Northcote Hotel Limited
Registered name: NORTHCOTE HOTEL LIMITED
Northcote Hotel Limited made £5.9m revenue and a £93k loss in the year to 31 Dec 2024. read from filing text
Northcote Hotel Limited’s revenue fell 4% to £5.9m in the year to 31 Dec 2024, with a loss of £93k and 103 employees. The company is classified under “hotels and similar accommodation” and is based in Blackburn; we hold 3 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Blackburn, North West
- Age
- 40 yrs · since 1986
- 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 ultimate controlling party of the group is the WARM Foundation which is registered in”
Key figures
Badges are automated estimates derived from the filed figures — not statements of fact about the company.
Financial history
| Year to | 31 Dec 2022 | 31 Dec 2023 | 31 Dec 2024 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&Lread from filing text | Full P&Lread from filing text | Full P&Lread from filing text |
| Profit & loss | |||
| Revenue (turnover) | £5.9m | £6.2m | £5.9m |
| Cost of sales | £5.6m | £6.2m | £5.8m |
| Gross profit | £290k | £21.4k | £139k |
| Operating profit | £261k | £82.3k | £176k |
| Profit before tax | £216k | −£171k | −£93k |
| Profit after tax | £111k | −£154k | −£93k |
| Profit (best available) | £111k | −£154k | −£93k |
| Staff costs | £2.8m | £3.1m | £3m |
| Employees (average) | 93 | 109 | 103 |
| Ratios | |||
| Profit margin | 1.9% | −2.5% | −1.6% |
| Gross margin | 4.9% | 0.4% | 2.3% |
| Revenue per employee | £63.1k | £56.7k | £57.4k |
| Profit per employee | £1.2k | −£1.4k | −£903 |
| Growth (year on year) | |||
| Revenue growth | — | ▲5.3% | ▼4.4% |
| Profit growth | — | ▼239.2% | — |
| Headcount growth | — | ▲17.2% | ▼5.5% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | |||
| Cash at bank | £553k | £151k | £288k |
| Net assets | £4.5m | £4.3m | £4.2m |
| Fixed assets | £5.7m | £5.6m | £5.7m |
| Current assets | £4.5m | £4.2m | £3.8m |
| Debtors | £195k | £241k | £195k |
| Deferred income | £1.4m | £1.2m | £1.1m |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data May 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data May 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Apr 2025 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- −1.6%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 2.3%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £57.4k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- −£903
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- —
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 95.7%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- 18.3%
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 3.3%
- 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
- ▼2%
- Now £4.2m
- Cash at bank
- ▲91%
- Now £288k
- Headcount
- ▼6%
- Now 103
- Deferred income
- ▼11%
- Now £1.1m
- Fixed assets
- ▲1%
- Now £5.7m
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 2024 (profit −£93k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Apr 2025. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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