Riverbank Hotel Operator Limited
Registered name: RIVERBANK HOTEL OPERATOR LIMITED
Part of Pphe Hotel Group Limited groupRiverbank Hotel Operator Limited made £49.8m revenue and £6.6m profit in the year to 31 Dec 2025. read from filing text
Riverbank Hotel Operator Limited’s revenue grew 4% to £49.8m in the year to 31 Dec 2025, with £6.6m profit and 370 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
- 22 yrs · since 2003
- 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.
Key figures
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) | £46.3m | £47.9m | £49.8m |
| Cost of sales | £26.7m | £27.7m | £28.5m |
| Gross profit | £19.6m | £20.3m | £21.3m |
| Operating profit | £8.8m | £9.7m | £10.4m |
| Profit before tax | £4.7m | £5.7m | £6.6m |
| Profit (best available) | £4.7m | £5.7m | £6.6m |
| Staff costs | £7m | £10.2m | £11.7m |
| Employees (average) | 218 | 365 | 370 |
| Ratios | |||
| Profit margin | 10.1% | 12% | 13.2% |
| Gross margin | 42.4% | 42.3% | 42.7% |
| Revenue per employee | £212k | £131k | £135k |
| Profit per employee | £21.4k | £15.8k | £17.8k |
| Growth (year on year) | |||
| Revenue growth | — | ▲3.6% | ▲4% |
| Profit growth | — | ▲23.2% | ▲14.7% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▲67.4% | ▲1.4% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | |||
| Cash at bank | £6m | £7.6m | £9.2m |
| Net assets | −£25.5m | −£16.8m | −£11.3m |
| Fixed assets | £107m | £104m | £96.8m |
| Current assets | £9.3m | £12m | £13.8m |
| Debtors | £1.7m | £2m | £1.8m |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Jul 2025 | FullAccounts · bulk data Jul 2025 | FullAccounts · bulk data Jul 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 13.2%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 42.7%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £135k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £17.8k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- —
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 194.2%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- —
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 3.6%
- 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 −£11.3m
- Cash at bank
- ▲21%
- Now £9.2m
- Headcount
- ▲1%
- Now 370
- Deferred income
- —
- Now —
- Fixed assets
- ▼7%
- Now £96.8m
Group structure
Ownership chain
- Pphe Hotel Group Limited (registered outside the UK register)ultimate parent75–100%
- Pphe Holdings Limited75–100%
- Park Plaza Hotels (UK) Limited50–75%
- Signature Top Limited75–100%
- Riverbank Hotel Operator Limitedthis company
Bands show the share of ownership each company holds in the one below it.
Sister companies (1)
- Hoxton Hotel Operator LimitedRev. £25.7m · Profit −£3.7m
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 £6.6m), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Jul 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
Updated from Companies House on 13 Oct 2026
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