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Company No. 03214479 · Incorporated 20 Jun 1996

Anglian Country Inns Limited

Registered name: ANGLIAN COUNTRY INNS LIMITED

Part of The Nye Family Trust group

Anglian Country Inns Limited made £22.3m revenue and £170k profit in the year to 30 Mar 2025.

Anglian Country Inns Limited’s revenue grew 8% to £22.3m in the year to 30 Mar 2025, with £170k profit and 406 employees. The company is classified under “licensed restaurants” and is based in Hitchin; we hold 3 years of its filed accounts.

Full P&L filedSection I · Accommodation and food servicesSIC 56101Licensed restaurantsSIC 56302Public houses and bars
Status
Active
Location
Hitchin, East of England
Age
30 yrs · since 1996
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.

Latest accounts · year to 30 Mar 2025

Key figures

Cash flow filed
Revenue
£22.3m
Growth ▲8.5%
Profit
£170k
Growth ▼34.5%
Profit margin
0.8%
Gross 75.4%
Employees
406
Change 0%
Profit / employee
£418
Revenue/employee £55k
Profitable streak
2yrs
Consecutive profitable years in our data

Badges are automated estimates derived from the filed figures — not statements of fact about the company.

3 filed years

Financial history

Multi-year financials, oldest to newest
Year to2 Apr 202331 Mar 202430 Mar 2025
DisclosureFull P&LFull P&LFull P&L
Profit & loss
Revenue (turnover)£18m£20.6m£22.3m
Cost of sales£4.6m£5.2m£5.5m
Gross profit£13.4m£15.4m£16.8m
Operating profit£505k£880k£763k
Profit before tax£156k£365k£245k
Profit after tax−£106k£259k£170k
Profit (best available)−£106k£259k£170k
Staff costs£7.7m£8.9m£10m
Employees (average)383406406
Ratios
Profit margin−0.6%1.3%0.8%
Gross margin74.3%74.7%75.4%
Revenue per employee£47.1k£50.7k£55k
Profit per employee−£277£638£418
Cash conversion192.3%142%397.5%
Growth (year on year)
Revenue growth—▲14.1%▲8.5%
Profit growth——▼34.5%
Headcount growth—▲6%0%
Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue
Cash at bank£1.8m£1.5m£2.2m
Net assets£4.3m£4.4m£4.4m
Fixed assets£12.3m£13.7m£14.5m
Current assets£2.6m£2.6m£3.1m
Debtors£33.9k£143k£13k
Deferred income£1.5m£2m£1.9m
Cash from operations£970k£1.2m£3m
SourceAccounts · bulk data Dec 2023FullAccounts · bulk data Nov 2024FullAccounts · bulk data Nov 2025
Derived from the latest filing

How the business works

Profit margin
0.8%
Profit ÷ revenue.
Gross margin
75.4%
Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
Revenue per employee
£55k
Revenue ÷ average employees.
Profit per employee
£418
Profit ÷ average employees.
Cash conversion
397.5%
Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
Fixed assets ÷ revenue
64.8%
Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
Deferred income ÷ revenue
8.5%
Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
Debtors ÷ revenue
0.1%
Money owed by customers. Low = customers pay quickly.
Indirect — not revenue

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
▲0%
Now £4.4m
Cash at bank
▲52%
Now £2.2m
Headcount
0%
Now 406
Deferred income
▼4%
Now £1.9m
Fixed assets
▲6%
Now £14.5m

Deferred income is reported together with accruals in this filing (“accruals and deferred income”), so it is an approximate signal only.

Corporate ownership

Group structure

Ownership chain

  1. The Nye Family Trust (registered outside the UK register)ultimate parent50–75%
  2. Anglian Country Inns Limitedthis company

Bands show the share of ownership each company holds in the one below it.

From the Persons with Significant Control register (corporate controllers only).

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Sources

Latest figures from FullAccounts for the year to 30 Mar 2025 (profit £170k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Nov 2025. Spotted an error? Request a correction.

Updated from Companies House on 23 Oct 2026

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