Gateway Holyrood Edinburgh Limited
Registered name: GATEWAY HOLYROOD EDINBURGH LIMITED
Part of Gateway Investments Holdings Limited groupGateway Holyrood Edinburgh Limited made £8.3m revenue and £380k profit in the year to 31 Dec 2024.
Gateway Holyrood Edinburgh Limited’s revenue grew 26% to £8.3m in the year to 31 Dec 2024, with £380k profit and 93 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
- 19 yrs · since 2006
- 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 2022 | 31 Dec 2023 | 31 Dec 2024 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | |||
| Revenue (turnover) | £6.5m | £6.6m | £8.3m |
| Cost of sales | £363k | £345k | £291k |
| Gross profit | £6.1m | £6.3m | £8.1m |
| Operating profit | £797k | −£278k | £847k |
| Profit before tax | £797k | −£278k | £847k |
| Profit after tax | £789k | −£511k | £380k |
| Profit (best available) | £789k | −£511k | £380k |
| Staff costs | £2m | £2.4m | £2.5m |
| Employees (average) | 84 | 102 | 93 |
| Ratios | |||
| Profit margin | 12.2% | −7.7% | 4.6% |
| Gross margin | 94.4% | 94.8% | 96.5% |
| Revenue per employee | £76.8k | £64.9k | £89.7k |
| Profit per employee | £9.4k | −£5k | £4.1k |
| Growth (year on year) | |||
| Revenue growth | — | ▲2.6% | ▲25.9% |
| Profit growth | — | ▼164.8% | — |
| Headcount growth | — | ▲21.4% | ▼8.8% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | |||
| Cash at bank | £265k | £478k | £586k |
| Net assets | £10m | £9.5m | £9.9m |
| Fixed assets | £20.3m | £25m | £29.8m |
| Current assets | £939k | £1.3m | £2m |
| Debtors | £214k | £210k | £114k |
| Deferred income | £461k | £389k | £390k |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Jun 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Jun 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Sep 2025 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 4.6%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 96.5%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £89.7k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £4.1k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- —
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 356.9%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- 4.7%
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 1.4%
- 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
- ▲4%
- Now £9.9m
- Cash at bank
- ▲23%
- Now £586k
- Headcount
- ▼9%
- Now 93
- Deferred income
- ▲0%
- Now £390k
- Fixed assets
- ▲19%
- Now £29.8m
Deferred income is reported together with accruals in this filing (“accruals and deferred income”), so it is an approximate signal only.
Group structure
Ownership chain
- Gateway Investments Holdings Limitedultimate parent75–100%
- Gateway Financial Holdings Limited75–100%
- Gateway Holyrood Edinburgh Limitedthis company
Bands show the share of ownership each company holds in the one below it.
Subsidiaries (1)
- Gateway Edinburgh Hotels LimitedRev. £1.2m · Profit £1.2m
Sister companies (1)
- Gateway Manchester Hotels LtdRev. £9.9m · Profit £72.3k
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 2024 (profit £380k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Sep 2025. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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