Crystal Hotels PLC
Registered name: CRYSTAL HOTELS PLC
Crystal Hotels PLC made £164k revenue and £22k profit in the year to 31 Aug 2025. read from filing text
Crystal Hotels PLC’s revenue fell 35% to £164k in the year to 31 Aug 2025, with £22k profit and 4 employees. The company is classified under “hotels and similar accommodation” and is based in London; we hold 5 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- London, London
- Age
- 25 yrs · since 2001
- Type
- Public 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 Aug 2021 | 31 Aug 2022 | 29 Aug 2023 | 26 Aug 2024 | 31 Aug 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 | Full P&Lread from filing text |
| Profit & loss | |||||
| Revenue (turnover) | £0 | £90.4k | £323k | £253k | £164k |
| Operating profit | −£34.4k | −£34.7k | £182k | £113k | £27.9k |
| Profit before tax | −£34.4k | −£35.9k | £181k | £112k | £27.2k |
| Profit after tax | −£34.4k | £35.9k | £187k | £86.4k | £22k |
| Profit (best available) | −£34.4k | £35.9k | £187k | £86.4k | £22k |
| Staff costs | £82.7k | £89k | £82.4k | £90.4k | £70.1k |
| Employees (average) | 5 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 4 |
| Ratios | |||||
| Profit margin | — | 39.7% | 58% | 34.2% | 13.4% |
| Revenue per employee | £0 | £18.1k | £53.8k | £36.1k | £41k |
| Profit per employee | −£6.9k | £7.2k | £31.2k | £12.3k | £5.5k |
| Cash conversion | — | — | −12.2% | −2% | 34.2% |
| Growth (year on year) | |||||
| Revenue growth | — | — | ▲256.8% | ▼21.6% | ▼35.2% |
| Profit growth | — | — | ▲421.8% | ▼53.8% | ▼74.5% |
| Headcount growth | — | 0% | ▲20% | ▲16.7% | ▼42.9% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | |||||
| Cash at bank | £8.4k | £10.5k | £26.1k | £21.9k | £6.3k |
| Net assets | −£23k | −£58.9k | £128k | £215k | £237k |
| Current assets | £54.3k | £77.8k | £276k | £396k | £446k |
| Debtors | £25k | £61.3k | £174k | £326k | £402k |
| Deferred income | £7k | £7k | £10k | £6.5k | £6.5k |
| Cash from operations | £43k | −£8.2k | −£22.2k | −£2.3k | £9.5k |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Nov 2023 | FullAccounts · bulk data Nov 2023 | FullAccounts · bulk data Dec 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Nov 2025 | FullAccounts · bulk data May 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 13.4%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- —
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £41k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £5.5k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- 34.2%
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- —
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- 4%
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 245.1%
- 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
- ▲10%
- Now £237k
- Cash at bank
- ▼71%
- Now £6.3k
- Headcount
- ▼43%
- Now 4
- Deferred income
- 0%
- Now £6.5k
- Fixed assets
- —
- Now —
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 Aug 2025 (profit £22k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published May 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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