% | 66.7% | 64.9% |
| Revenue per employee | £65.5k | £66.3k | £65.6k |
| Profit per employee | £13.4k | £9k | £8.3k |
| Growth (year on year) | |||
| Revenue growth | — | ▲5% | ▼1.1% |
| Profit growth | — | ▼30.1% | ▼8.2% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▲3.7% | ▼0% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | |||
| Net assets | — | — | — |
| Source | Accounts · bulk data Apr 2025 | Accounts · bulk data Apr 2025 | Accounts · bulk data Sep 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 12.7%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 64.9%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £65.6k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £8.3k
- 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
- ▼0%
- Now 2,451
- Deferred income
- —
- Now —
- Fixed assets
- —
- Now —
Group structure
Subsidiaries (5)
- Ambassador Hotels (Bournemouth) LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Brit Pontins LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Britannia Adelphi Hotel LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Britannia Centre LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Elite Venue Selection Hotels Ltd.Figures 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 31 Mar 2025 (profit £20.3m), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Sep 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
Updated from Companies House on 16 Oct 2026
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