Berry Head Hotel Limited
Registered name: BERRY HEAD HOTEL LIMITED
Part of Edward Bence Hotels Limited groupBerry Head Hotel Limited made £3.3m revenue and £368k profit in the year to 31 Oct 2024.
Berry Head Hotel Limited’s revenue grew 4% to £3.3m in the year to 31 Oct 2024, with £368k profit and 66 employees. The company is classified under “hotels and similar accommodation” and is based in Newham Road Truro; we hold 3 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Newham Road Truro, South West
- Age
- 32 yrs · since 1994
- 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 Oct 2022 | 31 Oct 2023 | 31 Oct 2024 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | |||
| Revenue (turnover) | £3.2m | £3.2m | £3.3m |
| Cost of sales | £607k | £650k | £671k |
| Gross profit | £2.5m | £2.5m | £2.6m |
| Operating profit | £714k | £591k | £582k |
| Profit before tax | £628k | £464k | £492k |
| Profit after tax | £516k | £369k | £368k |
| Profit (best available) | £516k | £369k | £368k |
| Staff costs | £1.1m | £1.2m | £1.3m |
| Employees (average) | 66 | 70 | 66 |
| Ratios | |||
| Profit margin | 16.4% | 11.6% | 11.1% |
| Gross margin | 80.8% | 79.6% | 79.7% |
| Revenue per employee | £47.8k | £45.5k | £50.2k |
| Profit per employee | £7.8k | £5.3k | £5.6k |
| Growth (year on year) | |||
| Revenue growth | — | ▲1.1% | ▲3.9% |
| Profit growth | — | ▼28.4% | ▼0.5% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▲6.1% | ▼5.7% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | |||
| Cash at bank | £2.4m | £2m | £2.4m |
| Net assets | £3.6m | £3.8m | £4.1m |
| Fixed assets | £2.8m | £3m | £2.9m |
| Current assets | £3.9m | £3.6m | £3.9m |
| Debtors | £15.1k | £27.2k | £8.7k |
| Deferred income | £37.8k | £43.4k | £49.4k |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Jul 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Jul 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Jul 2025 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 11.1%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 79.7%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £50.2k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £5.6k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- —
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 88.7%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- 1.5%
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 0.3%
- 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
- ▲7%
- Now £4.1m
- Cash at bank
- ▲16%
- Now £2.4m
- Headcount
- ▼6%
- Now 66
- Deferred income
- ▲14%
- Now £49.4k
- Fixed assets
- ▼2%
- Now £2.9m
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
- Edward Bence Hotels Limitedultimate parent75–100%
- Berry Head Hotel Limitedthis company
Bands show the share of ownership each company holds in the one below it.
Subsidiaries (1)
- Hannafore Point LimitedRev. £1.8m · Profit £36.1k
From the Persons with Significant Control register (corporate controllers only).
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Sources
Latest figures from FullAccounts for the year to 31 Oct 2024 (profit £368k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Jul 2025. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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