Down Hall Hotel Limited
Registered name: DOWN HALL HOTEL LIMITED
Part of Litrust Ag groupDown Hall Hotel Limited made £9.1m revenue and a £30.2k loss in the year to 31 Dec 2025. read from filing text
Down Hall Hotel Limited’s revenue grew 5% to £9.1m in the year to 31 Dec 2025, with a loss of £30.2k and 205 employees. The company is classified under “hotels and similar accommodation” and is based in London; we hold 4 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- London, London
- Age
- 37 yrs · since 1989
- 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 immediate parent company is Veladail Hotels Limited, a company registered in England and Wales.”
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 | 31 Dec 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&Lread from filing text | Full P&Lread from filing text | Full P&Lread from filing text | Full P&Lread from filing text |
| Profit & loss | ||||
| Revenue (turnover) | £6.1m | £7.7m | £8.6m | £9.1m |
| Cost of sales | £5m | £6m | £6.4m | £6.8m |
| Gross profit | £1.1m | £1.8m | £2.2m | £2.3m |
| Operating profit | £1.4m | £199k | £466k | £567k |
| Profit before tax | £971k | −£298k | −£20.6k | £52.9k |
| Profit after tax | £976k | −£177k | −£406k | −£30.2k |
| Profit (best available) | £976k | −£177k | −£406k | −£30.2k |
| Staff costs | £2.8m | £3.4m | £3.6m | £3.9m |
| Employees (average) | 175 | 183 | 188 | 205 |
| Ratios | ||||
| Profit margin | 15.9% | −2.3% | −4.7% | −0.3% |
| Gross margin | 18.7% | 22.8% | 25.5% | 25.4% |
| Revenue per employee | £35.1k | £42.1k | £45.9k | £44.4k |
| Profit per employee | £5.6k | −£966 | −£2.2k | −£147 |
| Growth (year on year) | ||||
| Revenue growth | — | ▲25.5% | ▲11.9% | ▲5.5% |
| Profit growth | — | ▼118.1% | — | — |
| Headcount growth | — | ▲4.6% | ▲2.7% | ▲9% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||||
| Cash at bank | £888k | £683k | £642k | £940k |
| Net assets | −£197k | −£374k | −£780k | −£810k |
| Fixed assets | £18.4m | £18.4m | £18.4m | £18.6m |
| Current assets | £1.3m | £1.3m | £965k | £1.3m |
| Debtors | £100k | £148k | £26.4k | £71.9k |
| Deferred income | £550k | £749k | £715k | £264k |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Sep 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Sep 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Sep 2025 | FullAccounts · bulk data Sep 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- −0.3%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 25.4%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £44.4k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- −£147
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- —
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 204.8%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- 2.9%
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 0.8%
- 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 −£810k
- Cash at bank
- ▲47%
- Now £940k
- Headcount
- ▲9%
- Now 205
- Deferred income
- ▼63%
- Now £264k
- Fixed assets
- ▲1%
- Now £18.6m
Deferred income is reported together with accruals in this filing (“accruals and deferred income”), so it is an approximate signal only.
Group structure
Ownership chain
- Litrust Ag (registered outside the UK register)ultimate parent50–75%
- Veladail Hotels Limited75–100%
- Down Hall Hotel Limitedthis company
Bands show the share of ownership each company holds in the one below it.
Sister companies (6)
- Flemings Hotel Mayfair LtdRev. £16.9m · Profit −£1.1m
- Audley Mayfair Properties LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Clarges Mayfair Properties LtdFigures not disclosed
- Fox Mayfair LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Sparkling Ventures LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Veladail Leisure LimitedFigures not disclosed
From the Persons with Significant Control register (corporate controllers only).
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Sources
Latest figures from FullAccounts for the year to 31 Dec 2025 (profit −£30.2k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Sep 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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