The Continental Hotel Limited
Registered name: THE CONTINENTAL HOTEL LIMITED
Part of Vistastar Leisure PLC groupThe Continental Hotel Limited made £1.2m revenue and a £92k loss in the year to 31 Mar 2025. read from filing text
The Continental Hotel Limited’s revenue fell 52% to £1.2m in the year to 31 Mar 2025, with a loss of £92k and 9 employees. The company is classified under “other human health activities” and is based in London; we hold 4 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- London, London
- Age
- 21 yrs · since 2005
- 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 Mar 2022 | 31 Mar 2023 | 31 Mar 2024 | 31 Mar 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) | £928k | £2.3m | £2.4m | £1.2m |
| Cost of sales | £8.4k | £20.7k | £104k | £136k |
| Gross profit | £920k | £2.3m | £2.3m | £1m |
| Operating profit | −£20k | £612k | £195k | −£70.9k |
| Profit before tax | −£22.3k | £612k | £194k | −£75.4k |
| Profit after tax | −£33.8k | £554k | £37.4k | −£92k |
| Profit (best available) | −£33.8k | £554k | £37.4k | −£92k |
| Employees (average) | 10 | 9 | 7 | 9 |
| Ratios | ||||
| Profit margin | −3.6% | 24% | 1.6% | −8% |
| Gross margin | 99.1% | 99.1% | 95.7% | 88.2% |
| Revenue per employee | £92.8k | £257k | £344k | £128k |
| Profit per employee | −£3.4k | £61.6k | £5.3k | −£10.2k |
| Growth (year on year) | ||||
| Revenue growth | — | ▲149% | ▲4.1% | ▼52% |
| Profit growth | — | — | ▼93.3% | ▼346.1% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▼10% | ▼22.2% | ▲28.6% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||||
| Cash at bank | £147k | £260k | £59.8k | £29.5k |
| Net assets | −£1.6m | −£1.1m | −£1m | −£1.1m |
| Fixed assets | £1.2m | £1.1m | £818k | £226k |
| Current assets | £161k | £271k | £74.9k | £58.5k |
| Debtors | £768 | £0 | £15.2k | £29k |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Feb 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Feb 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Feb 2025 | FullAccounts · bulk data Dec 2025 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- −8%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 88.2%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £128k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- −£10.2k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- —
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 19.6%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- —
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 2.5%
- 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 −£1.1m
- Cash at bank
- ▼51%
- Now £29.5k
- Headcount
- ▲29%
- Now 9
- Deferred income
- —
- Now —
- Fixed assets
- ▼72%
- Now £226k
Group structure
Ownership chain
- Vistastar Leisure PLCultimate parent75–100%
- The Continental Hotel Limitedthis company
Bands show the share of ownership each company holds in the one below it.
Sister companies (2)
- Gold's Gym (UK) LimitedRev. £5.7m · Profit £349k
- Vistastar 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 Mar 2025 (profit −£92k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Dec 2025. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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