Q.N. Hotels Limited
Registered name: Q.N. HOTELS LIMITED
Part of Q.N. (Holdings) Limited groupQ.N. Hotels Limited made £3.8m revenue and a £192k loss in the year to 31 Dec 2025.
Q.N. Hotels Limited’s revenue grew 4% to £3.8m in the year to 31 Dec 2025, with a loss of £192k and 98 employees. The company is classified under “hotels and similar accommodation” and is based in Loughton; we hold 5 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Loughton, London
- 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 | 31 Dec 2021 | 31 Dec 2022 | 31 Dec 2023 | 31 Dec 2024 | 31 Dec 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | |||||
| Revenue (turnover) | £2.1m | £3.4m | £3.6m | £3.6m | £3.8m |
| Cost of sales | £1.2m | £1.6m | £2.1m | £2.2m | £2.2m |
| Gross profit | £846k | £1.7m | £1.4m | £1.4m | £1.5m |
| Operating profit | £457k | −£573k | −£325k | −£699k | −£38.7k |
| Profit before tax | £377k | −£679k | −£697k | −£1m | −£224k |
| Profit after tax | £248k | −£142k | −£697k | −£1m | −£192k |
| Profit (best available) | £248k | −£142k | −£697k | −£1m | −£192k |
| Staff costs | £1.5m | £1.6m | £1.5m | £1.7m | £1.8m |
| Employees (average) | 71 | 80 | 88 | 90 | 98 |
| Ratios | |||||
| Profit margin | 12% | −4.2% | −19.6% | −27.7% | −5.1% |
| Gross margin | 41.1% | 51.4% | 39.5% | 38.8% | 40.9% |
| Revenue per employee | £29k | £41.9k | £40.4k | £40.3k | £38.5k |
| Profit per employee | £3.5k | −£1.8k | −£7.9k | −£11.2k | −£2k |
| Growth (year on year) | |||||
| Revenue growth | — | ▲62.8% | ▲6% | ▲2% | ▲3.9% |
| Profit growth | — | ▼157.1% | — | — | — |
| Headcount growth | — | ▲12.7% | ▲10% | ▲2.3% | ▲8.9% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | |||||
| Cash at bank | £416k | £556k | £523k | £199k | £136k |
| Net assets | £13.9m | £9.1m | £8.4m | £7.4m | £7.2m |
| Fixed assets | £11.4m | £6.8m | £6.6m | £6.6m | £6.8m |
| Current assets | £10.5m | £9.4m | £8.4m | £6.5m | £6.6m |
| Debtors | £49.8k | £129k | £84.3k | £124k | £29.9k |
| Deferred income | £189k | £257k | £168k | £168k | £133k |
| Source | Accounts · bulk data Nov 2023 | Accounts · bulk data Nov 2023 | Accounts · bulk data Sep 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Sep 2025 | FullAccounts · bulk data Sep 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- −5.1%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 40.9%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £38.5k
- 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
- 180.3%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- 3.5%
- 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
- ▼3%
- Now £7.2m
- Cash at bank
- ▼32%
- Now £136k
- Headcount
- ▲9%
- Now 98
- Deferred income
- ▼21%
- Now £133k
- Fixed assets
- ▲2%
- Now £6.8m
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
- Q.N. (Holdings) Limitedultimate parent75–100%
- Q.N. Hotels Limitedthis company
Bands show the share of ownership each company holds in the one below it.
Subsidiaries (2)
- Q.N. Hotels (Wrexham) LimitedRev. £3m · Profit −£58.7k
- Swanfield 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 −£192k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Sep 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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