Bicester Hotel Ltd
Registered name: BICESTER HOTEL LTD
Bicester Hotel Ltd made £6.2m revenue and a £336k loss in the year to 31 Oct 2024.
Bicester Hotel Ltd’s revenue was £6.2m in the year to 31 Oct 2024, with a loss of £336k and 88 employees. The company is classified under “hotels and similar accommodation” and is based in Bicester; we hold 4 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Bicester, South East
- Age
- 19 yrs · since 2006
- 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 | 31 Oct 2021 | 31 Oct 2022 | 31 Oct 2023 | 31 Oct 2024 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | ||||
| Revenue (turnover) | £4.8m | £6.5m | £6.2m | £6.2m |
| Cost of sales | £2m | £3m | £3.2m | £3.1m |
| Gross profit | £2.8m | £3.6m | £3m | £3m |
| Operating profit | £190k | £281k | £1.4m | £17k |
| Profit before tax | £66k | £170k | £1.2m | −£343k |
| Profit after tax | £53.5k | £138k | £927k | −£336k |
| Profit (best available) | £53.5k | £138k | £927k | −£336k |
| Staff costs | £2.3m | £2.9m | £2.9m | £2.9m |
| Employees (average) | 96 | 85 | 89 | 88 |
| Ratios | ||||
| Profit margin | 1.1% | 2.1% | 15% | −5.5% |
| Gross margin | 57.8% | 54.6% | 48.2% | 49.5% |
| Revenue per employee | £50k | £76.7k | £69.3k | £69.9k |
| Profit per employee | £558 | £1.6k | £10.4k | −£3.8k |
| Cash conversion | −187% | 53% | −14.2% | −3709% |
| Growth (year on year) | ||||
| Revenue growth | — | ▲35.8% | ▼5.3% | ▼0.3% |
| Profit growth | — | ▲157.3% | ▲573% | ▼136.2% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▼11.5% | ▲4.7% | ▼1.1% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||||
| Cash at bank | £557k | £130k | £60.4k | £46.6k |
| Net assets | £1.6m | £1.7m | £2.6m | £2.3m |
| Fixed assets | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 |
| Current assets | £5.5m | £5.8m | £7.8m | £7.6m |
| Debtors | £308k | £280k | £113k | £74.8k |
| Deferred income | £638k | £644k | £550k | £673k |
| Cash from operations | −£355k | £149k | −£202k | −£629k |
| Source | Accounts · bulk data Nov 2023 | Accounts · bulk data Nov 2023 | FullAccounts · bulk data Sep 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Jul 2025 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- −5.5%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 49.5%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £69.9k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- −£3.8k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- −3709%
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 0%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- 10.9%
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 1.2%
- 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
- ▼13%
- Now £2.3m
- Cash at bank
- ▼23%
- Now £46.6k
- Headcount
- ▼1%
- Now 88
- Deferred income
- ▲22%
- Now £673k
- Fixed assets
- —
- Now £0
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 Oct 2024 (profit −£336k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Jul 2025. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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