Villiers Hotels Limited
Registered name: VILLIERS HOTELS LIMITED
Part of Active Hospitality Limited groupVilliers Hotels Limited made £2m revenue and a £138k loss in the year to 31 Dec 2024. read from filing text
Villiers Hotels Limited’s revenue grew 4% to £2m in the year to 31 Dec 2024, with a loss of £138k and 68 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
- 36 yrs · since 1990
- 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 Dec 2021 | 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 | Full P&Lread from filing text |
| Profit & loss | ||||
| Revenue (turnover) | £1.2m | £1.8m | £1.9m | £2m |
| Cost of sales | £168k | £231k | £264k | £290k |
| Gross profit | £1m | £1.5m | £1.7m | £1.7m |
| Operating profit | −£211k | −£203k | −£152k | −£137k |
| Profit before tax | −£211k | −£206k | −£155k | −£138k |
| Profit after tax | −£207k | −£206k | −£155k | −£138k |
| Profit (best available) | −£207k | −£206k | −£155k | −£138k |
| Staff costs | £756k | £894k | £887k | £895k |
| Employees (average) | 59 | 59 | 59 | 68 |
| Ratios | ||||
| Profit margin | −17.3% | −11.6% | −8.1% | −6.9% |
| Gross margin | 86% | 87% | 86.3% | 85.5% |
| Revenue per employee | £20.4k | £30.1k | £32.6k | £29.5k |
| Profit per employee | −£3.5k | −£3.5k | −£2.6k | −£2k |
| Growth (year on year) | ||||
| Revenue growth | — | ▲48% | ▲8.4% | ▲4.2% |
| Headcount growth | — | 0% | 0% | ▲15.3% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||||
| Cash at bank | £105k | £157k | £77k | £40.6k |
| Net assets | £4m | £3.8m | £3.7m | £3.5m |
| Fixed assets | £3.7m | £3.7m | £3.8m | £3.7m |
| Current assets | £1.7m | £1.6m | £1.4m | £1.6m |
| Debtors | £112k | £30.5k | £50.4k | £39.8k |
| Deferred income | £11.7k | £32.3k | £49.1k | £76.2k |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Dec 2023 | FullAccounts · bulk data Dec 2023 | FullAccounts · bulk data Dec 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Sep 2025 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- −6.9%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 85.5%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £29.5k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- −£2k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- —
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 182.9%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- 3.8%
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 2%
- 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
- ▼4%
- Now £3.5m
- Cash at bank
- ▼47%
- Now £40.6k
- Headcount
- ▲15%
- Now 68
- Deferred income
- ▲55%
- Now £76.2k
- Fixed assets
- ▼4%
- Now £3.7m
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
- Active Hospitality Limitedultimate parent75–100%
- Villiers Hotels Limitedthis company
Bands show the share of ownership each company holds in the one below it.
Sister companies (2)
- Gorse Hill Hotel LimitedRev. £3.4m · Profit £518k
- Gorse Hill Operations 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 2024 (profit −£138k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Sep 2025. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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