The Waterside Hotel and Galleon Leisure Club Limited
Registered name: THE WATERSIDE HOTEL AND GALLEON LEISURE CLUB LIMITED
The Waterside Hotel and Galleon Leisure Club Limited made £5.8m revenue and a £972k loss in the year to 31 Dec 2024.
The Waterside Hotel and Galleon Leisure Club Limited’s revenue grew 5% to £5.8m in the year to 31 Dec 2024, with a loss of £972k and 88 employees. The company is classified under “hotels and similar accommodation” and is based in Didsbury; we hold 3 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Didsbury, North West
- Age
- 32 yrs · since 1994
- Type
- Private Limited Company
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&L | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | |||
| Revenue (turnover) | £4.7m | £5.5m | £5.8m |
| Cost of sales | £2m | £2.4m | £2.6m |
| Gross profit | £2.7m | £3.2m | £3.2m |
| Operating profit | £786k | £841k | £769k |
| Profit before tax | £404k | £128k | −£6.5k |
| Profit after tax | £454k | £81.9k | −£972k |
| Profit (best available) | £454k | £81.9k | −£972k |
| Staff costs | £1.5m | £1.8m | £2m |
| Employees (average) | 77 | 85 | 88 |
| Ratios | |||
| Profit margin | 9.6% | 1.5% | −16.8% |
| Gross margin | 57.4% | 57.3% | 55.6% |
| Revenue per employee | £61.3k | £64.8k | £65.7k |
| Profit per employee | £5.9k | £964 | −£11k |
| Cash conversion | −134.1% | −124% | −136.5% |
| Growth (year on year) | |||
| Revenue growth | — | ▲16.7% | ▲4.9% |
| Profit growth | — | ▼82% | ▼1287% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▲10.4% | ▲3.5% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | |||
| Cash at bank | £378k | £246k | £196k |
| Net assets | £1.4m | £969k | −£1.2m |
| Fixed assets | £13.4m | £13m | £11.6m |
| Current assets | £451k | £343k | £271k |
| Debtors | £18.2k | £36.8k | £14.2k |
| Deferred income | £444k | £539k | £522k |
| Cash from operations | −£1.1m | −£1m | −£1.1m |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Sep 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Sep 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Sep 2025 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- −16.8%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 55.6%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £65.7k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- −£11k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- −136.5%
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 199.9%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- 9%
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 0.2%
- 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
- ▼225%
- Now −£1.2m
- Cash at bank
- ▼20%
- Now £196k
- Headcount
- ▲4%
- Now 88
- Deferred income
- ▼3%
- Now £522k
- Fixed assets
- ▼11%
- Now £11.6m
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 −£972k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Sep 2025. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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