Abacus Hotels Limited
Registered name: ABACUS HOTELS LIMITED
Abacus Hotels Limited made £6m revenue and £2.3m profit in the year to 31 Mar 2025.
Abacus Hotels Limited’s revenue fell 25% to £6m in the year to 31 Mar 2025, with £2.3m profit and 126 employees. The company is classified under “hotels and similar accommodation” and is based in Norwich; we hold 2 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Liquidation
- Location
- Norwich, East of England
- Age
- 31 yrs · since 1995
- 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 Mar 2024 | 31 Mar 2025 |
|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | ||
| Revenue (turnover) | £8.1m | £6m |
| Cost of sales | £6.4m | £4.6m |
| Gross profit | £1.7m | £1.5m |
| Operating profit | £77.5k | £2.3m |
| Profit before tax | −£187k | £2.3m |
| Profit after tax | −£212k | £2.3m |
| Profit (best available) | −£212k | £2.3m |
| Staff costs | £4.1m | £3.3m |
| Employees (average) | 176 | 126 |
| Ratios | ||
| Profit margin | −2.6% | 38% |
| Gross margin | 21.5% | 24.4% |
| Revenue per employee | £46k | £48k |
| Profit per employee | −£1.2k | £18.3k |
| Cash conversion | 339% | −7.1% |
| Growth (year on year) | ||
| Revenue growth | — | ▼25.3% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▼28.4% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||
| Cash at bank | £309k | £1.2m |
| Net assets | £6.2m | £6.4m |
| Fixed assets | £10.3m | £5.9m |
| Current assets | £528k | £1.3m |
| Debtors | £53.6k | £22.6k |
| Deferred income | £452k | £290k |
| Cash from operations | £263k | −£166k |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Oct 2025 | FullAccounts · bulk data Oct 2025 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 38%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 24.4%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £48k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £18.3k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- −7.1%
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 96.9%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- 4.8%
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 0.4%
- 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 £6.4m
- Cash at bank
- ▲288%
- Now £1.2m
- Headcount
- ▼28%
- Now 126
- Deferred income
- ▼36%
- Now £290k
- Fixed assets
- ▼43%
- Now £5.9m
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 Mar 2025 (profit £2.3m), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Oct 2025. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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