Grand Central Hotel Company Limited
Registered name: GRAND CENTRAL HOTEL COMPANY LIMITED
Part of Covivio Hotels Sca groupGrand Central Hotel Company Limited made £3.8m revenue and £1.7m profit in the year to 31 Dec 2025.
Grand Central Hotel Company Limited’s revenue grew 4% to £3.8m in the year to 31 Dec 2025, with £1.7m profit and 0 employees. The company is classified under “other letting and operating of own or leased real estate” and is based in Chester; we hold 2 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Chester, North West
- Age
- 17 yrs · since 2009
- 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. From the filing: “Rocky Covivio Limited”
Key figures
Badges are automated estimates derived from the filed figures — not statements of fact about the company.
Financial history
| Year to | 31 Dec 2024 | 31 Dec 2025 |
|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | ||
| Revenue (turnover) | £3.7m | £3.8m |
| Gross profit | £3.7m | £3.8m |
| Operating profit | £2.5m | £2.9m |
| Profit before tax | £692k | £1.8m |
| Profit after tax | £526k | £1.7m |
| Profit (best available) | £526k | £1.7m |
| Employees (average) | 0 | 0 |
| Ratios | ||
| Profit margin | 14.2% | 44.8% |
| Gross margin | 100% | 100% |
| Growth (year on year) | ||
| Revenue growth | — | ▲3.7% |
| Profit growth | — | ▲226% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||
| Cash at bank | £11k | £50k |
| Net assets | −£5.8m | £8.5m |
| Current assets | £7.9m | £10.1m |
| Debtors | £9k | £0 |
| Deferred income | £651k | £479k |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Jul 2026 | FullAccounts · bulk data Jul 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 44.8%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 100%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- —
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- —
- 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
- 12.5%
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 0%
- 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 £8.5m
- Cash at bank
- ▲355%
- Now £50k
- Headcount
- —
- Now 0
- Deferred income
- ▼26%
- Now £479k
- Fixed assets
- —
- Now —
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
- Covivio Hotels Sca (registered outside the UK register)ultimate parent75–100%
- Rocky Covivio Limited75–100%
- Grand Central Hotel Company Limitedthis company
Bands show the share of ownership each company holds in the one below it.
Sister companies (8)
- Lagonda Russell Propco LimitedRev. £11.2m · Profit −£1.5m
- George Hotel Investments LimitedRev. £4.9m · Profit £2.9m
- Lagonda Palace Propco LimitedRev. £4.8m · Profit £3.5m
- Roxburghe Investments Propco LimitedRev. £4.4m · Profit −£1.2m
- Blythswood Square Hotel Glasgow LimitedRev. £3.8m · Profit £2.4m
- Oxford Spires Hotel LimitedRev. £2.9m · Profit £2.4m
- The ST David's Hotel Cardiff LimitedRev. £1.8m · Profit £1.9m
- Oxford Thames LimitedRev. £1.5m · Profit £1.4m
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 £1.7m), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Jul 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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