Bailiffscourt Limited
Registered name: BAILIFFSCOURT LIMITED
Part of HSH Hotels (2017) Limited groupBailiffscourt Limited made £7.2m revenue and £656k profit in the year to 30 Nov 2025.
Bailiffscourt Limited’s revenue grew 10% to £7.2m in the year to 30 Nov 2025, with £656k profit and 114 employees. The company is classified under “hotels and similar accommodation” and is based in Littlehampton; we hold 3 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Littlehampton, South East
- Age
- 33 yrs · since 1993
- 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 | 26 Nov 2023 | 24 Nov 2024 | 30 Nov 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | |||
| Revenue (turnover) | £5.9m | £6.6m | £7.2m |
| Cost of sales | £685k | £930k | £960k |
| Gross profit | £5.3m | £5.6m | £6.2m |
| Operating profit | £1.4m | £1m | £1.3m |
| Profit before tax | £1.1m | £742k | £943k |
| Profit after tax | £1m | £294k | £656k |
| Profit (best available) | £1m | £294k | £656k |
| Staff costs | £1.9m | £2.3m | £2.6m |
| Employees (average) | 103 | 108 | 114 |
| Ratios | |||
| Profit margin | 17.3% | 4.5% | 9.1% |
| Gross margin | 88.5% | 85.8% | 86.7% |
| Revenue per employee | £57.7k | £60.7k | £63.2k |
| Profit per employee | £10k | £2.7k | £5.8k |
| Growth (year on year) | |||
| Revenue growth | — | ▲10.3% | ▲9.8% |
| Profit growth | — | ▼71.5% | ▲123.2% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▲4.9% | ▲5.6% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | |||
| Cash at bank | £941k | £1.4m | £1.8m |
| Net assets | £16.5m | £16.2m | £16.4m |
| Fixed assets | £23m | £23.1m | £23.1m |
| Current assets | £1.2m | £1.6m | £2m |
| Debtors | £40.3k | £50.8k | £74.8k |
| Deferred income | £1.2m | £1.3m | £1.3m |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Aug 2025 | FullAccounts · bulk data Aug 2025 | FullAccounts · bulk data Aug 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 9.1%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 86.7%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £63.2k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £5.8k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- —
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 320.7%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- 17.8%
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 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
- ▲1%
- Now £16.4m
- Cash at bank
- ▲26%
- Now £1.8m
- Headcount
- ▲6%
- Now 114
- Deferred income
- ▲1%
- Now £1.3m
- Fixed assets
- ▼0%
- Now £23.1m
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
- HSH Hotels (2017) Limitedultimate parent75–100%
- Historic Sussex Hotels Limited75–100%
- Bailiffscourt Limitedthis company
Bands show the share of ownership each company holds in the one below it.
Sister companies (2)
- Ockenden Manor LimitedRev. £5.6m · Profit £362k
- Spread Eagle Hotel (Midhurst) Limited(The)Rev. £3.7m · Profit £199k
From the Persons with Significant Control register (corporate controllers only).
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Sources
Latest figures from FullAccounts for the year to 30 Nov 2025 (profit £656k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Aug 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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