The Bull Hotel Limited
Registered name: THE BULL HOTEL LIMITED
The Bull Hotel Limited made £5.5m revenue and a £206k loss in the year to 30 Sep 2025. read from filing text
The Bull Hotel Limited’s revenue fell 1% to £5.5m in the year to 30 Sep 2025, with a loss of £206k and 92 employees. The company is classified under “hotels and similar accommodation”; we hold 4 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- London
- Age
- 29 yrs · since 1997
- 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 | 30 Sep 2022 | 30 Sep 2023 | 30 Sep 2024 | 30 Sep 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&Lread from filing text | Full P&Lread from filing text | Full P&Lread from filing text | Full P&Lread from filing text |
| Profit & loss | ||||
| Revenue (turnover) | £4.8m | £5.3m | £5.5m | £5.5m |
| Cost of sales | £3.1m | £3.7m | £3.8m | £3.6m |
| Gross profit | £1.7m | £1.6m | £1.7m | £1.9m |
| Operating profit | −£694k | −£65.2k | £276k | £379k |
| Profit before tax | −£694k | −£188k | −£354k | −£206k |
| Profit after tax | −£694k | −£188k | −£354k | −£206k |
| Profit (best available) | −£694k | −£188k | −£354k | −£206k |
| Staff costs | £2m | £2.2m | £2.4m | £2.4m |
| Employees (average) | 87 | 97 | 98 | 92 |
| Ratios | ||||
| Profit margin | −14.6% | −3.5% | −6.4% | −3.7% |
| Gross margin | 35.8% | 30.2% | 30.7% | 34% |
| Revenue per employee | £54.7k | £54.6k | £56.5k | £59.8k |
| Profit per employee | −£8k | −£1.9k | −£3.6k | −£2.2k |
| Cash conversion | — | — | −344.6% | −162.6% |
| Growth (year on year) | ||||
| Revenue growth | — | ▲11.4% | ▲4.5% | ▼0.6% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▲11.5% | ▲1% | ▼6.1% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||||
| Cash at bank | £281k | £288k | £514k | £175k |
| Net assets | −£3.8m | −£4m | −£4.3m | −£4.5m |
| Fixed assets | £1.5m | £15.3m | £14.9m | £14.8m |
| Current assets | £914k | £3.3m | £995k | £622k |
| Debtors | £191k | £222k | £116k | £87.8k |
| Deferred income | £226k | £300k | £291k | £289k |
| Cash from operations | — | −£7m | −£950k | −£616k |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Jun 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Jun 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Jun 2025 | FullAccounts · bulk data Jun 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- −3.7%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 34%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £59.8k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- −£2.2k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- −162.6%
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 269.8%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- 5.3%
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 1.6%
- 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
- —
- Now −£4.5m
- Cash at bank
- ▼66%
- Now £175k
- Headcount
- ▼6%
- Now 92
- Deferred income
- ▼1%
- Now £289k
- Fixed assets
- ▼0%
- Now £14.8m
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 30 Sep 2025 (profit −£206k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Jun 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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