New Forest Hotels PLC
Registered name: NEW FOREST HOTELS PLC
New Forest Hotels PLC made £7.9m revenue and a £1.8m loss in the year to 31 Dec 2025.
New Forest Hotels PLC’s revenue grew 6% to £7.9m in the year to 31 Dec 2025, with a loss of £1.8m and 201 employees. The company is classified under “hotels and similar accommodation” and is based in Lyndhurst; we hold 2 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Lyndhurst, South East
- Age
- 45 yrs · since 1981
- Type
- Public 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 Dec 2024 | 31 Dec 2025 |
|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | ||
| Revenue (turnover) | £7.4m | £7.9m |
| Cost of sales | £4.5m | £4.6m |
| Gross profit | £3m | £3.3m |
| Operating profit | −£1.3m | −£1.1m |
| Profit before tax | −£2.2m | −£1.7m |
| Profit after tax | −£2.4m | −£1.8m |
| Profit (best available) | −£2.4m | −£1.8m |
| Staff costs | £3.8m | £4.1m |
| Employees (average) | 176 | 201 |
| Ratios | ||
| Profit margin | −31.6% | −23.4% |
| Gross margin | 40.2% | 41.5% |
| Revenue per employee | £42.3k | £39.2k |
| Profit per employee | −£13.4k | −£9.1k |
| Growth (year on year) | ||
| Revenue growth | — | ▲5.7% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▲14.2% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||
| Cash at bank | £30.7k | £51.8k |
| Net assets | £5.1m | £3.5m |
| Fixed assets | £19.4m | £19.4m |
| Current assets | £401k | £434k |
| Debtors | £71.7k | £90.4k |
| Deferred income | £736k | £740k |
| Cash from operations | £638k | £10k |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Sep 2026 | FullAccounts · bulk data Sep 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- −23.4%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 41.5%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £39.2k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- −£9.1k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- —
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 246.9%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- 9.4%
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 1.1%
- 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
- ▼31%
- Now £3.5m
- Cash at bank
- ▲69%
- Now £51.8k
- Headcount
- ▲14%
- Now 201
- Deferred income
- ▲1%
- Now £740k
- Fixed assets
- ▼0%
- Now £19.4m
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 Dec 2025 (profit −£1.8m), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Sep 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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