Marlbray Limited
Registered name: MARLBRAY LIMITED
Part of Pphe Hotel Group Limited groupMarlbray Limited made £0 revenue and £13.7m profit in the year to 31 Dec 2025. read from filing text
Marlbray Limited’s revenue fell 100% to £0 in the year to 31 Dec 2025, with £13.7m profit and 2 employees. The company is classified under “hotels and similar accommodation” and is based in London; we hold 3 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- London, London
- Age
- 23 yrs · since 2003
- Type
- Private Limited Company
Pass-through vehicle. This looks like a holding, staffing or umbrella company. Its revenue and profit may largely pass through to or from other entities, so the figures may not reflect a standalone operating business. It is excluded from our opportunity lists.
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
Unusual figures. Profit is higher than revenue in this filing. That usually means investment income, dividends from subsidiaries or one-off gains — or a mis-tagged figure. Check the original filing before drawing conclusions.
Badges are automated estimates derived from the filed figures — not statements of fact about the company.
Financial history
| Year to | 31 Dec 2023 | 31 Dec 2024 | 31 Dec 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&Lread from filing text | Full P&Lread from filing text | Full P&Lread from filing text |
| Profit & loss | |||
| Revenue (turnover) | £0 | £35k | £0 |
| Operating profit | −£1.4m | −£1.2m | −£1.6m |
| Profit before tax | £32.2m | £27.5m | £13.7m |
| Profit (best available) | £32.2m | £27.5m | £13.7m |
| Employees (average) | 2 | 2 | 2 |
| Ratios | |||
| Profit margin | — | 78523% | — |
| Revenue per employee | £0 | £17.5k | £0 |
| Profit per employee | £16.1m | £13.7m | £6.9m |
| Growth (year on year) | |||
| Revenue growth | — | — | ▼100% |
| Profit growth | — | ▼14.6% | ▼50% |
| Headcount growth | — | 0% | 0% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | |||
| Cash at bank | £181k | £76k | £29k |
| Net assets | −£10.2m | £17.3m | £8.5m |
| Fixed assets | £247m | £278m | £274m |
| Current assets | £29.3m | £16.6m | £9.8m |
| Debtors | £29.1m | £16.5m | £9.8m |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Jul 2025 | FullAccounts · bulk data Jul 2025 | FullAccounts · bulk data Aug 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- —
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- —
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £0
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £6.9m
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- —
- 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
- —
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- —
- 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
- ▼51%
- Now £8.5m
- Cash at bank
- ▼62%
- Now £29k
- Headcount
- 0%
- Now 2
- Deferred income
- —
- Now —
- Fixed assets
- ▼1%
- Now £274m
Group structure
Ownership chain
- Pphe Hotel Group Limited (registered outside the UK register)ultimate parent75–100%
- Pphe Holdings Limited75–100%
- Park Plaza Hotels (UK) Limited75–100%
- Marlbray Limitedthis company
Bands show the share of ownership each company holds in the one below it.
Subsidiaries (2)
- Park Plaza Hospitality Services (UK) LimitedRev. £25.8m · Profit £4m
- 1 Westminster Bridge Plaza Management Company LimitedRev. £0 · Profit £22k
Sister companies (11)
- Waterloo Hotel Operator LimitedRev. £31.6m · Profit £2.4m
- Victoria Park Plaza Operator LimitedRev. £24m · Profit £3.6m
- Park Plaza Hotels (UK) Services LimitedRev. £17.1m · Profit £1.3m
- Sherlock Holmes Park Plaza LimitedRev. £11m · Profit £1.3m
- Park Royal Hotel Operator LimitedRev. £8.8m · Profit −£258k
- Leeds Hotel Operator LimitedRev. £6m · Profit −£630k
- Nottingham Hotel Operator LimitedRev. £5.4m · Profit −£246k
- Sherlock Holmes Hotel Shop LimitedRev. £121k · Profit −£360k
- Pphe Headco LimitedRev. £0 · Profit £21.6m
- Signature Top LimitedRev. £0 · Profit £10.4m
- Signature Top II LimitedFigures not disclosed
From the Persons with Significant Control register (corporate controllers only).
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Sources
Latest figures from FullAccounts for the year to 31 Dec 2025 (profit £13.7m), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Aug 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
Updated from Companies House on 13 Oct 2026
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