Park Plaza Hotels (UK) Limited
Registered name: PARK PLAZA HOTELS (UK) LIMITED
Part of Pphe Hotel Group Limited groupPark Plaza Hotels (UK) Limited made £8.9m revenue and £58.1m profit in the year to 31 Dec 2025. read from filing text
Park Plaza Hotels (UK) Limited’s revenue fell 4% to £8.9m in the year to 31 Dec 2025, with £58.1m profit and 43 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
- 15 yrs · since 2011
- 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.
Key figures
Unusual figures. Profit is higher than revenue in this filing. That usually means investment income, dividends from subsidiaries or one-off gains — or a mis-tagged figure. Check the original filing before drawing conclusions.
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) | £8.5m | £9.3m | £8.9m |
| Operating profit | −£2.7m | £4.9m | £94k |
| Profit before tax | £7.5m | £49m | £58.1m |
| Profit (best available) | £7.5m | £49m | £58.1m |
| Staff costs | £1.4m | £2.8m | £3m |
| Employees (average) | 43 | 42 | 43 |
| Ratios | |||
| Profit margin | 88.8% | 527.9% | 651.3% |
| Revenue per employee | £197k | £221k | £207k |
| Profit per employee | £175k | £1.2m | £1.4m |
| Growth (year on year) | |||
| Revenue growth | — | ▲9.5% | ▼3.9% |
| Profit growth | — | ▲550.9% | ▲18.5% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▼2.3% | ▲2.4% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | |||
| Cash at bank | £451k | £387k | £669k |
| Net assets | £852m | £877m | £917m |
| Fixed assets | £866m | £869m | £921m |
| Current assets | £7.7m | £9m | £17m |
| Debtors | £2.6m | £700k | £161k |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Jul 2025 | FullAccounts · bulk data Jul 2025 | FullAccounts · bulk data Aug 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 651.3%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- —
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £207k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £1.4m
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- —
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 10333%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- —
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 1.8%
- 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
- ▲5%
- Now £917m
- Cash at bank
- ▲73%
- Now £669k
- Headcount
- ▲2%
- Now 43
- Deferred income
- —
- Now —
- Fixed assets
- ▲6%
- Now £921m
Group structure
Ownership chain
- Pphe Hotel Group Limited (registered outside the UK register)ultimate parent75–100%
- Pphe Holdings Limited75–100%
- Park Plaza Hotels (UK) Limitedthis company
Bands show the share of ownership each company holds in the one below it.
Subsidiaries (12)
- Waterloo Hotel Operator LimitedRev. £31.6m · Profit £2.4m
- Victoria Park Plaza Operator LimitedRev. £24m · Profit £3.6m
- Park Plaza Hotels (UK) Services LimitedRev. £17.1m · Profit £1.3m
- Sherlock Holmes Park Plaza LimitedRev. £11m · Profit £1.3m
- Park Royal Hotel Operator LimitedRev. £8.8m · Profit −£258k
- Leeds Hotel Operator LimitedRev. £6m · Profit −£630k
- Nottingham Hotel Operator LimitedRev. £5.4m · Profit −£246k
- Sherlock Holmes Hotel Shop LimitedRev. £121k · Profit −£360k
- Marlbray LimitedRev. £0 · Profit £13.7m
- Pphe Headco LimitedRev. £0 · Profit £21.6m
- Signature Top LimitedRev. £0 · Profit £10.4m
- Signature Top II 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 Dec 2025 (profit £58.1m), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Aug 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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